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Harold Paulk (Hal) Henderson, Sr. oral history collection
Transcripts of oral history interviews on mid-twentieth century Georgia politics conducted between 1981 and 1994 by professor Hal Henderson of Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College.
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Creator
Henderson, Harold P.
Arnall, Ellis Gibbs, 1907-1992
Talmadge, Herman E.(Herman Eugene), 1913-2002
Date of Original
1981/1994
Subject
Georgia--Politics and government--1865-1950
Georgia--Politics and government--1951-
Georgia. General Assembly. Committee on Schools
Georgia--Governor (1959-1963 : Vandiver)
Georgia--Governor (1943-1947 : Arnall)
Georgia. Office of the Governor
Georgia. Office of the Lieutenant Governor
Governors--Georgia
People
Allen, Ivan, 1877-1968
Arnall, Ellis Gibbs, 1907-1992
Callaway, Howard H. (Howard Hollis), 1927-
Carter, Jimmy, 1924-
Griffin, Marvin, 1907-1982
Maddox, Lester, 1915-2003
Russell, Richard B. (Richard Brevard), 1897-1971
Sanders, Carl, 1925-2014
Talmadge, Herman E. (Herman Eugene), 1913-2002
Talmadge, Eugene, 1884-1946
Vandiver, S. Ernest (Samuel Ernest), 1918-2005
Location
United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
Medium
oral histories (literary works)
transcripts
interviews
Type
Text
Description
Documents the 1966 Georgia gubernatorial election and the life of Ellis G. Arnall, Georgia governor, 1943-1947. Additional interviews with Herman E. Talmadge, Georgia governor, 1948-1955, and U.S. Senator, 1956-1981, records information about Talmadge, his father (Eugene) and family, and politics in Georgia.
Ellis Gibbs Arnall was born to Bessie Lena Ellis and Joseph Gibbs in Newnan, Georgia, on March 20, 1907. Arnall began his political career in 1932, when he was elected to the Georgia House of Representatives to represent Coweta County. As a freshman legislator, he was elected to Speaker pro tempore, a position to which he was reelected in 1935. In 1939, Arnall became the youngest attorney general in the country at thirty-one years old. In 1942, Arnall was elected governor, defeating Eugene Talmadge. He was the youngest governor in the country at that time. Arnall served from 1943 to 1947. In 1947, Arnall was involved in the "three-governor controversy" when governor-elect Eugene Talmadge died before he could take office. Arnall lost his bid and retired from Georgia politics until a 1966 failed run for governor.
Gift of Harold Paulk Henderson, Sr.
Related materials available in the following collections of the repository: Alvan S. Arnall Collection of Ellis G. Arnall materials, c. 1937-2005 with gaps.
Related collection held by Georgia State University: Georgia Democratic Party Forum Records, 1959-1972.
Finding aid available in repository.
Language
eng
Original Collection
Forms part of: Harold Paulk (Hal) Henderson, Sr. oral history collection.
Holding Institution
Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies
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