Political party strength in Georgia (U.S. state)
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The following table indicates the party of elected officials in the U.S. state
of Georgia
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The table also indicates the historical party composition in the:
For years in which a presidential election
was held, the table indicates which party's nominees received the state's electoral votes.
The parties are as follows: Constitutional Union (CU), (D), (DR), (DR-C), (DR-J), (DR-T), (F), (I), (M), (N), (NU), (P), (R), States Rights (SR), (W), and . Darker shading indicates confirmed partisan affiliation or majority; lighter shading indicates likely, but unconfirmed, partisan affiliation or majority.
U.S. state
A U.S. state is any one of the 50 federated states of the United States of America that share sovereignty with the federal government. Because of this shared sovereignty, an American is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of domicile. Four states use the official title of...
of Georgia
Georgia (U.S. state)
Georgia is a state located in the southeastern United States. It was established in 1732, the last of the original Thirteen Colonies. The state is named after King George II of Great Britain. Georgia was the fourth state to ratify the United States Constitution, on January 2, 1788...
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- Governor
- Lieutenant GovernorLieutenant Governor of GeorgiaThe Lieutenant Governor of Georgia is a constitutional officer of the state, elected to a 4-year term by popular vote. Unlike some states, the lieutenant governor is elected on a separate ticket from the state Governor....
- Secretary of StateSecretary of state of GeorgiaThe secretary of state of the U.S. state of Georgia is an elected official with a wide variety of responsibilities, including supervising elections and maintaining public records....
- Attorney GeneralAttorney General of GeorgiaThe attorney general of Georgia is the chief law enforcement officer and lawyer for the U.S. state of Georgia. The attorney general is elected to a four-year term at the same time as elections are held for Governor and other offices....
- State School Superintendent
- Commissioner of Agriculture
- Commissioner of Insurance
- Commissioner of Labor
The table also indicates the historical party composition in the:
- State Senate
- State House of RepresentativesGeorgia House of RepresentativesThe Georgia House of Representatives is the lower house of the Georgia General Assembly of the U.S. state of Georgia.-Composition:...
- State Public Service Commission
- State delegation to the United States Senate
- State delegation to the United States House of Representatives
For years in which a presidential election
United States presidential election
Elections for President and Vice President of the United States are indirect elections in which voters cast ballots for a slate of electors of the U.S. Electoral College, who in turn directly elect the President and Vice President...
was held, the table indicates which party's nominees received the state's electoral votes.
The parties are as follows: Constitutional Union (CU), (D), (DR), (DR-C), (DR-J), (DR-T), (F), (I), (M), (N), (NU), (P), (R), States Rights (SR), (W), and . Darker shading indicates confirmed partisan affiliation or majority; lighter shading indicates likely, but unconfirmed, partisan affiliation or majority.
| Year | |Executive offices | |General Assembly Georgia General Assembly The Georgia General Assembly is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Georgia. It is bicameral, being composed of the Georgia House of Representatives and the Georgia Senate.... | |Pub. Ser. Comm. | |United States Congress United States Congressional Delegations from Georgia - Historical :These are tables of congressional delegations from Georgia to the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives.-United States Senate:- House of Representatives :... | |Electoral College votes United States presidential election Elections for President and Vice President of the United States are indirect elections in which voters cast ballots for a slate of electors of the U.S. Electoral College, who in turn directly elect the President and Vice President... |
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| Governor | Lt. Governor Lieutenant Governor of Georgia The Lieutenant Governor of Georgia is a constitutional officer of the state, elected to a 4-year term by popular vote. Unlike some states, the lieutenant governor is elected on a separate ticket from the state Governor.... | Sec. of State Secretary of state of Georgia The secretary of state of the U.S. state of Georgia is an elected official with a wide variety of responsibilities, including supervising elections and maintaining public records.... | Atty. Gen. Attorney General of Georgia The attorney general of Georgia is the chief law enforcement officer and lawyer for the U.S. state of Georgia. The attorney general is elected to a four-year term at the same time as elections are held for Governor and other offices.... | School Supt. | Comm. of Ag. | Comm. of Ins. | Comm. of Labor | State Senate | State House Georgia House of Representatives The Georgia House of Representatives is the lower house of the Georgia General Assembly of the U.S. state of Georgia.-Composition:... | U.S. Senator (Class II) | U.S. Senator (Class III) | U.S. House | |||
| 1775 | William Ewen William Ewen William Ewen was the first president of the Council of Safety of Georgia during the American Revolution... (N/W) |
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| George Walton George Walton George Walton signed the United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of Georgia and also served as the second Chief Executive of that state.-Life and work:... (N/W) |
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| 1776 | Williams Stephens | ||||||||||||||
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| Archibald Bulloch Archibald Bulloch Archibald Bulloch was a lawyer, soldier, and statesman from Georgia during the American Revolution.-Early life:... (N/W) |
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| 1777 | John Milton John Milton (Georgia politician) John Milton was the Secretary of State of Georgia from 1777 to 1799. Milton is chiefly known as the grandfather of Florida governor John Milton and as the recipient of the votes of two Georgia electors in the first presidential election. Milton was one of Georgia's five Presidential electors in... (F) |
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| Button Gwinnett Button Gwinnett Button Gwinnett was an English-born American political leader who, as a representative of Georgia to the Continental Congress, was the second of the signatories on the United States Declaration of Independence... (N/W) |
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| John A. Treutlen John A. Treutlen John Adam Treutlen arrived in colonial America as an indentured servant and rose to become a wealthy merchant and landowner. He was a leader in Georgia of the American Revolution and helped write Georgia’s first constitution. In 1777, he was elected Georgia’s first governor... (N/W) |
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| 1778 | John Houstoun John Houstoun John Houstoun was an American lawyer and statesman from Savannah, Georgia. He was a delegate for Georgia in the Continental Congress in 1775. He was the 6th Governor of Georgia, in 1778, and again in 1784-1785.-Personal life:... (N/W) |
