List of lieutenant governors of Georgia
The office of Lieutenant Governor ( lieutenant governor ) in the US state of Georgia was introduced by the constitutional amendment of the 1945th Since the governor and lieutenant governor are not elected together (not on the same ticket ), they can both belong to different political parties.
The following persons have held the office so far.
Surname | Term of office | Political party |
---|---|---|
Melvin Ernest Thompson | 1947-1948 | democrat |
Samuel Marvin Griffin | 1949-1954 | democrat |
Samuel Ernest Vandiver | 1955-1958 | democrat |
Garland Turk Byrd | 1959-1963 | democrat |
Peter Zack Geer | 1963-1966 | democrat |
George Thornewell Smith | 1967-1970 | democrat |
Lester Garfield Maddox | 1971-1974 | democrat |
Cell Bryan Miller | 1975-1990 | democrat |
Pierre Howard | 1991-1998 | democrat |
Mark Fletcher Taylor | 1999-2006 | democrat |
Casey Cagle | 2007-2019 | republican |
Geoffrey L. Duncan | since 2019 | republican |
See also
- List of Georgia governors
- List of United States Senators from Georgia
- List of members of the US House of Representatives from Georgia