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There have officially been 83 governors of the State of Georgia, including 11 who served more than one distinct term (John Houstoun, George Walton, Edward Telfair, George Mathews, Jared Irwin, David Brydie Mitchell, George Rockingham Gilmer, M. Hoke Smith, Joseph Mackey Brown, John M. Slaton and Eugene Talmadge, with Herman Talmadge serving two de facto distinct terms).
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.
The 1946 Georgia gubernatorial election took place on November 5, 1946, in order to elect the governor of Georgia. Incumbent Democratic governor Ellis Arnall was term-limited, and ineligible to run for a second term before spending four years out of office (thus in 1950).
The 1948 Georgia gubernatorial special election took place on November 2, 1948, in order to elect the Governor of Georgia.. The Supreme Court of Georgia resolved the three governors controversy in the wake of the 1946 election by affirming lieutenant governor-elect Melvin E. Thompson's succession to the office of governor. [1]
The 1970 Georgia gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 1970. It was marked by the election as Governor of Georgia of the relatively little-known former state senator Jimmy Carter after a hard battle in the Democratic primary.
The three-judge federal district court declared the Georgia contingent procedure unconstitutional and void on November 17, 1966, but less than a month later, on December 12, 1966, the United States Supreme Court reversed, [8] and the contingent election went forward. Maddox was elected on the first ballot despite losing the popular vote by 0.31 ...
The 1942 Georgia gubernatorial election took place on November 3, 1942, in order to elect the governor of Georgia. The governor was elected to a four-year term for the first time, instead of a two-year term. Incumbent Democratic governor Eugene Talmadge was defeated in the Democratic primary.
The 1936 Georgia gubernatorial election took place on November 3, 1936, in order to elect the governor of Georgia. Incumbent Democratic governor Eugene Talmadge was term-limited, and would become eligible to run for a third term only after spending four years out of office (thus in 1940). [1] Talmadge instead ran for the U.S. Senate.