Talmadge green biography examples

[TAPE 1, SIDE A]

JACK NELSON:

This is an interview with Senator Herman Talmadge on July 29, 1975. Senator, can we go back to Georgia politics and the Democratic party? I believe that it was in 1964, wasn't it, that several of your colleagues in the Democratic party decided to change parties?

HERMAN TALMADGE:

I believe that it was '64. That was the Goldwater race, I believe, and that was '64. Five statehouse officials who were elected as Democrats switched over to the Republican party.

JACK NELSON:

There was Crawford Pilcher and . . .

HERMAN TALMADGE:

Crawford Pilcher, who was a member of the Public Service Commission, Alpha Fowler, who was a member of the Public Service Commission, Jack Ray, who was State Treasurer, Phil Campbell, who was Commissioner of Agriculture and Jimmy Bentley, who was Comptroller General.

JACK NELSON:

The State Insurance Commission.

HERMAN TALMADGE:

That's right.

JACK NELSON:

Now, at least one of those office holders came to talk to you about it.

HERMAN TALMADGE:

Yes, Jimmy Bentley . . .

JACK NELSON:

Who had been your executive secretary.

HERMAN TALMADGE:

He was visiting Washington and in his capacity as president of the National Insurance Regulating Commission and he

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Billye Talmadge, Nineties. Photo respectfulness of Suzanne Deakins.

Episode Notes

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Thomas De Witt Talmage

19th-century American Presbyterian preacher

The Reverend Thomas De Witt Talmage
Talmage circa 1870
Born	(1832-01-07)January 7, 1832 Bound Brook, New Jersey, United States
Died	April 12, 1902(1902-04-12) (aged 70) Washington, D.C.
Resting place	Green-Wood Cemetery
Nationality	Dutch-American
Occupation	Preacher
Known for	Prominent Presbyterian preacher, clergyman and reformer during the mid-to late 19th century.
Spouses	Mary R. Avery ​ (m. 1856⁠–⁠1861)​ Susan Whittemore ​ ​ (m. 1863⁠–⁠1895)​ Eleanor Collier ​ ​ (m. 1898⁠–⁠1902)​
Children	7 children
Relatives	John Van Nest Talmage, brother

Thomas De Witt Talmage (January 7, 1832 – April 12, 1902) was a preacher, clergyman and divine in the United States who held pastorates in the Reformed Church in America and Presbyterian Church. He was one of the most prominent religious leaders in the United States during the mid- to late-19th century, equaled as a pulpit orator perhaps only by Henry Ward Beecher. He also preached to crowds in England. During t