Impact of Eugene Talmadge's Political Career
39d - generalize the impact of the political career of Eugene Talmadge
Eugene Talmadge
A controversial and colorful politician, Eugene Talmadge played a leading role in the state's politics from 1926 to 1946. He was a White Supremacist. During his three terms as state commissioner of agriculture and three terms as governor, his personality and actions polarized voters into Talmadge and anti-Talmadge factions in the state's one-party politics of that era. He didn’t want the federal government to intervene of debt. He didn’t like the New Deal policies. Also, he figured the New Deal threatened Georgia’s Way of Life. He vetoed many Georgia Assembly laws concerning the New Deal. For examples, he vetoed Social Security benefits for the retired and unemployment insurance in Georgia. He called Roosevelt a Socialist. He made The National Guard removed disagreers and arrested people who striked against textile mills in GA..He got college officials that really wanted to get a GA Southern college. This made the colleges in GA lose accreditation. He was elected to a fourth term as the state's chief executive in 1946 but died before taking office. He argued about minimum wage law.
A controversial and colorful politician, Eugene Talmadge played a leading role in the state's politics from 1926 to 1946. He was a White Supremacist. During his three terms as state commissioner of agriculture and three terms as governor, his personality and actions polarized voters into Talmadge and anti-Talmadge factions in the state's one-party politics of that era. He didn’t want the federal government to intervene of debt. He didn’t like the New Deal policies. Also, he figured the New Deal threatened Georgia’s Way of Life. He vetoed many Georgia Assembly laws concerning the New Deal. For examples, he vetoed Social Security benefits for the retired and unemployment insurance in Georgia. He called Roosevelt a Socialist. He made The National Guard removed disagreers and arrested people who striked against textile mills in GA..He got college officials that really wanted to get a GA Southern college. This made the colleges in GA lose accreditation. He was elected to a fourth term as the state's chief executive in 1946 but died before taking office. He argued about minimum wage law.