Background
Long, Breckinridge was born on May 16, 1881 in St. Louis. Son of William Strudwick and Margaret M. (Breckinridge) Long.
Long, Breckinridge was born on May 16, 1881 in St. Louis. Son of William Strudwick and Margaret M. (Breckinridge) Long.
Bachelor of Arts, Princeton, 1904, A.M., 1909. Student St. Louis Law School (Washington University), 1905-1906. Honorary Master of Laws, Washington University, 1920.
Doctor of Laws, Lincoln Memorial U. (Tennessee), 1945.
Wilcox. Admitted to Missouri bar, 1906. Began practice in St. Louis, 1907. 3d assistant secretary of state, by appointment of President Wilson, 1917-1920.
Democratic nominee for United States Senate from Missouri, 1920. Delegate Democratic National Convention, 1928 (member commission on platform resolutions). Then practicing international law.
Special assistant to attorney general, 1933. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Italy, 1933-1936. Ambassador on special mission to Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay, 1938.
Appointed member Commission, under treaty with Italy, for Advancement of Peace, 1939. Special assistant to secretary of state, in charge of problems arising from the war, 1939-1940, assistant secretary of state 1940-1944.
Member War Communications Board, 1941-1944, United States delegation to Dumbarton Oaks Conference, 1944. Trustee Princeton, 1937-1941. Member Commision on Revision of Judical Procedure, Missouri, 1914.
Member Jefferson Bicentennial Commission, 1941-1943, United States Government Princeton Bicentennial Commission, 1946-1947. Clubs: Metropolitan, Jefferson Islands, (Washington).
Married Christine Alexander Graham, June 1, 1912.