Louisiana State University Department of Political Science records, 1939-1940, 1969-1999.

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Louisiana State University Department of Political Science records, 1939-1940, 1969-1999.

The Department of Political Science records consist of articles and other records on Louisiana politics in the 1930s, faculty meeting minutes (1969-1999), and two posters advertising the department (1984, 1990).

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Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge, La.). Dept. of Political Science.

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The Louisiana State University Department of Political Science was established in 1907. It is one of the few in the country equally renowned for its quantitative and theoretical research. This dual focus was shaped not only at LSU but nationwide by its prominent intellects including Taylor Cole, Charles Hyneman, Eric Voegelin, Wilmoore Kendall, Walter Berns, William Havard, and ReneĢ Williamson. From the description of Louisiana State University Department of Political Science record...

Long, Huey Pierce, 1893-1935

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Huey Long Pierce, Louisiana governor and United States senator, was born 30 August 1893, near Winnfield, Winn Parish, Louisiana, and died 10 September 1935. He studied law and practiced in Winnfield after 1915; served as Louisiana public service commissioner (1921-1926); was elected governor of Louisiana (1928); was elected to the United States Senate (1930); and organized the Share-Our-Wealth Society (1934) for which he had national support. On 8 September 1935 he was shot by Dr. Carl A. Weiss ...