128th Georgia General Assembly

Term of state legislature in US state of Georgia February 2026 January 2025 128th Georgia General Assembly File:Seal of Georgia.svg 125px Great Seal of the State of Georgia Great Seal of the State of Georgia Georgia General Assembly Capitol Building - Atlanta 127th 129th Senate 54 Democratic Party President of the Senate Peter Zack Geer House of Representatives 205 Democratic Party Speaker of the House George T. Smith 1965 01 11 1965 01 22 1966 01 10 1966 02 18 1965 02 08 1965 03 12 The 128th Georgia General Assembly convened its first session on January 13, 1965, at the Georgia State Capitol in Atlanta. The 128th Georgia General Assembly succeeded the 127th and served as the precedent for the 129th in 1967. Governor Carl Sanders, who was elected in 1962 as the first governor elected by popular vote since 1908, spearheaded a massive reapportionment of Georgia's General Assembly and 10 U.S. Congressional districts, providing more proportional representation to the state's urban areas.https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/government-politics/carl-sanders-b-1925 Carl Sanders Cook James F. September 12, 2002 New Georgia Encyclopedia 12 August 2013 This, as well as passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Voting Rights Act of 1965 had opened voter registration to blacks, saw eleven African Americans elected to the Georgia House of Representatives in special elections in 1965 and 1966. By ending the disfranchisement of blacks through discriminatory voter registration, African Americans regained the ability to vote and entered the political process.https://books.google.com/books?id=owfkLL-gvXAC&q=julian+bond+one+of+eight+african+americans+elected+to+the+georgia+house+1965&pg=PA141 Democracy Restored: A History of the Georgia State Capitol Timothy Crimmins, Anne H. Farrisee University of Georgia Press 978-0820329116 140–144 2007 This was the first time that African-Americans had sat in the House since W. H. Rogers of McIntosh resigned his seat in 1907 during the 99th Assembly. Among them were six from Atlanta (William Alexander, Julian Bond, Benjamin D. Brown, Julius C. Daugherty Sr., J. D. Grier, Grace Towns Hamilton, John Hood) and one each from Columbus (Albert Thompson) and Augusta (Richard Dent). Horace T. Ward also joined Leroy Johnson as the second African-American in the State Senate. Controversy On January 10, 1966, Georgia state representatives voted 184–12 not to seat Julian Bond, one of the eleven African-American members, because he had publicly endorsed SNCC's policy regarding opposition to United States involvement in the Vietnam War.https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=348&dat=19660208&id=NuotAAAAIBAJ&pg=5574,3975793 Julian Bond Only Candidate For Vacant Post February 8, 1966 Rome News-Tribune November 6, 2019 They disliked his stated sympathy for persons who were "unwilling to respond to a military draft".The World Almanac 1967, pp. 54–55 A three-judge panel on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia ruled in a 2–1 decision that the Georgia House had not violated any of Bond's constitutional rights. In 1966, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled 9–0 in the case of Bond v. Floyd (385 U.S. 116) that the Georgia House of Representatives had denied Bond his freedom of speech and was required to seat him. Party standing Senate Republicans: 9 Democrats: 44 Independents: 1 House Officers Senate President: Peter Zack Geer President pro tempore: Harry C. Jackson Administration Floor Leader: Julian Webb