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Hugh Dorsey

Hugh Dorsey

Former Governor of Georgia
Hugh Manson Dorsey 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. Wikipedia
Born: July 10, 1871, Fayetteville, GA
Died: June 11, 1948 (age 76 years), Atlanta, GA
Spouse: Adair Wilkinson (m. 1911)
Previous office: Governor of Georgia (1917–1921)