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Admin. , rowspan=2 nowrap , Mar 4, 1789 –
Mar 3, 1793 , rowspan=2 , Elected in 1789.Lost re-election. , rowspan=2 , 1 , , rowspan=3 , 1 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1789. , rowspan=8 nowrap , Mar 4, 1789 –
Mar 3, 1801 , rowspan=3 , Anti-
Admin. , rowspan="8" style="text-align:right;",
James Jackson , , Anti-
Admin. , rowspan=2 nowrap , Mar 4, 1793 –
Nov 16, 1795 , rowspan=2 , Elected in 1793.Resigned to run for the
Republican , rowspan=3 , rowspan=5 , 2 , rowspan=5 , Re-elected in 1794. , rowspan=5 ,
Feb 20, 1796 , Appointed to continue Jackson's term.Retired when successor elected. , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=2 , 4 , rowspan="2" style="text-align:left;", Josiah Tattnall , rowspan=2 , Democratic-
Republican , rowspan=2 nowrap , Feb 20, 1796 –
Mar 3, 1799 , rowspan=2 , Elected to finish Jackson's term. , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=6 , 5 , rowspan="6" style="text-align:left;",
Republican , rowspan=6 nowrap , Mar 4, 1799 –
Mar 4, 1807 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1799. , rowspan=3 , 3 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=5 , 3 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1800.Died. , rowspan=3 nowrap , Mar 4, 1801 –
Mar 19, 1806 , rowspan=3 , Democratic-
Republican , rowspan="3" style="text-align:right;",
James Jackson ! rowspan=3 , 2 , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1804.Died. , rowspan=9 , 4 , rowspan=3 , - style="height:2em" , , nowrap , Mar 19, 1806 –
Jun 19, 1806 , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , - style="height:2em" , Elected to finish Jackson's term. , rowspan=5 nowrap , Jun 19, 1806 –
Nov 14, 1809 , rowspan=5 , Democratic-
Republican , rowspan="5" style="text-align:right;",
Aug 27, 1807 , , rowspan=3 , rowspan=7 , 4 , rowspan=4 , Re-elected in 1806.Resigned. , - style="height:2em" ! 6 , align=left ,
Republican , nowrap , Aug 27, 1807 –
Nov 7, 1807 , Appointed to continue Baldwin's term.Lost special election. , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=6 , 7 , rowspan="6" style="text-align:left;",
Republican , rowspan=6 nowrap , Nov 7, 1807 –
Mar 23, 1813 , rowspan=4 , Elected to finish Baldwin's term. , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , - style="height:2em" , , nowrap , Nov 14, 1809 –
Nov 27, 1809 , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=2 , Elected to finish Milledge's term. , rowspan=13 nowrap , Nov 27, 1809 –
Mar 3, 1819 , rowspan=13 , Democratic-
Republican , rowspan="13" style="text-align:right;",
Charles Tait ! rowspan=13 , 4 , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=2 , Re-elected in 1810 or 1811Resigned to become U.S. Minister to France. , rowspan=8 , 5 , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=4 , rowspan=11 , 5 , rowspan=11 , Re-elected in 1813. , - style="height:2em" , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , nowrap , Mar 23, 1813 –
Apr 8, 1813 , , - style="height:2em" ! 8 , align=left ,
Republican , nowrap , Apr 8, 1813 –
Nov 6, 1813 , Appointed to continue Crawford's term.Retired when successor elected. , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=2 , 9 , rowspan="2" style="text-align:left;",
William Wyatt Bibb , rowspan=2 , Democratic-
Republican , rowspan=2 nowrap , Nov 6, 1813 –
Nov 9, 1816 , rowspan=2 , Elected to finish Crawford's term.
Resigned. , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , - style="height:2em" , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , nowrap , Nov 9, 1816 –
Nov 13, 1816 , , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=2 , 10 , rowspan="2" style="text-align:left;",
Republican , rowspan=2 nowrap , Nov 13, 1816 –
Sep 23, 1818 , Elected to finish Bibb's term. , - style="height:2em" , Elected to full term in 1816.Resigned. , rowspan=9 , 6 , rowspan=4 , - style="height:2em" , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , nowrap , Sep 23, 1818 –
Nov 23, 1818 , , - style="height:2em" ! 11 , align=left ,
John Forsyth , , Democratic-
Republican , nowrap , Nov 23, 1818 –
Feb 17, 1819 , Elected to finish Troup's term.Resigned to become
Nov 6, 1819 , rowspan=2 , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=2 , rowspan=8 , 6 , rowspan=8 , Elected in 1819. , rowspan=8 nowrap , Mar 4, 1819 –
Mar 3, 1825 , rowspan=8 , Democratic-
Republican , rowspan="8" style="text-align:right;",
John Elliott ! rowspan=8 , 5 , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=2 , 12 , rowspan="2" style="text-align:left;",
Republican , rowspan=2 nowrap , Nov 6, 1819 –
Aug 6, 1821 , rowspan=2 , Elected to finish Forsyth's term.Resigned. , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , - style="height:2em" , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , nowrap , Aug 6, 1821 –
Nov 10, 1821 , , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=2 , 13 , rowspan="2" style="text-align:left;",
Republican , rowspan=2 nowrap , Nov 10, 1821 –
Sep 7, 1824 , Elected to finish Walker's term. , - style="height:2em" , Re-elected in 1823.Died. , rowspan=6 , 7 , rowspan=3 , - style="height:2em" , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , nowrap , Sep 7, 1824 –
Dec 6, 1824 , , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 , 14 , rowspan="3" style="text-align:left;", Thomas W. Cobb , , Democratic-
Republican , rowspan=3 nowrap , Dec 6, 1824 –
Nov 7, 1828 , rowspan=3 , Elected to finish Ware's term.Resigned. , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=2 , Jacksonian , , rowspan=6 , 7 , rowspan=4 , Elected in 1825.Resigned to become U.S. Attorney General. , rowspan=4 nowrap , Mar 4, 1825 –
Mar 9, 1829 , rowspan=4 , Jacksonian , rowspan="4" style="text-align:right;",
Oliver H. Prince , , Jacksonian , nowrap , Nov 7, 1828 –
Mar 3, 1829 , Elected to finish Cobb's term. , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=5 , 16 , rowspan="5" style="text-align:left;",
Nov 8, 1833 , rowspan=5 , Elected in 1828.Resigned. , rowspan=9 , 8 , rowspan=3 , - style="height:2em" , , nowrap , Mar 9, 1829 –
Nov 9, 1829 , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , - style="height:2em" , Elected to finish Berrien's term. , rowspan=5 nowrap , Nov 9, 1829 –
Jun 27, 1834 , rowspan=5 , Jacksonian , rowspan="5" style="text-align:right;",
John Forsyth ! rowspan=5 , 7 , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=7 , 8 , rowspan=4 , Re-elected in 1830 or 1831.Resigned to become
Nov 21, 1833 , , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=5 , 17 , rowspan="5" style="text-align:left;",
John P. King , rowspan=4 , Jacksonian , rowspan=5 nowrap , Nov 21, 1833 –
Nov 1, 1837 , rowspan=3 , Elected to finish Troup's term. , - style="height:2em" , , nowrap , Jun 27, 1834 –
Jan 12, 1835 , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=2 , Elected to finish Forsyth's term. , rowspan=7 nowrap , Jan 12, 1835 –
