Richmond County is located in the state of Georgia in the U.S. As of the 2020 census,the population was 206,607. It is one of the original counties of Georgia,created on February 5,1777. Following an election in 1995,Augusta consolidated governments with Richmond County. The consolidated entity is known as Augusta-Richmond County,or simply Augusta. Exempt are the cities of Hephzibah and Blythe,in southern Richmond County,which voted to remain separate. Richmond County is included in the Augusta-Richmond County,GA-SC metropolitan statistical area.
Bibb County is located in the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census,its population was 157,346. Bibb County is geographically located in the Central Georgia region,and is the largest county in the Macon metropolitan area.
Batesburg-Leesville is a town located in Lexington and Saluda counties,South Carolina,United States. The town's population was 5,362 as of the 2010 census and an estimated 5,415 in 2019.
Augusta is a city on the central eastern border of the U.S. state of Georgia. The city lies directly across the Savannah River from North Augusta,South Carolina at the head of its navigable portion. Georgia's third most populous city,Augusta is located in the Fall Line section of the state.
In United States local government,a consolidated city-county is formed when one or more cities and their surrounding county merge into one unified jurisdiction. As such it is a type of unitary authority that has the governmental powers of both a municipal corporation and a county.
Charles W. Walker Sr. is a former state senator in the legislature of the state of Georgia. He was first elected in 1990. In 1996,he became Georgia's first African-American Senate Majority Leader. Walker is a Democrat and is from Augusta,Georgia.
Benjamin Conley was an American politician from the state of Georgia,who served as the 47th Governor of Georgia from October 30,1871,to January 12,1872. He also previously served as the mayor of Augusta from 1857 to 1859.
James Brown Arena is a multi-purpose complex located in Augusta,Georgia. It is managed by Spectra Experiences.
The 2002 United States elections were held on November 5,in the middle of Republican President George W. Bush's first term. Republicans won unified control of Congress,picking up seats in both chambers of Congress,making Bush the first president since Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1934 to gain seats in both houses of Congress. In the gubernatorial elections,Democrats won a net gain of one seat. The elections were held just a little under fourteen months after the September 11 attacks. Thus,the elections were heavily overshadowed by the War on Terror.
Dudley Hollingsworth Bowen Jr. is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia.
Robert Trimble was a lawyer and jurist who served as Justice of the Kentucky Court of Appeals,as United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Kentucky and as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1826 to his death in 1828. During his brief Supreme Court tenure he authored several majority opinions,including the decision in Ogden v. Saunders,which was the only majority opinion that Chief Justice John Marshall ever dissented from during his 34 years on the Court.
Lee Ivey Anderson is a Republican member of the Georgia State Senate,representing the 24th district.
Gordon Highway is a 22.8-mile-long (36.7 km) major highway in the east-central part of the U.S. state of Georgia,traveling through the southern part of Columbia County and the northeastern part of Richmond County. It is named after Confederate general John Brown Gordon. At its western end,it is a relatively rural highway,but at its eastern end,it is an urban corridor of the Augusta metropolitan area. It connects Harlem and rural areas of southern Columbia County with Augusta and North Augusta,South Carolina. It also serves as the two main entry points to Fort Eisenhower,formerly Fort Gordon. Its entire length,from the southeastern edge of Harlem to the Georgia–South Carolina state line on the northeastern edge of Augusta,is signed as part of US 78/US 278/SR 10. In Augusta,it is signed as parts of US 1 and US 25/SR 121.
Edward Jerome Tarver was an American lawyer who served as the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Georgia. A Democrat,Tarver was once a Georgia State Senator. He was a candidate for the United States Senate in the 2020 special election in Georgia,receiving 0.5 percent of the vote in the jungle primary.
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Augusta,Georgia,USA.
The 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Georgia were held on November 3,2020,to elect the 14 U.S. representatives from the state of Georgia,one from each of the state's 14 congressional districts. The elections coincided with the 2020 U.S. presidential election,as well as other elections to the House of Representatives,elections to the United States Senate and various state and local elections.
The Augusta-Central Savannah River Area (CSRA) Vietnam War Veterans Memorial is a granite and bronze monument placed in Augusta,Georgia,March 29,2019,to honor the CSRA's 169 Vietnam War dead,three Ex-Prisoners of War (Vietnam),and one former Missing in Action (MIA) as well as the region's 15,000 surviving Vietnam War Veterans. The memorial is located in the "Olde Town" section of Augusta,Georgia,on the Broad Street median between Third and Fourth Streets. The monument was designed,purchased,and placed by the Augusta Chapter of the Military Order of the World Wars (MOWW) and the chapter's 17 community partners who made up the Augusta-CSRA Vietnam War Memorial Initiative (VWMI) Steering Committee.
The 2022 Georgia gubernatorial election took place on November 8,2022,to elect the governor of Georgia. Incumbent Republican Governor Brian Kemp won re-election to a second term,defeating Democratic nominee Stacey Abrams in a rematch. Abrams conceded on election night. The primary occurred on May 24,2022. Kemp was sworn in for a second term on January 9,2023.
Foster Blodgett Jr. was an American politician elected mayor of Augusta,Georgia,from 1859 to 1860,and returned to the mayoralty via military appointment between 1867 and 1868. Blodgett was elected to the United States Senate by the Georgia General Assembly in 1871,but not seated.
