Political party strength in Georgia (U.S. state)

The following table indicates the party of elected officials in the U.S. state of Georgia:

• Governor
• Lieutenant Governor
• Secretary of State
• Attorney General
• 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 Representatives
• 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 was held, the table indicates which party's nominees received the state's electoral votes.

Darker shading indicates confirmed partisan affiliation or majority; lighter shading indicates likely, but unconfirmed, partisan affiliation or majority.

1775–1788

Year	Executive offices			General Assembly
	Governor	Sec. of State	Atty. Gen.
1775	William Ewen (NP/W) [a] [b]	No such office	No such office	[ ? ]
	George Walton (NP/W) [a] [b]
1776			Williams Stephens
	William Ewen (NP/W) [a] [b]
	Archibald Bulloch (NP/W) [b] [c] [d]
1777		John Milton (F)
	Button Gwinnett (NP/W) [b] [c] [e]
	John A. Treutlen (NP/W) [b]
1778	John Houstoun (NP/W) [b]
1779	William Glascock (NP/W) [b] [f]
	Seth John Cuthbert (NP/W) [b] [g] [h]
	John Wereat (NP/W) [b] [h]
	George Walton (NP/W) [b]
1780	Richard Howly (NP/W) [b]		John Milledge
	Humphrey Wells (NP/W) [b] [i]
	Stephen Heard (NP/W) [b] [f]
	Myrick Davies (NP/W) [b] [f]
1781			Samuel Stirk
	Nathan Brownson (NP)
1782	John Martin (NP)
1783	Lyman Hall (NP)
1784	John Houstoun (NP)
1785	Samuel Elbert (NP)		Nathaniel Pendleton
1786	Edward Telfair (NP)
1787	George Mathews (NP)		Matthew Hall McAllister
1788	George Handley (NP)