Mar 3, 1843 , rowspan=2 , Jacksonian , rowspan="7" style="text-align:right;",
Nov 22, 1837 , , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=2 , 18 , rowspan="2" style="text-align:left;",
Mar 3, 1841 , rowspan=2 , Elected to finish King's term. , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=9 , 19 , rowspan="3" style="text-align:left;",
May 1845 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1840.Resigned to become judge of the Supreme Court of Georgia. , rowspan=5 , 10 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=6 , 10 , rowspan=5 , Elected in 1843.Resigned. , rowspan=5 nowrap , Mar 4, 1843 –
Feb 4, 1848 , rowspan=5 , Democratic , rowspan="5" style="text-align:right;",
Walter T. Colquitt ! rowspan=5 , 9 , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , - style="height:2em" , colspan=2 , ''Vacant'' , nowrap , May 1845 –
Nov 13, 1845 , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan="5" style="text-align:left;",
May 28, 1852 , Elected to finish his own term. , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=4 , Re-elected in 1846.Resigned. , rowspan=5 , 11 , rowspan=2 , - style="height:2em" , Appointed to finish Colquitt's term.Retired. , nowrap , Feb 4, 1848 –
Mar 3, 1849 , , Democratic , align=right ,
Herschel Johnson ! 10 , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=5 , 11 , rowspan=5 , Elected in 1847 for the term beginning in 1849. , rowspan=5 nowrap , Mar 4, 1849 –
Mar 3, 1855 , rowspan=5 , Whig , rowspan="5" style="text-align:right;",
William Crosby Dawson ! rowspan=5 , 11 , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , - style="height:2em" , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , nowrap , May 28, 1852 –
May 31, 1852 , , - style="height:2em" ! 20 , align=left ,
Robert M. Charlton , , Democratic , nowrap , May 31, 1852 –
Mar 3, 1853 , Appointed to finish Berrien's term. , , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=5 , 21 , rowspan="5" style="text-align:left;",
Feb 4, 1861 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1852. , rowspan=3 , 12 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=5 , 12 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1854 or 1855.Withdrew. , rowspan=3 nowrap , Mar 4, 1855 –
Jan 28, 1861 , rowspan=3 , Democratic , rowspan="3" style="text-align:right;",
Alfred Iverson Sr. ! rowspan=3 , 12 , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=2 , Re-elected in 1858.Withdrew. , rowspan=5 , 13 , rowspan=3 , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=7 ,
Feb 1, 1871 , rowspan=7 colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=7 colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , rowspan=7 nowrap , Feb 4, 1861 –
Feb 24, 1871 , rowspan=7 ,
Mar 3, 1873 , rowspan=4 ,
Mar 3, 1871 , Elected to finish term. , - style="height:2em" , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , nowrap , Mar 4, 1871 –
Nov 14, 1871 , Foster Blodgett (R) presented credentials as Senator-elect, but the Senate declared him not elected. , rowspan=4 , 15 , rowspan=2 , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 , 23 , rowspan="3" style="text-align:left;",
Thomas M. Norwood , rowspan=3 , Democratic , rowspan=3 nowrap , Nov 14, 1871 –
Mar 3, 1877 , rowspan=3 , Elected after Blodgett's credentials were rejected.Lost re-election. , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 15 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1873. , rowspan=4 nowrap , Mar 4, 1873 –
May 26, 1880 , rowspan=4 , Democratic , rowspan="4" style="text-align:right;",
John B. Gordon ! rowspan=4 , 14 , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=4 , 24 , rowspan="4" style="text-align:left;",
Aug 16, 1882 , rowspan=4 , Elected in 1877.Died. , rowspan=6 , 16 , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=2 , rowspan=6 , 16 , Re-elected in 1879.Resigned to promote a venture for the
Mar 3, 1891 , rowspan=8 , Democratic , rowspan="8" style="text-align:right;",
Joseph E. Brown ! rowspan=8 , 15 , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , - style="height:2em" , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , nowrap , Aug 16, 1882 –
Nov 15, 1882 , , - style="height:2em" ! 25 , align=left ,
Middleton P. Barrow , , Democratic , nowrap , Nov 15, 1882 –
Mar 3, 1883 , Elected to finish Hill's term.Retired. , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=6 , 26 , rowspan="6" style="text-align:left;",
Mar 26, 1894 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1883. , rowspan=3 , 17 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 17 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1885.Retired due to illness. , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1888Died. , rowspan=5 , 18 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=5 , 18 , rowspan=5 , Elected in 1890.Retired. , rowspan=5 nowrap , Mar 4, 1891 –
Mar 3, 1897 , rowspan=5 , Democratic , rowspan="5" style="text-align:right;",
John B. Gordon ! rowspan=5 , 16 , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , - style="height:2em" , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , nowrap , Mar 26, 1894 –
Apr 2, 1894 , , - style="height:2em" ! 27 , align=left ,
Patrick Walsh , , Democratic , nowrap , Apr 2, 1894 –
Mar 3, 1895 , Appointed to continue Colquitt's term. Elected in 1894 to finish Colquitt's term.Lost renomination. , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=13 , 28 , rowspan="13" style="text-align:left;",
Feb 14, 1914 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1894. , rowspan=3 , 19 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 19 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1896. , rowspan=7 nowrap , Mar 4, 1897 –
Nov 13, 1910 , rowspan=7 , Democratic , rowspan="7" style="text-align:right;",
Alexander S. Clay ! rowspan=7 , 17 , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1900.Legislature failed to elect. , rowspan=3 , 20 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 20 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1902. , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=6 , Appointed to begin the next term. Re-elected in 1907.Legislature failed to elect. , rowspan=6 , 21 , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , rowspan=9 , 21 , Re-elected in 1909.Died. , - style="height:2em" , , nowrap , Nov 13, 1910 –
Nov 17, 1910 , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=2 , Appointed to continue Clay's term.Lost election to finish Clay's term. , rowspan=2 nowrap , Nov 17, 1910 –
Jul 14, 1911 , rowspan=2 , Democratic , rowspan="2" style="text-align:right;",
Joseph M. Terrell ! rowspan=2 , 18 , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=2 , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=5 , Elected to finish Clay's term.
