Eugene Talmadge

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American politician governor human

Eugene Talmadge was a controversial mid-20th-century Georgia politician who served multiple terms as governor and was known for his staunch segregationist and populist views.

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Label	Occurrences
Eugene Talmadge canonical	2

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American politician ⓘ governor ⓘ human ⓘ
advocatedFor	states' rights ⓘ
causeOfNotability	appeals to rural white voters ⓘ multiple non-consecutive terms as Governor of Georgia ⓘ staunch opposition to racial integration ⓘ
child	Herman Talmadge ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Confederate States descendant community ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
educatedAt	University of Georgia ⓘ University of Georgia School of Law ⓘ
electedForOffice	Governor of Georgia in 1946 ⓘ
ethnicGroup	white American ⓘ
familyName	Talmadge ⓘ
givenName	Eugene ⓘ
heritage	Southern American ⓘ
ideology	Jim Crow laws ⓘ surface form: Jim Crow politics agrarian populism ⓘ segregationism ⓘ white supremacy ⓘ
influenced	Herman Talmadge's political career ⓘ
knownFor	fiery demagogic speaking style ⓘ use of county unit system to maintain political power ⓘ
memberOfPoliticalParty	Democratic Party ⓘ
movement	Southern populism ⓘ
notableFor	“three governors controversy” in Georgia ⓘ surface form: Three Governors Controversy in Georgia
occupation	farmer ⓘ lawyer ⓘ newspaper columnist ⓘ
opposedTo	New Deal policies ⓘ federal intervention in state affairs ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Forsyth, Georgia ⓘ Monroe County, Georgia NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Atlanta ⓘ surface form: Atlanta, Georgia
politicalAlignment	conservative Democrat ⓘ
positionHeld	Commissioner of Agriculture of Georgia ⓘ surface form: Georgia Commissioner of Agriculture Governor of Georgia ⓘ
religion	Baptist ⓘ
residence	Atlanta ⓘ surface form: Atlanta, Georgia Telfair County, Georgia NERFINISHED ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
spouse	Mattie Thurmond Peterson Talmadge ⓘ
stateOfOrigin	Georgia ⓘ
supported	poll taxes and voter suppression of Black citizens ⓘ
termEnd	1937 (first period as Governor of Georgia) ⓘ 1943 (second period as Governor of Georgia) ⓘ
termStart	1933 (first term as Governor of Georgia) ⓘ 1941 (second period as Governor of Georgia) ⓘ

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Subject: Eugene Talmadge
Description of subject: Eugene Talmadge was a controversial mid-20th-century Georgia politician who served multiple terms as governor and was known for his staunch segregationist and populist views.

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Herman Talmadge → father → Eugene Talmadge ⓘ

“three governors controversy” in Georgia → relatedTo → Eugene Talmadge ⓘ

subject surface form: Three Governors Controversy