Georgia Gubernatorial Election, 1974
The 1974 Georgia gubernatorial election was held on November 5, 1974. Under Georgia's constitution at the time, incumbent Democratic governor Jimmy Carter was ineligible to serve a second consecutive term. He was elected President of the United States in the 1976 presidential election. George Busbee was elected as the 77th Governor of Georgia. Democratic nomination In the primary, Lieutenant Governor (and former Governor) Lester Maddox won a plurality with 310,384 votes (36.32%). George Busbee finished 2nd with 177,997 votes (20.83%), edging out Bert Lance who had 147,026 votes (17.20%). In the runoff, Busbee defeated Maddox 551,106 (59.8 percent) to 369,608 (40.1 percent). Notably, Macon Mayor Ronnie Thompson won 21,848 votes in the original primary, due to him cross-filing and running in both primary elections. David H. Gambrell, George T. Smith, and Harry C. Jackson also ran for the nomination. Republican nomination In the primary, Mayor Ronnie Thompson (who had bee ...
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George Busbee (cropped)
George Dekle Busbee Sr. (August 7, 1927 – July 16, 2004), was an American politician who served as the 77th governor of Georgia from 1975 to 1983. Early life Born in Vienna, Georgia, Busbee attended Georgia Military College and Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College before joining the U.S. Navy. After his discharge, he completed his education at the University of Georgia and its School of Law in Athens, where he was a member of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity and the Phi Kappa Literary Society, having procured a bachelor's degree in 1949 and a law degree in 1952. Political life Establishing a law practice in Albany, Busbee served nine terms in the Georgia House of Representatives and was floor leader for Governor Carl Sanders. In 1967, Busbee was one of thirty Democrats in the legislature who voted for the Republican Howard Callaway in the disputed 1966 gubernatorial race, rather than the Democratic nominee Lester Maddox, a segregationist from Atlanta. The legislature, acting un ...
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Constitution Of Georgia (U
Constitution of Georgia may refer to: * Constitution of Georgia (country), the governing document of Georgia, a nation in the Caucasus region of eastern Europe and western Asia * Constitution of Georgia (U.S. state) The Constitution of the State of Georgia is the governing document of the U.S. State of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. The constitution outlines the three branches of government in Georgia. The legislative branch is embodied in the bicameral Georg ...

August 1974 Events
August is the eighth month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars, and the fifth of seven months to have a length of 31 days. Its zodiac sign is Leo and was originally named ''Sextilis'' in Latin because it was the 6th month in the original ten-month Roman calendar under Romulus in 753 BC, with March being the first month of the year. About 700 BC, it became the eighth month when January and February were added to the year before March by King Numa Pompilius, who also gave it 29 days. Julius Caesar added two days when he created the Julian calendar in 46 BC (708 AUC), giving it its modern length of 31 days. In 8 BC, it was renamed in honor of Emperor Augustus. According to a Senatus consultum quoted by Macrobius, he chose this month because it was the time of several of his great triumphs, including the conquest of Egypt. Commonly repeated lore has it that August has 31 days because Augustus wanted his month to match the length of Julius Caesar's July, but t ...
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