Did not take office until Nov 16 upon resigning as
Mar 3, 1921 , rowspan=8 , Democratic , rowspan="8" style="text-align:right;",
Mar 2, 1914 , , - style="height:2em" ! 29 , align=left ,
William S. West , , Democratic , nowrap , Mar 2, 1914 –
Nov 3, 1914 , Appointed to continue Bacon's term.Successor elected. , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 , 30 , rowspan="3" style="text-align:left;",
Thomas W. Hardwick , rowspan=3 , Democratic , rowspan=3 nowrap , Nov 4, 1914 –
Mar 3, 1919 , rowspan=3 , Elected to finish Bacon's term.Lost renomination. , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 22 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1914.Lost renomination. , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=10 , 31 , rowspan="10" style="text-align:left;",
Apr 18, 1932 , rowspan=6 , Elected in 1918. , rowspan=6 , 23 , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=4 , rowspan=6 , 23 , Elected in 1920.Died. , nowrap , Mar 4, 1921 –
Sep 26, 1922 , , Democratic , align=right ,
Nov 21, 1922 , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , - style="height:2em" , Appointed to continue Watson's term.Retired. , nowrap , Nov 21, 1922 –
Nov 22, 1922 , , Democratic , align=right ,
Jan 3, 1957 , rowspan=21 , Democratic , rowspan="21" style="text-align:right;",
Apr 25, 1932 , , - style="height:2em" ! 32 , align=left ,
John S. Cohen , , Democratic , nowrap , Apr 25, 1932 –
Jan 11, 1933 , Appointed to continue Harris's term.Successor elected. , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=21 , 33 , rowspan="21" style="text-align:left;",
Jan 21, 1971 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1932 to finish Harris's term. , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 25 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1932. , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1936. , rowspan=3 , 26 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 26 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1938. , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1942. , rowspan=3 , 27 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 27 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1944. , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1948. , rowspan=3 , 28 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 28 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1950.Retired. , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1954. , rowspan=3 , 29 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 29 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1956. , rowspan=15 nowrap , Jan 3, 1957 –
Jan 3, 1981 , rowspan=15 , Democratic , rowspan="15" style="text-align:right;",
Feb 1, 1971 , , - style="height:2em" ! 34 , align=left ,
David H. Gambrell , , Democratic , nowrap , Feb 1, 1971 –
Nov 7, 1972 , Appointed to continue Russell's term.Lost nomination to finish Russell's term. , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=13 , 35 , rowspan="13" style="text-align:left;",
Jan 3, 1997 , Elected to finish Russell's term. , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Elected to full term in 1972. , rowspan=3 , 32 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 32 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1974.Lost re-election. , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1978. , rowspan=3 , 33 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 33 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1980.Lost re-election. , rowspan=3 nowrap , Jan 3, 1981 –
Jan 3, 1987 , rowspan=3 ,
Mack Mattingly ! rowspan=3 , 24 , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1984. , rowspan=3 , 34 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 34 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1986.Lost re-election. , rowspan=3 nowrap , Jan 3, 1987 –
Jan 3, 1993 , rowspan=3 , Democratic , rowspan="3" style="text-align:right;",
Jul 18, 2000 , rowspan=4 ,
Jan 3, 2003 , rowspan=5 , Elected in 1996.Lost re-election. , rowspan=5 , 36 , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , rowspan=5 , 36 , Re-elected in 1998.Died. , - style="height:2em" , , nowrap , July 18, 2000 –
July 27, 2000 , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Appointed to continue Coverdell's term. Elected in 2000 to finish Coverdell's term.Retired. , rowspan=3 nowrap , July 27, 2000 –
Jan 3, 2005 , rowspan=3 , Democratic , rowspan="3" style="text-align:right;",
Zell Miller ! rowspan=3 , 27 , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=6 , 37 , rowspan="6" style="text-align:left;",
Jan 3, 2015 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 2002. , rowspan=3 , 37 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 37 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 2004. , rowspan=8 nowrap , Jan 3, 2005 –
Dec 31, 2019 , rowspan=8 ,
Jan 3, 2021 , rowspan=5 , Elected in 2014.Term expired before runoff election.Lost re-election in runoff. , rowspan=5 , 39 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=6 , 39 , rowspan=2 , Re-elected in 2016.Resigned. , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , , nowrap , Dec 31, 2019 –
Jan 6, 2020 , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=2 , Appointed to continue Isakson's term.Lost election in runoff to finish Isakson's term. , rowspan=2 nowrap , Jan 6, 2020 –
Jan 20, 2021 , rowspan=2 ,
Jan 20, 2021 , , rowspan=4 , 40 , , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 , 39 , rowspan="3" style="text-align:left;",
Present , rowspan=3 , Elected in 2021 in runoff election. , Elected in 2021 in runoff election to finish Isakson's term. , rowspan=4 nowrap , Jan 20, 2021 –
Present , rowspan=4 , Democratic , rowspan="4" style="text-align:right;",
Raphael Warnock ! rowspan=4 , 30 , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 40 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 2022 in runoff election. , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=2 colspan=5 , To be determined in the 2026 election. , rowspan=2, 41 , , - style="height:2em" , , 41 , colspan=6 , To be determined in the 2028 election.
Georgia
Georgia most commonly refers to:
* Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia
* Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States
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was admitted to the Union on January 2, 1788. The state has had senators since the 1st Congress. Its Senate seats were declared vacant in Mar 1861 owing to its secession from the Union. They were again filled from February 1871.
United States senators are popularly elected to six-year terms that begin on January 3 of the year after their election. Elections are held the first Tuesday after November 1. Before 1914, Georgia's senators were chosen by the Georgia General Assembly
The Georgia General Assembly is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Georgia. It is bicameral, consisting of the Senate and the House of Representatives.
Each of the General Assembly's 236 members serve two-year terms and are direct ...
, and before 1935, their terms began March 4. Popular Senate elections remained despite the General Assembly not taking action to ratify the Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
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that was passed in 1913.
Rebecca Latimer Felton
Rebecca Ann Felton (née Latimer; June 10, 1835 – January 24, 1930) was an American writer, lecturer, feminist, suffragist, reformer, slave owner, and politician who was the first woman to serve in the United States Senate, although she serve ...
was the first female U.S. senator, representing Georgia in the Senate for one day in 1922, having been appointed to the seat to replace the late Thomas E. Watson
Thomas Edward Watson (September 5, 1856 – September 26, 1922) was an American politician, attorney, newspaper editor and writer from Georgia. In the 1890s Watson championed poor farmers as a leader of the Populist Party, articulating an a ...
.
Since January 20, 2021, Georgia has been represented in the Senate by Democrats Jon Ossoff
Thomas Jonathan Ossoff ( ; born February 16, 1987) is an American politician serving as the senior United States senator from Georgia since 2021. A member of the Democratic Party, Ossoff was previously a documentary filmmaker and investigativ ...
and Raphael Warnock. Ossoff defeated Republican
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David Perdue
David Alfred Perdue Jr. (; born December 10, 1949) is an American politician and business executive who served as a United States senator from Georgia from 2015 to 2021. A member of the Republican Party, Perdue was an unsuccessful candidate fo ...
in the regularly-scheduled 2020 election, while Warnock defeated appointed Republican incumbent Kelly Loeffler
Kelly Lynn Loeffler (, ; born November 27, 1970) is an American businesswoman and politician who served as a United States senator for Georgia from 2020 to 2021. Loeffler was chief executive officer (CEO) of Bakkt, a subsidiary of commodity and ...
in the concurrent special election, both of which were decided in runoffs on January 5, 2021. Ossoff is the first Jewish senator from Georgia and Warnock the first black senator from Georgia.
List of senators
, - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=2 , 1 , rowspan="2" style="text-align:left;",William Few
William Few Jr. (June 8, 1748 – July 16, 1828) was an American Founding Father, lawyer, politician and jurist. He represented the U.S. state of Georgia at the Constitutional Convention and signed the U.S. Constitution. Few and James Gunn ...
