137th Georgia General Assembly

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137th Georgia General Assembly
136th 138th
Great Seal of the State of Georgia
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 137th General Assembly of the U.S. state of Georgia convened its first session on January 10, 1983, at the Georgia State Capitol in Atlanta. The 137th Georgia General Assembly succeeded the 136th and served as the precedent for the 138th General Assembly in 1985.

Party standings[]

Senate[]

Affiliation Members
  Republican Party 7
  Democratic Party 49
  Other party* 0
 Total 56

House of Representatives[]

Affiliation Members
  Republican Party 24
  Democratic Party 156
  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 1983-84 session of the General Assembly, only the two major parties were successful in electing legislators to office.

Officers[]

Senate[]

Presiding Officer[]

Position Name District Party

President

Zell Miller n/a Democratic
President Pro Tempore Joseph E. Kennedy 04 Democratic

Majority leadership[]

Position Name District
Senate Majority Leader 22
Majority Caucus Chairman 29
Majority Whip 21

Minority leadership[]

Position Name District
Senate Minority Leader Paul D. Coverdell 40
Minority Caucus Chairman James W. (Jim) Tysinger 41
Minority Whip 56

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 Al Burruss 20-2
Majority Whip 64
Majority Caucus Chairman Bill Lee 72
Majority Caucus Secretary Ward Edwards 112

Minority leadership[]

Position Name District
House Minority Leader Johnny Isakson 21-2
Minority Whip 23
Minority Caucus Chairman 156
Minority Caucus Secretary 48

Members of the State Senate[]

