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Ellis Gibbs Arnall (March 20, 1907 – December 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 to 18.
Ellis Arnall (* 20. März 1907 in Newnan, Georgia; † 13. Dezember 1992) war ein US-amerikanischer Politiker und von 1943 bis 1947 Gouverneur des Bundesstaates Georgia.
12. Aug. 2002 · Ellis Arnall, far left, shakes hands with Herman Talmadge, who is obscured, on January 7, 1947. Running for office on the heels of the Cocking affair, the thirty-five-year-old Arnall defeated Eugene Talmadge to become the youngest governor in the nation.
Learn about Ellis Arnall, the only person who ever beat Gene Talmadge in Georgia gubernatorial elections. He was a progressive reformer who revised the state constitution, abolished the poll tax, and lowered the voting age.
“A Southern Liberal and the Politics of Anti-Colonialism: The Governorship of Ellis Arnall.” The Georgia Historical Quarterly. Vol. 74, No. 4 (Winter 1990), pp. 599-621. Georgia Historical Society. http://www.jstor.org/stable/40582232
Learn about the life and achievements of Ellis Gibbs Arnall, one of the most influential and progressive governors in Georgia's history. He reformed the state's college education system, modernized the constitution, and lowered the voting age to 18.
15. Dez. 1992 · Ellis G. Arnall, who sliced through red tape and Southern tradition as Governor of Georgia from 1943 to 1947, died Sunday in Atlanta. He was 85. He died of pneumonia at...
