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Albert Sydney Herlong, Jr. (February 14, 1909 – December 27, 1995) was a U.S. Representative from Florida. Herlong was born in the small community of Manistee, Alabama in 1909, and moved with his parents to Marion County, Florida in 1912. He attended the public schools of Sumter and Lake counties and graduated from Leesburg High School in Leesburg, Florida. Herlong attended the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where he was a member of Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity (Alpha Epsilon Chapter), and graduated in 1930. He was admitted to The Florida Bar in 1930 and started his law practice in Leesburg. Herlong was elected county judge of Lake County, Florida, and served from 1937 to 1949. He served as city attorney of Leesburg from 1946 to 1948. He held a reserve commission as captain in the U.S. Army and was called to active duty in the Judge Advocate General's Department in August 1941. He was discharged in 1942 due to physical disability. He served two enlistments in the Florida State Guard. He served as president of the Florida State Baseball League in 1947 and 1948.〔"( Bill in Congress Proposes to Bar Anti-Trust Prosecution of Sports )," ''The New York Times'', p. S40 (April 5, 1949). Retrieved August 7, 2010.〕 Herlong was elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-first and to the nine succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1969). On January 10, 1963, Herlong delivered a speech outlining what he believed were 45 goals of communism.〔(Current Communist Goals ). Congressional Record--Appendix, pp. A34-A35. January 10, 1963.〕 He was not a candidate for reelection in 1968 to the Ninety-first Congress. He resumed his practice of law, and was appointed as a member of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in 1969,〔Associated Press, "( S.E.C. Member is Sworn )," ''The New York Times'', p. 72 (October 30, 1969). Retrieved August 7, 2010.〕 and served until 1973. Herlong died December 27, 1995. == See also == *List of Pi Kappa Phi alumni *List of Levin College of Law graduates *List of University of Florida alumni 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Albert S. Herlong, Jr.」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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