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Huey Long's Legacy

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“A man is not a dictator when he is given a commission from the people and carries it out"(Huey Long). The 1930’s were a time of pain and poverty. The public was desperate to recapture their lifestyles from the 1920’s again, and believed they needed an extremist to get them there. One of these people was a former governor of Louisiana, Huey Long, also known as the “Kingfish”. Huey was well experienced in politics, and arguably one of the most powerful governors in the history of the U.S. After being governor, he became a part of the U.S. Senate. Long was very pro-Franklin Roosevelt, but in 1933, he decided to run for president himself (“Huey Long”). In 1934, he created the Share Our Wealth Society, a group …show more content…

He fought against monopolies and utility rates. In 1922, Long had become chairman, and won many battles against many oil and utility monopolies (Project, Long Legacy). In 1924, Long, now 30 years old, ran for governor. He lost by 7,400 votes. Long blamed his loss on the weather, which he thought could have prevented rural citizens from voting. Four years later, Long ran for governor again with his famous slogan “every man a king”. Louisiana's government would never be same (Project, Long …show more content…

It had a great impact on the Louisiana government. He traveled 15,000 miles on the state's dirt roads, and made well over 600 speeches in both urban and rural areas. All over Louisiana, Long was known for his energetic and inspiring speeches. One of his most well known speeches was the Evangeline speech, which summed up his campaign for governor in 1928. In this, he asked the public many questions including: “Where are the schools that you have waited for your children to have, that have never come? Where are the roads that you give the government money to build?” (Project, Long Legacy). When Long was elected governor, winning by the largest margin in state history, he fulfilled his promises for the schools, roads, and hospitals that rural Louisiana fiercely

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