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Huey Long

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Also known as Huey Pierce Long, Jr., Huey P. Long, Huey Pierce Long Jr., Kingfish, The Kingfish, Huey Pierce Long, Huey Pierce Long Jr

American politician, Governor of Louisiana, and United States Senator (1893-1935)

Person · Open Library

Born
1893
Died
1935
Works
7

Top works

  • Petition [May 23, 1935] to the Senate of the United States of Hilda P. Hammond on behalf of the Women's Committee of Louisiana in the matter of charges against Senator Long and Overton, United States Senators from the State of Louisiana
  • "Effort to save depositors of all banks"
  • Limitation of fortunes - spreading wealth among the masses
  • FBI file on Huey Long
  • Speech in the Senate June 10,1933

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United States
Active from
1904-04-25
Active to
2009-06-10
jazz

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
487
Total plays
1,356

Huey Long, Singer and guitarist | 1904 - 2009. Huey Long, who died on 10 June, 2009, aged 105, was the last surviving member of the perennial American vocal group The Ink Spots. He was also a respected jazz guitarist and played with greats like Charlie Parker, Ella Fitzgerald and Dizzy Gillespie. He was born on 25 April, 1904, in Sealy, Texas. As a boy he made money shining shoes and with this he bought his first banjo. In the 1930s he moved to Chicago and exchanged his banjo for the guitar. <a

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Quotes

  • Every man a king, but no one wears a crown.
  • For the present you can just call me the Kingfish.
  • Your country is calling you. Our people are calling us. The people of America are calling us to relieve them from the distress that has infested this entire Nation as the result of following the Cabinet officers of the present administration. Your people are asking you to deliver them from this condition that now exists. They are asking relief.
  • I do not want the voice of the people shut out.
  • Here is Democracy's opportunity. Here is the opportunity to be of service to the people. Here is the chance for this party to have been of service to the people of the United States. Here is our chance to have been of help to the poor man. Here is our chance to have relieved him of the burdens and to have given him the benefits of a government that could have promoted the enterprises and furnished the conveniences and the facilities needed by every man, woman, and child in this country.
  • So I came to Washington, where I knew I would be farther away from America than I could be on some foreign shore; not that I do not respect this as a good part of America but in its general routine the heart of America is felt less here than at any place I have ever been.

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Key facts

Preceded by
Joseph E. Ransdell
Succeeded by
Rose McConnell Long
Lieutenant
Paul N. Cyr Alvin Olin King
Born
( 1893-08-30 ) August 30, 1893, Winnfield, Louisiana , U.S.
Died
September 10, 1935 (1935-09-10) (aged 42), Baton Rouge, Louisiana , U.S.
Cause of death
Assassination ( gunshot wound )
Resting place
Louisiana State Capitol
Party
Democratic
Spouse
Rose McConnell ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. April 1913</span>"}]]}'>1913 ) ​
Children
3; including Russell
Relatives
Long family
Profession
Politician, lawyer

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