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| 1779 | William Glascock William Glascock William Glascock served as seventh Chairman of the Executive Council of Georgia during the American Revolution. He was the father of Brigadier General Thomas Glascock, Sr. and grandfather of Brigadier General Thomas Glascock Jr.... (N/W) |
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| Seth John Cuthbert Seth John Cuthbert Seth John Cuthbert briefly served as the eighth Chairman of the Supreme Executive Council of Georgia during the American Revolution. He married Mary Clay, daughter of Joseph Clay, and was the father of John Alfred Cuthbert and Alfred Cuthbert.... (N/W) |
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| John Wereat John Wereat John Wereat was an American politician and the ninth Governor of Georgia.-Personal life:Wereat was born in Road in England, around 1733 and migrated to the United States in 1759.-Political life:... (N/W) |
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| George Walton George Walton George Walton signed the United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of Georgia and also served as the second Chief Executive of that state.-Life and work:... (N/W) |
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| 1780 | Richard Howly Richard Howly Richard Howly , sometimes spelled Howley, was an American planter and lawyer from Liberty County, Georgia. He served briefly as the tenth Governor of Georgia in 1780, as their delegate to the Continental Congress in 1780 and 1781 and as Chief Justice of Georgia in 1782 and 1783.Howly was a devout... (N/W) |
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| Humphrey Wells Humphrey Wells Humphrey Wells was an American politician who served as the 11th Governor of Georgia for only two days, from February 16, 1780 to February 18, 1780. He resigned the office to Stephen Heard. Before that, he served as a member of the Executive Council of Georgia.... (N/W) |
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| Stephen Heard Stephen Heard Stephen Heard was briefly the 12th Governor of Georgia from when he was appointed on February 18, 1780 until Nathan Brownson was elected the tenth Governor of Georgia in August of 1781 Stephen Heard (November 1, 1740 – November 15, 1815) was briefly the 12th Governor of Georgia (a position later... (N/W) |
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| Myrick Davies Myrick Davies Myrick Davies was an American politician. He served as the 13th Governor of Georgia from 1780 to 1781, after Stephen Heard moved to North Carolina. Following his death in 1781 Nathan Brownson became governor. Davies was killed by Loyalists.-External links:*... (N/W) |
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| 1781 | Samuel Stirk | ||||||||||||||
| Nathan Brownson Nathan Brownson Nathan Brownson was an American physician and statesman from Riceboro, Georgia. He served Georgia as a delegate to the Continental Congress in 1777 and as the 14th Governor of Georgia in 1781.... (N) |
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| 1782 | John Martin (N) | ||||||||||||||
| 1783 | Lyman Hall Lyman Hall Lyman Hall , physician, clergyman, and statesman, was a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of Georgia. Hall County is named after him.-Early life and family:... (N) |
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| 1784 | John Houstoun (N) | ||||||||||||||
| 1785 | Samuel Elbert Samuel Elbert Samuel Elbert was an American merchant, soldier, and politician from Savannah, Georgia.Elbert fought in the Revolutionary War, commanding the victorious American colonial forces in a naval battle near St. Simons Island, Georgia on April 19, 1778... (N) |
Nathaniel Pendleton Nathaniel Pendleton Nathaniel Pendleton was a lawyer and judge in the United States at the time of the American Revolutionary War and afterward.... |
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| 1786 | Edward Telfair Edward Telfair Edward Telfair was the Governor of the state of Georgia in 1786, and from 1790 through 1793. He was a member of the Continental Congress, and a signer of the Articles of Confederation.-Early Life:... (N) |
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| 1787 | George Mathews George Mathews (Georgia) George Mathews was an United States planter, merchant, and pioneer from Virginia and western Georgia. He served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War then settled in Georgia. He served as the 20th Governor of Georgia, one term in the U.S... (N) |
Matthew Hall McAllister Matthew Hall McAllister Matthew Hall McAllister was an American attorney, politician, and judge in Georgia and California.Born in Savannah, Georgia, McAllister attended Princeton University, and then read law in 1820 to enter the State Bar of Georgia. He maintained a private practice in Savannah from 1820 to 1849, but... |
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| 1788 | George Handley George Handley This page is about the American politician. For the English footballer, see George Handley .George Handley was an American politician.... (N) |
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| 1789 | George Walton (DR) | ||||||||||||||
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| 1791 | Edward Telfair Edward Telfair Edward Telfair was the Governor of the state of Georgia in 1786, and from 1790 through 1793. He was a member of the Continental Congress, and a signer of the Articles of Confederation.-Early Life:... (DR) |
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| 1792 | George Walker George Walker George Walker may refer to:In arts and letters:*George Walker *George Walker , English chess player and writer*George Walker , American composer... |
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| 1794 | George Mathews (DR) | ||||||||||||||
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| 1796 | Jared Irwin Jared Irwin Jared Irwin served twice as elected Governor of Georgia and . He first was elected to office as a reformer based on public outrage about the Yazoo land scandal. He signed a bill that nullified the Yazoo Act, which had authorized the land sales... (DR) |
David Brydie Mitchell David Brydie Mitchell David Brydie Mitchell was an American politician.-Early life:Mitchell was born in Muthill, Perthshire, Scotland on October 22, 1766 and moved to Savannah to settle the affairs of his late uncle... |
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| 1798 | James Jackson James Jackson (politician) James "Left Eye" Jackson was an early Georgia politician of the Democratic-Republican Party. He was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1789 until 1791. He was also a U.S. Senator from Georgia from 1793 to 1795, and from 1801 until his death... (DR-J) |
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| 1799 | Horatio Marbury | ||||||||||||||
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| David Emanuel David Emanuel (Governor of Georgia) David Emanuel became 24th Governor of Georgia on March 3, 1801 upon the resignation of James Jackson to become U.S. Senator from Georgia. Emanuel served until November 7, 1801, the remainder of Jackson's term, but did not seek re-election.Emanuel was a member of the Democratic Republican Party... (DR-J) |
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| 1802 | Josiah Tattnall, Sr. Josiah Tattnall (Senator) Josiah Tattnall, Sr. was an American planter, soldier and politician from Savannah, Georgia. He represented Georgia in the U.S. Senate from 1796 to 1799 and was the 25th Governor of Georgia in 1801 and 1802.... (DR-J) |
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| 1807 | Robert Walker Robert Walker -Creative arts:*Robert Walker , American actor*Robert Walker , English portrait painter*Rob Walker , Australian poet*Robert Joseph Walker , Australian Aboriginal poet*Robert W... |
