The Ellis Arnall statue is a public
monument
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located on the grounds of the
Georgia State Capitol in
Atlanta
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,
Georgia
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. Honoring
Georgia Governor
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Ellis Arnall
Ellis Gibbs Arnall (March 20, 1907December 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 ...
, the statue was sculpted by
Zenos Frudakis and unveiled in 1997.
History
Ellis Arnall
Ellis Gibbs Arnall (March 20, 1907December 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 ...
served as
Governor of Georgia from 1943 to 1947 who is best known for his
progressive policies such as ending the
poll tax in Georgia and lowering the
voting age
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( ...
in the state to 18.
Arnall died in 1992 at the age of 85.
Following his death, his
law firm pushed for a statue honoring the late governor to be erected on the Capitol grounds, which happened several years later in 1997.
The unveiling took place on November 24 of that year,
with then-governor
Zell Miller
Zell Bryan Miller (February 24, 1932 – March 23, 2018) was an American author and politician from the state of Georgia. A Democrat, Miller served as lieutenant governor from 1975 to 1991, 79th Governor of Georgia from 1991 to 1999, and as U. ...
speaking at the ceremony. The statue was designed by sculptor
Zenos Frudakis and faces towards the nearby
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* Central Presbyterian Church (Hamilton)
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* Central Presbyterian Church (Little Rock, Arkansas), listed on the NRHP in Arkansas
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.
It is among several statues near the Capitol honoring former governors and other prominent Georgians.
See also
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1997 in art
References
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