- Collection:
- Kenneth Rogers Photograph Collection
- Title:
- Three Governors Controversy
- Date of Original:
- 1946
- Subject:
- Events--Georgia
Governors--Georgia
Legislators--Georgia
Political campaigns--Georgia
Political elections--Georgia
Politicians--Georgia
Politics and government--Georgia
Clothing and dress--1940-1950
Suits (Clothing)
African Americans--1940-1950
Talmadge, Herman Eugene, 1913-2002
Georgia State Capitol (Atlanta, Ga.) - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- View of two unidentified African American men handing slips of paper to appointed Georgia Governor Herman Talmadge while another unidentified man looks on during the "three governors controversy," in Georgia.
The "three governors' controversy" began with the death of Governor-elect Eugene Talmadge in 1946. After his death, a political struggle for the governor's office ensued involving the incumbent governor Ellis Arnall, the newly elected Lieutenant Governor Melvin Thompson, and Talmadge's son Herman, who was subsequently elected by the Georgia Assembly. In March of 1947 the Georgia Supreme Court ruled that Melvin Thompson was rightful governor until a special election could be held in 1948. Herman Talmadge won that election, defeating Ellis Arnall. - Local Identifier:
- VIS 82.493.31
ahc082493031a.jpg - Metadata URL:
- http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/Rogers/id/1182
- Extent:
- 4 x 5 in. black and white negative
- Original Collection:
- Kenneth Rogers Photographs, Atlanta History Center
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
-
