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'''Eurith Dickinson Rivers''' (December 1, 1895 – June 11, 1967), also known as '''E. D. Rivers''', was a [[Democrat]] [[Klansman]] and [[left-wing]] [[New Deal]]er from [[Georgia]] who served as the state's governor from 1937–41, previously being the Speaker of the lower state legislature. He was a leader of the anti-[[Eugene Talmadge|Talmadge]] faction of the state's Democratic Party in his support for President [[Franklin Roosevelt]]'s liberal policies.
==External links==
*[https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/government-politics/e-d-rivers-1895-1967 E. D. Rivers (1895-1967)] via ''New Georgia Encyclopedia
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