Long was elected as the first female Speaker of the House in 1992. Her tenure in that position was cut short due to the "Phonegate" scandal, in which members of the House of Representatives were found to be using state toll-free access codes for personal use. Long resigned the speakership in September 1993, but continued to serve until 1998, becoming the first woman to chair the House Tax Committee.[2]
long, this, article, about, politician, musician, klaatu, band, born, april, 1939, minnesota, politician, member, democratic, farmer, labor, party, former, member, minnesota, house, representatives, representing, part, minneapolis, long, first, woman, serve, s. This article is about the politician For the musician see Klaatu band Dee Long born April 1939 is a Minnesota politician a member of the Democratic Farmer Labor Party and a former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives representing part of Minneapolis Long was the first woman to serve as Speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives a position she held from 1992 to 1993 1 Dee Long53rd Speaker of the Minnesota House of RepresentativesIn office January 6 1992 September 15 1993Preceded byRobert VanasekSucceeded byIrv AndersonMinnesota House Majority LeaderIn office 1989 1992Preceded byAnn WyniaSucceeded byAlan WelleMinnesota State Representative from District 60AIn office January 1993 January 1999Preceded byKaren J ClarkSucceeded byMargaret Anderson KelliherMinnesota State Representative from District 59AIn office January 1983 January 1992Minnesota State Representative from District 56BIn office January 1979 January 1983Personal detailsBornApril 1939Minneapolis MinnesotaPolitical partyDFLSpouseNicholasChildrenCatherine NicholasResidence s Minneapolis MinnesotaAlma materNorthwestern University University of MinnesotaProfessionCollege Instructor Long attended Northwestern University before transferring to the University of Minnesota where she graduated magna cum laude with a degree in Psychology She first won election to the House of Representatives in 1978 and served in the body until 1998 Long was elected as the first female Speaker of the House in 1992 Her tenure in that position was cut short due to the Phonegate scandal in which members of the House of Representatives were found to be using state toll free access codes for personal use Long resigned the speakership in September 1993 but continued to serve until 1998 becoming the first woman to chair the House Tax Committee 2 After leaving the legislature Long lobbied for energy independence before retiring in 2007 She lives in Minnetonka Minnesota See also editList of female speakers of legislatures in the United StatesReferences edit Official State Biography Politics in Minnesota So Long to Long Archived from the original on August 3 2009 Retrieved January 24 2009 Political offices Preceded byRobert Vanasek Speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives1992 1993 Succeeded byIrv Anderson Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Dee Long amp oldid 1213632790, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
