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Georgia History Timeline / Chronology 1932
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| January 1, 1932 |
Reorganization Act of 1931 goes into effect. Georgia, faced with mounting debt because of decreased revenue during the Great Depression, reorganizes a vast bureaucracy into 18 agencies and departments to save money.
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Richard B. Russell, Jr. |
| February 24, 1932 |
Georgia Senator and former governor Zell Miller is born in Young Harris
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Zell Miller |
| March 12, 1932 |
Andrew Young born, New Orleans, Orleans Parrish, Louisiana
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Andrew Young |
| April 18, 1932 |
U. S. Senator William Harris dies of a heart attack
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| April 25, 1932 |
John Cohen, publisher of the Atlanta Journal, is selected as interim U. S. Senator to fill the vacancy created by the death of William Harris earlier in the month.
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| May 4, 1932 |
Al Capone, convicted on tax evasion charges, entered Atlanta Penitentiary.
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Atlanta, Georgia (1900-2000) |
| May 9, 1932 |
Portions of Cherokee, Gwinnett and Cobb Counties, along with all of Campbell County and Milton County are ceded to Fulton County.
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Campbell County, Georgia |
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Fulton County, Georgia |
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Gwinnett County, Georgia |
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Cherokee County, Georgia |
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Cobb County, Georgia |
| May 21, 1932 |
Rock City opens atop Lookout Mountain
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Lookout Mountain |
| June 4, 1932 |
American Airlines (Airways at the time) inaugurates its "Gulf State Mail" flight, taking air mail from Atlanta to New Orleans and Houston. |
| July 14, 1932 |
Roosevelt (Rosey) Grier born, Cuthbert, Georgia
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| August 20, 1932 |
While campaigning for the U. S. Senate, Dick Russell is involved in a serious automobile crash near Dublin, Georgia.
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Richard B. Russell, Jr. |
| September 4, 1932 |
University of Georgia football coach Vince Dooley born, Mobile, Alabama
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Vince Dooley |
| 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. |
| October 24, 1932 |
On a swing through Georgia, presidential candidate Frankiln Delano Roosevelt speaks in Atlanta. |
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt |
| November 8, 1932 |
Georgia votes overwhelmingly for Democrat Franklin Delano Roosevelt for President. Roosevelt's frequent visits to Warm Springs, plus Eleanor's lineage had made him a popular figure in the state. Also elected to the U. S. House were Carl Vinson, Eugene Cox, Homer C. Parker, Malcolm Tarver, John Wood, Braswell D. Deen, Bryant T. Castellow, Emmett M. Owens and Robert Ramspeck. |
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt |
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Carl Vinson, Father of the Two Ocean Navy
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| December 5, 1932 |
Richard Wayne ("Little Richard") Penniman is born in Macon, Georgia
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City of Macon, Georgia |
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