Georgia Secretary of State

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Georgia Secretary of State
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since January 14, 2019
Term length 4 years
First holder John Milton

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.

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The office has had a four-year term since 1946. [1] Before 1880, the secretary of state was elected by the Georgia Assembly, not in a popular election. [1]

List of secretaries of state of Georgia

#ImageNamePartyTook officeLeft office
1 [2] John Milton 17771799
2Horatio Marbury17991811
3Abner Hammond18111823
4Everard Hamilton18231833
5William A. Tennille18331843
6 Nathan Crawford Barnett 18431849
7George Washington Harrison18491851
8 Nathan Crawford Barnett 18511853
9Elihu P. Watkins18531861
10 Nathan Crawford Barnett 18611868
11David G. CottingRepublican18681873
12 Nathan Crawford Barnett Democratic [4] 18731890 a
13 Philip Cook, Confederate General and U.S. Representative from Georgia (cropped).jpg Philip Cook Sr. Democratic18901894 a
14 Allen D. Candler.jpg Allen D. Candler Democratic18941898
15William C. Clifton18981898
16Philip Cook Jr.Democratic18981918 a
17Henry Bascomb Strange19181919
18Samuel Guyton McLendon19191928 a
19George Henry CarswellDemocratic19281931
20John Bryan WilsonDemocratic19311946 a
21 Ben W. Fortson Jr circa 1973 (3x4).jpg Benjamin W. Fortson Jr. Democrat19461979 a
22 David B. Poythress.jpg David Bryan Poythress Democratic19791983
23 Senator Max Cleland (cropped).jpg Joseph Maxwell Cleland Democratic19831996
24 Lewis Massey speaking at Gainesville High School, April 2012 (cropped).jpg Lewis A. Massey Democratic19961999
25 Dedication of New Southeast Regional Archive Facility in Atlanta, GA, Featuring Allen Weinstein, Congressman Mac Collins, Congressman David Scott, Tom Mills, and GA Sec. of State, C - DPLA - c49fd03d9e493a35c9d670929a606a0c.jpg Lera Catharine Cox Democratic19992007
26 United States Representative Karen C. Handel.jpg Karen Handel Republican20072010
27 David Perdue and Brian Kemp (cropped).jpg Brian Kemp Republican20102018
28 Robyn Crittenden Republican20182019
29 Brad Raffensperger 2022.jpg Brad Raffensperger Republican2019Incumbent

(a) Died in office

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Georgia's Secretaries of State | Georgia Archives". www.georgiaarchives.org. Retrieved March 5, 2020.
  2. ↑ Official List of Secretaries of State
  3. Political Graveyard
  4. ↑ Colonel Nathan C. Barnett Archived 2008-07-24 at the Wayback Machine
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