This man's son Russell and brother Earl continued his family's political dominance into the 1980s, fifty years after this proponent of the Share the Wealth program was killed by Carl Weiss.
While serving as Railroad Commissioner, he lost his first major election on a pro-Ku Klux Klan, anti- Standard Oil platform, finishing behind Hewitt Bouanchaud and Henry Fuqua. In 1922, he argued a case in front of the Supreme Court involving Cumberland Telephone & Telegraph Company. This man's son Russell and brother Earl continued his family's political dominance into the 1980s, fifty years after this proponent of the Share the Wealth program was killed by Carl Weiss. For 10 points, name this "Kingfish" who ruled as an autocrat in 1930s Louisiana.
While serving as Railroad Commissioner, he lost his first major election on a pro-Ku Klux Klan, anti- Standard Oil platform, finishing behind Hewitt Bouanchaud and Henry Fuqua.
Huey Pierce {Long}