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In Memoriam: George Busbee
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George Busbee began his political career in 1956 by winning a seat in the Georgia legislature. Intending to serve only two years, he wound up serving eighteen years in the Georgia House of Representatives and eight years as governor before retiring from politics in 1983.

Georgia lost the first governor in its history to serve two terms (1975-83) on Friday, July 16, 2004, when George Busbee died suddenly of a heart attack at the age of seventy-six. During his eight-year administration, Busbee oversaw the establishment of a statewide kindergarten program, the completion of Georgia's interstate highway system, and a new state constitution. He did much to attract new business and industry to the state during the economic downturn of the late 1970s.

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George Busbee (1927-2004)
George Busbee was the first Georgia governor to serve two consecutive four-year terms (1975-83). He gave...


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