Eugene Talmadge was an attorney and American politician who served three terms as the 67th Governor of Georgia, from 1933 to 1937, and then again from 1941 to 1943. Elected to a fourth term in November 1946, he died before his inauguration, scheduled for January 1947.

When was Talmadge first elected governor?

Talmadge won the 1932 Democratic gubernatorial nomination and was elected Governor of Georgia. He was reelected in 1934, 1940 and 1946.

Who beat Herman Talmadge?

The denunciation by the Senate and the changing demographics of Georgia helped lead to Talmadge's defeat in his 1980 re-election campaign against Republican Mack Mattingly- Talmadge's first ever electoral loss.