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{{Officeholder
|name=Eurith Dickinson Rivers
|image=
|party=[[Democrat]]
|spouse=Mattie Lucile Lashley
|religion=
|offices=
{{Officeholder/governor
|state=Georgia
|terms=January 12, 1937 – January 14, 1941
|preceded=[[Eugene Talmadge]]
|former=y
|succeeded=[[Eugene Talmadge]]
}}
}}
'''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.
'''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.