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TIL Herman Talmadge, outgoing Governor Ellis Arnall and Lt. Governor Melvin Thompson all claimed to be the rightful Governor of Georgia after the death of Governor-elect Eugene Talmadge. The crisis was only resolved when the Georgia Supreme Court declared Thompson to be the sole Governor.

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