Political party strength in Georgia (U.S. state)
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The following table indicates the party of elected officials in the U.S. state of Georgia:
- Governor
- Lieutenant Governor
- Secretary of State
- Attorney General
- State School Superintendent
- Commissioner of Agriculture
- Commissioner of Insurance
- Commissioner of Labor
The table also indicates the historical party composition in the:
- State Senate
- State House of Representatives
- State Public Service Commission
- State delegation to the United States Senate
- State delegation to the United States House of Representatives
For years in which a presidential election was held, the table indicates which party's nominees received the state's electoral votes.
Darker shading indicates confirmed partisan affiliation or majority; lighter shading indicates likely, but unconfirmed, partisan affiliation or majority.
1775–1788
[edit]| Year | Executive offices | General Assembly | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Governor | Sec. of State | Atty. Gen. | ||
| 1775 | William Ewen (NP/W)[a][b] | No such office | No such office | [?] |
| George Walton (NP/W)[a][b] | ||||
| 1776 | Williams Stephens | |||
| William Ewen (NP/W)[a][b] | ||||
| Archibald Bulloch (NP/W)[b][c][d] | ||||
| 1777 | John Milton (F) | |||
| Button Gwinnett (NP/W)[b][c][e] | ||||
| John A. Treutlen (NP/W)[b] | ||||
| 1778 | John Houstoun (NP/W)[b] | |||
| 1779 | William Glascock (NP/W)[b][f] | |||
| Seth John Cuthbert (NP/W)[b][g][h] | ||||
| John Wereat (NP/W)[b][h] | ||||
| George Walton (NP/W)[b] | ||||
| 1780 | Richard Howly (NP/W)[b] | John Milledge | ||
| Humphrey Wells (NP/W)[b][i] | ||||
| Stephen Heard (NP/W)[b][f] | ||||
| Myrick Davies (NP/W)[b][f] | ||||
| 1781 | Samuel Stirk | |||
| Nathan Brownson (NP) | ||||
| 1782 | John Martin (NP) | |||
| 1783 | Lyman Hall (NP) | |||
| 1784 | John Houstoun (NP) | |||
| 1785 | Samuel Elbert (NP) | Nathaniel Pendleton | ||
| 1786 | Edward Telfair (NP) | |||
| 1787 | George Mathews (NP) | Matthew Hall McAllister | ||
| 1788 | George Handley (NP) | |||
1789–1874
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1875–present
[edit]- ^ a b c President of Council of Safety.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Not a formal political party, and not to be confused with the 19th-century Whig Party.
- ^ a b President of Georgia.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Died in office.
- ^ Died in office; after losing his bid for re-election, Gwinnett was wounded in a duel with Lachlan McIntosh on May 6, 1777 and died of his wounds two days later.
- ^ a b c President of Executive Council.
- ^ Temporary governor.
- ^ a b President of Supreme Executive Council.
- ^ Resigned in favor of Stephen Heard.
- ^ a b c Resigned to take elected seat in the United States Senate.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k As president of the state Senate, filled unexpired term.
- ^ Resigned due to declining health.
- ^ Resigned to become agent to the Creek people.
- ^ The Troup party was essentially the continuation of the Jackson faction (followers of James Jackson).
- ^ Resigned following the defeat of the Confederate States of America.
- ^ Provisional governor appointed by President Andrew Johnson following American Civil War.
- ^ Removed from office by the military because he refused to allow state funds to be used for a racially integrated state constitutional convention; the state was still under military occupation during Reconstruction.
- ^ Provisional governor appointed by General George Meade.
- ^ Resigned; fled the state to avoid impeachment; was arrested in 1876 and found not guilty of embezzlement.
- ^ Liberal Republican nominee Horace Greeley died before the Electoral College voted. 6 of Georgia's 11 votes went to Greeley's running mate Brown, while 3 went to Greeley and 2 went to Democratic Georgia Governor Charles J. Jenkins
- ^ Position of lieutenant governor created in 1945 and first elected in 1946.
- ^ a b c Appointed by the governor.
- ^ Resigned due to an ongoing impeachment trial for corruption.
- ^ a b The Georgia Department of Labor was created in 1937 and placed under the control of an elected commissioner.[3]
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q Filled vacancy.
- ^ Initially appointed, then later elected as the first elected Georgia state school commissioner.
- ^ Resigned to take a position on the Georgia Railroad Commission.
- ^ Resigned to run for governor.
- ^ Resigned to accept the presidency of the Gordon Military Institute.[1]
- ^ Resigned to take the position of President of the Georgia School of Technology.