, rowspan=2 , Anti-Admin. , rowspan=2 nowrap , Mar 4, 1789 –
Mar 3, 1793 , rowspan=2 , Elected in 1789.Lost re-election. , rowspan=2 , 1 , , rowspan=3 , 1 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1789. , rowspan=8 nowrap , Mar 4, 1789 –
Mar 3, 1801 , rowspan=3 , Anti-
Admin. , rowspan="8" style="text-align:right;",
James Gunn
James Francis Gunn Jr. (born August 5, 1966) is an American filmmaker and executive. He began his career as a screenwriter in the mid-1990s, starting at Troma Entertainment with ''Tromeo and Juliet'' (1997). He then began working as a directo ...
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Admin. , rowspan=2 nowrap , Mar 4, 1793 –
Nov 16, 1795 , rowspan=2 , Elected in 1793.Resigned to run for the
Georgia legislature
The Georgia General Assembly is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Georgia. It is bicameral, consisting of the Senate and the House of Representatives.
Each of the General Assembly's 236 members serve two-year terms and are directly ...
.
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Federalist
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, align=left , George Walton
George Walton (c. 1749 – February 2, 1804), a Founding Father of the United States, signed the United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of Georgia and also served as the second chief executive of Georgia.
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, , Federalist
The term ''federalist'' describes several political beliefs around the world. It may also refer to the concept of parties, whose members or supporters called themselves ''Federalists''.
History Europe federation
In Europe, proponents of de ...
, nowrap , Nov 16, 1795 –Feb 20, 1796 , Appointed to continue Jackson's term.Retired when successor elected. , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=2 , 4 , rowspan="2" style="text-align:left;", Josiah Tattnall , rowspan=2 , Democratic-
Republican , rowspan=2 nowrap , Feb 20, 1796 –
Mar 3, 1799 , rowspan=2 , Elected to finish Jackson's term. , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=6 , 5 , rowspan="6" style="text-align:left;",
Abraham Baldwin
Abraham Baldwin (November 22, 1754March 4, 1807) was an American minister, Patriot, politician, and Founding Father who signed the United States Constitution. Born and raised in Connecticut, he was a 1772 graduate of Yale College. After the ...
, rowspan=6 , Democratic-Republican , rowspan=6 nowrap , Mar 4, 1799 –
Mar 4, 1807 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1799. , rowspan=3 , 3 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=5 , 3 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1800.Died. , rowspan=3 nowrap , Mar 4, 1801 –
Mar 19, 1806 , rowspan=3 , Democratic-
Republican , rowspan="3" style="text-align:right;",
James Jackson ! rowspan=3 , 2 , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1804.Died. , rowspan=9 , 4 , rowspan=3 , - style="height:2em" , , nowrap , Mar 19, 1806 –
Jun 19, 1806 , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , - style="height:2em" , Elected to finish Jackson's term. , rowspan=5 nowrap , Jun 19, 1806 –
Nov 14, 1809 , rowspan=5 , Democratic-
Republican , rowspan="5" style="text-align:right;",
John Milledge
John Milledge (1757February 9, 1818) was an American politician. He fought in the American Revolution and later served as United States Representative, 26th Governor of Georgia, and United States Senator. Milledge was a founder of Athens, Ge ...
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, nowrap , Mar 4, 1807 –Aug 27, 1807 , , rowspan=3 , rowspan=7 , 4 , rowspan=4 , Re-elected in 1806.Resigned. , - style="height:2em" ! 6 , align=left ,
George Jones
George Glenn Jones (September 12, 1931 – April 26, 2013) was an American country musician, singer, and songwriter. He achieved international fame for his long list of hit records, including his best-known song " He Stopped Loving Her Today", ...
, , Democratic-Republican , nowrap , Aug 27, 1807 –
Nov 7, 1807 , Appointed to continue Baldwin's term.Lost special election. , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=6 , 7 , rowspan="6" style="text-align:left;",
William H. Crawford
William Harris Crawford (February 24, 1772 – September 15, 1834) was an American politician and judge during the early 19th century. He served as US Secretary of War and US Secretary of the Treasury before he ran for US president in the 1824 ...
, rowspan=6 , Democratic-Republican , rowspan=6 nowrap , Nov 7, 1807 –
Mar 23, 1813 , rowspan=4 , Elected to finish Baldwin's term. , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , - style="height:2em" , , nowrap , Nov 14, 1809 –
Nov 27, 1809 , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=2 , Elected to finish Milledge's term. , rowspan=13 nowrap , Nov 27, 1809 –
Mar 3, 1819 , rowspan=13 , Democratic-
Republican , rowspan="13" style="text-align:right;",
Charles Tait ! rowspan=13 , 4 , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=2 , Re-elected in 1810 or 1811Resigned to become U.S. Minister to France. , rowspan=8 , 5 , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=4 , rowspan=11 , 5 , rowspan=11 , Re-elected in 1813. , - style="height:2em" , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , nowrap , Mar 23, 1813 –
Apr 8, 1813 , , - style="height:2em" ! 8 , align=left ,
William Bellinger Bulloch
William Bellinger Bulloch (1777 – May 6, 1852) was an American Senator from Georgia, the youngest son of Archibald Bulloch, uncle to James Stephens Bulloch, granduncle to James Dunwoody Bulloch, Martha Bulloch Roosevelt, and Irvine Steph ...
, , Democratic-Republican , nowrap , Apr 8, 1813 –
Nov 6, 1813 , Appointed to continue Crawford's term.Retired when successor elected. , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=2 , 9 , rowspan="2" style="text-align:left;",
William Wyatt Bibb , rowspan=2 , Democratic-
Republican , rowspan=2 nowrap , Nov 6, 1813 –
Nov 9, 1816 , rowspan=2 , Elected to finish Crawford's term.
Resigned. , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , - style="height:2em" , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , nowrap , Nov 9, 1816 –
Nov 13, 1816 , , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=2 , 10 , rowspan="2" style="text-align:left;",
George Troup
George McIntosh Troup (September 8, 1780 – April 26, 1856) was an American politician from the U.S. state of Georgia. He served in the Georgia General Assembly, U.S. House of Representatives, and U.S. Senate before becoming the 32nd Govern ...
, rowspan=2 , Democratic-Republican , rowspan=2 nowrap , Nov 13, 1816 –
Sep 23, 1818 , Elected to finish Bibb's term. , - style="height:2em" , Elected to full term in 1816.Resigned. , rowspan=9 , 6 , rowspan=4 , - style="height:2em" , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , nowrap , Sep 23, 1818 –
Nov 23, 1818 , , - style="height:2em" ! 11 , align=left ,
John Forsyth , , Democratic-
Republican , nowrap , Nov 23, 1818 –
Feb 17, 1819 , Elected to finish Troup's term.Resigned to become
U.S. Minister to Spain
The incumbent ambassador is Julissa Reynoso Pantaleón, she was sworn in by United States Vice President, Vice President Kamala Harris on January 7, 2022 and presented her credentials on February 2, 2022.
This is a list of Ambassadors of the Uni ...
