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{{Short description|American economist and politician}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Clarence "Doc" Long
| image name = Clarence Long.jpg
| birth_name=Clarence Dickinson Long, Jr.
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1908|12|11|mf=yes}}
| birth_place = [[South Bend, Indiana|South Bend]], [[Indiana]], U.S.
| death_date  = {{Death date and age|1994|09|18|1908|12|11|mf=yes}}
| death_place = [[Cockeysville, Maryland|Cockeysville]], [[Maryland]], U.S.
| state = [[Maryland]]
| district = [[Maryland's 2nd congressional district|2nd]]
| term_start = January 3, 1963
| term_end = January 3, 1985
| preceded = [[Daniel Brewster]]
| succeeded = [[Helen Delich Bentley]]
| party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
| alma_mater=
}}
'''Clarence Dickinson "Doc" Long Jr.''' (December 11, 1908 – September 18, 1994) was a [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. Congressman]] who represented the [[Maryland's 2nd congressional district|2nd congressional district]] of [[Maryland]] from January 3, 1963, to January 3, 1985.

Long was born in [[South Bend, Indiana|South Bend]], [[Indiana]]. He received his [[bachelor's degree]] from [[Washington and Jefferson College]] in 1932, and his master's degree and Ph.D. in economics from [[Princeton University]] in 1935 and 1938,<ref>{{cite news |first=Larry |last=Carson |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/1994/09/20/former-rep-clarence-long-dead-at-85/ |title=Former Rep. Clarence Long dead at 85 |newspaper=[[The Baltimore Sun]] |date=September 20, 1994}}</ref> respectively. His doctoral dissertation was titled "Long cycles in the building industry business, public, and residential building in United States cities, 1856-1935."<ref>{{Cite book|last=Long|first=Clarence D.|url=https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/2694623|title=Long cycles in the building industry business, public, and residential building in United States cities, 1856-1935|date=1938|language=English}}</ref> He also served in the [[United States Navy]] during [[World War II]]. He was a former member of the United States [[Council of Economic Advisers]] to the President (1953–54 and 1956–57) and in the 1930s was a professor of economics at [[Wesleyan University]] and later [[Johns Hopkins University]] (1946&ndash;1963). Long voted in favor of the [[Civil Rights Act of 1964|Civil Rights Acts of 1964]] and [[Civil Rights Act of 1968|1968]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/88-1964/h128|title=H.R. 7152. PASSAGE.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/90-1967/h113|title=TO PASS H.R. 2516, A BILL TO ESTABLISH PENALTIES FOR INTERFERENCE WITH CIVIL RIGHTS. INTERFERENCE WITH A PERSON ENGAGED IN ONE OF THE 8 ACTIVITIES PROTECTED UNDER THIS BILL MUST BE RACIALLY MOTIVATED TO INCUR THE BILL'S PENALTIES.}}</ref> and the [[Voting Rights Act of 1965]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/89-1965/h87|title=TO PASS H.R. 6400, THE 1965 VOTING RIGHTS ACT.}}</ref>

Long became Chairman of the [[United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs|subcommittee on Foreign Operations]] of the [[United States House Committee on Appropriations|House Appropriations Committee]]. In this role he supervised the foreign aid budget. Long's support for the anti-Soviet [[Mujahideen]] was recounted in the film ''[[Charlie Wilson's War (film)|Charlie Wilson's War]]'', in which Long was played by [[Ned Beatty]]. Long was defeated for re-election by Republican [[Helen Delich Bentley]] in 1984.

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==External links==
{{Portal|Biography}}
{{CongBio|L000413}} Retrieved on 2008-01-24

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