Political party strength in Georgia (U.S. state)
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The following table indicates the party of elected officials in the U.S. state of Georgia:
- Governor
- Lieutenant Governor
- Secretary of State
- Attorney General
- State School Superintendent
- Commissioner of Agriculture
- Commissioner of Insurance
- Commissioner of Labor
The table also indicates the historical party composition in the:
- State Senate
- State House of Representatives
- State Public Service Commission
- State delegation to the United States Senate
- State delegation to the United States House of Representatives
For years in which a presidential election was held, the table indicates which party's nominees received the state's electoral votes.
Darker shading indicates confirmed partisan affiliation or majority; lighter shading indicates likely, but unconfirmed, partisan affiliation or majority.
1775–1788[]
Year | Executive offices | General Assembly | ||
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Governor | Sec. of State | Atty. Gen. | ||
1775 | William Ewen (NP/W)[a][b] | No such office | No such office | |
George Walton (NP/W)[a][b] | ||||
1776 | ||||
William Ewen (NP/W)[a][b] | ||||
Archibald Bulloch (NP/W)[b][c][d] | ||||
1777 | John Milton (F) | |||
Button Gwinnett (NP/W)[b][c][e] | ||||
John A. Treutlen (NP/W)[b] | ||||
1778 | John Houstoun (NP/W)[b] | |||
1779 | William Glascock (NP/W)[b][f] | |||
Seth John Cuthbert (NP/W)[b][g][h] | ||||
John Wereat (NP/W)[b][h] | ||||
George Walton (NP/W)[b] | ||||
1780 | Richard Howly (NP/W)[b] | John Milledge | ||
Humphrey Wells (NP/W)[b][i] | ||||
Stephen Heard (NP/W)[b][f] | ||||
Myrick Davies (NP/W)[b][f] | ||||
1781 | ||||
Nathan Brownson (NP) | ||||
1782 | John Martin (NP) | |||
1783 | Lyman Hall (NP) | |||
1784 | John Houstoun (NP) | |||
1785 | Samuel Elbert (NP) | Nathaniel Pendleton | ||
1786 | Edward Telfair (NP) | |||
1787 | George Mathews (NP) | Matthew Hall McAllister | ||
1788 | George Handley (NP) |
1789–1874[]
Year | Executive offices | General Assembly | United States Congress | Electoral votes | |||||
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Governor | Sec. of State | Atty. Gen. | State Senate | State House | U.S. Senator (Class II) | U.S. Senator (Class III) | U.S. House | ||
1789 | George Walton (DR) | John Milton (F) | Matthew Hall McAllister | [?] | William Few (AA) | James Gunn (AA) | 3AA | George Washington (I) | |
1790 | |||||||||
1791 | Edward Telfair (DR) | ||||||||
1792 | |||||||||
1793 | James Jackson (AA) | 2AA | |||||||
1794 | George Mathews (DR) | ||||||||
1795 | James Jackson (DR) | James Gunn (F) | 2DR | ||||||
1796 | Jared Irwin (DR) | David Brydie Mitchell (DR) | George Walton (F) | Thomas Jefferson (DR) | |||||
1797 | Josiah Tattnall (DR) | ||||||||
1798 | James Jackson (DR-J)[j] | ||||||||
1799 | Abraham Baldwin (DR) | 2F | |||||||
1800 | Thomas Jefferson/ Aaron Burr (DR) | ||||||||
1801 | James Jackson (DR) | 2DR | |||||||
David Emanuel (DR-J)[k] | |||||||||
