For decades Georgia politics split bitterly between George Troup's gentry faction and John Clark's frontier democrats, a personality war so fierce it spawned duels and street brawls before Clark's side won popular election of the governor in 1824.
Troup-Clark Political Feud
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Troup-Clark Political Feud is a historical marker in Milledgeville, Baldwin County, erected in 1989. It is one of 49 historical markers documented in Baldwin County, among 113 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.
The site sits at 33.0803, -83.2250 near Milledgeville. The nearest cataloged historic site is Milledgeville Confederate Monument (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Georgia's Secession Convention, Provost Guard Campsite, and State House Square.
This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
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