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

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

A leftist populist who fought the rich, and promised "Every Man a King," he was preparing to run for president--either in 1940 when [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt]] was expected to retire, or perhaps to challenge FDR's reelection in 1936 in alliance with radio's influential Catholic priest [[Charles Coughlin]]. But Long was assassinated in 1935 by the son of a political enemy.  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 leftist populist who fought the rich, and promised "Every Man a King," he was preparing to run for president--either in 1940 when [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt]] was expected to retire, or perhaps to challenge FDR's reelection in 1936 in alliance with radio's influential Catholic priest [[Charles Coughlin]]. But Long was assassinated in 1935 by the son of a political enemy.  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? Answer: Demagogue.

==Early Career==

==Early Career==