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136th Georgia General Assembly
Field Value name 136th Georgia General Assembly image File:Seal of Georgia.svg image_size 125px alt Great Seal of the State of Georgia caption Great Seal of the State of Georgia body Georgia General Assembly meeting_place Georgia State Capitol before 135th after 137th chamber1 Senate membership1 56 control1 Democratic Party chamber1_leader1_type President of the Senate chamber1_leader1 Zell Miller (D) chamber2 House of Representatives membership2 180 control2 Democratic Party chamber2_leader1_type Speaker of the House chamber2_leader1 Tom Murphy (D) session1_start session1_end session2_start session2_end
The 136th General Assembly of the U.S. state of Georgia convened its first session on January 12, 1981, at the Georgia State Capitol in Atlanta. The 136th Georgia General Assembly succeeded the 135th and served as the precedent for the 137th General Assembly in 1983.
Party standings
Senate
Affiliation Members Republican Party Democratic Party Other party* Total 56
House of Representatives
Affiliation Members Republican Party Democratic Party Other party* 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 1981-82 session of the General Assembly, only the two major parties were successful in electing legislators to office.
Officers
Senate
Presiding Officer
Position Name District Party Zell Miller n/a President Pro Tempore Al W. Holloway 12
Majority leadership
Position Name District Senate Majority Leader Thomas F. Allgood Majority Caucus Chairman Render Hill Majority Whip Loyce Turner
Minority leadership
Position Name District Senate Minority Leader Paul D. Coverdell Minority Caucus Chairman James W. (Jim) Tysinger Minority Whip Robert H. Bell
House of Representatives
Presiding Officer
Position Name District Party Speaker of the House Thomas B. Murphy 18 Speaker Pro Tempore Jack Connell 87
Majority leadership
Position Name District House Majority Leader Clarence R. Vaughn Jr. Majority Whip A.L. (Al) Burruss Majority Caucus Chairman Bill Lee Majority Caucus Secretary Ward Edwards
Minority leadership
Position Name District House Minority Leader Herbert Jones, Jr. Minority Whip Hank Elliott Minority Caucus Chairman Joe Burton Minority Caucus Secretary Kenneth Nix
Members of the State Senate
District Senator Party Residence 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 J. Tom Coleman Democratic Savannah Charles Henry Wessels Democratic Savannah Glenn E. Bryant Democratic Hinesville Joseph E. Kennedy Democratic Claxton Robert H. (Bob) Bell Republican Atlanta Richard W. Littlefield Democratic Brunswick Frank Eldridge Jr. Democratic Waycross Loyce W. Turner Democratic Valdosta Frank Sutton Democratic Moultrie Paul Trulock Democratic Climax Jimmy Hodge Timmons Democratic Blakely Al Holloway Democratic Albany Rooney L. Bowen Democratic Vienna Lewis H. (Bud) McKenzie Democratic Montezuma Floyd Hudgins Democratic Columbus Ted J. Land Republican Columbus Janice S. Horton Democratic McDonough Ed Barker Democratic Warner Robins Ronnie Walker Democratic McRae Hugh Marion Gillis Democratic Soperton Bill English Democratic Swainsboro Thomas F. Allgood Democratic Augusta Jimmy Lester Democratic Augusta Sam P. McGill Democratic Washington Culver Kidd Jr. Democratic Milledgeville Richard L. Greene Democratic Macon Lee Robinson Democratic Macon Kyle Trueman Cobb Democratic Griffin Render Hill Democratic Greenville Wayne Garner Democratic Carrollton Nathan Dean Democratic Rockmart Joe Thompson Democratic Smyrna Roy E. Barnes Democratic Mableton Bev Engram Democratic Fairburn Perry J. Hudson Democratic Hapeville Jack L. Stephens Democratic Atlanta Todd Evans Democratic Atlanta Horace E Tate Democratic Atlanta Julian Bond Democratic Atlanta Paul Douglas Coverdell Republican Atlanta James W. (Jim) Tysinger Republican Atlanta Pierre Howard Democratic Decatur Thomas R. (Tom) Scott Democratic Decatur Terrell Starr Democratic Forest Park W.D. (Don) Ballard Democratic Covington Paul Collins Broun Democratic Athens M. Parks Brown Democratic Hartwell Steve Reynolds Democratic Lawrenceville J. Nathan Deal Democratic Gainesville John C. Foster Democratic Cornelia Max Brannon Democratic Calhoun Dan H. Fincher Democratic Rome E.G. Summers Democratic LaFayette W.W. (Bill) Fincher, Jr. Democratic Chatsworth Lawrence (Bud) Stumbaugh Democratic Stone Mountain Haskew H. Brantley, Jr. Republican Alpharetta
