- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Joseph M. Terrell (1861-1912)
- Creator:
- Hulett, Keith
- Date of Original:
- 2006-07-14
- Subject:
- Governors--Georgia
Politicians--Georgia
Lawyers--Georgia--Greenville
Legislators--Georgia
Attorneys general--Georgia
Terrell, J. M. (Joseph Meriweather), 1861-1912 - Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- articles
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
- Description:
- Encyclopedia article about Joseph M. Terrell. Joseph M. Terrell served two consecutive terms as governor of Georgia during the Progressive Era and earned a reputation as Georgia's "education governor." Among his administration's chief accomplishments in the state's public education system were the creation of a statewide system of agricultural secondary schools and reforms to Georgia's constitutional provisions for school funding. A successful lawyer from Meriwether County, Terrell served five terms as the state's attorney general and, briefly, as a U.S. senator.
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- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/people/joseph-m-terrell-1861-1912/
- Language:
- eng
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- Cite as: "ARTICLE TITLE," New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved [date]: http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org.
- Original Collection:
- Forms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.
- Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
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