Huey Long, as I have learned reading T. Harry Williams's very long and quite excellent biography, was many things. Both a deeply problematic tyrant and a man who used brute force to usher in unprecedented progressive policies. What I did not know, however, was how he used his influence and connections to get Hattie Wyatt Caraway elected to the Senate in 1932. The first woman who served.a full six year term.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hattie_Wyatt_Caraway

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