Hugh Manson Dorsey (jun 30, 1917 – jun 25, 1921)
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Hugh Manson Dorsey served as the Governor of Georgia from 1917 to 1921. During his tenure, he focused on progressive reforms, including improving the state's education system and advocating for labor rights, but he is most famously remembered for his role in the Leo Frank case. Dorsey, as a prosecutor, secured the conviction of Frank, a Jewish factory manager accused of murdering a young girl, an event that sparked widespread controversy and accusations of anti-Semitism. His handling of the case and his subsequent failure to intervene in Frank’s lynching remain a dark chapter in Georgia's history.Sources:
Pitts, Timothy J. “Hugh M. Dorsey and ‘The Negro in Georgia.’” The Georgia Historical Quarterly 89, no. 2 (2005): 185–212. http://www.jstor.org/stable/40584824.
https://www.nga.org/governor/hugh-manson-dorsey/
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jun 30, 1917
jun 25, 1921
~ 3 years and 11 months