Georgia History People

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  1. 2. Longtime U.S. Senator and Governor who was a powerful force in the Senate for 38 years.
  2. 4. The third and final Royal Governor of Georgia who led the colony to its peak of colonial prosperity.
  3. 6. Nobel Peace Prize winner born in Atlanta who led the national Civil Rights Movement.
  4. 10. Elected in 1973 as the first Black mayor of Atlanta.
  5. 11. Mixed-heritage trader who served as the primary translator between the Yamacraw and British.
  6. 12. Inventor who revolutionized Georgia’s economy by creating the cotton gin near Savannah.
  7. 14. One of Georgia's three signers of the Declaration of Independence; later died in a duel.
  8. 15. Georgia's Civil War governor and a member of the influential "Bourbon Triumvirate.
  9. 17. Civil Rights leader, UN Ambassador, and Atlanta mayor who helped bring the 1996 Olympics to GA.
  10. 19. A leader of the Highland Scots in Georgia and a Continental Army general famous for his duel with Button Gwinnett.
  11. 21. signer of the Declaration of Independence and doctor who later served as Governor of Georgia.
  12. 22. Signer of the U.S. Constitution and founder of the University of Georgia.
  13. 23. British general and philanthropist who founded the colony of Georgia in 1733.
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  1. 1. Civil Rights icon and long-serving U.S. Representative known for "Good Trouble".
  2. 3. Former slave who became Atlanta's first Black millionaire and founded Atlanta Life Insurance.
  3. 5. British monarch who signed the Royal Charter in 1732 that officially established the colony of Georgia.
  4. 7. Known as the "Spokesman of the New South," he promoted industrialization for late-1800s Georgia.
  5. 8. Spanish explorer who led the first European expedition deep into Georgia's interior in 1540.
  6. 9. A signer of the U.S. Constitution who also served as one of Georgia's first two U.S. Senators.
  7. 13. Yamacraw chief who assisted Oglethorpe in the peaceful settlement of Savannah.
  8. 16. Peanut farmer from Plains who became the 39th U.S. President and won a Nobel Peace Prize.
  9. 18. Known as the "Father of the Two-Ocean Navy" for his 50-year career in Congress.
  10. 20. At age 26, the youngest Georgia signer of the Declaration of Independence.