144th Georgia General Assembly

Term of state legislature in US state of Georgia February 2026 January 2025 144th 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 143rd 145th Senate 56 Democratic Party President of the Senate Pierre Howard (D) House of Representatives 180 Democratic Party Speaker of the House Tom Murphy (D) The first regular session of the 144th General Assembly of the U.S. state of Georgia met from Monday, January 13, 1997, at 10:00 am, to Monday, March 28, 1997, at which time both houses adjourned sine die. Journal of the Senate of the State of Georgia regular session 1997 volume one, commenced at Atlanta, Georgia, Monday, January 13, 1997, and adjourned Monday, March 28, 1997: Georgia Government Publications The second regular session of the Georgia General Assembly opened at 10:00 am on Monday, January 12, 1998, and adjourned sine die on Thursday, March 19, 1998. Journal of the House of Representatives of the State of Georgia at the regular session commenced at Atlanta, Monday, January 12, 1998, and adjourned Thursday, March 19, 1998, volume I: Georgia Government Publications Officers Senate Presiding Officer PositionNamePartyDistrict Democratic Party (United States)PresidentPierre HowardDemocratn/a Democratic Party (United States)President Pro TemporeSonny PerdueDemocrat 18 Majority leadership PositionNameDistrict Democratic Party (United States)Senate Majority LeaderCharles Walker 22 Democratic Party (United States)Majority Caucus ChairmanNathan Dean 31 Democratic Party (United States)Majority WhipRichard O. Marable 52 Minority leadership PositionNameDistrict Republican Party (United States)Senate Minority LeaderChuck Clay 37 Republican Party (United States)Minority Caucus ChairmanCasey Cagle 49 Republican Party (United States)Minority WhipEric Johnson 1 House of Representatives Presiding Officer PositionNamePartyDistrict Democratic Party (United States)Speaker of the HouseTom MurphyDemocrat 18 Democratic Party (United States)Speaker Pro TemporeJack ConnellDemocrat 115 Majority leadership PositionNameDistrict Democratic Party (United States)House Majority LeaderLarry Walker141 Democratic Party (United States)Majority WhipJimmy Skipper 137 Democratic Party (United States)Majority Caucus ChairmanBill Lee 94 Democratic Party (United States)Majority Caucus SecretaryLaNett Stanley-Turner 50 Minority Leadership PositionNameDistrict Republican Party (United States)House Minority LeaderBob Irvin 45 Republican Party (United States)Minority WhipEarl Ehrhart 36 Republican Party (United States)Minority Caucus ChairmanMike Evans 28 Republican Party (United States)Minority Caucus Vice ChairmanGarland Pinholster 15 Republican Party (United States)Minority Caucus SecretaryAnne Mueller152 Members of the Georgia State Senate, 1997–1998 DistrictSenatorPartyResidence 1 Eric Johnson Republican Savannah 2 Diana Harvey Johnson Democratic Savannah 3 Rene 'D. Kemp Democratic Hinesville 4 Jack Hill Democratic Reidsville 5 Joseph A. Burton Republican Atlanta 6 Edward E. Boshears Republican Brunswick 7 Peg Blitch Democratic Homerville 8 Loyce W. Turner Democratic Valdosta 9 Don Balfour Republican Lilburn 10 Nadine Thomas Democratic Ellenwood 11 Harold J. Ragan Democratic Cairo 12 Mark Taylor Democratic Albany 13 Rooney L. Bowen Republican Cordele 14 George Hooks Democratic Americus 15 Ed Harbison Democratic Columbus 16 Clay Land Republican Columbus 17 Mike Crotts Republican Conyers 18 Sonny Perdue Democratic Bonaire 19 Van Streat Democratic Nicholls 20 Hugh M. Gillis Sr. Democratic Soperton 21 Robert LaMutt Republican Marietta 22 Charles W. Walker Democratic Augusta 23 Don Cheeks Democratic Augusta 24 Joey Brush Republican Appling 25 Floyd Griffin Democratic Milledgeville 26 Robert Brown Democratic Macon 27 Ed Gochenour Republican Macon 28 Rick Price Republican Fayetteville 29 Steve Langford Democratic LaGrange 30 Sam P. Roberts Republican Douglasville 31 Nathan Dean Democratic Rockmart 32 Charlie Tanksley Republican Marietta 33 Steve Thompson Democratic Powder Springs 34 Pam Glanton Republican Riverdale 35 Donzella J. James Democratic College Park 36 David Scott Democratic Atlanta 37 Chuck Clay Republican Marietta 38 Ralph David Abernathy III Democratic Atlanta 