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:

Contents

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.

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

1775–1788

YearExecutive offices General Assembly
Governor Sec. of State Atty. Gen.
1775 William Ewen (NP/W) [lower-alpha 1] [lower-alpha 2] No such officeNo such office[ ? ]
George Walton (NP/W) [lower-alpha 1] [lower-alpha 2]
1776 Williams Stephens
William Ewen (NP/W) [lower-alpha 1] [lower-alpha 2]
Archibald Bulloch (NP/W) [lower-alpha 2] [lower-alpha 3] [lower-alpha 4]
1777 John Milton (F)
Button Gwinnett (NP/W) [lower-alpha 2] [lower-alpha 3] [lower-alpha 5]
John A. Treutlen (NP/W) [lower-alpha 2]
1778 John Houstoun (NP/W) [lower-alpha 2]
1779 William Glascock (NP/W) [lower-alpha 2] [lower-alpha 6]
Seth John Cuthbert (NP/W) [lower-alpha 2] [lower-alpha 7] [lower-alpha 8]
John Wereat (NP/W) [lower-alpha 2] [lower-alpha 8]
George Walton (NP/W) [lower-alpha 2]
1780 Richard Howly (NP/W) [lower-alpha 2] John Milledge
Humphrey Wells (NP/W) [lower-alpha 2] [lower-alpha 9]
Stephen Heard (NP/W) [lower-alpha 2] [lower-alpha 6]
Myrick Davies (NP/W) [lower-alpha 2] [lower-alpha 6]
1781 Samuel Stirk
Nathan Brownson (NP)
1782 John Martin (NP)
1783 Lyman Hall (NP)
1784John 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

