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Oral history interview with Charles Weltner, 1991 May 16

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Weltner, Charles Longstreet

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"Representative from Georgia; born in Atlanta, Fulton County Ga., December 17, 1927; attended the public schools of Fulton County, Ga.; graduated from Oglethorpe University at Atlanta, Ga., in 1948 and from Columbia University School of Law at New York City, in 1950; received M.A. from Columbia Theological Seminary, 1983, and LL.M., University of Virginia Law School, 1983; commenced practice in Atlanta, Ga., in 1950; served as a first lieutenant in the United States Army, 1955-1957; elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-eighth and Eighty-ninth Congresses (January 3, 1963-January 3, 1967); was not a candidate for reelection in 1966 to the Ninetieth Congress; unsuccessful candidate for election in 1968 to the Ninety-first Congress; deputy chairman, Democratic National Committee, and director of young Americans division, 1967; resumed the practice of law; judge, Superior Court, Atlanta Judicial Circuit, 1976-1981; chairman, Judicial Council of Georgia, 1980-1981; justice, Supreme Court of Georgia, 1981-1992, chief justice from June 1992 until his death in Atlanta, Ga., on August 31, 1992; was a resident of Atlanta."--Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.; Interviewed by Mel Steely on May 16, 1999 at Weltner's office.; The interview begins with a discussion on Weltner's childhood and education. Weltner refuses to discuss his religious beliefs, stating that he does not want to use them as an excuse or as protection from any of his poor decisions. He answers questions about his time in law school at Columbia and his knowledge that he would always be a lawyer and get involved in politics....
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Steely, MelUniversity of West Georgia. Georgia Political Papers and Oral History Program
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Keywords

  1. Allen, Ivan, 1877 1968
  2. Alumni And Alumnae
  3. Anti Communism Movements
  4. Assasination
  5. Atlanta Constitution
  6. Atley, C
  7. Attorneys General
  8. Banks And Banking
  9. Benus, Kenneth
  10. Black Power
  11. Blackburn, Benjamin B. (Benjamin Bentley), 1927
  12. Bond, Julian, 1940
  13. Bowers, Mike
  14. Boy Scouts Of America
  15. Boyd, Betty Cobb
  16. Brannon, Ed
  17. Busbee, George, 1927
  18. Callaway, Howard H. (Howard Hollis), 1927
  19. Capital Punishment
  20. Chicago Seven Trial, Chicago, Ill., 1969 1970
  21. Civil Rights
  22. Clint, Jack
  23. Cold War
  24. Columbia University. School Of Law
  25. Craig, Calvin Fred
  26. Crime
  27. Davis, James C. (James Curran), 1895
  28. De Kalb County (Ga.)
  29. Democratic Party (U.S.)
  30. Dirksen, Everett Mc Kinley
  31. Economic Conditions
  32. Elections
  33. Flynt, John James, 1914
  34. Forests And Forestry
  35. Fortson, Blanton
  36. Fowler, Wyche, 1940
  37. Fulton County (Ga.)
  38. Geer, Peter Zack
  39. Georgia
  40. Georgia. General Assembly
  41. Gingrich, Newt
  42. Government
  43. Gregory, Cleveland E., Jr
  44. History
  45. Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio), 1911 1978
  46. Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917 1963
  47. Ku Klux Klan (1915)
  48. Landrum, Philip M
  49. Legislators
  50. Lowe, Wyman
  51. Massell, Sam
  52. Murphy, Thomas Bailey, 1924 2007
  53. Newnan (Ga.)
  54. Oglethorpe University
  55. Patterson, Eugene C. (Eugene Corbett), 1923
  56. Political Campaigns
  57. Politics And Government
  58. Powell, Adam Clayton, 1908 1972
  59. Prevention
  60. Rivers, Eurith Dickinson, 1895 1967
  61. Rockdale County (Ga.)
  62. Sanders, Carl Edward, 1925
  63. Thompson, Fletcher, 1925
  64. United States
  65. United States. Army
  66. United States. Civil Rights Act Of 1964
  67. United States. Congress
  68. University System Of Georgia. Board Of Regents
  69. Urban Renewal
  70. Vietnam War, 1961 1975
  71. Violence
  72. Weltner, Charles Longstreet
  73. World War, 1914 1918
  74. Wsb (Radio Station : Atlanta, Ga.)

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