John Greer oral history interview, May 6, 1987

Item — othertype: Oral History

Identifier: GreerJ_19870506_P1987-07

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John Greer oral history interview

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Scope and Contents

Interviewed by Cliff Kuhn. Among topics discussed: Personal background; early political interest; education; memories of Franklin D. Roosevelt; Eugene Talmadge as an opponent of Roosevelt; Talmadge campaign tactics; Governor E. D. Rivers; the New Deal; the General Assembly during the Rivers administration; first political campaign; problems with road paving; Jim Gillis; politics in the highway department; committee assignments; the Secret Ballot bill; the Ku Klux Klan in politics; the Democratic Party in the South; the anti‑mask bill; Roy Harris; James Mackay; involvement in MARTA; "the gentleman from Lanier."

Dates

Creation: May 6, 1987

Creator

Greer, John, 1909-1994 (Interviewee, Person)

Restrictions on Access

Oral history available for research.

Biographical Note

John W. Greer (1909-1994) served as a clerk in the Georgia House of Representatives in 1939 and secretary to Gov. E.D. Rivers from 1939 to 1940; he served Lanier County in the Georgia House from 1945-54 and in the Georgia Senate from 1959-60, and served Fulton County in the House from 1971-89.