https://padlet.com/jessicamal588/xmbu97dpkqd6 Perhaps one of the more perplexing and controversial among Georgia politicians. en-us 2019-02-08 12:57:29 UTC 2019-02-08 13:34:26 UTC hello@padlet.com jessicamal588 https://padlet.com/jessicamal588/xmbu97dpkqd6/wish/329167729 In Thomas E. Watson early years he was characterized as a liberal, especially for his time. In later years he emerged as a force for white supremacy and anti-Catholic rhetoric. He was elected to the Georgia general assembly 1882, the U.S. House of Representatives 1890, and the U.S. Senate 1920, where he served for only a short time before his death. Nominated by the populist party as its vice presidential candidate in 1896, he achieved national recognition for his egalitarian, agrarian agenda. ]]> 2019-02-08 13:06:04 UTC https://padlet.com/jessicamal588/xmbu97dpkqd6/wish/329167729 jessicamal588 https://padlet.com/jessicamal588/xmbu97dpkqd6/wish/329168589 Thomas E. Watson was born in Columbia County, Ga., on Sept. 5, 1856, into a wealthy family. His father was ruined by the Civil War, so Tom emotional and hungry for knowledge, had to leave Baptist Mercer University to work. He taught school unhappily for two years.]]> 2019-02-08 13:08:53 UTC https://padlet.com/jessicamal588/xmbu97dpkqd6/wish/329168589 jessicamal588 https://padlet.com/jessicamal588/xmbu97dpkqd6/wish/329171263 Soon after the turn of the century, Watson turned to writing at his newly acquired Hickory Hill estate on the outskirts of Thomson. He wrote a two-volume history of France 1899, followed by a novel, Bethany: A Story of the Old South 1904, and biographies of Napoleon 1902, Thomas Jefferson 1903, and Andrew Jackson 1912.  Watson also produced a magazine and a weekly newspaper that achieved widespread circulation throughout the South and in New York.]]> 2019-02-08 13:17:45 UTC https://padlet.com/jessicamal588/xmbu97dpkqd6/wish/329171263 jessicamal588 https://padlet.com/jessicamal588/xmbu97dpkqd6/wish/329176072 2019-02-08 13:30:10 UTC https://padlet.com/jessicamal588/xmbu97dpkqd6/wish/329176072 jessicamal588 https://padlet.com/jessicamal588/xmbu97dpkqd6/wish/329176504 2019-02-08 13:31:11 UTC https://padlet.com/jessicamal588/xmbu97dpkqd6/wish/329176504