The Three Governors Controversy :: Skullduggery, Machinations, and the Decline of Georgia's Progressive Politics.

The death of Georgia governor-elect Eugene Talmadge in late 1946 launched a constitutional crisis that ranks as one of the most unusual political events in U.S. history: the state had three active governors at once, each claiming that he was the true elected official. This is the first full-length e...

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1. Verfasser: Bullock, Charles S.
Weitere Verfasser: Buchanan, Scott E., Gaddie, Ronald Keith
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Athens : University of Georgia Press, 2015.
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Zusammenfassung:The death of Georgia governor-elect Eugene Talmadge in late 1946 launched a constitutional crisis that ranks as one of the most unusual political events in U.S. history: the state had three active governors at once, each claiming that he was the true elected official. This is the first full-length examination of that episode, which wasn't just a crazy quirk of Georgia politics (though it was that) but the decisive battle in a struggle between the state's progressive and rustic forces that had continued since the onset of the Great Depression. In 1946, rural forces aided by the county unit syst.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (313 pages)
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780820348377
0820348376
9780820347349
0820347345
0820352926
9780820352923

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