Members of the House of Representatives
District Representative Party Residence 1-1 Wayne Snow Jr. Democratic Rossville 1-2 Forest Hays Jr. Democratic Flintstone 2 Robert G. Peters Democratic Ringgold 3 Tom Ramsey Democratic Chatsworth 4-1 Carlton H. Colwell Democratic Blairsville 4-2 Ralph Twiggs Democratic Hiawassee 5 John G. Crawford Democratic Lyerly 6-1 Roger Williams Democratic Dalton 6-2 R.L. (Shorty) Foster Democratic Dalton 7 Ernest Ralston Democratic Calhoun 8-1 Joe Frank Harris Democratic Cartersville 8-2 W.G. (Bill) Hasty, Sr. Democratic Canton 8-3 Wendell T. Anderson Democratic Canton 9-1 Joe T. Wood Democratic Gainesville 9-2 Bobby Lawson Democratic Gainesville 9-3 Jerry D. Jackson Democratic Chestnut Mountain 10 Jack Irvin, Sr. Democratic Baldwin 11 William J. Dover Democratic Hollywood 12 Lauren (Bubba) McDonald Democratic Commerce 13-1 Louie Max Clark Democratic Danielsville 13-2 Billy Milford Democratic Hartwell 13-3 Charles C. Mann Democratic Elberton 14 John Adams Democratic Rome 15-1 E.M. (Buddy) Childers Democratic Rome 16 Ken Fuller Democratic Rome 17 Bill Cumming Democratic Rockmart 18 Thomas B. Murphy Democratic Bremen 19-1 Joe Mack Wilson Democratic Marietta 19-2 Steve Thompson Democratic Austell 19-3 George W. (Buddy) Darden Democratic Marietta 20-1 Johnny Isakson Republican Marietta 20-2 Carl Harrison Republican Marietta 20-3 Kenneth Nix Republican Smyrna 21-1 Fred Aiken Republican Smyrna 21-2 A.L. (Al) Burruss Democratic Marietta 22 Dorothy Felton Republican Atlanta 23 Luther S. Colbert Republican Roswell 24 Kiliaen V.R. (Kil) Townsend Republican Atlanta 25 John Savage Democratic Atlanta 26 Sidney J. Marcus Democratic Atlanta 27 Cynthia Fuller Democratic Atlanta 28 Alveda King Beal Democratic Atlanta 29 Douglas C. Dean Democratic Atlanta 30 Paul Bolster Democratic Atlanta 31 Mrs. Grace T. Hamilton Democratic Atlanta 32 Mildred Glover Democratic Atlanta 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 David Scott Democratic Atlanta 38 Lorenzo Benn Democratic Atlanta 39 Bob Holmes Democratic Atlanta 40 Dick Lane Republican East Point 41 Greg Pilewicz Democratic College Park 42 Virlyn B. Smith Republican Fairburn 43-1 Barbara H. Couch Democratic Atlanta 43-2 Bettye Lowe Republican Atlanta 43-3 John W. Greer Jr. Democratic Atlanta 44 Bruce Widener Republican Dunwoody 45 Jerry Max Davis Republican Atlanta 46 Cathey W. Steinberg Democratic Atlanta 47 Joe Burton Republican Atlanta 48 Betty Jo Williams Republican Atlanta 49 Ewell H. (Hank) Elliott Republican Decatur 50 John Hawkins Democratic Atlanta 51 Mrs. Mobley (Peggy) Childs Democratic Decatur 52 Eleanor L. Richardson Democratic Decatur 53 Doug Vandiford Democratic Avondale Estates 54 Hosea L. Williams, Sr. Democratic Atlanta 55 Betty J. Clark Democratic Atlanta 56-1 William C. Mangum Jr. Democratic Decatur 56-2 Betty Aaron Democratic Atlanta 56-3 Kenneth W. Workman Democratic Decatur 57 Clarence R. Vaughn Jr. Democratic Conyers 58 Cas Robinson Democratic Stone Mountain 59 R.T. (Tom) Phillips Republican Stone Mountain 60 Charles C. Martin Democratic Buford 61 Vinson Wall Republican Lawrenceville 62 Hugh Logan Democratic Athens 63 Bob Argo Democratic Athens 64 John D. Russell Democratic Winder 65 Thomas (Mac) Kilgore Democratic Douglasville 66-1 Gerald Johnson Democratic