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  New Georgia Encyclopedia: Eugene Talmadge (1884-1946)
Eugene Talmadge was born on the family farm near Forsyth on September 23, 1884, to Carrie Roberts and Thomas R. Talmadge.
Talmadge was overwhelmingly reelected in 1928 and 1930.
Eugene Talmadge's belief in negative government and his bitter opposition to the New Deal did little to improve the material well-being of Georgians during his governorship.
www.georgiaencyclopedia.org /nge/Article.jsp?id=h-1393   (1255 words)

  
 Herman Talmadge - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Herman Eugene Talmadge (August 9, 1913 - March 21, 2002) was an American politician who served as Governor of the U.S. state of Georgia briefly in 1947 and again from 1948 to 1955, and as a U.S. Senator from 1957 until 1981.
Talmadge was born in Telfair County, Georgia, the only son of Eugene Talmadge, who served as Governor of Georgia during much of the 1930s and '40s.
Supporters of Eugene Talmadge were unsure of Eugene's chances of surviving until he was sworn in, so they did some research into the state constitution and found that if Eugene died, the Georgia state legislature would choose between the second and third place finishers.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Herman_Talmadge   (460 words)

  
 New Georgia Encyclopedia: Herman Talmadge (1913-2002)
Talmadge, a Democrat, was governor at a time of political transition in the state, and he served in the Senate during a time of great political change in the nation as well.
Herman Eugene Talmadge was born on August 9, 1913, in Telfair County.
Eugene Talmadge was one of only two people elected governor of Georgia on four separate occasions.
www.georgiaencyclopedia.org /nge/Article.jsp?id=h-590   (1263 words)

  
 Herman Talmadge -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Supporters of Eugene Talmadge were unsure of Eugene's chances of surviving until he was sworn in, so they did some research into the state constitution and found that if Eugene died, the (additional info and facts about Georgia state legislature) Georgia state legislature would choose between the second and third place finishers.
Talmadge encouraged industry to move into Georgia and he was a staunch supporter of (A social system that provides separate facilities for minority groups) segregation.
Talmadge remained a foe of (Right or rights belonging to a person by reason of citizenship including especially the fundamental freedoms and privileges guaranteed by the 13th and 14th amendments and subsequent acts of Congress including the right to legal and social and economic equ) civil rights legislation as a Senator.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/h/he/herman_talmadge.htm   (525 words)

  
 Georgia State University Library - Special Collections - Georgia Government Documentation Project   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Talmadge then speaks of his political strength in the state for 27 years, and the 50-year domination of Georgia politics by the Talmadge father and son team, wherein he claims that the Ku Klux Klan had no power after the 1920s.
Talmadge admits that although he has changed his views on segregation, he nevertheless was sad when it ended, because it changed the traditions and mores of the South that had lasted over 200 years.
Talmadge speaks of Johnny Cook, an anti-Communist, who began as an anti-Talmadge man, and who switched to being a Talmadge man, and surmises that the switch was made because Cook realized that Talmadge was good for the state.
www.library.gsu.edu /spcoll/Collections/GGDP/talmadge2.htm   (619 words)

  
 Webshots AP News Headlines
Herman Eugene Talmadge was born Aug. 9, 1913, to Eugene Talmadge, then a farmer and mule trader, and former telegraph operator Mattie Thurmond Talmadge in southern Georgia.
Like his father, Talmadge became a lawyer, he left the Navy at the end of World War II determined not to be a politician.
He was divorced from Betty Talmadge in 1977, and was treated for alcohol abuse at a naval facility in 1979.
daily.webshots.com /content/ap/current/h28710975.html   (973 words)

  
 POLITICAL BOSSES AND MACHINES IN THE U.S.
Eugene was recognized as exceptionally bright and he went to college at the University of Georgia to become a lawyer.
Talmadge was found in contempt of court and sentenced to one year in jail but he appealed to the Georgia Supreme Court and the cases were thrown out.
Talmadge's retort was that, "A good strong man has got no business sitting around a jail...What we need is a whipping post in a man's own town in the case of smaller crimes, such as gaming or wife beating." Talmadge won a new term as governor by a landslide.
www.sjsu.edu /faculty/watkins/bosses.htm   (16074 words)

  
 Augusta, Georgia: metro@ugusta: Georgia once had 3 governors 12/26/96
Talmadge, a folksy orator in red suspenders dubbed the ``Wild Man from Sugar Creek,'' had been the dominant figure in Georgia politics since he shocked longtime Agriculture Commissioner J.J. Brown and courthouse gangs across Georgia in the 1926 Democratic primary.
Eugene Talmadge won the general election without any real opposition, and the press reported his son finished second with 675 write-ins.
Talmadge maintains was stacked with political enemies of his father, voted 5-2 to end 63 days of dual governorship, siding with Mr.
chronicle.augusta.com /stories/122796/three.html   (1247 words)