1802 | Josiah Tattnall (DR-J)[l] | ||||||||
John Milledge (DR-J)[j] | |||||||||
1803 | 4DR | ||||||||
1804 | Thomas Jefferson/ George Clinton (DR) | ||||||||
1805 | |||||||||
1806 | John Milledge (DR) | ||||||||
Jared Irwin (DR-J)[k] | |||||||||
1807 | George Jones (DR) | ||||||||
1808 | William H. Crawford (DR) | James Madison/ George Clinton (DR) | |||||||
1809 | John Forsyth (DR) | ||||||||
1810 | David Brydie Mitchell (DR-J) | Charles Tait (DR) | |||||||
1811 | |||||||||
1812 | Richard Henry Wilde (DR) | James Madison/ Elbridge Gerry (DR) | |||||||
1813 | Alexander M. Allen | William Bellinger Bulloch (DR) | 6DR | ||||||
1814 | Peter Early (DR-J) | William Wyatt Bibb (DR) | |||||||
1815 | |||||||||
1816 | David Brydie Mitchell (DR-J)[m] | Roger Lawson Gamble | James Monroe/ Daniel D. Tompkins (DR) | ||||||
1817 | George Troup (DR) | ||||||||
William Rabun (DR-T)[d][k][n] | |||||||||
1818 | |||||||||
1819 | John Forsyth (DR) | John Elliott (DR) | |||||||
Matthew Talbot (DR-C)[k] | vacant | ||||||||
1820 | John Clark (DR-C) | Freeman Walker (DR) | |||||||
1821 | |||||||||
1822 | Nicholas Ware (DR) | ||||||||
1823 | 7DR | ||||||||
1824 | George Troup (DR-T) | Thomas W. Cobb (DR) | William H. Crawford/ Nathaniel Macon (DR) | ||||||
1825 | Thomas W. Cobb (J) | John M. Berrien (J) | 7J | ||||||
1826 | |||||||||
1827 | George W. Crawford | ||||||||
1828 | John Forsyth (DR-T) | Oliver H. Prince (J) | Andrew Jackson/ John C. Calhoun (D) | ||||||
1829 | George Troup (J) | vacant | |||||||
1830 | George Rockingham Gilmer (DR-T) | John Forsyth (J) | |||||||
1831 | Charles J. Jenkins (D) | ||||||||
1832 | Wilson Lumpkin (U) | Andrew Jackson/ Martin Van Buren (D) | |||||||
1833 | 9J | ||||||||
1834 | John Pendleton King (J) | vacant | |||||||
1835 | Alfred Cuthbert (J) | ||||||||
1836 | William Schley (U) | 54U, 31SR | 102U, 68SR | 7J, 2NR | Hugh Lawson White/ John Tyler (W) | ||||
1837 | [?] | [?] | John Pendleton King (D) | Alfred Cuthbert (D) | 8D, 1W | ||||
1838 | George Rockingham Gilmer (SR) | 50SR, 42U | 103SR, 88U | Wilson Lumpkin (D) | |||||
1839 | 50U, 37SR | 96U, 76SR | 9W | ||||||
1840 | Charles James McDonald (U) | 46SR, 28U, 1 tie | 102U, 94SR, 1? | William Henry Harrison/ John Tyler (W) | |||||
1841 | 48W, 44D | 118W, 88D | John M. Berrien (W) | ||||||
1842 | 51D, 38W, 1 tie | 109D, 91W, 2 ties | 6W, 3D | ||||||
1843 | Nathan Crawford Barnett (D) | 55D, 36W, 2 ties | 118D, 87W, 2 ties | Walter T. Colquitt (D) | 8D | ||||
1844 | George W. Crawford (W) | 49D, 43W, 1? | 124W, 81D | 5D, 3W | James K. Polk/ George M. Dallas (D) | ||||
1845 | vacant | ||||||||
1846 | 25D, 22W | 69D, 60W, 1 tie | John M. Berrien (W) | ||||||
1847 | 4W, 4D | ||||||||
1848 | George W. Towns (D) | 25W, 21D, 1I | 68W, 62D | Herschel Vespasian Johnson (D) | Zachary Taylor/ Millard Fillmore (W) | ||||
1849 | William Crosby Dawson (W) | ||||||||
1850 | 25D, 22W | 65W, 61D, 1 tie, 3? | 5D, 3W | ||||||
1851 | Nathan Crawford Barnett (D) | John Troup Shewmake (R) | 4D, 2U, 2W | ||||||
