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Senate Years of Service: 1957-1981 Party: Democrat
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TALMADGE, Herman Eugene, a Senator from Georgia; born on a farm near McRae, Telfair County, Ga., August
9, 1913; attended the public schools in McRae; received a law degree from the University of Georgia
at Athens in 1936; admitted to the bar in 1936 and commenced the practice of law in Atlanta, Ga.;
volunteered for service in the United States Navy in 1941; saw extensive action in the Pacific theater,
attained rank of lieutenant commander and was discharged in November 1945; upon the death of his
father, Governor-elect Eugene Talmadge, was elected to the governorship by the State legislature in
1947; served sixty-seven days, then vacated the office due to a decision of the State supreme court;
elected in September 1948 to fill the unexpired term; reelected in 1950 and served until January
1955; farmer; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate in 1956; reelected in 1962, 1968
and 1974 and served from January 3, 1957, to January 3, 1981; unsuccessful candidate for
reelection in 1980; denounced by the Senate in 1979 for financial misconduct; chairman, Committee
on Agriculture and Forestry (Ninety-second through Ninety-fifth Congresses), Committee on
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (Ninety-fifth and Ninety-sixth Congresses); resumed the practice
of law; was a resident of Hampton, Ga., until his death on March 21, 2002; buried on family farm near
Hampton, Ga.
BibliographyScribner Encyclopedia of American Lives; Talmadge, Herman E., with Mark Royden Winchell. Talmadge: A Political Legacy,
A Politicians Life. Atlanta: Peachtree Publishers, 1987.
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