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, rowspan=2 nowrap , Feb 17, 1819 –Nov 6, 1819 , rowspan=2 , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=2 , rowspan=8 , 6 , rowspan=8 , Elected in 1819. , rowspan=8 nowrap , Mar 4, 1819 –
Mar 3, 1825 , rowspan=8 , Democratic-
Republican , rowspan="8" style="text-align:right;",
John Elliott ! rowspan=8 , 5 , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=2 , 12 , rowspan="2" style="text-align:left;",
Freeman Walker
Freeman Walker (October 25, 1780September 23, 1827) was a United States senator from Georgia. Born in Charles City, Virginia, he attended the common schools; in 1797, he moved to Augusta, Georgia.
Walker studied law, and was admitted to the ba ...
, rowspan=2 , Democratic-Republican , rowspan=2 nowrap , Nov 6, 1819 –
Aug 6, 1821 , rowspan=2 , Elected to finish Forsyth's term.Resigned. , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , - style="height:2em" , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , nowrap , Aug 6, 1821 –
Nov 10, 1821 , , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=2 , 13 , rowspan="2" style="text-align:left;",
Nicholas Ware
Nicholas Ware (February 16, 1776September 7, 1824) was a United States senator from Georgia.
Ware was born in Caroline County, Virginia and later moved with his parents to Edgefield, South Carolina and a few years later to Augusta, Georgia. He ...
, rowspan=2 , Democratic-Republican , rowspan=2 nowrap , Nov 10, 1821 –
Sep 7, 1824 , Elected to finish Walker's term. , - style="height:2em" , Re-elected in 1823.Died. , rowspan=6 , 7 , rowspan=3 , - style="height:2em" , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , nowrap , Sep 7, 1824 –
Dec 6, 1824 , , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 , 14 , rowspan="3" style="text-align:left;", Thomas W. Cobb , , Democratic-
Republican , rowspan=3 nowrap , Dec 6, 1824 –
Nov 7, 1828 , rowspan=3 , Elected to finish Ware's term.Resigned. , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=2 , Jacksonian , , rowspan=6 , 7 , rowspan=4 , Elected in 1825.Resigned to become U.S. Attorney General. , rowspan=4 nowrap , Mar 4, 1825 –
Mar 9, 1829 , rowspan=4 , Jacksonian , rowspan="4" style="text-align:right;",
John M. Berrien
John Macpherson Berrien (August 23, 1781January 1, 1856) of United States senator from Georgia and Attorney General of the United States during the presidency of Andrew Jackson.
Early life and education
Berrien was born on August 23, 1781 at R ...
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, align=left , Oliver H. Prince , , Jacksonian , nowrap , Nov 7, 1828 –
Mar 3, 1829 , Elected to finish Cobb's term. , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=5 , 16 , rowspan="5" style="text-align:left;",
George Troup
George McIntosh Troup (September 8, 1780 – April 26, 1856) was an American politician from the U.S. state of Georgia. He served in the Georgia General Assembly, U.S. House of Representatives, and U.S. Senate before becoming the 32nd Govern ...
, rowspan=5 , Jacksonian
, rowspan=5 nowrap , Mar 4, 1829 –Nov 8, 1833 , rowspan=5 , Elected in 1828.Resigned. , rowspan=9 , 8 , rowspan=3 , - style="height:2em" , , nowrap , Mar 9, 1829 –
Nov 9, 1829 , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , - style="height:2em" , Elected to finish Berrien's term. , rowspan=5 nowrap , Nov 9, 1829 –
Jun 27, 1834 , rowspan=5 , Jacksonian , rowspan="5" style="text-align:right;",
John Forsyth ! rowspan=5 , 7 , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=7 , 8 , rowspan=4 , Re-elected in 1830 or 1831.Resigned to become
U.S. Secretary of State
The United States secretary of state is a member of the executive branch of the federal government of the United States and the head of the U.S. Department of State. The office holder is one of the highest ranking members of the president's Ca ...
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, nowrap , Nov 8, 1833 –Nov 21, 1833 , , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=5 , 17 , rowspan="5" style="text-align:left;",
John P. King , rowspan=4 , Jacksonian , rowspan=5 nowrap , Nov 21, 1833 –
Nov 1, 1837 , rowspan=3 , Elected to finish Troup's term. , - style="height:2em" , , nowrap , Jun 27, 1834 –
Jan 12, 1835 , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=2 , Elected to finish Forsyth's term. , rowspan=7 nowrap , Jan 12, 1835 –
Mar 3, 1843 , rowspan=2 , Jacksonian , rowspan="7" style="text-align:right;",
Alfred Cuthbert
Alfred Cuthbert (December 23, 1785July 9, 1856) was a United States representative and Senator from Georgia. He should not be confused with his brother, John Alfred Cuthbert.
Life and career
Cuthbert was born in Savannah. He was instructed by pr ...
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, rowspan=2 , Re-elected in 1834.Resigned.
, rowspan=5 , 9
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, , Democratic
, rowspan=3
, rowspan=5 , 9
, rowspan=5 , Re-elected in 1837.Retired.
, rowspan=5 , Democratic
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, nowrap , Nov 1, 1837 –Nov 22, 1837 , , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=2 , 18 , rowspan="2" style="text-align:left;",
Wilson Lumpkin
Wilson Lumpkin (January 14, 1783 – December 28, 1870) was an American planter, attorney, and politician. He served two terms as the governor of Georgia, from 1831 to 1835, in the period of Indian Removal of the Creek and Cherokee peoples to I ...
, rowspan=2 , Democratic
, rowspan=2 nowrap , Nov 22, 1837 –Mar 3, 1841 , rowspan=2 , Elected to finish King's term. , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=9 , 19 , rowspan="3" style="text-align:left;",
John M. Berrien
John Macpherson Berrien (August 23, 1781January 1, 1856) of United States senator from Georgia and Attorney General of the United States during the presidency of Andrew Jackson.
Early life and education
Berrien was born on August 23, 1781 at R ...
, rowspan=3 , Whig
, rowspan=3 nowrap , Mar 4, 1841 –May 1845 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1840.Resigned to become judge of the Supreme Court of Georgia. , rowspan=5 , 10 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=6 , 10 , rowspan=5 , Elected in 1843.Resigned. , rowspan=5 nowrap , Mar 4, 1843 –
Feb 4, 1848 , rowspan=5 , Democratic , rowspan="5" style="text-align:right;",
Walter T. Colquitt ! rowspan=5 , 9 , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , - style="height:2em" , colspan=2 , ''Vacant'' , nowrap , May 1845 –
Nov 13, 1845 , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan="5" style="text-align:left;",
John M. Berrien
John Macpherson Berrien (August 23, 1781January 1, 1856) of United States senator from Georgia and Attorney General of the United States during the presidency of Andrew Jackson.
Early life and education
Berrien was born on August 23, 1781 at R ...
