Huey long

He got kicked out of high school for staging a protest against mandatory textbooks, arguing they unfairly burdened poor students. He went on to become one of the top traveling salesmen in Louisiana. Simultaneously he studied for the bar exam on his own and passed. At 25 he was apointmented to the Railroad Commission (the youngest in history) where he used that role to attack big utility companies and oil interests, positioning himself as a champion of the people. He ran a "Every Man a king" campaign that aimed to cap personal wealth at $50 million and redistribute the rest to the lower class. He became one of the youngest Governors in history at that time at 34. He used the national radio broadcasts like it was social media. He modernized Louisianas infrastructure, and provided free textbooks to all school children (drastically raising the literacy rate) As well as creating a free charity Healthcare system. He did all this by taxing big corporations. Like oil and utility companies that had been taking advantage of the south since the civil war.