Political party strength in Georgia (U.S. state)

The following table indicates the party of elected officials in the U.S. state of Georgia:

The table also indicates the historical party composition in the:

For years in which a presidential election was held, the table indicates which party's nominees received the state's electoral votes.

The parties are as follows: Constitutional Union (CU),   Democratic (D),   Democratic-Republican (DR),   Democratic-Republican—Clark faction (DR-C),   Democratic-Republican—Jackson faction (DR-J),   Democratic-Republican—Troup faction (DR-T),   Federalist (F),   Independent (I),   Military (M),   no party (N),   Union (U),   Populist (P),   Republican (R),   Southern Rights (SR), and   Whig (W). Darker shading indicates confirmed partisan affiliation or majority; lighter shading indicates likely, but unconfirmed, partisan affiliation or majority.

Table
YearExecutive officesGeneral AssemblyPub. Ser. Comm.United States CongressElectoral College votes
GovernorLt. GovernorSec. of StateAtty. Gen.School Supt.Comm. of Ag.Comm. of Ins.Comm. of LaborState SenateState HouseU.S. Senator (Class II)U.S. Senator (Class III)U.S. House
1775 William Ewen (N/W)[1][2] No such office[3] No such office No such office
George Walton (N/W)[1][2]
1776 Williams Stephens
William Ewen (N/W)[1][2]
Archibald Bulloch (N/W)[2][4][5]
1777 John Milton (F)
Button Gwinnett (N/W)[2][4][6]
John A. Treutlen (N/W)[2]
1778 John Houstoun (N/W)[2]
1779 William Glascock (N/W)[2][7]
Seth John Cuthbert (N/W)[2][8][9]
John Wereat (N/W)[2][9]
George Walton (N/W)[2]
1780 Richard Howly (N/W)[2] John Milledge
Humphrey Wells (N/W)[2][10]
Stephen Heard (N/W)[2][7]
Myrick Davies (N/W)[2][7]
1781 Samuel Stirk
Nathan Brownson (N)
1782 John Martin (N)
1783 Lyman Hall (N)
1784 John Houstoun (N)
1785 Samuel Elbert (N) Nathaniel Pendleton
1786 Edward Telfair (N)
1787 George Mathews (N) Matthew Hall McAllister
1788 George Handley (N)
1789 George Walton (DR) unknown George Washington (N) Y
1790
1791 Edward Telfair (DR)
1792 George Walker
1793
1794 George Mathews (DR)
1795
1796 Jared Irwin (DR) David Brydie Mitchell Thomas Jefferson (D-R) N
1797
1798 James Jackson (DR-J)[11]
1799 Horatio Marbury
1800 Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr
(D-R) Y
1801
David Emanuel (DR-J)[12]
1802 Josiah Tattnall, Sr. (DR-J)[13]
John Milledge (DR-J)[11]
1803
1804 Thomas Jefferson and George Clinton (D-R) Y
1805
1806
Jared Irwin (DR-J)[12]
1807 Robert Walker
1808 John Hamil James Madison and George Clinton (D-R) Y
1809 John Forsyth
1810 David Brydie Mitchell (DR-J)
1811 Abner Hammond Alexander M. Allen
1812 Richard Henry Wilde James Madison and Elbridge Gerry (D-R) Y
1813 Alexander M. Allen
1814 Peter Early (DR-J)
1815
1816 David Brydie Mitchell (DR-J)[14] Roger Lawson Gamble James Monroe and Daniel D. Tompkins (D-R) Y
1817
William Rabun (DR-T)[5][12][15]
1818
1819
Matthew Talbot (DR-C)[12]
1820 John Clark (DR-C)
1821
1822 Thomas F. Wells
1823 Everard Hamilton
1824 George M. Troup (DR-T) William H. Crawford and Nathaniel Macon (D-R) N
1825
1826
1827 George W. Crawford
1828 John Forsyth (DR-T) Andrew Jackson and John C. Calhoun (D) Y
1829
1830 George R. Gilmer (DR-T)
1831 Charles Jones Jenkins (D)
1832 Wilson Lumpkin (U/D) Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren (D) Y
1833 William A. Tennille
1834 Ebenezer Starnes
1835
1836 William Schley (U/D) 54U, 31 Southern Rights 102U, 68 Southern Rights Hugh Lawson White and John Tyler (W) N
1837 unknown unknown
1838 George R. Gilmer (SR/W) 50 Southern Rights, 42U 103 Southern Rights, 88U
1839 50U, 37 Southern Rights 96U, 76 Southern Rights
1840 Charles J. McDonald (U/D) James Gardner 46 Southern Rights, 28U, 1 tie 102U, 94 Southern Rights, 1? William H. Harrison and John Tyler (W) Y
1841 48W, 44D 118W, 88D
1842 51D, 38W, 1 tie 109D, 91W, 2 ties
1843 Nathan Crawford Barnett (D) John J. R. Flournoy 55D, 36W, 2 ties 118D, 87W, 2 ties
1844 George W. Crawford (W) 49D, 43W, 1? 124W, 81D James K. Polk and George M. Dallas (D) Y
1845
1846 25D, 22W 69D, 60W, 1 tie
1847 Alpheus Colvard
1848 George W. Towns (D) 25W, 21D, 1I 68W, 62D Zachary Taylor and Millard Fillmore (W) Y
1849 George Washington Harrison
1850 25D, 22W 65W, 61D, 1 tie, 3?
