From the moment he took office as governor in 1928 to the day an assassin’s bullet cut him down in 1935, Huey Long wielded all but dictatorial control over the...
Traces the life and controversial political career of "The Kingfish," the Depression-era, Democratic governor and senator from Louisiana who was assassinated shortly after announcing his plans to run for the American presidency.
Long's choices for president pro tempore of the senate (Philip H. Gilbert) and Speaker of the House (John B. ... of the Constitution of 1921, still in effect, required roads and bridges to be financed out of current revenues only).
Presents a biographical sketch of American politician Huey Pierce Long (1893-1935), who served as governor and U.S. senator for Louisiana, provided by the U.S. Social Security Administration. Highlights Long's Share...
A detailed biography of the red-neck politician who became a national demagogue in the twenties and thirties and almost reached the White House
Huey Long
A novel by the flamboyant Kingfish, one of Franklin Roosevelt's political rivals during the Great Depression.
Presents a biography of the Louisiana governor, Huey P. Long, known as Kingfish.
At the same time, Coughlin was cultivating political friendships closer to home, most notably with Detroit's new Democratic mayor, Frank Murphy. Coughlin had been friendly with Murphy and his Irish-Catholic family almost since the ...
Relying heavily on interviews with more than two dozen people who vividly recall the conflict, the author reveals what led Huey Long to order 3,000 militiamen into New Orleans.