On the date of huey longs assassination, he was the u. S. Senator. But he was in baton rouge visiting the louisiana legislature, in particular, the house of representatives. And visiting with the speaker of the house at that time, alan ellington. They were here. And in fact, as you like to when you accompany me, well walk to the speakers desk where huey and eleanor had just finished a discussion or were discussing everything. You get an idea that from there, you can see the entire chamber. You have to remember, huey long, while being a handson governor, he was also a handson senator and never really felt like he was no longer governor. O. K. Allen was the governor at the time but huey long still wielded great influence in the legislature. Even more so, some say, because now he was a u. S. Sitting senator. So as we walk, this is where they would have been, and the last known photograph taken of huey long was prior to his assassination was huey long standing right about here where this c
On the date of huey longs assassination, he was the u. S. Senator. But he was in baton rouge visiting the louisiana legislature, in particular, the house of representatives. And visiting with the speaker of the house at that time, alan ellington. They were here. And in fact, as you like to when you accompany me, well walk to the speakers desk where huey and eleanor had just finished a discussion or were discussing everything. You get an idea that from there, you can see the entire chamber. You have to remember, huey long, while being a handson governor, he was also a handson senator and never really felt like he was no longer governor. O. K. Allen was the governor at the time but huey long still wielded great influence in the legislature. Even more so, some say, because now he was a u. S. Sitting senator. So as we walk, this is where they would have been, and the last known photograph taken of huey long was prior to his assassination was huey long standing right about here where this c
On the date of huey longs assassination, he was the u. S. Senator. But he was in baton rouge visiting the louisiana legislature, in particular, the house of representatives. And visiting with the speaker of the house at that time, alan ellington. They were here. And in fact, as you like to when you accompany me, well walk to the speakers desk where huey and eleanor had just finished a discussion or were discussing everything. You get an idea that from there, you can see the entire chamber. You have to remember, huey long, while being a handson governor, he was also a handson senator and never really felt like he was no longer governor. O. K. Allen was the governor at the time but huey long still wielded great influence in the legislature. Even more so, some say, because now he was a u. S. Sitting senator. So as we walk, this is where they would have been, and the last known photograph taken of huey long was prior to his assassination was huey long standing right about here where this c
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