United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018Vandiver, S. Ernest (Samuel Ernest), 1918-20051997-03-28Ernest Vandiver, Jr. (1918-2005) was elected Democratic governor in 1958 by a huge margin. He is credited with returning fiscal order to a state tarnished by the scandal-ridden administration of Marvin Griffin. He made campaign promises to upheld segregation, but oversaw the desegregation of Atlanta schools. Prior to his term as governor, Vandiver served as lieutenant governor and state adjutant general.; Andrew Judson Hill, Jr. (1926-2002) served as City Attorney for the City of Lavonia and County Attorney for Franklin County.; Interviewed by Dr. Mel Steely on March 28, 1997 at Vandiver's home in Lavonia, Georgia.; The conversation begins by discussing Vandiver's return from WWII and his subsequent campaign for mayor of Lavonia, GA. Vandiver spends time comparing this early campaign to his later campaigns for adjutant general, lieutenant governor and governor of Georgia. Some time is spent discussing Vandiver's interactions with Governor Jimmy Carter, discussing loyalties and broken promises. Other politicians, such as Garland Byrd, Carl Sanders, George Whitman, and Jim Gillis are also discussed. Vandiver spends some time speaking of Herman Talmadge, whom he had known since he was a boy, and of his wife, Betty Vandiver, and of her uncle, Senator Dick Russell. He talks about the possibility of his becoming the secretary of the Army and an account of an incident involving President Kennedy and Martin Luther King, as well as the integration of schools in Georgia. The conversation turns back to Vandiver's political involvement while in school at UGA, then to advancements and changes in political campaigning. The video transitions and Vandiver's friend, Andrew J. Hill Jr. joins the conversation and they return to the topic of Jimmy Carter and his broken promise to Vandiver. The video pauses briefly again and Vandiver's wife Betty, the niece of Senator Dick Russell, joins the conversation. They talk about their respective relationships with Russell, Russell's character, Tom Murphy, Carter and Russell's relationship, Betty's involvement in her uncle's and husband's respective campaigns, etc.video/mp4engCarrollton, Ga. : University of West Georgia Special Collections in association with the Digital Library of Georgiahttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/Georgia Political Papers and Oral History Program oral history interviews. Annie Belle Weaver Special Collections, Irvine Sullivan Ingram Library, State University of West GeorgiaGeorgia Cotton Growers Co-Operative AssociationUniversity of GeorgiaWest Georgia CollegeGeorgia--Politics and government--1865-1950Georgia--Politics and government--1951-Governors--Georgia--InterviewsGovernors--ElectionAtlanta (Ga.)Conyers (Ga.)Lavonia (Ga.)McRae (Ga.)Milledgeville (Ga.)Plains (Ga.)Winder (Ga.)Elections--GeorgiaPolitical campaigns--GeorgiaWorld War, 1939-1945Vandiver, S. Ernest (Samuel Ernest), 1918-2005--InterviewsOral history interview with Ernest Vandiver, 1997 March 28MovingImage