1789–1874

Year	Executive offices			General Assembly		United States Congress			Electoral votes
	Governor	Sec. of State	Atty. Gen.	State Senate	State House	U.S. Senator (Class II)	U.S. Senator (Class III)	U.S. House
1789	George Walton (DR)	John Milton (F)	Matthew Hall McAllister	[ ? ]		William Few (AA)	James Gunn (AA)	3AA	George Washington (I)Y
1790
1791	Edward Telfair (DR)
1792			George Walker
1793						James Jackson (AA)		2AA
1794	George Mathews (DR)
1795						James Jackson (DR)	James Gunn (F)	2DR
1796	Jared Irwin (DR)		David Brydie Mitchell (DR)			George Walton (F)			Thomas Jefferson (DR)N
1797						Josiah Tattnall (DR)
1798	James Jackson (DR-J) [j]
1799		Horatio Marbury				Abraham Baldwin (DR)		2F
1800									Thomas Jefferson/ Aaron Burr (DR)Y
1801							James Jackson (DR)	2DR
	David Emanuel (DR-J) [k]
1802	Josiah Tattnall (DR-J) [l]
	John Milledge (DR-J) [j]
1803								4DR
1804									Thomas Jefferson/ George Clinton (DR)Y
1805
1806							John Milledge (DR)
	Jared Irwin (DR-J) [k]
1807			Robert Walker			George Jones (DR)
1808			John Hamil			William H. Crawford (DR)			James Madison/ George Clinton (DR)Y
1809			John Forsyth (DR)
1810	David Brydie Mitchell (DR-J)						Charles Tait (DR)
1811		Abner Hammond	Alexander M. Allen
1812			Richard H. Wilde (DR)						James Madison/ Elbridge Gerry (DR)Y
1813			Alexander M. Allen			William B. Bulloch (DR)		6DR
1814	Peter Early (DR-J)					William W. Bibb (DR)
1815
1816	David Brydie Mitchell (DR-J) [m]		Roger Lawson Gamble						James Monroe/ Daniel D. Tompkins (DR)Y
1817						George Troup (DR)
	William Rabun (DR-T) [d] [k] [n]
1818
1819						John Forsyth (DR)	John Elliott (DR)
	Matthew Talbot (DR-C) [k]					vacant
1820	John Clark (DR-C)					Freeman Walker (DR)
1821
1822			Thomas F. Wells			Nicholas Ware (DR)
1823		Everard Hamilton						7DR
1824	George Troup (DR-T)					Thomas W. Cobb (DR)			William H. Crawford/ Nathaniel Macon (DR)N
1825						Thomas W. Cobb (J)	John M. Berrien (J)	7J
1826
1827			George W. Crawford
1828	John Forsyth (DR-T)					Oliver H. Prince (J)			Andrew Jackson/ John C. Calhoun (D)Y
1829						George Troup (J)	vacant
1830	George R. Gilmer (DR-T)						John Forsyth (J)
1831			Charles J. Jenkins (D)
1832	Wilson Lumpkin (U)								Andrew Jackson/ Martin Van Buren (D)Y
1833		William A. Tennille						9J
1834			Ebenezer Starnes			John Pendleton King (J)	vacant
1835							Alfred Cuthbert (J)
1836	William Schley (U)			54U, 31SR	102U, 68SR			7J, 2NR	Hugh Lawson White/ John Tyler (W)N
1837				[ ? ]	[ ? ]	John Pendleton King (D)	Alfred Cuthbert (D)	8D, 1W
1838	George R. Gilmer (SR)			50SR, 42U	103SR, 88U	Wilson Lumpkin (D)
1839				50U, 37SR	96U, 76SR			9W
1840	Charles James McDonald (U)		James Gardner	46SR, 28U, 1 tie	102U, 94SR, 1?				William Henry Harrison/ John Tyler (W)Y
1841				48W, 44D	118W, 88D	John M. Berrien (W)
1842				51D, 38W, 1 tie	109D, 91W, 2 ties			6W, 3D
1843		Nathan Crawford Barnett (D)	John J. R. Flournoy	55D, 36W, 2 ties	118D, 87W, 2 ties		Walter T. Colquitt (D)	8D
1844	George W. Crawford (W)			49D, 43W, 1?	124W, 81D			5D, 3W	James K. Polk/ George M. Dallas (D)Y
1845						vacant
1846				25D, 22W	69D, 60W, 1 tie	John M. Berrien (W)
1847			Alpheus Colvard					4W, 4D
1848	George W. Towns (D)			25W, 21D, 1I	68W, 62D		Herschel V. Johnson (D)		Zachary Taylor/ Millard Fillmore (W)Y
1849		George Washington Harrison					William C. Dawson (W)
1850				25D, 22W	65W, 61D, 1 tie, 3?			5D, 3W
1851		Nathan Crawford Barnett (D)	John Troup Shewmake (R)					4D, 2U, 2W
1852	Howell Cobb (CU)			39U, 8SR	104U, 29SR	Robert M. Charlton (D)			Franklin Pierce/ William R. King (D)Y
1853		Elihu P. Watkins				Robert Toombs (D)		6D, 2W
1854	Herschel V. Johnson (D)			78D, 33KN	92D, 55KN
1855			William R. McLaws				Alfred Iverson Sr. (D)	5D, 2KN, 1W
1856				78D, 33KN	92D, 55KN, 1ID				James Buchanan/ John C. Breckinridge (D)Y
1857
1858	Joseph E. Brown (D) [o]			86D, 32KN	102D, 51KN, 1ID, 1I
1859			Alpheus M. Rogers					6D, 1A, 1O
1860				103D, 21O	120D, 48O, 1ID, 1I				John C. Breckinridge/ Joseph Lane (SD)N
1861		Nathan Crawford Barnett (D)	Winder P. Johnson			American Civil War/ Reconstruction
1862			William Watts Montgomery	American Civil War/ Reconstruction
1863
1864									American Civil War
1865
	James Johnson (D) [p]		George Barnes (D)
1866	Charles J. Jenkins (D) [q]		John Philpot Curren Whitehead
1867
1868	Thomas H. Ruger (M) [r]					vacant	vacant	4R, 2D	Horatio Seymour/ Francis Preston Blair Jr. (D)N
	Rufus Bullock (R) [s]	David G. Cotting (R)	Henry P. Farrow
1869				26R, 18D	88D, 84R, 3?			vacant
1870								4D, 3R
1871				29D, 14R, 1I	136D, 29R, 1I, 1?	Homer V. M. Miller (D)	Joshua Hill (R)
	Benjamin F. Conley (R) [k]					vacant
1872	James Milton Smith (D)		Nathaniel J. Hammond (D)			Thomas M. Norwood (D)		5D, 2R	B. Gratz Brown (LR)N [t]
1873		Nathan Crawford Barnett (D)		40D, 4R	161D, 14R		John B. Gordon (D)	7D, 2R
1874								6D, 3R

