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

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

• Governor
• Lieutenant Governor
• Secretary of State
• Attorney General
• State School Superintendent
• Commissioner of Agriculture
• Commissioner of Insurance
• Commissioner of Labor

The table also indicates the historical party composition in the:

• State Senate
• State House of Representatives
• State Public Service Commission
• State delegation to the United States Senate
• State delegation to the United States House of Representatives

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),       National Union (NU),       Populist (P),       Republican (R), States Rights (SR), and       Whig (W). Darker shading indicates confirmed partisan affiliation or majority; lighter shading indicates likely, but unconfirmed, partisan affiliation or majority.

Year	Executive offices								General Assembly		Pub. Ser. Comm.	United States Congress			Electoral College votes
	Governor	Lt. Governor	Sec. of State	Atty. Gen.	School Supt.	Comm. of Ag.	Comm. of Ins.	Comm. of Labor	State Senate	State House		U.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)													George Washington (N)
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)
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)
1805
1806
				Jared Irwin (DR-J)[12]
1807			Robert Walker
1808			John Hamil											James Monroe and George Clinton (D-R)
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)
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)
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)
1829
1830			George R. Gilmer (DR-T)
1831		Charles Jones Jenkins (D)
1832		Wilson Lumpkin (U/D)											Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren (D)
1833	William A. Tennille
1834		Ebenezer Starnes
1835
1836			William Schley (U/D)											Hugh L. White and John Tyler (W) N
1837
1838			George R. Gilmer (SR/W)
1839
1840		Charles J. McDonald (U/D)	James Gardner											William H. Harrison and John Tyler (W)
1841
1842
1843	Nathan Crawford Barnett (D)	John J. R. Flournoy
1844	George W. Crawford (W)												James K. Polk and George M. Dallas (D)
1845
1846
1847	Alpheus Colvard
1848		George W. Towns (D)											Zachary Taylor and Millard Fillmore (W)
1849		George Washington Harrison
1850
1851	Nathan Crawford Barnett (D)	John Troup Shewmake (R)
1852	Howell Cobb (CU/D)												Franklin Pierce and William R. King (D)
1853	Elihu P. Watkins
1854			Herschel V. Johnson (D)
1855		William R. McLaws
1856													James Buchanan and John C. Breckinridge (D)
1857
1858			Joseph E. Brown (D)[16]
1859		Alpheus M. Rogers
1860													John C. Breckenridge and Joseph Lane (Southern Democratic) N
1861	Nathan Crawford Barnett (D)	Winder P. Johnson
1862	William Watts Montgomery
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							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)
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	D -	John Brown Gordon (D)	9D, 1P
1892	J. M. Terrell	D	D	D		D -	Grover Cleveland and Adlai E. Stevenson I (D)
1893		D	D	D		43D, 1P	159D, 11P, 4R, 1?	D -	11D
1894		D	D	D		D -	Patrick Walsh (D)
							Allen D. Candler (D)
1895		William Yates Atkinson (D)	D	D		D	38D, 5P, 1R	126D, 47P, 2R	D -	Augustus Octavius Bacon (D)
1896		D	D	D		D -	William Jennings Bryan and Arthur Sewall (D) N
1897		D	D	D		37D, 6P, 1R	142D, 30P, 3R	D -	Alexander S. Clay (D)
1898		William C. Clifton (D)	D	D		D	D -
		Philip Cook, Jr. (D)[5]
1899		Allen D. Candler (D)	D	D		D	43D, 1R	170D, 5P	D -
1900		D	D	D		D -	William Jennings Bryan and Adlai E. Stevenson I (D) N
