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20-573: Jared Irwin (1750 – March 1, 1818) served twice as elected Governor of Georgia (1796–1798) and (1806–1809). He first was elected to office as a reformer based on public outrage about the Yazoo land scandal . He signed a bill that nullified the Yazoo Act, which had authorized the land sales. Challenges to land claims purchased under the former act led to the United States Supreme Court 's hearing

40-412: A governor to serve a term of one year, but no more than one year out of every three. The term was lengthened to two years in 1789, but with no term limit. The 1865 constitution required governors to take four years off after serving two terms, but that was quickly changed in the 1868 constitution, which allowed four-year terms with no limits. The term length was returned to the two-year term and limit of

60-508: A medical technician at Athens General Hospital in Athens, where she met George Busbee, then a law student. In 1952, they relocated to Albany, where they remained until his inauguration as governor in January 1975. As First Lady of Georgia, Mrs. Busbee was known for her emphasis on volunteerism. In 1985, she co-authored a cookbook, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, about favorite recipes and guests served at

80-578: The Third Military District , which exerted some control over governor appointments and elections. Georgia was readmitted to the Union on July 25, 1868; again expelled from Congress on March 3, 1869; and again readmitted on July 15, 1870. The Rules and Regulations of the Colony, drafted in 1776, provided for a president to serve a term of 6 months. A formal constitution was drafted in 1777, providing for

100-742: The U.S. Navy . After his discharge, he completed his education at the University of Georgia and its School of Law in Athens , where he was a member of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity and the Phi Kappa Literary Society , having procured a bachelor's degree in 1949 and a law degree in 1952. Establishing a law practice in Albany , Busbee served nine terms in the Georgia House of Representatives and

120-420: The 1865 constitution in 1877. The 1945 constitution changed the length of terms to four years, with governors required to take four years off before running again, and it created the office of Lieutenant Governor of Georgia , who would exercise the powers of the governor should the office become vacant. This was changed in 1983 so that the lieutenant governor fully becomes governor in that circumstance. Before

140-604: The Atlanta law firm King & Spalding and moved to the Atlanta suburb of Duluth . Busbee was married to the former Mary Elizabeth "Mary Beth" Talbot (1927–2012), originally from Ruston in north Louisiana . The sixth child of a country physician, Dr. and Mrs. B. H. Talbot, she graduated from Louisiana Tech University with a Bachelor of Science degree in biological sciences and also did graduate work in pathology at Charity Hospital in New Orleans . She moved to Georgia to work as

160-502: The Civil War, was elected four times, serving seven and a half years. The shortest term of the post-revolutionary period is that of Matthew Talbot , who served 13 days after succeeding his predecessor, who died in office. Eugene Talmadge died in December 1946 before taking office in his second distinct term, leading to a dispute in which three people claimed the office. Georgia was one of

180-512: The Democratic nomination for governor in Jimmy Carter 's final year in that office. In the party runoff, he defeated, 551,106 (59.9 percent) to 369,608 (40.1 percent), former governor and sitting Lieutenant Governor Lester Maddox, the man whom Busbee had voted against in the legislative election for governor some seven years earlier. In the fall of 1974, Busbee handily defeated Ronnie Thompson ,

200-606: The State of Georgia, including 11 who served more than one distinct term ( John Houstoun , George Walton , Edward Telfair , George Mathews , Jared Irwin , David Brydie Mitchell , George Rockingham Gilmer , M. Hoke Smith , Joseph Mackey Brown , John M. Slaton and Eugene Talmadge , with Herman Talmadge serving two de facto distinct terms). The longest-serving governors are George Busbee , Joe Frank Harris , Zell Miller , Sonny Perdue and Nathan Deal , each of whom served two full four-year terms; Joseph E. Brown , governor during

