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| name=Mack Francis Mattingly

| name=Mack Francis Mattingly

| image=Mack Mattingly of GA.jpg

| image=Mack Mattingly of GA.jpg

| office=[[United States Senator]] from [[Georgia]]

| office=[[United States Senator]] for [[Georgia]]

| party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]

| party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]

| term_start=January 3, 1981

| term_start=January 3, 1981

| term_end=January 3, 1987

| term_end=January 3, 1987

| preceded=[[Herman Talmadge]]

| preceded=[[Herman Talmadge]]

| succeeded=Wyche Fowler

| succeeded=William Wyche Fowler, Jr.

| office2=United States Ambassador to the Seychelles

| office2=United States Ambassador to the Seychelles

| appointer2=[[George H.W. Bush]]

| appointer2=[[George Herbert Walker Bush]]

| term_start2=September 22, 1992

| term_start2=September 22, 1992

| term_end2=March 1, 1993

| term_end2=March 1, 1993

| death_date=

| death_date=

| death_place=

| death_place=

| spouse=(1) Carolyn Longcamp Mattingly (married 1957-1997, her death)<br>

| spouse=(1) Carolyn Longcamp Mattingly (married 1957-1997, her death)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/113408055/carolyn-mattingly|title=Carolyn Longcamp Mattingly|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=October 25, 2021}}<br>

(2) Leslie Davisson Mattingly (married since 1998)

(2) Leslie Davisson Mattingly (married since 1998)

| children=Jane, Anne (last names unavailable)

| children=Jane, Anne (last names unavailable)

In 1980, Mattingly scored a historic upset by unseating the veteran [[Democratic Party| Democratic]] Senator [[Herman Talmadge]], a former Georgia governor and the son of Governor [[Eugene Talmadge]]. Mattingly outpolled [[Ronald Reagan]], who lost Georgia to native son Democrat [[Jimmy Carter]].<ref>{{cite journal|author=Timothy J. Minchin|title='An Historic Upset': Herman Talmadge's 1980 Senate Defeat and the End of a Political Dynasty|journal=''Georgia Historical Quarterly''|date=2015|volume=99|issue=3|pages=156–197|url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=111013094&site=eds-live|accessdate=November 2, 2016}}</ref> Mattingly served in the Senate from January 1981 until January 1987, with membership on the Appropriations Committee and the subcommittee on military construction and veterans matters. Mattingly also served at various times on the Banking and the Housing and Urban Affairs committees. He was a leading proponent of the proposed [[line-item veto]] backed by Reagan but opposed by Congress. Reagan recognized Mattingly for his efforts to establish fiscal sanity in the 1985 [[State of the Union]] address.

In 1980, Mattingly scored a historic upset by unseating the veteran [[Democratic Party| Democratic]] Senator [[Herman Talmadge]], a former Georgia governor and the son of Governor [[Eugene Talmadge]]. Mattingly outpolled [[Ronald Reagan]], who lost Georgia to native son Democrat [[Jimmy Carter]].<ref>{{cite journal|author=Timothy J. Minchin|title='An Historic Upset': Herman Talmadge's 1980 Senate Defeat and the End of a Political Dynasty|journal=''Georgia Historical Quarterly''|date=2015|volume=99|issue=3|pages=156–197|url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=111013094&site=eds-live|accessdate=November 2, 2016}}</ref> Mattingly served in the Senate from January 1981 until January 1987, with membership on the Appropriations Committee and the subcommittee on military construction and veterans matters. Mattingly also served at various times on the Banking and the Housing and Urban Affairs committees. He was a leading proponent of the proposed [[line-item veto]] backed by Reagan but opposed by Congress. Reagan recognized Mattingly for his efforts to establish fiscal sanity in the 1985 [[State of the Union]] address.

In 1986, a heavily Democrat year nationally, Mattingly was narrowly unseated in his bid for re-election by former [[U.S. Representative]] Wyche Fowler, an [[Atlanta]] [[liberal]].

In 1986, a heavily Democrat year nationally, Mattingly was narrowly unseated in his bid for re-election by former [[U.S. Representative]] William Wyche Fowler, Jr. (born 1935), an [[Atlanta]] [[liberal]].

U.S. President [[George Herbert Walker Bush]] appointed Mattingly assistant secretary-general for defense support for [[NATO]] in [[Brussels]], [[Belgium]], and then as the Ambassador to the [[Seychelles]]. He served in this position until 1993, when Democrat [[Bill Clinton]] succeeded Bush. Mattingly resides on St. Simons Island, Georgia, and remains active in Republican politics, and he serves on a number of corporate boards.<ref>Mack Mattingly - Celebrity information (mysticgames.com), accessed October 25, 2021.</ref>

U.S. President [[George Herbert Walker Bush]] appointed Mattingly assistant secretary-general for defense support for [[NATO]] in [[Brussels]], [[Belgium]], and then as the Ambassador to the [[Seychelles]]. He served in this position until 1993, when Democrat [[Bill Clinton]] succeeded Bush. Mattingly resides on St. Simons Island, Georgia, and remains active in Republican politics, and he serves on a number of corporate boards.<ref>Mack Mattingly - Celebrity information (mysticgames.com), accessed October 25, 2021.</ref>