- Collection:
- Atlanta History Photograph Collection
- Title:
- Governor John M. Slaton and Staff
- Creator:
- Atlanta Commercial Photographer
- Publisher:
- Atlanta, Ga. : Kenan Research Center
- Date of Original:
- 1914
- Subject:
- Dinner parties--Georgia--Atlanta
Governors--Georgia
Eating and drinking--Georgia--Atlanta
Tables
Flags--United States
Uniforms--1910-1920 - People:
- Slaton, John M.
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- View of Georgia Governor John M. Slaton and his staff at a dinner party in Atlanta, Georgia.
John M. Slaton (1866-1955) was an Atlanta attorney and politician. He served in the Georgia House of Representatives from 1896 to 1909 and served as the Speaker of the House during the last four years of his tenure. He subsequently served in the Georgia State Senate until 1913. In 1911, he was appointed acting governor of Georgia after Hoke Smith was elected to the United States Senate. Slaton was later elected to his own term as governor in 1913. While governor, Slaton famously commuted the death sentence of Leo Frank, who had been convicted of murdering one of his employees Mary Phagan; Frank was later abducted from prison by a mob and lynched. - Local Identifier:
- VIS 170.3196.001
ahc1703196001.jpg - Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/athpc/id/856
- Additional Rights Information:
- This material is protected by copyright law. (Title 17, U. S. Code) Permission for use must be cleared through the Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center. Licensing agreement may be required.
- Extent:
- 11 x 14 in.
- Original Collection:
- Atlanta History Photograph Collection
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
-
