Eugene Talmadge

Eugene Talmadge was a Democratic politician who served two terms as the 67th Governor of Georgia from 1933 to 1937, and a third term from 1941 to 1943. Elected to a fourth term in November 1946, he died before his inauguration. To date only Joe Brown and Eugene Talmadge have been elected four times as Governor of Georgia.

Talmadge was born in 1884 in Forsyth, Georgia, to Thomas and Carrie Talmadge. He went to the University of Georgia and graduated from the universitys law school. While at UGA, he was a member of the Phi Kappa Literary Society and Sigma Nu fraternity. Talmadge set up offices in Telfair County, Georgia, and twice ran for the Georgia state legislature. He lost both times. He was elected state agriculture commissioner in 1926. Talmadge was reelected commissioner in 1928 and again in 1930.

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