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{{Infobox official post
| post = Georgia Secretary of State
| body =
| image = Brad Raffensperger.jpg
| incumbent = [[Brad Raffensperger]]
| termlength = 4 years
| incumbentsince = January 14, 2019
| first = [[John Milton (Georgia politician)|John Milton]]
| insignia = Seal of Georgia.svg
| insigniacaption = [[Great Seal of the State of Georgia]]
}}{{short description|Position}}
{{distinguish|Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia}}
{{distinguish|Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia}}


The '''Secretary of State of the U.S. state''' of [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]] is an [[elected official]] with a wide variety of responsibilities, including supervising [[election]]s and maintaining [[public record]]s.
The '''[[Secretary of state (U.S. state government)|Secretary of State]] of the U.S. state''' of [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]] is an [[elected official]] with a wide variety of responsibilities, including supervising [[election]]s and maintaining [[public record]]s.


The office has had a four-year term since 1946.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.georgiaarchives.org/research/secretaries_of_state|title=Georgia’s Secretaries of State {{!}} Georgia Archives|website=www.georgiaarchives.org|access-date=2020-03-05}}</ref> Before 1880, the secretary of state was elected by the Georgia Assembly, not in a popular election.<ref name=":0" />
The office has had a four-year term since 1946.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.georgiaarchives.org/research/secretaries_of_state|title=Georgia's Secretaries of State {{!}} Georgia Archives|website=www.georgiaarchives.org|access-date=2020-03-05}}</ref> Before 1880, the secretary of state was elected by the Georgia Assembly, not in a popular election.<ref name=":0" />


==List of Secretaries of State of Georgia==
==List of secretaries of state of Georgia==


{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|- style="background:#cccccc"
|- style="background:#cccccc"
! # !! Name !! Party !! Took Office !! Left Office
! # !! Image !! Name !! Party !! Took office !! Left office
|-
|-
|1<ref>[http://sos.georgia.gov/archives/what_do_we_have/sos.pdf Official List of Secretaries of State]</ref>
|1<ref>[http://sos.georgia.gov/archives/what_do_we_have/sos.pdf Official List of Secretaries of State]</ref>
|
| [[John Milton (Georgia politician)|John Milton]]
| [[John Milton (Georgia politician)|John Milton]]
|
|
|1777
| 1777
| 1799
| 1799
|-
|-
|2
|2
|
| Horatio Marbury
| Horatio Marbury
|
|
|1799
| 1799
| 1811
| 1811
|-
|-
|3
|3
|
| Abner Hammond
| Abner Hammond
|
|
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|-
|-
|4
|4
|
| Everard Hamilton
| Everard Hamilton
|
|
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|-
|-
|5
|5
|
| William A. Tennille
| William A. Tennille
|
|
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|-
|-
|6
|6
|
| [[Nathan Crawford Barnett]]
| [[Nathan Crawford Barnett]]
|
|
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|-
|-
|7
|7
|
| George Washington Harrison
| George Washington Harrison
|
|
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|-
|-
|8
|8
|
| [[Nathan Crawford Barnett]]
| [[Nathan Crawford Barnett]]
|
|
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|-
|-
|9
|9
|
| Elihu P. Watkins
| Elihu P. Watkins
|
|
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|-
|-
|10
|10
|
| [[Nathan Crawford Barnett]]
| [[Nathan Crawford Barnett]]
|
|
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|-{{party shading/Republican}} <ref>[http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/sos.html Political Graveyard]</ref>
|-{{party shading/Republican}} <ref>[http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/GA/ofc/sos.html Political Graveyard]</ref>
|11
|11
|
| David G. Cotting
| David G. Cotting
|Republican
|Republican
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|-{{party shading/Democratic}}
|-{{party shading/Democratic}}
|12
|12
|
| [[Nathan Crawford Barnett]]
| [[Nathan Crawford Barnett]]
|Democrat <ref>[http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ga/county/baldwin/barnett.html Colonel Nathan C. Barnett] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080724153513/http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ga/county/baldwin/barnett.html |date=2008-07-24 }}</ref>
|Democrat <ref>[http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ga/county/baldwin/barnett.html Colonel Nathan C. Barnett] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080724153513/http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ga/county/baldwin/barnett.html |date=2008-07-24 }}</ref>
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|-{{party shading/Democratic}}
|-{{party shading/Democratic}}
|13
|13
| [[File:Philip Cook, Confederate General and U.S. Representative from Georgia (cropped).jpg|60px]]
|[[Philip Cook (general)|Philip Cook, Sr.]]
|[[Philip Cook (general)|Philip Cook Sr.]]
|Democrat
|Democrat
|1890
|1890
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|-{{party shading/Democratic}}
|-{{party shading/Democratic}}
|14
|14
| [[File:Allen D. Candler.jpg|60px]]
| [[Allen D. Candler]]
| [[Allen D. Candler]]
|Democrat
|Democrat
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|-
|-
|15
|15
|
| William C. Clifton
| William C. Clifton
|
|
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|-{{party shading/Democratic}}
|-{{party shading/Democratic}}
|16
|16
| Philip Cook, Jr.
|
| Philip Cook Jr.
|Democrat
|Democrat
|1898
|1898
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|-
|-
|17
|17
|
| Henry Bascomb Strange
| Henry Bascomb Strange
|
|
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|-
|-
|18
|18
|
| Samuel Guyton McLendon
| Samuel Guyton McLendon
|
|
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|-{{party shading/Democratic}}
|-{{party shading/Democratic}}
|19
|19
|
| George Henry Carswell
| George Henry Carswell
|Democrat
|Democrat
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|-{{party shading/Democratic}}
|-{{party shading/Democratic}}
|20
|20
|
| John Bryan Wilson
| John Bryan Wilson
|Democrat
|Democrat
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|- {{party shading/Democratic}}
|- {{party shading/Democratic}}
|21
|21
|
| [[Benjamin W. Fortson, Jr.]]
| [[Benjamin W. Fortson Jr.]]
| Democrat
| Democrat
|1946
|1946
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|-{{party shading/Democratic}}
|-{{party shading/Democratic}}
|22
|22
| [[File:David B. Poythress.jpg|60px]]
| [[David Poythress|David Bryan Poythress]]
| [[David Poythress|David Bryan Poythress]]
|Democrat
|Democrat
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|-{{party shading/Democratic}}
|-{{party shading/Democratic}}
|23
|23
| [[Max Cleland|Joseph Maxwell “Max” Cleland]]
| [[File:Cleland.jpg|60px]]
| [[Max Cleland|Joseph Maxwell Cleland]]
|Democrat
|Democrat
|1983
|1983
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|-{{party shading/Democratic}}
|-{{party shading/Democratic}}
|24
|24
| [[File:Lewis Massey speaking at Gainesville High School, April 2012.jpg|60px]]
| [[Lewis A. Massey]]
| [[Lewis A. Massey]]
|Democrat
|Democrat
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|-{{party shading/Democratic}}
|-{{party shading/Democratic}}
|25
|25
|
| [[Cathy Cox|Lera Catharine “Cathy” Cox]]
| [[Cathy Cox (American politician)|Lera Catharine Cox]]
|Democrat
|Democrat
| 1999
| 1999
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|-{{party shading/Republican}}
|-{{party shading/Republican}}
|26
|26
| [[File:Karen Handel, official portrait, 115th Congress.jpg|60px]]
| [[Karen Handel]]
| [[Karen Handel]]
|Republican
|Republican
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|-{{party shading/Republican}}
|-{{party shading/Republican}}
|27
|27
| [[File:Brian Kemp.png|60px]]
| [[Brian Kemp]]
| [[Brian Kemp]]
|Republican
|Republican
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|-{{party shading/Republican}}
|-{{party shading/Republican}}
|28
|28
|
| [[Robyn Crittenden]]
| [[Robyn Crittenden]]
|Republican
|Republican
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|-{{party shading/Republican}}
|-{{party shading/Republican}}
|29
|29
| [[File:Brad Raffensperger.jpg|60px]]
| [[Brad Raffensperger]]
| [[Brad Raffensperger]]
|Republican
|Republican
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|}