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| 1808 | John Hamil | ||||||||||||||
| 1809 | John Forsyth John Forsyth John Forsyth may refer to:* John Forsyth , American politician* John Forsyth, Jr. , American newspaper editor and son of the namesake politician* John Forsyth , Australian major general... |
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| 1810 | David Brydie Mitchell (DR-J) | ||||||||||||||
| 1811 | Abner Hammond | Alexander M. Allen | |||||||||||||
| 1812 | Richard Henry Wilde Richard Henry Wilde Richard Henry Wilde was a United States Representative and lawyer from Georgia.-Biography:Wilde was born in Dublin, Ireland, in 1789 to Richard Wilde and Mary Newitt, but came to America at age eight and moved to Augusta, Georgia, in 1802. His brother was Judge John W. Wilde, a judge of Augusta,... |
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| 1813 | Alexander M. Allen | ||||||||||||||
| 1814 | Peter Early Peter Early Peter Early was an American lawyer, jurist and politician.He was born near Madison, Virginia in 1773, the son of Joel Early and Lucy Smith. His cousin, Jubal Early, was the grandfather of Confederate General Jubal Anderson Early . Peter Early graduated from the Lexington Academy... (DR-J) |
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| 1816 | David Brydie Mitchell (DR-J) | Roger Lawson Gamble Roger Lawson Gamble Roger Lawson Gamble was a United States Representative and lawyer from Georgia.Born near Louisville, in 1787, Gamble studied law, was admitted to the state bar in 1815 and began practicing law in Louisville. He was an officer in the War of 1812... |
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| William Rabun William Rabun William Rabun was an American jurist and politician.Rabun was a member of the Georgia House of Representatives and Georgia Senate in addition to serving as the 29th Governor of Georgia from 1817 to 1819.... (DR-T) |
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| Matthew Talbot Matthew Talbot Matthew Talbot was an American politician.Talbot was born in Bedford County, Virginia and moved to Wilkes County, Georgia after the American Revolution. He represented Wilkes county as its representative in the Georgia General Assembly. Talbot eventually moved to Oglethorpe County, Georgia and was... (DR-C) |
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| 1820 | John Clark John Clark (Georgia governor) John Clark was an American politician.-Career:Clark served in the Georgia House of Representatives prior to being elected to consecutive two-year terms as the 31st Governor from 1820 to 1824.Clark also served in the Georgia Militia during the American Revolution and achieved the rank of Major... (DR-C) |
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| 1822 | Thomas F. Wells | ||||||||||||||
| 1823 | Everard Hamilton | ||||||||||||||
| 1824 | George M. Troup (DR-T) | ||||||||||||||
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| 1827 | George W. Crawford George W. Crawford George Walker Crawford was a Georgia politician during the nineteenth century. He served as the 38th Governor of Georgia from 1843 to 1847 and United States Secretary of War 1849 to 1850. He was the cousin of William H... |
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| 1828 | John Forsyth John Forsyth (politician) John Forsyth, Sr. was a 19th-century American politician from Georgia.Forsyth was born in Fredericksburg, Virginia. His father Robert Forsyth was the first U.S. Marshal to be killed in the line of duty in 1794. He was an attorney who graduated from the College of New Jersey in 1799... (DR-T) |
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| 1830 | George R. Gilmer (DR-T) | ||||||||||||||
| 1831 | Charles Jones Jenkins | ||||||||||||||
| 1832 | Wilson Lumpkin Wilson Lumpkin Wilson Lumpkin was a governor of Georgia, and a United States Representative and Senator.-Biography:Born near Dan River, Virginia, he moved in 1784 to Oglethorpe County, Georgia with his parents, who settled near Point Peter and subsequently at Lexington, Georgia... (U/D) |
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| 1833 | William A. Tennille | ||||||||||||||
| 1834 | Ebenezer Starnes | ||||||||||||||
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| 1836 | William Schley William Schley William Schley was an American lawyer, jurist, and politician.-Biography:... (U/D) |
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| 1838 | George R. Gilmer (SR/W) | ||||||||||||||
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| 1840 | Charles J. McDonald (U/D) | James Gardner James Gardner James or Jim Gardner is the name of:* James Gardner , musician and composer* James Gardner , American journalist and news anchor* James A... |
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| 1843 | Nathan Crawford Barnett (D) | John J. R. Flournoy | |||||||||||||
| 1844 | George W. Crawford George W. Crawford George Walker Crawford was a Georgia politician during the nineteenth century. He served as the 38th Governor of Georgia from 1843 to 1847 and United States Secretary of War 1849 to 1850. He was the cousin of William H... (W) |
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| 1847 | Alpheus Colvard | ||||||||||||||
| 1848 | George W. Towns George W. Towns George Washington Bonaparte Towns was a United States lawyer, legislator, and politician.Towns was born in Wilkes County, Georgia to Margaret George Hardwick and John Towns in 1801... (D) |
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| 1849 | George Washington Harrison | ||||||||||||||
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| 1851 | Nathan Crawford Barnett (D) | John Troup Shewmake John Troup Shewmake John Troup Shewmake was a lawyer and Confederate politician during the American Civil War.Shewmake was born in Burke County, Georgia, and served in the Georgia State Senate in 1861 and again in 1879. He represented Georgia in the Second Confederate Congress from 1864 to 1865.-References:*... (R) |
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| 1852 | Howell Cobb Howell Cobb Howell Cobb was an American political figure. A Southern Democrat, Cobb was a five-term member of the United States House of Representatives and Speaker of the House from 1849 to 1851... (CU/D) |
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| 1853 | Elihu P. Watkins | ||||||||||||||
| 1854 | Herschel V. Johnson (D) | ||||||||||||||
| 1855 | William R. McLaws | ||||||||||||||
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| 1858 | Joseph E. Brown Joseph E. Brown Joseph Emerson Brown , often referred to as Joe Brown, was the 42nd Governor of Georgia from 1857 to 1865, and a U.S. Senator from 1880 to 1891... (D) |
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| 1859 | Alpheus M. Rogers | ||||||||||||||
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| 1861 | Nathan Crawford Barnett (D) | Winder P. Johnson | |||||||||||||
| 1862 | William Watts Montgomery | ||||||||||||||
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| James Johnson James Johnson (Georgia) James Johnson was a U.S. Representative from Georgia and served as the 43rd Governor of Georgia between June and October 1865.-Biography:... (D) |
George Thomas Barnes George Thomas Barnes George Thomas Barnes was a Georgia state legislator, military officer, and United States Representative.-Biography:... |
