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Time Magazine Cover Featuring Huey Long

Time Magazine · 1 April 1935

The April 1, 1935 cover of Time magazine featuring Huey Long as a leading presidential contender and threat to Roosevelt.

This magazine cover shows Long at the height of his national prominence as a presidential contender, shortly before his death.

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Cover of TIME, The Weekly Newsmagazine, Volume XXV, Number 13, with a red border. A black-and-white photo shows a smiling man in a suit with one arm outstretched, seated at a desk. Caption reads 'Candidate Long' and 'Circulation this issue more than 500,000'.
Time magazine cover featuring Huey Long, 1 April 1935.

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What it is

This is the cover of the April 1, 1935 issue of Time magazine, featuring a photograph of Huey Long seated at a desk with one arm outstretched, captioned "Candidate Long."

Why it matters

The cover marks the peak of Long's national visibility, appearing just months before his assassination later that year. It reflects how seriously the national press took Long as a potential presidential candidate and as a political threat to President Franklin Roosevelt.

Look closer

  • Why might Time have labeled him "Candidate Long" months before any election?
  • What does his pose in the photograph suggest about how the magazine wanted readers to see him?
  • What does the magazine's circulation figure tell us about how widely this image was seen?

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