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In his 1938 re-election, the incumbent Sen. George faced two main opponents in the Democratic primary: [[Eugene Talmadge]], a virulent racist and opponent of the [[New Deal]], and Lawrence S. Camp, a staunch supporter of the New Deal backed by President Roosevelt.<ref name="New Deal"/> George, despite being on Roosevelt's "purge list",<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1938/08/18/archives/george-for-state-rights-bureaucracy-a-threat-to-freedom-he-says-of.html GEORGE FOR STATE RIGHTS; Bureaucracy a Threat to Freedom, He Says of New Deal]. ''The New York Times''. Retrieved April 21, 2021.</ref> 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>

In his 1938 re-election, the incumbent Sen. George faced two main opponents in the Democratic primary: [[Eugene Talmadge]], a virulent racist and opponent of the [[New Deal]], and Lawrence S. Camp, a staunch supporter of the New Deal backed by President Roosevelt.<ref name="New Deal"/> George, despite being on Roosevelt's "purge list",<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1938/08/18/archives/george-for-state-rights-bureaucracy-a-threat-to-freedom-he-says-of.html GEORGE FOR STATE RIGHTS; Bureaucracy a Threat to Freedom, He Says of New Deal]. ''The New York Times''. Retrieved April 21, 2021.</ref> 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.

He died on August 4, 1957 at the age of seventy-nine. Eisenhower ordered flags at all U.S. federal buildings lowered to half-mast in George's memory. Senate Majority Leader [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] of Texas attended George's funeral in Vienna, Georgia.

He died on August 4, 1957 at the age of seventy-nine. Eisenhower ordered flags at all U.S. federal buildings lowered to half-mast in George's memory. Senate Majority Leader [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] of Texas attended George's funeral in Vienna, Georgia.