Macon Melville Long was born on April 2, 1885, in Rappahannock County, Virginia.
[1] He was on the board of trustees of the University of Richmond and chairman of the Virginia Advisory Legislative Council.
He was a member of the rules, privileges and elections, finance, confirmations, and roads and navigation committees.
[1][3] Long had one son and three daughters, Macon Melville Jr., Virginia, Charlotte and Helen.
[3] He was a deacon and Sunday School teacher at First Baptist Church in St.