List of former members of the Georgia State Senate
Appearance
The following is a list of former members of the Georgia State Senate (1789–present) and the prior Executive Council (1777–1789).
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List
[edit]Member | Time in office | District | County | Party |
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Richard Walker | 1820–1822 | Appling | Appling | |
Samuel E. Swilley | 1823–1825 | Appling | Appling | |
Turby F. Thomas | 1826–1832 | Appling | Appling | |
Benjamin Leggett | 1833–1836 | Appling | Appling | |
Seaborn Hall | 1837, 1841–1842 | Appling | Appling | |
Thomas Hall | 1838 | Appling | Appling | |
William Roberuon | 1839–1840 | Appling | Appling | |
Joseph L. Robinson | 1843 | Appling | Appling | |
Jacob Moody | 1845 | 6th | Appling, | |
John McArthur | 1847 | 6th | Appling, | |
Daniel F. McRae | 1849–1850 | 6th | Appling, | |
John McRae | 1851–1852 | 6th | Appling, | |
J. Reddish | 1853-1856 | Appling | Appling | |
John Bennett | 1857–1858; 1863–1865 | Appling (1st term), 3rd (2nd term) | Appling (1st term); Appling, (2nd term) | |
John G. Ritch | 1859–1860 | Appling | Appling | |
H. R. Fort | 1861–1863 | 3rd | Appling, | |
Silas Overstreet | 1865–1866 | 3rd | Appling, | |
Elisha D. Graham | 1868–1869 | 3rd | Appling, | |
Merritt Henderson | 1870 | 3rd | Appling, | |
John C. Nicholls | 1871–1874 | 3rd | Appling, | |
Daniel G. Hopps | 1875–1877 | 3rd | Appling, | |
Gideon J. Holton | 1878–1879 | 3rd | Appling, | |
Lemuel Johnson | 1880–1881, 1884–1885 | 3rd | Appling, | |
S. R. Harris | 1882–1883; 1888–1889; 1894–1895 | 3rd | Appling, | |
W. G. Brantley | 1886–1887 | 3rd | Appling, | |
Henry A. Brnnrtt | 1890–1891 | 3rd | Appling, | |
E. M. Crawford | 1892–1893 | 3rd | Appling, | |
Philip Hovis Comas | 1896–1897; 1902–1904 | 3rd | Appling, | |
James R. Dowling | 1898–1899 | 3rd | Appling, | |
R. B. Hopps | 1900–1901 | 3rd | Appling, | |
E. Lawton Walker | 1905–1906 | 3rd | Appling, | |
W. H. Whaley | 1907–1908 | 3rd | Appling, | |
Alvin V. Sellen | 1909–1910 | 3rd | Appling, | |
John A. Cromartie | 1911–1912 | 3rd | Appling, | |
G. W. Taylor | 1913–1914; 1921–1922 | 3rd (1st term), 46th (2nd term) | Appling, Bacon (1st term); Bacon, (2nd term) | |
James R. Thomas | 1915–1917 | 3rd | Appling, Bacon | |
James B. Moore | 1917–1918 | 3rd | Appling, Bacon | |
Z. W. Kirkand | 1919–1920 | 3rd | Appling, | |
James R. Thomas | 1921–1922 | 3rd | Appling, | |
Charles Henry Parker | 1923–1924 | 3rd | Appling, | |
John Gordon Knox | 1925–1926 | 3rd | Appling, | |
Waiiam Sedric Courson | 1927 | 3rd | Appling, | |
Aaron James Nichols | 1929–1931 | 3rd | Appling, | |
Wade Hampton Watson | 1931 | 3rd | Appling, | |
John Gordon Knox | 1933 | 3rd | Appling, | |
Joel Marvin Strickland | 1935 | 3rd | Appling, | |
Joel Price Shedd | 1937–1938; 1945–1946 | 3rd | Appling, | |
James Thomas Holt | 1939–1940; 1953–1954; 1959–1960 | 3rd (1st term); 54th (2nd and 3rd term) | Appling, | |
Samuel Wright Martin | 1941–1942 | 3rd | Appling, | |
William Harley Jones | 1943–1944 | 3rd | Appling, | |
William Clarence Parker | 1947–1948 | 54th | Appling, | |
Lawton R. Ursrey | 1949–1950; 1955–1956 | 54th | Appling, | |
A. G. Olliver | 1951–1952 | 54th | Appling, | |
Wilton Hill | 1957–1958 | 54th | Appling, | |