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| 1866 | Charles J. Jenkins Charles J. Jenkins Charles Jones Jenkins was a politician from Georgia, U.S..-Biography:Jenkins was born in South Carolina. His family moved to Jefferson County, Georgia, and Jenkins attended the University of Georgia in Athens at a young age; his exact dates of attendance are not known... (D) |
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| 1868 | Thomas H. Ruger Thomas H. Ruger Thomas Howard Ruger was an American soldier and lawyer who served as a Union general in the American Civil War. After the war, he was a superintendent of the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York.... (M) |
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| Rufus B. Bullock (R) | David G. Cotting (R) | Henry P. Farrow | |||||||||||||
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| 1872 | James Milton Smith James Milton Smith James Milton Smith was a Confederate infantry colonel in the American Civil War, as well as a post-war Governor of Georgia. He was noted as an ardent opponent of Radical Reconstruction.-Biography:... (D) |
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| 1873 | Nathan Crawford Barnett (D) | ||||||||||||||
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| 1877 | Alfred H. Colquitt Alfred H. Colquitt Alfred Holt Colquitt was a lawyer, preacher, soldier, 49th Governor of Georgia and two term U.S. Senator from Georgia where he died in office. He served as an officer in the Confederate army, reaching the rank of major general.... (D) |
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| 1880 | Clifford Anderson Clifford Anderson Clifford Anderson was a prominent Georgia politician.-Biography:Anderson was born in Nottoway County, Virginia. He served as a state court Judge in Georgia from 1856 to 1858 and in the Georgia House of Representatives in 1859. He served in the Confederate States Army and represented Georgia in the... |
Joseph E. Brown Joseph E. Brown Joseph Emerson Brown , often referred to as Joe Brown, was the 42nd Governor of Georgia from 1857 to 1865, and a U.S. Senator from 1880 to 1891... (D) |
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| 1883 | Alexander H. Stephens (D) | Alfred H. Colquitt (D) | 10D | ||||||||||||
| James S. Boynton James S. Boynton James Stoddard Boynton was an American politician and jurist.Boynton briefly served as the 51st Governor of Georgia from 1883 after the death of governor Alexander Stephens. At the time of Stephens death, Boynton was serving as the president of the Georgia Senate so he assumed the governorship... (D) |
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| 1884 | Grover Cleveland Grover Cleveland Stephen Grover Cleveland was the 22nd and 24th president of the United States. Cleveland is the only president to serve two non-consecutive terms and therefore is the only individual to be counted twice in the numbering of the presidents... and Thomas A. Hendricks Thomas A. Hendricks Thomas Andrews Hendricks was an American politician who served as a Representative and a Senator from Indiana, the 16th Governor of Indiana , and the 21st Vice President of the United States... (D) |
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| 1887 | John B. Gordon (D) | ||||||||||||||
| 1888 | Grover Cleveland and Allen G. Thurman Allen G. Thurman Allen Granberry Thurman was a Democratic Representative and Senator from Ohio, as well as the nominee of the Democratic Party for Vice President of the United States in 1888.-Biography:... (D) |
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| 1890 | George N. Lester | ||||||||||||||
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| 1891 | William J. Northen William J. Northen William Jonathan Northen , the 54th Governor of Georgia from 1890 to 1894, was born in Jones County, Georgia in 1835.... (D) |
W. A. Little | D | D | D | D - | D - | D - | John Brown Gordon John Brown Gordon John Brown Gordon was one of Robert E. Lee's most trusted Confederate generals during the American Civil War. After the war, he was a strong opponent of Reconstruction and is thought by some to have been the titular leader of the Ku Klux Klan in Georgia during the late 1860s. A member of the... (D) |
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| 1892 | J. M. Terrell | D | D | D | D - | D - | D - | Grover Cleveland and Adlai E. Stevenson I (D) | |||||||
| 1893 | D | D | D | D - | D - | D - | 11D | ||||||||
| 1894 | D | D | D | D - | D - | D - | Patrick Walsh (D) | ||||||||
| Allen D. Candler Allen D. Candler Allen Daniel Candler was a Georgia state legislator, U.S. Representative and the 56th Governor of Georgia.-Biography:... (D) |
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| 1895 | William Yates Atkinson William Yates Atkinson William Yates Atkinson was the 55th Governor of Georgia from 1894 to 1898.Atkinson graduated from the University of Georgia with an LL.B in 1877. He married Susie Cobb Milton in 1880... (D) |
D | D | D | D - | D - | D - | Augustus Octavius Bacon Augustus Octavius Bacon Augustus Octavius Bacon was a U.S. politician. He served as a Democratic Party senator from Georgia.-Biography:... (D) |
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| 1896 | D | D | D | D - | D - | D - | William Jennings Bryan William Jennings Bryan William Jennings Bryan was an American politician in the late-19th and early-20th centuries. He was a dominant force in the liberal wing of the Democratic Party, standing three times as its candidate for President of the United States... and Arthur Sewall Arthur Sewall Arthur Sewall was a U.S. Democratic politician from Maine most notable as William Jennings Bryan's first running mate in 1896. As the Populist Party nominee, Bryan had another running mate as well, Thomas E. Watson... (D) |
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| 1897 | D | D | D | D - | D - | D - | Alexander S. Clay Alexander S. Clay Alexander Stephens Clay was a United States Senator from Georgia.Clay was born in Powder Springs, Georgia, and graduated from Hiwassee College in Tennessee in 1875. He was admitted to the bar in 1877 and commenced practice in Marietta, Georgia... (D) |
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| 1898 | William C. Clifton (D) | D | D | D | D - | D - | D - | ||||||||
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| 1899 | Allen D. Candler (D) | D | D | D | D - | D - | D - | ||||||||
| 1900 | D | D | D | D - | D - | D - | William Jennings Bryan and Adlai E. Stevenson I (D) | ||||||||
| 1901 | D | D | D | D - | D - | D - | |||||||||
| 1902 | Boykin Wright | D | D | D | D - | D - | D - | ||||||||
| 1903 | Joseph M. Terrell Joseph M. Terrell Joseph Meriwether Terrell was a United States Senator and the 57th Governor of Georgia. Born in Greenville, he attended the common schools, studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1882, commencing practice in Greenville.... (D) |
John C. Hart | D | D | D | D - | D - | D - | |||||||
| 1904 | D | D | D | D - | D - | D - | Alton B. Parker Alton B. Parker Alton Brooks Parker was an American lawyer, judge and the Democratic nominee for U.S. president in the 1904 elections.-Life:... and Henry G. Davis Henry G. Davis Henry Gassaway Davis was a self-made millionaire and U.S. Senator from West Virginia. He was the Democratic Party's nominee for Vice President of the United States in 1904. His brother was U.S... (D) |
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| 1905 | D | D | D | D - | D - | D - | |||||||||
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| 1908 | D | D | D | D - | D - | D - | William Jennings Bryan and John W. Kern John W. Kern John Worth Kern was a Democratic United States Senator from Indiana. While the title was not official, he is considered to be the first Senate Majority leader , while serving concurrently as Chairman of the Senate Democratic Caucus.Born in Alto, Indiana, Kern studied law at the University of... (D) |
