George Busbee

George Dekle Busbee (August 7, 1927–July 16, 2004) was an American politician who served as the governor of the U.S. state of Georgia from 1975 to 1983.

Busbee was born in Vienna, Georgia. He served nine terms in the Georgia House of Representatives, and was floor leader for Carl Sanders. Busbee won the Democratic nomination for governor in 1974 ? Jimmy Carter's final year in office ? over Lieutenant Governor Lester Maddox. Voters approved a constitutional amendment that allowed him to become the state's first governor to serve two consecutive four-year terms.

Busbee died of a heart attack at the Savannah International Airport in Savannah, Georgia. Busbee Parkway in the Town Center at Cobb area of Cobb County was named after him several years ago.