Breckinridge Long

Breckinridge Long
Breckinridge Long
17th Third Assistant Secretary of State
In office
January 29, 1917 – June 8, 1920
Preceded byWilliam Phillips
Succeeded byVan Santvoord Merle-Smith
United States Ambassador to Italy
In office
May 31, 1933 – April 23, 1936
PresidentFranklin D. Roosevelt
Preceded byJohn W. Garrett
Succeeded byWilliam Phillips
Personal details
BornSamuel Miller Breckinridge Long
(1881-05-16)May 16, 1881
St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
DiedSeptember 26, 1958(1958-09-26) (aged 77)
Laurel, Maryland, U.S.
PartyDemocratic
SpouseChristine Alexander Graham
ChildrenChristine Blair Long
Parent(s)William Strudwick Long
Margaret Miller
EducationPrinceton University
Washington University in St. Louis
OccupationLawyer, government official, racehorse owner

Samuel Miller Breckinridge Long (May 16, 1881 – September 26, 1958) was an American diplomat and politician who served in the administrations of Woodrow Wilson and Franklin Delano Roosevelt. An extreme nativist, Long is largely remembered by Holocaust historians for obstructing the entry of European Jews into the United States during the 1930s and 1940s.

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