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A Rare Recording of US Senator Huey P. Long Delivering His 1935 "St. Vitus Dance Government" Speech
A Rare Recording of US Senator Huey P. Long Delivering His 1935 "St. Vitus Dance Government" Speech
Huey Pierce Long Jr. (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. 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. Roosevelt and his New Deal, which Long deemed insufficiently radical. The following recording is of Long's 1935 radio broadcast speech, The St. Vitus Dance Government.
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A Rare Recording of US Senator Huey P. Long Delivering His 1935 "St. Vitus Dance Government" Speech—
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Huey Pierce Long Jr. (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. 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. Roosevelt and his New Deal, which Long deemed insufficiently radical. The following recording is of Long's 1935 radio broadcast speech, The St. Vitus Dance Government.