1875–present

Year	Executive offices								General Assembly		PSC	United States Congress			Electoral votes
	Governor	Lt. Governor	Sec. of State	Atty. Gen.	School Supt.	Comm. of Ag.	Comm. of Ins.	Comm. of Labor	State Senate	State House		U.S. Senator (Class II)	U.S. Senator (Class III)	U.S. House
1875	James Milton Smith (D)	no such office [u]	Nathan Crawford Barnett (D) [d]	Nathaniel J. Hammond (D)	[v]	[v]	W. L. Goldsmith (D) [w]	no such office [x]	43D, 1R	168D, 7R	no such office	Thomas M. Norwood (D)	John B. Gordon (D)	8D, 1I
1876															Tilden/ Hendricks (D)N
1877	Alfred H. Colquitt (D)			Robert N. Ely					40D, 3ID, 1R	159D, 8R, 8I		Benjamin Harvey Hill (D)
1878
1879									44D	171D, 4R				6D, 3I
							William Ambrose Wright (D) [y] [d]
1880				Clifford Anderson							[v]		Joseph E. Brown (D)		Hancock/ English (D)N
1881									43D, 1R	165D, 10R				8D, 1I
1882												Pope Barrow (D)
1883	Alexander H. Stephens (D) [d]								44D	167D, 5I, 2R, 1Proh		Alfred H. Colquitt (D)		10D
	James S. Boynton (D) [k]
	Henry Dickerson McDaniel (D)
1884															Cleveland/ Hendricks (D)Y
1885										169D, 6R
1886
1887	John B. Gordon (D)								39D, 2R, 2I, 1Lab	150D, 10R, 10I, 5Lab
1888															Cleveland/ Thurman (D)N
1889									43D, 1R	172D, 3R
1890				George N. Lester
			Philip Cook (D) [k]
1891	William J. Northen (D)			W. A. Little		Robert Taylor Nesbitt (D)			44D	171D, 4R			John B. Gordon (D)	9D, 1Pop
1892				J. M. Terrell											Cleveland/ Stevenson (D)Y
1893									43D, 1Pop	159D, 11Pop, 4R, 1?				11D
1894												Patrick Walsh (D)
			Allen D. Candler (D)
1895	William Yates Atkinson (D)				Gustavus Richard Glenn (D) [z]				38D, 5Pop, 1R	126D, 47Pop, 2R		Augustus O. Bacon (D)
1896															Bryan/ Sewall (D)N
1897									37D, 6Pop, 1R	142D, 30Pop, 3R			Alexander S. Clay (D)
1898			William C. Clifton (D)
			Philip Cook, Jr. (D) [k]
1899	Allen D. Candler (D)					O. B. Stevens (D) [aa]			43D, 1R	170D, 5Pop
1900															Bryan/ Stevenson (D)N
1901										166D, 9P
1902				Boykin Wright
1903	Joseph M. Terrell (D)			John C. Hart	William B. Merritt (D)				40D, 2R, 2Pop	171D, 3R, 1Pop
1904															Parker/ Davis (D)N
1905									44D	173D, 2R
						Thomas G. Hudson (D) [y] [ab]
1906
1907					Jere M. Pound (D) [ac]					170D, 3R, 2Pop, 8?	5D
	Hoke Smith (D)
1908															Bryan/ Kern (D)N
1909										184D
	Joseph Mackey Brown (D)
1910
				Hewlett A. Hall	Marion L. Brittain (D) [y] [ad]								Joseph M. Terrell (D)
1911									43D, 1R	183D, 1R
	Hoke Smith (D) [j]			Thomas S. Felder
	John M. Slaton (D) [k]												Hoke Smith (D)
1912	Joseph Mackey Brown (D)														Wilson/ Marshall (D)Y
						James J. Conner (D) [y]
1913	John M. Slaton (D)					James D. Price (D)								12D
1914				Warren Grice (D)
												William Stanley West (D)
												Thomas W. Hardwick (D)
