140th Georgia General Assembly

The 140th Georgia General Assembly succeeded the 139th and served as the precedent for the 141st General Assembly in 1991. The 140th General Assembly of the U.S. state of Georgia convened its first session on January 9, 1989, at the Georgia State Capitol in Atlanta.

140th Georgia General Assembly
139th 141st
Overview
Legislative bodyGeorgia General Assembly
Meeting placeGeorgia State Capitol
Senate
Members56
President of the SenateZell Miller (D)
Party controlDemocratic Party
House of Representatives
Members180
Speaker of the HouseTom Murphy (D)
Party controlDemocratic Party

Party standings

Senate

Affiliation Members
  Republican Party 11
  Democratic Party 45
  Other party* 0
 Total 56

House of Representatives

Affiliation Members
  Republican Party 36
  Democratic Party 144
  Other party* 0
 Total 180

*Active political parties in Georgia are not limited to the Democratic and Republican parties. Libertarians, and occasionally others, run candidates in elections. However, for the 1989-90 session of the General Assembly, only the two major parties were successful in electing legislators to office.

Officers

Senate

Presiding Officer

Position Name District Party

President

Zell Miller n/a Democratic
President Pro Tempore Joseph E. Kennedy 04 Democratic

Majority leadership

Position Name District
Senate Majority Leader Thomas F. Allgood 22
Majority Caucus Chairman W.F. (Billy) Harris 27
Majority Whip Eugene P. (Gene) Walker 43

Minority leadership

Position Name District
Senate Minority Leader R.T. (Tom) Phillips 09
Minority Caucus Chairman James W. (Jim) Tysinger 41
Minority Whip Sallie Newbill 56

House of Representatives

Presiding Officer

Position Name District Party
Speaker of the House Thomas B. Murphy 18 Democratic
Speaker Pro Tempore Jack Connell 87 Democratic

Majority leadership

Position Name District
House Majority Leader Larry Walker 115
Majority Whip Denmark Groover 99
Majority Caucus Chairman Bill Lee 72
Majority Caucus Secretary Ward Edwards 112

Minority leadership

Position Name District
House Minority Leader Johnny Isakson 21-2
Minority Whip Herman Clark 20-3
Minority Caucus Chairman Dorothy Felton 22
Minority Caucus Vice Chairman J. Max Davis 45
Minority Caucus Secretary Anne Mueller 126

Members of the State Senate

District Senator Party Residence
1J. Tom ColemanDemocraticSavannah
2Albert (Al) ScottDemocraticSavannah
3R. Joseph HammillDemocraticBrunswick
4Joseph E. KennedyDemocraticClaxton
5Joe BurtonRepublicanAtlanta
6Earl Echols, Jr.DemocraticPatterson
7Ed PerryDemocraticNashville
8Loyce W. TurnerDemocraticValdosta
9R.T. (Tom) PhillipsRepublicanLilburn
10Harold J. RaganDemocraticCairo
11Jimmy Hodge TimmonsDemocraticBlakely
12Mark TaylorDemocraticAlbany
13Rooney L. BowenDemocraticCordele
14Lewis H. (Bud) McKenzieDemocraticMontezuma
15Gary ParkerDemocraticColumbus
16Ted J. LandRepublicanColumbus
17Mac CollinsRepublicanJackson
18Ed BarkerDemocraticWarner Robins
19Walter S. RayDemocraticDouglas
20Hugh M. Gillis, Sr.DemocraticSoperton
21Bill EnglishDemocraticSwainsboro
22Thomas F. AllgoodDemocraticAugusta
23Frank AlbertRepublicanAugusta
24G.B. "Jake" Pollard, Jr.DemocraticAppling
25Culver KiddDemocraticMilledgeville
26Tommy C. OlmsteadDemocraticMacon
27W.F. (Billy) HarrisDemocraticThomaston
28Arthur B. "Skin" Edge, IVRepublicanNewnan
29A. Quillian Baldwin, Jr.DemocraticLaGrange
30Wayne GarnerDemocraticCarrollton
31Nathan DeanDemocraticRockmart
32Hugh A. RaganRepublicanSmyrna
33Roy E. BarnesDemocraticMableton
34Bev EngramDemocraticFairburn
35Arthur Langford, Jr.DemocraticAtlanta
36David ScottDemocraticAtlanta
37Charles C. (Chuck) ClayRepublicanMarietta
38Horace E TateDemocraticAtlanta
39Hildred W. ShumakeDemocraticAtlanta
40Michael J. EganRepublicanAtlanta
41James W. (Jim) TysingerRepublicanAtlanta
42Pierre HowardDemocraticDecatur
43Eugene P. (Gene) WalkerDemocraticDecatur
44Terrell StarrDemocraticForest Park
45Harrill L. DawkinsDemocraticConyers
46Paul C. BrounDemocraticAthens
47C. Donald Johnson, Jr.DemocraticRoyston
48Donn M. PeevyDemocraticLawrenceville
49J. Nathan DealDemocraticGainesville
50John C. FosterDemocraticCornelia
51Max BrannonDemocraticCalhoun
52Kenneth C. FullerDemocraticRome
53Waymond C. HugginsDemocraticLaFayette
54W.W. (Bill) Fincher, Jr.DemocraticChatsworth
55Lawrence (Bud) StumbaughDemocraticStone Mountain
56Sallie NewbillRepublicanAtlanta