39 Vincent D. Fort Democratic Atlanta 40 Michael J. Egan Republican Atlanta 41 James W. (Jim) Tysinger Republican Atlanta 42 Mary Margaret Oliver Democratic Atlanta 43 Connie Stokes Democratic Decatur 44 Terrell Starr Democratic Forest Park 45 A.C. (Bob) Guhl Republican Social Circle 46 Paul C. Broun Sr. Democratic Athens 47 Eddie Madden Democratic Elberton 48 Bill Ray Republican Lawrenceville 49 Casey Cagle Republican Gainesville 50 Guy Middleton Democratic Dahlonega 51 David Ralston Republican Blue Ridge 52 Richard O. Marable Democratic Rome 53 Waymond "Sonny" Huggins Democratic LaFayette 54 Don R. Thomas Republican Dalton 55 Steve Henson Democratic Stone Mountain 56 Tom Price Republican Roswell Members of the Georgia State House of Representatives, 1997–1998 DistrictRepresentativePartyResidence 1 Brian D. Joyce Republican Lookout Mountain 2 Mike Snow Democratic Chickamauga 3 William H. H. Clark Republican Ringgold 4 J .Allen Hammontree Republican Dalton 5 Harold Mann Republican Dalton 6 Charles Judy Poag Democratic Eton 7 Ben N. Whitaker Republican East Ellijay 8 Ralph Twiggs Democratic Hiawassee 9 Benjamin Bridges Republican Cleveland 10 Tom E. Shanahan Democratic Calhoun 11 Tim Perry Democratic Summerville 12 Paul E. Smith Democratic Rome 13 Buddy Childers Democratic Rome 14 Jeff Lewis Republican White 15 Garland Pinholster Republican Ball Ground 16 Steve Stancil Republican Canton 17 Chuck F. Scheid III Republican Woodstock 18 Thomas B. Murphy Democratic Bremen 19 Clint Smith Republican Dawsonville 20 Carl Rogers Democratic Gainesville 21 James Mills Republican Gainesville 22 Jeanette Jamieson Democratic Toccoa 23 Alan Powell Democratic Hartwell 24 Ralph T. Hudgens Republican Hull 25 Scott Tolbert Republican Pendergrass 26 Glenn Richardson Republican Dallas 27 Bill Cummings Democratic Rockmart 28 Mike A. Evans Republican Cumming 29 Randy J. Sauder Republican Smyrna 30 Frank Bradford Republican Smyrna 31 Sharon Cooper Republican Marietta 32 Judy Manning Republican Marietta 33 Roy E. Barnes Democratic Mableton 34 John Wiles Republican Kennesaw 35 George H. Grindley Jr. Republican Marietta 36 Earl Ehrhart Republican Powder Springs 37 Mitchell Adam Kaye Sr. Republican Marietta 38 Kem W. Shipp Republican Kennesaw 39 Bobby Franklin Republican Marietta 40 Don Parsons Republican Marietta 41 Mark Burkhalter Republican Alpharetta 42 Tom Campbell Republican Roswell 43 Dorothy Felton Republican Atlanta 44 Sharon R. Tense Republican Atlanta 45 Bob Irvin Republican Atlanta 46 Kathy Ashe Republican Atlanta 47 Jim Martin Democratic Atlanta 48 Grace W. Davis Democratic Atlanta 49 Pamela Stanley Democratic Atlanta 50 LaNett L. Stanley Democratic Atlanta 51 James E. "Billy" McKinney Democratic Atlanta 52 Henrietta M. Canty Democratic Atlanta 53 Bob Holmes Democratic Atlanta 54 Tyrone Brooks Democratic Atlanta 55 Joe Heckstall Democratic East Point 56 Nan Grogan Orrock Democratic Atlanta 57 Georganna T. Sinkfield Democratic Atlanta 58 Sharon Beasley-Teague Democratic Red Oak 59 Bart Ladd Republican Doraville 60 J. Max Davis Republican Atlanta 61 Doug Teper Democratic Atlanta 62 Tom Sherrill Democratic Atlanta 63 Betty Jo Williams Republican Atlanta 64 Arnold Ragas Democratic Stone Mountain 65 Michele D. Henson Democratic Stone Mountain 66 June Hegstrom Democratic Scottdale 67 Mike Polak Democratic Atlanta 68 JoAnn McClinton Democratic Atlanta 69 Barbara J. Mobley Democratic Decatur 70 Thurbert E. Baker Democratic Decatur 71 Vernon Jones Democratic Decatur 72 George Maddox Democratic Decatur 73 Henrietta E. Turnquest Democratic Decatur 74 Barbara J. Bunn Republican Conyers 75 Earl O'Neal Democratic Conyers 76 Scott Dix Republican Stone Mountain 77 Charles E. Bannister Republican Lilburn 78 Dr. Roland A. (Ron) Crews Republican Norcross 79 Tom Rice Republican Norcross 80 Brooks P. Coleman Jr. Republican Duluth 81 Ralph L. Johnson Republican Duluth 82 Mike Coan Republican Lawrenceville 83 Jeffrey L. "Jeff" Williams Republican Snellville 84 Jere Johnson Republican Grayson 85 Keith Breedlove Republican Buford 86 Warren Massey Republican Winder 87 Len Walker Republican Loganville 88 Louise McBee Democratic Athens 89 Keith G. Heard Democratic Athens 90 Tom McCall Democratic Elberton 