Huey+Long

__**About Huey:**__ Huey Pierce Long, Jr. (August 30, 1893 – September 10, 1935), nicknamed The Kingfish, served as the [|40th Governor of Louisiana] from 1928–1932 and as a [|U.S. Senator] from 1932 to 1935. A [|Democrat], he was noted for his radical [|populist] policies. Though a backer of [|Franklin D. Roosevelt] in the [|1932 presidential election], Long split with Roosevelt in June 1933 and allegedly planned to mount his own presidential bid for [|1936]. Long created the [|Share Our Wealth] program in 1934 with the motto " [|Every Man a King] ", proposing new [|wealth redistribution] measures in the form of a [|net asset tax] on corporations and individuals to curb the poverty and hopelessness endemic nationwide during the [|Great Depression]. To stimulate the economy, Long advocated federal spending on [|public works], schools and colleges, and [|old age pensions]. He was an ardent critic of the [|Federal Reserve System] 's policies. Charismatic and immensely popular for his programs and willingness to take forceful action, Long was accused by his opponents of dictatorial tendencies for his near-total control of the state government. A [|leftist] populist who fought the rich, he was preparing to challenge FDR's reelection in 1936 in alliance with radio's influential Catholic priest [|Charles Coughlin], or run for president in 1940 when Franklin Roosevelt was expected to retire. However, Long was assassinated in 1935; his national movement faded, while his state organization continued. Long's legacy, on the one hand, consists of dramatic expansion of the infrastructure of Louisiana, ranging from highways to hospitals to a major state university. On the other hand, his memory is bitterly contested. Ever since his death historians, novelists and his many friends and foes in Louisiana have debated whether or not he was a dictator, democrat, demagogue, messiah or populist—a friend of American values or a fascist enemy of them.

Huey Long was born on August 30, 1893, in Winnfield. Long served as the 40th Governer of Louisana, and as a US Senator. He created the Share our Wealth program in 1934 with the motto "Every Man a King". Long rose to national prominence during the Great Depression by becoming the country's most impassioned advocate of redistribution of wealth from the rich to the poor. More than 7 million Americans joined Long's Share Our Wealth clubs. Huey was assasinated in 1935 at age 42.

__** Huey Long's assassination: **__

In 1935, many rumors of numberous plot to kill Huey Long were swirling around the capitol. September 8th, he was shot three times in the abdomen in the hall of the State Capitol by Dr. Carol Weiss. He died the next day when surgeons failed to stop major internal bleeding. 200,000 mourners flocked to Baton Rouge to pay their respects.

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