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Biography

Name: Huey Pierce Long
Birth Date: August 30, 1893
Death Date: September 8, 1935
Place of Birth: Winnfield, Louisiana, United States
Place of Death: Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States
Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupations: politician

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Biography of Huey Pierce Long
937 words, approx. 3 pages
The career of the American politician Huey Pierce Long (1893-1935) grew out of and fed upon the violence, ignorance, and frustration that plagued the lives of southern poor white people in the early 20th century. The seventh of nine children, Huey Long...
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Biography of Huey Pierce Long
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More than 60 years after his death, Huey Long remained a controversial figure in American history. His supporters claimed that he was a latter-day Robin Hood, who wished to provide for all citizens regardless of race or color and who wanted to...


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Huey Long Quotes
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Huey P. Long (born August 30, 1893, Winnfield, Winn Parish, Louisiana; died September 10, 1935, Baton Rouge, Louisiana), known as "The Kingfish", Louisiana governor (1928-1932) and U.S. Senator (1932-1935). Sourced "I wonder why he shot me," September...


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Long, Huey (1893-1935) Summary
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One of the most skillful orators and most successful politicians of the 1920s and 1930s, Hugh Pierce Long was a demagogue, but one with strong populist appeal. Long was elected governor of Louisiana and then U.S. senator, and, had his life not been cut...
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Huey Long Information
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Huey Pierce Long, Jr. (August 30, 1893 – September 10, 1935), nicknamed The Kingfish, was an American politician from the U.S. state of Louisiana. A Democrat, he was noted for his radical populist policies. He served as Governor of Louisiana from...


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The Boston Globe
A short-tempered study of Huey Long
11/14/1991: 707 words, approx. 2 pages
THE KINGFISH AND HIS REALM The Life and Times of Huey P. Long By William Ivy Hair Louisiana State University Press, 406 pp., illustrated, $24.95 In his zeal to portray Huey P. Long as another vulgar, larger-than-life personality produced...
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Rhetoric & Public Affairs
The Rusticity And Religiosity Of Huey P. Long
07/01/2004: 8,555 words, approx. 29 pages
Challenging the conventional portrait of Huey P. Long as a Southern demagogue, this essay argues for a new understanding of the Kingfish that better accounts for how he simultaneously forged a fiercely loyal following of "common folk" and outraged, even terrorized, a "better" class...
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AP News
Congress suffers fifth death of year
10/10/2007: 557 words, approx. 2 pages
Flags over the U.S. Capitol were flying at half-staff again this week as lawmakers for the fifth time in just eight months mourned the passing of one of their own.The death of Rep. Jo Ann Davis, R-Va., over the Columbus Day weekend accentuated what has...
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The New York Observer
The End of the Beginning for Spitzer
7/5/2007: 413 words, approx. 1 pages
It’s often been said that political careers, like love affairs, go in cycles. They begin with flirtation, progress to infatuation, and—if the politician is lucky—lead to consummation. But, as in a relationship, there comes a point in every politician’s time in public life when he...
 


 

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