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Eugene Talmadge won the democratic primary Governor for the fourth time , his election was assured because there was no Republican party nominee.
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In late December Eugene Talmadge unfortunately died before he can even start his fourth year serving.
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After the death of Eugene Talmadge the General assembly was forced to find a new candidate to take over as governor.
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Herman was later elected to be the new governor (Eugene's son) by the general assembly to replace the former governor.
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Although Herman was said to be the new governor there was still people that wanted to be the rightful governor for being a replacement, Ellis Arnall.
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After some time surrendered with his claim as the rightful governor but now there are are two candidates running to be the next governor.
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Melvin E. Thompson was the third candidate for the governor trials and was thought to be the rightful governor because he was lieutenant governor elect when Eugene died.
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After his lose in losing office for governor this actually earned him respect from younger voters and WWII veterans.
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After much debate Herman surrendered the office but almost immidiatly was ready for specials elections to be governor.
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After easily winning against Thompson in the special elections, Herman was the last member of this faction to ever occupy the office again.