Members of the House of Representatives

District Representative Party Residence
1-1Mike SnowDemocraticChickamauga
1-2Robert H. (Bob) McCoyDemocraticRossville
2McCracken King (Ken) Poston, Jr.DemocraticRinggold
3Charles N. PoagDemocraticEton
4-1Carlton H. ColwellDemocraticBlairsville
4-2Ralph TwiggsDemocraticHiawassee
5John G. CrawfordDemocraticLyerly
6-1Jim Tyson GriffinDemocraticTunnel Hill
6-2Philp A. (Phil) FosterDemocraticDalton
7James Beverly LangfordDemocraticCalhoun
8-1Steve StancilRepublicanCanton
8-2W.G. (Bill) Hasty, Sr.DemocraticCanton
9-1E. Wycliffe ("Wyc") OrrDemocraticGainesville
9-2Bobby LawsonDemocraticGainesville
9-3Jerry D. JacksonDemocraticChestnut Mountain
10Bill H. BarnettDemocraticCumming
11-1William J. DoverDemocraticClarkesville
11-2Mary Jeanette JamiesonDemocraticToccoa
12Lauren (Bubba) McDonaldDemocraticCommerce
13-1Louie Max ClarkDemocraticDanielsville
13-2Karen Osborne IrwinDemocraticWinterville
14Charles W. YearginDemocraticElberton
15-1E.M. (Buddy) ChildersDemocraticRome
15-2Forrest L. McKelveyDemocraticSilver Creek
16Paul E. SmithDemocraticRome
17Bill CummingDemocraticRockmart
18Thomas B. MurphyDemocraticBremen
19Boyd PetitDemocraticCartersville
20-1Jack VaughanRepublicanMarietta
20-2G. Gresham HowrenRepublicanPowder Springs
20-3Herman ClarkRepublicanAcworth
20-4Steve ThompsonDemocraticPowder Springs
20-5Earl EhrhartRepublicanPowder Springs
21-1Fred AikenRepublicanSmyrna
21-2Johnny IsaksonRepublicanMarietta
21-3Bill AtkinsRepublicanSmyrna
21-4Johnny GreshamRepublicanMarietta
21-5Tom WilderRepublicanMarietta
22Dorothy FeltonRepublicanAtlanta
23Tom CampbellRepublicanRoswell
24Kiliaen V.R. (Kil) TownsendRepublicanAtlanta
25John M. Lupton, IIIRepublicanAtlanta
26Jim MartinDemocraticAtlanta
27Dick LaneDemocraticEast Point
28Bob HolmesDemocraticAtlanta
29Grace W. DavisDemocraticAtlanta
30Nan OrrockDemocraticAtlanta
31Mable ThomasDemocraticAtlanta
32Helen SelmanDemocraticPalmetto
33Lanett StanleyDemocraticAtlanta
34Tyrone BrooksDemocraticAtlanta
35J.E. (Billy) McKinneyDemocraticAtlanta
36Barbara H. CouchDemocraticHapeville
37Georganna T. SinkfieldDemocraticAtlanta
38Lorenzo BennDemocraticAtlanta
39Ralph David Abernathy IIIDemocraticAtlanta
40Cynthia Ann McKinneyDemocraticAtlanta
41Charlie WattsDemocraticDallas
42Thomas M. KilgoreDemocraticDouglasville
43Paul W. Heard, Jr.RepublicanPeachtree City
44John LinderRepublicanDunwoody
45J. Max DavisRepublicanAtlanta
46Doug TeperDemocraticAtlanta
47Chesley V. MortonRepublicanTucker
48Betty Jo WilliamsRepublicanAtlanta
49Tom LawrenceRepublicanStone Mountain
50Frank L. Redding, Jr.DemocraticDecatur
51Thurbert E. BakerDemocraticDecatur
52Eleanor L. RichardsonDemocraticDecatur
53Mary Margaret OliverDemocraticDecatur
54Juanita Terry WilliamsDemocraticAtlanta
55Betty J. ClarkDemocraticAtlanta
56Betty AaronDemocraticAtlanta
57-1Troy A. AthonDemocraticConyers
57-2William C. (Bill) Mangum, Jr.DemocraticDecatur
57-3Dean AlfordDemocraticLithonia
58Tommy TolbertRepublicanClarkston
59O.M. (Mike) BarnettRepublicanLilburn
60Keith R. BreedloveRepublicanBuford
61Vinson WallRepublicanLawrenceville
62Charles E. BannisterRepublicanLilburn
63Bill GoodwinRepublicanNorcross
64John O. Mobley, Jr.DemocraticWinder
65Tyrone CarrellDemocraticMonroe
66Frank E. StancilDemocraticWatkinsville
67Michael L. ThurmondDemocraticAthens
68Lawton Evans StephensDemocraticAthens
69Charles ThomasDemocraticTemple
70John SimpsonDemocraticCarrollton
