Huey Long | Teaching Key Figures

Character Descriptions

This section provides a short description of all the major characters in the book. This can be printed out as a study guide for students, used as a "key" for leading a class discussion, or you can jump to the quiz/homework section to find worksheets that incorporate these descriptions into a variety of question formats.

Characters

Huey Longfellow - He first ran for governor of Louisiana in 1923 when he was thirty years of age but was not elected until four years later and was inaugurated governor on May 21, 1928.

Julius Long - He was Huey's older brother who had promised their mother that he would see that Huey had an education and paid the expenses so Huey could attend law school and pass the bar examination.

Harley Bozeman - In addition to being the chairman of the house appropriations committee, he was also chairman of the Tax...
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