138th 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 138th General Assembly of the U.S. state of Georgia convened its first session on January 7, 1985, at the Georgia State Capitol in Atlanta. The 138th Georgia General Assembly succeeded the 137th and served as the precedent for the 139th General Assembly in 1987.
Party standings[]
Senate[]
Affiliation | Members | |
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Republican Party | 9 | |
Democratic Party | 47 | |
Other party* | 0 | |
Total | 56 |
House of Representatives[]
Affiliation | Members | |
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Republican Party | 27 | |
Democratic Party | 153 | |
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 1985-86 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 | |
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Zell Miller | n/a | Democratic | ||
President Pro Tempore | Joseph E. Kennedy | 04 | Democratic |
Majority leadership[]
Position | Name | District | |
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Senate Majority Leader | 22 | ||
Majority Caucus Chairman | 14 | ||
Majority Whip | 27 |
Minority leadership[]
Position | Name | District | |
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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 | |
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Speaker of the House | Thomas B. Murphy | 18 | Democratic | |
Speaker Pro Tempore | Jack Connell | 87 | Democratic |
Majority leadership[]
Position | Name | District | |
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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 | |
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House Minority Leader | Johnny Isakson | 21-2 | |
Minority Whip | 23 | ||
Minority Caucus Chairman | 156 | ||
Minority Caucus Secretary | 59 |
Members of the State Senate[]
District | Senator | Party | Residence |
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1 | J. Tom Coleman | Democratic | Savannah |
2 | Democratic | Savannah | |
3 | Democratic | Hinesville | |
4 | Joseph E. Kennedy | Democratic | Claxton |
5 | Republican | Atlanta | |
6 | Democratic | Jesup | |
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 | Republican | Augusta | |
24 | Democratic | Washington | |
25 | Democratic | Milledgeville | |
26 | Richard L. Greene | Democratic | Macon |
27 | Democratic | Thomaston | |
28 | Democratic | Griffin | |
29 | Democratic | LaGrange | |
30 | Democratic | Carrollton | |
31 | Nathan Dean | Democratic | Rockmart |
32 | Republican | Smyrna | |
33 | Roy E. Barnes | Democratic | Mableton |
34 | Democratic | Fairburn | |
35 | Arthur Langford, Jr. | Democratic | Atlanta |
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 |
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1-1 | Democratic | Chickamauga | |
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 | Toccoa | |
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 | Bill Cooper | 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 | Jim Martin | Democratic | Atlanta |
27 | Dick Lane | Democratic | East Point |
28 | Bob Holmes | Democratic | Atlanta |
29 | Democratic | Atlanta | |
30 | Democratic | Atlanta | |
31 | Mable Thomas | 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 | Juanita Terry Williams | 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 | Republican | Lawrenceville | |
62 | Republican | Lilburn | |
63 | Republican | Norcross | |
64 | Democratic | Winder | |
65 | Democratic | Monroe | |
66 | Democratic | Watkinsville | |
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 | Republican | 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 | Republican | Augusta | |
91 | Claude A. Bray, Jr. | Democratic | Manchester |
92 | Calvin Smyre | Democratic | Columbus |
93 | Democratic | Hamilton | |
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 | Frank Horne | 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 | Larry J. "Butch" Parrish | 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 | Jack Kingston | Republican | 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 | Camilla | |
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"
Categories:
- Georgia (U.S. state) legislative sessions
- 1985 in American politics
- 1986 in American politics
- 1985 in Georgia (U.S. state)
- 1986 in Georgia (U.S. state)