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Following the end of the American Civil War, Georgia during Reconstruction was part of the Third Military District, which exerted some control over governor appointments and elections. Georgia was readmitted to the Union on July 25, 1868; [4] again expelled from Congress on March 3, 1869; [5] and again readmitted on July 15, 1870. [6]
John Nathan Deal (born August 25, 1942) is an American politician and former lawyer who served as the 82nd governor of Georgia from 2011 to 2019. A Republican, he previously served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives.
Georgia Governors in an Age of Change: From Ellis Arnall to George Busbee. University of Georgia Press. ISBN 9780820310053. Hathorn, Billy Burton (1987). "The Frustration of Opportunity: Georgia Republicans and the Election of 1966". Atlanta History: A Journal of Georgia and the South. XXXI (4) (winter ed.): 37–52. Henderson, Harold Paulk (2008).
The following is a list of former members of the Georgia State Senate (1789–present) and the prior Executive Council (1777–1789). This list is incomplete ; you can help by adding missing items .
[1] [8] Upon his election, Barnes became the youngest member of the Georgia Senate at age 26. [1] [2] [9] Barnes went on to serve eight terms in the Georgia Senate. [1] [2] [7] After his second term, he was named floor leader to Governor Joe Frank Harris, [1] [2] and was appointed chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee.
(Dr. Folliott, occupying the building in Augusta called the Glebe, ordered to vacate it on Jan. 8, 1780 for the accommodation of the Governor and Executive Council. Council adjourned Feb. 5, 1781) to meet at Heard'* Fort.) Officers George Wells, President (Jan. 7-Feb. 15) Stephen Heard, President (Feb. 18-)
A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as the 81st governor of Georgia from 2003 to 2011 and as a member of the Georgia State Senate from 1991 to 2002. Founder and partner in an agricultural trading company, [ 3 ] Perdue was elected governor of Georgia in 2002 , defeating incumbent Roy Barnes and becoming the first Republican to ...
Zell Bryan Miller (February 24, 1932 – March 23, 2018) was an American politician who served as a United States senator representing Georgia from 2000 to 2005 and as the 79th governor of Georgia from 1991 to 1999. He was a member of the Democratic Party. Miller served as lieutenant governor of Georgia from 1975 to 1991.