OSCAR KELLY ALLEN

BEFORE GOVERNOR

• taught school
• worked in oil company
• Winn Parish assessor
• served as Winn Parish police jury clerk
• chairman of La highway commission

GOVERNOR OF LOUISIANA

• started Homestead Exemption
• public school system expands
• advancements in road/bridge construction
• tick elimination program
• LSU and medical hospitals were modernized

ALLEN- NOT SO GOOD

• Long worked through him
• wasn't fulfilling his ideas, but only Long's
• ex: helped and gave money to LSU
• Huey Long was a big fan of LSU, not so much Allen

ALLEN AND THE GREAT DEPRESSION

• helped local gov. apply for fed. money
• New Deal Agencies relieved many
• used NDA until Long criticized FDR

ALLEN'S BIG PLANS RUINED

• planned on running for US Senate after Long
• sadly suffered from brain hemorrhage and died
• he won the vote for Senate, but could not take it
• ironically, Long's brother took his seat
• after death, LSU named Allen Hall after him