J. W. LONG -- Auditor of State, was born on a farm in Ringgold County, Iowa, June 26, 1873. He received his early education in the rural schools, attended Simpson College, Indianola, Iowa, and Western Normal College, Shenandoah, Iowa, graduating from the latter in 1896. He taught in rural schools two years; served as superintendent of city schools for five years; and was elected county superintendent of Decatur County, Iowa, in 1906; re-elected in 1908 and again in 1910. Moved to Ames, Story County, Iowa, in 1916, and became a traveling salesman for county officials' supplies, until elected auditor of state November 2, 1926. He was married June 22, 1898, to Emma M. LANEY, of Decatur, Iowa, and has a family of three sons and one daughters. He is a member of the Methodist church and the Masonic order. A republican in politics.

SOURCE: Iowa Official Registers 1927 - 1928, Iowa State Executive Branch

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Transcription by Sharon R. Becker, April of 2009