Ernest Vandiver, Governor of Georgia
Title | Ernest Vandiver, Governor of Georgia PDF eBook |
Author | Harold Paulk Henderson |
Publisher | University of Georgia Press |
Pages | 338 |
Release | 2008-06-01 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 0820330604 |
Ernest Vandiver was elected governor of the state of Georgia in 1958 on a platform of fiscal conservatism and steadfast resistance to desegregation. Having vowed to defend Georgia’s segregated social system at all costs, Vandiver nevertheless concluded that the state could not close its schools to avoid desegregation. Because of his decision to reject the path taken by George Wallace in Alabama and Orval Faubus in Arkansas and to protect public education in the state by complying with federal court mandates, Vandiver was denounced by the state’s more vocal proponents of segregation. Using primary sources and extensive interviews with the governor and his contemporaries, Henderson tells the full story of Vandiver’s life as a transitional figure in the political history of the state. He portrays Vandiver as a man cast by circumstances into presiding over a crisis greater than any faced by a Georgia governor since the Civil War. Henderson also notes some of Vandiver’s less recognized accomplishments, including the involvement of state government in furthering tourism, foreign investment, and industry. Ernest Vandiver is here recognized for his significant achievements in guiding the state through a period of rapid transformation.
Report to the People from the Governor, S. Ernest Vandiver
Title | Report to the People from the Governor, S. Ernest Vandiver PDF eBook |
Author | Georgia. Governor (1959- : Vandiver) |
Publisher | |
Pages | 116 |
Release | 1962 |
Genre | Georgia |
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Letter to Campaign Supporters
Title | Letter to Campaign Supporters PDF eBook |
Author | Samuel Ernest Vandiver |
Publisher | |
Pages | 1 |
Release | 1958 |
Genre | Governors |
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Georgia State Parks and Their Progress
Title | Georgia State Parks and Their Progress PDF eBook |
Author | Georgia. Department of State Parks, Historic Sites, and Monuments |
Publisher | |
Pages | 44 |
Release | 1962 |
Genre | Georgia |
ISBN |
Georgia Governors in an Age of Change
Title | Georgia Governors in an Age of Change PDF eBook |
Author | Harold P. Henderson |
Publisher | University of Georgia Press |
Pages | 372 |
Release | 1988 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0820310050 |
Beginning with the inauguration of Ellis Arnall as governor in 1943, Georgia Governors in an Age of Change traces the gubernatorial leadership of Georgia through four decades, chronicling the state's rise from bastion of southern provincialism to a dynamic and progressive state.
Address by Governor S. Ernest Vandiver, State of Georgia
Title | Address by Governor S. Ernest Vandiver, State of Georgia PDF eBook |
Author | Samuel Ernest Vandiver |
Publisher | |
Pages | 26 |
Release | 1961 |
Genre | Antietam National Battlefield (Md.) |
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A Report to the People of Georgia, to Their Representatives in the General Assembly, and to the Nation, Covering the First Three Years of the Administration, January, 1959 to January 1962
Title | A Report to the People of Georgia, to Their Representatives in the General Assembly, and to the Nation, Covering the First Three Years of the Administration, January, 1959 to January 1962 PDF eBook |
Author | Georgia. Governor (1959-1963 : Vandiver) |
Publisher | |
Pages | 128 |
Release | 1962 |
Genre | Georgia |
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