137th Georgia General Assembly

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.

137th Georgia General Assembly
136th 138th
Overview
Legislative bodyGeorgia General Assembly
Meeting placeGeorgia State Capitol
Senate
Members56
President of the SenateZell Miller (D)
Party controlDemocratic Party
House of Representatives
Members180
Speaker of the HouseTom Murphy (D)
Party controlDemocratic Party

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

Presiding Officer

Position Name District Party

President

Zell Miller n/a Democratic
President Pro Tempore Joseph E. Kennedy 04 Democratic

Majority leadership

Position Name District
Senate Majority Leader Thomas F. Allgood 22
Majority Caucus Chairman Render Hill 29
Majority Whip Bill English 21

Minority leadership

Position Name District
Senate Minority Leader Paul D. Coverdell 40
Minority Caucus Chairman James W. (Jim) Tysinger 41
Minority Whip Haskew H. Brantley, Jr. 56

Presiding Officer

Position Name District Party
Speaker of the House Thomas B. Murphy 18 Democratic
Speaker Pro Tempore Jack Connell 87 Democratic

Majority leadership

Position Name District
House Majority Leader Al Burruss 20-2
Majority Whip John Russell 64
Majority Caucus Chairman Bill Lee 72
Majority Caucus Secretary Ward Edwards 112

Minority leadership

Position Name District
House Minority Leader Johnny Isakson 21-2
Minority Whip Luther Colbert 23
Minority Caucus Chairman Dean Auten 156
Minority Caucus Secretary Betty Jo Williams 48

Members of the State Senate

District Senator Party Residence
1J. Tom ColemanDemocraticSavannah
2Albert (Al) ScottDemocraticSavannah
3Glenn E. BryantDemocraticHinesville
4Joseph E. KennedyDemocraticClaxton
5Joe BurtonRepublicanAtlanta
6Bill LittlefieldDemocraticBrunswick
7Ed PerryDemocraticNashville
8Loyce W. TurnerDemocraticValdosta
9R.T. (Tom) PhillipsRepublicanLilburn
10Paul TrulockDemocraticClimax
11Jimmy Hodge TimmonsDemocraticBlakely
12Al HollowayDemocraticAlbany
13Rooney L. BowenDemocraticCordele
14Lewis H. (Bud) McKenzieDemocraticMontezuma
15Floyd HudginsDemocraticColumbus
16Ted J. LandRepublicanColumbus
17Janice S. HortonDemocraticMcDonough
18Ed BarkerDemocraticWarner Robins
19Walter S. RayDemocraticDouglas
20Hugh M. Gillis, Sr.DemocraticSoperton
21Bill EnglishDemocraticSwainsboro
22Thomas F. AllgoodDemocraticAugusta
23Jimmy LesterDemocraticAugusta
24Sam P. McGillDemocraticWashington
25Culver KiddDemocraticMilledgeville
26Richard L. GreeneDemocraticMacon
27W.F. (Billy) HarrisDemocraticThomaston
28Kyle CobbDemocraticGriffin
29J. Render HillDemocraticGreenville
30Wayne GarnerDemocraticCarrollton
31Nathan DeanDemocraticRockmart
32Joe ThompsonDemocraticSmyrna
33Roy E. BarnesDemocraticMableton
34Bev EngramDemocraticFairburn
35Frank E. CogginDemocraticHapeville
36David ScottDemocraticAtlanta
37Carl HarrisonRepublicanMarietta
38Horace E TateDemocraticAtlanta
39Julian BondDemocraticAtlanta
40Paul D. CoverdellRepublicanAtlanta
41James W. (Jim) TysingerRepublicanAtlanta
42Pierre HowardDemocraticDecatur
43Thomas R. ScottDemocraticDecatur
44Terrell StarrDemocraticForest Park
45Harrill L. DawkinsDemocraticConyers
46Paul C. BrounDemocraticAthens
47M. Parks BrownDemocraticHartwell
48Donn M. PeevyDemocraticLawrenceville
49J. Nathan DealDemocraticGainesville
50John C. FosterDemocraticCornelia
51Max BrannonDemocraticCalhoun
52Edward Hine, Jr.DemocraticRome
53Waymond C. HugginsDemocraticLaFayette
54W.W. (Bill) Fincher, Jr.DemocraticChatsworth
55Lawrence (Bud) StumbaughDemocraticStone Mountain
56Haskew H. Brantley, Jr.RepublicanAlpharetta

