Related Research Articles
Huey Pierce Long Jr.,nicknamed "The Kingfish",was an American politician who served as the 40th governor of Louisiana from 1928 to 1932 and as a United States senator from 1932 until his assassination in 1935. He was a left-wing populist member of the Democratic Party and rose to national prominence during the Great Depression for his vocal criticism of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and his New Deal,which Long deemed insufficiently radical. As the political leader of Louisiana,he commanded wide networks of supporters and often took forceful action. A controversial figure,Long is celebrated as a populist champion of the poor or,conversely,denounced as a fascist demagogue.
Jeanerette is a city in Iberia Parish,Louisiana,United States. Known as "Sugar City",it had a population of 5,530 at the 2010 census,a decrease of 467 from the 2000 tabulation of 5,997. It is two thirds African American,many of them Creoles of color. Jeanerette is the part of the Lafayette metropolitan statistical area;its parish is also one of the 22 included in the Acadiana region,which has had a high proportion of Francophones.
Earl Kemp Long was an American politician who served as the 45th governor of Louisiana for nine years. A member of the Democratic Party,he held the same position that his brother,Huey Long,held years earlier (1928–1932).
Alvin Olin King was an American politician allied with the Democratic faction of Governor Huey Pierce Long Jr. A state senator,he was President Pro Tempore in 1931,after Long had been elected in 1930 as a US Senator.
Oscar Kelly Allen Sr.,also known as O. K. Allen, was the 42nd Governor of Louisiana from 1932 to 1936.
The Louisiana State Capitol is the seat of government for the U.S. state of Louisiana and is located in downtown Baton Rouge. The capitol houses the chambers for the Louisiana State Legislature,made up of the House of Representatives and the Senate,as well as the office of the Governor of Louisiana. At 450 feet (137 m) tall and with 34 stories,it is the tallest skyscraper in Baton Rouge,the seventh tallest building in Louisiana,and tallest capitol in the United States. It is located on a 27-acre (110,000 m2) tract,which includes the capitol gardens. The Louisiana State Capitol is often thought of as "Huey Long's monument" due to the influence of the former Governor and U.S. Senator in getting the capitol built. The building's construction was completed in 1931. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978 and was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1982.
Richard Webster Leche was an American attorney,judge,and politician,elected as the 44th Governor of the U.S. state of Louisiana. He served from 1936 until 1939,when he resigned. Convicted on federal charges of misuse of federal funds,Leche was the first Louisiana chief executive to be imprisoned.
Joseph Eugene Ransdell was an attorney and politician from Louisiana. Beginning in 1899,he was elected for seven consecutive terms as United States representative from Louisiana's 5th congressional district. He subsequently served for three terms in the United States Senate from Louisiana before being defeated in the 1930 Democratic primary for the seat by Governor Huey Long.
Edwin Sidney Broussard Sr. was a United States senator from Louisiana,who served for two terms from March 5,1921,to March 3,1933.
The 1928 Louisiana gubernatorial election was held on April 17,1928. Like in most Southern states between the Reconstruction era and the civil rights movement,Louisiana's Republican Party was virtually nonexistent in terms of electoral support. This meant that the Democratic primary held on January 17 was essentially the real contest to decide the governor,as winning the Democratic nomination would be tantamount to election as governor.
Jared Young Sanders Sr. was an American journalist and attorney from Franklin,the seat of St. Mary Parish in south Louisiana,who served as his state's House Speaker (1900–1904),lieutenant governor (1904–1908),the 34th Governor (1908–1912),and U.S. representative (1917–1921). Near the end of his political career he was a part of the anti-Long faction within the Louisiana Democratic Party. Huey Pierce Long Jr.,in fact had once grappled with Sanders in the lobby of the Roosevelt Hotel in New Orleans.
The lieutenant governor of Louisiana is the second highest state office in Louisiana. The current lieutenant governor is Billy Nungesser,a Republican. The lieutenant governor is also the commissioner of the Louisiana Department of Culture,Recreation &Tourism.
The following table indicates the party of elected officials in the U.S. state of Louisiana:
Albania Plantation is a plantation house located on the Bayou Teche in St. Mary Parish,Louisiana right outside of the town of Jeanerette,Louisiana. The home was built between 1837 and 1842 by Charles Alexandre Grevemberg,who operated a successful sugar plantation based on slave labor on the surrounding 6,500 acres (2,600 ha). The home is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Kingfish:A Story of Huey P. Long is a 1995 television drama starring John Goodman and directed by Thomas Schlamme. The film originally aired on TNT and was nominated for two Emmy awards.
Leonard Mason Spencer was a lawyer and planter from Tallulah,Louisiana,who was from 1924 to 1936 a Democratic member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for Madison Parish,located alongside the rich farming delta of the Mississippi River.
Huey Long is a 1941 bronze sculpture of Huey Long by Charles Keck,installed in the United States Capitol,in Washington,D.C.,as part of the National Statuary Hall Collection. It is one of two statues donated by the state of Louisiana.
Huey Long,the former governor of Louisiana,served in the United States Senate from 1932 until his assassination in 1935. A powerful figure,Long was integral in Franklin Roosevelt's 1932 Democratic Nomination and the election of the first woman,Hattie Caraway,to the US Senate. He was investigated for election discrepancies regarding the election of his friend John H. Overton,but no evidence of fraud was found. He proposed sweeping legislation,known as the Share Our Wealth plan,to end the Great Depression. Long often used filibusters to prevent or slow the passage of New Deal legislation.
Huey Long,governor of Louisiana and US Senator,has inspired or been portrayed in numerous cultural works. He has served as the template for fascistic politicians in novels like It Can't Happen Here (1935),A Lion Is in the Streets (1945),and All the King's Men (1946). The latter two were adapted into Oscar-winning films.
References
- ↑ "DR. PAUL N. CYR; Former Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana, Foe of Huey Long". New York Times. 25 August 1946.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Bradshaw, Jim (10 November 2017). "Jim Bradshaw: Dentist took on Huey Long over notorious death in St. Mary". St. Mary Now.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Cyr, Louie McGowen. "Dictionary C". Dictionary of Louisiana Biography. Louisiana Historical Association.
- 1 2 "Emily Julie Cyr Bridges". nola.com.
- 1 2 3 White, Jr., Richard D. (2009). Kingfish: The Reign of Huey P. Long. Random House Publishing Group. ISBN 9780307535764.
- 1 2 3 4 Hair, William Ivy (1991). The Kingfish and His Realm: The Life and Times of Huey P. Long. LSU Press. ISBN 9780807145661.
- ↑ Wall, Bennett H.; Rodrigue, John C. (28 January 2014). "The Time of the Kingfish, 1924-1935". Louisiana: A History. John Wiley & Sons. p. 294. ISBN 9781118619292.
- ↑ "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Steamboat House". National Park Service . Retrieved July 5, 2018. With accompanying pictures
