Hello and welcome to this day in Soter political history from radiotopia.

My name is Jody Avergan.

This day, September 1947 in the state of Georgia, a special Democratic primary election finally,

finally puts to end an almost year-long period that came to be known as Georgia's three governor's period.

Now one of the most important facts that you need to know listeners about

Georgia's three governor's period is that during this period Georgia had three

governors.

That's it.

I like when an title, a name.

captures it.

But look, I gotta say, this is one of the most requested stories

we've gotten on this podcast.

It's been on the list for a long, long time.

I went and I searched

through my email and found notes from Jacob and Ryan and Carla and Ashton I'm

sure there are more some going back to like within a month of starting this

podcast people saying no here's a

interesting little story and it is very interesting and actually

um Ashton in that note that he sent us actually included a quote from the

political scientist V. O Kelly who wrote and I'm quoting here

that not all actors in the southern political drama have been clowns and knaves may

be dismissed as a detail obscured by the heroic antics of those who were.

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