Throughout his political career, Huey Long used nicknames to refer to political opponents. He did this though speeches and cartoons in the Louisiana Progress.[1][2]
People
edit- 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
- 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, 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
edit- Huey Long – Kingfish (from Amos 'n' Andy)
Organizations
edit- Constitutional League (Louisiana) – League of Notions, Constipational League
- National Recovery Administration – Nuts Running America
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Hair, William Ivy; The Kingfish and His Realm: The Life and Times of Huey P. Long; ISBN 080712124X
- ^ "Louisiana's Kingfish: Huey P. Long Part One | the Knoxville Focus".