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The '''Eugene Talmadge statue''' is a public [[monument]] located on the grounds of the [[Georgia State Capitol]] in [[Atlanta]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]. Unveiled in 1949, the statue is of [[Georgia Governor]] [[Eugene Talmadge]]. The statue has been the subject of recent controversy given Talmadge's [[white supremacist]] and [[racist]] views.
== History ==
Born in 1884,<ref name=":1"></ref> [[Eugene Talmadge]] served multiple terms as [[Governor of Georgia]] during the 1930s and 1940s.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2"></ref> We was first elected to that position in 1932 and in total was elected governor a total of four times. He died in 1946 after his fourth election before taking office.<ref name=":3"></ref> He is noted for several scandals that occurred both during and after his governorships, including the [[Cocking affair]] during his third term, the [[Moore's Ford lynchings]] during his 1946 gubernatorial campaign, and the [[three Governors controversy]] that occurred shortly after his death in 1946.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /> Talmadge was also a [[segregationist]],<ref></ref> and during his 1946 campaign he made restoring the [[Georgia Democratic Party]]'s [[white primary]] (which had recently been ruled unconstitutional by the [[Supreme Court of the United States]]) a key campaign issue.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":3" /> In 1949, Eugene's son [[Herman Talmadge]], who had briefly served as governor during the Three Governors controversy, pushed for the installation of a statue honoring his deceased father.<ref name=":1" /> The statue was unveiled on the grounds of the [[Georgia State Capitol]] by his grandsons on September 23, 1949,<ref></ref> on what would have been Eugene's 65th birthday.<ref></ref>
Since the 2010s, Talmadge's reputation as governor has come under more scrutiny, with multiple publications criticizing the statue's placement at the Georgia State Capitol. Following the removal of a statue honoring [[Thomas E. Watson]] from the capitol grounds, publications including ''[[The Atlanta Journal-Constitution]]'' and the ''[[Washington Monthly]]'' criticized Talmadge and the statue, with the latter calling him a "reactionary demagogue" and the former calling him one of several racist figures honored on the capitol grounds, which included a [[statue of John Brown Gordon]].<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":0"></ref> Further criticism of the statue appeared following the [[Unite the Right rally]] in 2017.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" />
== References ==
== External links ==
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[[Category:1949 establishments in Georgia (U.S. state)]]
[[Category:1949 sculptures]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Atlanta]]
[[Category:Monuments and memorials in Georgia (U.S. state)]]
[[Category:Outdoor sculptures in Georgia (U.S. state)]]
[[Category:Statues in Georgia (U.S. state)]]
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The '''Eugene Talmadge statue''' is a public [[monument]] located on the grounds of the [[Georgia State Capitol]] in [[Atlanta]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]. Unveiled in 1949, the statue is of [[Georgia Governor]] [[Eugene Talmadge]]. The statue has been the subject of recent controversy given Talmadge's [[white supremacist]] and [[racist]] views.
== History ==
Born in 1884,<ref name=":1"></ref> [[Eugene Talmadge]] served multiple terms as [[Governor of Georgia]] during the 1930s and 1940s.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2"></ref> We was first elected to that position in 1932 and in total was elected governor a total of four times. He died in 1946 after his fourth election before taking office.<ref name=":3"></ref> He is noted for several scandals that occurred both during and after his governorships, including the [[Cocking affair]] during his third term, the [[Moore's Ford lynchings]] during his 1946 gubernatorial campaign, and the [[three Governors controversy]] that occurred shortly after his death in 1946.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /> Talmadge was also a [[segregationist]],<ref></ref> and during his 1946 campaign he made restoring the [[Georgia Democratic Party]]'s [[white primary]] (which had recently been ruled unconstitutional by the [[Supreme Court of the United States]]) a key campaign issue.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":3" /> In 1949, Eugene's son [[Herman Talmadge]], who had briefly served as governor during the Three Governors controversy, pushed for the installation of a statue honoring his deceased father.<ref name=":1" /> The statue was unveiled on the grounds of the [[Georgia State Capitol]] by his grandsons on September 23, 1949,<ref></ref> on what would have been Eugene's 65th birthday.<ref></ref>
Since the 2010s, Talmadge's reputation as governor has come under more scrutiny, with multiple publications criticizing the statue's placement at the Georgia State Capitol. Following the removal of a statue honoring [[Thomas E. Watson]] from the capitol grounds, publications including ''[[The Atlanta Journal-Constitution]]'' and the ''[[Washington Monthly]]'' criticized Talmadge and the statue, with the latter calling him a "reactionary demagogue" and the former calling him one of several racist figures honored on the capitol grounds, which included a [[statue of John Brown Gordon]].<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":0"></ref> Further criticism of the statue appeared following the [[Unite the Right rally]] in 2017.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" />
== References ==
== External links ==
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[[Category:1949 establishments in Georgia (U.S. state)]]
[[Category:1949 sculptures]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Atlanta]]
[[Category:Monuments and memorials in Georgia (U.S. state)]]
[[Category:Outdoor sculptures in Georgia (U.S. state)]]
[[Category:Statues in Georgia (U.S. state)]]
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