1915	Nathaniel Edwin Harris (D)			Clifford Walker (D)						188D, 1R
1916
1917	Hugh Dorsey (D)					J. J. Brown (D)			44D
1918
			Henry Strange (D) [y]
1919			Samuel McLendon (D) [k]						51D	190D, 3R		William J. Harris (D)
1920				R. A. Denny											Cox/ Roosevelt (D)N
1921	Thomas W. Hardwick (D)			George M. Napier (D)					50D, 1R	202D, 4R			Thomas E. Watson (D)
1922
		Marvin M. Parks (D) [y]			Rebecca Latimer Felton (D)
					Walter F. George (D)
1923	Clifford Walker (D)	Nathaniel H. Ballard (D)						51D	205D, 1R
1924										Davis/ Bryan (D)N
1925		Fort E. Land (D) [d]						50D, 1R	204D, 2R
1926
1927	Lamartine Griffin Hardman (D)					Eugene Talmadge (D)
		Mell L. Duggan (D) [y]
1928							Smith/ Robinson (D)N
			George Henry Carswell (D) [y]
1929								51D	204D, 3R
										William B. Harrison (D) [y] [ae]
1930
1931	Richard Russell Jr. (D)		John B. Wilson (D) [k]					50D, 1R	207D
1932							Roosevelt/ Garner (D)Y
				Lawrence S. Camp (D)								John S. Cohen (D)
1933	Eugene Talmadge (D)	M. J. Yeomans (D)		Mauney D. Collins (D) [af]		G. C. Adams (D)			205D			Richard Russell Jr. (D)	10D
1934
1935						Tom Linder (D)			203D, 2R
1936
										Glenn B. Carreker (D) [ag]
										Homer C. Parker (D) [ah]
1937	Eurith D. Rivers (D)					Columbus Roberts (D)			William B. Harrison (D) [ai] [d]	204D, 1R
1938														Ben Huiet (D) [x]
1939								51D, 1R
		Ellis Arnall (D) [y]
1940							Roosevelt/ Wallace (D)Y
									Downing Musgrove (D) [y]
1941	Eugene Talmadge (D)					Tom Linder (D)			Homer C. Parker (D) [d]
1942
1943	Ellis Arnall (D)	T. Grady Head
1944							Roosevelt/ Truman (D)Y
1945		Eugene Cook (D)
1946
			Benjamin W. Fortson Jr. (D) [aj] [d]						William R. Mitchell (D) [y]
1947								Melvin E. Thompson (D)	Zack D. Cravey (D)						53D, 1R
	Herman Talmadge (D)
	Melvin E. Thompson (D) [ak]							vacant
1948							Truman/ Barkley (D)Y
	Herman Talmadge (D) [al]							Marvin Griffin (D)
1949										203D, 2R
1950
1951										54D	204D, 1R
1952							Stevenson/ Sparkman (D)N
1953										53D, 1R
1954
1955	Marvin Griffin (D)					Ernest Vandiver (D)		Phil Campbell (D)			202D, 3R
1956							Stevenson/ Kefauver (D)N
1957					Herman Talmadge (D)
1958				Claude Purcell (D) [am]
1959	Ernest Vandiver (D)					Garland T. Byrd (D)
1960							Kennedy/ Johnson (D)Y
1961											203D, 2R
1962
1963	Carl Sanders (D)					Peter Zack Geer (D)			James L. Bentley (D)	50D, 4R
1964							Goldwater/ Miller (R)N
1965		Arthur K. Bolton (D)								44D, 9R, 2I	198D, 7R		9D, 1R
1966				Jack P. Nix (D) [y] [af]							188D, 17R
1967	Lester Maddox (D)					George T. Smith (D)				Sam Caldwell (D)	46D, 7R, 1I		183D, 22R	8D, 2R
1968							Phil Campbell (R) [an]	James L. Bentley (R) [an]	Wallace/ LeMay (AI) N
1969							Tommy Irvin (D)				48D, 7R, 1I		169D, 26R
1970
1971	Jimmy Carter (D)					Lester Maddox (D)		Johnnie L. Caldwell (D) [af]			50D, 6R		173D, 22R
