Walter F. George historical marker

Collection:: Georgia Historical Markers
Title:: Walter F. George historical marker
Creator:: Seibert, David, 1941-2020
Date of Original:: 1996/2014
Subject:: Historical markers--Georgia--Webster County
Legislators--United States
George, Walter F. (Walter Franklin), 1878-1957
Location:: United States, Georgia, Webster County, Preston, 32.06599, -84.53742
Medium:: photographs
Type:: Still Image
Format:: image/jpeg
Description:: Location: Webster County Courthouse, Preston
Text of marker: "WALTER F. GEORGE 1878-1957. Walter F. George was born 1.5 miles north in a sharecropper's cabin. George was a teacher near Preston, then a lawyer and judge. From the Georgia Supreme Court he ran for the unexpired term of Senator Thomas E. Watson in 1922. George served 34 years in the U.S. Senate and was member of 12 committees and chaired five. He chaired the Senate Finance Committee and guided legislation to finance W.W. II. As chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee he pushed for lend-lease legislation that kept U.S. allies strong in W.W. II. One of Senator George's toughest re-election campaigns was in 1938. He had opposed some of President Roosevelt's New Deal policies and F.D.R. strongly supported his opponent Lawrence Camp. George defeated both Camp and Eugene Talmadge. Senator George never forgot his rural roots and supported rural legislation such as REA and TVA. Throughout his career he returned to Preston and delivered speeches at the courthouse. Senator George was appointed as special ambassador to NATO by President Eisenhower after retiring from the senate in 1956. 152-5 GEORGIA HISTORIC MARKER 1983"
External Identifiers:
Metadata URL:: https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_ghm_walter-f-george-marker
Digital Object URL:: http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ghm_walter-f-george-marker
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
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