Eurith D. Rivers

E. D. Rivers
E.D. Rivers visits the White House as Georgia's governor-elect on December 22, 1936.
68th Governor of Georgia
In office
January 12, 1937 – January 14, 1941
Preceded byEugene Talmadge
Succeeded byEugene Talmadge
Speaker of the Georgia House of Representatives
In office
1933–1937
Member of the Georgia House of Representatives
In office
1924
Member of the Georgia Senate
In office
1926
Personal details
Born
Eurith Dickinson Rivers

(1895-12-01)December 1, 1895
Center Point, Arkansas, U.S.
DiedJune 11, 1967(1967-06-11) (aged 71)
Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseMattie Lucille Lashley[1]
ChildrenEurith Dickinson Rivers Jr. and Geraldine[1]
Parent(s)Millie Annie Wilkerson and James Matthew Rivers[1]
Alma materYoung Harris College
LaSalle Extension University[1]
ProfessionAttorney and newspaper editor[1]

Eurith Dickinson Rivers (December 1, 1895 – June 11, 1967), commonly known as E. D. Rivers and informally as "Ed" Rivers,[citation needed] was an American politician from Lanier County, Georgia. A Democrat, he was the 68th Governor of Georgia, serving from 1937 to 1941.

  1. ^ a b c d e "E. D. Rivers (1895-1967)". New Georgia Encyclopedia.