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Hugh Manson Dorsey (* 10. Juli 1871 in Fayetteville, Georgia; † 11. Juni 1948 in Atlanta, Georgia) war ein US-amerikanischer Jurist, Politiker (Demokratische Partei) und von 1917 bis 1921 Gouverneur des Staates Georgia.
Hugh Manson Dorsey (July 10, 1871 – June 11, 1948) was an American lawyer who was notable as the prosecuting attorney in the Leo Frank prosecution of 1913, that subsequently led to a lynching after Frank's death sentence was reduced to life imprisonment.
19. Nov. 2002 · Georgia governor Hugh M. Dorsey brought both youth and progressive ideas to the office in 1917. A lawyer by trade, he oversaw numerous education initiatives, vehemently opposed mob violence against Black Georgians, and condemned the state’s practice of a political convention system.
Hugh M. Dorsey as to the Negro in Georgia." It detailed 135 exam-ples of violence and injustices committed against black Georgians, which included lynching, peonage, and other acts of cruelty. As Dorsey pointed out in his opening remarks, these materials were un-solicited testimonies voluntarily submitted to his office during the previous two ...
Georgia governor Hugh M. Dorsey brought both youth and progressive ideas to the office in 1917. He is best known, however, as the prosecutor in the notorious Leo Frank case. Courtesy of Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Georgia Libraries. A More Perfect Union. Learn More.
Vor 3 Tagen · Hugh M. Dorsey’s final arguments given at the closing stage of the Leo M. Frank trial, before the jury was polled, were delivered in this brilliant presentation and are immortalized as the speech that successfully convicted Leo M. Frank.
HUGH MANSON DORSEY, Georgia’s 50th governor, was born in Fayetteville, Georgia, on July 10, 1871. He graduated from the University of Georgia in 1893, then studied law at the University of Virginia, was admitted to the bar in 1894, and established a successful legal career in Atlanta.
