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US Senator from Louisiana Huey Long is fatally shot in the Louisiana State Capitol building.

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Huey Long

American politician (1893–1935)

Huey Pierce Long Jr., 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…
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