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| John M. Slaton John M. Slaton John Marshall Slaton, or Jack Slaton, served two non-consecutive terms as the 60th Governor of Georgia.Slaton was born in Meriwether County, Georgia.... (D) |
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| 1912 | Joseph M. Brown (D) | D | D | D | D - | D - | D - | Woodrow Wilson Woodrow Wilson Thomas Woodrow Wilson was the 28th President of the United States, from 1913 to 1921. A leader of the Progressive Movement, he served as President of Princeton University from 1902 to 1910, and then as the Governor of New Jersey from 1911 to 1913... and Thomas R. Marshall Thomas R. Marshall Thomas Riley Marshall was an American Democratic politician who served as the 28th Vice President of the United States under Woodrow Wilson... (D) |
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| 1913 | John M. Slaton (D) | D | D | D | D - | D - | D - | 12D | |||||||
| 1914 | Warren Grice | D | D | D | D - | D - | D - | ||||||||
| William S. West William S. West William Stanley West was a United States Senator from the state of Georgia. He was a Democrat.-Biography:... (D) |
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| Thomas W. Hardwick Thomas W. Hardwick Thomas William Hardwick was an American politician from the U.S. state of Georgia.Hardwick was born in Thomasville, Georgia. He graduated from Mercer University with a bachelor of arts degree in 1892 and received a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Georgia in 1893... (D) |
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| 1915 | Nathaniel E. Harris (D) | Clifford Walker Clifford Walker Clifford Mitchell Walker was an American attorney and politician from the Southern state of Georgia.Walker served consecutive two-year terms as the 64th Governor of Georgia from 1923 to 1927... (D) |
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| 1917 | Hugh M. Dorsey Hugh M. Dorsey Hugh Manson Dorsey was an American lawyer who was notable as the prosecuting attorney in the Leo Frank trial of 1913. He was also a politician, a member of the Democratic Party who was twice elected as the Governor of Georgia , and jurist, who served for years as a superior court judge .-Early... (D) |
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| 1919 | Samuel McLendon (D) | D | D | D | D - | D - | D - | William J. Harris William J. Harris William Julius Harris was a United States Senator from the state of Georgia. He was a great-grandson of Charles Hooks, who had been a Representative from North Carolina, and son-in-law of Joseph Wheeler, Confederate General and Representative from Alabama.- Early life :Harris was born in Cedartown... (D) |
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| 1920 | R. A. Denny | D | D | D | D - | D - | D - | James M. Cox James M. Cox James Middleton Cox was the 46th and 48th Governor of Ohio, U.S. Representative from Ohio and Democratic candidate for President of the United States in the election of 1920.... and Franklin D. Roosevelt Franklin D. Roosevelt Franklin Delano Roosevelt , also known by his initials, FDR, was the 32nd President of the United States and a central figure in world events during the mid-20th century, leading the United States during a time of worldwide economic crisis and world war... (D) |
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| 1921 | Thomas W. Hardwick (D) | George M. Napier | D | D | D | D - | D - | D - | Thomas E. Watson Thomas E. Watson Thomas Edward "Tom" Watson was an American politician, newspaper editor, and writer from Georgia. In the 1890s Watson championed poor farmers as a leader of the Populist Party, articulating an agrarian political viewpoint while attacking business, bankers, railroads, Democratic President Grover... (D) |
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| Rebecca Latimer Felton Rebecca Latimer Felton Rebecca Ann Latimer Felton was an American writer, lecturer, reformer, and politician who became the first woman to serve in the United States Senate... (D) |
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| Walter F. George Walter F. George Walter Franklin George was an American politician from the state of Georgia. He was a long-time United States Senator and was President pro tempore. He was a Democrat.-Early years:... (D) |
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| 1923 | Clifford Walker (D) | D | D | D | D - | D - | D - | ||||||||
| 1924 | D | D | D | D - | D - | D - | John W. Davis John W. Davis John William Davis was an American politician, diplomat and lawyer. He served as a United States Representative from West Virginia , then as Solicitor General of the United States and US Ambassador to the UK under President Woodrow Wilson... and Charles W. Bryan Charles W. Bryan Charles Wayland Bryan was the younger brother of perennial U.S. Democratic presidential candidate William Jennings Bryan, with whom he shares the distinction of being the only set of brothers to be nominated for national office by a major party.-Biography:Born in 1867 in Salem, Illinois, Bryan... (D) |
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| 1927 | Lamartine G. Hardman (D) | D | D | D | D - | D - | D - | ||||||||
| 1928 | D | D | D | D - | D - | D - | Al Smith Al Smith Alfred Emanuel Smith. , known in private and public life as Al Smith, was an American statesman who was elected the 42nd Governor of New York three times, and was the Democratic U.S. presidential candidate in 1928... and Joseph Taylor Robinson Joseph Taylor Robinson Joseph Taylor Robinson was an American politician from Arkansas, of the Democratic Party. He was a state representative, U.S. Representative, 23rd Governor of Arkansas, U.S... (D) |
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| 1931 | Richard Russell, Jr. Richard Russell, Jr. Richard Brevard Russell, Jr. was a Democratic Party politician from the southeastern state of Georgia. He served as state governor from 1931 to 1933 and United States senator from 1933 to 1971.... (D) |
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| 1932 | D | D | D | D - | D - | D - | Franklin D. Roosevelt and John Nance Garner John Nance Garner John Nance Garner, IV , was the 32nd Vice President of the United States and the 44th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives .- Early life and family :... (D) |
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| Lawrence S. Camp | John S. Cohen John S. Cohen John Sanford Cohen was a United States Senator from Georgia. Born in Augusta, Georgia to a father from a long-established Jewish family, but was raised in his mother's Episcopalian faith. He was educated at private schools in Augusta, the Richmond Academy, and Shenandoah Valley Academy at... (D) |
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| 1933 | Eugene Talmadge Eugene Talmadge Eugene Talmadge was a Democratic politician who served two terms as the 67th Governor of Georgia from 1933 to 1937, and a third term from 1941 to 1943. Elected to a fourth term in 1946, he died before taking office... (D) |
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| 1937 | Eurith D. Rivers Eurith D. Rivers Eurith Dickenson Rivers was an American politician from Lanier County, Georgia. He was the 68th Governor of Georgia from 1937 to 1941.-Life and career:Rivers obtained a degree through La Salle Extension University... (D) |
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| 1938 | D | D | D | Ben Huiet (D) | D - | D - | D - | ||||||||
