Eugene Talmadge
From Conservapedia
| Eugene Talmadge | |
|---|---|
| Former Governor of Georgia From: January 14, 1941 – January 12, 1943 | |
| Predecessor | Eurith D. Rivers |
| Successor | Ellis Arnall |
| Former Governor of Georgia From: January 10, 1933 – January 12, 1937 | |
| Predecessor | Richard Russell, Jr. |
| Successor | Eurith D. Rivers |
| Information | |
| Party | Democrat |
| Spouse(s) | Mattie Thurmond Peterson |
Eugene Talmadge (September 23, 1884 – December 21, 1946) was a Democrat white supremacist from Georgia who served as the state's governor from 1933 to 1937 and 1941–43. Similar to Louisiana governor and demagogue Huey Long, he divided the state's party into being either for or against him. Term-limited in 1936 from running for re-election as governor, Talmadge unsuccessfully ran for Senate in 1936 against segregationist Richard Russell, Jr., a New Dealer.
According to New Georgia Encyclopedia:
| “ | Perhaps Herman Talmadge best described how Georgians felt about his father when he said that a third of the people would follow his father to hell and a third of them wanted him in hell. | ” |
External links
- Eugene Talmadge (1884-1946) via New Georgia Encyclopedia
