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U.S. Senator Huey Long, the Political "Kingfish" of Louisiana, ca. 1933

Huey Long served as governor of Louisiana from 1928-32 and then as U.S. Senator from 1932-35. Though he supported Roosevelt in the 1932 presidential election, Long broke from the president in 1933, proposing a more radical redistribution of wealth than that offered by the New Deal. Long, known in Louisiana as "the Kingfish," proposed an alternative to the New Deal titled "Share Our Wealth."

U.S. Senator Huey Long, the Political "Kingfish" of Louisiana, ca. 1933. Photograph by Keystone View Company, Meadville. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress.