United States congressional delegations from Georgia
Georgia became a U.S. state in 1788, which allowed it to send congressional delegations to the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives beginning with the 1st United States Congress in 1789. Each state elects two senators to serve for six years, and members of the House to two-year terms.
These are tables of congressional delegations from Georgia to the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives.
Current delegation
[edit]Current U.S. senators from Georgia | ||||
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Georgia
| Class II senator | Class III senator | ||
Jon Ossoff (Senior senator) (Atlanta) | Raphael Warnock (Junior senator) (Atlanta) | |||
Party | Democratic | Democratic | ||
Incumbent since | January 20, 2021 | January 20, 2021 |
Georgia's current congressional delegation in the 118th Congress consists of its two senators, both of whom are Democrats, and its 14 representatives: 9 Republicans and 5 Democrats.
The current dean of the Georgia delegation is Representative Sanford Bishop of the 2nd district, having served in the House since 1993.
Current U.S. representatives from Georgia | |||||
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District | Member (Residence)[2] | Party | Incumbent since | CPVI (2022)[3] | District map |
1st | Buddy Carter (St. Simons) | Republican | January 3, 2015 | R+9 | |
2nd | Sanford Bishop (Albany) | Democratic | January 3, 1993 | D+3 | |
3rd | Drew Ferguson (The Rock) | Republican | January 3, 2017 | R+18 | |
4th | Hank Johnson (Lithonia) | Democratic | January 3, 2007 | D+27 | |
5th | Nikema Williams (Atlanta) | Democratic | January 3, 2021 | D+32 | |
6th | Rich McCormick (Suwanee) | Republican | January 3, 2023 | R+11 | |
7th | Lucy McBath (Marietta) | Democratic | January 3, 2019 | D+10 | |
8th | Austin Scott (Tifton) | Republican | January 3, 2011 | R+16 | |
9th | Andrew Clyde (Athens) | Republican | January 3, 2021 | R+22 | |
10th | Mike Collins (Jackson) | Republican | January 3, 2023 | R+15 | |
11th | Barry Loudermilk (Cassville) | Republican | January 3, 2015 | R+11 | |
12th | Rick Allen (Augusta) | Republican | January 3, 2015 | R+8 | |
13th | David Scott (Atlanta) | Democratic | January 3, 2003 | D+28 | |
14th | Marjorie Taylor Greene (Rome) | Republican | January 3, 2021 | R+22 |
United States Senate
[edit]Class II senator | Congress | Class III senator | ||
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William Few (AA) | 1st (1789–1791) | James Gunn (AA) | ||
2nd (1791–1793) | ||||
James Jackson (AA) | 3rd (1793–1795) | |||
James Jackson (DR) | 4th (1795–1797) | James Gunn (F) | ||
George Walton (F) | ||||
Josiah Tattnall (DR) | ||||
5th (1797–1799) | ||||
Abraham Baldwin (DR) | 6th (1799–1801) | |||
7th (1801–1803) | James Jackson (DR) | |||
8th (1803–1805) | ||||
9th (1805–1807) | ||||
John Milledge (DR) | ||||
10th (1807–1809) | ||||
George Jones (DR) | ||||
William H. Crawford (DR) | ||||
11th (1809–1811) | ||||
Charles Tait (DR) | ||||
12th (1811–1813) | ||||
13th (1813–1815) | ||||
William B. Bulloch (DR) | ||||
William W. Bibb (DR) | ||||
14th (1815–1817) | ||||
George Troup (DR) | ||||
15th (1817–1819) | ||||
John Forsyth (DR) | ||||
Freeman Walker (DR) | 16th (1819–1821) | John Elliott (DR) | ||
17th (1821–1823) | ||||
Nicholas Ware (DR) | ||||
18th (1823–1825) | ||||
Thomas W. Cobb (DR) | ||||
Thomas W. Cobb (J) | 19th (1825–1827) | John M. Berrien (J) | ||
20th (1827–1829) | ||||
Oliver H. Prince (J) | ||||
George Troup (J) | 21st (1829–1831) | vacant | ||
John Forsyth (J) | ||||
22nd (1831–1833) | ||||
John Pendleton King (J) | 23rd (1833–1835) | |||