  
 Georgia's Three Governors Controversy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The General Assembly, which was overwhelmingly in support of the Talmadge forces, moved to disregard the new Constitution, and the solons decided that M.E. Thompson was not the governor since neither Thompson nor Talmadge had been sworn in when "Ole' Gene" met his demise.
Talmadge left the governor's office and told the adjutant general, Marvin Griffin, to see to it that Ellis Arnall got back safely to his home in Newnan, about 40 miles south of Atlanta.
Talmadge's orders were followed, and he took control of the governor's office later that morning.
facstaff.colstate.edu /buchanan_scott   (1176 words)

  
 Talmadge, Herman E.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Talmadge probably achieved his greatest national prominence through his role on the Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities, which investigated the Watergate scandal and ultimately led to the resignation of the president and vice president of the United States, as well as the conviction of three cabinet members on felony charges.
Talmadge thought that the Watergate investigation was one of the most important events in the history of the United States and demonstrated that a republican form of government has a way of correcting the conduct of public officials and alerting others not to make the same mistake.
Talmadge's first involvement in politics was as his father's gubernatorial campaign manager in 1946.
www.libs.uga.edu /russell/collections/talmadge.html   (3940 words)

  
 Talmadge, Eugene. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
Forsyth, Ga. In his second term as governor (1935–37) of Georgia, his staff was forbidden by Harry Hopkins to disburse federal relief funds, and Talmadge became violently opposed to the New Deal.
His dismissal (1941) of several educators in the state university system who had advocated racial equality in the schools aroused much resentment, and in 1942 he lost the Democratic gubernatorial nomination.
Talmadge, however, had strong support among the rural counties and became governor-elect again in 1946.
www.bartleby.com /65/ta/Talmadge.html   (267 words)

  
 Eugene Talmadge, 1884-1946   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Eugene Talmadge was elected governor of Georgia on four separate occasions: 1932, 1934, 1940, and 1946.
Talmadge was a master at campaigning on the "stump," and he was rarely beaten in candidate debates.
Talmadge's death in 1946, before being inaugurated governor, led to the three governor's controversy.
facstaff.colstate.edu /buchanan_scott/etalmadge.html   (208 words)

  
 Emory Magazine | Who Runs Georgia?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Talmadge, who often bragged that he wouldn't campaign in any county with a streetcar, easily carried the county unit tally and became governor-elect.
Though reform-minded James V. Carmichael '33C-'34L had beaten Eugene Talmadge by sixteen thousand votes, the conservative Talmadge was headed, quite legally, to the governor's mansion, thanks to Georgia's unique process of vote tabulation, the county unit system.
Talmadge forces then argued before the legislature that constitutional law should be interpreted to mean that they should now choose a governor from among the write-in candidates.
www.emory.edu /EMORY_MAGAZINE/summer99/who_runs_georgia.html   (1808 words)

  
 Bill Shipp   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Talmadge won the primary (which was tantamount to election) on the basis of the county-unit system, but Cobb County businessman Jimmy Carmichael captured the most popular votes (Carmichael -- 313,899; Talmadge -- 297, 245).
Herman Talmadge as governor continued to echo his father's racist rhetoric, though not always in such stark terms, through the 1940s and into the 1950s.
Talmadge's long line of successors also refused to let go of the race issue.
www.georgiatrend.com /site/www.publix.com/page4683.html   (902 words)

  
 Betty Talmadge, Ex-Wife of Georgia Senator, Dies at 81 - New York Times
Herman Talmadge was later officially appointed to fill out his father's term through 1948, when he won a special election; he went on to win a full four-year term as governor in 1950.
Talmadge, who said she was testifying reluctantly, told the Senate Ethics Committee about tens of thousands of dollars in cash that her former husband kept in an overcoat in the closet of their Washington condominium.
Talmadge did not specify how the cash got into the coat, she testified that she and her husband had dipped into it for years whenever they needed extra money.
www.nytimes.com /2005/05/12/politics/12talmadge.html?ex=1273550400&en=e61f28f7855de090&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss   (660 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Ex-Georgia governor Herman Talmadge dies   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Talmadge was less successful when he battled the Senate Ethics Committee in 1979 over his use of campaign money and Senate expense money.
Herman Eugene Talmadge was born Aug. 9, 1913.
Talmadge also became a lawyer, but left the Navy at the end of World War II determined not to be a politician.
www.usatoday.com /news/nation/2002/03/21/georgia.htm   (927 words)

  
 Eugene Talmadge
Herman Talmadge is born to Eugene and Mattie Talmadge on a farm near McRae
Eugene Talmadge served as governor of Georgia from 1933 to 1937 and 1941 to 1943.
Talmadge had ordered the workers not to accept fls, although the unemployment rate was twice that of whites.
www.ourgeorgiahistory.com /chronpop/1000131   (607 words)

