Medicus A. Long (died September 22, 1885) was a lawyer from Tennessee who served one term in

Tennessee Tennessee ( , ), officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked state in the Southeastern region of the United States. Tennessee is the 36th-largest by area and the 15th-most populous of the 50 states. It is bordered by Kentucky to ...

's General Assembly. He spent a short time as a publisher in Tennessee. He married Ellen Call, Florida Territorial Governor

Richard K. Call Richard Keith Call (October 24, 1792 – September 14, 1862) was an American attorney, politician, and slave owner who served as the 3rd and 5th territorial governor of Florida. Before that, he was elected to the Florida Territorial Council and a ...

's daughter who became

Ellen Call Long Ellen Call Long (1825-1905) was the daughter of Florida territorial governor Richard Keith Call and a member of the influential Call-Walker political family of Florida. She acquired The Grove from her father in 1851 and held it until 1903. She re ...

. They had four children but only the oldest and youngest children survived to adulthood: Richard Call Long and Eleanora Long Hollinger. He was a secessionist.

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