Template:Did you know nominations/Huey Long

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Huey Long

Long delivering a Senate speech
Long delivering a Senate speech
  • ... that Chief Justice William Howard Taft called Huey Long, later a Governor and Senator from Louisiana, "the most brilliant lawyer who ever practiced before the United States Supreme Court?" (Long (1933), p. 235.)

Created/expanded by HAL333 (talk). Self-nominated at 17:59, 13 September 2020 (UTC).

Symbol voting keep.svg Great GA (wonder why you don't say so) on excellent sources, offline sources accepted AGF, no copyvio obvious. The image is licensed and illustrates both hooks well. I prefer ALT1, with Roosevelt better known than Taft, and "dangerous" more curiosity-raising. In the original, I'd say "of" Louisiana (vs. "from"), and in the ALT, I'd add this bit ("of Louisiana). --Gerda Arendt (talk) 16:13, 14 September 2020 (UTC)

Thanks! I like ALT1 more as well. Here's a modified version: