Herman Talmadge AKA Herman Eugene Talmadge Born: 9-Aug-1913 Birthplace: McRae, GA Died: 21-Mar-2002 Location of death: Hampton, GA Cause of death: unspecified Remains: Buried, Family Farm, Hampton, GA
Gender: Male Religion: Baptist Race or Ethnicity: White Sexual orientation: Straight Occupation: Politician Party Affiliation: Democratic Nationality: United States Executive summary: Senator and Governor from Georgia Military service: US Navy Reserve (1941-45, Lt. Cmdr.) Father: Eugene Talmadge (Governor of Georgia, b. 23-Sep-1884, d. 21-Dec-1946) Mother: Matilda Iola Thurmond Peterson ("Mattie") Wife: Katherine Williamson (m. 1937, div. 1940) Wife: Leila Elizabeth Shingler ("Betty", m. 1941, div. 1977, d. 7-May-2005, two sons) Son: Herman Eugene, Jr. Son: Robert (d. 1975) Wife: Lynda Pierce (home economist, m. 1984, until his death)
Law School: LLB, University of Georgia (1936)
US Senator, Georgia (3-Jan-1957 to 3-Jan-1981) Governor of Georgia (17-Nov-1948 to 11-Jan-1955) Governor of Georgia (appointed, 14-Jan-1947 to 18-Mar-1947) American Legion Benevolent & Protective Order of the Elks Farm Bureau Freemasonry Shriners State Bar of Georgia 1936 Veterans of Foreign Wars Surgery 1996 (cancerous tumor removed) Open Heart Surgery 1997 Risk Factors: Alcoholism
Author of books:
You and Segregation (1955) Talmadge: A Political Legacy, A Politician's Life (1987, memoir, with Mark Royden Winchell)
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