YearExecutive 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)Green check.svg
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)Red x.svg
1797 Josiah Tattnall (DR)
1798 James Jackson (DR-J) [lower-alpha 10]
1799 Horatio Marbury Abraham Baldwin (DR)2F
1800 Thomas Jefferson/
Aaron Burr (DR)Green check.svg
1801 James Jackson (DR)2DR
David Emanuel (DR-J) [lower-alpha 11]
1802 Josiah Tattnall (DR-J) [lower-alpha 12]
John Milledge (DR-J) [lower-alpha 10]
18034DR
1804 Thomas Jefferson/
George Clinton (DR)Green check.svg
1805
1806 John Milledge (DR)
Jared Irwin (DR-J) [lower-alpha 11]
1807 Robert Walker George Jones (DR)
1808 John Hamil William H. Crawford (DR) James Madison/
George Clinton (DR)Green check.svg
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)Green check.svg
1813Alexander M. Allen William B. Bulloch (DR)6DR
1814 Peter Early (DR-J) William W. Bibb (DR)
1815
1816 David Brydie Mitchell (DR-J) [lower-alpha 13] Roger Lawson Gamble James Monroe/
Daniel D. Tompkins (DR)Green check.svg
1817 George Troup (DR)
William Rabun (DR-T) [lower-alpha 4] [lower-alpha 11] [lower-alpha 14]
1818
1819 John Forsyth (DR) John Elliott (DR)
Matthew Talbot (DR-C) [lower-alpha 11] 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)Red x.svg
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)Green check.svg
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)Green check.svg
1833 William A. Tennille 9J
1834 Ebenezer Starnes John Pendleton King (J)vacant
1835 Alfred Cuthbert (J)
1836 William Schley (U)54U, 31SR102U, 68SR7J, 2NR Hugh Lawson White/
John Tyler (W)Red x.svg
1837[ ? ][ ? ] John Pendleton King (D) Alfred Cuthbert (D)8D, 1W
1838 George R. Gilmer (SR)50SR, 42U103SR, 88U Wilson Lumpkin (D)
183950U, 37SR96U, 76SR9W
1840 Charles James McDonald (U) James Gardner 46SR, 28U, 1 tie102U, 94SR, 1? William Henry Harrison/
John Tyler (W)Green check.svg
184148W, 44D118W, 88DJohn M. Berrien (W)
184251D, 38W, 1 tie109D, 91W, 2 ties6W, 3D
1843 Nathan Crawford Barnett (D) John J. R. Flournoy 55D, 36W, 2 ties118D, 87W, 2 ties Walter T. Colquitt (D)8D
1844 George W. Crawford (W)49D, 43W, 1?124W, 81D5D, 3W James K. Polk/
George M. Dallas (D)Green check.svg
1845vacant
184625D, 22W69D, 60W, 1 tieJohn M. Berrien (W)
1847 Alpheus Colvard 4W, 4D
1848 George W. Towns (D)25W, 21D, 1I68W, 62D Herschel V. Johnson (D) Zachary Taylor/
Millard Fillmore (W)Green check.svg
1849 George Washington Harrison William C. Dawson (W)
185025D, 22W65W, 61D, 1 tie, 3?5D, 3W
1851 Nathan Crawford Barnett (D) John Troup Shewmake (R)4D, 2U, 2W
1852 Howell Cobb (CU)39U, 8SR104U, 29SR Robert M. Charlton (D) Franklin Pierce/
William R. King (D)Green check.svg
1853 Elihu P. Watkins Robert Toombs (D)6D, 2W
1854 Herschel V. Johnson (D)78D, 33KN92D, 55KN
1855 William R. McLaws Alfred Iverson Sr. (D)5D, 2KN, 1W
185678D, 33KN92D, 55KN, 1ID James Buchanan/
John C. Breckinridge (D)Green check.svg
1857
1858 Joseph E. Brown (D) [lower-alpha 15] 86D, 32KN102D, 51KN, 1ID, 1I
1859 Alpheus M. Rogers 6D, 1A, 1O
1860103D, 21O120D, 48O, 1ID, 1I John C. Breckinridge/
Joseph Lane (SD)Red x.svg
1861Nathan 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) [lower-alpha 16] George Barnes (D)
1866 Charles J. Jenkins (D) [lower-alpha 17] John Philpot
Curren Whitehead
1867
1868 Thomas H. Ruger (M) [lower-alpha 18] vacantvacant4R, 2D Horatio Seymour/
Francis Preston Blair Jr. (D)Red x.svg
Rufus Bullock (R) [lower-alpha 19] David G. Cotting (R) Henry P. Farrow
186926R, 18D88D, 84R, 3?vacant
18704D, 3R
187129D, 14R, 1I136D, 29R, 1I, 1? Homer V. M. Miller (D) Joshua Hill (R)
Benjamin F. Conley (R) [lower-alpha 11] vacant
1872 James Milton Smith (D) Nathaniel J. Hammond (D) Thomas M. Norwood (D)5D, 2R B. Gratz Brown (LR)Red x.svg [lower-alpha 20]
1873Nathan Crawford Barnett (D)40D, 4R161D, 14R John B. Gordon (D)7D, 2R
18746D, 3R

