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Cherokee Nation v. Georgia (1831), 30 U.S. (5 Pet.) 1 (1831), was a landmark United States Supreme Court case. The Cherokee Nation asked the Court to stop Georgia from enforcing state laws that took away their rights within the Cherokee territory.
The Three governors controversy was a political crisis in the U.S. state of Georgia, from 1946 to 1947. On December 21, 1946, Eugene Talmadge , the governor-elect of Georgia, died before taking office.
In response to an appeal from Bullock, Georgia was again placed under military rule as part of the Georgia Act of December 22, 1869. [5] This made Bullock a hated political figure. After various allegations of scandal and ridicule, [6] in 1871 he was obliged by the Ku Klux Klan to resign the governorship, and felt it prudent to leave the state. [1]
People in Georgia will keep paying no state taxes on gasoline and diesel, at least until state lawmakers start a special legislative session. Republican Gov. Brian Kemp on Wednesday extended the ...
The State of Georgia's first constitution was ratified in February 1777. Georgia was the 10th state to ratify the Articles of Confederation on July 24, 1778, [13] and was the 4th state to ratify the United States Constitution on January 2, 1788. [14] Slaves with the cotton they had picked. Georgia, c. 1850
Pay raises for Georgia's public school teachers and state employees were never in doubt politically from the moment Gov. Brian Kemp proposed them, but lawmakers finally clinched the deal on ...
At 24, he was in a car accident that permanently paralyzed him from the waist down. Fortson served two terms in the Georgia House of Representatives. He was elected to the Georgia Senate in 1938 and served until he was appointed secretary of state by Governor Ellis Arnall in February 1946 to fill the unexpired term of John B. Wilson. Fortson ...
The League of Women Voters of Coastal Georgia will host a forum for the candidates for Chatham County District Attorney, a little less than two months before the general election takes place.. At ...