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140th Georgia General Assembly
Field Value name 140th 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 139th after 141st 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 140th Georgia General Assembly met from January 9, 1989, until January 14, 1991, at the Georgia State Capitol in Atlanta.
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 1989-90 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 Joseph E. Kennedy 04
Majority leadership
Position Name District Senate Majority Leader Thomas F. Allgood Majority Caucus Chairman W.F. (Billy) Harris Majority Whip Eugene P. (Gene) Walker
Minority leadership
Position Name District Senate Minority Leader R.T. (Tom) Phillips Minority Caucus Chairman James W. (Jim) Tysinger Minority Whip Sallie Newbill
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 Larry Walker Majority Whip Denmark Groover Majority Caucus Chairman Bill Lee Majority Caucus Secretary Ward Edwards
Minority leadership
Position Name District House Minority Leader Johnny Isakson Minority Whip Herman Clark Minority Caucus Chairman Dorothy Felton Minority Caucus Vice Chairman Jerry Max Davis Minority Caucus Secretary Anne Mueller
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 Albert (Al) Scott Democratic Savannah R. Joseph Hammill Democratic Brunswick Joseph E. Kennedy Democratic Claxton Joe Burton Republican Atlanta Earl Echols, Jr. Democratic Patterson Ed Perry Democratic Nashville Loyce W. Turner Democratic Valdosta R.T. (Tom) Phillips Republican Lilburn Harold J. Ragan Democratic Cairo Jimmy Hodge Timmons Democratic Blakely Mark Taylor Democratic Albany Rooney L. Bowen Democratic Cordele Lewis H. (Bud) McKenzie Democratic Montezuma Gary Parker Democratic Columbus Ted J. Land Republican Columbus Mac Collins Republican Jackson Ed Barker Democratic Warner Robins Walter S. Ray Democratic Douglas Hugh M. Gillis, Sr. Democratic Soperton William F. English Democratic Swainsboro Thomas F. Allgood Democratic Augusta Frank Albert Republican Augusta G.B. "Jake" Pollard, Jr. Democratic Appling Culver Kidd Democratic Milledgeville Tommy C. Olmstead Democratic Macon W.F. (Billy) Harris Democratic Thomaston Arthur B. "Skin" Edge, IV Republican Newnan A. Quillian Baldwin, Jr. Democratic LaGrange Wayne Garner Democratic Carrollton Nathan Dean Democratic Rockmart Hugh A. Ragan Republican Smyrna Roy E. Barnes Democratic Mableton Bev Engram Democratic Fairburn Arthur Langford, Jr. Democratic Atlanta David Scott Democratic Atlanta Chuck Clay Republican Marietta Horace E Tate Democratic Atlanta Hildred W. Shumake Democratic Atlanta Michael J. Egan Republican Atlanta James W. (Jim) Tysinger Republican Atlanta Pierre Howard Democratic Decatur Eugene P. (Gene) Walker Democratic Decatur Terrell Starr Democratic Forest Park Harrill L. Dawkins Democratic Conyers Paul C. Broun Democratic Athens C. Donald Johnson, Jr. Democratic Royston Donn M. Peevy Democratic Lawrenceville J. Nathan Deal Democratic Gainesville John C. Foster Democratic Cornelia Max Brannon Democratic Calhoun Kenneth C. Fuller Democratic Rome Waymond C. Huggins Democratic LaFayette W.W. (Bill) Fincher, Jr. Democratic Chatsworth Lawrence Stumbaugh Democratic Stone Mountain Sallie Newbill Republican Atlanta
Members of the House of Representatives