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| Ellis Arnall Ellis Arnall Ellis Gibbs Arnall was an American politician, a progressive Democrat who served as the 69th Governor of the U.S. state of Georgia from 1943 to 1947.-Education:... (D) |
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| 1940 | D | D | D | D - | D - | D - | Franklin D. Roosevelt and Henry A. Wallace Henry A. Wallace Henry Agard Wallace was the 33rd Vice President of the United States , the Secretary of Agriculture , and the Secretary of Commerce . In the 1948 presidential election, Wallace was the nominee of the Progressive Party.-Early life:Henry A... (D) |
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| 1941 | Eugene Talmadge (D) | D | D | D | D - | D - | D - | ||||||||
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| 1943 | Ellis Arnall (D) | Grady Head | D | D | D | D - | D - | D - | |||||||
| 1944 | D | D | D | D - | D - | D - | Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman Harry S. Truman Harry S. Truman was the 33rd President of the United States . As President Franklin D. Roosevelt's third vice president and the 34th Vice President of the United States , he succeeded to the presidency on April 12, 1945, when President Roosevelt died less than three months after beginning his... (D) |
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| 1945 | Eugene Cook | D | D | D | D - | D - | D - | ||||||||
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| 1947 | Melvin E. Thompson Melvin E. Thompson Melvin Ernest Thompson was an American educator and politician from Millen in the U.S. state of Georgia.Thompson was born in Millen, Georgia to Henry J. And Eva Thompson. He graduated from Emory University in 1926 and earned a Master of Arts from the University of Georgia in 1935. He also earned... (D) |
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| Herman Talmadge Herman Talmadge Herman Eugene Talmadge was an American politician from the U.S. state of Georgia. He served as governor of Georgia briefly in 1947 and again from 1948 to 1955. His term was marked by his segregationist policies. After leaving office Talmadge was elected to the U.S... (D) |
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| 1948 | D | D | D | D - | D - | D - | Harry S. Truman and Alben W. Barkley Alben W. Barkley Alben William Barkley was an American politician in the Democratic Party who served as the 35th Vice President of the United States , under President Harry S. Truman.... (D) |
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| Herman Talmadge (D) | Marvin Griffin Marvin Griffin Samuel Marvin Griffin, Sr. was a politician from the US state of Georgia. He served as the 72nd Governor of Georgia from 1955 to 1959.-Early life:... (D) |
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| 1952 | D | D | D | D - | D - | D - | Adlai Stevenson and John Sparkman John Sparkman John Jackson Sparkman was an American politician from the state of Alabama. A conservative Southern Democrat, Sparkman served in the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate from 1937 until 1979. He was the Democratic Party's nominee for Vice President as Adlai Stevenson's running mate in... (D) |
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| 1955 | Marvin Griffin (D) | Ernest Vandiver Ernest Vandiver Samuel Ernest Vandiver Jr. was an American politician who was the 73rd Governor of the US state of Georgia from 1959 to 1963.-Early life and career:... (D) |
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| 1956 | D | D | D | D - | D - | D - | Adlai Stevenson and Estes Kefauver Estes Kefauver Carey Estes Kefauver July 26, 1903 – August 10, 1963) was an American politician from Tennessee. A member of the Democratic Party, he served in the U.S... (D) |
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| 1957 | D | D | D | D - | D - | D - | Herman Talmadge (D) | ||||||||
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| 1959 | Ernest Vandiver (D) | Garland T. Byrd Garland T. Byrd Garland Turk Byrd was United States Democratic politician from Georgia, who served as the fourth Lieutenant Governor of Georgia from 1959 to 1963.... (D) |
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| 1960 | D | D | D | D - | D - | D - | John F. Kennedy John F. Kennedy John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy , often referred to by his initials JFK, was the 35th President of the United States, serving from 1961 until his assassination in 1963.... and Lyndon Johnson (D) |
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| 1963 | Carl Sanders Carl Sanders Carl Edward Sanders Sr. is an American politician who served as the 74th Governor of the state of Georgia from 1963 to 1967.Sanders was born in Augusta, Georgia and attended the University of Georgia on a football scholarship... (D) |
Peter Zack Geer Peter Zack Geer Peter Zack Geer was a Democratic politician from Georgia.Geer was born in Colquitt, Miller County, Georgia. He graduated from Mercer University Walter F. George School of Law in 1951 and was a prominent attorney... (D) |
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| 1964 | D | D | D | D - | D - | D - | Barry Goldwater Barry Goldwater Barry Morris Goldwater was a five-term United States Senator from Arizona and the Republican Party's nominee for President in the 1964 election. An articulate and charismatic figure during the first half of the 1960s, he was known as "Mr... and William E. Miller William E. Miller William Edward "Bill" Miller was a New York politician. He was the Republican Party nominee for Vice President of the United States in the 1964 election... (R) |
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| 1965 | Arthur K. Bolton | D | D | D | D - | D - | D - | 9D, 1R | |||||||
| 1966 | D | D | D | D - | D - | D - | |||||||||
| 1967 | Lester Maddox Lester Maddox Lester Garfield Maddox was an American politician who was the 75th Governor of the U.S. state of Georgia from 1967 to 1971.... (D) |
George T. Smith George T. Smith George Thornewell Smith was an American Democratic Party politician and jurist from the state of Georgia. The sixth Lieutenant Governor, state legislator, Speaker of the State House of Representatives, and longtime judge, he holds the distinction of being the only person in Georgia history to win... (D) |
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| 1968 | D | D | D | D - | D - | D - | George Wallace George Wallace George Corley Wallace, Jr. was the 45th Governor of Alabama, serving four terms: 1963–1967, 1971–1979 and 1983–1987. "The most influential loser" in 20th-century U.S. politics, according to biographers Dan T. Carter and Stephan Lesher, he ran for U.S... and Curtis LeMay Curtis LeMay Curtis Emerson LeMay was a general in the United States Air Force and the vice presidential running mate of American Independent Party candidate George Wallace in 1968.... (I) |
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| 1969 | D | Tommy Irvin Tommy Irvin Tommy Irvin served as Georgia’s Commissioner of Agriculture from 1969 until January 2011. He was elected to his 10th and final four-year term in November 2006. Irvin did not seek re-election in 2010... (D) |
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| 1971 | Jimmy Carter Jimmy Carter James Earl "Jimmy" Carter, Jr. is an American politician who served as the 39th President of the United States and was the recipient of the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize, the only U.S. President to have received the Prize after leaving office... (D) |
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| David H. Gambrell David H. Gambrell David Henry Gambrell is a Georgia attorney who represented his state in the United States Senate from 1971 through 1972.-Education and legal career:Gambrell was born in Atlanta, GA, on December 20, 1929.... (D) |