												David H. Gambrell (D)
1972									Nixon/ Agnew (R)Y
												Sam Nunn (D)
1973											48D, 8R		152D, 27R	9D, 1R
1974
1975	George Busbee (D)					Zell Miller (D)					51D, 5R		155D, 24R	10D
1976									Carter/ Mondale (D)Y
1977											52D, 4R		158D, 24R
				Charles McDaniel (D) [y]
1978
1979											51D, 5R		160D, 20R	9D, 1R
			David Poythress (D) [ao]
1980									Carter/ Mondale (D)N
1981		Mike Bowers (D)			157D, 23R								Mack Mattingly (R)
1982
1983	Joe Frank Harris (D)		Max Cleland (D)		49D, 7R						156D, 24R
1984									Joe Tanner (D) [ap]	Reagan/ Bush (R)Y
1985					47D, 9R						154D, 26R			8D, 2R
								Warren D. Evans (D) [aq]
1986
1987				Werner Rogers (D)	46D, 10R						153D, 27R		Wyche Fowler (D)
1988										Bush/ Quayle (R)Y
1989					45D, 11R						145D, 35R			9D, 1R
1990									Ray Hollingsworth (D)
1991	Zell Miller (D)					Pierre Howard (D)		Tim Ryles (D)	Al Scott (D)		144D, 36R
1992									David Poythress (D) [ar]	Clinton/ Gore (D)Y
1993					39D, 17R						128D, 52R		4D, 1R	Paul Coverdell (R) [d]	7D, 4R
1994		Mike Bowers (R) [as]
1995				Linda Schrenko (R)	John Oxendine (R)			36D, 20R			114D, 66R		3R, 2D		7R, 4D
															8R, 3D [at]
1996										4R, 1D [au]			Dole/ Kemp (R)N
1997			Lewis A. Massey (D) [y]					34D, 22R			102D, 78R	Max Cleland (D)
		Thurbert Baker (D) [y]
1998										4R, 1NP [av]
									Marti Fullerton (D) [aw]
1999	Roy Barnes (D)		Mark Taylor (D)			Cathy Cox (D)			Mike Thurmond (D)
2000													Bush/ Cheney (R)Y
														Zell Miller (D)
2001								32D, 24R		105D, 74R, 1I	3R, 1D, 1NP
2002
2003	Sonny Perdue (R)			Kathy Cox (R) [ax]				30R, 26D [ay]		107D, 72R, 1I	4R, 1D	Saxby Chambliss (R)			8R, 5D
2004
2005								34R, 22D		100R, 79D, 1I [az]				Johnny Isakson (R)	7R, 6D
2006										101R, 78D, 1I [ba]
2007			Casey Cagle (R)			Karen Handel (R) [bb]				106R, 74D	5R
2008													McCain/ Palin (R)N
2009										105R, 75D
2010				Brian Kemp (R) [bc]		Brad Bryant (I) [y]				105R, 74D, 1I [bd]
2011	Nathan Deal (R)	Sam Olens (R)			John Barge (R)	Gary Black (R)	Ralph Hudgens (R)	Mark Butler (R)	36R, 20D [be]	116R, 63D, 1I [bf]					8R, 5D
2012													Romney/ Ryan (R)N
2013									38R, 18D	119R, 60D, 1I					9R, 5D
2014
2015					Richard Woods (R)							David Perdue (R)			10R, 4D
2016									39R, 17D [bg]				Trump/ Pence (R)Y
2017		Christopher M. Carr (R)							38R, 18D	118R, 62D
2018
2019	Brian Kemp (R)		Geoff Duncan (R)	Brad Raffensperger (R)			Jim Beck (R) [bh]		35R, 21D	106R, 74D					9R, 5D
							John F. King (R) [bi]
2020													Kelly Loeffler (R)	Biden/ Harris (D)Y
2021									34R, 22D	103R, 77D		Jon Ossoff (D)	Raphael Warnock (D)		8R, 6D
2022
2023			Burt Jones (R)			Tyler Harper (R)		Bruce Thompson (R) [d]	33R, 23D	101R, 79D					9R, 5D
2024										102R, 78D [bj]				Trump/ Vance (R)Y
2025								Bárbara Rivera Holmes (R) [bk]		100R, 80D

