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QUICK FACTS
NAME
Huey P. Long
OCCUPATION
Governor
BIRTH DATE
30 Aug 1893 (age 132)
EDUCATION
tulane university, university of oklahoma, tulane law school, ou college of law, oklahoma baptist university
PLACE OF BIRTH
Winnfield, Louisiana
FULL NAME
Huey Pierce Long
ZODIAC SIGN
Virgo

QUOTES

I'm for the poor man — all poor men, black and white, they all gotta have a chance. They gotta have a home, a job, and a decent education for their children. 'Every man a king' — that's my slogan."
Huey P. Long: Biography
HUEY P. LONG
Democrat - Louisiana
Governor
Huey P. Long BIOGRAPHICAL FACTS:
Huey Long was a highly popular and controversial Louisiana politician who was killed in 1935.
Synopsis

Born near Winnfield, Louisiana, on August 30, 1893, Huey Long was elected guv of the state in 1928. Charismatic with a sweeping populist program that gave reforms for the bad throughout the Depression, Long was known to have a drastic, oppressive administrative style that split lots of. He won an us senate seat in 1932 with eyes on the presidency, yet died on September 10, 1935, after being shot.

Early life as well as legal career

Long was birthed on August 30, 1893, near Winnfield, the seat of federal government of Winn Parish, a small community in the north-central part of the state. He was the son of Huey Pierce Long, Sr. (1852-- 1937) and also the previous Caledonia Palestine Tison (1860-- 1913).

Long won a discussing scholarship to Louisiana State University, yet he was incapable to manage the books needed for participation. As an alternative, he spent the next 5 years as a traveling salesman, selling books, canned goods as well as license medicines, as well as functioning as an auctioneer.

Political career and also rise to power

In 1918 Long was chosen to the Louisiana Railroad Commission at the age of 25 on an anti-Standard Oil platform. His campaign for the Railroad Commission made use of methods he would certainly best later in his political career: hefty usage of printed advertisements and also posters, an extensive schedule of personal project turnings off throughout country Louisiana, and vehement attacks on his opponents.

Politics

Within the leading Louisiana Democratic celebration, Long propel two long lasting factions--"pro-Long" and "anti-Long"-- which deviated meaningfully in terms of policies and also voter assistance. A household empire emerged: his brother Earl Long was elected lieutenant-governor in 1936, governor in 1948 and also 1956. Generally anti-Longite candidates would certainly guarantee to proceed prominent social services delivered in Long's management and slammed Longite corruption without straight striking Long himself. Long's kid, Russell Long, was a U.S. statesman from 1948 to 1987. As chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, Russell Long shaped the country's tax obligation laws. He was an advocate of low company taxes, but also passed the Earned Income Credit and other tax regulations beneficial to the inadequate and functioning people.

Born near Winnfield, Louisiana, on August 30, 1893, Huey Long was chosen guv of the state in 1928. In 1918 Long was elected to the Louisiana Railroad Commission at the age of 25 on an anti-Standard Oil system. Within the leading Louisiana Democratic celebration, Long set in motion 2 resilient factions--"pro-Long" and "anti-Long"-- which diverged meaningfully in terms of policies as well as citizen assistance. Typically anti-Longite prospects would certainly guarantee to proceed popular social services supplied in Long's administration and criticized Longite corruption without straight striking Long himself. Long's boy, Russell Long, was a U.S. senator from 1948 to 1987.
EDUCATION : -
tulane university, university of oklahoma, tulane law school, ou college of law, oklahoma baptist university
PERSONAL : -
30 Aug 1893, Winnfield, Louisiana, married to Rose McConnell Long and three children
Huey P. Long SENATE CAREER:
Long's three-year tenure in the Senate overlapped an important time in American history as Herbert Hoover and then FDR attempted to deal with the Great Depression. Long often attempted to upstage FDR and the congressional leadership by mounting populist appeals of his own, most notably his "Share Our Wealth" program.

Long arrived in Washington, D.C., to take his seat in the United States Senate in January 1932, although he was absent for more than half the days in the 1932 session. With the backdrop of the Great Depression, he made characteristically fiery speeches which denounced the concentration of wealth in the hands of a few. He also criticized the leaders of both parties for failing to address the crisis adequately, most notably attacking conservative Senate Democratic Leader Joseph Robinson of Arkansas for his apparent closeness with President Herbert Hoover and ties to big business. Robinson had been the vice-presidential candidate in 1928 on the Democratic ticket opposite Hoover.
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