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Walter S. George
A powerful figure in twentieth-century American politics, he spent more than three decades in the U.S. Senate and became known for his influence on foreign policy and tax legislation. Before that long national career, he worked as a lawyer and served on Georgia’s highest court.
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Byzantine Churches in Constantinople: Their History and Architecture
by Alexander Van Millingen, Walter S. George, Arthur E. (Arthur Edward) Henderson, Ramsay Traquair
About the author
Born in rural Georgia in 1878, Walter F. George studied at Mercer University, entered the law, and later served on the Georgia Supreme Court. In 1922, he left the bench to run for the U.S. Senate and won, beginning a Senate career that lasted until 1957.
George became one of Georgia’s best-known national politicians. He chaired major committees including Foreign Relations and Finance, and he also served as president pro tempore of the Senate in the 1950s. Accounts from the U.S. Senate and the New Georgia Encyclopedia note his importance in debates over diplomacy, taxation, and the direction of the Democratic Party during the New Deal and World War II era.
Remembered as a skilled, conservative Southern senator, he held office through a long stretch of change in American public life. His career connected state-level judicial service with decades of national influence, which is why his name still appears on biographies of notable U.S. senators from Georgia.