His older brother George paid for attendance at Oklahoma Baptist University to become a preacher, but Long never registered. Long claimed that he became a traveling salesman instead when he realized he couldn’t afford the required books, but it’s believed he didn’t attend because he never graduated high school. Long was known for his avid reading, photographic memory and an audacious personality with no inhibitions about offering his opinion.ĭuring high school, Long won a scholarship to Louisiana State University in a debate competition. His hometown of Winnfield was in one of the poorest parishes in the state, but the Longs, farmers with livestock, were relatively well off. Long was born on August 30, 1893, in rural north central Louisiana, the seventh child in his family.
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