1852 | Howell Cobb (CU) | 39U, 8SR | 104U, 29SR | Robert M. Charlton (D) | Franklin Pierce/ William R. King (D) | ||||
1853 | Robert Toombs (D) | 6D, 2W | |||||||
1854 | Herschel Vespasian Johnson (D) | 78D, 33KN | 92D, 55KN | ||||||
1855 | Alfred Iverson Sr. (D) | 5D, 2KN, 1W | |||||||
1856 | 78D, 33KN | 92D, 55KN, 1ID | James Buchanan/ John C. Breckinridge (D) | ||||||
1857 | |||||||||
1858 | Joseph E. Brown (D)[o] | 86D, 32KN | 102D, 51KN, 1ID, 1I | ||||||
1859 | 6D, 1A, 1O | ||||||||
1860 | 103D, 21O | 120D, 48O, 1ID, 1I | John C. Breckinridge/ Joseph Lane (SD) | ||||||
1861 | Nathan Crawford Barnett (D) | American Civil War/ Reconstruction | |||||||
1862 | William Watts Montgomery | American Civil War/ Reconstruction | |||||||
1863 | |||||||||
1864 | American Civil War | ||||||||
1865 | |||||||||
James Johnson (D)[p] | George Barnes (D) | ||||||||
1866 | Charles J. Jenkins (D)[q] | ||||||||
1867 | |||||||||
1868 | Thomas H. Ruger (M)[r] | vacant | vacant | 4R, 2D | Horatio Seymour/ Francis Preston Blair Jr. (D) | ||||
Rufus Bullock (R)[s] | (R) | ||||||||
1869 | 26R, 18D | 88D, 84R, 3? | vacant | ||||||
1870 | 4D, 3R | ||||||||
1871 | 29D, 14R, 1I | 136D, 29R, 1I, 1? | Homer V. M. Miller (D) | Joshua Hill (R) | |||||
Benjamin F. Conley (R)[k] | vacant | ||||||||
1872 | James Milton Smith (D) | Nathaniel Job Hammond (D) | Thomas M. Norwood (D) | 5D, 2R | Benjamin Gratz Brown (LR) [t] | ||||
1873 | Nathan Crawford Barnett (D) | 40D, 4R | 161D, 14R | John Brown Gordon (D) | 7D, 2R | ||||
1874 | 6D, 3R | ||||||||
Year | Governor | Sec. of State | Atty. Gen. | State Senate | State House | U.S. Senator (Class II) | U.S. Senator (Class III) | U.S. House | Electoral votes |
Executive offices | General Assembly | United States Congress |
1875–present[]
Year | Executive offices | General Assembly | PSC | United States Congress | Electoral votes | ||||||||||
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Governor | Lt. Governor | Sec. of State | Atty. Gen. | School Supt. | Comm. of Ag. | Comm. of Ins. | Comm. of Labor | State Senate | State House |
U.S. Senator (Class II) |
U.S. Senator (Class III) |
U.S. House | |||
1875 | James Milton Smith (D) | no such office[u] | Nathan Crawford Barnett (D)[d] |
Nathaniel Job Hammond (D) |
[?] | [?] | [?] | no such office | 43D, 1R | 168D, 7R | no such office | Thomas M. Norwood (D) | John Brown Gordon (D) | 8D, 1I | |
1876 | Tilden/ Hendricks (D) | ||||||||||||||
1877 | Alfred H. Colquitt (D) | 40D, 3ID, 1R | 159D, 8R, 8I | Benjamin Harvey Hill (D) | |||||||||||
1878 | |||||||||||||||
1879 | 44D | 171D, 4R | 6D, 3I | ||||||||||||
1880 | Clifford Anderson | [?] | [v] | Joseph E. Brown (D) | Hancock/ English (D) | ||||||||||
1881 | 43D, 1R | 165D, 10R | 8D, 1I | ||||||||||||
1882 | Middleton P. Barrow (D) | ||||||||||||||
1883 | Alexander H. Stephens (D)[d] | 44D | 167D, 5I, 2R, 1Proh | Alfred H. Colquitt (D) | 10D | ||||||||||
James S. Boynton (D)[k] | |||||||||||||||
Henry Dickerson McDaniel (D) | |||||||||||||||
