List of nicknames used by Huey Long

Throughout his political career, Huey Long used nicknames to refer to political opponents. He did this through speeches and cartoons in the Louisiana Progress.

People

• 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
• James Farley – Nabob of New York
• Col. Robert Ewing – Colonel Bow Wow, Buck
• 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, Kingfish Phelps, 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

• Huey Long – Kingfish (from Amos 'n' Andy)

Organizations

• Constitutional League (Louisiana) – League of Notions, Constipational League
• National Recovery Administration – National Racketeers Association, National Ruin Association, Nuts Running America, Never Roosevelt Again
• Times-Picayune – The Old Lady of Camp Street

See also

• List of nicknames used by George W. Bush
• List of nicknames used by Donald Trump

References