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Georgia History Timeline
Chronology for November 9;
Yesterday Tomorrow
| November 9, 1789 |
Edward Telfair begins term as governor
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Governors of Georgia, 1733-1800
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| November 9, 1816 |
W. W. Bibb resigns his Georgia Senate seat to become the only territorial governor of Alabama.
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William Wyatt Bibb |
| November 9, 1831 |
Wilson Lumpkin begins term as governor of Georgia
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Governors of Georgia, 1801-1900
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| November 9, 1853 |
Herschel Vespasian Johnson begins term as governor of Georgia
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Governors of Georgia, 1801-1900
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Herschel V. Johnson |
| November 9, 1864 |
General William Tecumseh Sherman issues the first orders (Special Orders No. 120), from Kingston, Georgia (Bartow County) directly related to his "March to the Sea." Over the next few days the city of Rome will be destroyed and track from Atlanta to Chattanooga will be torn up, some transported to Tennessee for later use, some twisted into Sherman's hairpins or Sherman's neckties and left by the side of the railroad.
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Civil War - 1864 |
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William Tecumseh Sherman |
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March to the Sea |
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Rome, Georgia |
| November 9, 1886 |
John Brown Gordon begins term as governor of Georgia
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John Brown Gordon
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Governors of Georgia, 1801-1900
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| November 9, 1909 |
"Fastest track in the world," Candler Field opens. It lasts one season
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| November 9, 1971 |
Referendum passes, allowing the start of MARTA, the Metropolitan Atlanta Rail Transit System
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Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) |
Yesterday Tomorrow
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