Key to party colors and abbreviations for members of the U.S. Congress and other politicians or officials

Alaskan Independence (AKIP) Know Nothing (KN) American Labor (AL) Anti-Jacksonian (Anti-J) National Republican (NR) Anti-Administration (AA) Anti-Masonic (Anti-M) Conservative (Con) Covenant (Cov)

Democratic (D) Democratic–Farmer–Labor (DFL) Democratic–NPL (D-NPL) Dixiecrat (Dix), States' Rights (SR) Democratic-Republican (DR) Farmer–Labor (FL) Federalist (F) Pro-Administration (PA)

Free Soil (FS) Fusion (Fus) Greenback (GB) Independence (IPM) Independent Democrat (ID) Independent Republican (IR) Jacksonian (J) Liberal (Lib)

Libertarian (L) National Union (NU) Nonpartisan League (NPL) Nullifier (N) Opposition Northern (O) Opposition Southern (O) Populist (Pop) Progressive (Prog)

Prohibition (Proh) Readjuster (Rea) Republican (R) Silver (Sv) Silver Republican (SvR) Socialist (Soc) Union (U) Unconditional Union (UU)

Vermont Progressive (VP) Whig (W) Independent (I) Nonpartisan (NP)

1. President of Council of Safety.
2. Not a formal political party, and not to be confused with the 19th-century Whig Party.
3. President of Georgia.
4. Died in office.
5. Died in office; after losing his bid for re-election, Gwinnett was wounded in a duel with Lachlan McIntosh on May 6, 1777 and died of his wounds two days later.
6. President of Executive Council.
7. Temporary governor.
8. President of Supreme Executive Council.
9. Resigned in favor of Stephen Heard.
10. Resigned to take elected seat in the United States Senate.
11. As president of the state Senate, filled unexpired term.
12. Resigned due to declining health.
13. Resigned to become agent to the Creek people.
14. The Troup party was essentially the continuation of the Jackson faction (followers of James Jackson).
15. Resigned following the defeat of the Confederate States of America.
16. Provisional governor appointed by President Andrew Johnson following American Civil War.
17. Removed from office by the military because he refused to allow state funds to be used for a racially integrated state constitutional convention; the state was still under military occupation during Reconstruction.
18. Provisional governor appointed by General George Meade.
19. Resigned; fled the state to avoid impeachment; was arrested in 1876 and found not guilty of embezzlement.
20. Liberal Republican nominee Horace Greeley died before the Electoral College voted. 6 of Georgia's 11 votes went to Greeley's running mate Brown, while 3 went to Greeley and 2 went to Democratic Georgia Governor Charles J. Jenkins
21. Position of lieutenant governor created in 1945 and first elected in 1946.
22. Appointed by the governor.
23. Resigned due to an ongoing impeachment trial for corruption.
24. The Georgia Department of Labor was created in 1937 and placed under the control of an elected commissioner. ^[3]
25. Filled vacancy.
26. Initially appointed, then later elected as the first elected Georgia state school commissioner.
27. Resigned to take a position on the Georgia Railroad Commission.
28. Resigned to run for governor.
29. Resigned to accept the presidency of the Gordon Military Institute. ^[1]
30. Resigned to take the position of President of the Georgia School of Technology.
31. Removed from office by Governor Eugene Talmadge due to a dispute over authorizing funds for certain charitable organizations. ^[2]
32. Retired.
33. Appointed by Governor Eugene Talmadge to replace William B. Harrison, an action disputed by Harrison.
34. Appointed by Governor Eugene Talmadge to replace Carreker and fill out the remainder of the term.
35. Restored to his office at the beginning of the 1937 legislative term.
36. Appointed secretary of state in 1946 to fill the unexpired term of John B. Wilson, who died in office. ^[4]
