Preceded by 45th Governor Thomas H. Ruger |
Rufus Bullock 46th Governor of Georgia1868—1871 |
Succeeded by 47th Governor Benjamin F. Conley |
Rufus Bullock was born in 1834 and was the son of Volkert V. Bullock and Jane Eliza Brown.[1][2]
He was a Republican Party politician and businessman in Georgia. During the Reconstruction Era he served as the state's governor and called for equal economic opportunity and political rights for blacks and whites in Georgia. He also promoted public education for both, and encouraged railroads, banks, and industrial development. During his governorship he requested federal military help to ensure the rights of freedmen; this made him "the most hated man in the state", and he had to flee the state without completing his term. After returning to Georgia and being found "not guilty" of corruption charges, for three decades afterward he was an esteemed private citizen.
Bullock has had both detractors and admirers. According to the New Georgia Encyclopedia, he was the last progressive governor of Georgia until Jimmy Carter.
He is the only governor of Georgia since 1850 of whom there is no portrait in the Georgia State Capitol.
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