1901		D	D	D		166D, 9P	D -
1902	Boykin Wright	D	D	D		D -
1903	Joseph M. Terrell (D)	John C. Hart	D	D		D	40D, 2R, 2P	171D, 3R, 1P	D -
1904	D		D	D		D -	Alton B. Parker and Henry G. Davis (D) N
1905	D		D	D		44D	173D, 2R	D -
1906	D		D	D		D -
1907	D		D	D		170D, 3R, 2 Peop., 8?	D -
						M. Hoke Smith (D)
1908	D		D	D		D -	William Jennings Bryan and John W. Kern (D) N
1909	D		D	D		184D	D -
						Joseph M. Brown (D)
1910	D		D	D		D -
		Hewlett A. Hall					Joseph M. Terrell (D)
1911	D		D	D		43D, 1R	183D, 1R	D -
		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			D -	Woodrow Wilson and Thomas R. Marshall (D)
1913	John M. Slaton (D)	D	D	D			D -	12D
1914	Warren Grice (D)	D	D	D		D -
	William S. West (D)
	Thomas W. Hardwick (D)
1915	Nathaniel E. Harris (D)	Clifford Walker (D)	D	D		D	188D, 1R	D -
1916	D	D	D	D -
1917	Hugh M. Dorsey (D)	D	D	D		44D	D -
1918	D	D	D	D -
						Henry Strange (D)[23]
1919	Samuel McLendon (D)[5]	D	D	D		51D	190D, 3R	D -	William J. Harris (D)
1920		R. A. Denny	D	D		D	D -	James M. Cox and Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) N
1921		Thomas W. Hardwick (D)	George M. Napier (D)	D		D	D	50D, 1R	202D, 4R	D -	Thomas E. Watson (D)
1922		D	D	D		D -
							Rebecca Latimer Felton (D)
							Walter F. George (D)
1923		Clifford Walker (D)	D	D		D	51D	205D, 1R	D -
1924		D	D	D		D -	John W. Davis and Charles W. Bryan (D) N
1925		D	D	D		50D, 1R	204D, 2R	D -
1926		D	D	D		D -
1927		Lamartine G. Hardman (D)	D	D		D	D -
1928		D	D	D		D -	Al Smith and Joseph Taylor Robinson (D) N
	George Carswell (D)[23]
1929	D	D	D	51D	204D, 3R	D -
1930	D	D	D	D -
1931	Richard Russell, Jr. (D)	John B. Wilson (D)[5]	D	D	D	50D, 1R	207D	D -
1932	D	D	D	D -	Franklin D. Roosevelt and John Nance Garner (D)
					Lawrence S. Camp (D)	John S. Cohen (D)
1933	Eugene Talmadge (D)	M. J. Yeomans	D	D	D	205D	D -	Richard Russell, Jr. (D)	10D
1934	D		D	D	D -
1935	D		D	D	203D, 2R	D -
1936	D		D	D	D -
1937	Eurith D. Rivers (D)		D	D	D	204D, 1R	D -
1938	D		D	D	Ben Huiet (D)[24]	D -
1939	D		D	D		51D, 1R	D -
		Ellis Arnall (D)[25]
1940	D	D	D	D -		Franklin D. Roosevelt and Henry A. Wallace (D)
1941	Eugene Talmadge (D)	D	D	D		D -
1942	D	D	D	D -
1943	Ellis Arnall (D)	Grady Head	D	D		D	D -
1944	D		D	D		D -	Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman (D)
1945	Eugene Cook (D)	D	D	D		D -
1946	D	D	D	D -
						Ben Fortson (D)[5][26]
1947	Melvin E. Thompson (D)	D	D	D		53D, 1R	D -
	Herman Talmadge (D)
	Melvin E. Thompson (D)[27]					vacant
1948	D	D	D	D -			Harry S. Truman and Alben W. Barkley (D)
						Herman Talmadge (D)[28]	Marvin Griffin (D)
1949	D	D	D	203D, 2R		D -
1950	D	D	D	D -
1951	D	D	D	54D		204D, 1R	D -
1952	D	D	D	D -		Adlai Stevenson and John Sparkman (D) N
1953	D	D	D	53D, 1R		D -
1954	D	D	D	D -
1955	Marvin Griffin (D)	Ernest Vandiver (D)	D	D		D	202D, 3R	D -
1956	D	D	D	D -		Adlai Stevenson and Estes Kefauver (D) N
1957	D	D	D	D -		Herman Talmadge (D)
1958	D	D	D	D -
1959	Ernest Vandiver (D)	Garland T. Byrd (D)	D	D		D	D -
1960	D	D	D	D -		John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson (D)
1961	D	D	D	203D, 2R		D -
1962	D	D	D	D -
1963	Carl Sanders (D)	Peter Zack Geer (D)	D	D		D	50D, 4R	D -
1964	D	D	D	D -		Barry Goldwater and William E. Miller (R) N
1965	Arthur K. Bolton	D	D	D		44D, 9R, 2I	198D, 7R	D -	9D, 1R
1966		D	D	D		188D, 17R	D -
1967		Lester Maddox (D)	George T. Smith (D)	D	D	D	Sam Caldwell (D)	46D, 7R, 1I	183D, 22R	D -	8D, 2R
1968		D	D	D	D -	George Wallace and Curtis LeMay (I) N
1969		D	Tommy Irvin (D)	D	48D, 7R, 1I	169D, 26R		D -
1970		D	D	D -
1971		Jimmy Carter (D)	Lester Maddox (D)	D	D -	50D, 6R		173D, 22R	D -
		David H. Gambrell (D)
1972		D	D	D -	Richard Nixon and Spiro Agnew (R)
