What is Hugh Dorsey?
'''Hugh Manson Dorsey''' (1871-1948) was a prosecuting [[attorney]], [[judge]] and Governor of [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]. He was famous for his role as the prosecuting attorney in the murder of industrialist [[Leo Max Frank]] in 1913. A number of social reforms were carried out during his time as governor.<ref>[https://fraser.stlouisfed.org/title/labor-legislation-1912-32-3905/labor-legislation-1917-476854?page=131 Title: Labor Legislation of 1917 : Bulletin of the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics, No. 244, P.131-133]</ref><ref>[https://fraser.stlouisfed.org/title/labor-legislation-1912-32-3905/labor-legislation-1918-476855 Title: Labor Legislation of 1918 : Bulletin of the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics, No. 257, P.35]</ref><ref>[https://fraser.stlouisfed.org/title/labor-legislation-1912-32-3905/labor-legislation-1920-476857?page=25 Title: Labor Legislation of 1920 : Bulletin of the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics, No. 292, P.24-25]</ref><ref>[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=umn.31951d02217062y&seq=1 Acts of the General Assembly of the state of Georgia 1918]</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Dorsey, Hugh}} [[Category:1871 births]] [[Category:1948 deaths]] [[Category:Governors of Georgia (U.S. state)]] [[Category:American judges]] {{US-bio-stub}}