List of speakers of the Georgia House of Representatives explained

List of speakers

SpeakerPartyStart of serviceEnd of service
Noble Wimberly JonesWhig1777May 2, 1778
James Whitefield[1] WhigMay 2, 1778October 30, 1778
Noble Wimberly JonesWhigOctober 30, 1778November 15, 1778
    • no quorum**
17791779
William GlascockWhig17801780
Nathan Brownson17811781
William Gibbons, Sr.17821782
Samuel Saltus[2] 17821782
Joseph ClayFederalist1782 1st Adjournment1782 1st Adjournment
Joseph Habersham[3] Independent1782 2nd Adjournment1782 3rd Adjournment
John HoustounWhig17831783
  • retired after "several days"
Noble Wimberly JonesWhig17831783 1st Session
William Gibbons, Sr.1783 2nd Session1783 2nd Session
17841784
Joseph HabershamIndependent17851785
William Gibbons, Sr.17861787
Nathan Brownson17881788 2nd Session
John Powell[4] 17891789
Seaborn Jones[5] 17891790
William Gibbons17911793
Thomas Napier[6] 17941795
Thomas Stevens[7] 17961796
David MeriwetherDemocratic-Republican17971801
Abraham Jackson[8] 18021805
Benjamin Whitaker[9] 18061810
Robert Iverson18111811
Benjamin Whitaker18121818
David Adams[10] 18191820
David Witt[11] 18211821
David Adams1821 1821
Allen Daniel Jr.[12] 18221822
David Adams18231823
John Abercrombie[13] 18241825
Democratic-Republican18251825
Irby Hudson[14] 18261828
Warren Jourdan[15] 18291829
Democratic18301832
Thomas Glascock18331834
Democratic18361839
Charles J. JenkinsDemocrat18401840
William B. Wofford18411842
Charles J. JenkinsWhig18431848
John W. AndersonDemocrat18491850
James Archibald MeriwetherDemocrat18511852
Democrat18531854
William Henry StilesDemocrat18551856
Democrat18571858
Democrat18591859
Charles J. WilliamsDemocrat18601860
Democrat18611863 Extraordinary Session
Democrat18631866 Extraordinary Session
Robert McWhorterRepublican18681870 Extraordinary Session
James Milton SmithDemocrat18711871
Joseph B. CummingDemocrat18721873 Late Adjournment
Augustus Octavius BaconDemocrat18731874
Thomas Hardeman, Jr.Democrat18751876
Augustus Octavius BaconDemocrat18771881 Late Adjournment
Louis F. GarrardDemocrat18821883 Extraordinary Session
William A. Little[16] [17] [18] Democrat18841887 Late Adjournment
Alexander S. ClayDemocratic18881889 Late Adjournment
Clark HowellDemocratic18901891 Late Adjournment
William Yates AtkinsonDemocratic18921893
Democratic18941895
Hudson A. JenkinsDemocrat18961897 Late Adjournment
John D. LittleDemocrat18981901
Newton MorrisDemocratic19021904
John M. SlatonDemocratic19051908 Extraordinary Seession
John N. HolderDemocratic19091912 Extraordinary Session
William H. BurwellDemocratic19131917 Extraordinary Session
John N. HolderDemocratic19171920
William Cecil NeillDemocrat19211926 2nd Extraordinary Session
Richard Russell Jr.Democratic19271931 Extraordinary Session
Arlie Daniel Tucker[19] Democratic19311932
Eurith Dickerson RiversDemocratic19331936
Roy V. HarrisDemocratic19371940 Extraordinary Session
Randall Evans, Jr.Democratic 1941 Extraordinary Session1942
Roy V. HarrisDemocratic19431946 Extraordinary Session
Frederick Barrow Hand[20] Democratic19471954
Marvin E. Moate[21] Democratic19551958
George L. SmithDemocratic19591962 Extraordinary Session
George T. SmithDemocratic19631966
George L. SmithDemocratic19671972
Thomas B. MurphyDemocratic19732002
Terry ColemanDemocratic20032005
Glenn Richardson[22] Republican20052010 (January 1)
Mark BurkhalterRepublican2010 Interim Speaker2010
David RalstonRepublican2010 (January 11)2022
Jan JonesRepublican2022 (November 16)2023
Jon G. BurnsRepublican2023 (January 9)

