Hugh Dorsey | |
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| 62nd Governor of Georgia | |
| In office June 30, 1917 – June 25, 1921 | |
| Preceded by | Nathaniel Edwin Harris |
| Succeeded by | Thomas W. Hardwick |
| Judge of the Georgia Superior Courts in the Atlanta Judicial Circuit | |
| In office 1935–1948 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Hugh Manson Dorsey July 10, 1871 Fayetteville, Georgia, U.S. |
| Died | June 11, 1948 (aged 76) Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. |
| Resting place | Westview Cemetery |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse |
Adair Wilkinson (m. 1911) |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | University of Georgia (AB) University of Virginia |
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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.