LEADER 02816nam 2200589 450 001 9910821927003321 005 20230807210119.0 010 $a0-8203-5292-6 035 $a(CKB)2670000000608420 035 $a(EBL)2008635 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001460156 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12562801 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001460156 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11464940 035 $a(PQKB)10330505 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC2008635 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL2008635 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11042584 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL763441 035 $a(OCoLC)908101055 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000608420 100 $a20150425h20152015 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe three governors controversy $eskullduggery, machinations, and the decline of Georgia's progressive politics /$fCharles S. Bullock III, Scott E. Buchanan, Ronald Keith Gaddie 210 1$aAthens, Georgia ;$aLondon, England :$cThe University of Georgia Press,$d2015. 210 4$dİ2015 215 $a1 online resource (313 p.) 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a0-8203-4734-5 311 $a0-8203-4837-6 327 $aCover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Cast of Characters; Introduction; 1. The Emergence of Bifactional Politics; 2. Georgia in a State of Change; 3. The 1946 Democratic Primary; 4. The 1946 General Election; 5. The Legislative "Resolution" of Georgia's 1946 Gubernatorial Election; 6. Two Months of Two Governors; Epilogue; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z 330 $aThe death of Georgia governor-elect Eugene Talmadge in late 1946 launched a constitutional crisis that ranks as one of the most unusual political events in U.S. history: the state had three active governors at once, each claiming that he was the true elected official. This is the first full-length examination of that episode, which wasn't just a crazy quirk of Georgia politics (though it was that) but the decisive battle in a struggle between the state's progressive and rustic forces that had continued since the onset of the Great Depression. In 1946, rural forces aided by the county unit syst 606 $aGovernors$zGeorgia$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aGovernors$zGeorgia$vBiography 607 $aGeorgia$xPolitics and government$y1865-1950 615 0$aGovernors$xHistory 615 0$aGovernors 676 $a975.8/043 700 $aBullock$b Charles S.$f1942-$01637282 702 $aBuchanan$b Scott E. 702 $aGaddie$b Ronald Keith 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910821927003321 996 $aThe three governors controversy$93979033 997 $aUNINA