Basing his political career on the Count of Monte Cristo, he would be undone by the vengeful son-in-law of the thwarted Judge David Pavy. Expelled from high-school, he dropped out of Oklahoma University but passed the bar despite spending less than one year at law school. Using the highly publicized Urania Lumber Case, he propelled himself onto his state's Railroad Commiss
Basing his political career on the Count of Monte Cristo, he would be undone by the vengeful son-in-law of the thwarted Judge David Pavy. Expelled from high-school, he dropped out of Oklahoma University but passed the bar despite spending less than one year at law school. Using the highly publicized Urania Lumber Case, he propelled himself onto his state's Railroad Commission in 1918, and as Public Service Commissioner he built a political following by attacking the established hierarchy, advocating old-age pensions, statewide building projects, and national minimum and maximum incomes. FTP, identify this Louisiana demagogue, governor, and senator, whose life was fictionalized in All the King's Men.
Basing his political career on the Count of Monte Cristo, he would be undone by the vengeful son-in-law of the thwarted Judge David Pavy.
Huey P. Long