EBOOK THE BAY STATE MONTHLY ***
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[Illustration: John D. Long]
THE BAY STATE MONTHLY.
_A Massachusetts Magazine._
VOL. III. SEPTEMBER, 1885. NO. IV.
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HON. JOHN D. LONG.
Hon. John D. Long, the thirty-second governor of the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, under the Constitution, and whose wise,
prudent administration reflected great credit upon himself, was born in
Buckfield, Maine, October 27, 1838.
His father was a man of some prominence in the Pine Tree State, and in
the year in which his more distinguished son first saw the light, he ran
for Congress on the Whig ticket, and although receiving a plurality of
the votes cast, he was defeated.
The son was a studious lad, more fond of his books than of play, and
thought more of obtaining a solid education than of developing his
muscles as an athlete. At the proper age he entered the academy at
Hebron, the principal of which was at that time Mark H.
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