137th Georgia General Assembly

none February 2026 January 2025 137th 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 Georgia State Capitol 136th 138th Senate 56 Democratic Party President of the Senate Zell Miller (D) House of Representatives 180 Democratic Party Speaker of the House Tom Murphy (D) The 137th General Assembly of the U.S. state of Georgia convened its first session on January 10, 1983, at the Georgia State Capitol in Atlanta. The 137th Georgia General Assembly succeeded the 136th and served as the precedent for the 138th General Assembly in 1985. Party standings Senate Affiliation Members  Republican Party 7  Democratic Party 49  Other party* 0  Total 56 House of Representatives Affiliation Members  Republican Party 24  Democratic Party 156  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 1983-84 session of the General Assembly, only the two major parties were successful in electing legislators to office. Officers Senate Presiding Officer PositionNameDistrictParty Democratic Party (United States)PresidentZell Miller n/aDemocratic Democratic Party (United States)President Pro TemporeJoseph E. Kennedy 04Democratic Majority leadership PositionNameDistrict Democratic Party (United States)Senate Majority LeaderThomas F. Allgood 22 Democratic Party (United States)Majority Caucus ChairmanRender Hill 29 Democratic Party (United States)Majority WhipWilliam F. English 21 Minority leadership PositionNameDistrict Republican Party (United States)Senate Minority LeaderPaul D. Coverdell 40 Republican Party (United States)Minority Caucus ChairmanJames W. (Jim) Tysinger 41 Republican Party (United States)Minority WhipHaskew H. Brantley, Jr. 56 House of Representatives Presiding Officer PositionNameDistrictParty Democratic Party (United States)Speaker of the HouseThomas B. Murphy 18Democratic Democratic Party (United States)Speaker Pro TemporeJack Connell 87Democratic Majority leadership PositionNameDistrict Democratic Party (United States)House Majority LeaderAl Burruss 20-2 Democratic Party (United States)Majority WhipJohn D. Russell 64 Democratic Party (United States)Majority Caucus ChairmanBill Lee 72 Democratic Party (United States)Majority Caucus SecretaryWard Edwards 112 Minority leadership PositionNameDistrict Republican Party (United States)House Minority LeaderJohnny Isakson 21-2 Republican Party (United States)Minority WhipLuther Colbert 23 Republican Party (United States)Minority Caucus ChairmanDean G. Auten 156 Republican Party (United States)Minority Caucus SecretaryBetty Jo Williams 48 Members of the State Senate DistrictSenatorPartyResidence 1 J. Tom Coleman Democratic Savannah 2 Albert (Al) Scott Democratic Savannah 3 Glenn E. Bryant Democratic Hinesville 4 Joseph E. Kennedy Democratic Claxton 5 Joe Burton Republican Atlanta 6 Richard W. Littlefield Democratic Brunswick 7 Ed Perry Democratic Nashville 8 Loyce W. Turner Democratic Valdosta 9 R.T. (Tom) Phillips Republican Lilburn 10 Paul Trulock DemocraticClimax 11 Jimmy Hodge Timmons Democratic Blakely 12 Al Holloway DemocraticAlbany 13 Rooney L. Bowen Democratic Cordele 14 Lewis H. (Bud) McKenzie DemocraticMontezuma 15 Floyd Hudgins DemocraticColumbus 16 Ted J. Land Republican Columbus 17 Janice S. Horton Democratic McDonough 18 Ed Barker Democratic Warner Robins 19 James Ronald Walker Democratic McRae 20 Hugh M. Gillis, Sr. Democratic Soperton 21 William F. English Democratic Swainsboro 22 Thomas F. Allgood DemocraticAugusta 23 Jimmy Lester Democratic Augusta 24 Sam P. McGill Democratic Washington 25 Culver Kidd Jr. Democratic Milledgeville 26 Richard L. Greene DemocraticMacon 27 W.F. (Billy) Harris Democratic Thomaston 28 Kyle Cobb Democratic Griffin 29 J. Render Hill Democratic Greenville 30 