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.
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Overview | |||||
Legislative body | Georgia General Assembly | ||||
Meeting place | Georgia State Capitol | ||||
Senate | |||||
Members | 56 | ||||
President of the Senate | Zell Miller (D) | ||||
Party control | Democratic Party | ||||
House of Representatives | |||||
Members | 180 | ||||
Speaker of the House | Tom Murphy (D) | ||||
Party control | Democratic Party |
Party standings
Senate
Affiliation | Members | |
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Republican Party | 11 | |
Democratic Party | 45 | |
Other party* | 0 | |
Total | 56 |
House of Representatives
Affiliation | Members | |
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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
Terms of the Georgia General Assembly |
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Senate
Presiding Officer
Position | Name | District | Party | |
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Zell Miller | n/a | Democratic | ||
President Pro Tempore | Joseph E. Kennedy | 04 | Democratic |
Majority leadership
Position | Name | District | |
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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 | |
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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 | |
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Speaker of the House | Thomas B. Murphy | 18 | Democratic | |
Speaker Pro Tempore | Jack Connell | 87 | Democratic |
Majority leadership
Position | Name | District | |
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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 | |
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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 |
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1 | J. Tom Coleman | Democratic | Savannah |
2 | Albert (Al) Scott | Democratic | Savannah |
3 | R. Joseph Hammill | Democratic | Brunswick |
4 | Joseph E. Kennedy | Democratic | Claxton |
5 | Joe Burton | Republican | Atlanta |
6 | Earl Echols, Jr. | Democratic | Patterson |
7 | Ed Perry | Democratic | Nashville |
8 | Loyce W. Turner | Democratic | Valdosta |
9 | R.T. (Tom) Phillips | Republican | Lilburn |
10 | Harold J. Ragan | Democratic | Cairo |
11 | Jimmy Hodge Timmons | Democratic | Blakely |
12 | Mark Taylor | Democratic | Albany |
13 | Rooney L. Bowen | Democratic | Cordele |
14 | Lewis H. (Bud) McKenzie | Democratic | Montezuma |
15 | Gary Parker | Democratic | Columbus |
16 | Ted J. Land | Republican | Columbus |
17 | Mac Collins | Republican | Jackson |
18 | Ed Barker | Democratic | Warner Robins |
19 | Walter S. Ray | Democratic | Douglas |
20 | Hugh M. Gillis, Sr. | Democratic | Soperton |
21 | Bill English | Democratic | Swainsboro |
22 | Thomas F. Allgood | Democratic | Augusta |
23 | Frank Albert | Republican | Augusta |
24 | G.B. "Jake" Pollard, Jr. | Democratic | Appling |
25 | Culver Kidd | Democratic | Milledgeville |
26 | Tommy C. Olmstead | Democratic | Macon |
27 | W.F. (Billy) Harris | Democratic | Thomaston |
28 | Arthur B. "Skin" Edge, IV | Republican | Newnan |
29 | A. Quillian Baldwin, Jr. | Democratic | LaGrange |
30 | Wayne Garner | Democratic | Carrollton |
31 | Nathan Dean | Democratic | Rockmart |
32 | Hugh A. Ragan | Republican | Smyrna |