1884 | Cleveland/ Hendricks (D) | ||||||||||||||
1885 | 169D, 6R | ||||||||||||||
1886 | |||||||||||||||
1887 | John Brown Gordon (D) | 39D, 2R, 2I, 1Lab | 150D, 10R, 10I, 5Lab | ||||||||||||
1888 | Cleveland/ Thurman (D) | ||||||||||||||
1889 | 43D, 1R | 172D, 3R | |||||||||||||
1890 | |||||||||||||||
Philip Cook (D)[k] | |||||||||||||||
1891 | William J. Northen (D) | 44D | 171D, 4R | John Brown Gordon (D) | 9D, 1Pop | ||||||||||
1892 | [?] | [?] | [?] | Cleveland/ Stevenson (D) | |||||||||||
1893 | 43D, 1Pop | 159D, 11Pop, 4R, 1? | 11D | ||||||||||||
1894 | Patrick Walsh (D) | ||||||||||||||
Allen D. Candler (D) | |||||||||||||||
1895 | William Yates Atkinson (D) | 38D, 5Pop, 1R | 126D, 47Pop, 2R | Augustus Octavius Bacon (D) | |||||||||||
1896 | Bryan/ Sewall (D) | ||||||||||||||
1897 | 37D, 6Pop, 1R | 142D, 30Pop, 3R | Alexander S. Clay (D) | ||||||||||||
1898 | (D) | ||||||||||||||
(D)[k] | |||||||||||||||
1899 | Allen D. Candler (D) | 43D, 1R | 170D, 5Pop | ||||||||||||
1900 | Bryan/ Stevenson (D) | ||||||||||||||
1901 | 166D, 9P | ||||||||||||||
1902 | |||||||||||||||
1903 | Joseph M. Terrell (D) | 40D, 2R, 2Pop | 171D, 3R, 1Pop | ||||||||||||
1904 | Parker/ Davis (D) | ||||||||||||||
1905 | 44D | 173D, 2R | |||||||||||||
1906 | |||||||||||||||
1907 | 170D, 3R, 2Pop, 8? | 5D | |||||||||||||
M. Hoke Smith (D) | |||||||||||||||
1908 | Bryan/ Kern (D) | ||||||||||||||
1909 | 184D | ||||||||||||||
Joseph Mackey Brown (D) | |||||||||||||||
1910 | |||||||||||||||
Joseph M. Terrell (D) | |||||||||||||||
1911 | 43D, 1R | 183D, 1R | |||||||||||||
M. Hoke Smith (D)[j] | |||||||||||||||
John M. Slaton (D)[k] | M. Hoke Smith (D) | ||||||||||||||
1912 | Joseph Mackey Brown (D) | Wilson/ Marshall (D) | |||||||||||||
1913 | John M. Slaton (D) | 12D | |||||||||||||
1914 | (D) | ||||||||||||||
William Stanley West (D) | |||||||||||||||
Thomas W. Hardwick (D) | |||||||||||||||
1915 | Nathaniel Edwin Harris (D) | Clifford Walker (D) | 188D, 1R | ||||||||||||
1916 | |||||||||||||||
1917 | Hugh Dorsey (D) | 44D | |||||||||||||
1918 | |||||||||||||||
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1919 | (D)[k] | 51D | 190D, 3R | William J. Harris (D) | |||||||||||
1920 | Cox/ Roosevelt (D) | ||||||||||||||
1921 | Thomas W. Hardwick (D) | George M. Napier (D) | 50D, 1R | 202D, 4R | Thomas E. Watson (D) | ||||||||||
1922 | |||||||||||||||
Rebecca Latimer Felton (D) | |||||||||||||||
Walter F. George (D) | |||||||||||||||
1923 | Clifford Walker (D) | 51D | 205D, 1R | ||||||||||||
1924 | Davis/ Bryan (D) | ||||||||||||||
1925 | 50D, 1R | 204D, 2R | |||||||||||||
1926 | |||||||||||||||
1927 | Lamartine Griffin Hardman (D) | ||||||||||||||
1928 | Smith/ Robinson (D) | ||||||||||||||
(D)[w] | |||||||||||||||
1929 | 51D | 204D, 3R | |||||||||||||
1930 | |||||||||||||||
1931 | Richard Russell Jr. (D) | (D)[k] | 50D, 1R | 207D | |||||||||||
1932 | Roosevelt/ Garner (D) | ||||||||||||||
(D) | John S. Cohen (D) | ||||||||||||||
1933 | Eugene Talmadge (D) | 205D | Richard Russell Jr. (D) | 10D | |||||||||||
