Herman Talmadge Senator

Herman Eugene Talmadge, Sr. (August 9, 1913 – March 21, 2002), was a Democratic American politician from the state of Georgia. He served as the 70th Governor of Georgia briefly in 1947 and again from 1948 to 1955. After leaving office Talmadge was elected to the U.S. Senate, serving from 1957 until 1981.Talmadge was born in McRae in Telfair County in south central Georgia, the only son of Eugene Talmadge, who served as Governor of Georgia during much of the 1930s and the 1940s. He earned a degree from the University of Georgia School of Law in 1936, where he had been a member of the Demosthenian Literary Society and Sigma Nu fraternity.

Personal facts

Birth date	August 09, 1913
Birth place	Georgia (U.S. state) , Telfair County Georgia , McRae Georgia , United States
Religion	Baptists
Date of death	March 21, 2002
Place of death	Georgia (U.S. state) , Henry County Georgia , Hampton Georgia
Education	University of Georgia
Profession	Lawyer

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military operations	World War II
military branch	United States Navy
military rank	Lieutenant commander
party	Democratic Party (United States)
service start	1941
service end	1945
successor	Marvin Griffin Melvin E. Thompson Jesse Helms