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University of Georgia ( MA) John Marshall Slaton (December 25, 1866 – January 11, 1955) served two non-consecutive terms as the 60th Governor of Georgia. His political career ended in 1915 after he commuted the death sentence of Atlanta factory boss Leo Frank, who had been convicted of the murder of a 13-year-old employee, Mary Phagan.
On election day, 2 October 1912, Democratic nominee John M. Slaton ran unopposed and won the election with an unknown number of votes, thereby holding Democratic control over the office of Governor. Slaton was sworn in for his first full term on 28 June 1913. [3]
Profiles in Courage is an American historical anthology series that was telecast weekly on NBC from November 8, 1964, to May 9, 1965 (Sundays, 6:30–7:30 p.m., Eastern and Pacific Time). The series is based on the Pulitzer Prize -winning 1956 book Profiles in Courage by U.S. President John F. Kennedy, who had been assassinated the previous ...
There have officially been 83 governors of the State of Georgia, including 11 who served more than one distinct term (John Houstoun, George Walton, Edward Telfair, George Mathews, Jared Irwin, David Brydie Mitchell, George Rockingham Gilmer, M. Hoke Smith, Joseph Mackey Brown, John M. Slaton and Eugene Talmadge, with Herman Talmadge serving two de facto distinct terms).
When Frank's death sentence was commuted to life in prison by the departing Governor of Georgia, John M. Slaton, in 1915 due to his detailed review of over 10,000 pages of testimony and possible problems with the trial, Leo Frank was transferred to a prison in Milledgeville, Georgia, where a lynching party seized and kidnapped him.
A Digest of the Laws of the State of Georgia: From Its First Establishment as a British Province Down to the Year 1798, Inclusive, and the Principal Acts of 1799. R. Aitken. p. 616. ^ Georgia; Augustin Smith Clayton; Thomas W. Adams; Duyckinck (1812). A Compilation of the Laws of the State of Georgia, Passed by the Legislature Since the ...
John M. Slaton (D) James D. Price (D) 12D 1914 Warren Grice (D) William Stanley West (D) Thomas W. Hardwick (D) 1915 Nathaniel Edwin Harris (D) Clifford Walker (D ...
November 11. The Great Blue Norther of 11/11/11: A record cold snap hits the United States Midwest; many cities break record highs and lows on the same day. The Upton Machine Company, now Whirlpool Corporation, was founded in St Joseph, MI. November 17 – The Omega Psi Phi fraternity is founded at Howard University.