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Kansas Governor Sam Brownback And Louisiana Dictator Huey Long

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Kansas Governor Sam Brownback and Louisiana dictator Huey Long, two very powerful people with two very different extremes. Long and Brownback both have similar and dissimilar ideas when it comes to their ideology, policies-principles and their constituents reactions. From “Every Man a King” to “Let's create a legal system that can work.” both governors change lives.
Samuel Dale "Sam" Brownback is an American politician currently serving as Governor of Kansas. A member of the Republican Party, Brownback was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives during the Republican Revolution of 1994, representing Kansas's 2nd congressional district for a single term, before running in a 1996 special election for the Senate seat previously held …show more content…

On the other hand, “Long believed that it was morally wrong for the government to allow millions of Americans to suffer in abject poverty when there existed a surplus of food, clothing, and shelter.” He blamed the mass suffering on a capitalist system run amok and feared that impending civil unrest threatened the democracy. “By 1934, nearly half of all American families lived in poverty, earning less than $1,250 annually.”
Huey Pierce Long, also known as The Kingfish, was an American politician who served as the 40th Governor of Louisiana from 1928 to 1932 and as a member of the United States Senate from 1932 until his assassination in 1935. A Democrat, he was an outspoken populist who denounced the rich and the banks and called for "Share the Wealth." As the political boss of the state he commanded wide networks of supporters and was willing to take forceful action. He established the political prominence of the Long political family. Unlike Brownback, Huey’s constituents reactors stayed with him and loved him his whole lifetime, he made them feel as if they were good

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