Huey Long was a populist politician from Louisiana who was shot by an assassin on Sept. 8, 1935 and died two days later. His funeral at the state capitol in Baton Rouge attracted tens of thousands of mourners.
Huey Long is part of a relatively long list of American politicians who have been murdered for their beliefs or their policies (or their corruption) since the founding of the republic in 1789. Among them have been four presidents, one state governor, 14 members of Congress, and a plethora of city mayors. The Kennedy brothers, John and Robert, are perhaps the most famous, but here are 10 other American politicians who have been assassinated throughout America's short history:
10. Abraham Lincoln. Let's get the easy one out of the way: Abraham Lincoln was shot in a theatre by John Wilkes Booth shortly after the surrender of the Confederacy to the Union.
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