91 Frank Stancil Democratic Bogart 92 Denny Dobbs Democratic Covington 93 Frank I. Bailey, Jr. Democratic Riverdale 94 Bill Lee Democratic Forest Park 95 Gail M. Buckner Democratic Jonesboro 96 Jimmy Benefield Democratic Jonesboro 97 Greg Hecht Democratic Jonesboro 98 Tom Worthan Republican Lithia Springs 99 Bob Snelling Republican Douglasville 100 Tracy Stallings Democratic Carrollton 101 Jack E. West Democratic Bowdon 102 Vance Smith Jr. Republican Pine Mountain 103 Lynn Ratigan Smith Republican Newnan 104 Lynn Westmoreland Republican Tyrone 105 Dan Lakly Republican Peachtree City 106 John P. Yates Republican Griffin 107 Bill Sanders Republican Griffin 108 Steve Cash Republican Stockbridge 109 Larry Smith Democratic Jackson 110 Curtis S. Jenkins Democratic Forsyth 111 Mickey Channell Democratic Greensboro 112 Wm. S. (Bill) Jackson Republican Appling 113 Ben L. Harbin Republican Martinez 114 Robin L. Williams Republican Augusta 115 Jack Connell Democratic Augusta 116 Alberta J. Anderson Democratic Waynesboro 117 Ben Allen Democratic Augusta 118 Henry L. Howard Democratic Augusta 119 George L. DeLoach Republican Hephzibah 120 Helen G. "Sistie" Hudson Democratic Sparta 121 Jimmy Lord Democratic Sandersville 122 Bobby Eugene Parham Democratic Milledgeville 123 Ken Birdsong Democratic Gordon 124 David E. Lucas Sr. Democratic Macon 125 David Baugh Graves Republican Macon 126 Robert A. B. Reichert Democratic Macon 127 William C. (Billy) Randall Democratic Macon 128 Robert F. Ray Democratic Fort Valley 129 Mack Crawford Republican Zebulon 130 Jeff Brown Republican LaGrange 131 Carl Von Epps Democratic LaGrange 132 Ronnie Culbreth Republican Columbus 133 Carolyn Fleming Hugley Democratic Columbus 134 Maretta Mitchell Taylor Democratic Columbus 135 Tom Buck Democratic Columbus 136 Calvin Smyre Democratic Columbus 137 Jimmy Skipper Democratic Americus 138 Johnny W. Floyd Democratic Cordele 139 Pam Bohannon Republican Warner Robins 140 Lynmore James Democratic Montezuma 141 Larry Walker Democratic Perry 142 Terry Coleman Democratic Eastman 143 DuBose Porter Democratic Dublin 144 Larry J. "Butch" Parrish Democratic Swainsboro 145 James L. "Jim" Martin Republican Stateboro 146 Bob Lane Democratic Stateboro 147 Ann R. Purcell Democratic Rincon 148 Regina Thomas Democratic Savannah 149 Dorothy B. Pelote Democratic Savannah 150 Sonny Dixon Democratic Garden City 151 Tom Bordeaux Democratic Savannah 152 Anne Mueller Republican Savannah 153 Burke Day Republican Tybee Island 154 Terry E. Barnard Republican Glennville 155 Fisher Barfoot Democratic Vidalia 156 Newt Hudson Democratic Rochelle 157 Ray Holland Democratic Ashburn 158 Gerald E. Greene Democratic Cuthbert 159 Bob Hanner Democratic Parrott 160 Dan E. Ponder Democratic Donalsonville 161 Winfred J. Dukes Democratic Albany 162 Lawrence R. Robers Democratic Albany 163 H. Doug Everett Republican Albany 164 A. Richard Royal Democratic Camilla 165 Austin Scott Republican Tifton 166 Hanson R. Carter Democratic Nashville 167 Chuck Sims Democratic Ambrose 168 Harry D. Dixon Democratic Waycross 169 Tommy Smith Democratic Alma 170 Roger C. Byrd Democratic Hazlehurst 171 Hinson Mosley Democratic Jesup 172 Buddy DeLoach Republican Hinesville 173 E. C. Tillman Democratic Brunswick 174 Stephen G. Scarlett Republican St. Simons Island 175 Charlie Smith Jr. Democratic St. Marys 176 Jay Shaw Democratic Lakeland 177 Tim Golden Democratic Valdosta 178 Henry L. Reaves Democratic Quitman 179 Kermit F. "K" Bates Jr. Democratic Bainbridge 180 Theo Titus Republican Thomasville See also Georgia (U.S. state) List of Georgia state legislatures References Members of the General Assembly of Georgia, Senate and House of Representatives, first session of the 1997-98 term Members of the General Assembly of Georgia, Senate and House of Representatives, second session of the 1997-98 term Georgia House of Representatives Legislative Reports 1997-1998December 2018 InternetArchiveBot yes Category:Georgia (U.S. state) legislative sessions Category:1997 in American politics Category:1998 in American politics Category:1997 in Georgia (U.S. state) Category:1998 in Georgia (U.S. state) Category:1997 U.S. legislative sessions Category:1998 U.S. legislative sessions