District Representative Party Residence 1-1 Mike Snow Democratic Chickamauga 1-2 Robert H. (Bob) McCoy Democratic Rossville 2 McCracken Poston Democratic Ringgold 3 Charles N. Poag Democratic Eton 4-1 Carlton H. Colwell Democratic Blairsville 4-2 Ralph Twiggs Democratic Hiawassee 5 John G. Crawford Democratic Lyerly 6-1 Jim Tyson Griffin Democratic Tunnel Hill 6-2 Philip A. (Phil) Foster Democratic Dalton 7 James Beverly Langford Democratic Calhoun 8-1 Steve Stancil Republican Canton 8-2 Bill Hasty Democratic Canton 9-1 E. Wycliffe ("Wyc") Orr Democratic Gainesville 9-2 Bobby Lawson Democratic Gainesville 9-3 Jerry D. Jackson Democratic Chestnut Mountain 10 Bill H. Barnett Democratic Cumming 11-1 William J. Dover Democratic Clarkesville 11-2 Mary Jeanette Jamieson Democratic Toccoa 12 Lauren (Bubba) McDonald Democratic Commerce 13-1 Louie Max Clark Democratic Danielsville 13-2 Karen Osborne Irwin Democratic Winterville 14 Charles W. Yeargin Democratic Elberton 15-1 E.M. (Buddy) Childers Democratic Rome 15-2 Forrest L. McKelvey Democratic Silver Creek 16 Paul E. Smith Democratic Rome 17 Bill Cumming Democratic Rockmart 18 Thomas B. Murphy Democratic Bremen 19 Boyd Petit Democratic Cartersville 20-1 Jack Vaughan Republican Marietta 20-2 G. Gresham Howren Republican Powder Springs 20-3 Herman Clark Republican Acworth 20-4 Steve Thompson Democratic Powder Springs 20-5 Earl Ehrhart Republican Powder Springs 21-1 Fred Aiken Republican Smyrna 21-2 Johnny Isakson Republican Marietta 21-3 Bill Atkins Republican Smyrna 21-4 Johnny Gresham Republican Marietta 21-5 Tom Wilder Republican Marietta 22 Dorothy Felton Republican Atlanta 23 Tom Campbell Republican Roswell 24 Kiliaen V.R. (Kil) Townsend Republican Atlanta 25 John M. Lupton, III Republican Atlanta 26 Jim Martin Democratic Atlanta 27 Dick Lane Democratic East Point 28 Bob Holmes Democratic Atlanta 29 Grace W. Davis Democratic Atlanta 30 Nan Orrock Democratic Atlanta 31 Mable Thomas Democratic Atlanta 32 Helen Selman Democratic Palmetto 33 Lanett Stanley Democratic Atlanta 34 Tyrone Brooks Democratic Atlanta 35 J.E. (Billy) McKinney Democratic Atlanta 36 Barbara H. Couch Democratic Hapeville 37 Georganna T. Sinkfield Democratic Atlanta 38 Lorenzo Benn Democratic Atlanta 39 Ralph David Abernathy III Democratic Atlanta 40 Cynthia Ann McKinney Democratic Atlanta 41 Charlie Watts Democratic Dallas 42 Thomas M. Kilgore Democratic Douglasville 43 Paul W. Heard, Jr. Republican Peachtree City 44 John Linder Republican Dunwoody 45 J. Max Davis Republican Atlanta 46 Doug Teper Democratic Atlanta 47 Chesley V. Morton Republican Tucker 48 Betty Jo Williams Republican Atlanta 49 Tom Lawrence Republican Stone Mountain 50 Frank L. Redding, Jr. Democratic Decatur 51 Thurbert E. Baker Democratic Decatur 52 Eleanor L. Richardson Democratic Decatur 53 Mary Margaret Oliver Democratic Decatur 54 Juanita Terry Williams Democratic Atlanta 55 Betty J. Clark Democratic Atlanta 56 Betty Aaron Democratic Atlanta 57-1 Troy A. Athon Democratic Conyers 57-2 William C. Mangum Jr. Democratic Decatur 57-3 Dean Alford Democratic Lithonia 58 Tommy Tolbert Republican Clarkston 59 O.M. (Mike) Barnett Republican Lilburn 60 Keith R. Breedlove Republican Buford 61 Vinson Wall Republican Lawrenceville 62 Charles E. Bannister Republican Lilburn 63 Bill Goodwin Republican Norcross 64 John O. Mobley, Jr. Democratic Winder 65 Tyrone Carrell Democratic Monroe 66 Frank E. Stancil Democratic Watkinsville 67 Michael L. Thurmond Democratic Athens 68 Lawton Evans Stephens Democratic Athens 69 Charles Thomas Democratic Temple 70 John Simpson Democratic Carrollton 71 Sidney Pope Jones, Jr. Republican Newnan 72-1 Bill Lee Democratic Forest Park 72-2 Jimmy W. Benefield