24th (1835–1837) | Alfred Cuthbert (J) | |||
John Pendleton King (D) | 25th (1837–1839) | Alfred Cuthbert (D) | ||
Wilson Lumpkin (D) | ||||
26th (1839–1841) | ||||
John M. Berrien (W) | 27th (1841–1843) | |||
28th (1843–1845) | Walter T. Colquitt (D) | |||
29th (1845–1847) | ||||
30th (1847–1849) | ||||
Herschel V. Johnson (D) | ||||
31st (1849–1851) | William C. Dawson (W) | |||
32nd (1851–1853) | ||||
Robert M. Charlton (D) | ||||
Robert Toombs (W) | 33rd (1853–1855) | |||
34th (1855–1857) | Alfred Iverson Sr. (D) | |||
35th (1857–1859) | ||||
36th (1859–1861) | ||||
vacant | vacant | |||
37th (1861–1863) | ||||
38th (1863–1865) | ||||
39th (1865–1867) | ||||
40th (1867–1869) | ||||
41st (1869–1871) | ||||
Homer V. M. Miller (D) | Joshua Hill (R) | |||
Thomas M. Norwood (D) | 42nd (1871–1873) | |||
43rd (1873–1875) | John B. Gordon (D) | |||
44th (1875–1877) | ||||
Benjamin Harvey Hill (D) | 45th (1877–1879) | |||
46th (1879–1881) | ||||
Joseph E. Brown (D) | ||||
47th (1881–1883) | ||||
Pope Barrow (D) | ||||
Alfred H. Colquitt (D) | 48th (1883–1885) | |||
49th (1885–1887) | ||||
50th (1887–1889) | ||||
51st (1889–1891) | ||||
52nd (1891–1893) | John B. Gordon (D) | |||
53rd (1893–1895) | ||||
Patrick Walsh (D) | ||||
Augustus O. Bacon (D) | 54th (1895–1897) | |||
55th (1897–1899) | Alexander S. Clay (D) | |||
56th (1899–1901) | ||||
57th (1901–1903) | ||||
58th (1903–1905) | ||||
59th (1905–1907) | ||||
60th (1907–1909) | ||||
61st (1909–1911) | ||||
Joseph M. Terrell (D) | ||||
62nd (1911–1913) | ||||
Hoke Smith (D) | ||||
63rd (1913–1915) | ||||
William Stanley West (D) | ||||
Thomas W. Hardwick (D) | ||||
64th (1915–1917) | ||||
65th (1917–1919) | ||||
William J. Harris (D) | 66th (1919–1921) | |||
67th (1921–1923) | Thomas E. Watson (D) | |||
Rebecca Latimer Felton (D) | ||||
Walter F. George (D) | ||||
68th (1923–1925) | ||||
69th (1925–1927) | ||||
70th (1927–1929) | ||||
71st (1929–1931) | ||||
72nd (1931–1933) | ||||
John S. Cohen (D) | ||||
Richard Russell Jr. (D) | ||||
73rd (1933–1935) | ||||
74th (1935–1937) | ||||
75th (1937–1939) | ||||
76th (1939–1941) | ||||
77th (1941–1943) | ||||
78th (1943–1945) | ||||
79th (1945–1947) | ||||
80th (1947–1949) | ||||
81st (1949–1951) | ||||
82nd (1951–1953) | ||||
83rd (1953–1955) | ||||
84th (1955–1957) | ||||
85th (1957–1959) | Herman Talmadge (D) | |||
86th (1959–1961) | ||||
87th (1961–1963) | ||||
88th (1963–1965) | ||||
89th (1965–1967) | ||||
90th (1967–1969) | ||||
91st (1969–1971) | ||||
92nd (1971–1973) | ||||
David H. Gambrell (D) | ||||
Sam Nunn (D) | ||||
93rd (1973–1975) | ||||
94th (1975–1977) | ||||
95th (1977–1979) | ||||
96th (1979–1981) | ||||
97th (1981–1983) | Mack Mattingly (R) | |||
98th (1983–1985) | ||||
99th (1985–1987) | ||||
100th (1987–1989) | Wyche Fowler (D) | |||
101st (1989–1991) | ||||
102nd (1991–1993) | ||||
103rd (1993–1995) | Paul Coverdell (R) | |||
104th (1995–1997) | ||||
Max Cleland (D) | 105th (1997–1999) | |||
106th (1999–2001) | ||||
Zell Miller (D) | ||||
107th (2001–2003) | ||||
Saxby Chambliss (R) | 108th (2003–2005) | |||
109th (2005–2007) | Johnny Isakson (R) | |||
110th (2007–2009) | ||||
111th (2009–2011) | ||||
112th (2011–2013) | ||||
113th (2013–2015) | ||||
David Perdue (R) | 114th (2015–2017) | |||
115th (2017–2019) | ||||
116th (2019–2021) | ||||
Kelly Loeffler (R) | ||||
Jon Ossoff (D) | 117th (2021–2023) | |||
Raphael Warnock (D) | ||||
118th (2023–2025) |
United States House of Representatives
[edit]1789–1793: 3 districts
[edit]In the inaugural U.S. Congress, Georgia was apportioned 3 seats as per Article I of the U.S. constitution. Georgia elected the members district wise.
