- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Hoke Smith
- Date of Original:
- 1855/1931
- Subject:
- Lawyers--Georgia--Atlanta
Governors--Georgia
Newspapers--Ownership
Newspaper publishing--Georgia--Atlanta
Legislators--United States
Men--Georgia--Atlanta
Politicians--Georgia--Atlanta
Smith, Hoke, 1855-1931 - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- black-and-white photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Governor Hoke Smith is perhaps the figure most associated with Progressive era reform in the state. During his governorship reforms were seen in education and railroad regulation; the convict lease system was abolished; and a major public health project, a state sanatorium for tuberculosis patients, was undertaken.
Studio portrait of Hoke Smith. He wears a dress suit and faces forward. Smith, a trial attorney and publisher of the Atlanta Journal, was most influential as the leader of Georgia's Progressive Movement during his years as governor (1907-9, 1911) and as a U.S. senator (1911-21). - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/government-politics/hoke-smith-1855-1931/m-5803/
- Rights Holder:
- Reprinted with permission from The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Georgia Libraries - Additional Rights Information:
- Please contact holding institution for information regarding use and copyright status.
- Original Collection:
- http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/government-politics/hoke-smith-1855-1931
Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopedia - Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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