I believe the answer is: Lieutenant Governor At that time, unlike any other state, Georgia created 3 lieutenant Governors that work directly under the Governor. When the Governor Eugene Talmage died, All of the lieutenants want to fill the position as a governor and none of them want to back up, which caused the controversy.
The rule of law was incredibly essential in the creation of the American legal, political, and government systems, in that without the law all of these would crumble.