Jacob Elmer Long was the Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina

Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina

The Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina is the second highest elected official in the U.S. state of North Carolina and is the only elected official to have powers in both the legislative and executive branches of state government...

 from 1925 to 1929.

Long was born in Yanceyville, North Carolina

Yanceyville, North Carolina

Yanceyville, first incorporated in 1833, is the county seat of Caswell County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 2,091 at the 2000 census. It has been the county seat since 1792 . The original Caswell County Courthouse has been renovated and provides offices for county departments...

 in 1880, the son of lawyer Jacob A. Long. J. Elmer Long also became a lawyer after graduating from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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 in 1903. He served as private secretary to U.S. Rep. Charles M. Stedman and was elected to at least two terms in the North Carolina House of Representatives

North Carolina House of Representatives

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 from Alamance County

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Alamance County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. It coincides with the Burlington, North Carolina, Metropolitan Statistical Area...

 as a Democrat.

After serving one term (the maximum then allowed) as Lieutenant Governor, Long resumed the practice of law in Durham, North Carolina

Durham, North Carolina

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 and served as president of the North Carolina Bar Association in 1933-1934. http://www.ncbar.org/about/presidents.aspx http://www.ncbar.org/about/history/whyBoth.aspx?print=true

He is a distant relative of North Carolina Commissioner of Insurance

North Carolina Commissioner of Insurance

The North Carolina Commissioner of Insurance regulates the insurance industry in North Carolina, licenses insurance professionals in the state, educates consumers about different types of insurance, and handles consumer complaints...

 Jim Long

James E. Long

James Eugene "Jim" Long was the North Carolina Commissioner of Insurance from 1985 through 2009 retiring as the senior Democratic member of the North Carolina Council of State...

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