Gordon Knox, Jr. | 1961–1962 | 54th | Appling, | |
William A. Zorn | 1963–1964 | 6th | Appling, Bacon, | |
Roscoe Dean | 1965–1972 | 6th | Appling, Bacon | |
Joe Kennedy | 1972–1990 | 4th | Appling, | |
Frank Eldridge | 1965–1982 | 7th | Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, | |
Robert G. Dickerson | 1917–1918 | 5th | Atkinson, | |
J. E. T. Bowden | 1919–1920 | 5th | Atkinson, | |
Dan Wall | 1921–1922 | 5th | Atkinson, | |
Henry C. Morgan | 1923–1924 | 5th | Atkinson, | |
Henry Jones Carswell | 1925–1926 | 5th | Atkinson, | |
Bertram Godwin Oberry | 1927 | 5th | Atkinson, | |
George Melancthon Dame | 1929–1931 | 5th | Atkinson, | |
John William Bennett | 1931 | 5th | Atkinson, | |
Jesse S. Morris | 1933 | 5th | Atkinson, | |
Frank M. Dickerson | 1935 | 5th | Atkinson, | |
Jack Williams | 1937–1938; 1943–1944 | 5th | Atkinson, | |
Hiram Franklin Sears | 1939–1940 | 5th | Atkinson, | |
Alfonso Leo Barnhill | 1941–1942 | 5th | Atkinson, | |
Abe T. Minchew | 1945–1946 | 5th | Atkinson, | |
Iris Faircloth Blitch | 1947–1948; 1953–1954 | 5th | Atkinson, | |
Sam T. Wright | 1949–1950 | 5th | Atkinson, | |
L. A. Hargreaves | 1951–1952 | 5th | Atkinson, | |
W. K. Ponsell | 1955–1956; 1961–1962 | 5th | Atkinson, | |
Waldo Henderson | 1957–1958 | 5th | Atkinson, | |
Wallace L. Jernigan | 1959–1960 | 5th | Atkinson, | Democratic |
Talmadge McKinnon | 1963–1964 | 7th | Atkinson, | |
John Knox Larkins | 1919–1920 | 46th | Bacon, | |
E. L. Grantham | 1923–1924 | 46th | Bacon, | |
Samuel Forster Memory | 1925–1926 | 46th | Bacon, | |
Walter bennett | 1927 | 46th | Bacon, | |
J. C. Brewer | 1929–1931 | 46th | Bacon, | |
James O. Waters | 1931 | 46th | Bacon, | |
Andrew Jackson Tuten | 1933 | 46th | Bacon, | |
J. Henry Milhollin | 1935; 1941–1942 | 46th | Bacon, | |
Lee Smith Purdom | 1937–1938; 1949–1950 | 46th | Bacon, | |
Homer Lee Causey | 1939–1940; 1945–1946 | 46th | Bacon, | |
Lewis Hardeman Oden | 1943–1944 | 46th | Bacon, | |
Eddie Columbus Wideinan | 1947–1948 | 46th | Bacon, | |
H. Dorsey Deen | 1951–1952; 1957–1958 | 46th | Bacon, | |
Charles M. Sims | 1953–1954 | 46th | Bacon, | |
O. W. Raulerson | 1955–1956 | 46th | Bacon, | |
Noah E. Holton, Sr | 1959–1960 | 46th | Bacon, | |
O. D. Johnson | 1961–1962 | 46th | Bacon, | |
John S. Porter | 1826–1830 | Baker | Baker | |
Martin Miller | 1831 | Baker | Baker | |
Samuel Howard | 1832–1833 | Baker | Baker | |
Thomas J. Holmes | 1834–1841 | Baker | Baker | |
John Colley | 1842–1843; 1845 | Baker (1st tenure); 13th | Baker (1st tenure); Baker, (2nd tenure) | |
William J. Johnson | 1847 | 13th | Baker, | |
Richard H. Clark | 1849–1850; 1853–1854 | 13th (1st term); Baker (2nd term) | Baker, (1st term); Baker (2nd term) | |
Benjamin L. Wolf | 1851–1852 | 13th | Baker, | |
J. G. Sapp | 1855–1856 | Baker | Baker | |
Charles D. Hammond | 1857–1858; 1863–1865 | Baker (1st tenure); 9th (2nd tenure) | Baker (1st tenure); Baker, (2nd tenure) | |
Gazaway D. Lamar | 1859–1860 | Baker | Baker | |
S. S. Stafford | 1861–1863 | 9th | Baker, | |
James Dickey | 1865–1866 | 9th | Baker, | |
R. T. Nesbitt | 1868–1870 | 9th | Baker, | |
Reuben Jones | 1871–1874; 1892 | 9th | Baker, | |
Theodore J. Perry | 1875–1877 | 9th | Baker, | |
Euzema C. Bower | 1878–1879 | 9th | Baker, | |
A. L. Hawes | 1880–1881 | 9th | Baker, | |
