Blanche Long

Blanche Beulah Revere Long ( Revere; December 17, 1902 – May 11, 1998) was the first lady of the state of Louisiana, serving three nonconsecutive terms.

Raised in New Orleans, she married Earl Long in 1932 and was active in his successful bids for lieutenant governor and governor of Louisiana. She was the first lady of Louisiana from 1939 to 1940, 1948–1952, and 1956–1960. In 1959, after Earl's increasingly erratic behavior including a highly publicized affair with stripper Blaze Starr, Blanche attempted to have him involuntarily committed to a psychiatric hospital, but failed when he used the governor's authority to dismiss the hospital's administrator.

After Earl's death in 1960, Blanche Long remained active in Louisiana politics. She was the campaign manager for John McKeithen's successful 1964 gubernatorial campaign, and served on the Louisiana Tax Commission from 1964 to 1976.

Early life and education Blanche Beulah Revere was born on December 17, 1902, in Covington, Louisiana. She was the second daughter of Robert H. Revere and Beulah Revere ( Talley). When Revere was two years old, her family moved to New Orleans, where she spent most of her early life.

Revere attended Tulane University for three years, studying psychology and commercial law, before switching to secretarial school at Soule Business College.

Revere met attorney Earl Kemp Long, brother of then-governor of Louisiana Huey Long, in 1928. They were married in Estes Park, Colorado on August 17, 1932, at the home of Long's sister, Callie. In January 1965, Long was appointed to a full six-year term on the commission. She was reappointed by McKeithen to another term in 1971. She served until 1976; governor Edwin Edwards appointed Jamar Adcock to succeed her.

Death Long died on May 11, 1998, at a nursing home in Covington, Louisiana.