220-554: The case Fletcher v. Peck (1810). In a landmark decision, the Court upheld the land contracts , and ruled that the state law was unconstitutional in trying to nullify valid contracts. Jared Irwin was born in 1750 in what was then Anson County, North Carolina . (His birthplace is now located in Mecklenburg County , which was formed from the western portion of Anson County in 1762.) His family moved to Burke County, Georgia when he

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240-649: The creation of the office of lieutenant governor, the president of the senate (or, before 1789, the president of the executive council ) would exercise the powers of governor. The 1983 constitution also allows governors to succeed themselves once, before having to wait four years to run again. The governor and the lieutenant governor are not officially elected on the same ticket. George Busbee Born in Vienna , Georgia, Busbee attended Georgia Military College and Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College before joining

260-607: The first Republican to have served as mayor of Macon . Two years later voters approved a wholesale revision of the Georgia Constitution. As a result of these changes, Busbee became the state's first governor to serve two consecutive four-year terms. Lt. Gov. Zell Miller , who wanted to run for governor in 1978, opposed the constitutional amendment, but it was carried anyway. Busbee won election to his second term in 1978 with an easy victory over Republican Rodney Cook of Atlanta. After his service as governor, Busbee joined

280-522: The governor's mansion during her eight years there. Mrs. Busbee was a 40-year cancer survivor. The Busbees had four children, Beth Kindt and husband John, Jan Curtis and husband Carlton, George D. Busbee, Jr., and wife Tammy, and Jeff Busbee and wife Kelly. After the governorship, the Busbees started a church in their Duluth home. That congregation is now the Parkway Baptist Church. Busbee died of

300-506: The militia burned down the new settlements and fortifications. Irwin died on March 1, 1818, aged approximately 68 years. A resident of Washington County , Irwin was buried near Ohoopee Baptist Church . List of Governors of Georgia The governor of Georgia is the head of government of the U.S. state of Georgia and the commander-in-chief of the state 's military forces . Republican Brian Kemp assumed office on January 14, 2019. There have officially been 83 governors of

320-620: The original Thirteen Colonies and was admitted as a state on January 2, 1788. Before it declared its independence, Georgia was a colony of the Kingdom of Great Britain . It seceded from the Union on January 19, 1861, and was a founding member of the Confederate States of America on February 4, 1861. Following the end of the American Civil War , Georgia during Reconstruction was part of

340-679: The state's second land lottery , as land sales and development were still a priority for the state. In September 1794, 1,200 Georgia militiamen, led by General Irwin acting in conjunction with federal troops stationed on the Oconee , surrounded and isolated General Elijah Clarke 's fortifications on the Oconee called the Trans-Oconee Republic . After some negotiation, Clarke agreed to surrender, provided that he and his men would not face prosecution for their actions. Clarke and his followers departed, and

360-406: Was elected Governor in 1795 to clean up the Yazoo land scandal . On February 13, 1796, less than two months after taking office, Irwin signed the bill nullifying the Yazoo Act. To make a public statement, he burned a copy of the Yazoo Act on the grounds of the capital. The legislature had just moved the capital to Louisville in response to the scandal. During his second term, Irwin administered

380-511: Was floor leader for Governor Carl Sanders . In 1967, Busbee was one of thirty Democrats in the legislature who voted for the Republican Howard Callaway in the disputed 1966 gubernatorial race , rather than the Democratic nominee Lester Maddox , a segregationist from Atlanta . The legislature, acting under the 1824 Georgia Constitution, upheld by the United States Supreme Court , chose Maddox 182 to 66. In 1974, Busbee won

400-762: Was young. Irwin fought in the American Revolution , in which he entered the army as a private. During the war, he demonstrated leadership and was promoted to the rank of colonel. He was a member of the state convention that adopted the Constitution of 1789. Soon after the end of the war, Georgia and other states rapidly tried to develop their frontier lands. It was an environment ripe for scandal and speculation, which took place in Georgia and other states. Because of public outrage about millions of acres of state lands' being sold for low prices to insider speculators, Irwin

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