At its climax, political opposition organized a minor insurrection. His opponents argued his policies and methods were unconstitutional and dictatorial. He was impeached in 1929 for abuses of power, but the proceedings collapsed in the State Senate. Through political maneuvering, Long became the political boss of Louisiana. Once in office, he expanded social programs, organized massive public works projects, such as a modern highway system and the tallest capitol building in the nation, and proposed a cotton holiday. Īfter a failed 1924 campaign, Long used the sharp economic and class divisions in Louisiana to win the 1928 gubernatorial election. Supreme Court, Chief Justice and former president William Howard Taft praised him as "the most brilliant lawyer who ever practiced before the United States Supreme Court".
After Long successfully argued before the U.S. As Commissioner, he prosecuted large corporations such as Standard Oil, a lifelong target of his rhetorical attacks. Following a short private legal career in which he represented poor plaintiffs, Long was elected to the Louisiana Public Service Commission. After working as a traveling salesman and briefly attending three colleges, he entered the bar in Louisiana. Long was born in the impoverished north of Louisiana in 1893. A controversial figure, Long is celebrated as a populist champion of the poor or, conversely, denounced as a demagogue. As the political leader of Louisiana, he commanded wide networks of supporters and often took forceful action. Roosevelt and his New Deal, which Long deemed insufficiently radical. He was a left-wing populist member of the Democratic Party and rose to national prominence during the Great Depression for his vocal criticism of President Franklin D. (August 30, 1893 – September 10, 1935), nicknamed " the Kingfish", was an American politician who served as the 40th governor of Louisiana from 1928 to 1932 and as a United States Senator from 1932 until his assassination in 1935.
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