135th Georgia General Assembly

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135th Georgia General Assembly
←134th 136th→
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Overview
Legislative bodyGeorgia General Assembly
Meeting placeGeorgia State Capitol
Senate
Members56
President of the SenateZell Miller (D)
Party controlDemocratic Party
House of Representatives
Members180
Speaker of the HouseTom Murphy (D)
Party controlDemocratic Party

The 135th General Assembly of the U.S. state of Georgia convened its first session on January 8, 1979, at the Georgia State Capitol in Atlanta. The 135th Georgia General Assembly succeeded the 134th and served as the precedent for the 136th General Assembly in 1981.

Party standings[]

Senate[]

Affiliation Members
  Republican Party 5
  Democratic Party 51
  Other party* 0
 Total 56

House of Representatives[]

Affiliation Members
  Republican Party 20
  Democratic Party 160
  Other party* 0
 Total 180

*Active political parties in Georgia are not limited to the Democratic and Republican parties. Libertarians, and occasionally others, run candidates in elections. However, for the 1979-80 session of the General Assembly, only the two major parties were successful in electing legislators to office.

Officers[]

Terms of the Georgia General Assembly
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Senate[]

Presiding Officer[]

Position Name District Party

President

Zell Miller n/a Democratic
President Pro Tempore 12 Democratic

Majority leadership[]

Position Name District
Senate Majority Leader 1
Majority Caucus Chairman 29
Majority Whip Loyce Turner 08

Minority leadership[]

Position Name District
Senate Minority Leader Paul D. Coverdell 40
Minority Caucus Chairman James W. (Jim) Tysinger 41
Minority Whip 05

House of Representatives[]

Presiding Officer[]

Position Name District Party
Speaker of the House Thomas B. Murphy 18 Democratic
Speaker Pro Tempore Jack Connell 87 Democratic

Majority leadership[]

Position Name District
House Majority Leader 57
Majority Whip Nathan Knight 67
Majority Caucus Chairman Bill Lee 72
Majority Caucus Secretary Ward Edwards 110

Minority leadership[]

Position Name District
House Minority Leader 126
Minority Whip Dick Lane 40
Minority Caucus Chairman 47
Minority Caucus Secretary 20-3

Members of the State Senate[]

District Senator Party Residence
1 Democratic Savannah
2 Democratic Savannah
3 Democratic Hinesville
4 Joseph E. Kennedy Democratic Claxton
5 Republican Atlanta
6 Democratic Brunswick
7 Democratic Waycross
8 Loyce W. Turner Democratic Valdosta
9 Democratic Norman Park
10 Democratic Boston
11 Democratic Blakely
12 Democratic Albany
13 Democratic Fitzgerald
14 Hugh A. Carter Democratic Plains
15 Democratic Columbus
16 Ted J. Land Republican Columbus
17 Democratic McDonough
18 Democratic Warner Robins
19 Democratic McRae
20 Hugh M. Gillis, Sr. Democratic Soperton
21 Democratic Swainsboro
22 Democratic Augusta
23 Democratic Augusta
24 Democratic Washington
25 Democratic Milledgeville
26 Richard L. Greene Democratic Macon
27 Lee Robinson Democratic Macon
28 Democratic Griffin
29 Democratic Greenville
30 J. Ebb Duncan Democratic Carrollton
31 Nathan Dean Democratic Rockmart
32 Democratic Smyrna
33 Roy E. Barnes Democratic Mableton
34 Democratic Palmetto
35 Democratic Hapeville
36 Democratic Atlanta
37 Democratic Atlanta
38 Horace E Tate Democratic Atlanta
39 Julian Bond Democratic Atlanta
40 Paul D. Coverdell Republican Atlanta
41 James W. (Jim) Tysinger Republican Atlanta
42 Pierre Howard Democratic Decatur
43 Democratic Decatur
44 Democratic Forest Park
45 W.D. (Don) Ballard Democratic Covington
46 Paul C. Broun Democratic Athens
47 Democratic Hartwell
48 Democratic Lawrenceville
49 Democratic Gainesville
50 Democratic Cornelia
51 James Beverly Langford Democratic Calhoun
52 Democratic Rome
53 Democratic LaFayette
54 Democratic Chatsworth
55 Democratic Stone Mountain
56 Republican Alpharetta

Members of the House of Representatives[]