Wayne Garner Democratic Carrollton 31 Nathan Dean Democratic Rockmart 32 Joe Thompson Democratic Smyrna 33 Roy E. Barnes DemocraticMableton 34 Bev Engram DemocraticFairburn 35 Frank E. Coggin DemocraticHapeville 36 David Scott DemocraticAtlanta 37 Carl Harrison Republican Marietta 38 Horace E Tate DemocraticAtlanta 39 Julian Bond Democratic Atlanta 40 Paul D. Coverdell Republican Atlanta 41 James W. (Jim) Tysinger Republican Atlanta 42 Pierre Howard Democratic Decatur 43 Thomas R. Scott Democratic Decatur 44 Terrell Starr Democratic Forest Park 45 Harrill L. Dawkins Democratic Conyers 46 Paul C. Broun Democratic Athens 47 M. Parks Brown Democratic Hartwell 48 Donn M. Peevy Democratic Lawrenceville 49 J. Nathan Deal Democratic Gainesville 50 John C. Foster Democratic Cornelia 51 Max Brannon Democratic Calhoun 52 Edward Hine, Jr. Democratic Rome 53 Waymond C. Huggins Democratic LaFayette 54 W.W. (Bill) Fincher, Jr. Democratic Chatsworth 55 Lawrence (Bud) Stumbaugh Democratic Stone Mountain 56 Haskew H. Brantley, Jr. Republican Alpharetta Members of the House of Representatives DistrictRepresentativePartyResidence 1-1 Wayne Snow Jr. Democratic Rossville 1-2 Forest Hays Jr. Democratic Flintstone 2 Robert Peters Robert Peters (Georgia politician) Democratic Ringgold 3 Tom Ramsey Tom Ramsey (politician) Democratic Chatsworth 4-1 Carlton Colwell Democratic Blairsville 4-2 Ralph Twiggs Democratic Hiawassee 5 John G. Crawford Democratic Lyerly 6-1 Roger Williams Roger Williams (Georgia politician) Democratic Dalton 6-2 Phil Foster Phil Foster (politician) Democratic Dalton 7 J. C. Maddox Democratic Calhoun 8-1 Wendell T. Anderson Democratic Canton 8-2 Bill Hasty Democratic Canton 9-1 Joe T. Wood 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 Jack Irvin, Sr. Democratic Baldwin 12 Lauren (Bubba) McDonald DemocraticCommerce 13-1 Louie Max Clark Democratic Danielsville 13-2 Billy Milford Democratic Hartwell 14 Charles W. Yeargin Democratic Elberton 15-1 Buddy Childers Buddy Childers (politician) Democratic Rome 15-2 Forrest L. McKelvey Democratic Silver Creek 16 John Adams Democratic Rome 17 Bill Cumming Democratic Rockmart 18 Tom Murphy Democratic Bremen 19 Boyd Petit Democratic Cartersville 20-1 Joe Mack Wilson Democratic Marietta 20-2 A.L. (Al) Burruss Democratic Marietta 20-3 George W. (Buddy) Darden Democratic Marietta 20-4 Steve Thompson Democratic Powder Springs 20-5 Terry D. Lawler Democratic Clarkdale 21-1 Fred Aiken Republican Smyrna 21-2 Johnny Isakson Republican Marietta 21-3 Bill Atkins Republican Smyrna 21-4 Frank B. Johnson Republican Smyrna 21-5 Tom Wilder Republican Marietta 22 Dorothy Felton Republican Atlanta 23 Luther S. Colbert Republican Roswell 24 Kiliaen V.R. (Kil) Townsend Republican Atlanta 25 John M. Lupton, III Republican Atlanta 26 Sidney J. Marcus Democratic Atlanta 27 Dick Lane Republican East Point 28 Bob Holmes Democratic Atlanta 29 Douglas C. Dean Democratic Atlanta 30 Paul Bolster Democratic Atlanta 31 Mrs. Grace T. Hamilton Democratic Atlanta 32 Helen Selman Democratic Palmetto 33 Julius C. Daugherty Sr. Democratic Atlanta 34 Tyrone Brooks Democratic Atlanta 35 J.E. (Billy) McKinney Democratic Atlanta 36 G.D. Adams Democratic Hapeville 37 Georganna T. Sinkfield Democratic Atlanta 38 Lorenzo Benn Democratic Atlanta 39 John W. Greer Democratic Atlanta 40 Barbara H. Couch 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 Jerry Max Davis Republican Atlanta 46 Cathey W. Steinberg 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 Kenneth W. Workman Democratic Decatur 52 Eleanor L. Richardson Democratic Decatur 53 Mrs. Mobley (Peggy) Childs Democratic Decatur 54 Hosea L. Williams, Sr. Democratic Atlanta 55 Betty J. Clark Democratic Atlanta 56 