Georgia's 15th Senate district

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Georgia (U.S. state)'s 15th
State Senate district
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Senator
  Ed Harbison
D Columbus

Georgia's 15th Senate district elects one member of the Georgia Senate. Its current state senator is Democrat Ed Harbison. [1]

List of state senators

SenatorTenurePartyCountiesNotesRef
William H. Crawford1845Lee, Sumter
William A. Maxwell1847
Jared Tomlinson1849–1850
Addison E. Harris1851–1852Lee,
John McRae (Sr of Appling)1861–1863Irwin, Montgomery, Telfair
D. M. McRae1863–1865
T. L. Wilcox1865–1866
Walter T. McArthur1868–1869
D. W. Cameron1871–1874
T. D. Wilcox1875–1877; 1882–1883
Jacob C. Clements1878–1879
Jesse M. Wall1879
Thomas Jefferson Smith1880–1881
Allen McArthur1884–1885
John D. McLeod1886–1887
Manasseh Henderson1888–1889
John McRae (Jr of Irwin?)1890–1891
T. J. Smith1892–1893
George K. Wilcox1894–1895
John A. Wooten1896–1897
Eli K. Wilcox1898–1899
B. E. Wilcox1900–1901
Gabriel M. Clements1902–1904
George M. Wilcox1905–1906
James Andrew Jackson Henderson1907–1908Ben Hill, Dodge, Irwin, Montgomery, Telfair
Marcus B. Calhoun1909–1910Ben Hill, Dodge, Irwin, Montgomery, Telfair
W. S. Mann1911–1912Ben Hill, Dodge, Irwin, Montgomery, Telfair, Wheeler
O. H. Elkins1913–1914Ben Hill, Dodge, Irwin, Montgomery, Telfair, Wheeler
M. J. Paulk1915–1917
David Roscoe Peacock1917
C. H. Peacock1918Ben Hill, Dodge, Irwin, Montgomery, Telfair, Webster
John C. Calhoun1919–1920Montgomery, Toombs, Wheeler
D. C. Colson1921–1922
George W. Lankford1923–1924; 1929–1931
John Martin Dasher McGregor1925–1926
Reese Frederick Jordan1927; 1939–1940
Hugh Peterson Jr1931
Robert Ernest Rivers1933
James Ellis Pope1935
William James Peterson1937–1938; 1943–1944
Austus Led Mosley1941–1942
Guy Orlando Stone1945–1946
James F. Darby Sr.1947–1948Died in office
John C. Peterson1949–1950; 1961–1962
Wallace Adams1951–1952
Steve M. Hall1953–1955
Walter B. Morrison1955–1956
Wallace Adams1957–1958
James F. Darby Jr.1948, 1959–1960
A. Perry Gordy II 1963–1965RepublicanMuscogeeResigned
I.W. "Bill" Gregory 1965–1969RepublicanMuscogee
Floyd Hudgins 1969–1989DemocratMuscogee
Gary Parker 1989–1991DemocratMuscogeeFirst African-American to represent the district
Sanford Bishop 1991–1993DemocratMuscogee
Ed Harbison 1993–presentDemocratMuscogee

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References

  1. "Senate District 15".