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Image courtesy of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum, Museum Artifacts Collection, Artifact No. 1970.15.99
Lester MaddoxUnited States, 1915 - 2003

Atlanta Mayoral Candidate (1957)

Atlanta Mayoral Candidate (1961)

Lieutenant Governor Candidate (1962)

Governor of Georgia (1967-1971)

Lieutenant Governor of Georgia (1971-1975)

After a series of failed political campagins from 1957 to 1961, Lester Maddox sought the Democratic nomination for governor in 1966. Running on a platform that advocated for segregation and state rights, Maddox became the 75th Governor of Georgia in 1967. Maddox was later elected as Lieutenant Governor of Georgia in 1971.

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Could the President Hang Around the White House...
1973.1.284
Bill Sanders
1968
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The Vietnam Plank
1973.1.1380
Jim Dobbins
ca. August 1968
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