(a) ''Died in Office''
(a) ''Died in office''


==See also==
==See also==
* [[Georgia Attorney General]]
* [[List of company registers]]


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.sos.state.ga.us/ Secretary of State Official site]
*[https://sos.ga.gov Secretary of State Official site]
*[http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-600 New Georgia Encyclopedia]
*[http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-600 New Georgia Encyclopedia]
*[http://www.ourcampaigns.com/ContainerHistory.html?ContainerID=1211 Recent History of Elections for Secretary of State at OurCampaigns.com]
*[http://www.ourcampaigns.com/ContainerHistory.html?ContainerID=1211 Recent History of Elections for Secretary of State at OurCampaigns.com]
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Latest revision as of 02:04, 23 April 2024

Georgia Secretary of State
Great Seal of the State of Georgia
Incumbent
Brad Raffensperger
since January 14, 2019
Term length4 years
First holderJohn Milton
Not to be confused with Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia.

The Secretary of State of the U.S. state of Georgia is an elected official with a wide variety of responsibilities, including supervising elections and maintaining public records.

The office has had a four-year term since 1946.[1] Before 1880, the secretary of state was elected by the Georgia Assembly, not in a popular election.[1]

List of secretaries of state of Georgia[edit]

# Image Name Party Took office Left office
1[2] John Milton 1777 1799
2 Horatio Marbury 1799 1811
3 Abner Hammond 1811 1823
4 Everard Hamilton 1823 1833
5 William A. Tennille 1833 1843
6 Nathan Crawford Barnett 1843 1849
7 George Washington Harrison 1849 1851
8 Nathan Crawford Barnett 1851 1853
9 Elihu P. Watkins 1853 1861
10 Nathan Crawford Barnett 1861 1868
11 David G. Cotting Republican 1868 1873
12 Nathan Crawford Barnett Democrat [4] 1873 1890 a
13 Philip Cook Sr. Democrat 1890 1894 a
14 Allen D. Candler Democrat 1894 1898
15 William C. Clifton 1898 1898
16 Philip Cook Jr. Democrat 1898 1918 a
17 Henry Bascomb Strange 1918 1919
18 Samuel Guyton McLendon 1919 1928 a
19 George Henry Carswell Democrat 1928 1931
20 John Bryan Wilson Democrat 1931 1946 a
21 Benjamin W. Fortson Jr. Democrat 1946 1979 a
22 David Bryan Poythress Democrat 1979 1983
23 Joseph Maxwell Cleland Democrat 1983 1996
24 Lewis A. Massey Democrat 1996 1999
25 Lera Catharine Cox Democrat 1999 2007
26 Karen Handel Republican 2007 2010
27 Brian Kemp Republican 2010 2018
28 Robyn Crittenden Republican 2018 2019
29 Brad Raffensperger Republican 2019 Incumbent

(a) Died in office

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Georgia's Secretaries of State | Georgia Archives". www.georgiaarchives.org. Retrieved 2020-03-05.
  2. ^ Official List of Secretaries of State
  3. ^ Political Graveyard
  4. ^ Colonel Nathan C. Barnett Archived 2008-07-24 at the Wayback Machine

External links[edit]

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