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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—LouisianaHuey Pierce LONG
(1893-1935)
Senate Years of Service:
1932-1935Party: DemocratLONG, Huey Pierce,
(husband of Rose McConnell Long, father of Russell B. Long, brother
of George S. Long, and cousin of Speedy P. Long), a Senator from
Louisiana; born on a farm near Winnfield, Winn Parish, La., August
30, 1893; attended the public schools at Winnfield and University
of Oklahoma School of Law; was engaged as a book peddler,
auctioneer, and salesman; studied law at Tulane University, New
Orleans, La.; admitted to the bar in 1915 and commenced practice in
Winnfield; moved to Shreveport, La., in 1918; railroad commissioner
1918-1928, and commission chairman 1924-1928; unsuccessful
candidate for the Democratic nomination for Governor of Louisiana
in 1924; Democratic National committeeman 1928-1935; elected
Governor of Louisiana in 1928 and served from May 21, 1928, until
his resignation effective January 25, 1932, having previously been
elected Senator; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate
in 1930 for the term commencing March 4, 1931, but did not assume
these duties until January 25, 1932, preferring to continue as
Governor; served as Senator from January 25, 1932, until his death;
announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for President
in August 1935; shot by an assassin in the State Capitol Building
in Baton Rouge on September 8, 1935, and died on September 10,
1935; interment on the Capitol Grounds at Baton Rouge, La.
Bibliography
American National Biography; Dictionary of American
Biography; Hair, William Ivy. The Kingfish and His Realm:
The Life and Times of Huey P. Long. Baton Rouge: Louisiana
State University Press, 1991; White, Richard D., Jr. Kingfish:
The Reign of Huey P. Long. New York: Random House, 2006..
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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