1934 | |||||||||||||||
1935 | 203D, 2R | ||||||||||||||
1936 | |||||||||||||||
1937 | Eurith D. Rivers (D) | 204D, 1R | |||||||||||||
1938 | (D)[x] | ||||||||||||||
1939 | 51D, 1R | ||||||||||||||
Ellis Arnall (D)[w] | |||||||||||||||
1940 | Roosevelt/ Wallace (D) | ||||||||||||||
1941 | Eugene Talmadge (D) | ||||||||||||||
1942 | |||||||||||||||
1943 | Ellis Arnall (D) | T. Grady Head | |||||||||||||
1944 | Roosevelt/ Truman (D) | ||||||||||||||
1945 | (D) | ||||||||||||||
1946 | |||||||||||||||
Benjamin W. Fortson Jr. (D)[y][d] | |||||||||||||||
1947 | Melvin E. Thompson (D) | 53D, 1R | |||||||||||||
Herman Talmadge (D) | |||||||||||||||
Melvin E. Thompson (D)[z] | vacant | ||||||||||||||
1948 | Truman/ Barkley (D) | ||||||||||||||
Herman Talmadge (D)[aa] | Marvin Griffin (D) | ||||||||||||||
1949 | 203D, 2R | ||||||||||||||
1950 | |||||||||||||||
1951 | 54D | 204D, 1R | |||||||||||||
1952 | Stevenson/ Sparkman (D) | ||||||||||||||
1953 | 53D, 1R | ||||||||||||||
1954 | |||||||||||||||
1955 | Marvin Griffin (D) | Ernest Vandiver (D) | Phil Campbell (D) | 202D, 3R | |||||||||||
1956 | Stevenson/ Kefauver (D) | ||||||||||||||
1957 | Herman Talmadge (D) | ||||||||||||||
1958 | |||||||||||||||
1959 | Ernest Vandiver (D) | Garland T. Byrd (D) | |||||||||||||
1960 | Kennedy/ Johnson (D) | ||||||||||||||
1961 | 203D, 2R | ||||||||||||||
1962 | |||||||||||||||
1963 | Carl Sanders (D) | Peter Zack Geer (D) | 50D, 4R | ||||||||||||
1964 | Goldwater/ Miller (R) | ||||||||||||||
1965 | (D) | 44D, 9R, 2I | 198D, 7R | 9D, 1R | |||||||||||
1966 | 188D, 17R | ||||||||||||||
1967 | Lester Maddox (D) | George T. Smith (D) | James L. Bentley (R) | (D) | 46D, 7R, 1I | 183D, 22R | 8D, 2R | ||||||||
1968 | Phil Campbell (R)[ab] | Wallace/ LeMay (AI) | |||||||||||||
1969 | Tommy Irvin (D) | 48D, 7R, 1I | 169D, 26R | ||||||||||||
1970 | |||||||||||||||
1971 | Jimmy Carter (D) | Lester Maddox (D) | [?] | 50D, 6R | 173D, 22R | ||||||||||
David H. Gambrell (D) | |||||||||||||||
1972 | Nixon/ Agnew (R) | ||||||||||||||
Sam Nunn (D) | |||||||||||||||
1973 | 48D, 8R | 152D, 27R | 9D, 1R | ||||||||||||
1974 | |||||||||||||||
1975 | George Busbee (D) | Zell Miller (D) | 51D, 5R | 155D, 24R | 10D | ||||||||||
1976 | Carter/ Mondale (D) | ||||||||||||||
1977 | 52D, 4R | 158D, 24R | |||||||||||||
1978 | |||||||||||||||
1979 | 51D, 5R | 160D, 20R | 9D, 1R | ||||||||||||
David Poythress (D)[ac] | |||||||||||||||
1980 | Carter/ Mondale (D) | ||||||||||||||
1981 | Mike Bowers (D) | 157D, 23R | Mack Mattingly (R) | ||||||||||||
1982 | |||||||||||||||
1983 | Joe Frank Harris (D) | Max Cleland (D) | 49D, 7R | 156D, 24R | |||||||||||
1984 | (D)[ad] | Reagan/ Bush (R) | |||||||||||||
1985 | 47D, 9R | 154D, 26R | 8D, 2R | ||||||||||||
1986 | |||||||||||||||
1987 | (D) | 46D, 10R | 153D, 27R | Wyche Fowler (D) | |||||||||||
1988 | Bush/ Quayle (R) | ||||||||||||||
1989 | 45D, 11R | 145D, 35R | 9D, 1R | ||||||||||||
1990 | (D) | ||||||||||||||
1991 | Zell Miller (D) | Pierre Howard (D) | (D) | (D) | 144D, 36R | ||||||||||
