JOSEPH J. LONG, SR.
Democrat, District 38.
Born in Delmar, July 19, 1921. Attended Salisbury and Delmar public schools; Paynter Business School.
General Assembly:
Member, House of Delegates, 1963-78. Chair, Wicomico County Delegation,
1967-78. Chair, Subcommittee on Labor and Management of Economic
Matters Committee, 1968-78. Chair, Joint Governor's Commission on
Study of Mobile Homes, 1976-81.
Member of Senate, 1979-86. Member, Judicial Proceedings Committee.
Private Career and Other Public Service:
Served in U.S. Air Force, 1942-46. Retired Electrician.
Member, Salisbury City Council, 1958-62. Member, Governor's Commission
to Study Public Employee Labor Relations; Governor's Commission to Study
the Revision of Child Labor Laws; Governor's Advisory Committee on Elevators.
Vice-Chair, Joint Committee to Study the State Economy. President,
Young Democratic Club of Wicomico County, 1960-61. Member, Democratic
Club of Wicomico County; Salisbury Democratic Committee. Member, Farm Bureau;
Moose; American Legion. Member, Bi-State Chesapeake Bay Commission, 1981-83.
Compiled March 16, 2000 from the biographical files of
the Maryland Manual, ©Maryland State Archives. Photograph
dated October 27, 1999 courtesy of Senator Long.
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