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Crisp County, Georgia
| December 8, 1891 |
Charles Crisp is elected Speaker of the House
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| August 7, 1893 |
Charles Crisp elected to a second term as Speaker of the House. |
| September 14, 1932 |
Richard B. Russell, Jr., then governor of Georgia, defeats Charles Crisp of Americus, a member of the U. S. House of Representatives, for U. S. Senate. Final totals: 162,745 votes for Russell, 119,193 for Crisp (296 county units to 114 for Crisp). Russell will remain a senator for almost 40 years.
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Richard B. Russell, Jr. |
| January 4, 1995 |
Newt Gingrich becomes the first Republican Speaker of the House in 40 years, and the first Georgian to hold the position in 102 years (Charles Crisp)
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Newt Gingrich
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