Congress | District | ||
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1st | 2nd | 3rd | |
1st (1789–1791) | James Jackson (AA) | Abraham Baldwin (AA) | George Mathews (AA) |
2nd (1791–1793) | Anthony Wayne (AA) | Francis Willis (AA) | |
John Milledge (AA) |
1793–1827: at-large seats
[edit]Following 1790 census, Georgia was apportioned two seats. Following 1800 census, Georgia was apportioned four seats, then 6 seats following 1810 census, and seven seats following 1820 census. From 1793 to 1827 all such seats were elected at-large statewide on a general ticket.
1827–1829: 7 districts
[edit]In 1827, Georgia's seven seats were redistricted into seven districts.
Congress | District | ||||||
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1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | |
20th (1827–1829) | Charles E. Haynes (J) | John Floyd (J) | Tomlinson Fort (J) | Edward F. Tattnall (J) | John Forsyth (J) | Wiley Thompson (J) | Wilson Lumpkin (J) |
George R. Gilmer (J) | Richard H. Wilde (J) |
1829–1845: at-large seats
[edit]In 1829, Georgia eliminated the districts and all seats were elected at-large statewide on a general ticket. Following 1830 census, Georgia was apportioned nine seats and following the 1840 census eight seats.
1845–1863: 8 districts
[edit]In 1845, Georgia's eight seats were redistricted into eight districts.
Congress | District | |||||||
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1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | |
29th (1845–1847) | T. Butler King (W) | Seaborn Jones (D) | George W. Towns (D) | Hugh A. Haralson (D) | John H. Lumpkin (D) | Howell Cobb (D) | Alexander H. Stephens (W) | Robert Toombs (W) |
30th (1847–1849) | Alfred Iverson Sr. (D) | John W. Jones (W) | ||||||
31st (1849–1851) | Marshall J. Wellborn (D) | Allen F. Owen (W) | Thomas C. Hackett (D) | |||||
Joseph W. Jackson (D) | ||||||||
32nd (1851–1853) | James Johnson (U) | Jack Bailey (D) | Charles Murphey (U) | Elijah W. Chastain (D) | Junius Hillyer (D) | |||
33rd (1853–1855) | James L. Seward (D) | Alfred H. Colquitt (D) | William B. W. Dent (D) | David A. Reese (W) | Alexander H. Stephens (W) | |||
34th (1855–1857) | Martin J. Crawford (D) | Robert P. Trippe (KN) | Hiram B. Warner (D) | John H. Lumpkin (D) | Howell Cobb (D) | Nathaniel G. Foster (KN) | ||
35th (1857–1859) | Lucius J. Gartrell (D) | Augustus R. Wright (D) | James Jackson (D) | Joshua Hill (KN) | ||||
36th (1859–1861) | Peter E. Love (D) | Thomas Hardeman Jr. (O) | John W. H. Underwood (D) | John J. Jones (D) | ||||
37th (1861–1863) | American Civil War |
1863–1873: 7 districts
[edit]Following 1860 census, Georgia was apportioned seven seats.
Congress | District | ||||||
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1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | |
38–39th (1863–1867) | American Civil War | ||||||
40th (1867–1869) | |||||||
Joseph W. Clift (R) | Nelson Tift (D) | William P. Edwards (R) | Samuel F. Gove (R) | Charles H. Prince (R) | vacant | Pierce M. B. Young (D) | |
41st (1869–1871) | vacant | vacant | vacant | vacant | vacant | vacant | |
William W. Paine (D) | Richard H. Whiteley (R) | Marion Bethune (R) | Jefferson F. Long (R) | Stephen A. Corker (D) | William P. Price (D) | Pierce M. B. Young (D) | |
42nd (1871–1873) | Archibald T. MacIntyre (D) | John S. Bigby (R) | Thomas J. Speer (R) | Dudley M. DuBose (D) | |||
Erasmus W. Beck (D) |
1873–1883: 9 districts
[edit]Following 1870 census, Georgia was apportioned nine seats.
