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There have officially been 83 governors of the State of Georgia, including 11 who served more than one distinct term (John Houstoun, George Walton, Edward Telfair, George Mathews, Jared Irwin, David Brydie Mitchell, George Rockingham Gilmer, M. Hoke Smith, Joseph Mackey Brown, John M. Slaton and Eugene Talmadge, with Herman Talmadge serving two de facto distinct terms).
A former Republican, he served as the 12th lieutenant Governor of Georgia from 2019 to 2023. Duncan is a former member of the Georgia House of Representatives. After playing college baseball for the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets, Duncan played professional baseball for six years, until a shoulder injury ended his baseball career. He went into ...
The governor of Georgia is the head of government of Georgia and the commander-in-chief of the state's National Guard, when not in federal service, and State Defense Force. The governor also has a duty to enforce state laws, the power to either veto or approve bills passed by the Georgia Legislature , and the power to convene the legislature ...
Roy Eugene Barnes (born March 11, 1948) [1] is an American attorney and politician who served as the 80th governor of Georgia from 1999 to 2003. [1] As of 2025, he is the most recent Democrat to serve as governor of Georgia.
As a result, 33 new community airports were established in Georgia between 1965 and 1966. [27] Georgia's economy performed well during his tenure, and the state had a budget surplus when he left office. [28] While serving as governor, Sanders supported an attempt by the General Assembly to draft a new state constitution in 1963. [29]
Former and current U.S. Secret Service agents assigned to the Carter detail move the flag-draped casket of former President Jimmy Carter at Phoebe Sumter Medical Center in Americus, Ga., on Jan. 4 ...
Born in Vienna, Georgia, Busbee attended Georgia Military College and Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College before joining the U.S. Navy.After his discharge, he completed his education at the University of Georgia and its School of Law in Athens, where he was a member of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity and the Phi Kappa Literary Society, having procured a bachelor's degree in 1949 and a law ...
The Georgia Republican Party has booted longtime President-elect Trump critic former Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan (R), who backed Vice President Harris’s 2024 bid for the White House. A resolution from ...