Members of the House of Representatives

District Representative Party Residence
1-1Wayne Snow, Jr.DemocraticRossville
1-2Forest Hays, Jr.DemocraticFlintstone
2Robert G (Bob) PetersDemocraticRinggold
3Tom RamseyDemocraticChatsworth
4-1Carlton H. ColwellDemocraticBlairsville
4-2Ralph TwiggsDemocraticHiawassee
5John G. CrawfordDemocraticLyerly
6-1Roger WilliamsDemocraticDalton
6-2Philip A. (Phil) FosterDemocraticDalton
7J.C. MaddoxDemocraticCalhoun
8-1Wendell T. AndersonDemocraticCanton
8-2W.G. (Bill) Hasty, Sr.DemocraticCanton
9-1Joe T. WoodDemocraticGainesville
9-2Bobby LawsonDemocraticGainesville
9-3Jerry D. JacksonDemocraticChestnut Mountain
10Bill H. BarnettDemocraticCumming
11-1William J. DoverDemocraticClarkesville
11-2Jack Irvin, Sr.DemocraticBaldwin
12Lauren (Bubba) McDonaldDemocraticCommerce
13-1Louie Max ClarkDemocraticDanielsville
13-2Billy MilfordDemocraticHartwell
14Charles W. YearginDemocraticElberton
15-1E.M. (Buddy) ChildersDemocraticRome
15-2Forrest L. McKelveyDemocraticSilver Creek
16John AdamsDemocraticRome
17Bill CummingDemocraticRockmart
18Thomas B. MurphyDemocraticBremen
19Boyd PetitDemocraticCartersville
20-1Joe Mack WilsonDemocraticMarietta
20-2A.L. (Al) BurrussDemocraticMarietta
20-3George W. (Buddy) DardenDemocraticMarietta
20-4Steve ThompsonDemocraticPowder Springs
20-5Terry D. LawlerDemocraticClarkdale
21-1Fred AikenRepublicanSmyrna
21-2Johnny IsaksonRepublicanMarietta
21-3Bill AtkinsRepublicanSmyrna
21-4Frank B. JohnsonRepublicanSmyrna
21-5Tom WilderRepublicanMarietta
22Dorothy FeltonRepublicanAtlanta
23Luther S. ColbertRepublicanRoswell
24Kiliaen V.R. (Kil) TownsendRepublicanAtlanta
25John M. Lupton, IIIRepublicanAtlanta
26Sidney J. MarcusDemocraticAtlanta
27Dick LaneRepublicanEast Point
28Bob HolmesDemocraticAtlanta
29Douglas C. DeanDemocraticAtlanta
30Paul BolsterDemocraticAtlanta
31Mrs. Grace T. HamiltonDemocraticAtlanta
32Helen SelmanDemocraticPalmetto
33J.C. Daugherty, Sr.DemocraticAtlanta
34Tyrone BrooksDemocraticAtlanta
35J.E. (Billy) McKinneyDemocraticAtlanta
36G.D. AdamsDemocraticHapeville
37Georganna T. SinkfieldDemocraticAtlanta
38Lorenzo BennDemocraticAtlanta
39John W. GreerDemocraticAtlanta
40Barbara H. CouchDemocraticAtlanta
41Charlie WattsDemocraticDallas
42Thomas M. KilgoreDemocraticDouglasville
43Paul W. Heard, Jr.RepublicanPeachtree City
44John LinderRepublicanDunwoody
45J. Max DavisRepublicanAtlanta
46Cathey W. SteinbergDemocraticAtlanta
47Chesley V. MortonRepublicanTucker
48Betty Jo WilliamsRepublicanAtlanta
49Tom LawrenceRepublicanStone Mountain
50Frank L. Redding, Jr.DemocraticDecatur
51Ken WorkmanDemocraticDecatur
52Eleanor L. RichardsonDemocraticDecatur
53Mrs. Mobley (Peggy) ChildsDemocraticDecatur
54Hosea L. Williams, Sr.DemocraticAtlanta
55Betty J. ClarkDemocraticAtlanta
56Betty AaronDemocraticAtlanta
57-1Troy A. AthonDemocraticConyers
57-2William C. (Bill) Mangum, Jr.DemocraticDecatur
57-3Dean AlfordDemocraticLithonia
58Cas RobinsonDemocraticStone Mountain
59O.M. (Mike) BarnettRepublicanLilburn
60Charles C. MartinDemocraticBuford
61Rex A. MillsapsDemocraticLawrenceville
62Thomas Hulet (Tom) WhiteRepublicanLilburn
63Bill GoodwinRepublicanNorcross
64John D. RussellDemocraticWinder
65Neal JacksonDemocraticMonroe
66E. Roy LambertDemocraticMadison
67Hugh LoganDemocraticAthens
68Bob ArgoDemocraticAthens
69Charles ThomasDemocraticTemple
70Gerald JohnsonDemocraticCarrollton
71J. Neal Shepard, Jr.RepublicanNewnan
