| LC control no. | n 86114614 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Vandiver, S. Ernest (Samuel Ernest), 1918-2005 |
| Variant(s) | Vandiver, Samuel Ernest, 1918-2005 Vandiver, Ernest, Jr., 1918-2005 |
| Birth date | 1918 |
| Death date | 2005 |
| Place of origin | Lavonia (Ga.) |
| Profession or occupation | Politicians Governors |
| Found in | NUCMC data from Univ. of Ga., Richard B. Russell Memorial Libr. for Mitchell, E. Papers, 1958-1960 (S. Ernest Vandiver) WWA, 1962 (Vandiver, Samuel Ernest; b. July 3, 1918; gov. of Ga., 1959-1963) New Georgia Encyclopedia article, viewed August 8, 2014: (Ernest Vandiver Jr. (1918-2005); governor of Georgia from 1959 to 1963; Samuel Ernest Vandiver Jr. was born on July 3, 1918, in Canon, in Franklin County; graduated from the University of Georgia with A.B. and LL.B. degrees, then served as a bomber pilot in the army air force during World War II (1941-45). He married Sybil Elizabeth "Betty" Russell, who was a niece of U.S. senator Richard B. Russell Jr. Elected mayor of Lavonia in 1946. Governor Talmadge appointed him state adjutant general, the youngest in the nation. Elected lieutenant governor during the administration of Marvin Griffin in 1954, Vandiver was elected governor four years later by one of the largest margins in the state's history. The leading candidate in the 1966 gubernatorial race, Vandiver withdrew for health reasons. In 1972 he unsuccessfully ran for the U.S. Senate. After leaving the governorship, Vandiver practiced law in Atlanta but eventually moved his business to his hometown of Lavonia. Also a farmer, he served as president of the Georgia Seed Company. From 1976 to 1977 he was president of the Independent Bankers of Georgia. Vandiver died at his home in Lavonia on February 21, 2005) <http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/government-politics/ernest-vandiver-jr-1918-2005> |
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