Walter Franklin George (January 29, 1878 – August 24, 1957) was an American politician from the state of Georgia. He was a Democrat. January 29 is the 29th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1878 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... August 24 is the 236th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (237th in leap years), with 129 days remaining. ... 1957 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Democratic Party is one of the two major political parties in the United States. ...

George was born on a farm near Preston, Georgia. He attended public schools and was briefly a schoolteacher. He attended Mercer University in Macon, Georgia and graduated in 1901. Before entering politics he was a lawyer and judge in Georgia. He was an associate justice on the Georgia state Supreme Court from 1917 until 1922. He resigned from the court in 1922 to run for a seat in the United States Senate which became available due to the death of senator Thomas E. Watson. George won, and was elected to his first full term of six years in 1926. He served on the Senate from 1923 until 1957, declining to run for a sixth full term in 1956. At that time, the Republican Party in Georgia was very weak, so the real reelection contests for George were in the Democratic primaries. In 1938, George faced a particularly difficult primary fight after angering many Democrats by his opposition of certain aspects of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal programs. George defeated Lawrence Camp and Eugene Talmadge in the 1938 primary, though Camp was backed by Roosevelt. Preston is a town located in Webster County, Georgia. ... Mercer University is a private university located in Macon, Georgia. ... For other places called Macon, see Macon Macon is a city located in Bibb County, Georgia. ... 1917 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1922 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... The United States Senate is the upper house of the U.S. Congress, smaller than the United States House of Representatives. ... Thomas Edward Watson (5 September 1856–26 September 1922), generally known as Tom Watson, was a United States politician from Georgia. ... 1926 was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1957 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Republican Party, often called the GOP (for Grand Old Party, although one early citation described it as the Gallant Old Party) [1], is one of the two major political parties in the United States. ... Franklin Delano Roosevelt (January 30, 1882–April 12, 1945), 32nd President of the United States, the longest-serving holder of the office and the only man to be elected President more than twice, was one of the central figures of 20th century history. ... The New Deal was President Franklin D. Roosevelts legislative agenda for rescuing the United States from the Great Depression. ... Eugene Talmadge (September 23, 1884–December 21, 1946) was an American politician who served as governor of the U.S. state of Georgia from 1933 to 1937 and again from 1941 to 1943. ...

When World War II began in Europe, George was at first a member of the isolationist faction in the United States Senate, but later supported the lend-lease program between the United States and Britain, and when the United States did become involved in the war, George helped guide legislation to finance it whil he was chairman of the finance committee. George was known as a supporter of legislation to help farmers. He also supported racial segregation like most southern senators of the time. Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ... Isolationism is a diplomatic policy whereby a nation seeks to avoid alliances with other nations. ... Segregation means separation. ...

George was a member of twelve committees while he was in the Senate, and chairman of five, including the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations from 1940 to 1941 and from 1955 to 1957, and the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance fom 1941 to 1947 and from 1949 to 1953. He was also President pro tempore of the Senate from 1955 until 1957. U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations is a standing committee of the United States Senate. ... The U.S. Senate Committee on Finance (or, less formally, Senate Finance Committee) is a standing committee of the United States Senate. ...

Early in 1957, shortly after his retirment from the Senate, George was appointed special ambassador to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization by President Dwight Eisenhower. He served in this position for about six months before becoming seriously ill. He died in Vienna, Georgia and is interred in the Vienna cemetery. NATO 2002 Summit The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), sometimes called North Atlantic Alliance, Atlantic Alliance or the Western Alliance, is an international organisation for defence collaboration established in 1949, in support of the North Atlantic Treaty signed in Washington, DC, on April 4, 1949. ... Dwight David Ike Eisenhower (October 14, 1890–March 28, 1969), American soldier and politician, was the 34th President of the United States (1953–1961) and supreme commander of the Allied forces in Europe during World War II, with the rank of General of the Army. ... Vienna is a city located in Dooly County, Georgia. ...

The Walter F. George School of Law at Mercer University, the Walter F. George high school in Atlanta, Georgia and Lake Walter F. George in western Georgia are named after him. Downtown Atlanta skyline Atlanta is the capital and largest city of Georgia, a state of the United States of America. ...