Betty Aaron Democratic Atlanta 57-1 Troy A. Athon Democratic Conyers 57-2 William C. Mangum Jr. Democratic Decatur 57-3 Dean Alford Democratic Lithonia 58 Cas Robinson Democratic Stone Mountain 59 O.M. (Mike) Barnett Republican Lilburn 60 Charles C. Martin Democratic Buford 61 Rex A. Millsaps Democratic Lawrenceville 62 Thomas Hulet (Tom) White Republican Lilburn 63 Bill Goodwin Republican Norcross 64 John D. Russell Democratic Winder 65 Neal Jackson Democratic Monroe 66 E. Roy Lambert Democratic Madison 67 Hugh Logan Democratic Athens 68 Bob Argo Democratic Athens 69 Charles Thomas Democratic Temple 70 Gerald Johnson Democratic Carrollton 71 J. Neal Shepard, 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 W. Rudolph Johnson Democratic Lake City 72-5 Frank I. Bailey, Jr. Democratic Riverdale 73 Wesley Dunn Democratic McDonough 74 Denny M. Dobbs Democratic Covington 75 John L. Mostiler Democratic Griffin 76 Suzi Johnson Democratic Orchard Hill 77 J. Crawford Ware Democratic Hogansville 78 Bill Jones Democratic Jackson 79 Marvin Adams Democratic Thomaston 80 Kenneth Waldrep Democratic Forsyth 81 Ed Mullinax Democratic LaGrange 82 Ben Barron Ross Democratic Lincolnton 83 William S. (Bill) Jackson Democratic Martinez 84 Warren D. Evans 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 Travis Stanley Barnes Democratic Augusta 91 Claude A. Bray, Jr. Democratic Manchester 92 Calvin Smyre Democratic Columbus 93 W. Randolph Phillips Democratic Shiloh 94 Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. Democratic Columbus 95 Thomas B. Buck Democratic Columbus 96 Milton Hirsch Democratic Columbus 97 Mary Jane Galer Democratic Columbus 98 Robert F. 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 Frank Horne, Jr. Democratic Macon 104 Kenneth (Ken) W. Birdsong Democratic Gordon 105 Bobby Eugene Parham Democratic Milledgeville 106 Jesse Copelan, Jr. Democratic Eatonton 107 Jimmy Lord Democratic Sandersville 108 Emory E. Bargeron Democratic Louisville 109 Randolph C. (Randy) Karrh 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 L.L. (Pete) Phillips Democratic Soperton 121 Clinton Oliver Democratic Glennville 122 Ron Ginsberg Democratic Savannah 123 Diane Harvey Johnson Democratic Savannah 124 DeWayne Hamilton Democratic Savannah 125 Bobby Phillips Democratic Savannah 126 Anne Mueller Republican Savannah 127 Roy L. Allen Democratic Savannah 128 Tom Triplett Democratic Savannah 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 Howard H. Rainey Democratic Cordele 136 Earleen Sizemore Democratic Sylvester 137 Paul S. Branch, Jr. Democratic Fitzgerald 138 Hentry Bostic Democratic Tifton 139 James C. Moore Democratic West Green 140 Ralph J. Balkcom Democratic Blakely 141 Walter E. Cox Democratic Bainbridge 142 Willis K. Long Democratic Cairo 143 Allen Sherrod Democratic Coolidge 144 Marcus E. Collins, Sr. Democratic Pelham 145 Hugh D. Matthews 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 R. Smith Democratic Alma 153-1 Lunsford Moody Democratic Baxley 153-2 Roger C. Byrd Democratic Hazlehurst 154 Joe E. Brown Democratic Hinesville 155 Norman "Shaw" McVeigh Republican Brunswick 156 Dean G. Auten Republican Brunswick See also Georgia (U.S. state) List of Georgia state legislatures External links Georgia General Assembly website https://web.archive.org/web/20100205173904/http://www.legis.state.ga.us/ 2010-02-05 Official Georgia Government Publications - Library - Link to "Picture Book" Category:Georgia (U.S. state) legislative sessions Category:1983 in American politics Category:1984 in American politics Category:1983 in Georgia (U.S. state) Category:1984 in Georgia (U.S. state) Category:1983 U.S. legislative sessions Category:1984 U.S. legislative sessions