 | The Three Governors Controversy: Skullduggery, Machinations, and the Decline of Georgia''s Progressive Politics Subjects: Governors -- Georgia -- History -- 20th century; Governors -- Georgia -- Biography; Georgia -- Politics and government -- 1865–1950; The 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. Charles S. Bullock (Author) CHARLES S. BULLOCK III is Richard B. Russell Professor of Political Science at the University of Georgia and the author and editor of numerous books on American political culture, the South, and electoral politics. Scott E. Buchanan (Author) SCOTT E. BUCHANAN is professor of political science at the Citadel. He is the author of Some of the People Who Ate My Barbecue Didn't Vote for Me: The Life of Georgia Governor Marvin Griffin . Ronald Keith Gaddie (Author) RONALD KEITH GADDIE is Executive Faculty Fellow of the University of Oklahoma and Presidential Professor of Political Science. |