1992 | David Poythress (D)[ae] | Clinton/ Gore (D) | |||||||||||||
1993 | 39D, 17R | 128D, 52R | 4D, 1R | Paul Coverdell (R)[d] | 7D, 4R | ||||||||||
1994 | Mike Bowers (R)[af] | ||||||||||||||
1995 | Linda Schrenko (R) | John Oxendine (R) | 36D, 20R | 114D, 66R | 3R, 2D | 7R, 4D | |||||||||
8R, 3D[ag] | |||||||||||||||
1996 | 4R, 1D[ah] | Dole/ Kemp (R) | |||||||||||||
1997 | Lewis A. Massey (D)[w] | 34D, 22R | 102D, 78R | Max Cleland (D) | |||||||||||
Thurbert Baker (D)[w] | |||||||||||||||
1998 | 4R, 1NP[ai] | ||||||||||||||
(D)[aj] | |||||||||||||||
1999 | Roy Barnes (D) | Mark Taylor (D) | Cathy Cox (D) | Mike Thurmond (D) | |||||||||||
2000 | Bush/ Cheney (R) | ||||||||||||||
Zell Miller (D) | |||||||||||||||
2001 | 32D, 24R | 105D, 74R, 1I | 3R, 1D, 1NP | ||||||||||||
2002 | |||||||||||||||
2003 | Sonny Perdue (R) | Kathy Cox (R)[ak] | 30R, 26D[al] | 107D, 72R, 1I | 4R, 1D | Saxby Chambliss (R) | 8R, 5D | ||||||||
2004 | |||||||||||||||
2005 | 34R, 22D | 99R, 80D, 1I | Johnny Isakson (R) | 7R, 6D | |||||||||||
2006 | |||||||||||||||
2007 | Casey Cagle (R) | Karen Handel (R)[am] | 106R, 74D | 5R | |||||||||||
2008 | McCain/ Palin (R) | ||||||||||||||
2009 | 105R, 74D, 1I | ||||||||||||||
2010 | Brian Kemp (R)[an] | William Bradley Bryant (I)[w] | |||||||||||||
2011 | Nathan Deal (R) | Sam Olens (R) | John Barge (R) | Gary Black (R) | Ralph Hudgens (R) | Mark Butler (R) | 35R, 21D[ao] | 116R, 63D, 1I[ap] | 8R, 5D | ||||||
2012 | Romney/ Ryan (R) | ||||||||||||||
2013 | 38R, 18D | 119R, 60D, 1I | 9R, 5D | ||||||||||||
2014 | |||||||||||||||
2015 | Richard Woods (R) | David Perdue (R) | 10R, 4D | ||||||||||||
2016 | 39R, 17D[aq] | Trump/ Pence (R) | |||||||||||||
2017 | Christopher M. Carr (R) | 38R, 18D | 118R, 62D | ||||||||||||
2018 | |||||||||||||||
2019 | Brian Kemp (R) | Geoff Duncan (R) | Brad Raffensperger (R) | Jim Beck (R)[ar] | 35R, 21D | 106R, 74D | 9R, 5D | ||||||||
John F. King (R)[as] | |||||||||||||||
2020 | Kelly Loeffler (R) | Biden/ Harris (D) | |||||||||||||
2021 | 34R, 22D | 103R, 77D | Jon Ossoff (D) | Raphael Warnock (D) | 8R, 6D | ||||||||||
2022 | |||||||||||||||
Year | Governor | Lt. Governor | Sec. of State | Atty. Gen. | School Supt. | Comm. of Ag. | Comm. of Ins. | Comm. of Labor | State Senate |
State House |
PSC | U.S. Senator (Class II) |
U.S. Senator (Class III) |
U.S. House |
Electoral votes |
Executive offices | General Assembly | United States Congress |
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- ^ a b c President of Council of Safety.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Not a formal political party, and not to be confused with the 19th-century Whig Party.
- ^ a b President of Georgia.
- ^ a b c d e f Died in office.
- ^ Died in office; after losing his bid for re-election, Gwinnett was wounded in a duel with Lachlan McIntosh on May 6, 1777 and died of his wounds two days later.
- ^ a b c President of Executive Council.
- ^ Temporary governor.
- ^ a b President of Supreme Executive Council.
