“69th Georgia Governor” Ellis Arnall Hand Signed 3X5 Card Todd Mueller COA

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“69th Georgia Governor” Ellis Arnall Hand Signed 3X5 Card.
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Ellis Gibbs Arnall
(March 20, 1907 – December 13, 1992) was an American
politician
who served as the
69th Governor
of
Georgia
from 1943 to 1947. A liberal
Democrat
, he helped lead efforts to abolish the poll tax and to reduce Georgia's voting age to 18. Following his departure from office, he became a highly successful attorney and businessman. Born in
Newnan
,
Georgia
, he attended
Mercer University
in
Macon, Georgia
, then graduated from the
University of the South
, and then from the
University of Georgia School of Law
. He was admitted to the practice of law in 1931. While attending Mercer University, Arnall was initiated into
Kappa Alpha Order
. In 1932,
Coweta County
voters elected Arnall to the
Georgia House of Representatives
. Arnall was elected
Speaker Pro Tempore
, the second highest officer position in the Georgia House. Governor
Eurith D. Rivers
appointed Arnall, then 31, to a vacancy in the office of state attorney general. In 1935, he married Mildred Slemons, whom he met at a friend's wedding. The two were happily married until her death in 1980, and they often showed their physical affection in public. Although Mildred Arnall was not particularly fond of politics and stayed out of the political arena, she stood by her husband throughout his career and encouraged him to succeed at whatever he did.