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Long (JOHN DAVIS an American)

JOHN DAVIS, an American statesman; born in Buckfield, Me., 1838.

He graduated at Harvard in 1857; studied law at Harvard Law School and in private offices; was admitted to the bar in 1861; was a Republican member of the Massachusetts Legislature from 1875 to 1878; was speaker of the house 1876-1878; was lieutenant-governor of his State in 1879 and governor in 1880-1883; was elected to the 48th, 49th, and 50th Congress; was appointed by President Mc- Kinley Secretary of the Navy in 1897 and 1901. His administration of the department during the Spanish-American War was able. On the accession of President Roosevelt Mr. Long retained his office for six months, but on March 10, 1902, tendered his resignation. He resumed the practice of law and became president of the board of overseers of Harvard University. He published "The New American Navy" (2 vols., 1903). He died in 1915.