Saturday 9 June 2018

38) Huey Pierce Long Jr.

Huey Pierce Long Jr. (1893 – 1935), self-nicknamed The Kingfish. American politician who served as the 40th governor of Louisiana from 1928 to 1932 and as a member of the United States Senate from 1932 until his assassination in 1935.

- “A chubby man, he had ginger hair and tight skin that was the color of a sunburn coming on. It was an uneasy color combination, like an orange tie on a pink shirt. His face faintly suggested mumps. …http://www.americanheritage.com/content/long-long-trail

- "His features were exaggerations, most of them: a comedian's nose, turned up at an impudent angle; wide mouth, heavy lips; roving brown eyes that were deepset and piercing; crinkly red hair that made a natural spitcurl.https://books.google.co.uk

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