Huey Long: Timeline

1893   Born

1935   Senator United States Senate

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 Huey Long of Louisiana Louisiana

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 makes the longest speech on Senate record. The speech took 15½ hours and was filled by 150,000 words.

1935   Carl Weiss fatally shoots US Senator United States Senate

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 from Louisiana Louisiana

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, Huey Long, nicknamed "Kingfish", in the Louisiana Louisiana

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 capitol building in Baton Rouge.

1935   Died