Helen Longley Explained

Helen Longley
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Office:First Lady of Maine
Term Label:In role
Term Start:January 2, 1975
Term End:January 3, 1979
Predecessor:Pauline "Polly" Curtis
Successor:Constance Brennan
Birth Name:Helen Angela Walsh
Birth Date:11 April 1922
Birth Place:Springfield, Ohio, U.S.
Death Place:Portland, Maine, U.S.
Party:Independent
Children:5, including James Jr.
Relatives:John Moore (grandson)

Helen Walsh Longley (April 11, 1922 – September 13, 2005) was the former First Lady of Maine from 1975 to 1979, and the wife of the U.S. first independent Governor, James B. Longley.[1] [2] Longley was born Helen Angela Walsh in Springfield, Ohio.[1] She met her future husband, then a cadet in the United States Army Air Corps, in 1943.[1] The couple married in 1949 in Ohio and moved to Lewiston, Maine.[1] They had five children, including former Republican U.S. Representative James B. Longley Jr. (born 1951).

As First Lady, Longley was a proponent of the Special Olympics, as well as state medical facilities, including the Maine Medical Center and Mercy Hospital.[1]

Helen Longley died at Mercy Hospital in Portland, Maine, on September 13, 2005, at the age of 83.[1] She was a resident of Falmouth, Maine, and a former resident of Lewiston.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Helen W. Longley, 83, wife of former Maine governor . . . 2005-09-15 . 2012-03-08 .
  2. News: Helen W. Longley 1922-2005. . 2005-09-14 . 2012-03-08.