page_title: Assassination of Huey Long
section_title: Perpetrator
hierarchical_section_title: Assassination of Huey Long / Perpetrator
caption_attribution_description: English: The gun which Carl Weiss used to shoot Huey Long, on display at the Old State Capitol, Baton Rouge.
context_page_description: On September 8, 1935, United States Senator Huey P. Long was mortally wounded at the Louisiana State Capitol in Baton Rouge. He was pronounced dead at 4:10 a.m. on September 10, 31 hours after being shot. His death prevented a possible 1936 presidential bid against incumbent Franklin D. Roosevelt.
  Long was at the capitol to pass a redistricting bill which would oust Judge Pavy, opposing state judge. Shortly after passing the bill, Long was ambushed in a hallway by Carl Weiss, Pavy's son in law. Weiss shot Long in the chest. Long's bodyguards shot Weiss, killing him instantly. Although witnesses claimed that Weiss was only shot four times, an autopsy found that he had been shot at least 60 times. Long was rushed to the Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center, where emergency surgery failed to stop internal bleeding.
  Over 200,000 people attended Long's funeral. His remains were buried on the grounds of the Louisiana State Capitol, which he had constructed. A statue of Long by Charles Keck was erected on his grave in 1940. Without Long as its leader, his Share Our Wealth movement collapsed, clearing the way for Roosevelt to be re-elected to the White House in a land-slide.
context_section_description: The assassin Weiss was a well respected 29 year-old ear, nose, and throat specialist from Baton Rouge. His father was president of the Louisiana Medical Society. Weiss was not involved in politics and had just had a son with his wife Yvonne, the daughter of Judge Pavy. It was rumored that Long referred to the Pavy's as having "Negro blood", possibly motivating Weiss, but there is no written record of Long saying that. Weiss owned a gun, which he often carried with him during house-calls, a common practice at the time. Weiss' house was not searched by the authorities after the shooting and there is no evidence that he premeditated the killing.
  At the time, Weiss's wife and their families did not accept his guilt. Indeed, Weiss's parents indicated that he had seemed quite happy earlier on the day that Long was killed.
caption: The FN Model 1910 which Carl Weiss allegedly used to shoot Huey Long, on display at the Old State Capitol, Baton Rouge
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