- Collection:
- Southline Press, Inc. Photographs
- Title:
- Isakson, Johnny
- Creator:
- Unknown
- Date of Original:
- 1988
- Subject:
- Politicians
Politicians--Georgia
Portraits
Isakson, Johnny, 1944-
Georgia State Capitol (Atlanta, Ga.) - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Cobb County, 33.94147, -84.57667
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Portrait of Georgia State Representative and Minority Leader, Johnny Isakson.
John Hardy "Johnny" Isakson was born on December 28, 1944 in Atlanta, Georgia. He is the Republican junior United States Senator from Georgia, and previously, he represented Georgia's 6th Congressional district in the House. He first entered Republican politics in 1974 in a lost bid for the Georgia House of Representatives in Cobb County. He won the spot in 1976 and served seven terms in the House, the last two as Minority leader. He was the Republican candidate for governor of Georgia in 1990, losing to Democratic lieutenant governor Zell Miller. Two years later, he was elected to the Georgia Senate and served two terms. - Local Identifier:
- VIS 158.01.196
ahc158001196a.jpg - Metadata URL:
- https://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/digital/collection/southline/id/109
- IIIF manifest:
- https://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/iiif/2/southline:109/manifest.json
- 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:
- 5 x 7 in. silver gelatin copy print
- Original Collection:
- Southline Press, Inc. Photographs, Atlanta History Center
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
-