1875–present

YearExecutive 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 [lower-alpha 21] Nathan Crawford
Barnett
(D) [lower-alpha 4]
Nathaniel J.
Hammond
(D)
[lower-alpha 22] [lower-alpha 22] W. L. Goldsmith (D) [lower-alpha 23] no such office [lower-alpha 24] 43D, 1R168D, 7Rno such office Thomas M. Norwood (D) John B. Gordon (D)8D, 1I
1876 Tilden/
Hendricks (D)Red x.svg
1877 Alfred H. Colquitt (D) Robert N. Ely 40D, 3ID, 1R159D, 8R, 8I Benjamin Harvey Hill (D)
1878
187944D171D, 4R6D, 3I
William Ambrose Wright (D) [lower-alpha 25] [lower-alpha 4]
1880 Clifford Anderson [lower-alpha 22] Joseph E. Brown (D) Hancock/
English (D)Red x.svg
188143D, 1R165D, 10R8D, 1I
1882 Pope Barrow (D)
1883 Alexander H. Stephens (D) [lower-alpha 4] 44D167D, 5I, 2R, 1Proh Alfred H. Colquitt (D)10D
James S. Boynton (D) [lower-alpha 11]
Henry Dickerson McDaniel (D)
1884 Cleveland/
Hendricks (D)Green check.svg
1885169D, 6R
1886
1887 John B. Gordon (D)39D, 2R, 2I, 1Lab150D, 10R, 10I, 5Lab
1888 Cleveland/
Thurman (D)Red x.svg
188943D, 1R172D, 3R
1890 George N. Lester
Philip Cook (D) [lower-alpha 11]
1891 William J. Northen (D) W. A. Little Robert Taylor Nesbitt (D)44D171D, 4R John B. Gordon (D)9D, 1Pop
1892 J. M. Terrell Cleveland/
Stevenson (D)Green check.svg
189343D, 1Pop159D, 11Pop, 4R, 1?11D
1894 Patrick Walsh (D)
Allen D. Candler (D)
1895 William Yates Atkinson (D) Gustavus Richard Glenn (D) [lower-alpha 26] 38D, 5Pop, 1R126D, 47Pop, 2R Augustus O. Bacon (D)
1896 Bryan/
Sewall (D)Red x.svg
189737D, 6Pop, 1R142D, 30Pop, 3R Alexander S. Clay (D)
1898 William C. Clifton (D)
Philip Cook, Jr. (D) [lower-alpha 11]
1899Allen D. Candler (D) O. B. Stevens (D) [lower-alpha 27] 43D, 1R170D, 5Pop
1900 Bryan/
Stevenson (D)Red x.svg
1901166D, 9P
1902 Boykin Wright
1903 Joseph M. Terrell (D) John C. Hart William B. Merritt (D)40D, 2R, 2Pop171D, 3R, 1Pop
1904 Parker/
Davis (D)Red x.svg
190544D173D, 2R
Thomas G. Hudson (D) [lower-alpha 25] [lower-alpha 28]
1906
1907 Jere M. Pound (D) [lower-alpha 29] 170D, 3R, 2Pop, 8?5D
Hoke Smith (D)
1908 Bryan/
Kern (D)Red x.svg
1909184D
Joseph Mackey Brown (D)
1910
Hewlett A. Hall Marion L. Brittain (D) [lower-alpha 25] [lower-alpha 30] Joseph M. Terrell (D)
191143D, 1R183D, 1R
Hoke Smith (D) [lower-alpha 10] Thomas S. Felder
John M. Slaton (D) [lower-alpha 11] Hoke Smith (D)
1912 Joseph Mackey Brown (D) Wilson/
Marshall (D)Green check.svg
James J. Conner (D) [lower-alpha 25]
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) [lower-alpha 25]
1919 Samuel McLendon (D) [lower-alpha 11] 51D190D, 3R William J. Harris (D)
1920 R. A. Denny Cox/
Roosevelt (D)Red x.svg
1921 Thomas W. Hardwick (D) George M. Napier (D)50D, 1R202D, 4R Thomas E. Watson (D)
1922
Marvin M. Parks (D) [lower-alpha 25] Rebecca Latimer Felton (D)
Walter F. George (D)
1923 Clifford Walker (D) Nathaniel H. Ballard (D)51D205D, 1R
1924 Davis/
Bryan (D)Red x.svg
1925 Fort E. Land (D) [lower-alpha 4] 50D, 1R204D, 2R
1926
1927 Lamartine Griffin Hardman (D) Eugene Talmadge (D)
Mell L. Duggan (D) [lower-alpha 25]
1928 Smith/
Robinson (D)Red x.svg
George Henry Carswell (D) [lower-alpha 25]
192951D204D, 3R
William B. Harrison (D) [lower-alpha 25] [lower-alpha 31]
1930
1931 Richard Russell Jr. (D) John B. Wilson (D) [lower-alpha 11] 50D, 1R207D
