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'''Huey Pierce Long, Jr.''' (August 30, 1893 – September 10, 1935), nicknamed '''Kingfish,''' was a powerful [[far-left]] American politician in the 1920s and 1930s who built a ruthless [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] machine in [[Louisiana]] as governor (1928–32) and U.S. Senator (1932–35). His base was among angry poor whites, both [[Protestants]] and [[Roman Catholic]]s (called "[[Rednecks]]" by the middle class enemies of Long).

'''Huey Pierce Long, Jr.''' (August 30, 1893 – September 10, 1935), nicknamed '''Kingfish,''' was a powerful [[far-left]] American politician in the 1920s and 1930s who built a ruthless [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] machine in [[Louisiana]] as governor (1928–32) and U.S. Senator (1932–35). His base was among angry poor whites, both [[Protestants]] and [[Roman Catholic]]s (called "[[Rednecks]]" by the middle class enemies of Long).

A left-wing populist who fought the rich and promised "Every Man a King," he was preparing to run for president—either in [[United States presidential election, 1940|1940]] when [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt]] was expected to retire, or perhaps to challenge FDR's reelection in [[United States presidential election, 1936|1936]] in alliance with radio's influential Catholic priest Father [[Charles Coughlin]]. But Long was assassinated in 1935 by the young physician Carl Weiss, the son-in-law of a political enemy, Louisiana 16th Judicial District Judge [[Benjamin Pavy]]. Although called a "[[fascist]]", Long shunned ideology of all sorts, and his dictatorship by patronage, far from being alien, was the apogee of what many American machine politicians have attempted. Pernicious and impracticable as was his leftist Share-Our-Wealth plan, its objective of plenty for all was as intrinsically American as was the title "Kingfish."  Was he dictator, [[demagogue]], messiah or populist, a friend of [[Republicanism|American values]] or an enemy?

A left-wing populist who fought the rich and promised "Every Man a King," he was preparing to run for president—either in [[United States presidential election, 1940|1940]] when [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt]] was expected to retire, or perhaps to challenge FDR's reelection in [[United States presidential election, 1936|1936]] in alliance with radio's influential Catholic priest Father [[Charles Coughlin]]. But Long was assassinated in 1935 by the young physician Carl Weiss, the son-in-law of a political enemy, Louisiana 16th Judicial District Judge [[Benjamin Pavy]]. Although called a "[[fascist]]", Long shunned ideology of all sorts, and his dictatorship by patronage, far from being alien, was the apogee of what many American machine politicians have attempted. Pernicious and impracticable as was his leftist Share-Our-Wealth plan, its objective of plenty for all was as intrinsically American as was the title "Kingfish."  Was he dictator, [[demagogue]], messiah or populist; a friend of [[Republicanism|American values]] or an enemy?

==Early career==

==Early career==