George Long was a delegate to the 1948 Democratic National Convention that met in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania . He was part of the loyalists pledged to the Harry Truman-Alben W. Barkley ticket . The Alabama and Mississippi delegations walked out of the convention in protest of the civil rights plank in the party platform and supported then Governor Strom Thurmond of South Carolina for president . Thurmond was the official Democratic nominee in Louisiana and three other southern states though Earl Long backed the losing Truman slate in Louisiana
1948 Democratic National Convention
1948 Democratic National Convention
George S. Long