- ^ Removed from office by Governor Eugene Talmadge due to a dispute over authorizing funds for certain charitable organizations.[2]
- ^ a b c Retired.
- ^ Appointed by Governor Eugene Talmadge to replace William B. Harrison, an action disputed by Harrison.
- ^ Appointed by Governor Eugene Talmadge to replace Carreker and fill out the remainder of the term.
- ^ Restored to his office at the beginning of the 1937 legislative term.
- ^ Appointed secretary of state in 1946 to fill the unexpired term of John B. Wilson, who died in office.[4]
- ^ Eugene Talmadge was elected to a third non-consecutive term in 1946 but died before taking office. Incumbent Governor Ellis Arnall and Lieutenant Governor-elect Melvin E. Thompson both claimed the office. The state legislature chose Eugene Talmadge's son, Herman Talmadge, to be governor, and he took office in January 1947, but the state Supreme Court later that year declared this unconstitutional and declared Thompson the rightful acting governor, and Talmadge stepped down after 67 days in office.
- ^ Talmadge defeated Thompson in a special election in September 1948.
- ^ Resigned after the United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia ordered Taliaferro County School District to desegregate following the court's decision on Turner vs. Goolsby.[5]
- ^ a b Switched parties from Democratic to Republican after the 1968 Democratic National Convention.[6]
- ^ Governor George Busbee appointed Poythress secretary of state to fill a vacancy created by the death of Fortson.[7]
- ^ Resigned to accept an appointment as commissioner of the state Department of Natural Resources.[7]
- ^ Appointed Insurance Commissioner in 1985 to fill the vacancy created by the retirement of Johnnie L. Caldwell.
- ^ Poythress was elected to fill Tanner's unexpired term.[7]
- ^ Switched parties to Republican.
- ^ In April 1995 incumbent Democrat Nathan Deal switched parties to Republican.
- ^ Democrat Bob Durden switched parties to Republican in 1995.
- ^ Governor Zell Miller appointed Lauren "Bubba" McDonald Jr. as a nonpartisan to the seat vacated by Democrat Mac Barber.
- ^ Served on an interim basis after Poythress resigned in order to run for governor.
- ^ Resigned.
- ^ Recently reelected incumbent Democrats Don Cheeks, Dan Lee, Rooney Bowen, and Jack Hill switched parties to Republican between the November 2002 election and the beginning of the legislative session in January 2003.
- ^ Recently reelected incumbent Democrat Chuck Sims switched parties to Republican between the November 2004 election and the beginning of the legislative session in January 2005.
- ^ Greg Morris switched from the Democratic to the Republican Party in August 2005.
- ^ Resigned to seek the Republican gubernatorial nomination.
- ^ Brian Kemp was appointed Secretary of State, January 4, 2010, to fill the unexpired term of Karen Handel.
- ^ Tim Golden switched from the Democratic to the Republican Party after the November 2, 2010 General Election.
- ^ Eight state representatives—C. Ellis Black, Amy Carter, Mike Cheokas, Bubber Epps, Gerald Greene, Bob Hanner, Doug McKillip, and Alan Powell—switched from the Democratic to the Republican Party after the November 2, 2010 General Election.
- ^ JaNice Van Ness won a special election to succeed Ronald Ramsey Sr., flipping the seat from Democratic to Republican.[8]
- ^ Suspended following indictment for fraud.
- ^ Temporary appointment pending the outcome of the investigation into Jim Beck.
- ^ Mesha Mainor switched from the Democratic to the Republican Party in July 2023.
References
[edit]- ^ "POUND RESIGNS OFFICE. State School Commissioner Will Return to the School Room". The Dawson News. 1910-05-25. p. 6. Retrieved 2023-09-09 – via Chronicling America.
- ^ Good, William J. (1936-02-26). "OUSTED STATE OFFICERS TIE UP FUNDS". The Washington Times. p. 2. Retrieved 2023-09-03 – via Chronicling America.
- ^ About Us | Georgia Department of Labor
- ^ "Ben Fortson (1904-1979)". New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2021-06-20.
- ^ Askew, Garrick Arion (2004). "THE ORAL HISTORIES OF THREE RETIRED AFRICAN AMERICAN SUPERINTENDENTS FROM GEORGIA" (PDF). University of Georgia. p. 187. Retrieved 2023-09-07.
- ^ "J. Phil Campbell, Jr. Papers". sclfind.libs.uga.edu. Retrieved 2021-06-20.
- ^ a b c Count to '10, and a Fun Race for Governor
- ^ http://www.ajc.com/news/news/local-govt-politics/republican-winning-race-to-capture-ga-senate-seat/npZjz/ [bare URL]