government

October 19, 1790

Lyman Hall

He was an ordained minister, a doctor, and one of three Georgians to sign the Declaration of Independence, quite a resume for a man born in Connecticut in 1747. Lyman Hall was from old New England stock and graduated from Yale. He abandoned the congregational ministry for medicine and moved south, eventually settling in Georgia […]

October 1, 1924

Jimmy Carter

He’s the only Georgian to ever be elected president of the United States, Jimmy Carter was born in Plains and graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy. He’s the only Georgian ever elected President of the United States. Jimmy Carter was born in Plains and graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy. To his wife Rosalynn’s dismay, […]