# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/catherine-small-long
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:50:42.052Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/catherine-small-long"
name: "Catherine Small Long"
slug: "catherine-small-long"
description: "Mary Catherine Small Long was an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for Louisiana's 8th congressional district, which she filled from 1985 to 1987, the remainder of the term left by the death of her husband, Gillis William Long. Until it was disbanded in 1993, the 8th district was based in Central Louisiana about Alexandria. She was the first female military veteran elected to Congress, having served as a WAVE in the United States Navy."
tagline: "American politician (1924-2019)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Catherine_Small_Long.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1924-02-07"
deathDate: "2019-11-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.38
  momentum:             0.8285714285714285
  historical:           6.146977333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Catherine Small Long"
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    title: "كاثرين سمول لونج"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "کاترین ایسال لونق"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Catherine Small Long"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Small_Long"
    title: "Catherine Small Long"
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  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Small_Long"
    title: "Catherine Small Long"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Small_Long"
    title: "Catherine Small Long"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q518515"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump