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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]
(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-)
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.
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 2024, he is the most recent Democrat to serve as governor of Georgia.
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 .
In presidential races, Georgia has given its electoral college votes to the Republican candidate all but five times since 1964: in 1968, segregationist George Wallace won a plurality of Georgia's votes on the American Independent Party ticket; former Georgia Governor Jimmy Carter won his home state by landslide margins in 1976 and 1980 ...
Mark Amick: member of the Georgia Republican Foundation board of governors, and unsuccessful candidate for Milton city council in 2019. Was a poll-watcher during the 2020 election and later testified that during the first recount he had witnessed more than 9,000 votes erroneously assigned to Biden.