Interview with D. Marshall Long, July 18, 2006
Project: Kentucky Legislature Oral History Project
Interview Summary
Long (House 1982-1999, 58th district; Senate 1999-2003, 20th district; Democrat) recalls small-town life in Shelbyville during the 1940s, the civil rights movement, the importance of tobacco farming in his district, serving two terms as mayor of Shelbyville, and face-to-face campaigning. He discusses committee work, education reform, economic development, health care reform, road construction, ethics reforms, several administrations, and differences between serving in the House and Senate.Interview Accession
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Appropriations and Revenue Committee BOPTROT camaraderie campaigning Capitol Construction and Bond Oversight Committee (Chair) Constituency concerns ethics legislation health care legislation human resources legislation military service party factions Personal Service Contract Committee (Chair) redistricting Republican party take over state employees Toyota Manufacturing (Georgetown, Ky.)Interview LC Subject
Apportionment (Election law) Bullitt County (Ky.) Civil rights--Kentucky Collins, Martha Layne Economic development Economic development--Kentucky Educational change Fertilization in vitro Franklin County (Ky.) Henry County (Ky.) Jefferson County (Ky.) Jones, Brereton Kentucky. Governor (1979-1983 : Brown) Kentucky. Governor (1983-1987 : Collins) Kentucky. Governor (1987-1991 : Wilkinson) Kentucky. Governor (1991-1995 : Jones) Kentucky. Governor (1995-2003 : Patton) Legislative bodies--Ethics Legislators--Kentucky--Interviews Lobbyists Long, D. Marshall Long, D. Marshall--Interviews Mayors--Kentucky--Shelbyville--Biography Medical care--Law and legislation Medical care--Law and legislation--Kentucky Negotiation Owen County (Ky.) Patton, Paul E., 1937- Pensions--Law and legislation Practical jokes Religion Roads Roads--Design and construction--Kentucky. Segregation Shelby County (Ky.) Spencer County (Ky.) Tobacco farms Tobacco farms--Kentucky--Shelbyville Wilkinson, Wallace G.Interview Rights
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Long, D. Marshall Interview by Catherine Herdman. 18 Jul. 2006. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Long, D.M. (2006, July 18). Interview by C. Herdman. Kentucky Legislature Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Long, D. Marshall, interview by Catherine Herdman. July 18, 2006, Kentucky Legislature Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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