1851 Nathan Crawford Barnett (D) John Troup Shewmake (R)
1852 Howell Cobb (CU/D) 39U, 8 Southern Rights 104U, 29 Southern Rights Franklin Pierce and William R. King (D) Y
1853 Elihu P. Watkins
1854 Herschel V. Johnson (D) 78D, 33A 92D, 55A
1855 William R. McLaws
1856 78D, 33A 92D, 55A, 1ID James Buchanan and John C. Breckinridge (D) Y
1857
1858 Joseph E. Brown (D)[16] 86D, 32A 102D, 51A, 1ID, 1I
1859 Alpheus M. Rogers
1860 103D, 21O 120D, 48O, 1ID, 1I John C. Breckinridge and Joseph Lane (Southern Democratic) N
1861 Nathan Crawford Barnett (D) Winder P. Johnson
1862 William Watts Montgomery American Civil War and Reconstruction Era
1863
1864 American Civil War
1865
James Johnson (D)[17] George Thomas Barnes (D)
1866 Charles J. Jenkins (D)[18] John Philpot Curren Whitehead
1867
1868 Thomas H. Ruger (M)[19] Horatio Seymour and Francis P. Blair, Jr. (D) N
Rufus B. Bullock (R)[20] David G. Cotting (R) Henry P. Farrow
1869 26R, 18D 88D, 84R, 3?
1870
1871 29D, 14R, 1I 136D, 29R, 1I, 1?
Benjamin Conley (R)[21]
1872 James Milton Smith (D) N. J. Hammond (D) Benjamin Gratz Brown (LR) N[22]
1873 Nathan Crawford Barnett (D)[5] 40D, 4R 161D, 14R
1874
1875 43D, 1R 168D, 7R
1876 Samuel J. Tilden and Thomas A. Hendricks (D) N
1877 Alfred H. Colquitt (D) Robert N. Ely 40D, 3ID, 1R 159D, 8R, 8I
1878
1879 44D 171D, 4R
1880 Clifford Anderson Appointed by Governor Joseph E. Brown (D) Winfield S. Hancock and William H. English (D) N
1881 43D, 1R 165D, 10R
1882
1883 Alexander H. Stephens (D)[5] 44D 167D, 5I, 2R, 1 Proh. Alfred H. Colquitt (D) 10D
James S. Boynton (D)[21]
Henry D. McDaniel (D)
