Talmadge Home

Talmadge Home is a Georgia historical marker in Telfair County, dedicated 1952.

On Golden Isles Highway (U.S. 23) 0.3 miles west of Racetrack Road (County Route 149), on the right when traveling east near Scotland.

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This house was the home of two distinguished Governors of Georgia -- father and son. Eugene Talmadge, b. Sept. 23, 1884 in Monroe Co. served as Chief Executive 1933-37, 1941-43, and was elected for a fourth term, 1947-51, but died in Dec. 1946 before inauguration. Herman Eugene Talmadge, b. on Aug. 9, 1913 on this site, was elected Governor by legislature and served Jan. 14 to Mar. 18, 1947. He was later elected by the people to serve the last two years of his father's term, Nov. 17, 1948 to Jan 1, 1951, then overwhelmingly re-elected to full term 1951-53.

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1856 · Georgia. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1866 · Georgia. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1869 · Georgia. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1885 · Georgia (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1895 · Gen. map IX. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

Georgia, 1885, covering the location of Talmadge Home, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Georgia, 1885, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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Talmadge Home

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