Breckinridge Long
| Breckinridge Long | |
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Breckinridge Long
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| 17th Third Assistant Secretary of State | |
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In office January 29, 1917 – June 8, 1920 |
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| Preceded by | William Phillips |
| Succeeded by | Van Santvoord Merle-Smith |
| United States Ambassador to Italy | |
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In office May 31, 1933 – April 23, 1936 |
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| President | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| Preceded by | John W. Garrett |
| Succeeded by | William Phillips |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Samuel Miller Breckinridge Long May 16, 1881 St. Louis, Missouri, United States |
| Died |
September 26, 1958 (aged 77) Laurel, Maryland, United States |
| Spouse(s) | Christine Alexander Graham |
| Children | Christine Blair Long |
| Parents | William Strudwick Long Margaret Miller |
| Education |
Princeton University Washington University School of Law |
| Occupation | Lawyer, government official, racehorse owner |
Samuel Miller Breckinridge Long (May 16, 1881 – September 26, 1958) was an American diplomat and politician who served in the administrations of Woodrow Wilson and Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
Breckinridge Long was born on May 16, 1881 to Margaret Miller Breckinridge and William Strudwick Long in St. Louis, Missouri. Long was a member of the Breckinridge family. Long was a distant cousin of Henry Skillman Breckinridge (1886–1960), who was the United States Assistant Secretary of War from 1913-1916 under Wilson, and whose daughter married John Stephens Graham, the Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, and commissioners for the Internal Revenue Service and Atomic Energy Commission.
Long graduated from Princeton University in 1904 and studied at Washington University School of Law from 1905 to 1906, and received his M.A. from Princeton University in 1909.
In 1906, he was admitted to the bar in Missouri and opened an office in St. Louis in 1907. Long continued to practice law independently until 1917. From 1914 to 1915, he was a member of the Missouri Code Commission on Revision of Judicial Procedure. Long then worked to establish the League of Nations and supported Wilsonian Democracy. He was credited with drafting Woodrow Wilson's "He kept us out of war" slogan, which helped secure Wilson's reelection as President in 1916.
He joined the State Department shortly after the election. In 1917, Long was appointed Third Assistant Secretary of State and remained at the post until he resigned in 1920 to pursue election to the U.S. Senate from Missouri. While in the Department of State, he held responsibility for overseeing Asian affairs. During this time he also directed attention to the improvement of U.S. foreign communications policy, and coordinated the first interdepartmental review of U.S. international communications.
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