33 | Roy E. Barnes | Democratic | Mableton |
34 | Bev Engram | Democratic | Fairburn |
35 | Arthur Langford, Jr. | Democratic | Atlanta |
36 | David Scott | Democratic | Atlanta |
37 | Charles C. (Chuck) Clay | Republican | Marietta |
38 | Horace E Tate | Democratic | Atlanta |
39 | Hildred W. Shumake | Democratic | Atlanta |
40 | Michael J. Egan | Republican | Atlanta |
41 | James W. (Jim) Tysinger | Republican | Atlanta |
42 | Pierre Howard | Democratic | Decatur |
43 | Eugene P. (Gene) Walker | Democratic | Decatur |
44 | Terrell Starr | Democratic | Forest Park |
45 | Harrill L. Dawkins | Democratic | Conyers |
46 | Paul C. Broun | Democratic | Athens |
47 | C. Donald Johnson, Jr. | Democratic | Royston |
48 | Donn M. Peevy | Democratic | Lawrenceville |
49 | J. Nathan Deal | Democratic | Gainesville |
50 | John C. Foster | Democratic | Cornelia |
51 | Max Brannon | Democratic | Calhoun |
52 | Kenneth C. Fuller | Democratic | Rome |
53 | Waymond C. Huggins | Democratic | LaFayette |
54 | W.W. (Bill) Fincher, Jr. | Democratic | Chatsworth |
55 | Lawrence (Bud) Stumbaugh | Democratic | Stone Mountain |
56 | Sallie Newbill | Republican | Atlanta |
Members of the House of Representatives
District | Representative | Party | Residence |
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1-1 | Mike Snow | Democratic | Chickamauga |
1-2 | Robert H. (Bob) McCoy | Democratic | Rossville |
2 | McCracken King (Ken) Poston, Jr. | Democratic | Ringgold |
3 | Charles N. Poag | Democratic | Eton |
4-1 | Carlton H. Colwell | Democratic | Blairsville |
4-2 | Ralph Twiggs | Democratic | Hiawassee |
5 | John G. Crawford | Democratic | Lyerly |
6-1 | Jim Tyson Griffin | Democratic | Tunnel Hill |
6-2 | Philp A. (Phil) Foster | Democratic | Dalton |
7 | James Beverly Langford | Democratic | Calhoun |
8-1 | Steve Stancil | Republican | Canton |
8-2 | W.G. (Bill) Hasty, Sr. | Democratic | Canton |
9-1 | E. Wycliffe ("Wyc") Orr | Democratic | Gainesville |
9-2 | Bobby Lawson | Democratic | Gainesville |
9-3 | Jerry D. Jackson | Democratic | Chestnut Mountain |
10 | Bill H. Barnett | Democratic | Cumming |
11-1 | William J. Dover | Democratic | Clarkesville |
11-2 | Mary Jeanette Jamieson | Democratic | Toccoa |
12 | Lauren (Bubba) McDonald | Democratic | Commerce |
13-1 | Louie Max Clark | Democratic | Danielsville |
13-2 | Karen Osborne Irwin | Democratic | Winterville |
14 | Charles W. Yeargin | Democratic | Elberton |
15-1 | E.M. (Buddy) Childers | Democratic | Rome |
15-2 | Forrest L. McKelvey | Democratic | Silver Creek |
16 | Paul E. Smith | Democratic | Rome |
17 | Bill Cumming | Democratic | Rockmart |
18 | Thomas B. Murphy | Democratic | Bremen |
19 | Boyd Petit | Democratic | Cartersville |
20-1 | Jack Vaughan | Republican | Marietta |
20-2 | G. Gresham Howren | Republican | Powder Springs |
20-3 | Herman Clark | Republican | Acworth |
20-4 | Steve Thompson | Democratic | Powder Springs |
20-5 | Earl Ehrhart | Republican | Powder Springs |
21-1 | Fred Aiken | Republican | Smyrna |
21-2 | Johnny Isakson | Republican | Marietta |
21-3 | Bill Atkins | Republican | Smyrna |
21-4 | Johnny Gresham | Republican | Marietta |
21-5 | Tom Wilder | Republican | Marietta |
22 | Dorothy Felton | Republican | Atlanta |
23 | Tom Campbell | Republican | Roswell |
24 | Kiliaen V.R. (Kil) Townsend | Republican | Atlanta |
25 | John M. Lupton, III | Republican | Atlanta |
