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List of United States senators from Georgia

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Georgia was admitted to the Union on January 2, 1788. The state has had senators since the 1st Congress. Its Senate seats were declared vacant in March 1861 owing to its secession from the Union. They were again filled from February 1871.

United States senators are popularly elected to six-year terms that begin on January 3 of the year after their election. Elections are held the first Tuesday after November 1. Before 1914, Georgia's senators were chosen by the Georgia General Assembly, and before 1935, their terms began March 4. Popular Senate elections remained despite the General Assembly not taking action to ratify the Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution that was passed in 1913.

Rebecca Latimer Felton was the first female U.S. senator, representing Georgia in the Senate for one day in 1922, having been appointed to the seat to replace Thomas E. Watson after his death in September 1922.

Richard Russell Jr. was the state's longest serving senator, served from 1933 to 1971.

Since January 20, 2021, Georgia has been represented in the Senate by Democrats Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock. Ossoff defeated Republican David Perdue in the regularly-scheduled 2020 election, while Warnock defeated appointed Republican incumbent Kelly Loeffler in the concurrent special election, both of which were decided in runoffs on January 5, 2021. Ossoff is the first Jewish senator from Georgia and Warnock the first black senator from Georgia. Although both Ossoff and Warnock were sworn into office on the same date, Ossoff is officially Georgia's senior senator because his last name comes first alphabetically and he was elected to a full six-year term first.

Georgia is one of fourteen states alongside California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, Nevada, Pennsylvania, South Dakota and Utah to have a younger senior senator and an older junior senator.

List of senators

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=2 | 1 William Few (Augusta) Admin.](anti-administration-party) Mar 3, 1793 | Mar 3, 1801 Admin.](anti-administration-party) (Savannah) ! rowspan=8 | 1

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|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=2 | 2 James Jackson (Savannah) | | Anti- Admin. Nov 16, 1795 |

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|- style="height:2em" ! 3 George Walton (Savannah) | | Federalist | nowrap | Nov 16, 1795 – Feb 20, 1796 | Appointed to continue Jackson's term.Retired when successor elected.

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=2 | 4 (Savannah) Republican](democratic-republican-party) Mar 3, 1799

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|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=6 | 5 Abraham Baldwin (Savannah) Republican](democratic-republican-party) Mar 4, 1807 |

|- style="height:2em" | Mar 19, 1806 Republican](democratic-republican-party) James Jackson (Savannah) ! rowspan=3 | 2

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| nowrap | Mar 19, 1806 – Jun 19, 1806

|- style="height:2em" | Elected to finish Jackson's term. Nov 14, 1809 Republican](democratic-republican-party) John Milledge (Augusta) ! rowspan=5 | 3

|- style="height:2em" | nowrap | Mar 4, 1807 – Aug 27, 1807 |

|- style="height:2em" ! 6 George Jones (Savannah) | | Democratic- Republican | nowrap | Aug 27, 1807 – Nov 7, 1807 | Appointed to continue Baldwin's term.Lost special election.

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=6 | 7 William H. Crawford (Lexington) Republican](democratic-republican-party) Mar 23, 1813

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| nowrap | Nov 14, 1809 – Nov 27, 1809

|- style="height:2em" Mar 3, 1819 Republican](democratic-republican-party) Charles Tait (Lexington) ! rowspan=13 | 4

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|- style="height:2em" | nowrap | Mar 23, 1813 – Apr 8, 1813 |

|- style="height:2em" ! 8 (Savannah) | | Democratic- Republican | nowrap | Apr 8, 1813 – Nov 6, 1813 | Appointed to continue Crawford's term.Retired when successor elected.

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=2 | 9 William Wyatt Bibb (Petersburg) Republican](democratic-republican-party) Nov 9, 1816 Resigned.

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|- style="height:2em" | nowrap | Nov 9, 1816 – Nov 13, 1816 |

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=2 | 10 George Troup (Dublin) Republican](democratic-republican-party) Sep 23, 1818 | Elected to finish Crawford's term.

|- style="height:2em" | Elected to full term in 1816.Resigned.

|- style="height:2em" | nowrap | Sep 23, 1818 – Nov 23, 1818 |

|- style="height:2em" ! 11 John Forsyth (Augusta) | | Democratic- Republican | nowrap | Nov 23, 1818 – Feb 17, 1819 | Elected to finish Troup's term.Resigned to become U.S. Minister to Spain.

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|- style="height:2em" Mar 3, 1825 Republican](democratic-republican-party) John Elliott (Sunbury) ! rowspan=8 | 5

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=2 | 12 Freeman Walker (Augusta) Republican](democratic-republican-party) Aug 6, 1821

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|- style="height:2em" | nowrap | Aug 6, 1821 – Nov 10, 1821 |

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=2 | 13 Nicholas Ware (Augusta) Republican](democratic-republican-party) Sep 7, 1824 | Elected to finish Troup's term.

|- style="height:2em" | Re-elected in 1823.Died.

|- style="height:2em" | nowrap | Sep 7, 1824 – Dec 6, 1824 |

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 | 14 (Greensboro) | | Democratic- Republican Nov 7, 1828

|- style="height:2em" | Mar 9, 1829 John M. Berrien (Savannah) ! rowspan=4 | 6

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|- style="height:2em" ! 15 Oliver H. Prince (Macon) | | Jacksonian | nowrap | Nov 7, 1828 – Mar 3, 1829 | Elected to finish Ware's term.

