Two Georgia governors from the same family tree is not that common. Former Governor Zell Miller(also former U. S. Senator) with his wife Shirley and the current Governor Nathan Deal(former U. S. Congressman) with his wife Sandra Dunagan Deal, my oldest sister. Zell is the great grandson of Lydia Dunagan Miller and James Miller. Lydia Dunagan was the daughter of Joseph Ellis Dunagan, my third great grandfather and the oldest son of Ezekiel Dunagan and Lydia Ann Brown of Hall county, Georgia. Joseph Ellis Dunagan was elected to the Georgia State Senate and served 24 consecutive years in the Georgia Legislature in the early 1800s. Sandra likes to point out that Nathan has never lost an election except when he ran for President of the Jaycees of Gainesville/Hall County.
Photo taken January 12, 2015, Governor Deal's swearing in ceremony, Georgia State Capital, for 2nd term. Governor Zell Miller also served two terms as Governor and later served in the U. S. Senate for 6 years before retiring from politics.
January 12, 2015, Nathan is sworn in as Governor of Georgia, by his eldest son,
Superior Court Judge Jason Deal, surrounded by his family.
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