26 | Jim Martin | Democratic | Atlanta |
27 | Dick Lane | Democratic | East Point |
28 | Bob Holmes | Democratic | Atlanta |
29 | Grace W. Davis | Democratic | Atlanta |
30 | Nan Orrock | Democratic | Atlanta |
31 | Mable Thomas | Democratic | Atlanta |
32 | Helen Selman | Democratic | Palmetto |
33 | Lanett Stanley | Democratic | Atlanta |
34 | Tyrone Brooks | Democratic | Atlanta |
35 | J.E. (Billy) McKinney | Democratic | Atlanta |
36 | Barbara H. Couch | Democratic | Hapeville |
37 | Georganna T. Sinkfield | Democratic | Atlanta |
38 | Lorenzo Benn | Democratic | Atlanta |
39 | Ralph David Abernathy III | Democratic | Atlanta |
40 | Cynthia Ann McKinney | Democratic | Atlanta |
41 | Charlie Watts | Democratic | Dallas |
42 | Thomas M. Kilgore | Democratic | Douglasville |
43 | Paul W. Heard, Jr. | Republican | Peachtree City |
44 | John Linder | Republican | Dunwoody |
45 | J. Max Davis | Republican | Atlanta |
46 | Doug Teper | Democratic | Atlanta |
47 | Chesley V. Morton | Republican | Tucker |
48 | Betty Jo Williams | Republican | Atlanta |
49 | Tom Lawrence | Republican | Stone Mountain |
50 | Frank L. Redding, Jr. | Democratic | Decatur |
51 | Thurbert E. Baker | Democratic | Decatur |
52 | Eleanor L. Richardson | Democratic | Decatur |
53 | Mary Margaret Oliver | Democratic | Decatur |
54 | Juanita Terry Williams | Democratic | Atlanta |
55 | Betty J. Clark | Democratic | Atlanta |
56 | Betty Aaron | Democratic | Atlanta |
57-1 | Troy A. Athon | Democratic | Conyers |
57-2 | William C. (Bill) Mangum, Jr. | Democratic | Decatur |
57-3 | Dean Alford | Democratic | Lithonia |
58 | Tommy Tolbert | Republican | Clarkston |
59 | O.M. (Mike) Barnett | Republican | Lilburn |
60 | Keith R. Breedlove | Republican | Buford |
61 | Vinson Wall | Republican | Lawrenceville |
62 | Charles E. Bannister | Republican | Lilburn |
63 | Bill Goodwin | Republican | Norcross |
64 | John O. Mobley, Jr. | Democratic | Winder |
65 | Tyrone Carrell | Democratic | Monroe |
66 | Frank E. Stancil | Democratic | Watkinsville |
67 | Michael L. Thurmond | Democratic | Athens |
68 | Lawton Evans Stephens | Democratic | Athens |
69 | Charles Thomas | Democratic | Temple |
70 | John Simpson | Democratic | Carrollton |
71 | Sidney Pope Jones, Jr. | Republican | Newnan |
72-1 | Bill Lee | Democratic | Forest Park |
72-2 | Jimmy W. Benefield | Democratic | Jonesboro |
72-3 | C.E. (Ed Holcomb) | Democratic | Jonesboro |
72-4 | Clay Davis | Republican | Jonesboro |
72-5 | Frank I. Bailey, Jr. | Democratic | Riverdale |
73 | Wesley Dunn | Democratic | McDonough |
74 | Denny M. Dobbs | Democratic | Covington |
75 | John P. Yates | Republican | Griffin |
76 | Suzi Johnson-Herbert | Democratic | Griffin |
77 | J. Crawford Ware | Democratic | Hogansville |
78 | Larry Smith | Democratic | Jackson |
79 | Marvin Adams | Democratic | Thomaston |
80 | Curtis S. Jenkins | Democratic | Forsyth |
81 | Wade Milam | Democratic | LaGrange |
82 | Edward D. Ricketson, Jr. | Democratic | Warrenton |
83 | William S. "Bill" Jackson | Democratic | Martinez |
84 | Bobby Harris | Democratic | Thomson |
85 | Charles W. Walker | Democratic | Augusta |
86 | Mike Padgett | Democratic | Augusta |
87 | Jack Connell | Democratic | Augusta |
88 | George M. Brown | Democratic | Augusta |
89 | Don Cheeks | Democrat | Augusta |
90 | Dick Ransom | Republican | Augusta |
91 | Leonard R. "Nookie" Meadows | Democratic | Manchester |
