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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