The Statesman
HISTORY
HISTORY
Newspaper
Newspaper
Virulently segregationist governor and one-time state agricultural commissioner Eugene Talmadge edited the Statesman (Atlanta, 1932-1956) and in its pages he called for the restoration of the Georgia Democratic Party’s white primary and condemned Roosevelt’s New Deal policies.
City
City
Published from two locations in Fulton County, Atlanta (county seat) and Hapeville.
County
County
Other
Other
Superior Court Districts
Coweta Circuit Dec. 20, 1869
Atlanta Circuit, 1869-
Population - Census
1860: 14,427
1870: 33,446
1880: 49,137
1890: 84,665
1900: 117,363
1910: 177,733
1920: 232,606
1930: 318,587
1940: 392,886
1950: 473,572
1960: 556,326
1970: 607,210
ALREADY DIGITIZED BY DLG
ALREADY DIGITIZED BY DLG
No issues of the Statesman have been digitized by DLG.
FILM HOLDINGS (4 reels)
FILM HOLDINGS (4 reels)
Jun 9, 1932 - Mar 1938
Apr 1938 - Dec 1944
Jan 1945 - Mar 1951
Apr 1951 - Dec 20, 1956