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- He was a populist hero and a corrupt demagogue, hailed as a champion of the poor and reviled as a dictator.
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Huey Pierce Long Jr. (August 30, 1893 – September 10, 1935), nicknamed " The Kingfish ", was an American politician who served as the 40th governor of Louisiana from 1928 to 1932 and as a United States senator from 1932 until his assassination in 1935.
- He Was A Talented Student Who Was Expelled Before graduating.
- He Passed The Bar Exam After only One Year of Law School.
- He Wasn’T Afraid to Get His Knuckles Bloody.
- He Was A Hero to The poor.
- He Ran The Governor’s Office Like A Dictatorship.
- An Attempt to Impeach Him Turned Into A Riot.
- Long Stayed on as Governor For The First Year of His Tenure as A Senator.
- Fdr Considered Him One of The "Most Dangerous Men in The country."
- He Was Assassinated Before He Could Run For President.
Since there was no public school in Winn Parish when he was growing up, Huey Long was home-schooled before his father and other neighbors pooled money together for a teacher to create a “subscription school.” He started at public school in fourth grade, and later managed to convince his teachers to let him skipseventh grade. He was on the cusp of g...
After half-heartedly trying his hand at seminary school at Oklahoma Baptist University at his mother’s insistence, Long—who claimed to have a photographic memory—later transferred to the University of Oklahoma College of Law, but was distracted by the local casinos and ended up staying for just one semester. In 1914 he attended Tulane University La...
Long was irascible and, more than once, physically assaulted those who challenged him. That included a newspaper editor and one elderly, outgoing governor who called Long a liar (and was punchedin the face by Long as a result). He was also accused of blackmailing and bullying his opponents, including a Baptist minister whom he tricked into entering...
Long’s mandate when he became governor of Louisiana in 1928 (with 96.1 percent of the vote) was to aid the poor with publicly-funded projects, including new roads, bridges, hospitals, and schools and free textbooks for students. Before he took office, Louisiana had a 25 percent literacy rate, only 300 miles of paved roads, and three major bridges. ...
In Freedom From Fear, historian David Kennedy wrote that Long lorded over “the closest thing to a dictatorship that America has ever known.” In winning the governor’s mansion, Long overturned the power of the Regular Democratic Organization political machine (also known as the Choctaw Club) and ousted hundreds of political opponents from jobs in th...
In 1929, Shreveport representative Cecil Morgan, who was aligned with the Choctaw Club, sought to impeachLong on a variety of charges, including of corruption, incompetence, and blasphemy. Speaker of the House John B. Fournet, who was loyal to Long, moved to adjourn the special session abruptly and faked a vote count to say that the adjournment mot...
His term as a United States senator should have begun March 4, 1931, but he stayed almost long enough to finish his four-year term as governor through the following year. His entrenchment blocked his rival, Lieutenant Governor Paul N. Cyr, from assuming the governorship. In October 1931, Cyr declared himself the rightful governor, citing Long’s ele...
Long was initially a big supporter of President Roosevelt, but he acted as one of his most vocal critics when, in Long's opinion, federal programs didn’t go far enough to redistribute wealth. Roosevelt once said, “It’s all very well for us to laugh over Huey, but he really is one of the two most dangerous men in the country.” The laughter was meant...
Having always planned to seek the top office, Long wrote a book called My First Days in the White House, which (fictionally, and with much hubris) recounted how the people backed his message with such fervor that they whisked him into the presidency with a roar that drowned out the outgoing president. Before he could make that fantasy a reality, he...
Sep 8, 2015 · Per TIME: “Long Island sentiment was ready to make him a national hero.” But it was a Louisianan who set his sights on Long on this day, Sept. 8, precisely 80 years ago, shortly after...
Jul 20, 1998 · Huey Long, flamboyant and demagogic governor of Louisiana and U.S. senator whose social reforms and radical welfare proposals were ultimately overshadowed by the unprecedented executive dictatorship that he perpetrated to ensure control of his home state.
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Nov 9, 2009 · Huey Long, a populist governor and U.S. senator from Louisiana, was famed for his fiery oratory and radical reform proposals until his assassination at age 44.
About Huey Long. He was a populist hero and a corrupt demagogue, hailed as a champion of the poor and reviled as a dictator. Louisiana’s Huey Long built his remarkable career as governor...
Two days later his victim, Senator Huey Pierce Long of Louisiana, died, and his death caused countless Americans, from President Roosevelt downwards, to breathe a sigh of relief, while the poor farmers of Louisiana lamented the passing of their hero.