Democratic Jonesboro 72-3 C.E. (Ed Holcomb) Democratic Jonesboro 72-4 Clay Davis Republican Jonesboro 72-5 Frank I. Bailey, Jr. Democratic Riverdale 73 Wesley Dunn Democratic McDonough 74 Denny M. Dobbs Democratic Covington 75 John P. Yates Republican Griffin 76 Suzi Johnson-Herbert Democratic Griffin 77 J. Crawford Ware Democratic Hogansville 78 Larry Smith Democratic Jackson 79 Marvin Adams Democratic Thomaston 80 Curtis S. Jenkins Democratic Forsyth 81 Wade Milam Democratic LaGrange 82 Edward D. Ricketson, Jr. Democratic Warrenton 83 William S. "Bill" Jackson Democratic Martinez 84 Bobby Harris Democratic Thomson 85 Charles W. Walker Democratic Augusta 86 Mike Padgett Democratic Augusta 87 Jack Connell Democratic Augusta 88 George M. Brown Democratic Augusta 89 Don Cheeks Democrat Augusta 90 Dick Ransom Republican Augusta 91 Leonard R. "Nookie" Meadows Democratic Manchester 92 Calvin Smyre Democratic Columbus 93 Roy D. Moultrie Democratic Hamilton 94 Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. Democratic Columbus 95 Thomas B. Buck Democratic Columbus 96 Pete Robinson Democratic Columbus 97 Robert H. Steele Republican Columbus 98 Robert F. Ray Democratic Fort Valley 99 Denmark Groover, Jr. Democratic Macon 100 Frank C. Pinkston Democratic Macon 101 William C. (Billy) Randall Democratic Macon 102 David E. Lucas Democratic Macon 103 Floyd M. Buford, Jr. Democratic Macon 104 Kenneth (Ken) W. Birdsong Democratic Gordon 105 Bobby Eugene Parham Democratic Milledgeville 106 George F. Green Democratic White Plains 107 Jimmy Lord Democratic Sandersville 108 Emory E. Bargeron Democratic Louisville 109 Larry J. "Butch" Parrish Democratic Swainsboro 110 John F. Godbee Democratic Brooklet 111 Bob Lane Democratic Statesboro 112 Ward Edwards Democratic Butler 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 Newt Hudson Democratic Rochelle 118 Terry L. Coleman Democratic Eastman 119 DuBose Porter Democratic Dublin 120 Fisher Barfoot Democratic Vidalia 121 Clinton Oliver Democratic Glennville 122 James L. (Jim) Pannell Democratic Savannah 123 Diane Harvey Johnson Democratic Savannah 124 DeWayne Hamilton Democratic Savannah 125 Jack Kingston Republican Savannah 126 Anne Mueller Republican Savannah 127 Roy L. Allen Democratic Savannah 128 Sonny Dixon Democratic Garden City 129 George A. Chance, Jr. Democratic Springfield 130 Gerald E. Greene Democratic Cuthbert 131 Bob Hanner Democratic Dawson 132 John White Democratic Albany 133 Tommy Chambless Democratic Albany 134 Mary Young-Cummings Democratic Albany 135 Johnny W. Floyd Democratic Cordele 136 Ray Holland Democratic Ashburn 137 Paul S. Branch, Jr. Democratic Fitzgerald 138 Hentry Bostic Democratic Tifton 139 Van Streat, Sr. Democratic Nicholls 140 Ralph J. Balkcom Democratic Blakely 141 Kermit F. "K" Bates, Jr. Democratic Bainbridge 142 Willis K. Long Democratic Cairo 143 Theo Titus, III Republican Thomasville 144 A. Richard Royal Democratic Camilla 145 C.J. Powell Democratic Moultrie 146 Hanson Carter Democratic Nashville 147 Henry L. Reaves Democratic Quitman 148 James M. Beck Democratic Valdosta 149 Robert L. Patten Democratic Lakeland 150 Tom Crosby, Jr. Democratic Waycross 151 Harry D. Dixon Democratic Waycross 152 Tommy R. Smith Democratic Alma 153-1 Lunsford Moody Democratic Baxley 153-2 Roger C. Byrd Democratic Hazlehurst 154 James M. Floyd Democratic Hinesville 155 Ronald (Ron) Fennel Democratic Brunswick 156 Willou Smith Republican Brunswick
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