Longyearbyen, the largest settlement in Norway's Svalbard archipelago
Mary Beecher Longyear | John W. Longyear | John Munro Longyear |
Longyear was elected as a Republican from Michigan's 3rd congressional district to the 38th and 39th United States Congresses, serving from March 4, 1863 to March 3, 1867.
The main purpose of the Longyear Foundation was to preserve "the records of the earthly life of Mary Baker Eddy," the founder of the Christian Science religion.