, rowspan=5 , Whig
, rowspan=5 nowrap , Nov 13, 1845 –May 28, 1852 , Elected to finish his own term. , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=4 , Re-elected in 1846.Resigned. , rowspan=5 , 11 , rowspan=2 , - style="height:2em" , Appointed to finish Colquitt's term.Retired. , nowrap , Feb 4, 1848 –
Mar 3, 1849 , , Democratic , align=right ,
Herschel Johnson ! 10 , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=5 , 11 , rowspan=5 , Elected in 1847 for the term beginning in 1849. , rowspan=5 nowrap , Mar 4, 1849 –
Mar 3, 1855 , rowspan=5 , Whig , rowspan="5" style="text-align:right;",
William Crosby Dawson ! rowspan=5 , 11 , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , - style="height:2em" , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , nowrap , May 28, 1852 –
May 31, 1852 , , - style="height:2em" ! 20 , align=left ,
Robert M. Charlton , , Democratic , nowrap , May 31, 1852 –
Mar 3, 1853 , Appointed to finish Berrien's term. , , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=5 , 21 , rowspan="5" style="text-align:left;",
Robert Toombs
Robert Augustus Toombs (July 2, 1810 – December 15, 1885) was an American politician from Georgia, who was an important figure in the formation of the Confederacy. From a privileged background as a wealthy planter and slaveholder, Toomb ...
, rowspan=5 , Democratic
, rowspan=5 nowrap , Mar 4, 1853 –Feb 4, 1861 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1852. , rowspan=3 , 12 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=5 , 12 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1854 or 1855.Withdrew. , rowspan=3 nowrap , Mar 4, 1855 –
Jan 28, 1861 , rowspan=3 , Democratic , rowspan="3" style="text-align:right;",
Alfred Iverson Sr. ! rowspan=3 , 12 , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=2 , Re-elected in 1858.Withdrew. , rowspan=5 , 13 , rowspan=3 , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=7 ,
Civil War
A civil war or intrastate war is a war between organized groups within the same state (or country).
The aim of one side may be to take control of the country or a region, to achieve independence for a region, or to change government polici ...
and Reconstruction
Reconstruction may refer to:
Politics, history, and sociology
* Reconstruction (law), the transfer of a company's (or several companies') business to a new company
*''Perestroika'' (Russian for "reconstruction"), a late 20th century Soviet Unio ...
, rowspan=7 nowrap , Jan 28, 1861 –Feb 1, 1871 , rowspan=7 colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=7 colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , rowspan=7 nowrap , Feb 4, 1861 –
Feb 24, 1871 , rowspan=7 ,
Civil War
A civil war or intrastate war is a war between organized groups within the same state (or country).
The aim of one side may be to take control of the country or a region, to achieve independence for a region, or to change government polici ...
and Reconstruction
Reconstruction may refer to:
Politics, history, and sociology
* Reconstruction (law), the transfer of a company's (or several companies') business to a new company
*''Perestroika'' (Russian for "reconstruction"), a late 20th century Soviet Unio ...
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, rowspan=4 , Elected in 1867 to finish the term, but not seated until Georgia's readmission.Retired.
, rowspan=4 nowrap , Feb 1, 1871 –Mar 3, 1873 , rowspan=4 ,
Republican
Republican can refer to:
Political ideology
* An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law.
** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...
, rowspan="4" style="text-align:right;", Joshua Hill Joshua or Josh Hill may refer to:
* Joshua Hill (baseball) (born 1983), Australian baseball player
* Joshua Hill (Pitcairn Island leader) (1773–c. 1844), American adventurer
* Joshua Hill (politician) (1812–1891), American politician
* Josh ...
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, align=left , Homer V. M. Miller
Homer Virgil Milton Miller (April 29, 1814 – May 31, 1896) was an Americans, American physician and politician from the U.S. state of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia, who practiced medicine for the Confederate States of America, Confederacy ...
, , Democratic
, nowrap , Feb 24, 1871 –Mar 3, 1871 , Elected to finish term. , - style="height:2em" , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , nowrap , Mar 4, 1871 –
Nov 14, 1871 , Foster Blodgett (R) presented credentials as Senator-elect, but the Senate declared him not elected. , rowspan=4 , 15 , rowspan=2 , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 , 23 , rowspan="3" style="text-align:left;",
Thomas M. Norwood , rowspan=3 , Democratic , rowspan=3 nowrap , Nov 14, 1871 –
Mar 3, 1877 , rowspan=3 , Elected after Blodgett's credentials were rejected.Lost re-election. , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 15 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1873. , rowspan=4 nowrap , Mar 4, 1873 –
May 26, 1880 , rowspan=4 , Democratic , rowspan="4" style="text-align:right;",
John B. Gordon ! rowspan=4 , 14 , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=4 , 24 , rowspan="4" style="text-align:left;",
Benjamin Harvey Hill
Benjamin Harvey Hill (September 14, 1823 – August 16, 1882) was a politician whose career spanned state and national politics, and the Civil War. He served in the Georgia legislature in both houses. Although he had opposed secession, he st ...
, rowspan=4 , Democratic
, rowspan=4 nowrap , Mar 4, 1877 –Aug 16, 1882 , rowspan=4 , Elected in 1877.Died. , rowspan=6 , 16 , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=2 , rowspan=6 , 16 , Re-elected in 1879.Resigned to promote a venture for the
Georgia Pacific Railway
The Georgia Pacific Railway was a railway company chartered on December 31, 1881, consolidating the Georgia Western Railroad and the Georgia Pacific Railroad Company of Alabama.
The Georgia Western Railroad was chartered by the Georgia Legislat ...
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, rowspan=5 , Elected to finish Gordon's term.
, rowspan=8 nowrap , May 26, 1880 –Mar 3, 1891 , rowspan=8 , Democratic , rowspan="8" style="text-align:right;",
Joseph E. Brown ! rowspan=8 , 15 , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , - style="height:2em" , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , nowrap , Aug 16, 1882 –
Nov 15, 1882 , , - style="height:2em" ! 25 , align=left ,
Middleton P. Barrow , , Democratic , nowrap , Nov 15, 1882 –
Mar 3, 1883 , Elected to finish Hill's term.Retired. , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=6 , 26 , rowspan="6" style="text-align:left;",
Alfred H. Colquitt
Alfred Holt Colquitt (April 20, 1824March 26, 1894) was an American lawyer, preacher, soldier, and politician. Elected as the 49th Governor of Georgia (1877–1882), he was one of numerous Democrats elected to office as white conservatives too ...
, rowspan=6 , Democratic
, rowspan=6 nowrap , Mar 4, 1883 –Mar 26, 1894 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1883. , rowspan=3 , 17 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 17 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1885.Retired due to illness. , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1888Died. , rowspan=5 , 18 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=5 , 18 , rowspan=5 , Elected in 1890.Retired. , rowspan=5 nowrap , Mar 4, 1891 –
Mar 3, 1897 , rowspan=5 , Democratic , rowspan="5" style="text-align:right;",
John B. Gordon ! rowspan=5 , 16 , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , - style="height:2em" , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , nowrap , Mar 26, 1894 –
Apr 2, 1894 , , - style="height:2em" ! 27 , align=left ,
Patrick Walsh , , Democratic , nowrap , Apr 2, 1894 –
Mar 3, 1895 , Appointed to continue Colquitt's term. Elected in 1894 to finish Colquitt's term.Lost renomination. , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=13 , 28 , rowspan="13" style="text-align:left;",
Augustus Octavius Bacon
Augustus Octavius Bacon (October 20, 1839February 14, 1914) was a Confederate soldier, segregationist, and U.S. politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as a U.S. Senator from Georgia, becoming the first Senator to be directly el ...