  
 Eugene Talmadge
Eugene Talmadge was born in Forsyth, Georgia, on Sept. 23, 1884.
Talmadge was also opposed to fl civil rights and in 1941 attempted to fire two University System administrators, allegedly for advocating integrated public schools.
Talmadge was elected as governor of Georgia in 1932, 1934, 1940 and again in 1946.
www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /USAtalmadge.htm   (462 words)

  
 Talmadge - dKosopedia
Eugene Talmadge was first elected Governor of Georgia in 1932, and won re-election in 1934.
Unable by law to succeed himself, he ran for the Senate and was badly defeated by the incumbent, Richard Russell, in the primary.
Talmadge returned as Governor in 1940, but was defeated by Ellis Arnall in the 1942 Democratic primary.
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 eugene talmadge and other eugene related information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Eugene "Gene" Talmadge born, Forsyth County, Georgia August 9, 1913 Herman Talmadge is born to Eugene and Mattie Talmadge on a farm near McRae August 26, 1936 A heated race for U. Senate featuring...
Talmadge, Eugene, 1884-1946, governor of Georgia (1933-37, 1941-43), b.
BIOGRAPHY OF HERMAN TALMADGE Herman Eugene Talmadge was born August 9, 1913 near McRae, in Telfair County GA. He attended the University of Georgia, first at the liberal arts college, then the law...
www.nethorde.com /eugene/eugene-talmadge.html   (290 words)

  
 @ugusta: The Augusta Chronicle Online: Celebrate 2000Talmadge dies before taking office 02/03/99
Gov.-elect Eugene Talmadge died before he could be sworn into office.
The way they read the constitution, if Eugene Talmadge died, the General Assembly would choose between the second- and third-place vote-getters in the general election.
Talmadge presided over a bitter General Assembly session during which lawmakers passed a budget and approved reinstatement of the old white primary.
www.augustachronicle.com /stories/020399/cy2_124-4456.shtml   (1261 words)

  
 Talmadge, Eugene on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Forsyth, Ga. In his second term as governor (1935-37) of Georgia, his staff was forbidden by Harry Hopkins to disburse federal relief funds, and Talmadge became violently opposed to the New Deal.
Latest Talmadge is a Republican Scion snubs party of forebears in bid for Henry office
Senate to farm, Betty Talmadge had fun Former Georgia first lady to be eulogized today
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 History of the Medical College of Georgia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
He is remembered for helping MCG acquire a teaching hospital, Eugene Talmadge Memorial, which opened in 1956.
The Eugene Talmadge Memorial Hospital, located at 1120 15th Street, was one of six buildings included in the State Hospital Project.
The cornerstone of Talmadge Hospital was laid in February 1954.
www.mcg.edu /Library/footers/history/1953-1958.htm   (622 words)

  
 blogrunner: Betty Talmadge, Ex-Wife of Georgia Senator, Dies at 81   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Betty Talmadge had a second career as a businesswoman, restaurateur and cookbook author after her divorce from Senator Herman E. Talmadge.
PATRICIA SULLIVAN, WASHINGTON POST - Betty Shingler Talmadge, 81, a well-known Washington socialite and businesswoman who testified against her newly divorced husband, the late Democratic Sen. Herman E. Talmadge, during a Senate ethics inquiry in the late 1970s, died May 7 of complications from Alzheimer's disease at Piedmont Hospital in Atlanta.
Talmadge testified that she took about a third of it, between $12,000 and $15,000, in January 1974 after a fight with her then-husband.
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 De Luxe Annie (1918)
Norma Talmadge, in a wide range of screen playing, is proving herself extremely versatile in character and playing, putting over a kaleidoscopic performance that she may always look back to with much personal gratification.
Eugene O'Brien did finely as Jimmy, Frank Mills was a convincing husband-lover, and F. Stanton nicely took his bit as a detective.
Talmadge has a field day and the part is a perfect fit for her mastery of the quick change of expression.
www.stanford.edu /~gdegroat/NT/oldreviews/dla.htm   (834 words)

  
 Russell Library Collections   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Despite predications that his opponent, U.S. House of Representatives member Charles R. Crisp, would easily win, 33 year old Russell won the election to the Senate and was sworn in the next January as the youngest member of the U.S. Senate.
While Talmadge had become one of the harshest critics of Roosevelt's New Deal, Russell supported Roosevelt's agriculture and farm policy programs and was widely recognized as a friend of the farmer.
In a landslide victory, Russell defeated Eugene Talmadge by 256,154 votes to 134,659.
www.libs.uga.edu /russell/collections/iotw/talmadgegrave.html   (303 words)

  
 Ernest Vandiver, Governor of Georgia
On his first date with future wife Betty they got into a political argument; Ernest was a strong supporter of Gene Talmadge while Betty was a strong supporter of Dick Russell, who just happened to be her uncle.
Russell and Talmadge had battled for the U. Senate in 1936 and Ernest and Betty's first date was a rehashing of that bitter campaign.
Talmadge supported Vandiver in the 1954 Lt. Governor's race, which Ernest easily won.
ngeorgia.com /people/vandiver.html   (1313 words)

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