Harold Paulk Henderson is a retired political science professor at

Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College (ABAC) is a public college in Tifton, Georgia. It is part of the University System of Georgia and offers bachelor's degree, baccalaureate and associate degrees. The college is named after Abraham Baldwin, a ...

(ABAC) in

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and an author. He wrote books on Georgia governors

Ellis Arnall Ellis Gibbs Arnall (March 20, 1907 – December 13, 1992) was an American politician who served as the 69th Governor of Georgia from 1943 to 1947. A liberal Democrat, he helped lead efforts to abolish the poll tax and to reduce Georgia's votin ...

and

Ernest Vandiver Samuel Ernest Vandiver Jr. (July 3, 1918 – February 21, 2005) was an American Democratic Party politician who was the 73rd governor of Georgia from 1959 to 1963. Early life and career Vandiver was born in Canon in Franklin County in northea ...

. Recordings of the interviews he conducted for the books have been collected by the

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in its Civil Rights Collection and in the

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's Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies along with eight VHS recordings from a symposium on Georgia governors he directed along with Gary L. Roberts at ABAC in 1985.

Books

Henderson's books include: *''Ernest Vandiver, Governor of Georgia'' (2000) *''The Politics of Change in Georgia: A Political Biography of Ellis Arnall'' (1991) *''Georgia Governors in an Age of Change: From Ellis Arnall to George Busbee'' (edited with Gary L. Roberts, 1988) Reviews: *Thomas F. Armstrong (1989), ''The Georgia Historical Quarterly'', *Ronald H. Bayor (1990), ''The Florida Historical Quarterly'', *James Michael Russell (1990), ''The Journal of American History'', , *T. McN. Simpson III (1990), ''The Journal of Southern History'', , *Eugene Walker (1989), ''The North Carolina Historical Review'',

References

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