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George opposed anti-lynching legislation, joining Southern senators [[Richard Russell, Jr.]], Tom Connally, and [[Claude Pepper]] in filibustering such in 1937.<ref>[https://www.loc.gov/item/2016872930/ Filibuster against anti-lynching bill. Washington, D.C., Jan. 27. Members of the bloc of Southern Senators who have been filibusting against the anti-lynching bill for the last 20 days and are still going strong, left to right: Senator Tom Connaly, of Texas, Sen. Walter F. George, of Ga.; Sen. Richard Russell of Ga.; and Sen. Claude Pepper of Florida, 1/27/38]. ''Library of Congress''. Retrieved April 21, 2021.</ref>

George opposed anti-lynching legislation, joining Southern senators [[Richard Russell, Jr.]], Tom Connally, and [[Claude Pepper]] in filibustering such in 1937.<ref>[https://www.loc.gov/item/2016872930/ Filibuster against anti-lynching bill. Washington, D.C., Jan. 27. Members of the bloc of Southern Senators who have been filibusting against the anti-lynching bill for the last 20 days and are still going strong, left to right: Senator Tom Connaly, of Texas, Sen. Walter F. George, of Ga.; Sen. Richard Russell of Ga.; and Sen. Claude Pepper of Florida, 1/27/38]. ''Library of Congress''. Retrieved April 21, 2021.</ref>

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]],<ref>[https://www.congress.gov/84/crecb/1956/03/12/GPO-CRECB-1956-pt4-3.pdf GP-CRECB-1956-pt4-3.pdf]. ''Congressional Record''. Retrieved April 21, 2021.</ref> 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]],<ref>[https://www.congress.gov/84/crecb/1956/03/12/GPO-CRECB-1956-pt4-3.pdf GP-CRECB-1956-pt4-3.pdf]. ''Congressional Record''. Retrieved April 21, 2021.</ref> 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]], the first Republican U.S. Senator from Georgia since [[Reconstruction]].

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 Deal]], and Lawrence S. Camp, a staunch supporter of the New Deal who President Roosevelt backed.<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 Democrat primary: [[Eugene Talmadge]], a virulent racist and opponent of the [[New Deal]], and Lawrence S. Camp, a staunch supporter of the New Deal who President Roosevelt backed.<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>