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Kingfish by Richard D. White Jr.7/5/2023 And in Southern politics, being colorful is far more important than any one policy proposal. Despite his rough edges, he’s remembered fondly by many Louisianans: he may have been a power-crazed boor, but he was our power-crazed boor. His way with words, no-holds-barred energy, and rhetoric in favor of helping the poor earned him legions of followers during his political career but his largely successful drive to gather all the levers of power within the state into his own hands has earned him a critical assessment from historians. Long, governor of Louisiana from 1928 to 1932 and one of Louisiana’s senators from 1932 until his assassination in 1935, has lived on as one of the greatest legends in Louisiana political history, which is an achievement in a state that kept electing Edwin Edwards. Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, photograph by Harris & Ewing,
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