District Representative Party Residence
1-1 Democratic Rossville
1-2 Forest Hays, Jr. Democratic Chattanooga
2 Democratic Ringgold
3 Democratic Chatsworth
4-1 Carlton H. Colwell Democratic Blairsville
4-2 Democratic Hiawassee
5 Democratic Lyerly
6-1 Democratic Dalton
6-2 Democratic Dalton
7 Democratic Calhoun
8-1 Joe Frank Harris Democratic Cartersville
8-2 Democratic Canton
8-3 Democratic Canton
9-1 Joe T. Wood Democratic Gainesville
9-2 Democratic Gainesville
9-3 Democratic Chestnut Mountain
10 Democratic Baldwin
11 Democratic Hollywood
12 Democratic Commerce
13-1 Democratic Danielsville
13-2 Democratic Hartwell
13-3 Democratic Elberton
14 Democratic Rome
15-1 E.M. (Buddy) Childers Democratic Rome
16 Democratic Rome
17 Democratic Cedartown
18 Thomas B. Murphy Democratic Bremen
19-1 Democratic Marietta
19-2 Max D. Kaley Democratic Marietta
19-3 Bill Cooper Democratic Marietta
20-1 Johnny Isakson Republican Marietta
20-2 Republican Marietta
20-3 Republican Smyrna
21-1 Democratic Marietta
21-2 A.L. (Al) Burruss Democratic Marietta
22 Mrs. Dorothy Felton Republican Atlanta
23 Republican Roswell
24 Republican Atlanta
25 Democratic Atlanta
26 Sidney J. Marcus Democratic Atlanta
27 Democratic Atlanta
28 Democratic Atlanta
29 Democratic Atlanta
30 Democratic Atlanta
31 Democratic Atlanta
32 Democratic Atlanta
33 Democratic Atlanta
34 Democratic Atlanta
35 J.E. (Billy) McKinney Democratic Atlanta
36 Democratic Hapeville
37 David Scott Democratic Atlanta
38 Democratic Atlanta
39 Bob Holmes Democratic Atlanta
40 Dick Lane Republican East Point
41 Democratic College Park
42 Republican Fairburn
43-1 Democratic Atlanta
43-2 Republican Atlanta
43-3 Democratic Atlanta
44 John Linder Republican Dunwoody
45 Democratic Atlanta
46 Democratic Atlanta
47 Republican Atlanta
48 Republican Atlanta
49 Ewell H. (Hank) Elliott Republican Decatur
50 Democratic Atlanta
51 Democratic Decatur
52 Democratic Decatur
53 Democratic Avondale Estates
54 Hosea L. Williams Democratic Atlanta
55 Democratic Atlanta
56-1 Democratic Decatur
56-2 Democratic Decatur
56-3 Republican Decatur
57 Democratic Conyers
58 Cas M. Robinson Democratic Stone Mountain
59 Republican Stone Mountain
60 Democratic Buford
61 Democratic Lawrenceville
62 Democratic Athens
63 Bob Argo Democratic Athens
64 Democratic Winder
65 Democratic Douglasville
66-1 Democratic Carrollton
66-2 Democratic Temple
67 Democratic Newnan
68 Democratic Hogansville
69 Democratic LaGrange
70 Claude A. Bray, Jr. Democratic Manchester
71-1 Democratic Griffin
71-2 Democratic Griffin
72-1 William J. (Bill) Lee Democratic Forest Park
72-2 Democratic Jonesboro
72-3 Democratic Forest Park
72-4 Democratic Jonesboro
73 G. Richard Chamberlin Democratic Stockbridge
74 Democratic Covington
75 Democratic Monroe
76 Ben Barron Ross Democratic Lincolnton
77 Wm. S. (Bill) Jackson Democratic Martinez
78 Democratic Jackson
79 Democratic Thomaston
80 Democratic Forsyth
81 Democratic Statesboro
82 Democratic Statesboro
83 Democratic Louisville
84 Democratic Thomson
85 Democratic Augusta
86 Democratic Augusta
87 Jack Connell Democratic Augusta
88 Democratic Augusta
89 Don Cheeks Democrat Augusta
90 Republican Augusta
91 Democratic Shiloh
92 Calvin Smyre Democratic Columbus
93 Albert W. Thompson Democratic Columbus
94 Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. Democratic Columbus
95 Thomas B. Buck Democratic Columbus
96 Republican Columbus
97 Democratic Columbus
98 Democratic Fort Valley
99 Democratic Macon
100 Democratic Macon
101 Democratic Macon
102 David E. Lucas Democratic Macon
103 Democratic Gordon
104 Democratic Macon
105 Jimmy Lord Democratic Sandersville
106 Democratic Swainsboro
107 Democratic Metter
108 Democratic Milledgeville
109 Bobby E. Parham Democratic Milledgeville
110 Ward Edwards Democratic Butler
111 Democratic Richland
112 Democratic Madison
113 Republican Warner Robins
114 Democratic Warner Robins
115 Larry Walker Democratic Perry
116 Democratic Americus
117 Democratic Cochran
118 Terry L. Coleman Democratic Eastman
119 J. Roy Rowland Democratic Dublin
120 Democratic Soperton
121 Democratic Lyons
122 Democratic Savannah
123 Democratic Savannah
124 Republican Savannah
125 Democratic Savannah
126 Republican Savannah
127 Democratic Savannah
128 Democratic Savannah
129 Democratic Springfield
130 Bob Hanner Democratic Parrott
131 Democratic Albany
132 Democratic Albany
133 Democratic Albany
134 Democratic Albany
135 Democratic Cordele
136 Democratic Sylvester
137 Democratic Fitzgerald
138-1 Lunsford Moody Democratic Baxley
138-2 Democratic Jesup
139 Democratic Hinesville
140 Democratic Blakely
141 Democratic Bainbridge
142 Democratic Cairo
143 Democratic Thomasville
144 Democratic Pelham
145 Democratic Moultrie
146-1 Democratic Tifton
146-2 Monty Veazey Democratic Tifton
147 Henry L. Reaves Democratic Quitman
148 Democratic Valdosta
149 Robert L. (Bob) Patten Democratic Lakeland
150 Tom Crosby, Jr. Democratic Waycross
151 Harry D. Dixon Democratic Waycross
152-1 Democratic West Green
152-2 Democratic Alma
153 Democratic Brunswick
154 Republican Brunswick

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