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Which person claimed the governorship based on the new Georgia Constitution?(1 point)

Ellis Arnall

Herman Talmadge

Melvin Thompson

Eugene Talmadge

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Melvin Thompson

He claimed the governorship under the new Georgia Constitution because, as lieutenant governor-elect, he argued the new succession rules made him governor after Eugene Talmadge's death.