Long, Huey

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.”

There's not a Huey Long or William Jennings Bryan among them.

Wingnuts author John Avlon tracks the history of righteous, paranoid populist appeals, from Huey Long to Joe McCarthy.

During the Great Depression, divisive demagogues like Huey Long on the left and Father Coughlin on the right were hugely popular.

Peter Beinart on how fear helped them—and why Obama needs a Huey Long.

We had Father Coughlin and the Kingfish, Huey Long, railing against Franklin Roosevelt.

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