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Throughout his political career, Huey Long used nicknames to refer to political opponents. He did this though speeches and cartoons in the Louisiana Progress.

People

• Oscar K. Allen – OK Allen
• Marshall Ballard – Lie-to-'em Ballard
• William H. Bennett – Sack of Potatoes
• Hiram Wesley Evans – Imperial Bastard
• John D. Ewing – Squirt, Clown Prince of the Bow Wow Dynasty
• James Farley – Nabob of New York
• Col. Robert Ewing – Colonel Bow Wow, Buck
• James Farley – Nabob of New York
• Alvin Howard – Kinky
• Harold L. Ickes – Chinch bug of Chicago
• Hugh S. Johnson – Sitting Bull Johnson
• Leonard Nicholson – Liverwurst
• John M. Parker – John Mistake Parker, White Wings, Old Sack of Bones
• Esmond Phelps – Shinola, Desperate Esmond, Kingfish Phelps, Old Maid
• Joseph E. Ransdell – Feather Duster, Old Feather Duster, Old Trashy Mouth
• Charles Rightor – Whistle Britches, Old Whistle Britches
• Franklin D. Roosevelt – Prince Franklin, Knight of the Nourmahal, Roosevelt the Little
• Theodore Roosevelt – Roosevelt the Great
• Jared Y. Sanders Sr. – Old Buzzard Back
• Jared Y. Sanders Jr. – Little J.Y.
• John P. Sullivan – Bang Tail
• Lee Emmett Thomas – Wet Jug
• Henry A. Wallace – Lord Cornwallace, Ignoramus of Iowa, Russian Commissar of Agriculture
• T. Semmes Walmsley – Turkey Head Walmsley

Self-epithets

• Huey Long – Kingfish (from Amos 'n' Andy)

Organizations

• Constitutional League (Louisiana) – League of Notions, Constipational League
• National Recovery Administration – National Racketeers Association, National Ruin Association, Nuts Running America, Never Roosevelt Again
• Times-Picayune – The Old Lady of Camp Street

See also

• List of nicknames used by George W. Bush
• List of nicknames used by Donald Trump

References

1. Hair, William Ivy; The Kingfish and His Realm: The Life and Times of Huey P. Long; ISBN 080712124X
2. https://www.hueylong.com/docs/cr-speeches/jpmorgans-magazine-attack_cs.pdf
3. White, Jr., Richard D. (2009). Kingfish: The Reign of Huey P. Long. Random House Publishing Group. p. 99. ISBN 9780307535764.
4. Kane, Thomas Harnett (1941). Huey Long's Louisiana Hayride: the American Rehearsal for Dictatorship, 1928–1940 (PDF). New York: William Morrow. p. 65.
5. Williams, T. Harry (1981) . Huey Long. New York: Vintage Books. p. 703. ISBN 978-0394747903.
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10. Jeansonne, Glen (1992). "Huey Long and Racism". Louisiana History: The Journal of the Louisiana Historical Association. 22 (3): 265–82. JSTOR 423295.
11. Williams, T. Harry (1981) . Huey Long. New York: Vintage Books. p. 661. ISBN 978-0394747903.
12. https://www.congress.gov/74/crecb/1935/04/22/GPO-CRECB-1935-pt6-v79-4.pdf
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17. Kolbert, Elizabeth (June 5, 2006). "The Big Sleazy". The New Yorker. Archived from the original on December 24, 2020. Retrieved September 30, 2024.
18. Hill, Ray (March 8, 2015). "Louisiana's Kingfish: Huey P. Long Part One". The Knoxville Focus.
19. "Our Views: FDR's restraint with Huey Long is a valuable lesson for politicians today". The Advocate. June 3, 2018.
20. https://voicesofdemocracy.umd.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Essay-Final-Version.pdf
21. https://www.hueylong.com/docs/cr-speeches/need-of-truth-sincerity-fdr_cs.pdf
22. White, Jr., Richard D. (2009). Kingfish: The Reign of Huey P. Long. Random House Publishing Group. p. 32. ISBN 9780307535764.
23. Williams, T. Harry (1981) . Huey Long. New York: Vintage Books. p. 350. ISBN 978-0394747903.
24. Haas, Edward F. (1988). "Black Cat, Uncle Earl, Edwin and the Kingfish: The Wit of Modern Louisiana Politics". Louisiana History: The Journal of the Louisiana Historical Association. 29 (3): 213–227. JSTOR 423295.
25. Hill, Ray (March 22, 2015). "Louisiana's Kingfish: Huey Long's Rise to Power". The Knoxville Focus.
26. https://www.congress.gov/74/crecb/1935/04/22/GPO-CRECB-1935-pt6-v79-4.pdf
27. Gill, James (April 19, 2020). "James Gill: From "turkey head" to "pencil neck," political insults have evolved". nola.com. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
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31. https://repository.lsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=6358&context=gradschool_theses

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