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| 1972 | D | D | D - | D - | D - | Richard Nixon Richard Nixon Richard Milhous Nixon was the 37th President of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. The only president to resign the office, Nixon had previously served as a US representative and senator from California and as the 36th Vice President of the United States from 1953 to 1961 under... and Spiro Agnew Spiro Agnew Spiro Theodore Agnew was the 39th Vice President of the United States , serving under President Richard Nixon, and the 55th Governor of Maryland... (R) |
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| Sam Nunn Sam Nunn Samuel Augustus Nunn, Jr. is an American lawyer and politician. Currently the co-chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Nuclear Threat Initiative , a charitable organization working to reduce the global threats from nuclear, biological and chemical weapons, Nunn served for 24 years as a... (D) |
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| 1973 | D | D | D - | D - | D - | 9D, 1R | |||||||||
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| 1975 | George Busbee George Busbee George Dekle Busbee was an American politician who served as the 77th Governor of the U.S. state of Georgia from 1975 to 1983.... (D) |
Zell Miller Zell Miller Zell Bryan Miller is an American politician from the US state of Georgia. A Democrat, Miller served as Lieutenant Governor from 1975 to 1991, 79th Governor of Georgia from 1991 to 1999, and as United States Senator from 2000 to 2005.... (D) |
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| 1976 | D | D | D - | D - | D - | Jimmy Carter and Walter Mondale Walter Mondale Walter Frederick "Fritz" Mondale is an American Democratic Party politician, who served as the 42nd Vice President of the United States , under President Jimmy Carter, and as a United States Senator for Minnesota... (D) |
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| David Poythress David Poythress David Poythress is a Georgia politician. He has served terms as Secretary of State and Commissioner of Labor of the state of Georgia. Poythress also served as the Adjutant General of the Georgia National Guard from 1999 until 2007, initially appointed by Governor Roy Barnes and subsequently... (D) |
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| 1980 | D | D | D - | D - | D - | ||||||||||
| 1981 | Mike Bowers Mike Bowers -Early Life:Michael Joseph Bowers was a long-serving Attorney General of Georgia before switching parties and mounting an unsuccessful campaign for Georgia Governor. He now practices law with Balch & Bingham in Atlanta, Georgia.Bowers graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1963 and... (D) |
D | D | D - | D - | D - | Mack Mattingly Mack Mattingly Mack Francis Mattingly served one term as a United States senator from Georgia, the first Republican to serve in the U.S. Senate from that state since Reconstruction.-Early life:... (R) |
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| 1983 | Joe Frank Harris Joe Frank Harris Joe Frank Harris is an American conservative Democratic politician who served as the 78th Governor of the U.S. state of Georgia from 1983 to 1991.... (D) |
Max Cleland Max Cleland Joseph Maxwell Cleland is an American politician from Georgia. Cleland, a Democrat, is a disabled US Army veteran of the Vietnam War, a recipient of the Silver Star and the Bronze Star for valorous action in combat, and a former U.S. Senator... (D) |
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| 1984 | D | D | Joe Tanner (D) | D - | D - | D - | Ronald Reagan Ronald Reagan Ronald Wilson Reagan was the 40th President of the United States , the 33rd Governor of California and, prior to that, a radio, film and television actor.... and George H. W. Bush George H. W. Bush George Herbert Walker Bush is an American politician who served as the 41st President of the United States . He had previously served as the 43rd Vice President of the United States , a congressman, an ambassador, and Director of Central Intelligence.Bush was born in Milton, Massachusetts, to... (R) |
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| 1987 | D | D | D - | D - | D - | Wyche Fowler Wyche Fowler William Wyche Fowler, Jr. is an American politician and ambassador. He is a member of the Democratic Party and served as U.S. Senator from Georgia from January 1987 to January 1993. He had previously served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1977 until his senatorial election.-Early life... (D) |
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| 1988 | D | D | D - | D - | D - | George H. W. Bush and Dan Quayle Dan Quayle James Danforth "Dan" Quayle served as the 44th Vice President of the United States, serving with President George H. W. Bush . He served as a U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator from the state of Indiana.... (R) |
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| 1990 | D | D | Ray Hollingsworth (D) | D - | |||||||||||
| 1991 | Zell Miller (D) | Pierre Howard Pierre Howard Pierre Howard was the ninth Lieutenant Governor of the US state of Georgia.-Background:He came from a political family... (D) |
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| 1992 | D | David Poythress (D) | D - | Bill Clinton Bill Clinton William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton is an American politician who served as the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. Inaugurated at age 46, he was the third-youngest president. He took office at the end of the Cold War, and was the first president of the baby boomer generation... and Al Gore Al Gore Albert Arnold "Al" Gore, Jr. served as the 45th Vice President of the United States , under President Bill Clinton. He was the Democratic Party's nominee for President in the 2000 U.S. presidential election.... (D) |
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| 1993 | D | 39D, 17R | 128D, 52R | D - | Paul Coverdell Paul Coverdell Paul Douglas Coverdell was a United States Senator from Georgia, elected for the first time in 1992 and re-elected in 1998, and director of the Peace Corps from 1989 until 1991... (R) |
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| 1994 | Mike Bowers (R) | D | D - | ||||||||||||
| 1995 | Linda Schrenko Linda Schrenko Linda Schrenko is a former superintendent of schools in the U.S. state of Georgia who was convicted on an embezzlement scheme and sentenced to 8 years in prison.- Biography :Schrenko was born on July 24, 1949, in Millen, Georgia... (R) |
John Oxendine John Oxendine John W. Oxendine is an American politician who served four terms as Insurance Commissioner of the U.S. state of Georgia. Oxendine is of Lumbee heritage, an Indian tribe from North Carolina. A member of the Republican party, he was first elected commissioner in 1994 and was reelected in 1998,... (R) |
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| 1996 | R - | Bob Dole Bob Dole Robert Joseph "Bob" Dole is an American attorney and politician. Dole represented Kansas in the United States Senate from 1969 to 1996, was Gerald Ford's Vice Presidential running mate in the 1976 presidential election, and was Senate Majority Leader from 1985 to 1987 and in 1995 and 1996... and Jack Kemp Jack Kemp Jack French Kemp was an American politician and a collegiate and professional football player. A Republican, he served as Housing Secretary in the administration of President George H. W. Bush from 1989 to 1993, having previously served nine terms as a congressman for Western New York's 31st... (R) |