, rowspan=13 , Democratic
, rowspan=13 nowrap , Mar 4, 1895 –Feb 14, 1914 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1894. , rowspan=3 , 19 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 19 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1896. , rowspan=7 nowrap , Mar 4, 1897 –
Nov 13, 1910 , rowspan=7 , Democratic , rowspan="7" style="text-align:right;",
Alexander S. Clay ! rowspan=7 , 17 , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1900.Legislature failed to elect. , rowspan=3 , 20 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 20 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1902. , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=6 , Appointed to begin the next term. Re-elected in 1907.Legislature failed to elect. , rowspan=6 , 21 , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , rowspan=9 , 21 , Re-elected in 1909.Died. , - style="height:2em" , , nowrap , Nov 13, 1910 –
Nov 17, 1910 , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=2 , Appointed to continue Clay's term.Lost election to finish Clay's term. , rowspan=2 nowrap , Nov 17, 1910 –
Jul 14, 1911 , rowspan=2 , Democratic , rowspan="2" style="text-align:right;",
Joseph M. Terrell ! rowspan=2 , 18 , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=2 , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=5 , Elected to finish Clay's term.
Did not take office until Nov 16 upon resigning as
Governor of Georgia
The governor of Georgia is the head of government of Georgia and the commander-in-chief of the state's military forces. The governor also has a duty to enforce state laws, the power to either veto or approve bills passed by the Georgia Legis ...
.
, rowspan=8 nowrap , Jul 14, 1911 –Mar 3, 1921 , rowspan=8 , Democratic , rowspan="8" style="text-align:right;",
M. Hoke Smith
Michael Hoke Smith (September 2, 1855November 27, 1931) was an American attorney, politician, and newspaper owner who served as United States secretary of the interior (1893–1896), 58th governor of Georgia (1907–1909, 1911), and a United S ...
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, rowspan=6 , 22
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, nowrap , Feb 14, 1914 –Mar 2, 1914 , , - style="height:2em" ! 29 , align=left ,
William S. West , , Democratic , nowrap , Mar 2, 1914 –
Nov 3, 1914 , Appointed to continue Bacon's term.Successor elected. , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 , 30 , rowspan="3" style="text-align:left;",
Thomas W. Hardwick , rowspan=3 , Democratic , rowspan=3 nowrap , Nov 4, 1914 –
Mar 3, 1919 , rowspan=3 , Elected to finish Bacon's term.Lost renomination. , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 22 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1914.Lost renomination. , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=10 , 31 , rowspan="10" style="text-align:left;",
William J. Harris
William Julius Harris (February 3, 1868April 18, 1932) was a United States senator from the state of Georgia. He was a great-grandson of Charles Hooks, who had been a Representative from North Carolina, and son-in-law of Joseph Wheeler, Confe ...
, rowspan=10 , Democratic
, rowspan=10 nowrap , Mar 4, 1919 –Apr 18, 1932 , rowspan=6 , Elected in 1918. , rowspan=6 , 23 , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=4 , rowspan=6 , 23 , Elected in 1920.Died. , nowrap , Mar 4, 1921 –
Sep 26, 1922 , , Democratic , align=right ,
Thomas E. Watson
Thomas Edward Watson (September 5, 1856 – September 26, 1922) was an American politician, attorney, newspaper editor and writer from Georgia. In the 1890s Watson championed poor farmers as a leader of the Populist Party, articulating an a ...
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Nov 22, 1922 , , Democratic , align=right ,
Rebecca Latimer Felton
Rebecca Ann Felton (née Latimer; June 10, 1835 – January 24, 1930) was an American writer, lecturer, feminist, suffragist, reformer, slave owner, and politician who was the first woman to serve in the United States Senate, although she serve ...
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, rowspan=3 , Elected to finish Watson's term.
, rowspan=21 nowrap , Nov 22, 1922 –Jan 3, 1957 , rowspan=21 , Democratic , rowspan="21" style="text-align:right;",
Walter F. George
Walter Franklin George (January 29, 1878 – August 4, 1957) was an American politician from the state of Georgia. He was a longtime Democratic United States Senator from 1922 to 1957 and was President pro tempore of the United States Sena ...
! rowspan=21 , 22
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, rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1924.
, rowspan=3 , 24
,
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, rowspan=6 , 24
, rowspan=6 , Re-elected in 1926.
, - style="height:2em"
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, - style="height:2em"
, Re-elected in 1930.Died.
, rowspan=6 , 25
, rowspan=4
, - style="height:2em"
, colspan=3 , ''Vacant''
, nowrap , Apr 18, 1932 –Apr 25, 1932 , , - style="height:2em" ! 32 , align=left ,
John S. Cohen , , Democratic , nowrap , Apr 25, 1932 –
Jan 11, 1933 , Appointed to continue Harris's term.Successor elected. , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=21 , 33 , rowspan="21" style="text-align:left;",
Richard Russell Jr.
Richard Brevard Russell Jr. (November 2, 1897 – January 21, 1971) was an American politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the 66th Governor of Georgia from 1931 to 1933 before serving in the United States Senate for almos ...
, rowspan=21 , Democratic
, rowspan=21 nowrap , Jan 12, 1933 –Jan 21, 1971 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1932 to finish Harris's term. , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 25 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1932. , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1936. , rowspan=3 , 26 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 26 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1938. , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1942. , rowspan=3 , 27 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 27 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1944. , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1948. , rowspan=3 , 28 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 28 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1950.Retired. , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1954. , rowspan=3 , 29 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 29 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1956. , rowspan=15 nowrap , Jan 3, 1957 –
Jan 3, 1981 , rowspan=15 , Democratic , rowspan="15" style="text-align:right;",
Herman Talmadge
Herman Eugene Talmadge (August 9, 1913 – March 21, 2002) was an American politician who served as governor of Georgia in 1947 and from 1948 to 1955 and as a U.S. Senator from Georgia from 1957 to 1981. Talmadge, a Democrat, served during a t ...
! rowspan=15 , 23
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, - style="height:2em"
, rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1960.
, rowspan=3 , 30
,
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, rowspan=3 , 30
, rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1962.
, - style="height:2em"
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, - style="height:2em"
, rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1966.Died.
, rowspan=6 , 31
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, rowspan=6 , 31
, rowspan=6 , Re-elected in 1968.
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, colspan=3 , ''Vacant''
, nowrap , Jan 21, 1971 –Feb 1, 1971 , , - style="height:2em" ! 34 , align=left ,
David H. Gambrell , , Democratic , nowrap , Feb 1, 1971 –
Nov 7, 1972 , Appointed to continue Russell's term.Lost nomination to finish Russell's term. , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=13 , 35 , rowspan="13" style="text-align:left;",
Sam Nunn
Samuel Augustus Nunn Jr. (born September 8, 1938) is an American politician who served as a United States Senator from Georgia (1972–1997) as a member of the Democratic Party.
After leaving Congress, Nunn co-founded the Nuclear Threat Initia ...
