Bob Irvin was an early leader of the modern Republican Party in Georgia in the United States. He was a member of the Long Range Planning Committee in the 1970s,along with Mack Mattingly,Paul Coverdell,Newt Gingrich,and John Linder. He served 15 years in the Georgia House of Representatives,in the 1970s and again in the 1990s. He ran for the State House in 1990,but lost the Republican primary to Dorothy Felton by 227 votes. He was elected to his second stint in the State House after incumbent Mitch Skandalakis was elected to the Fulton County Board of Commissioners in November 1993. He was the House Republican Leader 1994–2000,known for passing welfare reform and tax cuts. He ran unsuccessfully for the United States Senate in 2002,losing to Saxby Chambliss. He attracted attention in early 2005 by publicly calling for Ralph Reed to withdraw from the race for Lieutenant Governor of Georgia.
The 1893 Georgia Bulldogs football team represented the University of Georgia during the 1893 college football season. The Bulldogs completed the season with a 2–2–1 record. 1893 saw the Bulldogs play their first games against Georgia Tech,losing 28–6,Vanderbilt,losing 10–35,and Furman,winning 22–8. The rivalries with Georgia Tech and Vanderbilt continue to the present day,while the last game played against Furman was played in 1950. Today,the game with Georgia Tech is today known as "Clean,Old-Fashioned Hate."
The Digital Library of Georgia (DLG) is an online public collection of documents and media about the history and culture of the state of Georgia,United States. The collection includes more than a million digitized objects from more than 200 Georgia-related collections. The DLG connects users to content from 65 libraries,archives,museums,historical societies,and other institutions,as well as 100 agencies of state government. It can be searched or browsed through the Digital Library of Georgia website.
The Douglass Theatre is a theatre in Macon,Georgia. It was founded in 1921 by Charles Henry Douglass,an African-American entrepreneur who was an established theatre developer well versed in the vaudeville and entertainment business. Ben Stein owned and managed the theater in 1928. According to the Douglass Theatre website,the Douglass was a part of the Theater Owners Booking Association –a chain of 40 theatres that served as an agency for many African American artists and performers.
Ernest Neal (1858–1943),was an American poet and educator. He was the 2nd Poet Laureate of Georgia. He lived in Dahlonega for some time,but Calhoun,Georgia was his home.
The Reid–Jones–Carpenter House,located at 2249 Walton Way,Augusta,Richmond County,Georgia,constructed in 1849,is a single story wood-frame building on raised basement of stuccoed brick. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on November 13,1979.
The Georgia General Assembly first started in 1751,but was not active until 1777,when Georgia became one of the Thirteen Colonies and broke away from Great Britain. The 2nd Georgia General Assembly followed two years later. It took place sometime in January,in Savannah,which was the capital of Georgia at the time. The capital was moved to its present location,Atlanta,in 1868. The Assembly has been held once every two years starting in 1777. The Assembly elected the Georgia House of Representatives and Georgia Senate.
Max Ray Brannon was an American politician in the state of Georgia.
Cas M. Robinson was an American politician in the state of Georgia.
Ewell Herman Elliott,Jr. is an American former politician and judge. He served in the Georgia House of Representatives from 1973 to 1983 as a Republican.
The Savannah Historic District is a large urban U.S. historic district that roughly corresponds to the city limits of Savannah,Georgia,prior to the American Civil War. The area was declared a National Historic Landmark District in 1966,and is one of the largest districts of its kind in the United States. The district was made in recognition of the unique layout of the city,begun by James Oglethorpe at the city's founding in 1733 and propagated for over the first century of its growth.
The Walker County Messenger is a weekly broadsheet newspaper published in LaFayette,Georgia,distributed throughout the greater Walker county area of northwest Georgia. It was the first newspaper to be published in LaFayette,Walker County,and was recently purchased by Times-Journal Inc.,a Marietta,Georgia-based company which owns over five Georgia newspapers. The current president and editor of the newspaper is Don Stilwell.
The Macon,Dublin and Savannah Railroad was chartered in 1885 as the Macon and Dublin Railroad. It was built to connect its namesake towns,Macon and Dublin. Eventually,it became a 96-mile short line operating between Macon and Vidalia.
H. F. McKay was an American politician. He and Lectured Crawford were elected to serve in the Georgia Legislature. He lived in Johnston Station,Georgia in Liberty County,Georgia. He was nominated to be the Republican candidate at their 1900 convention in Hinesville,Georgia.
Jonathan Bryan was an American patriot originally from South Carolina but who moved Savannah,Georgia,where he assisted James Edward Oglethorpe in the foundation of Georgia's first colony. He also held several political offices in Georgia,and was a large landowner.
The 1990 Georgia lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on November 6,1990,to elect the lieutenant governor of Georgia,concurrently with the 1990 gubernatorial election,as well as elections to the United States Senate and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. Georgia is one of 21 states that elects its lieutenant governor separately from its governor.
Thomas Robert Taggart is an American politician. He served two terms in the Georgia House of Representatives. He won his first election to the State House in 1974. He lost his bid for renomination in 1978 by 11 votes to Bobby Phillips.
Samuel Doyle Allen was an American politician who served two terms in the Georgia House of Representatives. He won his first election to the State House in 1970 in the 92nd district. In 1972,he won reelection in the 108th district. In 1974,he lost his bid for renomination in the 125th district to Tom Taggart.
Thomas Jefferson Marion Kelley Sr. was an American physician and politician who represented Glascock County in the Georgia House of Representatives from 1900 to 1906.
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