Savannah is the oldest city in the U.S. state of Georgia and the county seat of Chatham County. Established in 1733 on the Savannah River,the city of Savannah became the British colonial capital of the Province of Georgia and later the first state capital of Georgia. A strategic port city in the American Revolution and during the American Civil War,Savannah is today an industrial center and an important Atlantic seaport. It is Georgia's fifth most populous city,with a 2020 U.S. census population of 147,780. The Savannah metropolitan area,Georgia's third-largest,had a 2020 population of 404,798.
Othell Maxie Burns Jr. is an American politician and academic from the state of Georgia. A member of the Republican Party,Burns has represented the 23rd district in the Georgia State Senate since January 2021. He previously served in the United States House of Representatives from 2003 to 2005,representing Georgia's 12th congressional district. From 2012 to 2017 he was the president of Gordon State College in Barnesville,Georgia.
John Macpherson Berrien was a United States senator from Georgia and Attorney General of the United States during the presidency of Andrew Jackson.
George Hooks is an American politician and Democratic former member of the Georgia State Senate,representing the 14th District from 1991 through 2013. Previously he was a member of the Georgia House of Representatives from 1980 through 1990.
William Bellinger Bulloch was an American Senator from Georgia. He was the youngest son of Archibald Bulloch,uncle to James Stephens Bulloch,granduncle to James Dunwoody Bulloch,Martha Bulloch Roosevelt,and Irvine Stephens Bulloch,great-granduncle to President Theodore Roosevelt,Jr. and Elliott Roosevelt,and great-great-granduncle to First Lady of the United States Eleanor Roosevelt.
Robert Milledge Charlton was an American politician and jurist. He served as a Senator representing Georgia from 1852 to 1853.
Dorothy Barnes Pelote was a member of the Georgia State House of Representatives.
Jay C. Hoffman is a Democratic member of the Illinois House of Representatives,representing the 113th district. He previously served from 1991 to 2011,with a nine-month interruption in 1997.
Peter Wiltberger Meldrim was an attorney,politician,judge and an army officer from Georgia,United States. Early in his career,he worked to expand African Americans' access to education as chairman of the Georgia State Commission on the Education of Colored Persons. He served as an alderman and was elected Mayor of Savannah,Georgia in the late 1890s.
William Stephens was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Georgia.
Winfred Jarrett Dukes is an American politician from Georgia. Dukes is a former Democratic member of the Georgia House of Representatives.
Walter John Leger III,known as Walt Leger,was Speaker pro tempore of the Louisiana House of Representatives and the representative for District 91,which includes Central City,Uptown,the Lower Garden District,the Irish Channel,parts of Broadmoor,Gert Town,and Hollygrove in New Orleans,Louisiana. Leger is a member of the Democratic Party.
Lester George Jackson III is an American politician,educator,and dentist. He is a former state senator from Chatham County,Georgia. He was the 2009 presidential appointee to the Democratic National Committee,becoming the first person from the coastal region of Georgia to serve in this capacity in over 19 years.
Kevin Elsenheimer is an American judge,lawyer and politician from Republican Party and a former minority leader of the Michigan House of Representatives. He is the former Director of the Michigan Workers' Compensation Agency and deputy director and Senior Deputy Director of Michigan's Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA). He served in the cabinet of Michigan Governor Rick Snyder as executive director of the Michigan State Housing Development Authority (MSHDA). He was appointed 13th Circuit Court Judge by Governor Rick Snyder in January 2017.
J. Thomas "Tom" Coleman,Jr. was an American politician and businessman.
George P. Wetzel Sr. was an American legislator and jurist.
Benjamin Luther Watson is an American politician who has served in the Georgia State Senate from the 1st District since he was elected in 2014. He previously served in the Georgia House of Representatives from 2010 to 2014. Watson is an active member of the Republican Party,and he has served on various legislative committees. Since 2019,he has chaired the State Senate's Health and Human Services committee.
Christine F. Chandler is an American politician,lawyer,and former judge serving as a member of the New Mexico House of Representatives from the 43rd district.
Several elections took place in the U.S. state of Georgia in 2022. The general election was held on November 8,2022. A runoff election for one of Georgia's seats in the United States Senate was held on December 6,2022. The runoff was scheduled because none of the candidates for Senate received 50% of the statewide vote in the general election. In addition to the Senate seat,all of Georgia's seats in the United States House of Representatives were up for election. Also up for election were all of Georgia's executive officers and legislative seats,as well as one seat on the Georgia Public Service Commission. The Republican Party decisively won every single statewide office in Georgia except for the Federal Senate race which narrowly went Democratic in 2022.
Joseph Murray Rivers was an American businessman and transit advocate. He served on the Chatham County Commission beginning in 1985,and served as its commissioner between 1985 and 2004.