72-1Bill LeeDemocraticForest Park
72-2Jimmy W. BenefieldDemocraticJonesboro
72-3C.E. (Ed Holcomb)DemocraticJonesboro
72-4Rudolph JohnsonDemocraticLake City
72-5Frank I. Bailey, Jr.DemocraticRiverdale
73Wesley DunnDemocraticMcDonough
74Denny M. DobbsDemocraticCovington
75John L. MostilerDemocraticGriffin
76Suzi JohnsonDemocraticOrchard Hill
77J. Crawford WareDemocraticHogansville
78Bill JonesDemocraticJackson
79Marvin AdamsDemocraticThomaston
80Kenneth WaldrepDemocraticForsyth
81Ed MullinaxDemocraticLaGrange
82Ben Barron RossDemocraticLincolnton
83William S. (Bill) JacksonDemocraticMartinez
84Warren D. EvansDemocraticThomson
85Charles W. WalkerDemocraticAugusta
86Mike PadgettDemocraticAugusta
87Jack ConnellDemocraticAugusta
88George M. BrownDemocraticAugusta
89Don CheeksDemocratAugusta
90Travis Stanley BarnesDemocraticAugusta
91Claude A. Bray, Jr.DemocraticManchester
92Calvin SmyreDemocraticColumbus
93W. Randolph PhillipsDemocraticShiloh
94Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.DemocraticColumbus
95Thomas B. BuckDemocraticColumbus
96Milton HirschDemocraticColumbus
97Mary Jane GalerDemocraticColumbus
98Robert RayDemocraticFort Valley
99Denmark Groover, Jr.DemocraticMacon
100Frank C. PinkstonDemocraticMacon
101William C. (Billy) RandallDemocraticMacon
102David E. LucasDemocraticMacon
103Frank Horne, Jr.DemocraticMacon
104Kenneth (Ken) W. BirdsongDemocraticGordon
105Bobby Eugene ParhamDemocraticMilledgeville
106Jesse Copelan, Jr.DemocraticEatonton
107Jimmy LordDemocraticSandersville
108Emory E. BargeronDemocraticLouisville
109Randolph C. (Randy) KarrhDemocraticSwainsboro
110John F. GodbeeDemocraticBrooklet
111Bob LaneDemocraticStatesboro
112Ward EdwardsDemocraticButler
113Ted W. WaddleRepublicanWarner Robins
114Roy H. (Sonny) Watson, Jr.DemocraticWarner Robins
115Larry WalkerDemocraticPerry
116George HooksDemocraticAmericus
117Newt HudsonDemocraticRochelle
118Terry L. ColemanDemocraticEastman
119DuBose PorterDemocraticDublin
120L.L. (Pete) PhillipsDemocraticSoperton
121Clinton OliverDemocraticGlennville
122Ron GinsbergDemocraticSavannah
123Diane Harvey JohnsonDemocraticSavannah
124DeWayne HamiltonDemocraticSavannah
125Bobby Phillips DemocraticSavannah
126Anne MuellerRepublicanSavannah
127Roy L. AllenDemocraticSavannah
128Tom TriplettDemocraticSavannah
129George A. Chance, Jr.DemocraticSpringfield
130Gerald E. GreeneDemocraticCuthbert
131Bob HannerDemocraticDawson
132John WhiteDemocraticAlbany
133Tommy ChamblessDemocraticAlbany
134Mary Young-CummingsDemocraticAlbany
135Howard H. RaineyDemocraticCordele
136Earleen SizemoreDemocraticSylvester
137Paul S. Branch, Jr.DemocraticFitzgerald
138Hentry BosticDemocraticTifton
139James C. MooreDemocraticWest Green
140Ralph J. BalkomDemocraticBlakely
141Walter E. CoxDemocraticBainbridge
142Bobby LongDemocraticCairo
143Allen SherrodDemocraticCoolidge
144Marcus E. Collins, Sr.DemocraticPelham
145Hugh D. MatthewsDemocraticMoultrie
146Hanson CarterDemocraticNashville
147Henry L. ReavesDemocraticQuitman
148James M. BeckDemocraticValdosta
149Robert L. PattenDemocraticLakeland
150Tom Crosby, Jr.DemocraticWaycross
151Harry D. DixonDemocraticWaycross
152Tommy SmithDemocraticAlma
153-1Lunsford MoodyDemocraticBaxley
153-2Roger C. ByrdDemocraticHazlehurst
154Joe E. BrownDemocraticHinesville
155Norman "Shaw" McVeighRepublicanBrunswick
156Dean G. AutenRepublicanBrunswick
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