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Huey Long — ink portrait
§ The minds · 1893–1935 · United States · Senator & Governor

Huey Long

Share our wealth

Every man a king.

Rooted Longist →
Economic−58
SocialistMarket
Governance+48
LibertarianAuthoritarian
Social−20
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The 'Kingfish' of Louisiana, whose 'Share Our Wealth' programme of capped fortunes and guaranteed incomes built a redistributive populist machine so powerful it rattled FDR — until his assassination in 1935.

social

Folksy, traditional, mass-popular.

economic

Capped fortunes and guaranteed a household income — radical redistribution.

governance

Ran Louisiana as a near-dictatorial populist machine.

Notable for
  • The 'Share Our Wealth' programme
  • Dominated Louisiana politics
  • Threatened FDR from the left
share-our-wealthpopulismredistribution
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