1884 Grover Cleveland and Thomas A. Hendricks (D) Y
1885 169D, 6R
1886
1887 John B. Gordon (D) 39D, 2R, 2I, 1 Lab. 150D, 10R, 10I, 5 Lab.
1888 Grover Cleveland and Allen G. Thurman (D) N
1889 43D, 1R 172D, 3R
1890 George N. Lester
Philip Cook, Sr. (D)[5]
1891 William J. Northen (D) W. A. Little D D D 44D 171D, 4R John Brown Gordon (D) 9D, 1P
1892 J. M. Terrell D D D Grover Cleveland and Adlai E. Stevenson I (D) Y
1893 D D D 43D, 1P 159D, 11P, 4R, 1? 11D
1894 D D D Patrick Walsh (D)
Allen D. Candler (D)
1895 William Yates Atkinson (D) D D D 38D, 5P, 1R 126D, 47P, 2R Augustus Octavius Bacon (D)
1896 D D D William Jennings Bryan and Arthur Sewall (D) N
1897 D D D 37D, 6P, 1R 142D, 30P, 3R Alexander S. Clay (D)
1898 William C. Clifton (D) D D D
Philip Cook, Jr. (D)[5]
1899 Allen D. Candler (D) D D D 43D, 1R 170D, 5P
1900 D D D William Jennings Bryan and Adlai E. Stevenson I (D) N
1901 DDD 166D, 9P
1902 Boykin Wright DDD
1903 Joseph M. Terrell (D) John C. Hart DDD 40D, 2R, 2P 171D, 3R, 1P
1904 DDD Alton B. Parker and Henry G. Davis (D) N
1905 DDD 44D 173D, 2R
1906 DDD
1907 D D D 170D, 3R, 2 Peop., 8? 5D
M. Hoke Smith (D)
1908 DDD William Jennings Bryan and John W. Kern (D) N
1909 D D D 184D
Joseph M. Brown (D)
1910 D D D
Hewlett A. Hall Joseph M. Terrell (D)
1911 D D D 43D, 1R 183D, 1R
M. Hoke Smith (D)[11] Thomas S. Felder
John M. Slaton (D)[12] M. Hoke Smith (D)
1912 Joseph M. Brown (D) D D D Woodrow Wilson and Thomas R. Marshall (D) Y
1913 John M. Slaton (D) DDD 12D
1914 Warren Grice (D) D D D
William S. West (D)
Thomas W. Hardwick (D)
1915 Nathaniel E. Harris (D) Clifford Walker (D) DDD 188D, 1R
1916 DDD
1917 Hugh M. Dorsey (D) DDD 44D
1918 D D D
Henry Strange (D)[23]
1919 Samuel McLendon (D)[5] D D D 51D 190D, 3R William J. Harris (D)
1920 R. A. Denny DDD James M. Cox and Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) N
1921 Thomas W. Hardwick (D) George M. Napier (D) DDD 50D, 1R 202D, 4R Thomas E. Watson (D)
1922 D D D
Rebecca Latimer Felton (D)
Walter F. George (D)
1923 Clifford Walker (D) DDD 51D 205D, 1R
1924 DDD John W. Davis and Charles W. Bryan (D) N
1925 DDD 50D, 1R 204D, 2R
1926 DDD
1927 Lamartine G. Hardman (D) DDD
1928 D D D Al Smith and Joseph Taylor Robinson (D) N
George Henry Carswell (D)[23]
1929 DDD 51D 204D, 3R
1930 DDD
1931 Richard Russell, Jr. (D) John B. Wilson (D)[5] D D D 50D, 1R 207D
1932 D D D Franklin D. Roosevelt and John Nance Garner (D) Y
Lawrence S. Camp (D) John S. Cohen (D)
1933 Eugene Talmadge (D) M. J. Yeomans D D D 205D Richard Russell, Jr. (D) 10D
1934 D D D
1935 D D D 203D, 2R
1936 D D D
1937 Eurith D. Rivers (D) D D D 204D, 1R
1938 D D D Ben Huiet (D)[24]
1939 D D D 51D, 1R
Ellis Arnall (D)[25]
1940 DDD Franklin D. Roosevelt and Henry A. Wallace (D) Y
1941 Eugene Talmadge (D) DDD
1942 DDD
1943 Ellis Arnall (D) Grady Head D D D
1944 DDD Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman (D) Y
1945 Eugene Cook (D) DDD
1946 D D D
Ben Fortson (D)[5][26]
1947 Melvin E. Thompson (D) D D D 53D, 1R
Herman Talmadge (D)
Melvin E. Thompson (D)[27] Vacant
1948 D D D Harry S. Truman and Alben W. Barkley (D) Y
Herman Talmadge (D)[28] Marvin Griffin (D)
1949 DDD 203D, 2R
1950 DDD
1951 DDD 54D 204D, 1R
1952 DDD Adlai Stevenson and John Sparkman (D) N
1953 DDD 53D, 1R
1954 D D D
1955 Marvin Griffin (D) Ernest Vandiver (D) D Phil Campbell (D) D 202D, 3R