92 | Calvin Smyre | Democratic | Columbus |
93 | Roy D. Moultrie | Democratic | Hamilton |
94 | Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. | Democratic | Columbus |
95 | Thomas B. Buck | Democratic | Columbus |
96 | Pete Robinson | Democratic | Columbus |
97 | Robert H. Steele | Republican | Columbus |
98 | Robert Ray | Democratic | Fort Valley |
99 | Denmark Groover, Jr. | Democratic | Macon |
100 | Frank C. Pinkston | Democratic | Macon |
101 | William C. (Billy) Randall | Democratic | Macon |
102 | David E. Lucas | Democratic | Macon |
103 | Floyd M. Buford, Jr. | Democratic | Macon |
104 | Kenneth (Ken) W. Birdsong | Democratic | Gordon |
105 | Bobby Eugene Parham | Democratic | Milledgeville |
106 | George F. Green | Democratic | White Plains |
107 | Jimmy Lord | Democratic | Sandersville |
108 | Emory E. Bargeron | Democratic | Louisville |
109 | Larry J. "Butch" Parrish | Democratic | Swainsboro |
110 | John F. Godbee | Democratic | Brooklet |
111 | Bob Lane | Democratic | Statesboro |
112 | Ward Edwards | Democratic | Butler |
113 | Ted W. Waddle | Republican | Warner Robins |
114 | Roy H. (Sonny) Watson, Jr. | Democratic | Warner Robins |
115 | Larry Walker | Democratic | Perry |
116 | George Hooks | Democratic | Americus |
117 | Newt Hudson | Democratic | Rochelle |
118 | Terry L. Coleman | Democratic | Eastman |
119 | DuBose Porter | Democratic | Dublin |
120 | Fisher Barfoot | Democratic | Vidalia |
121 | Clinton Oliver | Democratic | Glennville |
122 | James L. (Jim) Pannell | Democratic | Savannah |
123 | Diane Harvey Johnson | Democratic | Savannah |
124 | DeWayne Hamilton | Democratic | Savannah |
125 | Jack Kingston | Republican | Savannah |
126 | Anne Mueller | Republican | Savannah |
127 | Roy L. Allen | Democratic | Savannah |
128 | Sonny Dixon | Democratic | Garden City |
129 | George A. Chance, Jr. | Democratic | Springfield |
130 | Gerald E. Greene | Democratic | Cuthbert |
131 | Bob Hanner | Democratic | Dawson |
132 | John White | Democratic | Albany |
133 | Tommy Chambless | Democratic | Albany |
134 | Mary Young-Cummings | Democratic | Albany |
135 | Johnny Floyd | Democratic | Cordele |
136 | Ray Holland | Democratic | Ashburn |
137 | Paul S. Branch, Jr. | Democratic | Fitzgerald |
138 | Hentry Bostic | Democratic | Tifton |
139 | Van Streat, Sr. | Democratic | Nicholls |
140 | Ralph J. Balkom | Democratic | Blakely |
141 | Kermit F. "K" Bates, Jr. | Democratic | Bainbridge |
142 | Bobby Long | Democratic | Cairo |
143 | Theo Titus, III | Republican | Thomasville |
144 | A. Richard Royal | Democratic | Camilla |
145 | C.J. Powell | Democratic | Moultrie |
146 | Hanson Carter | Democratic | Nashville |
147 | Henry L. Reaves | Democratic | Quitman |
148 | James M. Beck | Democratic | Valdosta |
149 | Robert L. Patten | Democratic | Lakeland |
150 | Tom Crosby, Jr. | Democratic | Waycross |
151 | Harry D. Dixon | Democratic | Waycross |
152 | Tommy Smith | Democratic | Alma |
153-1 | Lunsford Moody | Democratic | Baxley |
153-2 | Roger C. Byrd | Democratic | Hazlehurst |
154 | James M. Floyd | Democratic | Hinesville |
155 | Ronald (Ron) Fennel | Democratic | Brunswick |
156 | Willou Smith | Republican | Brunswick |
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See also
- Georgia Senate
- Georgia House of Representatives
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