Hugh Dorsey

Hugh Dorsey
62nd Governor of Georgia
In office
June 30, 1917 – June 25, 1921
Preceded byNathaniel Edwin Harris
Succeeded byThomas W. Hardwick
Judge of the Georgia Superior Courts
in the Atlanta Judicial Circuit
In office
1935–1948
Personal details
Born
Hugh Manson Dorsey

(1871-07-10)July 10, 1871
Fayetteville, Georgia, U.S.
DiedJune 11, 1948(1948-06-11) (aged 76)
Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
Resting placeWestview Cemetery
Political partyDemocratic
Spouse
Adair Wilkinson
(m. 1911)
Children2
Alma materUniversity of Georgia (AB)
University of Virginia
Occupation
  • Lawyer
  • politician

Hugh Manson Dorsey (July 10, 1871 – June 11, 1948) was an American lawyer who was notable as the prosecuting attorney in the Leo Frank prosecution of 1913, that subsequently led to a lynching after Frank's death sentence was reduced to life imprisonment. He was also a politician, a member of the Democratic Party, who was twice elected as the Governor of Georgia (1917–1921) and jurist who served for more than a decade as a superior court judge (1935–1948) in Atlanta.