1956 DD Adlai Stevenson and Estes Kefauver (D) N
1957 DD Herman Talmadge (D)
1958 DD
1959 Ernest Vandiver (D) Garland T. Byrd (D) DD
1960 DD John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson (D) Y
1961 D D 203D, 2R
1962 D D
1963 Carl Sanders (D) Peter Zack Geer (D) D D 50D, 4R
1964 D D Barry Goldwater and William E. Miller (R) N
1965 Arthur K. Bolton (D) D D 44D, 9R, 2I 198D, 7R 9D, 1R
1966 D D 188D, 17R
1967 Lester Maddox (D) George T. Smith (D) D James L. Bentley (R) Sam Caldwell (D) 46D, 7R, 1I 183D, 22R 8D, 2R
1968 D Phil Campbell (R)[29] George Wallace and Curtis LeMay (I) N
1969 D Tommy Irvin (D) 48D, 7R, 1I 169D, 26R
1970 D
1971 Jimmy Carter (D) Lester Maddox (D) D D 50D, 6R 173D, 22R
David H. Gambrell (D)
1972 D D Richard Nixon and Spiro Agnew (R) Y
Sam Nunn (D)
1973 D D 48D, 8R 152D, 27R 9D, 1R
1974 D D
1975 George Busbee (D) Zell Miller (D) D D 51D, 5R 155D, 24R 10D
1976 D D Jimmy Carter and Walter Mondale (D) Y
1977 D D 52D, 4R 158D, 24R
1978 D D
1979 D D 51D, 5R 160D, 20R 9D, 1R
David Poythress (D)[30]
1980 D D Jimmy Carter and Walter Mondale (D) N
1981 Mike Bowers (D) D D 157D, 23R Mack Mattingly (R)
1982 D D
1983 Joe Frank Harris (D) Max Cleland (D) D D 49D, 7R 156D, 24R
1984 D D Joe Tanner (D)[31] Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush (R) Y
1985 D D 47D, 9R 154D, 26R 8D, 2R
1986 D D
1987 Werner Rogers (D) D 46D, 10R 153D, 27R Wyche Fowler (D)
1988 D George H. W. Bush and Dan Quayle (R) Y
1989 D 45D, 11R 145D, 35R 9D, 1R
1990 D Ray Hollingsworth (D)
1991 Zell Miller (D) Pierre Howard (D) Tim Ryles (D) Al Scott (D) 144D, 36R
1992 David Poythress (D)[32] Bill Clinton and Al Gore (D) Y
1993 39D, 17R 128D, 52R 4D, 1R Paul Coverdell (R)[33] 7D, 4R
1994 Mike Bowers (R)[34]
1995 Linda Schrenko (R) John Oxendine (R) 36D, 20R 114D, 66R 3R, 2D 7R, 4D
8R, 3D[35]
1996 4R, 1D[36] Bob Dole and Jack Kemp (R) N
1997 Lewis Massey (D)[37] 34D, 22R 102D, 78R Max Cleland (D)
Thurbert Baker (D)[38]
1998 4R, 1NP[39]
Marti Fullerton (D)[40]
1999 Roy Barnes (D) Mark Taylor (D) Cathy Cox (D) Michael Thurmond (D)
2000 George W. Bush and Dick Cheney (R) Y
Zell Miller (D)
2001 32D, 24R 105D, 74R, 1I 3R, 1D, 1NP
2002
2003 Sonny Perdue (R) Kathy Cox (R) 30R, 26D[41] 107D, 72R, 1I 4R, 1D Saxby Chambliss (R) 8R, 5D
2004
2005 34R, 22D 99R, 80D, 1I Johnny Isakson (R) 7R, 6D
2006
2007 Casey Cagle (R) Karen Handel (R) 106R, 74D 5R
2008 John McCain and Sarah Palin (R) N
2009 105R, 74D, 1I
2010 Brian Kemp (R)[42] Brad Bryant (I)[43]
2011 Nathan Deal (R) Sam Olens (R) John Barge (R) Gary Black (R) Ralph Hudgens (R) Mark Butler (R) 35R, 21D[44] 116R, 63D, 1I[45] 8R, 5D
2012 Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan (R) N
2013 38R, 18D 119R, 60D, 1I 9R, 5D
2014
2015 Richard Woods (R) David Perdue (R) 10R, 4D
2016 39R, 17D[46] Donald Trump and Mike Pence (R) Y
2017 Christopher M. Carr (R) 38R, 18D 118R, 62D
2018
2019 Brian Kemp (R) Geoff Duncan (R) Brad Raffensperger (R) Jim Beck (R) 35R, 21D 106R, 74D 9R, 5D
2020 Kelly Loeffler (R) Joe Biden and Kamala Harris (D) Y
2021 34R, 22D 103R, 77D Jon Ossoff (D) Raphael Warnock (D) 8R, 6D
YearGovernorLt. GovernorSec. of StateAtty. Gen.School Supt.Comm. of Ag.Comm. of Ins.Comm. of LaborState SenateState HousePub. Ser. Comm.U.S. Senator (Class II)U.S. Senator (Class III)U.S. HouseElectoral College votes
Executive officesGeneral AssemblyUnited States Congress