Secretary: George T. Stewart Assistant Secretary: Lamont Smith House Speaker: George T. Smith Speaker pro tempore: Maddox Hale Administration Floor Leader: George Busbee Assistant Floor Leader: J. Robin Harris Members of the State Senate DistrictSenatorPartyResidence 1 Frank O. Downing Democratic Savannah 2 William Searcey Democratic Savannah 3 Joseph Tribble Republican Savannah 4 Berry Avant Edenfield Democratic Statesboro 5 John M. Gayner, III Democratic Brunswick 6 Roscoe E. Dean Jr. Democratic Jesup 7 Frank Eldridge Jr. Democratic Waycross 8 Robert A. Rowan Democratic Enigma 9 Ford Spinks Democratic Tifton 10 William H. Flowers DemocraticThomasvile 11 Julian Webb Democratic Donalsonville 12 Al Holloway DemocraticAlbany 13 Martin Young Democratic Rebecca 14 Jimmy Carter DemocraticPlains 15 A. Perry Gordy RepublicanColumbus 16 Ivey William Gregory Republican Columbus 17 John Thomas McKenzie Democratic Montezuma 18 Stanley Smith Democratic Perry 19 Roy Noble Democratic Vienna 20 Hugh Gillis Democratic Soperton 21 Roy G. Foster Republican Wadley 22 Rudolph Holley DemocraticAugusta 23 Michael Padgett Independent McBean 24 Sam P. McGill Democratic Washington 25 Culver Kidd Jr. Democratic Milledgeville 26 John W. Adams III RepublicanMacon 27 Oliver Bateman Republican Macon 28 Robert H. Smalley Jr. Democratic Griffin 29 Render Hill Democratic Greenville 30 Lamar Plunkett Democratic Bowdon 31 Albert F. Moore Democratic Cedartown 32 Edward Kendrick Democratic Marietta 33 Kyle Yancey DemocraticAustell 34 Standish Thompson RepublicanEast Point 35 Frank E. Coggin DemocraticHapeville 36 Joe Salome DemocraticAtlanta 37 James Wesberry Democratic Atlanta 38 Leroy Johnson DemocraticAtlanta 39 Horace Ward Democratic Atlanta 40 Dan MacIntyre Republican Atlanta 41 Gene Sanders Republican Tucker 42 Ben F. Johnson Democratic Atlanta 43 Frank G. Miller Republican Decatur 44 Kenneth Kilpatrick Democratic Forest Park 45 Brooks Pennington Democratic Madison 46 Paul C. Broun Sr. Democratic Athens 47 Robert Lee Democratic Hartwell 48 J. Albert Minish Democratic Commerce 49 Erwin Owens Democratic Dahlonega 50 Robert Ballew Democratic Blue Ridge 51 Jack Fincher Democratic Canton 52 James Battle Hall Democratic Rome 53 Joseph Loggins Democratic Summerville 54 W.W. (Bill) Fincher, Jr. Democratic Chatsworth Members of the House DistrictRepresentativePartyResidence 1-1 Maddox Hale Democratic Trenton 1-2 Billy Shaw Abney Democratic LaFayette 1-3 Wayne Snow Jr. Democratic Chickamauga 2 Joe T. Clark Democratic Ringgold 3-1 Thomas M. Mitchell Democratic Dalton 3-2 Virgil T. Smith Democratic Dalton 3-3 Gerald H. Leonard Democratic Chatsworth 4 A.C. Duncan Democratic McCaysville 5 Carlton H. Colwell Democratic Blairsville 6 Fulton Lovell Democratic Clayton 7 James H. Floyd Democratic Trion 8 J. C. Maddox Democratic Calhoun 9 Charles B. Watkins Democratic Ellijay 10 James Otwell Democratic Cumming 11 Thomas Irvin Democratic Mt. Airy 12 Don C. Moore Democratic Toccoa 13-1 Sidney Lowrey Democratic Rome 13-2 Jerry Lee Minge Democratic Rome 13-3 Dick Starnes Democratic Rome 14-1 Joe Frank Harris Democratic Cartersville 14-2 David N. Vaughan Jr. Democratic Cartersville 15 Thomas A. Roach Democratic Ball Ground 16-1 Bill Williams Democratic Gainesville 16-2 Howard T. Overby Democratic Gainesville 16-3 Joe Terrell Wood Democratic Gainesville 17 Thomas Stovall Democratic Danielsville 18 A.T. Mauldin Democratic Carnesville 19 M. Parks Brown Democratic Hartwell 20-1 J. Harvey Moore Democratic Cedartown 20-2 Nathan D. Dean Democratic Rockmart 21 George Bagby Democratic Dallas 