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John Marshall Slaton (December 25, 1866 – January 11, 1955) served two non-consecutive terms as the 60th Governor of Georgia. His political career was ended in 1915 after he commuted the death sentence of Atlanta factory boss Leo Frank, who had been convicted for the murder of a 13-year-old employee, Mary Phagan.
12 de nov. de 2004 · John M. Slaton was Georgia’s sixtieth governor, serving two terms, in 1911-12 and 1913-15. He was also a state representative and state senator, and he practiced law in Atlanta. John Marshall Slaton was born on December 25, 1866, to Nancy Jane Martin and William Franklin Slaton near Greenville, in Meriwether County.
28 de abr. de 2022 · Profiles In Courage (Ep6): Governor John M. Slaton. "The story of Gov. John Slaton of Georgia, who in the early 1900s pardoned Leo Frank, who had been convicted of and sentenced to...
John Slaton served two terms as governor of Georgia. He is perhaps best known today for his decision to commute the death sentence of Leo Frank in 1915. Courtesy of Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Georgia Libraries.
While in office, he modernized Georgia’s tax system and roads. Concerned by the sensationalized atmosphere and circumstantial evidence that led to the notorious 1913 conviction of Jewish businessman Leo Frank in the murder of teenager Mary Phagan, Slaton granted Frank clemency in June 1915.
25 de dic. de 2018 · JOHN MARSHALL SLATON, Georgia’s 46th and 48th governor, was born in Meriwether County, Georgia, on December 25, 1866. He graduated from the University of Georgia in 1886, then studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1887, and established a successful legal career in Atlanta.
15 de ago. de 2016 · It is finally the governor of Georgia, John M. Slaton, who in 1915, based on his conviction that Leo Frank was innocent, commuted his death sentence to life imprisonment. The story does not end there. On the night of August 16, 1915 a mob of prominent citizens break into the prison farm, abduct Frank, and lynch him the following morning.
