As a result of President Johnson 's signing of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 , Long ( along with more than a dozen other southern Senators , including Herman Talmadge and Richard Russell , both of Georgia ) did not attend the 1964 Democratic National Convention in Atlantic City . However , Long defied conventional wisdom by delivering a television address in Louisiana in which he strongly endorsed the Johnson-Humphrey ticket , which lost the state to the Republican Barry M. Goldwater-William E. Miller electors . The action had no consequence on Long 's future , however , as Republicans declined to challenge his reelection in 1968 , 1974 , and 1980
1964 Democratic National Convention
1964 Democratic National Convention
Russell B. Long