144th Georgia General Assembly

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144th Georgia General Assembly
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Overview
Legislative bodyGeorgia General Assembly
Meeting placeGeorgia State Capitol
Senate
Members56
President of the SenatePierre Howard (D)
Party controlDemocratic Party
House of Representatives
Members180
Speaker of the HouseTom Murphy (D)
Party controlDemocratic Party
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The first regular session of the 144th General Assembly of the U.S. state of Georgia met from Monday, January 13, 1997, at 10:00 am, to Monday, March 28, 1997, at which time both houses adjourned sine die.[1]

The second regular session of the Georgia General Assembly opened at 10:00 am on Monday, January 12, 1998, and adjourned sine die on Thursday, March 19, 1998.[2]

Officers[]

Senate[]

Presiding Officer[]

Position Name Party District
President Pierre Howard Democrat n/a
President Pro Tempore Sonny Perdue Democrat 18

Majority leadership[]

Position Name District
Senate Majority Leader Charles Walker 22
Majority Caucus Chairman Nathan Dean 31
Majority Whip Richard O. Marable 52

Minority leadership[]

Position Name District
Senate Minority Leader 37
Minority Caucus Chairman Casey Cagle 49
Minority Whip Eric Johnson 1

House of Representatives[]

Presiding Officer[]

Position Name Party District
Speaker of the House Tom Murphy Democrat 18
Speaker Pro Tempore Jack Connell Democrat 115

Majority leadership[]

Position Name District
House Majority Leader Larry Walker 141
Majority Whip 137
Majority Caucus Chairman Bill Lee 94
Majority Caucus Secretary 50

Minority Leadership[]

Position Name District
House Minority Leader Bob Irvin 45
Minority Whip Earl Ehrhart 36
Minority Caucus Chairman 28
Minority Caucus Vice Chairman Garland Pinholster 15
Minority Caucus Secretary 152

Members of the Georgia State Senate, 1997–1998[]

District Senator Party Residence
1 Eric Johnson Republican Savannah
2 Democratic Savannah
3 Democratic Hinesville
4 Jack Hill Democratic Reidsville
5 Republican Atlanta
6 Republican Brunswick
7 Democratic Homerville
8 Loyce W. Turner Democratic Valdosta
9 Don Balfour Republican Lilburn
10 Nadine Thomas Democratic Ellenwood
11 Democratic Cairo
12 Mark Taylor Democratic Albany
13 Rooney L. Bowen Republican Cordele
14 George Hooks Democratic Americus
15 Ed Harbison Democratic Columbus
16 Clay Land Republican Columbus
17 Republican Conyers
18 Sonny Perdue Democratic Bonaire
19 Democratic Nicholls
20 Hugh M. Gillis Sr. Democratic Soperton
21 Republican Marietta
22 Charles W. Walker Democratic Augusta
23 Don Cheeks Democratic Augusta
24 Joey Brush Republican Appling
25 Democratic Milledgeville
26 Robert Brown Democratic Macon
27 Republican Macon
28 Republican Fayetteville
29 Democratic LaGrange
30 Republican Douglasville
31 Nathan Dean Democratic Rockmart
32 Charlie Tanksley Republican Marietta
33 Steve Thompson Democratic Powder Springs
34 Republican Riverdale
35 Donzella J. James Democratic College Park
36 David Scott Democratic Atlanta
37 Republican Marietta
38 Ralph David Abernathy III Democratic Atlanta
39 Vincent D. Fort Democratic Atlanta
40 Michael J. Egan Republican Atlanta
41 James W. (Jim) Tysinger Republican Atlanta
42 Mary Margaret Oliver Democratic Atlanta
43 Connie Stokes Democratic Decatur
44 Terrell Starr Democratic Forest Park
45 Republican Social Circle
46 Paul C. Broun Sr. Democratic Athens
47 Democratic Elberton
48 Bill Ray Republican Lawrenceville
49 Casey Cagle Republican Gainesville
50 Democratic Dahlonega
51 David Ralston Republican Blue Ridge
52 Richard O. Marable Democratic Rome
53 Waymond "Sonny" Huggins Democratic LaFayette
54 Republican Dalton
55 Steve Henson Democratic Stone Mountain
56 Tom Price Republican Roswell

Members of the Georgia State House of Representatives, 1997–1998[]

