Jefferson F. Long

Jefferson Franklin Long (March 3, 1836 – February 4, 1901) was a U.S. congressman from Georgia. He was the second African American sworn into the U.S. House of Representatives and the first African-American congressman from Georgia. Long was the first African-American representative to speak on the floor of the U.S. House, He remained the only African American to represent Georgia until Andrew Young was elected in 1972. and was elected in 1870 as a Republican to the Forty-first Congress to serve a term from January 16 to March 3, 1871. Georgia had no congressional representation from March 1869 to December 1870 due to the state's failure to ratify the Fifteenth Amendment. Long is best known for his speech on the floor of the House of Representatives in opposition to a measure to provide amnesty to former Confederates:

He was not a candidate for re-election in 1870 due to anti-Reconstruction efforts by the white-majority Georgia GOP, but remained active in politics and served as a delegate to the Republican National Convention from 1872 to 1880.

After his congressional term, Long returned to his tailoring business in Macon, which he ran with one of his sons.

Long died from influenza on February 4, 1901, and was interred at Linwood Cemetery in Macon.