1932 Roosevelt/
Garner (D)Green check.svg
Lawrence S. Camp (D) John S. Cohen (D)
1933 Eugene Talmadge (D) M. J. Yeomans (D) Mauney D. Collins (D) [lower-alpha 32] G. C. Adams (D)205D Richard Russell Jr. (D)10D
1934
1935 Tom Linder (D)203D, 2R
1936
Glenn B. Carreker (D) [lower-alpha 33]
Homer C. Parker (D) [lower-alpha 34]
1937 Eurith D. Rivers (D) Columbus Roberts (D)William B. Harrison (D) [lower-alpha 35] [lower-alpha 4] 204D, 1R
1938 Ben Huiet (D) [lower-alpha 24]
193951D, 1R
Ellis Arnall (D) [lower-alpha 25]
1940 Roosevelt/
Wallace (D)Green check.svg
Downing Musgrove (D) [lower-alpha 25]
1941 Eugene Talmadge (D) Tom Linder (D) Homer C. Parker (D) [lower-alpha 4]
1942
1943 Ellis Arnall (D) T. Grady Head
1944 Roosevelt/
Truman (D)Green check.svg
1945 Eugene Cook (D)
1946
Benjamin W. Fortson Jr. (D) [lower-alpha 36] [lower-alpha 4] William R. Mitchell (D) [lower-alpha 25]
1947 Melvin E. Thompson (D) Zack D. Cravey (D)53D, 1R
Herman Talmadge (D)
Melvin E. Thompson (D) [lower-alpha 37] vacant
1948 Truman/
Barkley (D)Green check.svg
Herman Talmadge (D) [lower-alpha 38] Marvin Griffin (D)
1949203D, 2R
1950
195154D204D, 1R
1952 Stevenson/
Sparkman (D)Red x.svg
195353D, 1R
1954
1955 Marvin Griffin (D) Ernest Vandiver (D) Phil Campbell (D)202D, 3R
1956 Stevenson/
Kefauver (D)Red x.svg
1957 Herman Talmadge (D)
1958 Claude Purcell (D) [lower-alpha 39]
1959 Ernest Vandiver (D) Garland T. Byrd (D)
1960 Kennedy/
Johnson (D)Green check.svg
1961203D, 2R
1962
1963 Carl Sanders (D) Peter Zack Geer (D) James L. Bentley (D)50D, 4R
1964 Goldwater/
Miller (R)Red x.svg
1965 Arthur K. Bolton (D)44D, 9R, 2I198D, 7R9D, 1R
1966 Jack P. Nix (D) [lower-alpha 25] [lower-alpha 32] 188D, 17R
1967 Lester Maddox (D) George T. Smith (D) Sam Caldwell (D)46D, 7R, 1I183D, 22R8D, 2R
1968 Phil Campbell (R) [lower-alpha 40] James L. Bentley (R) [lower-alpha 40] Wallace/
LeMay (AI) Red x.svg
1969 Tommy Irvin (D)48D, 7R, 1I169D, 26R
1970
1971 Jimmy Carter (D) Lester Maddox (D) Johnnie L. Caldwell (D) [lower-alpha 32] 50D, 6R173D, 22R
David H. Gambrell (D)
1972 Nixon/
Agnew (R)Green check.svg
Sam Nunn (D)
197348D, 8R152D, 27R9D, 1R
1974
1975 George Busbee (D) Zell Miller (D)51D, 5R155D, 24R10D
1976 Carter/
Mondale (D)Green check.svg
197752D, 4R158D, 24R
Charles McDaniel (D) [lower-alpha 25]
1978
197951D, 5R160D, 20R9D, 1R
David Poythress (D) [lower-alpha 41]
1980 Carter/
Mondale (D)Red x.svg
1981 Mike Bowers (D)157D, 23R Mack Mattingly (R)
1982
1983 Joe Frank Harris (D) Max Cleland (D)49D, 7R156D, 24R
1984 Joe Tanner (D) [lower-alpha 42] Reagan/
Bush (R)Green check.svg
198547D, 9R154D, 26R8D, 2R
Warren D. Evans (D) [lower-alpha 43]
1986
1987 Werner Rogers (D)46D, 10R153D, 27R Wyche Fowler (D)
1988 Bush/
Quayle (R)Green check.svg
198945D, 11R145D, 35R9D, 1R
1990 Ray Hollingsworth (D)
1991 Zell Miller (D) Pierre Howard (D) Tim Ryles (D) Al Scott (D)144D, 36R
1992 David Poythress (D) [lower-alpha 44] Clinton/
Gore (D)Green check.svg
199339D, 17R128D, 52R4D, 1R Paul Coverdell (R) [lower-alpha 4] 7D, 4R
1994 Mike Bowers (R) [lower-alpha 45]
1995 Linda Schrenko (R) John Oxendine (R)36D, 20R114D, 66R3R, 2D7R, 4D
8R, 3D [lower-alpha 46]
19964R, 1D [lower-alpha 47] Dole/
Kemp (R)Red x.svg