- ^ Resigned in favor of Stephen Heard.
- ^ a b c Resigned to take elected seat in the United States Senate.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k As president of the state Senate, filled unexpired term.
- ^ Resigned due to declining health.
- ^ Resigned to become agent to the Creek people.
- ^ The Troup party was essentially the continuation of the Jackson faction (followers of James Jackson).
- ^ Resigned following the defeat of the Confederate States of America.
- ^ Provisional governor appointed by President Andrew Johnson following American Civil War.
- ^ Removed from office by the military because he refused to allow state funds to be used for a racially integrated state constitutional convention; the state was still under military occupation during Reconstruction.
- ^ Provisional governor appointed by General George Meade.
- ^ Resigned; fled the state to avoid impeachment; was arrested in 1876 and found not guilty of embezzlement.
- ^ Liberal Republican nominee Horace Greeley died before the Electoral College voted. 6 of Georgia's 11 votes went to Greeley's running mate Brown, while 3 went to Greeley and 2 went to Democratic Georgia Governor Charles J. Jenkins
- ^ Position of lieutenant governor created in 1945 and first elected in 1946.
- ^ Appointed by the governor.
- ^ a b c d e f Filled vacancy.
- ^ The Georgia Department of Labor was created in 1937 and placed under the control of an elected commissioner.[1]
- ^ Appointed secretary of state in 1946 to fill the unexpired term of John B. Wilson, who died in office.[2]
- ^ Eugene Talmadge was elected to a third non-consecutive term in 1946 but died before taking office. Incumbent Governor Ellis Arnall and Lieutenant Governor-elect Melvin E. Thompson both claimed the office. The state legislature chose Eugene Talmadge's son, Herman Talmadge, to be governor, and he took office in January 1947, but the state Supreme Court later that year declared this unconstitutional and declared Thompson the rightful acting governor, and Talmadge stepped down after 67 days in office.
- ^ Talmadge defeated Thompson in a special election in September 1948.
- ^ Switched parties from Democratic to Republican after the 1968 Democratic National Convention.[3]
- ^ Governor George Busbee appointed Poythress secretary of state to fill a vacancy created by the death of Fortson.[4]
- ^ Resigned to accept an appointment as commissioner of the state Department of Natural Resources.[4]
- ^ Poythress was elected to fill Tanner's unexpired term.[4]
- ^ Switched parties to Republican.
- ^ In April 1995 incumbent Democrat Nathan Deal switched parties to Republican.
- ^ Democrat switched parties to Republican in 1995.
- ^ Governor Zell Miller appointed Lauren "Bubba" McDonald Jr. as a nonpartisan to the seat vacated by Democrat Mac Barber.
- ^ Served on an interim basis after Poythress resigned in order to run for governor.
- ^ Resigned.
- ^ Recently reelected incumbent Democrats Don Cheeks, , Rooney Bowen, and Jack Hill switched parties to Republican between the November 2002 election and the beginning of the legislative session in January 2003.
- ^ Resigned to seek the Republican gubernatorial nomination.
- ^ Brian Kemp was appointed Secretary of State, January 4, 2010, to fill the unexpired term of Karen Handel.
- ^ Tim Golden switched from the Democratic to the Republican Party after the November 2, 2010 General Election.
- ^ Eight state representatives—C. Ellis Black, Amy Carter , Mike Cheokas, Bubber Epps, Gerald Greene, Bob Hanner, Doug McKillip, and Alan Powell—switched from the Democratic to the Republican Party after the November 2, 2010 General Election.
- ^ JaNice Van Ness won a special election to succeed Ronald Ramsey Sr., flipping the seat from Democratic to Republican.[5]
- ^ Suspended following indictment for fraud.
- ^ Temporary appointment pending the outcome of the investigation into Jim Beck.
References[]
- ^ About Us | Georgia Department of Labor
- ^ "Ben Fortson (1904-1979)". New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2021-06-20.
- ^ "J. Phil Campbell, Jr. Papers". sclfind.libs.uga.edu. Retrieved 2021-06-20.
- ^ a b c Count to '10, and a Fun Race for Governor
- ^ [1]
See also[]
- Politics in Georgia
- Politics of Georgia
Categories:
- Politics of Georgia (U.S. state)
- Government of Georgia (U.S. state)
- Political party strength by state in the United States