Marshall Long
{{Short description|American politician (1936–2018)}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name =Marshall Long
|image =
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|office = Minority Whip of the Kentucky Senate
|term_start = October 26, 1999
|term_end = January 1, 2003
|predecessor = Elizabeth Tori
|successor = Bob Jackson
| state_senate1 = Kentucky
| district1 = 20th
| term_start1 = January 1, 1999
| term_end1 = January 1, 2003
| predecessor1 = Fred Bradley
| successor1 = Gary Tapp
| state_house2 = Kentucky
| district2 = 58th
| term_start2 = January 1, 1982
| term_end2 = January 1, 1999
| predecessor2 = Stephen Wilborn
| successor2 = Gary Tapp
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|birth_date = {{birth date|1936|10|23}}
|birth_place = Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.
|death_date = {{death date and age|2018|12|19|1936|10|23}}
|death_place =
|party = Democratic
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David Marshall Long (October 23, 1936 – December 19, 2018) was an American politician in the state of Kentucky.
Biography
Marshall was born in Louisville, Kentucky. He served in the United States Air Force and was commissioned a captain. Marshall received his bachelor's degree from Centre College in 1959. He lived in Shelbyville, Kentucky and was in the real estate business. Long served as mayor of Shelbyville from 1972 to 1981. He served in the Kentucky House of Representatives from 1982 to 1999 and the Kentucky Senate from 1999 to 2003, as a Democrat. A 1998 survey by the Kentucky Center for Public Issues rated Long as the most effective legislator in the house.{{cite news |date=May 12, 1998 |title=Kafoglis, Long rated state's most effective lawmakers |work=The Lexington Herald-Leader |page=C7}} Long was elected to the senate in 1998 when incumbent Democratic senator Fred Bradley retired. He did not seek reelection in 2002.{{cite web|url=http://www.kentuckyoralhistory.org/interviews/24558|title=2006OH136 Leg 128 - Louie B Nunn Center for Oral History|work=kentuckyoralhistory.org|accessdate=24 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305215320/http://www.kentuckyoralhistory.org/interviews/24558|archive-date=5 March 2016|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/8222/david-marshall-long#.VMMR5WTF8Vg|title=Project Vote Smart - The Voter's Self Defense System|work=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=24 January 2015}} Long died on December 19, 2018.{{Cite web |url=https://www.kentucky.com/news/business/article223310490.html |title=Former Kentucky lawmaker Marshall Long dies |access-date=2018-12-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181221041428/https://www.kentucky.com/news/business/article223310490.html |archive-date=2018-12-21 |url-status=dead }}
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Category:Mayors of places in Kentucky
Category:Democratic Party members of the Kentucky House of Representatives
Category:Democratic Party Kentucky state senators
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Category:Politicians from Louisville, Kentucky
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Category:20th-century American businesspeople
Category:21st-century members of the Kentucky General Assembly
Category:20th-century members of the Kentucky General Assembly