Carrollton 66-2 Charles Thomas Democratic Temple 67 J. Neal Shepard, Jr. Republican Newnan 68 J. Crawford Ware Democratic Hogansville 69 Edwin G. (Ed) Mullinax Democratic LaGrange 70 Claude A. Bray, Jr. Democratic Manchester 71-1 James R. Fortune Jr. Democratic Griffin 71-2 John L. Mostiler Democratic Griffin 72-1 Wm. J. (Bill) Lee Democratic Forest Park 72-2 Jimmy W. Benefield Democratic Jonesboro 72-3 Jim Wood Democratic Forest Park 72-4 W. Rudolph Johnson Democratic Jonesbor 73 G. Richard Chamberlin Democratic Stockbridge 74 Denny M. Dobbs Democratic Covington 75 Neal Jackson Democratic Monroe 76 Ben Barron Ross Democratic Lincolnton 77 Wm. S. (Bill) Jackson Democratic Martinez 78 William Bailey Jones Democratic Jackson 79 Marvin Adams Democratic Thomaston 80 P. Benson Ham Democratic Forsyth 81 Bob Lane Democratic Statesboro 82 John F. Godbee Democratic Brooklet 83 Emory E. Bargeron Democratic Louisville 84 Warren D. Evans Democratic Thomson 85 R.A. Dent Democratic Augusta 86 Mike Padgett Democratic Augusta 87 Jack Connell Democratic Augusta 88 Sam Nicholson Democratic Augusta 89 Don Cheeks Democrat Augusta 90 David Swann Democratic Augusta 91 W. Randolph Phillips Democratic Shiloh 92 Calvin Smyre Democratic Columbus 93 Charles P. Rose Democratic Columbus 94 Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. Democratic Columbus 95 Thomas B. Buck Democratic Columbus 96 Gary C. Cason Republican Columbus 97 Mary Jane Galer Democratic Columbus 98 Bryant Culpepper Democratic Fort Valley 99 Burl Davis Democratic Macon 100 Frank C. Pinkston Democratic Macon 101 William C. (Billy) Randall Democratic Macon 102 David E. Lucas Democratic Macon 103 Kenneth (Ken) W. Birdsong Democratic Gordon 104 Frank Horne, Jr. Democratic Macon 105 Jimmy Lord Democratic Sandersville 106 Randolph C. (Randy) Karrh Democratic Swainsboro 107 John David Miles Democratic Metter 108 Wilbur E. Baugh Democratic Milledgeville 109 Bobby E. Parham Democratic Milledgeville 110 Ward Edwards Democratic Butler 111 Donald G. Castleberry Democratic Richland 112 E. Roy Lambert Democratic Madison 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 Ben Jessup Democratic Cochran 118 Terry L. Coleman Democratic Eastman 119 J. Roy Rowland Democratic Dublin 120 L.L. (Pete) Phillips Democratic Soperton 121 Clinton Oliver Democratic Glennville 122 Ronald E. (Ron) Ginsberg Democratic Savannah 123 Albert (Al) Scott Democratic Savannah 124 Lamar W. Davis, Jr. Republican Savannah 125 Bobby Phillips Democratic Savannah 126 Herbert Jones, Jr. Republican Savannah 127 Bobby L. Hill Democratic Savannah 128 Tom Triplett Democratic Savannah 129 George A. Chance, Jr. Democratic Springfield 130 Bob Hanner Democratic Parrott 131 Tommy Chambless Democratic Albany 132 John White Democratic Albany 133 R.S. (Dick) Hutchinson Democratic Albany 134 T. Hayward (Mac) McCollum Democratic Albany 135 Howard H. Rainey Democratic Cordele 136 Earleen Sizemore Democratic Sylvester 137 Paul S. Branch, Jr. Democratic Fitzgerald 138-1 Lunsford Moody Democratic Baxley 138-2 Roger C. Byrd Democratic Hazlehurst 139 René D. Kemp Democratic Hinesville 140 Ralph J. Balkcom Democratic Blakely 141 Walter E. Cox Democratic Bainbridge 142 Willis K. Long Democratic Cairo 143 R. Allen Sherrod Democratic Coolidge 144 Marcus E. Collins, Sr. Democratic Pelham 145 Hugh D. Matthews Democratic Moultrie 146-1 Edmond Lewis Perry Democratic Nashville 146-2 Monty Veazey Democratic Tifton 147 Henry L. Reaves Democratic Quitman 148 James M. Beck Democratic Valdosta 149 Robert L. (Bob) Patten Democratic Lakeland 150 Tom Crosby, Jr. Democratic Waycross 151 Harry D. Dixon Democratic Waycross 152-1 James C. Moore Democratic West Green 152-2 Tommy R. Smith Democratic Alma 153 James R. (Jim) Tuten, Jr Democratic Brunswick 154 Dean G. Auten Republican Brunswick
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