Walter F. George

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Walter F. George was a long-serving Democratic U.S. Senator from Georgia known for his influential roles in foreign policy and finance during the mid-20th century.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States senator
human
lawyer
politician
birthDate 1878-01-29
birthPlace Preston, Georgia
surface form: Preston, Georgia, United States
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
deathDate 1957-08-04
deathPlace Vienna, Georgia
surface form: Vienna, Georgia, United States
educatedAt Mercer University
Mercer University School of Law
endTime 1957 (service in U.S. Senate)
ethnicGroup White American
familyName George
fieldOfWork foreign policy
law
public finance
gender male
givenName Walter
honorificEponym Walter F. George Lake
Walter F. George Lake
surface form: Walter F. George Reservoir

Mercer University School of Law
surface form: Walter F. George School of Law
memberOfPoliticalParty Democratic Party
surface form: Democratic Party (United States)
name Walter Franklin George
nativeLanguage English
notableWork leadership on finance and tax legislation in the U.S. Senate
leadership on foreign policy in the U.S. Senate
occupation judge
lawyer
politician
partyRole conservative Southern Democrat
positionHeld Chair of the United States Senate Committee on Finance
Chair of the United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
Judge of the Supreme Court of Georgia
President pro tempore of the United States Senate
United States Senator
religion Baptist
represents Georgia
residence Vienna, Georgia
surface form: Vienna, Georgia, United States
startTime 1922 (service in U.S. Senate)
stateOfUSSenate Georgia
wasMemberOf United States Senate Committee on Finance
Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
surface form: United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
workLocation Georgia
Washington, D.C.

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Herman Talmadge precededBy Walter F. George
this entity surface form: Walter F. George as U.S. Senator from Georgia
Lake Eufaula namedAfter Walter F. George
Walter F. George Lake namedAfter Walter F. George
Walter F. George Lock and Dam namedAfter Walter F. George