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=5 | 16 George Troup (Dublin) Nov 8, 1833

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| nowrap | Mar 9, 1829 – Nov 9, 1829

|- style="height:2em" | Elected to finish Berrien's term. Jun 27, 1834 John Forsyth (Augusta) ! rowspan=5 | 7

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|- style="height:2em" | nowrap | Nov 8, 1833 – Nov 21, 1833 |

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=5 | 17 John P. King (Augusta) Nov 1, 1837

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| nowrap | Jun 27, 1834 – Jan 12, 1835

|- style="height:2em" Mar 3, 1843 (Eatonton) ! rowspan=7 | 8

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|- style="height:2em" | nowrap | Nov 1, 1837 – Nov 22, 1837 |

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=2 | 18 Wilson Lumpkin (Athens) Mar 3, 1841

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|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=9 | 19 John M. Berrien (Savannah) May 1845 |

|- style="height:2em" | Feb 4, 1848 Walter T. Colquitt (Columbus) ! rowspan=5 | 9

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|- style="height:2em" | nowrap | May 1845 – Nov 13, 1845 |

|- style="height:2em" John M. Berrien (Savannah) May 28, 1852 | Elected to finish his own term.

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|- style="height:2em" | Appointed to finish Colquitt's term.Retired. | nowrap | Feb 4, 1848 – Mar 3, 1849 | | Democratic Herschel V. Johnson (Louisville) ! 10

|- style="height:2em" | Mar 3, 1855 William Crosby Dawson (Greensboro) ! rowspan=5 | 11

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|- style="height:2em" | nowrap | May 28, 1852 – May 31, 1852 |

|- style="height:2em" ! 20 Robert M. Charlton (Savannah) | | Democratic | nowrap | May 31, 1852 – Mar 3, 1853 | Appointed to finish Berrien's term. |

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=5 | 21 Robert Toombs (Washington) Feb 4, 1861 |

|- style="height:2em" | Jan 28, 1861 Alfred Iverson Sr. (Columbus) ! rowspan=3 | 12

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|- style="height:2em" Feb 24, 1871

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|- style="height:2em" Mar 3, 1873 Joshua Hill (Madison) ! rowspan=4 | 13

|- style="height:2em" ! 22 Homer V. M. Miller (Rome) | | Democratic | nowrap | Feb 24, 1871 – Mar 3, 1871 | Elected to finish term.

|- style="height:2em" | nowrap | Mar 4, 1871 – Nov 14, 1871 | Foster Blodgett (R) presented credentials as Senator-elect, but the Senate declared him not elected.

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 | 23 Thomas M. Norwood (Savannah) Mar 3, 1877

|- style="height:2em" | May 26, 1880 John B. Gordon (Atlanta) ! rowspan=4 | 14

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|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=4 | 24 Benjamin Harvey Hill (LaGrange) Aug 16, 1882 |

|- style="height:2em" | Re-elected in 1879.Resigned to promote a venture for the Georgia Pacific Railway.

|- style="height:2em" Mar 3, 1891 Joseph E. Brown (Canton) ! rowspan=8 | 15

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|- style="height:2em" | nowrap | Aug 16, 1882 – Nov 15, 1882 |

|- style="height:2em" ! 25 Middleton P. Barrow (Athens) | | Democratic | nowrap | Nov 15, 1882 – Mar 3, 1883 | Elected to finish Hill's term.Retired.

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=6 | 26 Alfred H. Colquitt (Macon) Mar 26, 1894 |

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|- style="height:2em" | Mar 3, 1897 John B. Gordon (Atlanta) ! rowspan=5 | 16

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|- style="height:2em" | nowrap | Mar 26, 1894 – Apr 2, 1894 |

|- style="height:2em" ! 27 Patrick Walsh (Augusta) | | Democratic | nowrap | Apr 2, 1894 – Mar 3, 1895 | Appointed to continue Colquitt's term.Elected in 1894 to finish Colquitt's term.Lost renomination.

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=13 | 28 Augustus Octavius Bacon (Macon) Feb 14, 1914 |

|- style="height:2em" | Nov 13, 1910 Alexander S. Clay (Marietta) ! rowspan=7 | 17

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|- style="height:2em" | Re-elected in 1909.Died.

