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Old Governor’s Mansion

Old Governor’s Mansion

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A small crowd is gathered outside the Governor's Mansion in Milledgeville around 1880. The open brick fence is noteworthy. The state's governors resided here from 1838 to 1868.

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John Adam Treutlen

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John Treutlen was a leader in Georgia during the American Revolution and helped to write Georgia's first constitution. In 1777 he became Georgia's first elected governor.

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Carl Sanders

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Carl Sanders is best remembered as Georgia's first New South governor, a Democrat who provided progressive leadership for the state from 1963 to 1967.

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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.

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Brian Kemp

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Brian Kemp, a native of Athens, was sworn in as the eighty-third governor of Georgia on January 14, 2019. 

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An employee of Cox Communications, a subsidiary of Cox Enterprises, installs telecommunications wire. The nation's third-largest cable company in 2006, Cox Communications offers multiservice broadband communications to 6.7 million customers around the nation.

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Old Governor’s Mansion

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The Old Governor's Mansion is located in Milledgeville, the state's capital from 1807 to 1868. Construction on the mansion began in 1836 and was completed in 1838 or 1839. It is considered one of the finest examples of Greek revival style in the nation.

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James H. “Sloppy” Floyd Building

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The twin towers of Richard Aeck's Floyd Building (1975-80) are examples of Modernist architecture in downtown Atlanta.

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Georgia State Capitol

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Georgia's gold-domed state capitol, built on a hill in downtown Atlanta, was completed in 1889. At approximately 272 feet from the ground floor, the building was the tallest in the city at the time of its construction and today is the third tallest capitol in the South.

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Geoff Duncan was elected lieutenant governor of Georgia in November 2018. 

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Zell Miller

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Zell Miller was elected governor of Georgia in 1990 and was reelected in 1994. He served as U.S. Senator from 2000 to 2005.

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Marvin Griffin

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Marvin Griffin, governor of Georgia from 1955 to 1959, ran for office on a staunch segregationist platform. Before being elected governor Griffin served as the state's first lieutenant governor.

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Burt Jones, 13th Lieutenant Governor of Georgia

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Burt Jones, a former State Senator, became the 13th Lieutenant Governor of Georgia after the 2022 election.

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Governor’s Mansion

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The Governor's Mansion, completed in 1967, was designed in the Greek revival style by Atlanta architect A. Thomas Bradbury. The thirty-room home, located in the Buckhead area of Atlanta, was first occupied by Governor Lester Maddox.

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Georgia State Capitol

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The secretary of state's offices are housed at the state capitol in Atlanta. The secretary of state provides educational programs about the capitol and oversees the capitol museum.

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Brad Raffensperger Georgia Secretary of State

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Brad Raffensperger was elected secretary of state of Georgia in December 2018.

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Chris Carr

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Chris Carr was appointed as the attorney general of Georgia by Governor Nathan Deal in 2016.

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Thurbert Baker

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Thurbert Baker served as attorney general of Georgia from his appointment to the office by Governor Zell Miller in 1997 until 2011. A native of North Carolina, Baker graduated from the law school at Emory University in 1979; he also served in the Georgia House of Representatives.

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