, rowspan=13 , Democratic
, rowspan=13 nowrap , Nov 8, 1972 –Jan 3, 1997 , Elected to finish Russell's term. , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Elected to full term in 1972. , rowspan=3 , 32 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 32 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1974.Lost re-election. , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1978. , rowspan=3 , 33 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 33 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1980.Lost re-election. , rowspan=3 nowrap , Jan 3, 1981 –
Jan 3, 1987 , rowspan=3 ,
Republican
Republican can refer to:
Political ideology
* An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law.
** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...
, rowspan="3" style="text-align:right;", Mack Mattingly ! rowspan=3 , 24 , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1984. , rowspan=3 , 34 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 34 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 1986.Lost re-election. , rowspan=3 nowrap , Jan 3, 1987 –
Jan 3, 1993 , rowspan=3 , Democratic , rowspan="3" style="text-align:right;",
Wyche Fowler
William Wyche Fowler Jr. (born October 6, 1940) is an American attorney, politician, and diplomat. He is a member of the Democratic Party and served as a U.S. Senator from Georgia from 1987 to 1993. He had previously served in the U.S. House o ...
! rowspan=3 , 25
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, rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1990.Retired.
, rowspan=3 , 35
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, rowspan=3 , 35
, rowspan=3 , Elected in 1992 in runoff election.
, rowspan=4 nowrap , Jan 3, 1993 –Jul 18, 2000 , rowspan=4 ,
Republican
Republican can refer to:
Political ideology
* An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law.
** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...
, rowspan="4" style="text-align:right;", Paul Coverdell
Paul Douglas Coverdell (January 20, 1939 – July 18, 2000) was an American politician who served as a United States senator from Georgia, elected for the first time in 1992 and re-elected in 1998, and director of the Peace Corps from 1989 until ...
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, rowspan="5" style="text-align:left;", Max Cleland
Joseph Maxwell Cleland (August 24, 1942 – November 9, 2021) was an American politician from Georgia. A member of the Democratic Party, he was a disabled U.S. Army veteran of the Vietnam War, a recipient of the Silver Star and the Bronze Star ...
, rowspan=5 , Democratic
, rowspan=5 nowrap , Jan 3, 1997 –Jan 3, 2003 , rowspan=5 , Elected in 1996.Lost re-election. , rowspan=5 , 36 , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , rowspan=5 , 36 , Re-elected in 1998.Died. , - style="height:2em" , , nowrap , July 18, 2000 –
July 27, 2000 , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=3 , Appointed to continue Coverdell's term. Elected in 2000 to finish Coverdell's term.Retired. , rowspan=3 nowrap , July 27, 2000 –
Jan 3, 2005 , rowspan=3 , Democratic , rowspan="3" style="text-align:right;",
Zell Miller ! rowspan=3 , 27 , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=6 , 37 , rowspan="6" style="text-align:left;",
Saxby Chambliss
Clarence Saxby Chambliss (born November 10, 1943) is an American lawyer and retired politician who was a United States Senator from Georgia from 2003 to 2015. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as a U.S. Representative from ...
, rowspan=6 , Republican
Republican can refer to:
Political ideology
* An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law.
** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...
, rowspan=6 nowrap , Jan 3, 2003 –Jan 3, 2015 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 2002. , rowspan=3 , 37 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 37 , rowspan=3 , Elected in 2004. , rowspan=8 nowrap , Jan 3, 2005 –
Dec 31, 2019 , rowspan=8 ,
Republican
Republican can refer to:
Political ideology
* An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law.
** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...
, rowspan="8" style="text-align:right;", Johnny Isakson
John Hardy Isakson (December 28, 1944 – December 19, 2021) was an American businessman and politician who served as a United States senator from Georgia from 2005 to 2019 as a member of the Republican Party. He represented in the United States ...
! rowspan=8 , 28
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, rowspan=3 , 38
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, rowspan=3 , 38
, rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 2010.
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, rowspan="5" style="text-align:left;", David Perdue
David Alfred Perdue Jr. (; born December 10, 1949) is an American politician and business executive who served as a United States senator from Georgia from 2015 to 2021. A member of the Republican Party, Perdue was an unsuccessful candidate fo ...
, rowspan=5 , Republican
Republican can refer to:
Political ideology
* An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law.
** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...
, rowspan=5 nowrap , Jan 3, 2015 –Jan 3, 2021 , rowspan=5 , Elected in 2014.Term expired before runoff election.Lost re-election in runoff. , rowspan=5 , 39 , , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=6 , 39 , rowspan=2 , Re-elected in 2016.Resigned. , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , , nowrap , Dec 31, 2019 –
Jan 6, 2020 , colspan=3 , ''Vacant'' , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=2 , Appointed to continue Isakson's term.Lost election in runoff to finish Isakson's term. , rowspan=2 nowrap , Jan 6, 2020 –
Jan 20, 2021 , rowspan=2 ,
Republican
Republican can refer to:
Political ideology
* An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law.
** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...
, rowspan="2" style="text-align:right;", Kelly Loeffler
Kelly Lynn Loeffler (, ; born November 27, 1970) is an American businesswoman and politician who served as a United States senator for Georgia from 2020 to 2021. Loeffler was chief executive officer (CEO) of Bakkt, a subsidiary of commodity and ...
! rowspan=2 , 29
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, colspan=3 , ''Vacant''
, nowrap , Jan 3, 2021 –Jan 20, 2021 , , rowspan=4 , 40 , , - style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 , 39 , rowspan="3" style="text-align:left;",
Jon Ossoff
Thomas Jonathan Ossoff ( ; born February 16, 1987) is an American politician serving as the senior United States senator from Georgia since 2021. A member of the Democratic Party, Ossoff was previously a documentary filmmaker and investigativ ...
, rowspan=3 , Democratic
, rowspan=3 nowrap , Jan 20, 2021 –Present , rowspan=3 , Elected in 2021 in runoff election. , Elected in 2021 in runoff election to finish Isakson's term. , rowspan=4 nowrap , Jan 20, 2021 –
Present , rowspan=4 , Democratic , rowspan="4" style="text-align:right;",
Raphael Warnock ! rowspan=4 , 30 , - style="height:2em" , , rowspan=3 , 40 , rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 2022 in runoff election. , - style="height:2em" , , - style="height:2em" , rowspan=2 colspan=5 , To be determined in the 2026 election. , rowspan=2, 41 , , - style="height:2em" , , 41 , colspan=6 , To be determined in the 2028 election.
Living former senators
, there are six living former U.S. senators from Georgia. The most recent and recently serving senator to die wasJohnny Isakson
John Hardy Isakson (December 28, 1944 – December 19, 2021) was an American businessman and politician who served as a United States senator from Georgia from 2005 to 2019 as a member of the Republican Party. He represented in the United States ...
(served 2005–2019) on December 19, 2021.
Superlatives
Longest service
Shortest service
Youngest at beginning of service
Oldest at end of service
See also
* List of United States representatives from Georgia * United States congressional delegations from Georgia * Elections in Georgia (U.S. state)Notes
References
* {{Georgia (U.S. state)Georgia
Georgia most commonly refers to:
* Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia
* Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States
Georgia may also refer to:
Places
Historical states and entities
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United States Senators
The United States Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress, with the House of Representatives being the lower chamber. Together they compose the national bicameral legislature of the United States.
The composition and p ...