Huey Long
Huey Pierce Long Jr., 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 left-wing populist member of the Democratic Party and rose to national prominence during the Great Depression for his vocal criticism of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and his New Deal, which Long deemed insufficiently radical.
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- Born in
- Winnfield
- Educated at
- University of OklahomaTulane UniversityTulane University Law School
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"Treat them just the same as anybody else, give them an opportunity to make a living, and to get an education."
"No man has ever been President of the United States more than two terms. You know that; everyone knows that. But when I get in, I'm going to abolish the, have universal suffrage, and I defy any sonofa…"
"We started them to school. They learned to read. They learned to work simple arithmetic problems. Now some of our plantation owners can't figure the poor devils out of everything at the close of each …"
"They kept on hollering, and I simply had to put my foot down. I said, 'I'm the governor and I say the ignorant in this state have to learn, blacks as well as whites.' And they learned."
"The trouble is, Roosevelt hasn't taken all of my ideas; just part of them. I'm about one hundred yards ahead of him. We're on the same road, but I'm here and he's there."
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Birth1935
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