1997 Lewis A. Massey (D) [lower-alpha 25] 34D, 22R102D, 78R Max Cleland (D)
Thurbert Baker (D) [lower-alpha 25]
19984R, 1NP [lower-alpha 48]
Marti Fullerton (D) [lower-alpha 49]
1999 Roy Barnes (D) Mark Taylor (D) Cathy Cox (D) Mike Thurmond (D)
2000 Bush/
Cheney (R)Green check.svg
Zell Miller (D)
200132D, 24R105D, 74R, 1I3R, 1D, 1NP
2002
2003 Sonny Perdue (R) Kathy Cox (R) [lower-alpha 50] 30R, 26D [lower-alpha 51] 107D, 72R, 1I4R, 1D Saxby Chambliss (R)8R, 5D
2004
200534R, 22D100R, 79D, 1I [lower-alpha 52] Johnny Isakson (R)7R, 6D
2006101R, 78D, 1I [lower-alpha 53]
2007 Casey Cagle (R) Karen Handel (R) [lower-alpha 54] 106R, 74D5R
2008 McCain/
Palin (R)Red x.svg
2009105R, 74D, 1I
2010 Brian Kemp (R) [lower-alpha 55] Brad Bryant (I) [lower-alpha 25]
2011 Nathan Deal (R) Sam Olens (R) John Barge (R) Gary Black (R) Ralph Hudgens (R) Mark Butler (R)36R, 20D [lower-alpha 56] 116R, 63D, 1I [lower-alpha 57] 8R, 5D
2012 Romney/
Ryan (R)Red x.svg
201338R, 18D119R, 60D, 1I9R, 5D
2014
2015 Richard Woods (R) David Perdue (R)10R, 4D
201639R, 17D [lower-alpha 58] Trump/
Pence (R)Green check.svg
2017 Christopher M. Carr (R)38R, 18D118R, 62D
2018
2019 Brian Kemp (R) Geoff Duncan (R) Brad Raffensperger (R) Jim Beck (R) [lower-alpha 59] 35R, 21D106R, 74D9R, 5D
John F. King (R) [lower-alpha 60]
2020 Kelly Loeffler (R) Biden/
Harris (D)Green check.svg
202134R, 22D103R, 77D Jon Ossoff (D) Raphael Warnock (D)8R, 6D
2022
2023 Burt Jones (R) Tyler Harper (R) Bruce Thompson (R)33R, 23D102R, 78D [lower-alpha 61] 9R, 5D
2024[ to be determined ]
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. 1 2 3 President of Council of Safety.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Not a formal political party, and not to be confused with the 19th-century Whig Party.
  3. 1 2 President of Georgia.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 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. 1 2 3 President of Executive Council.
  7. Temporary governor.
  8. 1 2 President of Supreme Executive Council.
  9. Resigned in favor of Stephen Heard.
  10. 1 2 3 Resigned to take elected seat in the United States Senate.
  11. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 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. 1 2 3 Appointed by the governor.
  23. Resigned due to an ongoing impeachment trial for corruption.
  24. 1 2 The Georgia Department of Labor was created in 1937 and placed under the control of an elected commissioner. [3]
  25. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 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. 1 2 3 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. 1 2 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. Tim Golden switched from the Democratic to the Republican Party after the November 2, 2010 General Election.
  57. 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.
  58. JaNice Van Ness won a special election to succeed Ronald Ramsey Sr., flipping the seat from Democratic to Republican. [8]
  59. Suspended following indictment for fraud.
  60. Temporary appointment pending the outcome of the investigation into Jim Beck.
  61. Mesha Mainor switched from the Democratic to the Republican Party in July 2023.

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