Long, Rose McConnell, 1892-1970
Rose McConnell Long (April 8, 1892 – May 27, 1970) was a United States Senator and the wife of Huey Long. She was the third woman to ever serve as a U.S. Senator, and the first from Louisiana. She was a member of the Democratic Party.
Born in Greensburg, Indiana, her family moved to Shreveport, Louisiana in 1901, where Rose attended the public schools and later became a local schoolteacher. She met Huey Long after she won a cake baking contest that he had organized to promote a product he was selling at the time. After a two-and-a-half year courtship, Rose and Huey were married in 1913. The Longs moved to New Orleans, where Rose worked as a secretary to pay Huey’s way through the Tulane Law School. After finishing a three-year program in seven months, he was admitted to the bar in 1915. Rose Long put her stenography skills to use on behalf of her husband’s early political campaigns and served as a political adviser while raising their three children. After serving on the state railroad commission, Huey Long was elected as governor of Louisiana in 1928 and then U. S. Senator from Louisiana in 1930. Long completed his term as Governor before assuming his Senate seat in 1932.
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