- Collection:
- Georgia Historical Markers
- Title:
- Governor Hugh M. Dorsey historical marker
- Creator:
- Seibert, David, 1941-2020
- Date of Original:
- 1996/2014
- Subject:
- Historical markers--Georgia--Fayette County
Governors--Georgia - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fayette County, Fayetteville, 33.44873, -84.45493
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Location: 240 South Glynn Street, Fayetteville
Text of marker: "Governor Hugh M. Dorsey (1871-1948). Hugh Manson Dorsey was born in Fayetteville, and was admitted to the Georgia bar at the Fayette County Courthouse in 1894. After practicing law at his father's firm, Dorsey became solicitor general of the Atlanta Judicial Circuit in 1910. In this capacity, he prosecuted the 1913 murder case against Leo Frank. During his two-term governorship (1917-1921), Dorsey oversaw the wider implementation of the county unit system of election favoring rural areas; appointed Richard R. Wright, Sr. to direct Georgia's African-American war effort during WWI; and published a pamphlet opposing the unjust treatment of African Americans in Georgia. Hugh Dorsey is buried in Atlanta's Westview Cemetery. 2006.1 Erected by the Georgia Historical Society, the Fayette County Historical Society, the Fayette Heritage Project, Fayetteville Main Street, and Fayetteville Dowtown Development Authority 56-3" - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/governor-hugh-m
- Digital Object URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ghm_governor-hugh-m
- Language:
- eng
- Rights Holder:
- Copyright held by David Seibert. Please contact markers@davidseibert.com about commercial reproduction and use
- Holding Institution:
- Digital Library of Georgia
- Rights:
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