Herman Talmadge Autographs
Herman Eugene Talmadge (August 9, 1913 – March 21, 2002) was a U.S. politician who served as governor of Georgia in 1947 and from 1948 to 1955 and as a U.S. senator from Georgia from 1957 to 1981. A Democrat, Talmadge served during a time of political transition, both in Georgia and nationally. He began his career as a staunch segregationist known for his opposition to civil rights, including supporting legislation that would have closed public schools to prevent desegregation. By the later stages of his career, following the enactment of the Voting Rights Act, which gave substance to the Fifteenth Amendment enacted nearly one hundred years before, and increased African American voter participation, Talmadge, like many other Southern politicians of that period, had modified his views on race. His life eventually encapsulated the emergence of his native Georgia from entrenched white supremacy into a multiracial political culture where many white voters regularly elect Black and other non-white candidates to the U.S. Congress and Georgia General Assembly.
When his father, Eugene Talmadge, won the 1946 Georgia gubernatorial election but died before taking office, Herman Talmadge asserted claims to be the 70th governor of Georgia, in what became known as the three governors controversy. He occupied the governor's office from January until March 1947, before yielding to a Georgia Supreme Court decision in favor of Lieutenant Governor Melvin E. Thompson. In 1948, Talmadge defeated Thompson by more than 6 percent in a special election to complete the elder Talmadge's unfinished four-year term. He was reelected in 1950, defeating Thompson by a narrower margin. Talmadge served until the end of his term in 1955.
Talmadge, who first became governor at age 33, supported a new statewide sales tax during his second term to fund the construction of new schools and expanded state services. He also supported other infrastructure improvements and increased teachers' salaries. In so doing, the younger governor Talmadge departed from his father's stingy, low-tax and low-spending philosophy while remaining steadfastly opposed to racial desegregation and political equality for Black Americans. He left the governor's office as an incredibly popular executive whose administration earned praise from the traditionally liberal outlets such as the Atlanta Constitution and even Harper's Magazine.
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Current items with a signature of Herman Talmadge
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Traded items with a signature of Herman Talmadge
The most expensive item with a signature of Herman Talmadge (1960 Herman Talmadge Signed Letter - Resists Civil Rights Legislation racist) was sold in September 2025 for $222.00 while the cheapest item (Herman Talmadge Letter, Signed, from 1966) found a new owner for $1.00 in May 2012. The month with the most items sold (4) was March 2016 with an average selling price of $6.95 for an autographed item of Herman Talmadge. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in August 2025 with $222.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $1.00 was May 2012. In average, an autographed item from Herman Talmadge is worth $14.49.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Herman Talmadge were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | 1959 Herman Talmadge Senator Georgia Hand Signed Letter Political | $40.00 |  |
 | 1960 Herman Talmadge Signed Letter - Resists Civil Rights Legislation racist | $221.96 | |
| 1960 Herman Talmadge Signed Letter - Resists Civil Rights Legislation racist | $221.96 | |
| 1960 Herman Talmadge Signed Letter - Resists Civil Rights Legislation racist | $221.96 | |
| 1960 Herman Talmadge Signed Letter - Resists Civil Rights Legislation racist | $221.96 | |
| 1960 Herman Talmadge Signed Letter - Resists Civil Rights Legislation racist | $221.96 | |
| 1960 Herman Talmadge Signed Letter - Resists Civil Rights Legislation racist | $221.96 | |
| 1960 Herman Talmadge Signed Letter - Resists Civil Rights Legislation racist | $222.00 | |
| 1960 Herman Talmadge Signed Letter - Resists Civil Rights Legislation racist | $222.00 | |
| 1966 U.S. Senate Visitor Pass – 89th Congress – Signed by Sen. Herman Talmadge | $50.00 | |
| 1970 Herman Talmadge Senator Georgia Hand Signed Letter Letterhead Political | $29.99 | |
 | Georgia Governor Herman Talmadge Autograph Letter on Lynchings (Great Content) | $54.95 | |
| Herman Talmadge Autographed Signed 8x10 Photo - Georgia Governor - w/COA | $18.99 | |
| Herman Talmadge Georgia Senator Vintage Autograph Signed Senate Letter 1967 | $26.98 | |
 | HERMAN TALMADGE SIGNED LETTER | $16.99 | |
