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| Affiliation | Democratic |
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| Name | Betty Talmadge |
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Lovejoy, Georgia , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
| Born |
00, 1924
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| Died | May 07, 2005
(81 years)
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| Contributor | Thomas Walker |
| Last Modifed | RBH
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| Info | At one time, was the wife of Herman Talmadge.
Ex-wife of the late US Sen. Herman E. Talmadge (D-Ga.) and a cookbook writer who opened her Jonesboro, Georgia home as a restaurant called Lovejoy Plantation, who hosted elaborate parties for politicians and reporters close to the politically powerful Talmadge family and claimed the home was an inspiration for Margaret Mitchell when she wrote Gone with the Wind, who was a prominent hostess and socialite in Washington and a frequent bridge partner of Lady Bird Johnson, and who lost her own race for the Democrat nomination for Congress from the 6th District (a seat eventually won by Newt Gingrich), died in Atlanta, Georgia on May 7, 2005.
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