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==U.S. Senate==
==U.S. Senate==
George supported most of the domestic and foreign policies of [[U.S. President]] [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]], voting for most [[New Deal]] policies up until 1937.<ref>[https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/new-deal New Deal]. ''New Georgia Encyclopedia''. Retrieved April 21, 2021.</ref> Exceptions to this support was his neutrality in the 1932 Democratic nomination contest and five years later his strong opposition to FDR's "[[court packing]]" plan. In 2021, President [[Joe Biden]] appointed a commission to "study" a renewal of Roosevelt's "court packing" plan, which would have allowed up to fifteen justices if each member over the age of seventy did not then retire from the bench.<ref>Luther Harmon Zeigler, "Senator Walter George's 1938 Campaign," ''The Georgia Historical Quarterly'' (Vol. 43; issue 4), pp.333-352.</ref>
George supported most of the domestic and foreign policies of [[U.S. President]] [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]], voting for most [[New Deal]] policies up until 1937.<ref name="New Deal">[https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/new-deal New Deal]. ''New Georgia Encyclopedia''. Retrieved April 21, 2021.</ref> Exceptions to this support was his neutrality in the 1932 Democratic nomination contest and five years later his strong opposition to FDR's "[[court packing]]" plan. In 2021, President [[Joe Biden]] appointed a commission to "study" a renewal of Roosevelt's "court packing" plan, which would have allowed up to fifteen justices if each member over the age of seventy did not then retire from the bench.<ref>Luther Harmon Zeigler, "Senator Walter George's 1938 Campaign," ''The Georgia Historical Quarterly'' (Vol. 43; issue 4), pp.333-352.</ref>
[[File:Russell and George.png|thumb|left|270px|George (right) with [[Richard Russell, Jr.]] (left).]]
[[File:Russell and George.png|thumb|left|270px|George (right) with [[Richard Russell, Jr.]] (left).]]
As chairman of the Senate Finance Committee from 1941 to 1946, he also supported FDR's policies during [[World War II]]. Twice for brief periods, he was the chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee. He signed the [[Southern Manifesto]], which voiced House and Senate opposition to the 1954 [[United States Supreme Court]] legal opinion, ''[[Brown v. Board of Education]],'' a decree that outlawed school [[segregation]] in the South. George still declined to renounce ''Brown'' publicly.<ref name=jhc>James H. Cockfield, ''A Giant From Georgia: The Life of U.S. Senator Walter F. George, 1878-1957,'' (Macon, Georgia:Mercer University Press, 2019), pp. 452-453, isbn=978-0-88146-676-8, pages=452–453.</ref> He was succeeded by former [[Governor]] [[Herman Talmadge]], who served four Senate terms until his own defeat in the 1980 [[general election]] by the [[Republican Party|Republican]] Mack Mattingly.
As chairman of the Senate Finance Committee from 1941 to 1946, he also supported FDR's policies during [[World War II]]. Twice for brief periods, he was the chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee. He signed the [[Southern Manifesto]], which voiced House and Senate opposition to the 1954 [[United States Supreme Court]] legal opinion, ''[[Brown v. Board of Education]],'' a decree that outlawed school [[segregation]] in the South. George still declined to renounce ''Brown'' publicly.<ref name=jhc>James H. Cockfield, ''A Giant From Georgia: The Life of U.S. Senator Walter F. George, 1878-1957,'' (Macon, Georgia:Mercer University Press, 2019), pp. 452-453, isbn=978-0-88146-676-8, pages=452–453.</ref> He was succeeded by former [[Governor]] [[Herman Talmadge]], who served four Senate terms until his own defeat in the 1980 [[general election]] by the [[Republican Party|Republican]] Mack Mattingly.
In his 1938 re-election, the incumbent Sen. George faced two main opponents in the Democrat primary: [[Eugene Talmadge]], a virulent racist and opponent of the [[New Deall]], and Lawrence S. Camp, a staunch supporter of the New Deal who President Roosevelt backed.<ref name="New Deal"/> George ultimately won with a plurality of 44% of the vote, with Talmadge finishing second at 32% and Camp at 24%.<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=377215 GA US Senate - D Primary]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved April 21, 2021.</ref>
George was highly regarded in both political parties and by [[liberal]]s and [[conservative]]s. He is also remember for his support of vocational education and [[fiscal conservatism]]. Formerly an [[isolationist]] in foreign entanglements, he became with the war a supporter of FDR's branch of [[internationalism]]. He worked for adoption of the [[United Nations]] Charter in 1945.<ref name=jhc/> President [[Dwight Eisenhower]] named George as special ambassador to the [[North Atlantic Treaty Organization]] in [[Brussels]], [[Belgium]], a post that he filled for only six months because of serious illness.
George was highly regarded in both political parties and by [[liberal]]s and [[conservative]]s. He is also remember for his support of vocational education and [[fiscal conservatism]]. Formerly an [[isolationist]] in foreign entanglements, he became with the war a supporter of FDR's branch of [[internationalism]]. He worked for adoption of the [[United Nations]] Charter in 1945.<ref name=jhc/> President [[Dwight Eisenhower]] named George as special ambassador to the [[North Atlantic Treaty Organization]] in [[Brussels]], [[Belgium]], a post that he filled for only six months because of serious illness.