71Sidney Pope Jones, Jr.RepublicanNewnan
72-1Bill LeeDemocraticForest Park
72-2Jimmy W. BenefieldDemocraticJonesboro
72-3C.E. (Ed Holcomb)DemocraticJonesboro
72-4Clay DavisRepublicanJonesboro
72-5Frank I. Bailey, Jr.DemocraticRiverdale
73Wesley DunnDemocraticMcDonough
74Denny M. DobbsDemocraticCovington
75John P. YatesRepublicanGriffin
76Suzi Johnson-HerbertDemocraticGriffin
77J. Crawford WareDemocraticHogansville
78Larry SmithDemocraticJackson
79Marvin AdamsDemocraticThomaston
80Curtis S. JenkinsDemocraticForsyth
81Wade MilamDemocraticLaGrange
82Edward D. Ricketson, Jr.DemocraticWarrenton
83William S. "Bill" JacksonDemocraticMartinez
84Bobby HarrisDemocraticThomson
85Charles W. WalkerDemocraticAugusta
86Mike PadgettDemocraticAugusta
87Jack ConnellDemocraticAugusta
88George M. BrownDemocraticAugusta
89Don CheeksDemocratAugusta
90Dick RansomRepublicanAugusta
91Leonard R. "Nookie" MeadowsDemocraticManchester
92Calvin SmyreDemocraticColumbus
93Roy D. MoultrieDemocraticHamilton
94Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.DemocraticColumbus
95Thomas B. BuckDemocraticColumbus
96Pete RobinsonDemocraticColumbus
97Robert H. SteeleRepublicanColumbus
98Robert RayDemocraticFort Valley
99Denmark Groover, Jr.DemocraticMacon
100Frank C. PinkstonDemocraticMacon
101William C. (Billy) RandallDemocraticMacon
102David E. LucasDemocraticMacon
103Floyd M. Buford, Jr.DemocraticMacon
104Kenneth (Ken) W. BirdsongDemocraticGordon
105Bobby Eugene ParhamDemocraticMilledgeville
106George F. GreenDemocraticWhite Plains
107Jimmy LordDemocraticSandersville
108Emory E. BargeronDemocraticLouisville
109Larry J. "Butch" ParrishDemocraticSwainsboro
110John F. GodbeeDemocraticBrooklet
111Bob LaneDemocraticStatesboro
112Ward EdwardsDemocraticButler
113Ted W. WaddleRepublicanWarner Robins
114Roy H. (Sonny) Watson, Jr.DemocraticWarner Robins
115Larry WalkerDemocraticPerry
116George HooksDemocraticAmericus
117Newt HudsonDemocraticRochelle
118Terry L. ColemanDemocraticEastman
119DuBose PorterDemocraticDublin
120Fisher BarfootDemocraticVidalia
121Clinton OliverDemocraticGlennville
122James L. (Jim) PannellDemocraticSavannah
123Diane Harvey JohnsonDemocraticSavannah
124DeWayne HamiltonDemocraticSavannah
125Jack KingstonRepublicanSavannah
126Anne MuellerRepublicanSavannah
127Roy L. AllenDemocraticSavannah
128Sonny DixonDemocraticGarden City
129George A. Chance, Jr.DemocraticSpringfield
130Gerald E. GreeneDemocraticCuthbert
131Bob HannerDemocraticDawson
132John WhiteDemocraticAlbany
133Tommy ChamblessDemocraticAlbany
134Mary Young-CummingsDemocraticAlbany
135Johnny FloydDemocraticCordele
136Ray HollandDemocraticAshburn
137Paul S. Branch, Jr.DemocraticFitzgerald
138Hentry BosticDemocraticTifton
139Van Streat, Sr.DemocraticNicholls
140Ralph J. BalkomDemocraticBlakely
141Kermit F. "K" Bates, Jr.DemocraticBainbridge
142Bobby LongDemocraticCairo
143Theo Titus, IIIRepublicanThomasville
144A. Richard RoyalDemocraticCamilla
145C.J. PowellDemocraticMoultrie
146Hanson CarterDemocraticNashville
147Henry L. ReavesDemocraticQuitman
148James M. BeckDemocraticValdosta
149Robert L. PattenDemocraticLakeland
150Tom Crosby, Jr.DemocraticWaycross
151Harry D. DixonDemocraticWaycross
152Tommy SmithDemocraticAlma
153-1Lunsford MoodyDemocraticBaxley
153-2Roger C. ByrdDemocraticHazlehurst
154James M. FloydDemocraticHinesville
155Ronald (Ron) FennelDemocraticBrunswick
156Willou SmithRepublicanBrunswick
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