O. II. Paull | 1882–1883 | 9th | Baker, | |
Henry C. Sheffield | 1884–1885 | 9th | Baker, | |
I. H. Hand | 1886–1887 | 9th | Baker, | |
C. B. Woolen | 1888–1889 | 9th | Baker, | |
R. H. Lanier | 1890–1891 | 9th | Baker, | |
Thomas W. Fleming | 1892–1893 | 9th | Baker, | |
J. E. Mercer | 1894–1895 | 9th | Baker, | |
W. C. Sheffield | 1896–1897 | 9th | Baker, | |
Robert Benton Odum | 1898–1899 | 9th | Baker, | |
J. L. Boynton | 1900–1901; 1905–1906 | 9th | Baker, | |
T. E. Hightower | 1902–1904 | 9th | Baker, | |
J. S. Cowart | 1907–1908 | 9th | Baker, | |
T. B. McDowell | 1909–1910 | 9th | Baker, | |
Robert E. L. Spence | 1911–1912 | 9th | Baker, | |
Elsie Leonard Smith | 1913–1914 | 9th | Baker, | |
W. A. Buchanan | 1915–1917 | 9th | Baker, | |
J. C. Odom | 1917–1918 | 9th | Baker, | |
Z. T. Rabun | 1919–1920 | 9th | Baker, | |
Robert Howard Sheffield | 1921–1922 | 9th | Baker, | |
Albert Norman McLeod | 1923–1924 | 9th | Baker, | |
Alexander Lee Miller | 1925–1926 | 9th | Baker, | |
John D. Haddock | 1927 | 9th | Baker, | |
Willie James Kidd | 1929–1931 | 9th | Baker, | |
William Thomas Adkins | 1931 | 9th | Baker, | |
George Marvin Sparks | 1933 | 9th | Baker, | |
Albert Norman McLeod | 1935 | 9th | Baker, | |
Jerome M. Clements | 1937–1938 | 9th | Baker, | |
John Oscar Bridges | 1939–1940 | 9th | Baker, | |
Benton Odom, Jr. | 1941–1942 | 9th | Baker, | |
Jerome Marcelous Clements | 1943–1944 | 9th | Baker, | |
William Henry Wall | 1945–1946; 1951–1952 | 9th | Baker, | |
Mrs. Benton Odom | 1947–1948 | 9th | Baker, | |
Frank Lunsford | 1949–1950 | 9th | Baker, | |
John B. Hall | 1953–1954 | 9th | Baker, | |
Charles E. Dews | 1955–1956 | 9th | Baker, | |
William Mobley Howell | 1957–1958 | 9th | Baker, | |
Mack C. Screws | 1959–1960 | 9th | Baker, | |
Charles E. Dews | 1961–1962 | 9th | Baker, | |
Julian Webb | 1963–1972 | 11th | Baker, | |
Michael N. Herndon | 1973–1974 | 10th | Baker, | |
Henry P. Russell, Jr | 1975–1978 | 10th | Baker, | |
Standish Thompson | 1965–1967 | 34th | Fulton | Republican |
E. Earl Patton | 1969–1970 | 40th | Fulton | Republican |
Carl Sanders | 1956–1962 | 18th | Glasscock | Democratic |
Jimmy Carter | 1963–1967 | 14th | Chattahoochee, Quitman, Randolph, Stewart, Sumter, Terrell, Webster | Democratic |
Roscoe E. Dean | 1965–1978 | 6th | Democratic | |
Ford Spinks | 1962–1971 | Democratic | ||
Frank Eldridge Jr. | 1965–1982 | 7th | Democratic | |
Julian Webb | 1963–1974 | 11th | Democratic | |
Horace Ward | 1965–1974 | Democratic | ||
Leroy Johnson | 1963–1975 | 38th | Democratic | |
Zell Miller | 1961–1963; 1963–1965 | 40th; 50th | Democratic | |
Johnny Isakson | 1993–1997 | 21st | Republican | |
Michael J. Egan | 1989–2001 | 40th | Republican | |
Joseph Tribble | 1963–1966 | 3rd | Chatham | Republican |
Oliver Bateman | 1964–1972 | 27th | Bibb | Republican |
Dan MacIntyre | 1963–1969 | 40th | Fulton | Republican |
A. Perry Gordy | 1963–1965 | 15th | Muscogee | Republican |
Ivey William Gregory | 1965–1969 | 15th | Muscogee | Republican |
Charles William Kiker | 1935–1936; 1941–1942; 1947–1948; 1953–1954 | 41st | Fannin | Republican |
C. James Roper | 1957–1959 | 41st | Fannin | Republican |
Charles Emerson Waters | 1955–1957; 1961–1963 | 41st | Fannin | Republican |
Reese Samuel Thomas | 1963–1965 | 54th | Whitfield | Republican |