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Ernest Vandiver (Samuel Ernest Vandiver Jr.) was born on 3 July, 1918 in Canon, Georgia, U.S., is an American politician from Georgia (1918–2005). Discover Ernest Vandiver's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 86 years old?

Popular As Samuel Ernest Vandiver Jr.
Occupation N/A
Age 86 years old
Zodiac Sign Cancer
Born 3 July, 1918
Birthday 3 July
Birthplace Canon, Georgia, U.S.
Date of death 21 February, 2005
Died Place Lavonia, Georgia, U.S.
Nationality Georgia

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His wife is Sybil Elizabeth "Betty" Russell Vandiver

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Children Ernest "Chip" Vandiver, III Vanna Elizabeth Vandiver Jane Brevard Kidd

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1913

When Vandiver looked like a potential Democratic nominee, Callaway asked William R. Bowdoin Sr. (1913–1996), an Atlanta banker and civic figure who had chaired a commission on state government reorganization, to run as a Republican gubernatorial candidate.

Oddly, Carl Sanders, the term-limited governor, asked Bowdoin to run that year as a Democrat.

1918

Samuel Ernest Vandiver Jr. (July 3, 1918 – February 21, 2005) was an American Democratic Party politician who was the 73rd governor of Georgia from 1959 to 1963.

Vandiver was born in Canon in Franklin County in northeastern Georgia.

He was the only child of Vanna Bowers and Samuel Ernest Vandiver.

His mother had two children from a previous marriage, which ended with the death of her first husband.

Vandiver's father was a prominent businessman, farmer, and landowner in Franklin County.

Vandiver attended public schools in Lavonia and the Darlington School in Rome, Georgia.

He graduated from the University of Georgia and the University of Georgia School of Law, both in Athens.

1946

After stateside service as an officer in the United States Army Air Forces during World War II, he was elected in 1946 as mayor of Lavonia in Franklin County.

That same year he supported Eugene Talmadge's candidacy for governor and then Herman Talmadge's claim to the office after Eugene's death.

1948

In 1948, Talmadge appointed Vandiver to be the state's adjutant general.

1954

In 1954, Vandiver was elected lieutenant governor.

1958

He ran for governor in 1958 and promised to restore the state's image, which had been tarnished by scandals under Governor Marvin Griffin under whom he had served in the second position.

Vandiver was overwhelmingly elected.

He succeeded Griffin as both lieutenant governor and governor.

As governor, Vandiver cleaned up the corruption and mismanagement associated with the Griffin administration.

He had pledged to defend segregation, using the campaign motto, "No, not one," meaning not one Black Child in a white school.

1960

During the presidential election of 1960, Vandiver supported John F. Kennedy, but not fully.

Vandiver favored "independent" electors.

This led to the erosion of the Democratic party in the South, and southern resistance to the civil rights movement.

In March 1960, Vandiver called "An Appeal for Human Rights", an article published in the Atlanta Constitution by black students at Spelman College, "an anti-American document" that "does not sound like it was written in this country".

Vandiver worked behind the scenes with Kennedy and his brother Robert and ultimately played a role in obtaining the release of Martin Luther King Jr. from jail.

King had been arrested during a sit-in at Rich's in Atlanta on October 19, 1960.

Vandiver changed from his "No, not one" stance on segregation.

Those urging him to change included Ivan Allen Jr.. (later mayor of Atlanta), banker Mills B. Lane, Coca-Cola President Robert Woodruff, Griffin Bell (later a judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and the United States Attorney General under U.S. President Jimmy Carter), and many others.

Following the assassination of John F. Kennedy, Vandiver said, "All the world is shocked and grieved at the death of our President. I am certain that all Georgians join together in sending our condolences to the grieved family."

Under Vandiver's administration, a United States District Court ordered the admission of two African-American students, Hamilton E. Holmes and Charlayne Hunter, to the University of Georgia.

1962

Despite his past support for segregation, Governor Vandiver did not resist the court order, sparing the University of Georgia the national publicity associated with the opposition stands taken in 1962 by Governor Ross Barnett at the University of Mississippi and in 1963 by Governor George C. Wallace at the University of Alabama.

After the desegregation of the University of Georgia, Vandiver successfully urged the Georgia General Assembly to repeal a recently passed law barring state funding to integrated schools.

He also appointed banker John A. Sibley to head a state commission designed to prepare for the court-ordered school desegregation.

He pledged to maintain the County Unit System, a type of electoral college that had been employed to elect Georgia governors, but it was struck down by a decision of the United States Supreme Court as unconstitutional.

He then ordered the Democratic State Central Committee to conduct the 1962 primary by popular vote.

Vandiver's efficiency in running state government permitted a building program and the expansion of state services without tax increases.

The state expanded its ports, encouraged tourism, promoted business and industry, expanded vocational-technical education, and authorized programs for the mentally ill.

1966

In 1966, Vandiver was initially a candidate for governor and had been expected to compete with another former governor, Ellis Arnall.

However, Vandiver withdrew for health reasons.

When the Democratic nomination went not to Arnall but to the Atlanta businessman Lester Maddox, a strong segregationist, the Democrat Vandiver endorsed in the general election the Republican nominee, U.S. Representative Howard "Bo" Callaway, then of Pine Mountain.

Maddox was ultimately elected by the Georgia legislature after election returns failed to produce a winner by majority vote.

Had Vandiver's health permitted him to run for governor in 1966, Callaway would have instead sought reelection to the U.S. House.