137th Georgia General Assembly

137th Georgia General Assembly
137th Georgia General Assembly
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Overview
Legislative body	Georgia General Assembly
Meeting place	Georgia State Capitol
Senate
Members	56
President of the Senate	Zell Miller (D)
Party control	Democratic Party
House of Representatives
Members	180
Speaker of the House	Tom Murphy (D)
Party control	Democratic 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[]

	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[]

	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[]

	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

External links[]

Georgia General Assembly website Archived 2010-02-05 at the Wayback Machine
Official Georgia Government Publications - Library - Link to "Picture Book"