22-1 Earl P. Story Democratic Lawrenceville 22-2 Tom O. Watson Democratic Lawrenceville 23 James W. Paris Democratic Winder 24 Mac Barber Democratic Commerce 25 Albert Sidney Johnson, Sr. Democratic Elberton 26 Tom Murphy Democratic Bremen 27 Kent Dickinson Democratic Douglasville 28 J.T. Byrd Democratic Loganville 29-1 Chappelle Matthews Democratic Athens 29-2 W. Randall Bedgood Democratic Athens 30 Hubert H. Wells Democratic Watkinsville 31 Ben B. Ross Democratic Lincolnton 32-1 William Wiggins Democratic Carollton 32-2 Herschel L. Reid Democratic Villa Rica 33-1 D.B. Blalock Democratic Newnan 33-2 Truitt Davis Democratic Franklin 34-1 Quimby Melton Democratic Griffin 34-2 George Clark Gaissert Republican Griffin 35-1 Bill Lee Democratic Forest Park 35-2 Arch Gray Democratic Riverdale 35-3 A. Hewlette Harrell Democratic Fayetteville 36 Ray Tucker Democratic McDonough 37 Otis Spillers Democratic Covington 38 E. Roy Lambert Democratic Madison 39 Asa Marshall Democratic Eatonton 40 Bobby Ware Johnson Democratic Warrenton 41 Glenn Phillips Democratic Harlem 42-1 J. Crawford Ware Democratic Hoganville 42-2 Harry Spikes Democratic LaGrange 43 Jimmy NeSmith Democratic Manchester 44 J.R. Smith Democratic Barnesville 45 Harold G. Clarke Democratic Forsyth 46 John Hadaway Democratic Hillsboro 47-1 J. Floyd Harrington Democratic Milledgeville 47-2 Phillip Chandler Democratic Milledgeville 48-1 Tom C. Carr Democratic Sandersville 48-2 Emory Rowland Democratic Wrightsville49J. Roy McCracken DemocraticJefferson50-1Preston B. Lewis DemocraticWaynesboro50-2A. Sid Newton DemocraticMillen51Johnnie L. Caldwell DemocraticThomaston52Daniel Grahl DemocraticFort Valley53Alf Truitt Land DemocraticAllentown54George L. Smith Democratic Swainsboro55H. Walstein Parker DemocraticSylvania56J. Lucius Black DemocraticPreston57Rainey Taylor DemocraticButler 58 Carl Savage Democratic Montezuma 59-1 Paul Stalnaker Democratic Warner Robins 59-2 David Peterson Democratic Kathleen 60-1 Bill Knight Democratic Dexter 60-2 W. Herschel Lovett Democratic Dublin 61 Joe Underwood Democratic Mount Vernon 62 John Collins Democratic Vidalia 63 Hines Brantley Democratic Metter 64-1 W. Jones Lane Democratic Statesboro 64-2 Paul E. Nessmith Democratic Statesboro 65 J. Terrell Webb Republican Springfield 66 Jake Dailey Democratic Cuthbert 67 Ed Fulford Democratic Dawson 68-1 William Blair Democratic Americus 68-2 Janet Merritt Democratic Americus 69-1 Howard H. Rainey Democratic Cordele 69-2 Rooney Bowen Democratic Vienna 70 Frank Holder Democratic Eastman 71 John Henry Anderson Democratic Hawkinsville 72 Brad Dorminy Democratic Fitzgerald 73 Norman Doster Democratic Rochelle 74 Curtis C. Herndon Democratic Surrency 75 Dewey Rush Democratic Glennville 76 Charles M. Jones Democratic Hinesville 77 Glenn Thomas Democratic Jesup 78 W. Harvey Jordan Democratic Leary 79-1 George Busbee Democratic Albany 79-2 Colquitt Odom Democratic Albany 79-3 Dick Hutchinson Democratic Albany 79-4 William Spencer Lee Democratic Albany 80 William Crowe Democratic Sylvester 81 Harry Mixon Democratic Ocilla 82 George Williams Democratic Axson 83-1 Ottis Sweat Democratic Waycross 83-2 Harry Dixon Democratic Waycross 84 Francis Houston Democratic Blackshear 85-1 Reid W. Harris Democratic St. Simons 85-2 Alan Smith Democratic Brunswick 86 William Mobley Howell Democratic Blakely 87 J.O. Brackin Democratic Iron City 88 Marcus Collins Democratic Pelham 89-1 Hubert Dollar Democratic Brainbridge 89-2 J. Willis Conger Democratic Bainbridge Anthony Cato Democratic Bainbridge 90 George T. Smith Democratic