''Huey Long'' is a 1941
bronze sculpture of
Huey Long by
Charles Keck, installed in the
United States Capitol, in
Washington, D.C., as part of the
National Statuary Hall Collection. It is one of two statues donated by the state of
Louisiana.
The statue was accepted in the collection by Senator
Allen Ellender
Allen Joseph Ellender (September 24, 1890 – July 27, 1972) was an American politician and lawyer who was a U.S. Senator from Louisiana from 1937 until his death. He was a Democrat who was originally allied with Huey Long. As Senator he comp ...
on April 25, 1941. At that time Ellender said, “He was a doer of things for the benefit of the masses; and his philosophy of distribution of wealth, his advocacy of pensions for the aged, shorter work hours for labor and his continued fight for the masses ….. marked him for death.”
Long, a popular populist nicknamed “The Kingfish” was first Governor and then Senator from Louisiana and was assassinated in
Baton Rouge
Baton Rouge ( ; ) is a city in and the capital of the U.S. state of Louisiana
Louisiana , group=pronunciation (French: ''La Louisiane'') is a state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States. It is the 20th-sma ...
on Tuesday, September 10, 1935.
[Viles, Philip H., National Statuary Hall: Guidebook for a Walking Tour, Published by Philip H. Viles, Tulsa, OK, 1997 p. 18]
A very similar statue, without the raised right arm, of Long by Keck was unveiled in 1940 on the grounds of the
Louisiana State Capitol.
See also
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1941 in art
Events from the year 1941 in art.
Events
*March 17 – In Washington, D.C., the National Gallery of Art is officially opened by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
*July 14 – American art collector Peggy Guggenheim and German painter Max Ernst ar ...
References
External links
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1941 establishments in Washington, D.C.
1941 sculptures
Bronze sculptures in Washington, D.C.
Huey Long
Monuments and memorials in Washington, D.C.
Long, Huey
Sculptures of men in Washington, D.C.
Sculptures by Charles Keck