Congress | District | ||||||||
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1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | |
43rd (1873–1875) | Morgan Rawls (D) | Richard H. Whiteley (R) | Philip Cook (D) | Henry R. Harris (D) | James C. Freeman (R) | James Henderson Blount (D) | Pierce M. B. Young (D) | Alexander H. Stephens (D) | Hiram Parks Bell (D) |
Andrew Sloan (R) | |||||||||
44th (1875–1877) | Julian Hartridge (D) | William Ephraim Smith (D) | Milton A. Candler (D) | William Harrell Felton (ID) | Benjamin Harvey Hill (D) | ||||
45th (1877–1879) | Hiram Parks Bell (D) | ||||||||
William B. Fleming (D) | |||||||||
46th (1879–1881) | John C. Nicholls (D) | Henry Persons (ID) | Nathaniel J. Hammond (D) | Emory Speer (ID) | |||||
47th (1881–1883) | George Robison Black (D) | Henry G. Turner (D) | Hugh Buchanan (D) | Judson C. Clements (D) | |||||
Seaborn Reese (D) |
1883–1893: 10 districts
[edit]Following 1880 census, Georgia was apportioned 10 seats. The tenth seat was elected at-large statewide in 1883. From 1885, all 10 seats were redistricted.
Congress | District | |||||||||
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1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | At-large | |
48th (1883–1885) | John C. Nicholls (D) | Henry G. Turner (D) | Charles F. Crisp (D) | Hugh Buchanan (D) | Nathaniel J. Hammond (D) | James Henderson Blount (D) | Judson C. Clements (D) | Seaborn Reese (D) | Allen D. Candler (D) | Thomas Hardeman (D) |
49th (1885–1887) | Thomas M. Norwood (D) | Henry R. Harris (D) | 10th | |||||||
George Barnes (D) | ||||||||||
50th (1887–1889) | Thomas W. Grimes (D) | John D. Stewart (D) | Henry H. Carlton (D) | |||||||
51st (1889–1891) | Rufus E. Lester (D) | |||||||||
52nd (1891–1893) | Charles L. Moses (D) | Leonidas Livingston (D) | Robert W. Everett (D) | Thomas G. Lawson (D) | Thomas E. Winn (D) | Thomas E. Watson (Pop) |
1893–1913: 11 districts
[edit]Following 1890 census, Georgia was apportioned 11 seats.
Congress | District | ||||||||||
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1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | |
53rd (1893–1895) | Rufus E. Lester (D) | Benjamin E. Russell (D) | Charles F. Crisp (D) | Charles L. Moses (D) | Leonidas Livingston (D) | Thomas Banks Cabaniss (D) | John W. Maddox (D) | Thomas G. Lawson (D) | Farish Tate (D) | James C. C. Black (D) | Henry G. Turner (D) |
54th (1895–1897) | Charles L. Bartlett (D) | ||||||||||
Charles R. Crisp (D) | |||||||||||
55th (1897–1899) | James M. Griggs (D) | Elijah B. Lewis (D) | William C. Adamson (D) | William M. Howard (D) | William H. Fleming (D) | William G. Brantley (D) | |||||
56th (1899–1901) | |||||||||||
57th (1901–1903) | |||||||||||
58th (1903–1905) | Thomas W. Hardwick (D) | ||||||||||
59th (1905–1907) | Gordon Lee (D) | Thomas M. Bell (D) | |||||||||
J. W. Overstreet (D) | |||||||||||
60th (1907–1909) | Charles G. Edwards (D) | ||||||||||
61st (1909–1911) | Dudley M. Hughes (D) | ||||||||||
Seaborn Roddenbery (D) | |||||||||||
62nd (1911–1913) | William S. Howard (D) | Samuel J. Tribble (D) |
1913–1933: 12 districts
[edit]Following 1910 census, Georgia was apportioned 12 seats.