District Senator Party Residence
1 J. Tom Coleman Democratic Savannah
2 Democratic Savannah
3 Democratic Hinesville
4 Joseph E. Kennedy Democratic Claxton
5 Republican Atlanta
6 Democratic Brunswick
7 Democratic Nashville
8 Loyce W. Turner Democratic Valdosta
9 Republican Lilburn
10 Democratic Climax
11 Democratic Blakely
12 Democratic Albany
13 Rooney L. Bowen Democratic Cordele
14 Democratic Montezuma
15 Democratic Columbus
16 Ted J. Land Republican Columbus
17 Democratic McDonough
18 Democratic Warner Robins
19 Democratic Douglas
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 Democratic Thomaston
28 Democratic Griffin
29 Democratic Greenville
30 Democratic Carrollton
31 Nathan Dean Democratic Rockmart
32 Democratic Smyrna
33 Roy E. Barnes Democratic Mableton
34 Democratic Fairburn
35 Democratic Hapeville
36 David Scott Democratic Atlanta
37 Republican Marietta
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 Terrell Starr Democratic Forest Park
45 Democratic Conyers
46 Paul C. Broun Democratic Athens
47 Democratic Hartwell
48 Democratic Lawrenceville
49 J. Nathan Deal Democratic Gainesville
50 Democratic Cornelia
51 Max Brannon Democratic Calhoun
52 Democratic Rome
53 Waymond C. Huggins 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 Flintstone
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 Democratic Canton
8-2 Democratic Canton
9-1 Joe T. Wood Democratic Gainesville
9-2 Democratic Gainesville
9-3 Democratic Chestnut Mountain
10 Democratic Cumming
11-1 Democratic Clarkesville
11-2 Democratic Baldwin
12 Democratic Commerce
13-1 Democratic Danielsville
13-2 Democratic Hartwell
14 Democratic Elberton
15-1 E.M. (Buddy) Childers Democratic Rome
15-2 Democratic Silver Creek
16 Democratic Rome
17 Democratic Rockmart
18 Thomas B. Murphy Democratic Bremen
19 Democratic Cartersville
20-1 Democratic Marietta
20-2 A.L. (Al) Burruss Democratic Marietta
20-3 Democratic Marietta
20-4 Steve Thompson Democratic Powder Springs
20-5 Democratic Clarkdale
21-1 Republican Smyrna
21-2 Johnny Isakson Republican Marietta
21-3 Republican Smyrna
21-4 Republican Smyrna
21-5 Republican Marietta
22 Dorothy Felton Republican Atlanta
23 Republican Roswell
24 Republican Atlanta
25 Republican Atlanta
26 Sidney J. Marcus Democratic Atlanta
27 Dick Lane Republican East Point
28 Bob Holmes Democratic Atlanta
29 Democratic Atlanta
30 Democratic Atlanta
31 Democratic Atlanta
32 Democratic Palmetto
33 Democratic Atlanta
34 Tyrone Brooks Democratic Atlanta
35 J.E. (Billy) McKinney Democratic Atlanta
36 Democratic Hapeville
37 Georganna T. Sinkfield Democratic Atlanta
38 Democratic Atlanta
39 Democratic Atlanta
40 Democratic Atlanta
41 Democratic Dallas
42 Democratic Douglasville
43 Republican Peachtree City
44 John Linder Republican Dunwoody
45 Republican Atlanta
46 Democratic Atlanta
47 Chesley V. Morton Republican Tucker
48 Republican Atlanta
49 Republican Stone Mountain
50 Democratic Decatur
51 Democratic Decatur
52 Democratic Decatur
53 Democratic Decatur
54 Hosea L. Williams, Sr. Democratic Atlanta
55 Democratic Atlanta
56 Democratic Atlanta
57-1 Democratic Conyers
57-2 Democratic Decatur
57-3 Dean Alford Democratic Lithonia
58 Cas Robinson Democratic Stone Mountain
59 Republican Lilburn
60 Democratic Buford
61 Democratic Lawrenceville
62 Republican Lilburn
63 Republican Norcross
64 Democratic Winder
65 Democratic Monroe
66 Democratic Madison
67 Democratic Athens
68 Bob Argo Democratic Athens
69 Democratic Temple
70 Democratic Carrollton
71 Republican Newnan
72-1 Bill Lee Democratic Forest Park
72-2 Democratic Jonesboro
72-3 Democratic Jonesboro
72-4 Democratic Lake City
72-5 Frank I. Bailey, Jr. Democratic Riverdale
73 Democratic McDonough
74 Democratic Covington
75 Democratic Griffin
76 Democratic Orchard Hill
77 Democratic Hogansville
78 Democratic Jackson
79 Democratic Thomaston
80 Democratic Forsyth
81 Democratic LaGrange
82 Ben Barron Ross Democratic Lincolnton
83 William S. (Bill) Jackson Democratic Martinez
84 Democratic Thomson
85 Charles W. Walker Democratic Augusta
86 Democratic Augusta
87 Jack Connell Democratic Augusta
88 Democratic Augusta
89 Don Cheeks Democrat Augusta
90 Democratic Augusta
91 Claude A. Bray, Jr. Democratic Manchester
92 Calvin Smyre Democratic Columbus
93 Democratic Shiloh
94 Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. Democratic Columbus
95 Thomas B. Buck Democratic Columbus
96 Democratic Columbus
97 Democratic Columbus
98 Democratic Fort Valley
99 Denmark Groover, Jr. Democratic Macon
100 Democratic Macon
101 Democratic Macon
102 David E. Lucas Democratic Macon
103 Democratic Macon
104 Democratic Gordon
105 Bobby Eugene Parham Democratic Milledgeville
106 Democratic Eatonton
107 Jimmy Lord Democratic Sandersville
108 Democratic Louisville
109 Democratic Swainsboro
110 John F. Godbee Democratic Brooklet
111 Bob Lane Democratic Statesboro
112 Ward Edwards Democratic Butler
113 Republican Warner Robins
114 Democratic Warner Robins
115 Larry Walker Democratic Perry
116 George Hooks Democratic Americus
117 Newt Hudson Democratic Rochelle
118 Terry L. Coleman Democratic Eastman
119 DuBose Porter Democratic Dublin
120 Democratic Soperton
121 Democratic Glennville
122 Democratic Savannah
123 Democratic Savannah
124 DeWayne Hamilton Democratic Savannah
125 Democratic Savannah
126 Republican Savannah
127 Democratic Savannah
128 Democratic Savannah
129 Democratic Springfield
130 Gerald E. Greene Democratic Cuthbert
131 Bob Hanner Democratic Dawson
132 Democratic Albany
133 Democratic Albany
134 Democratic Albany
135 Democratic Cordele
136 Democratic Sylvester
137 Democratic Fitzgerald
138 Democratic Tifton
139 Democratic West Green
140 Democratic Blakely
141 Democratic Bainbridge
142 Democratic Cairo
143 Democratic Coolidge
144 Democratic Pelham
145 Democratic Moultrie
146 Democratic Nashville
147 Henry L. Reaves Democratic Quitman
148 Democratic Valdosta
149 Robert L. Patten Democratic Lakeland
150 Tom Crosby, Jr. Democratic Waycross
151 Harry D. Dixon Democratic Waycross
152 Democratic Alma
153-1 Lunsford Moody Democratic Baxley
153-2 Democratic Hazlehurst
154 Democratic Hinesville
155 Republican Brunswick
156 Republican Brunswick

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