Cairo 91 James L. Conner Democratic Hazlehurst 92-1 Henry Russell Democratic Boston 92-2 Jamie Oglesby Republican Thomasville 93 Henry Allen Democratic Tifton 94-1 David Newton Democratic Norman Park 94-2 Dorsey Matthews Democratic Moultrie 95-1 Berry Sullivan Democratic Valdosta 95-2 Hurram Barfield Democratic Hahira 95-3 James Bennett Democratic Valdosta 96 Allen Parrish Democratic Adel 97 Robert Pafford Democratic Lakeland 98 Robert Harrison Democratic St. Marys 99 Henry L. Reaves Democratic Quitman 100 William Steis Democratic Hamilton 101-1 Gerald Howard Democratic Marietta 101-2 Hugh McDaniel Democratic Smyrna 102-1 Joe Wilson Democratic Marietta 102-2 Jack Henderson Democratic Marietta 103 Bennie Jordan Republican Mableton 104-1 William Snellings Democratic Augusta 104-2 James Hull Democratic Augusta 105-1 R. Luke DeLong Republican Augusta 105-2 John H. Sherman Democratic Augusta 106-1 William M. Fleming Democratic Augusta 106-2 Leroy Simkins Republican Augusta 107 James Elliott Republican Macon 108 Wallace Bryant Republican Macon 109-1 Giles Paul Jones Republican Macon 109-2 George Knapp Republican Macon 109-3 John F. Stewart Republican Macon 109-4 Roger W. Wilson Republican Macon 110-1 Charles Berry Democratic Columbus 110-2 Albert Thompson Democratic Columbus 111-1 Lawrence Shields Democratic Columbus 111-2 Roscoe Thompson Democratic Columbus 112-1 Mac Pickard Democratic Columbus 112-2 Milton Jones Democratic Columbus 112-3 Jack Brinkley Democratic Columbus 113-1 Arthur M. Gignilliat Jr. Democratic Savannah 113-2 Eugene Powers Democratic Savannah 114-1 Alan Gaynor Democratic Savannah 114-2 W. Lance Smith Democratic Savannah 115-1 John Tye Democratic Savannah 115-2 Albert Kiley Democratic Savannah 116-1 Dick Richardson Democratic Savannah 116-2 Lionel Drew Democratic Savannah 116-3 Arthur Funk Democratic Savannah 117-1 Clarence R. Vaughn Jr. Democratic Conyers 117-2 Tom Palmer Democratic Chamblee 117-3 W.B. Malone Democratic Chamblee 117-4 George H. Carley Democratic Stone Mountain 118-1 J. Robin Harris Democratic Decatur 118-2 Bob Farrar Democratic Avondale Estates 118-3 Robert Walling Democratic Atlanta 118-4 Elliott Levitas Democratic Atlanta 119-1 Jack Bean Republican Decatur 119-2 Robert Evensen Republican Decatur, Georgia 119-3 James Westlake Republican Ellenwood 119-4 Joseph Higginbotham Republican Decatur 120 Charlie Brown Democratic Atlanta 121 Guy Hill Democratic Atlanta 122 Young Longing Democratic Fairburn 123-1 Rodney Mims Cook Sr. Republican Atlanta 123-2 Jack Etheridge Democratic Atlanta 123-3 Shag Cates Democratic Atlanta 124 John Hood Democratic Atlanta 125 George Adams Democratic Atlanta 126 Frank Lea Democratic Hapeville 127 William Cox Democratic Atlanta 128 Thomas Dillon Democratic Atlanta 129 Charles L. Carnes Democratic Atlanta 130 Nick Lambros Democratic Atlanta 131 Bill Sims Democratic Atlanta 132 J. D. Grier Democratic Atlanta 133 William Alexander Democratic Atlanta 134 Julius C. Daughtery Sr. Democratic Atlanta 135 Benjamin D. Brown Democratic Atlanta 136 Julian Bond Democratic Atlanta 137 Grace Towns Hamilton Democratic Atlanta 138 Devereaux McClatchey Democratic Atlanta 139 Herb Hawkins Democratic Roswell 140 Kiliaen Townsend Republican Atlanta 141 Michael J. Egan Republican Atlanta See also List of Georgia state legislatures References External links Georgia's Official Register 1965-1966 Category:Georgia (U.S. state) legislative sessions Category:1965 in Georgia (U.S. state) Category:1966 in Georgia (U.S. state) Category:1965 U.S. legislative sessions Category:1966 U.S. legislative sessions