Honorable Herman Talmadge
United States Senator, Georgia, Democrat
Herman Talmadge served in the U.S. Senate from 1957 to 1981. He was Governor of Georgia from 1948 to 1955. He chaired the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry from 1971 to 1977. The following is from the April 30, 1965, Senate floor debate on S. 1564, the Voting Rights Act. Why is it that the Senate cannot reaffirm its support of the right to vote without doing violence to the Constitution? Why is it that the Senate cannot say to the proponents of the so-called voting rights bill that no Member of this body is opposed to the…
