List of United States Senators from Georgia

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The list of United States Senators from Georgia lists everyone who has ever served in the U.S. Senate for the state of Georgia , sorted by Senate class . One class shows when this senator will be re-elected. The class 2 senators will be re-elected in November 2020, the elections for the class 3 senators were last held in 2016.

2nd grade

David Perdue
Kelly Loeffler

Georgia has been a US state since January 2, 1788 and to date has had 38 class 2 senators , one of whom, George Troup, served two non-consecutive terms.

Surname Term of office Political party Life dates
William Few 1789-1793 independent June 8, 1748-16. July 1828
James Jackson 1793-1795 independent September 21, 1757-19. March 1806
George Walton 1795-1796 federalist 1749-2. February 1804
Josiah Tattnall Sr. 1796-1799 Democratic Republican 1762-6. June 1803
Abraham Baldwin 1799-1807 Democratic Republican November 23, 1754-4. March 1807
George Jones 1807 Democratic Republican February 25, 1766-13. November 1838
William Harris Crawford 1807-1813 Democratic Republican February 24, 1772-15. September 1834
William Bellinger Bulloch 1813 Democratic Republican 1777-6. May 1852
William Wyatt Bibb 1813-1816 Democratic Republican October 2, 1781-10. July 1820
George Michael Troup 1816-1818 Democratic Republican September 8, 1780-26. April 1856
John Forsyth 1818-1819 Democratic Republican October 22, 1780-21. October 1841
Freeman Walker 1819-1821 Democratic Republican October 25, 1780-23. September 1827
Nicholas Ware 1821-1824 Democratic Republican 1769-7. September 1824
Thomas Willis Cobb 1824-1828 Democratic Republican 1784-1. February 1830
Oliver Hillhouse Prince 1828-1829 Democratic Republican 1787-9. October 1837
George Michael Troup 1829-1833 democrat September 8, 1780-26. April 1856
John Pendleton King 1833-1837 democrat April 3, 1799-19. March 1888
Wilson Lumpkin 1837-1841 democrat January 14, 1783-28. December 1870
John MacPherson Berrien 1841-1852 Whig August 23, 1781–1. January 1856
Robert Milledge Charlton 1852-1853 democrat January 19, 1807-15. January 1854
Robert Augustus Toombs 1853-1861 Whig July 2, 1810-15. December 1885
vacant
Homer Virgil Milton Miller 1871 democrat April 29, 1814-31. May 1896
Thomas Manson Norwood 1871-1877 democrat April 26, 1830-19. June 1913
Benjamin Harvey Hill 1877-1882 democrat September 14, 1823-16. August 1882
Middleton Pope Barrow 1882-1883 democrat August 1, 1839-23. December 1903
Alfred Holt Colquitt 1883-1894 democrat April 20, 1824-26. March 1894
Patrick Walsh 1894-1895 democrat January 1, 1840-19. March 1899
Augustus Octavius ​​Bacon 1895-1914 democrat October 20, 1839-14. February 1914
William Stanley West 1914 democrat August 23, 1849-22. December 1914
Thomas William Hardwick 1914-1919 democrat December 9, 1872–31. January 1944
William Julius Harris 1919-1932 democrat February 3, 1868-18. April 1932
John Sanford Cohen 1932-1933 democrat February 26, 1870-13. May 1935
Richard Brevard Russell 1933-1971 democrat November 2, 1897-21. January 1971
David Henry Gambrell 1971-1972 democrat * December 20, 1929
Samuel Augustus Nunn 1972-1997 democrat * September 8, 1938
Joseph Maxwell Cleland 1997-2003 democrat * August 24, 1942
Clarence Saxby Chambliss 2003-2015 republican * November 10, 1943
David Alfred Perdue since 2015 republican * December 10, 1949

Class 3

Georgia has 28 class 3 senators to date , one of whom, John Brown Gordon, served two non-consecutive terms.

Surname Term of office Political party Life dates
James Gunn 1789-1801 federalist March 13, 1753-30. July 1801
James Jackson 1801-1806 Democratic Republican September 21, 1757-19. March 1806
John Milledge 1806-1809 Democratic Republican 1757-9. February 1818
Charles Tait 1809-1819 Democratic Republican February 1, 1768–7. October 1835
John Elliot 1819-1825 Democratic Republican October 24, 1773–9. August 1827
John MacPherson Berrien 1825-1829 Democratic Republican August 23, 1781–1. January 1856
John Forsyth 1829-1834 democrat October 22, 1780-21. October 1841
Alfred Cuthbert 1835-1843 democrat December 23, 1785-9. July 1856
Walter Terry Colquitt 1843-1848 democrat December 27, 1799-7. May 1855
Herschel Vespasian Johnson 1848-1849 democrat September 18, 1812-16. August 1880
William Crosby Dawson 1849-1855 Whig January 4, 1798-5. May 1856
Alfred Iverson 1855-1861 democrat December 3, 1798–4. March 1873
vacant
Joshua Hill 1871-1873 republican January 10, 1812–6. March 1891
John Brown Gordon 1873-1880 democrat February 6, 1832-9. January 1904
Joseph Emerson Brown 1880-1891 democrat April 15, 1821-30. November 1894
John Brown Gordon 1891-1897 democrat February 6, 1832-9. January 1904
Alexander Stephens Clay 1897-1910 democrat September 25, 1853-13. November 1910
Joseph Meriwether Terrell 1910-1911 democrat June 6, 1861–17. November 1912
Michael Hoke Smith 1911-1921 democrat September 2, 1855-27. November 1931
Thomas Edward Watson 1921-1922 democrat September 5, 1856-26. September 1922
Rebecca Ann Latimer Felton 1922 democrat June 10, 1835-24. January 1930
Walter Franklin George 1922-1957 democrat January 29, 1878–4. August 1957
Herman Talmadge 1957-1981 democrat August 9, 1913-21. March 2002
Mack Francis Mattingly 1981-1987 republican * January 7, 1931
William Wyche Fowler Jr. 1987-1993 democrat * October 6, 1940
Paul Douglas Coverdell 1993-2000 republican January 20, 1939-19. July 2000
Cell Bryan Miller 2000-2005 democrat February 24, 1932 - March 22, 2018
John Hardy Isakson 2005-2019 republican * December 28, 1944
Kelly Lynn Loeffler since 2020 republican * November 27, 1970

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