| LC control no. | no 96000088 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Long, Oren E. (Oren Ethelbirt), 1889-1965 |
| Associated place | Hawaii |
| Birth date | 1889-03-04 |
| Death date | 1965-05-06 |
| Place of birth | Altoona (Kan.) |
| Place of death | Honolulu (Hawaii) |
| Affiliation | United States. Congress. Senate Democratic Party (U.S.) |
| Profession or occupation | Legislators Teachers |
| Found in | Study mission to Eastern (American) Samoa, 1961: t.p. (Senator Oren E. Long) OCLC database, 1/2/96 (hdg.: Long, Oren Ethelbert, 1889-1965; Long, Oren E.; usage Oren E. Long) Biog. dir. of the U.S. Cong. online, viewed Aug. 14, 2009 (Long, Oren Ethelbirt, a Senator from Hawaii; b. Mar. 4, 1889; d. May 6, 1965) WwW in Am. (Long, Oren Ethelbirt, senator; b. Mar. 4, 1889; d. May 6, 1965) Biographical directory of the U.S. Congress website, May 31, 2018 (Long, Oren Ethelbirt, a Senator from Hawaii; born in Altoona, Wilson County, Kans., March 4, 1889; attended the public schools; graduated from Johnson College, Kimberlin Heights, Tenn., in 1912, University of Michigan in 1916, and Columbia University in 1922; teacher of history, Johnson Academy, Kimberlin Heights, Tenn., 1912-1914, and principal 1914-1917; social settlement worker, Hilo, Hawaii, 1917-1918; educational director, Army Y.M.C.A., Fort Shafter, Hawaii, 1918-1919; vice principal of McKinley High School, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1919-1920; personnel officer, Kohala Sugar Co. 1920-1921; principal, Church Farm School, Glen Loch, Pa., 1922-1924, and Kauai High School, Hawaii, 1924-1925; deputy superintendent of public instruction for Hawaii 1925-1934, and superintendent of public instruction, Territory of Hawaii 1934-1946; during the Second World War served as a lieutenant, Headquarters Staff, Hawaii Defense Volunteers; director, State Department of Public Welfare 1946; chairman, Advisory Committee on Education for Trust Territories 1946; secretary of Territory of Hawaii 1946-1951; appointed Governor of Territory of Hawaii 1951-1953; member and vice chairman, Hawaii Statehood Commission 1954-1956; territorial senator, Territory of Hawaii 1956-1959; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate on July 28, 1959; upon the admission of Hawaii as a State into the Union on August 21, 1959, drew the four-year term beginning on that day and ending January 3, 1963; was not a candidate for renomination in 1962; member of the South Pacific Commission 1964; died in Honolulu, Hawaii, May 6, 1965; interment in Oahu Cemetery) |
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