Huey Long

Submitted by sfr on Sun, 2017-10-29 15:45
Text: 
"By the People"
Character Key: 
Huey Long
Display Name: 
Huey Long
Sort Name: 
Long, Huey
Race: 
White
Gender: 
Male
Class: 
Middle Class
Rank: 
Peripheral
Vitality: 
Dead
Occupation: 
Administrative
Specific Job: 
Governor, Senator
First Mentioned: 
Courthouse and Square in "By the People" (Location)
Date of Birth: 
Wednesday, August 30, 1893
Origin: 
Louisiana
Cause of Death: 
Murder
Biography: 

Huey Long was a controversial populist Louisiana politician who became Governor of Louisiana before rising, as Clarence Snopes hopes to, to the U.S. Senate. Stevens refers to him as "a madman" (137), as if he were still alive, but Long was assassinated in 1935, shortly after announcing his intention to run for President. The most famous of "Long's soak-the-rich battle cries" (132) was "Every man a king."

Ontological Status: 
Historical/Real
Individual or Group: 
Individual
Character changes class in this text: 

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