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Huey Long - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Huey Pierce Long, Jr. (August 30, 1893 - September 10, 1935), nicknamed The Kingfish , served as the Governor of Louisiana from 1928 to 1932 and as a U.S. senator from 1932 to 1935. A Democrat, he ...
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He was hailed as a champion of the poor and reviled as a dictator. ... Louisiana's Huey Long rose to Governor and U.S. Senator on a platform of social reform and justice, all the while employing graft and corruption to get what he wanted. Ken Burns reveals a complex and comprehensive portrait of the man, his politics,
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Huey Long is born into a middle-class family in north Louisiana. ... Opens a law practice in Shreveport, concentrating on law suits against Standard Oil and other big corporations; Long earns a reputation as a "defender of the friendless.";
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www.pbs.org/kenburns/hueylong/timeline/
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The true story of Huey Long, Louisiana governor, U.S. senator, and favorite son. Huey Long remains one of the most misunderstood political figures more than 70 years after his assassination at age 42. ... Huey Long is one of the most significant, yet misunderstood political figures in American history. More than 70 years...
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www.hueylong.com/
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Social Security history ... Huey Long was Governor of Louisiana from 1928 to 1932 and was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1930. A nominal Democrat, Huey Long was a radical populist, of a sort we are unfamiliar with in our day. As Governor, he sponsored many reforms that endeared him to the rural poor.
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During his three brief years in the U.S. Senate, Huey Long became one of the most flamboyant and provocative Senators in the nation's history.
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