Notes
  1. President of Council of Safety.
  2. Not a formal political party, and not to be confused with the 19th-century Whig Party.
  3. Position of lieutenant governor created in 1945 and first elected in 1946.
  4. President.
  5. Died in office.
  6. 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.
  7. President of Executive Council.
  8. Temporary governor.
  9. President of Supreme Executive Council.
  10. Resigned in favor of Stephen Heard.
  11. Resigned to take elected seat in the United States Senate.
  12. As president of the state Senate, filled unexpired term.
  13. Resigned due to declining health.
  14. Resigned to become agent to the Creek people.
  15. The Troup party was essentially the continuation of the Jackson faction (followers of James Jackson).
  16. Resigned following the defeat of the Confederate States of America.
  17. Provisional governor appointed by President Andrew Johnson following American Civil War.
  18. 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.
  19. Provisional governor appointed by General George Meade.
  20. Resigned; fled the state to avoid impeachment; was arrested in 1876 and found not guilty of embezzlement.
  21. As president of the state Senate, became governor until election.
  22. 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
  23. Filled vacancy.
  24. The Georgia Department of Labor was created in 1937 and placed under the control of an elected commissioner. About Us | Georgia Department of Labor
  25. In 1939 Governor Eurith D. Rivers appointed Ellis Arnall to a vacancy in the office of attorney general.
  26. Appointed secretary of state in 1946 to fill the unexpired term of John B. Wilson, who died in office. Ben Fortson (1904-1979)
  27. 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.
  28. Talmadge defeated Thompson in a special election in September 1948.
  29. Switched parties from Democratic to Republican after the 1968 Democratic National Convention. J. Phil Campbell, Jr. Biographical Note
  30. Governor George Busbee appointed Poythress secretary of state to fill a vacancy created by the death of Fortson. Count to '10, and a Fun Race for Governor
  31. Resigned to accept an appointment as commissioner of the state Department of Natural Resources. Count to '10, and a Fun Race for Governor
  32. Poythress was elected to fill Tanner's unexpired term. Count to '10, and a Fun Race for Governor
  33. In 2000 Paul Coverdell died; Governor Roy Barnes appointed Zell Miller.
  34. In 1994 Incumbent Democrat Mike Bowers switched parties to Republican.
  35. In April 1995 incumbent Democrat Nathan Deal switched parties to Republican.
  36. Democrat Bob Durden switched parties to Republican in 1995.
  37. Governor Zell Miller appointed Massey secretary of state upon Cleland's election to the U.S. Senate.
  38. In 1997 incumbent Mike Bowers resigned; Governor Zell Miller appointed Thurbert Baker.
  39. Governor Zell Miller appointed Lauren "Bubba" McDonald, Jr. as a nonpartisan to the seat vacated by Democrat Mac Barber.
  40. Served on an interim basis after Poythress resigned in order to run for governor.
  41. 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.
  42. Brian Kemp was appointed Secretary of State, January 4, 2010, to fill the unexpired term of Karen Handel, who resigned to seek the Republican gubernatorial nomination.
  43. Brad Bryant was appointed State School Superintendent, July 1, 2010, to fill the unexpired term of Kathy Cox, who resigned to accept a position with an education think tank.
  44. Tim Golden switched from the Democratic to the Republican Party after the November 2, 2010 General Election.
  45. Eight state representatives --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.
  46. JaNice Van Ness won a special election to succeed Ronald Ramsey, flipping the seat from Democrat to Republican.

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