37. Eugene Talmadge was elected to a third non-consecutive term in 1946 but died before taking office. Incumbent Governor Ellis Arnall and Lieutenant Governor-elect Melvin E. Thompson both claimed the office. The state legislature chose Eugene Talmadge's son, Herman Talmadge, to be governor, and he took office in January 1947, but the state Supreme Court later that year declared this unconstitutional and declared Thompson the rightful acting governor, and Talmadge stepped down after 67 days in office.
38. Talmadge defeated Thompson in a special election in September 1948.
39. Resigned after the United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia ordered Taliaferro County School District to desegregate following the court's decision on Turner vs. Goolsby. ^[5]
40. Switched parties from Democratic to Republican after the 1968 Democratic National Convention. ^[6]
41. Governor George Busbee appointed Poythress secretary of state to fill a vacancy created by the death of Fortson. ^[7]
42. Resigned to accept an appointment as commissioner of the state Department of Natural Resources. ^[7]
43. Appointed Insurance Commissioner in 1985 to fill the vacancy created by the retirement of Johnnie L. Caldwell.
44. Poythress was elected to fill Tanner's unexpired term. ^[7]
45. Switched parties to Republican.
46. In April 1995 incumbent Democrat Nathan Deal switched parties to Republican.
47. Democrat Bob Durden switched parties to Republican in 1995.
48. Governor Zell Miller appointed Lauren "Bubba" McDonald Jr. as a nonpartisan to the seat vacated by Democrat Mac Barber.
49. Served on an interim basis after Poythress resigned in order to run for governor.
50. Resigned.
51. Recently reelected incumbent Democrats Don Cheeks, Dan Lee, Rooney Bowen, and Jack Hill switched parties to Republican between the November 2002 election and the beginning of the legislative session in January 2003.
52. Recently reelected incumbent Democrat Chuck Sims switched parties to Republican between the November 2004 election and the beginning of the legislative session in January 2005.
53. Greg Morris switched from the Democratic to the Republican Party in August 2005.
54. Resigned to seek the Republican gubernatorial nomination.
55. Brian Kemp was appointed Secretary of State, January 4, 2010, to fill the unexpired term of Karen Handel.
56. Bobby Parham resigned after the 2009 legislative session and was succeeded by independent Rusty Kidd.
57. Tim Golden switched from the Democratic to the Republican Party after the November 2, 2010 General Election.
58. Eight state representatives—C. Ellis Black, Amy Carter, Mike Cheokas, Bubber Epps, Gerald Greene, Bob Hanner, Doug McKillip, and Alan Powell—switched from the Democratic to the Republican Party after the November 2, 2010 General Election.
59. JaNice Van Ness won a special election to succeed Ronald Ramsey Sr., flipping the seat from Democratic to Republican. ^[8]
60. Suspended following indictment for fraud.
61. Temporary appointment pending the outcome of the investigation into Jim Beck.
62. Mesha Mainor switched from the Democratic to the Republican Party in July 2023.
63. Appointed Labor Commissioner in 2025 to fill the unexpired term of Bruce Thompson, who died in office.

References

1. "POUND RESIGNS OFFICE. State School Commissioner Will Return to the School Room". The Dawson News. 1910-05-25. p. 6. Retrieved 2023-09-09– via Chronicling America.
2. Good, William J. (1936-02-26). "OUSTED STATE OFFICERS TIE UP FUNDS". The Washington Times . p. 2. Retrieved 2023-09-03– via Chronicling America.
3. About Us | Georgia Department of Labor
4. "Ben Fortson (1904-1979)". New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2021-06-20.
5. Askew, Garrick Arion (2004). "THE ORAL HISTORIES OF THREE RETIRED AFRICAN AMERICAN SUPERINTENDENTS FROM GEORGIA" (PDF). University of Georgia . p. 187. Retrieved 2023-09-07.
6. "J. Phil Campbell, Jr. Papers". sclfind.libs.uga.edu. Retrieved 2021-06-20.
7. Count to '10, and a Fun Race for Governor
8. "GDPR Support". www.ajc.com. Retrieved 2025-04-01.

See also

• Politics in Georgia
• Politics of Georgia