Double doors, left, to what was once the governor's office when Huey P. Long was Louisiana governor and U.S. senator, border ...

Man of the People: The Trials of Huey Long tells the compelling story of Louisiana political icon Huey Long, tracing his journey from a humble salesman to a powerful figure in American politics. This ...

Editor’s note: This story was originally published on Sept. 8, 2024. A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. On Sept. 8, 1935, Louisiana Sen. Huey P. Long was ...

NEW ORLEANS -- Huey P. Long: icon or the closest this country came to having a dictator? Louisiana state historians will renew the debate on Long, "The Kingfish," in a new museum. The fiery governor ...

In a few short years in the 1920s and ‘30s, Gov. Huey Long turned LSU into a nationally recognized institution of higher learning, but he nearly ruined it with his heavy hand, according to a retired ...

Louisiana’s Huey Long was as close to a dictator as any American governor has ever been. (Library of Congress) The chief justice “has made his decision, now let him enforce it.” President Andrew ...

Frank Davis and his Louisiana Jazz Band were booked to play at the Rice Hotel in Houston in 1925. The banjo player never showed. For Huey Long, who shined shoes outside the hotel and occasionally got ...