Congress | District | |||||||||||
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1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | |
63rd (1913–1915) | Charles G. Edwards (D) | Seaborn Roddenbery (D) | Charles R. Crisp (D) | William C. Adamson (D) | William S. Howard (D) | Charles L. Bartlett (D) | Gordon Lee (D) | Samuel J. Tribble (D) | Thomas M. Bell (D) | Thomas W. Hardwick (D) | John R. Walker (D) | Dudley M. Hughes (D) |
Frank Park (D) | Carl Vinson (D) | |||||||||||
64th (1915–1917) | James W. Wise (D) | |||||||||||
Tinsley W. Rucker Jr. (D) | ||||||||||||
65th (1917–1919) | James W. Overstreet (D) | Charles H. Brand (D) | William Washington Larsen (D) | |||||||||
William C. Wright (D) | ||||||||||||
66th (1919–1921) | William D. Upshaw (D) | William C. Lankford (D) | ||||||||||
67th (1921–1923) | ||||||||||||
68th (1923–1925) | R. Lee Moore (D) | |||||||||||
69th (1925–1927) | Charles G. Edwards (D) | E. Eugene Cox (D) | Samuel Rutherford (D) | |||||||||
70th (1927–1929) | Leslie J. Steele (D) | Malcolm C. Tarver (D) | ||||||||||
71st (1929–1931) | ||||||||||||
Robert Ramspeck (D) | ||||||||||||
72nd (1931–1933) | John Stephens Wood (D) | |||||||||||
Homer C. Parker (D) | Bryant T. Castellow (D) | Carlton Mobley (D) |
1933–1993: 10 districts
[edit]Following 1930 census, Georgia was apportioned 10 seats.
1993–2003: 11 districts
[edit]Following 1990 census, Georgia was apportioned 11 seats.
Congress | District | ||||||||||
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1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | |
103rd (1993–1995) | Jack Kingston (R) | Sanford Bishop (D) | Mac Collins (R) | John Linder (R) | John Lewis (D) | Newt Gingrich (R) | Buddy Darden (D) | J. Roy Rowland (D) | Nathan Deal (D) | Don Johnson (D) | Cynthia McKinney (D) |
104th (1995–1997) | Bob Barr (R) | Saxby Chambliss (R) | Nathan Deal (R) | Charlie Norwood (R) | |||||||
105th (1997–1999) | Cynthia McKinney (D) | John Linder (R) | |||||||||
106th (1999–2001) | vacant | ||||||||||
Johnny Isakson (R) | |||||||||||
107th (2001–2003) |
2003–2013: 13 districts
[edit]Following 2000 census, Georgia was apportioned 13 seats.
Congress | District | ||||||||||||
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1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | |
108th (2003–2005) | Jack Kingston (R) | Sanford Bishop (D) | Jim Marshall (D) | Denise Majette (D) | John Lewis (D) | Johnny Isakson (R) | John Linder (R) | Mac Collins (R) | Charlie Norwood (R) | Nathan Deal (R) | Phil Gingrey (R) | Max Burns (R) | David Scott (D) |
109th (2005–2007) | Cynthia McKinney (D) | Tom Price (R) | Lynn Westmoreland (R) | John Barrow (D) | |||||||||
110th (2007–2009) | Lynn Westmoreland (R) | Hank Johnson (D) | Jim Marshall (D) | Nathan Deal (R) | Charlie Norwood (R) | ||||||||
Paul Broun (R) | |||||||||||||
111th (2009–2011) | Tom Graves (R) | ||||||||||||
112th (2011–2013) | Rob Woodall (R) | Austin Scott (R) |
2013–present: 14 districts
[edit]Following 2010 census, Georgia was apportioned 14 seats.
Congress | District | |||||||||||||
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1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | |
113th (2013–2015) | Jack Kingston (R) | Sanford Bishop (D) | Lynn Westmoreland (R) | Hank Johnson (D) | John Lewis (D) | Tom Price (R) | Rob Woodall (R) | Austin Scott (R) | Doug Collins (R) | Paul Broun (R) | Phil Gingrey (R) | John Barrow (D) | David Scott (D) | Tom Graves (R) |
114th (2015–2017) | Buddy Carter (R) | Jody Hice (R) | Barry Loudermilk (R) | Rick Allen (R) | ||||||||||
115th (2017–2019) | Drew Ferguson (R) | |||||||||||||
Karen Handel (R) | ||||||||||||||
116th (2019–2021) | Lucy McBath (D) | |||||||||||||
Kwanza Hall (D) | ||||||||||||||
117th (2021–2023) | Nikema Williams (D) | Carolyn Bourdeaux (D) | Andrew Clyde (R) | Marjorie Taylor Greene (R) | ||||||||||
118th (2023–2025) | Rich McCormick (R) | Lucy McBath (D) | Mike Collins (R) |
Key
[edit]See also
[edit]- List of United States congressional districts
- Georgia's congressional districts
- Political party strength in Georgia
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "2022 Cook PVI: State Map and List". Cook Political Report. Archived from the original on 2023-01-05. Retrieved 2023-01-05.
- ^ "Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives". clerk.house.gov. Retrieved 2022-01-06.
- ^ "2022 Cook PVI: District Map and List". Cook Political Report. Retrieved 2023-01-05.