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Melvin Thompson was the first person elected to the office of lieutenant governor of Georgia. He served as governor of the State of Georgia from 1947-1948. He is perhaps best remembered for his role in the "three governors controversy" after the death of Governor-elect Eugene Talmadge in 1946.