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Huey Long

1893 - 1935

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Huey Pierce Long Jr. (August 30, 1893 – September 10, 1935), 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Huey Long has received more than 5,963,998 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Huey Long is the 10,563rd most popular politician (down from 9,540th in 2019), the 3,989th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,642nd in 2019) and the 250th most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Huey Long ranks 10,563 out of 15,577. Before him are Khalid al-Islambouli, Pierre Harmel, Kadan, Frederick William, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf, and Carl Jaenisch. After him are Julian Marchlewski, Nicolaes Witsen, William II Jordan, Pharnabazus III, Francesco Molin, and Nofret II.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1893, Huey Long ranks 137. Before him are Donald Lippincott, Vicente Huidobro, Heinrich George, Ralph Linton, José María Velasco Ibarra, and Johannes Dieckmann. After him are Cedric Hardwicke, Jorge Guillén, Wilfred Owen, Anthony Berkeley Cox, Georges Florovsky, and Konstantine Gamsakhurdia. Among people deceased in 1935, Huey Long ranks 78. Before him are Dutch Schultz, Zequinha de Abreu, Eemil Nestor Setälä, Lucy, Lady Duff-Gordon, Nie Er, and Qu Qiubai. After him are Jules Cambon, Erich von Hornbostel, Oda Krohg, Childe Hassam, Sun Chuanfang, and Nina Grieg.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Huey Long ranks 3,989 out of 18,182. Before him are John Nance Garner (1868), Michael Nesmith (1942), Charles Grandison Finney (1792), Hugh Thompson Jr. (1943), Stella Stevens (1936), and Jack Cassidy (1927). After him are Joe E. Tata (1936), Anthony Franciosa (1928), Kenny G (1956), Bruce McGill (1950), Art Pepper (1925), and Glen A. Larson (1937).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Huey Long ranks 250. Before him are Victoria Woodhull (1838), Harry Hopkins (1890), Lyndon LaRouche (1922), Ralph Nader (1934), Elizabeth Warren (1949), and John Nance Garner (1868). After him are Dolley Madison (1768), Schuyler Colfax (1823), John Lewis (1940), Lori Lightfoot (1962), Winthrop Rockefeller (1912), and Augustine Washington (1694).

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