Mack Mattingly
Mack Francis Mattingly (born January 7, 1931) is the first Republican since Reconstruction to have served as a United States Senator from his adopted state of Georgia. His tenure extended for a single term from 1981 to 1987.
| Mack Francis Mattingly | |
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| In office January 3, 1981 â January 3, 1987 | |
| Preceded by | Herman Talmadge |
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| Succeeded by | Wyche Fowler |
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| In office September 22, 1992 â March 1, 1993 | |
| Appointed by | George H.W. Bush |
| Preceded by | Dick Carlson |
| Succeeded by | Carl B. Stokes |
| Born | January 7, 1931 Anderson, Madison County Indiana |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | (1) Carolyn Longcamp Mattingly (married 1957-1997, her death) (2) Leslie Davisson Mattingly (married since 1998) |
| Children | Jane, Anne (last names unavailable) |
| Alma mater | Indiana University |
Military Service
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| Service/branch | United States Air Force |
| Years of service | 1951-1955 |
| Unit | Hunter Army Air Field (Savannah, Georgia) |
Background
Mattingly was born in Anderson in central Indiana, on January 7, 1931. He served four years in the United States Air Force and was stationed in the early 1950s at Hunter Army Airfield in Savannah, Georgia. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in marketing from Indiana University in Bloomington.[1] Afterwards, he worked for twenty years for International Business Machines in Georgia and later operated his own business, M's Inc., which sold office supplies and equipment in Brunswick, Georgia.[2]
Career
Mattingly first became active in politics in 1964 when he served as chairman of U.S. Senator Barry Goldwater's campaign for President in Georgia's 8th congressional district.[3] Goldwater carried Georgia but lost forty-four states to U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson. Two years later, Mattingly would help Howard Hollis "Bo" Callaway (1927-2014) organize the Georgia Republican Party and joined Callaway's ticket as a candidate for the United States House of Representatives against incumbent Williamson Sylvester Stuckey, Jr. (born 1935), whose father founded the Stuckeyn of gift stores. Mattingly lost the race but was elected to his party's state executive committee, of which he was the vice chairman from 1968 until 1975. He served as Chairman of the Georgia Republican Party from 1975 to 1977 when he began exploring a race for the U.S. Senate.
In 1980, Mattingly scored a historic upset by unseating the veteran 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.Cite error: Closing </ref> missing for <ref> tag
References
- â Richard Dowis: The lost art of the great speech: how to write it, how to deliver it," p. 207.
- â Mack F. Mattingly Papers (uga.edu), accessed October 15, 2021.
- â {{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/Assault-Diversity-Organized-Challenge-Justice/dp/0742524752 |author=Lee Cokorinos|title=The Assault on Diversity: An Organized Challenge to Racial and Gender Justice|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |page 108.