Long, Huey

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1. A political leader of the 1920s and 1930s who served as governor of Louisiana and represented that state in the Senate. He promised every family enough money for a home, car, radio, pension, and college education. A demagogue, Long dominated Louisiana's politics and pushed aside opposition. He planned to run for president but was assassinated before he could do so.

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Members of Long's family played a prominent role in Louisiana and national politics for some time.

Long was nicknamed the “Kingfish.”

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Louisiana’s regulation of florists began in 1950, perhaps not coincidentally under the governorship of the flamboyant machine politician Earl K. Long, Huey’s younger brother.

From The Wall Street Journal

Shreveport, La. radio officials several times silenced parts of a campaign speech by Governor Earl Kemp Long, Huey's brother, because of his hells, damns, other profanities.

From Time Magazine Archive