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Huey Pierce Long, the 41st Governor of Louisiana, died in 1935.  He was shot during a scuffle in the hall near the governor's office in the new State Capitol Building in Baton Rouge.

Two days after the shooting he died in Our Lady of the Lake Sanitarium located across a small lake from the rear of the State Capitol Building.

He was a U.S. Senator at the time of his death and only 42 years old.   He had announced to run for President against Franklin D. Roosevelt.

The marvelous and beautiful State Capitol Building and grounds were caused to be built by Huey Long as governor.  The state legislature honored him by having this large statue and flower garden erected facing the magnificent State Capitol Building.  He is interred here.

Huey Pierce Long Memorial and His Capitol

Engraving on the back of Long statue:

HUEY PIERCE LONG
1893 - 1935
Governor 1928 -1932
United States Senator
1932 -1935

Here Lies Louisiana's Great Son
Huey Pierce Long An Unconquered
Friend of the Poor Who Dreamed Of
The Day When the Wealth of the Land
Would Be Spread Among All the People

I Know the Hearts of the People
Because I Have Not Colored My Own.
I Know When I Am Right In My Own
Conscience I Have One Language.
Its Simplicity Gains Pardon For
My Lack of Letters.  Fear Will Not
Change It.  Persecution Will Not
Change It.  It Cannot Be Changed
While People Suffer.

Erected By The State Of Louisiana 1940

Favorite Biographies & Links

The Athens Observer
Huey Long Web Site
La. Secretary of State
National Governors Association
National Statuary Hall Collection
Spartacus Biography
U. S. Social Security Biography
U. S. Congressional Biography
Wikipedia

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