District Representative Party Residence
1 Republican Lookout Mountain
2 Mike Snow Democratic Chickamauga
3 Republican Ringgold
4 Republican Dalton
5 Republican Dalton
6 Democratic Eton
7 Republican East Ellijay
8 Ralph Twiggs Democratic Hiawassee
9 Benjamin Bridges Republican Cleveland
10 Democratic Calhoun
11 Democratic Summerville
12 Democratic Rome
13 Buddy Childers Democratic Rome
14 Republican White
15 Garland F. Pinholster Republican Ball Ground
16 Republican Canton
17 Republican Woodstock
18 Thomas B. Murphy Democratic Bremen
19 Republican Dawsonville
20 Democratic Gainesville
21 Republican Gainesville
22 Democratic Toccoa
23 Alan Powell Democratic Hartwell
24 Ralph T. Hudgens Republican Hull
25 Republican Pendergrass
26 Glenn Richardson Republican Dallas
27 Democratic Rockmart
28 Republican Cumming
29 Republican Smyrna
30 Frank Bradford Republican Smyrna
31 Sharon Cooper Republican Marietta
32 Judy Manning Republican Marietta
33 Roy E. Barnes Democratic Mabelton
34 Republican Kennesaw
35 Republican Marietta
36 Earl Ehrhart Republican Powder Springs
37 Mitchell Adam Kaye Sr. Republican Marietta
38 Republican Kennesaw
39 Bobby Franklin Republican Marietta
40 Don Parsons Republican Marietta
41 Mark Burkhalter Republican Alpharetta
42 Republican Roswell
43 Dorothy Felton Republican Atlanta
44 Republican Atlanta
45 Bob Irvin Republican Atlanta
46 Kathy Ashe Republican Atlanta
47 Jim Martin Democratic Atlanta
48 Democratic Atlanta
49 Democratic Atlanta
50 Democratic Atlanta
51 James E. "Billy" McKinney Democratic Atlanta
52 Democratic Atlanta
53 Bob Holmes Democratic Atlanta
54 Tyrone Brooks Democratic Atlanta
55 Democratic East Point
56 Nan Grogan Orrock Democratic Atlanta
57 Georganna T. Sinkfield Democratic Atlanta
58 Sharon Beasley-Teague Democratic Red Oak
59 Republican Doraville
60 Republican Atlanta
61 Doug Teper Democratic Atlanta
62 Democratic Atlanta
63 Republican Atlanta
64 Democratic Stone Mountain
65 Michele D. Henson Democratic Stone Mountain
66 Democratic Scottdale
67 Democratic Atlanta
68 JoAnn McClinton Democratic Atlanta
69 Democratic Decatur
70 Thurbert E. Baker Democratic Decatur
71 Vernon Jones Democratic Decatur
72 Democratic Decatur
73 Democratic Decatur
74 Republican Conyers
75 Democratic Conyers
76 Republican Stone Mountain
77 Republican Lilburn
78 Republican Norcross
79 Republican Norcross
80 Brooks P. Coleman Jr. Republican Duluth
81 Republican Duluth
82 Republican Lawrenceville
83 Republican Snellville
84 Republican Grayson
85 Republican Buford
86 Republican Winder
87 Republican Loganville
88 Louise McBee Democratic Athens
89 Democratic Athens
90 Tom McCall Democratic Elberton
91 Democratic Bogart
92 Democratic Covington
93 Frank I. Bailey, Jr. Democratic Riverdale
94 Bill Lee Democratic Forest Park
95 Democratic Jonesboro
96 Democratic Jonesboro
97 Greg Hecht Democratic Jonesboro
98 Republican Lithia Springs
99 Republican Douglasville
100 Democratic Carrollton
101 Democratic Bowdon
102 Republican Pine Mountain
103 Lynn Ratigan Smith Republican Newnan
104 Lynn Westmoreland Republican Tyrone
105 Republican Peachtree City
106 John P. Yates Republican Griffin
107 Republican Griffin
108 Republican Stockbridge
109 Democratic Jackson
110 Democratic Forsyth
111 Mickey Channell Democratic Greensboro
112 Wm. S. (Bill) Jackson Republican Appling
113 Republican Martinez
114 Robin L. Williams Republican Augusta
115 Jack Connell Democratic Augusta
116 Democratic Waynesboro
117 Democratic Augusta
118 Henry L. Howard Democratic Augusta
119 George L. DeLoach Republican Hephzibah
120 Democratic Sparta
121 Jimmy Lord Democratic Sandersville
122 Bobby Eugene Parham Democratic Milledgeville
123 Democratic Gordon
124 David E. Lucas Sr. Democratic Macon
125 David Baugh Graves Republican Macon
126 Robert A. B. Reichert Democratic Macon
127 Democratic Macon
128 Democratic Fort Valley
129 Republican Zebulon
130 Republican LaGrange
131 Democratic LaGrange
132 Republican Columbus
133 Carolyn Fleming Hugley Democratic Columbus
134 Maretta Mitchell Taylor Democratic Columbus
135 Tom Buck Democratic Columbus
136 Calvin Smyre Democratic Columbus
137 Democratic Americus
138 Democratic Cordele
139 Republican Warner Robins
140 Lynmore James Democratic Montezuma
141 Larry Walker Democratic Perry
142 Terry Coleman Democratic Eastman
143 DuBose Porter Democratic Dublin
144 Larry J. "Butch" Parrish Democratic Swainsboro
145 Republican Stateboro
146 Bob Lane Democratic Stateboro
147 Democratic Rincon
148 Regina Thomas Democratic Savannah
149 Dorothy B. Pelote Democratic Savannah
150 Sonny Dixon Democratic Garden City
151 Tom Bordeaux Democratic Savannah
152 Republican Savannah
153 Burke Day Republican Tybee Island
154 Republican Glennville
155 Democratic Vidalia
156 Newt Hudson Democratic Rochelle
157 Democratic Ashburn
158 Gerald E. Greene Democratic Cuthbert
159 Bob Hanner Democratic Parrott
160 Dan E. Ponder Democratic Donalsonville
161 Winfred J. Dukes Democratic Albany
162 Democratic Albany
163 Republican Albany
164 Democratic Camilla
165 Austin Scott Republican Tifton
166 Democratic Nashville
167 Chuck Sims Democratic Ambrose
168 Harry D. Dixon Democratic Waycross
169 Democratic Alma
170 Democratic Hazlehurst
171 Hinson Mosley Democratic Jesup
172 Buddy DeLoach Republican Hinesville
173 Democratic Brunswick
174 Republican St. Simons Island
175 Democratic St. Marys
176 Democratic Lakeland
177 Tim Golden Democratic Valdosta
178 Henry L. Reaves Democratic Quitman
179 Democratic Bainbridge
180 Theo Titus Republican Thomasville

References[]

  1. ^ Journal of the Senate of the State of Georgia regular session 1997 volume one, commenced at Atlanta, Georgia, Monday, January 13, 1997, and adjourned Monday, March 28, 1997: Georgia Government Publications
  2. ^ Journal of the House of Representatives of the State of Georgia at the regular session commenced at Atlanta, Monday, January 12, 1998, and adjourned Thursday, March 19, 1998, volume I: Georgia Government Publications
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