					Sam Nunn (D)
1973		D	D	48D, 8R	152D, 27R	D -		9D, 1R
1974		D	D	D -
1975		George Busbee (D)	Zell Miller (D)	D	D	51D, 5R		155D, 24R	D -	10D
1976		D	D	D -	Jimmy Carter and Walter Mondale (D)
1977		D	D	52D, 4R	158D, 24R	D -
1978		D	D	D -
1979		D	D	51D, 5R	160D, 20R	D -		9D, 1R
				David Poythress (D)[29]
1980		D	D	D -	Jimmy Carter and Walter Mondale (D) N
1981	Mike Bowers (D)	D	D	157D, 23R	D -	Mack Mattingly (R)
1982	D	D	D -
1983	Joe Frank Harris (D)	Max Cleland (D)	D	D	49D, 7R	156D, 24R		D -
1984	D	D	Joe Tanner (D)[30]	D -	Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush (R)
1985	D	D		47D, 9R	154D, 26R	D -	8D, 2R
1986	D	D		D -
1987	Werner Rogers (D)	D		46D, 10R	153D, 27R	D -	Wyche Fowler (D)
1988	D	D -		George H. W. Bush and Dan Quayle (R)
1989	D	45D, 11R		145D, 35R	D -	9D, 1R
1990	D	Ray Hollingsworth (D)	D -
1991	Zell Miller (D)	Pierre Howard (D)	Tim Ryles (D)	Al Scott (D)	144D, 36R	D -
1992	David Poythress (D)[31]	D -	Bill Clinton and Al Gore (D)
1993	39D, 17R	128D, 52R	D -	Paul Coverdell (R)[32]	7D, 4R
1994	Mike Bowers (R)[33]	D -
1995	Linda Schrenko (R)	John Oxendine (R)	36D, 20R	114D, 66R	R -	7R, 4D
	8R, 3D[34]
1996	R -	Bob Dole and Jack Kemp (R) N
1997	Lewis Massey (D)[35]	34D, 22R	102D, 78R	R -	Max Cleland (D)
	Thurbert Baker (D)[36]
1998	R -
		Marti Fullerton (D)[37]
1999	Roy Barnes (D)	Mark Taylor (D)	Cathy Cox (D)	Michael Thurmond (D)	R, D
2000	R, D	George W. Bush and Dick Cheney (R)
		Zell Miller (D)
2001	32D, 24R	105D, 74R, 1I	R, D
2002	R -
2003	Sonny Perdue (R)	Kathy Cox (R)	30R, 26D[38]	107D, 72R, 1I	R, D	Saxby Chambliss (R)	8R, 5D
2004	R, D
2005	34R, 22D	99R, 80D, 1I	4R, 1D	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 P. Kemp (R)[39]	Brad Bryant (I)[40]
2011	Nathan Deal (R)	Sam Olens (R)	John Barge (R)	Gary Black (R)	Ralph Hudgens (R)	Mark Butler (R)	35R, 21D[41]	116R, 63D, 1I[42]	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[43]
Year	Governor	Lt. Governor	Sec. of State	Atty. Gen.	School Supt.	Comm. of Ag.	Comm. of Ins.	Comm. of Labor	State Senate	State House	Pub. Ser. Comm.	U.S. Senator (Class II)	U.S. Senator (Class III)	U.S. House	Electoral College votes
	Executive offices								General Assembly			United 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 Lachlin 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. 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
30. Resigned to accept an appointment as commissioner of the state Department of Natural Resources. Count to '10, and a Fun Race for Governor
31. Poythress was elected to fill Tanner's unexpired term. Count to '10, and a Fun Race for Governor
32. In 2000 Paul Coverdell died; Governor Roy Barnes appointed Zell Miller.
33. In 1994 Incumbent Democrat Mike Bowers switched parties to Republican.
34. In April 1995 incumbent Democrat Nathan Deal switched parties to Republican.
35. Governor Zell Miller appointed Massey secretary of state upon Cleland's election to the U.S. Senate.
36. In 1997 incumbent Mike Bowers resigned; Governor Zell Miller appointed Thurbert Baker.
37. Served on an interim basis after Poythress resigned in order to run for governor.
38. 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.
39. 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.
40. 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.
41. Tim Golden switched from the Democratic to the Republican Party after the November 2, 2010 General Election.
42. 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.
43. JaNice Van Ness won a special election to succeed Ronald Ramsey, flipping the seat from Democrat to Republican.

See also

• Politics in Georgia
• Politics of Georgia