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| 1997 | Lewis Massey (D) | 33D, 23R | 101D, 79R | R - | Max Cleland (D) | ||||||||||
| Thurbert Baker Thurbert Baker Thurbert E. Baker was the Attorney General of the U.S. state of Georgia, serving from 1997, when he was appointed by Governor Zell Miller... (D) |
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| 1999 | Roy Barnes Roy Barnes Roy Eugene Barnes served as the 80th Governor of Georgia from January 1999 until January 2003. Barnes was also a candidate for Governor of Georgia in the 2010 election.... (D) |
Mark Taylor Mark Taylor (politician) Mark Fletcher Taylor is an American politician and member of the Democratic Party. He served two terms between 1999 to 2007 as the tenth Lieutenant Governor of Georgia... (D) |
Cathy Cox Cathy Cox Lera Catharine "Cathy" Cox is a Georgia politician, a member of the Democratic Party, the former Secretary of State of Georgia, and a candidate for Governor of Georgia in 2006... (D) |
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| 2000 | D, R | D, R | R, D | George W. Bush George W. Bush George Walker Bush is an American politician who served as the 43rd President of the United States, from 2001 to 2009. Before that, he was the 46th Governor of Texas, having served from 1995 to 2000.... and Dick Cheney Dick Cheney Richard Bruce "Dick" Cheney served as the 46th Vice President of the United States , under George W. Bush.... (R) |
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| 2003 | Sonny Perdue Sonny Perdue George Ervin "Sonny" Perdue III, was the 81st Governor of Georgia. Upon his inauguration in January 2003, he became the first Republican governor of Georgia since Benjamin F. Conley served during Reconstruction in the 1870s.... (R) |
Kathy Cox Kathy Cox Kathy Cox is a former superintendent of public schools for the U.S. state of Georgia, and is a Republican. A high school teacher by occupation, Cox also served two terms, from 1998 to 2002, in the Georgia General Assembly, representing Peachtree City, Georgia, prior to her election as... (R) |
30D, 26R | D, R | R, D | Saxby Chambliss Saxby Chambliss Clarence Saxby Chambliss, Jr. is the senior United States Senator from Georgia. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as a U.S. Representative .... (R) |
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| 2005 | 34R, 22D | 96R, 84D | 4R, 1D | Johnny Isakson Johnny Isakson John Hardy "Johnny" Isakson is the junior United States Senator from Georgia and a member of the Republican Party. Previously, he represented in the House.... (R) |
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| 2007 | Casey Cagle Casey Cagle Lowell S. "Casey" Cagle is an American politician currently serving as the 11th Lieutenant Governor of Georgia. He is a member of the Republican Party, a conservative, and a former member of the General Assembly in the U.S. state of Georgia. In 2006, Cagle defeated political activist Ralph... (R) |
Karen Handel Karen Handel Karen C. Handel is an American politician in the state of Georgia who served as Secretary of State of Georgia from 2007 until her resignation in January 2010 when she ran for Governor of Georgia in the 2010 election as a Republican. She announced in December 2009 that she would resign as... (R) |
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| 2008 | 34R, 22D | 101R, 79D | John McCain John McCain John Sidney McCain III is the senior United States Senator from Arizona. He was the Republican nominee for president in the 2008 United States election.... and Sarah Palin Sarah Palin Sarah Louise Palin is an American politician, commentator and author. As the Republican Party nominee for Vice President in the 2008 presidential election, she was the first Alaskan on the national ticket of a major party and first Republican woman nominated for the vice-presidency.She was... (R) |
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| 2010 | Brian Kemp (R) | Brad Bryant William Bradley Bryant William Bradley "Brad" Bryant was appointed superintendent of public schools for the U.S. state of Georgia by Gov. Sonny Perdue in 2010, filling the vacancy left by the resignation of Kathy Cox... (I) |
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| 2011 | Nathan Deal Nathan Deal John Nathan Deal is a United States politician, the 82nd and current Governor of Georgia. He was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives as a Democrat in 1992 but switched to the Republican Party in 1995... (R) |
Sam Olens (R) | John Barge (R) | Gary Black Gary Black Gary Black is the Agriculture Commissioner of the state of Georgia. A Republican, Black was elected in the November 2010 elections. Black defeated his Democratic opponent with 56% of the vote compared to 40.4%.... (R) |
Ralph Hudgens Ralph Hudgens Ralph Hudgens is the Commissioner of Insurance of the state of Georgia. Hudgens served in the Georgia House of Representatives as well as the Georgia Senate. He has been a delegate to numerous Republican Party events... (R) |
Mark Butler Mark Butler Mark Christopher Butler has been the Australian Labor Party representative for the electoral division of Port Adelaide in north-western Adelaide, South Australia since the 2007 federal election, succeeding prior Labor MP Rod Sawford.... (R) |
35R, 21D | 116R, 63D, 1I | 8R, 5D | ||||||
| Year | Governor | Lt. Governor Lieutenant Governor of Georgia The Lieutenant Governor of Georgia is a constitutional officer of the state, elected to a 4-year term by popular vote. Unlike some states, the lieutenant governor is elected on a separate ticket from the state Governor.... | Sec. of State Secretary of state of Georgia The secretary of state of the U.S. state of Georgia is an elected official with a wide variety of responsibilities, including supervising elections and maintaining public records.... | Atty. Gen. Attorney General of Georgia The attorney general of Georgia is the chief law enforcement officer and lawyer for the U.S. state of Georgia. The attorney general is elected to a four-year term at the same time as elections are held for Governor and other offices.... | School Supt. | Comm. of Ag. | Comm. of Ins. | Comm. of Labor | State Senate | State House Georgia House of Representatives The Georgia House of Representatives is the lower house of the Georgia General Assembly of the U.S. state of Georgia.-Composition:... | |Pub. Ser. Comm. | U.S. Senator (Class II) | U.S. Senator (Class III) | U.S. House | |Electoral College votes United States presidential election Elections for President and Vice President of the United States are indirect elections in which voters cast ballots for a slate of electors of the U.S. Electoral College, who in turn directly elect the President and Vice President... |
| Executive offices | |General Assembly Georgia General Assembly The Georgia General Assembly is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Georgia. It is bicameral, being composed of the Georgia House of Representatives and the Georgia Senate.... | |United States Congress United States Congressional Delegations from Georgia - Historical :These are tables of congressional delegations from Georgia to the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives.-United States Senate:- House of Representatives :... |
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See also
- Politics in Georgia
- Politics of GeorgiaPolitics of Georgia (U.S. state)Elections in Georgia are held to fill various state and federal seats. In Georgia, regular elections are held every even year , however the seats being decided each year varies, as the terms of office for certain seats varies...