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Dinner for Governor Joseph M. Terrell

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View of unidentified guests at a dinner given by James W. English for Georgia Governor Joseph M. Terrell at the New York Building, which had been built for the 1895 Cotton States and International Exposition and subsequently used by the Piedmont Driving Club, at Piedmont Park in Atlanta, Georgia.Joseph M. Terrell (1861-1912) was an attorney and Democratic politician from Georgia. He served in the Georgia House of Representatives from 1884 to 1887 and in the Georgia Senate in 1890. He later served as the state's attorney general from 1892 to 1902. He subsequently served as Georgia's Governor from 1902 to 1907. He was appointed to the United States Senate in 1910 to fill the vacancy left by the death of Alexander Clay. Terrell later suffered a stroke in office and soon retired from public life.

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Atlanta History Center

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Digital Library of Georgia