Eugene Talmadge
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Eugene Talmadge was an American politician and attorney who served three terms as the 67th governor of Georgia, from 1933 to 1937, and then again from 1941 to 1943. Elected to a fourth term in Novembe
Talmadge c. 1935
Poster from Talmadge's successful campaign for Georgia Commissioner of Agriculture, 1926
Talmadge c. 1940s
Talmadge (right) extends a 1933 New Year greeting to Jewlsh cltlzens through Frank Taffel (left). In a letter to the Jewish Morning Journal, Talmadge protested persecution of Jews by the German government.
Richard Russell Jr.
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Richard Brevard Russell Jr. was an American politician. A Southern Democrat, he served as the 66th governor of Georgia from 1931 to 1933 before serving in the United States Senate for almost 40 years,
Eugene Talmadge
…State House declined requests to impeach Talmadge but agreed to sue him to recover state funds spent on the hog price manipulation scheme. When Governor Richard B. Russell Jr. referred the suit to the state attorney general, however, the request to sue Talmadge was rejected. In 1932, Governor Russell ran as a candidate for…
Russell in 1952
Russell and President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1963
A statue of Russell by Frederick Hart is in the rotunda of the Russell Senate Office Building.
Letter from Russell about Civil Rights Act