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| nowrap | Nov 13, 1910 – Nov 17, 1910

|- style="height:2em" Jul 14, 1911 Joseph M. Terrell (Atlanta) ! rowspan=2 | 18

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|- style="height:2em" Did not take office until Nov 16 upon resigning as Governor of Georgia. Mar 3, 1921 Hoke Smith (Atlanta) ! rowspan=8 | 19

|- style="height:2em" | Appointed to begin the term.Re-elected in 1913, the first election by popular vote.Died.

|- style="height:2em" | nowrap | Feb 14, 1914 – Mar 2, 1914 |

|- style="height:2em" ! 29 William S. West (Valdosta) | | Democratic | nowrap | Mar 2, 1914 – Nov 3, 1914 | Appointed to continue Bacon's term.Successor elected.

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 | 30 Thomas W. Hardwick (Sandersville) Mar 3, 1919

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|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=10 | 31 William J. Harris (Cedartown) Apr 18, 1932 |

|- style="height:2em" | Elected in 1920.Died. | nowrap | Mar 4, 1921 – Sep 26, 1922 | | Democratic Thomas E. Watson (Thomson) ! 20

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| nowrap | Sep 26, 1922 – Oct 3, 1922

|- style="height:2em" | Appointed to continue Watson's term.Retired. | nowrap | Oct 3, 1922 – Nov 21, 1922 | | Democratic Rebecca Latimer Felton (Cartersville) ! 21

|- style="height:2em" Jan 3, 1957 Walter F. George (Vienna) ! rowspan=21 | 22

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|- style="height:2em" | Re-elected in 1930.Died.

|- style="height:2em" | nowrap | Apr 18, 1932 – Apr 25, 1932 |

|- style="height:2em" ! 32 John S. Cohen (Atlanta) | | Democratic | nowrap | Apr 25, 1932 – Jan 11, 1933 | Appointed to continue Harris's term.Successor elected.

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=21 | 33 Richard Russell Jr. (Winder) Jan 21, 1971

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|- style="height:2em" | Jan 3, 1981 Herman Talmadge (Lovejoy) ! rowspan=15 | 23

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|- style="height:2em" | nowrap | Jan 21, 1971 – Feb 1, 1971 |

|- style="height:2em" ! 34 David H. Gambrell (Atlanta) | | Democratic | nowrap | Feb 1, 1971 – Nov 7, 1972 | Appointed to continue Russell's term.Lost nomination to finish Russell's term.

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=13 | 35 Sam Nunn (Perry) Jan 3, 1997 | Elected to finish Russell's term.

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|- style="height:2em" | Jan 3, 1987 Mack Mattingly (St. Simons Island) ! rowspan=3 | 24

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|- style="height:2em" | Jan 3, 1993 Wyche Fowler (Atlanta) ! rowspan=3 | 25

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|- style="height:2em" | Jul 18, 2000 Paul Coverdell (Atlanta) ! rowspan=4 | 26

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|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=5 | 36 Max Cleland (Atlanta) Jan 3, 2003 |

|- style="height:2em" | Re-elected in 1998.Died.

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| nowrap | July 18, 2000 – July 27, 2000

|- style="height:2em" Jan 3, 2005 Zell Miller (Young Harris) ! rowspan=3 | 27

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|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=6 | 37 Saxby Chambliss (Moultrie) Jan 3, 2015 |

|- style="height:2em" | Dec 31, 2019 Johnny Isakson (Marietta) ! rowspan=8 | 28

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|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=5 | 38 David Perdue (Sea Island) Jan 3, 2021 |

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| nowrap | Dec 31, 2019 – Jan 6, 2020

|- style="height:2em" Jan 20, 2021 Kelly Loeffler (Atlanta) ! rowspan=2 | 29

|- style="height:2em" | nowrap | Jan 3, 2021 – Jan 20, 2021 |

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 | 39 Jon Ossoff (Atlanta) present | Elected in 2021 in runoff election to finish Isakson's term. present Raphael Warnock (Atlanta) ! rowspan=4 | 30

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References

References

  1. (January 25, 1930). "Mrs. Felton Dies. Appointed for One-Day Term From Georgia, She Said She Hoped to See Women in Senate. Active Almost to the Last, She Had Gone to Atlanta at 94 to Attend to School Business.". [[The New York Times]].
  2. Tessa Stuart. (January 6, 2021). "Warnock Makes History and Democrats Gain Senate Majority". Rolling Stone.
  3. Bluestein, Greg. "'A new era': Ossoff, Warnock sworn into office, giving Democrats control of U.S. Senate".
  4. (2021-01-20). "Why Jon Ossoff will be Georgia's senior U.S. Senator".
  5. Stryker, James. (September 1849). "Stryker's American Register and Magazine".
  6. (1908). "The Tribune Almanac and Political Register 1908". [[The Tribune Association]].
  7. (November 5, 1902). "Senator Clay of Georgia Re-elected.". [[The New York Times]].
  8. [http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000014: "…became the first U.S. senator elected by popular vote following ratification of the 17th Amendment."]
  9. "A chronological list of senators since the First Congress in 1789". [[United States Senate]].
  10. "GEORGE, Walter Franklin - Biographical Information".
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