See also

Notes and References

  1. Book: Georgia. Robert Watkins. George Watkins. Robert Aitken. A Digest of the Laws of the State of Georgia: From Its First Establishment as a British Province Down to the Year 1798, Inclusive, and the Principal Acts of 1799. 1800. R. Aitken. 229.
  2. Book: Allen Daniel Candler. The Revolutionary Records of the State of Georgia .... 1908. Franklin-Turner Company. 397.
  3. Web site: Habersham Family. New Georgia Encyclopedia (University of Georgia). September 11, 2014. November 19, 2018.
  4. Book: Georgia. Robert Watkins. George Watkins. Robert Aitken. A Digest of the Laws of the State of Georgia: From Its First Establishment as a British Province Down to the Year 1798, Inclusive, and the Principal Acts of 1799. 1800. R. Aitken. 386.
  5. Book: William J. Northen. John Temple Graves. Men of Mark in Georgia: A Complete and Elaborate History of the State from Its Settlement to the Present Time, Chiefly Told in Biographies and Autobiographies of the Most Eminent Men of Each Period of Georgia's Progress and Development. 1910. A. B. Caldwell. 241.
  6. Book: Lucian Lamar Knight. A Standard History of Georgia and Georgians. 1917. Lewis publishing Company. 2452.
  7. Book: Georgia. Robert Watkins. George Watkins. Robert Aitken. A Digest of the Laws of the State of Georgia: From Its First Establishment as a British Province Down to the Year 1798, Inclusive, and the Principal Acts of 1799. 1800. R. Aitken. 616.
  8. Book: Georgia. Augustin Smith Clayton. Thomas W. Adams. Duyckinck. A Compilation of the Laws of the State of Georgia, Passed by the Legislature Since the Political Year 1800, to the Year 1810, Inclusive: Containing All the Laws, Whether in Force Or Not, Passed Within Those Periods, Arranged in a Chronological Order, with Comprehensive References to Those Laws Or Parts of Laws, that are Amended, Suspended Or Repealed : Together with an Appendix, Comprising Such Concurred and Approved Resolutions, as are of a General Operative Nature, and as Relate to the Duty of Officers, the Relief of Individuals, and the Settlement of Boundary Between Counties, and this State with North Carolina : Concluding with a Copious Index to the Whole. 1812. Adams & Duyckinck. 68–304.
  9. Donald A. DeBats. The Journal of Southern History - An Uncertain Arena: The Georgia House of Representatives, 1808-1861. The Journal of Southern History. 56. 3. Southern Historical Association. 10.2307/2210285. 423–456. August 1990. 2210285.
  10. Book: Lucian Lamar Knight. A Standard History of Georgia and Georgians. 1917. Lewis publishing Company. 2536–2537.
  11. Book: Georgia. William Crosby Dawson. A Compilation of the Laws of the State of Georgia, Passed by the Legislature Since the Year 1819 to the Year 1829, Inclusive: Comprising All the Laws Passed Within Those Periods, Arranged Under Titles, with Marginal Notes, and Notes of Reference to the Laws, Or Parts of Laws, which are Amended Or Repealed : to which are Added, Such Concurred and Approved Resolutions, as are Either of General, Local, Or Private Nature : Concluding with a Full and Ample Index to the Laws, and a Separate One to the Resolutions. 1831. Grantland and Orme. 417–418.
  12. Web site: General Allen Daniel: Statesman, Soldier, and Namesake of Fort Daniel. TheFortDanielFoundation.org. Harriett Nicholls. 62–63. November 25, 2018.
  13. Book: Georgia. William Crosby Dawson. A Compilation of the Laws of the State of Georgia, Passed by the Legislature Since the Year 1819 to the Year 1829, Inclusive: Comprising All the Laws Passed Within Those Periods, Arranged Under Titles, with Marginal Notes, and Notes of Reference to the Laws, Or Parts of Laws, which are Amended Or Repealed : to which are Added, Such Concurred and Approved Resolutions, as are Either of General, Local, Or Private Nature : Concluding with a Full and Ample Index to the Laws, and a Separate One to the Resolutions. 1831. Grantland and Orme. 319–324.
  14. Book: Virginia. General Assembly. House of Delegates. Journal of the House of Delegates of the Commonwealth of Virginia. 1827. Commonwealth of Virginia. 9–18.
  15. Book: Georgia. Acts Passed by the General Assembly of Georgia November and December 1829. 1830. J. Johnston. 1–202.
  16. Web site: Nominated by the President.; TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES.. The New York Times. April 1, 1896. November 19, 2018.
  17. Book: Georgia's Public Men 1902-1904. 1902. Byrd Printing Company. 216.
  18. Web site: Men of mark in Georgia : a complete and elaborate history of the state from its settlement to the present time, chiefly told in biographies and autobiographies of the most eminent men of each period of Georgia's progress and development. A. B. Caldwell (Atlanta). 236–238. 1912. November 25, 2018.
  19. Web site: Georgia's Official Register - 1955-1956. State of Georgia - Department of Archives and History. 120. November 25, 2018.
  20. Web site: Hand Family and Business Records (c1872-1985) - Manuscript Collection No. 89. Troup County Archives - Troup County Historical Society. Frederick B. Hand, III. 1988. November 21, 2018.
  21. Web site: Georgia's Official Register - 1955-1956. State of Georgia - Department of Archives and History. 319. November 25, 2018.
  22. Web site: Ga. House Speaker Richardson resigns. Atlanta Business Chronicle. Dave Williams. December 3, 2009. November 25, 2018.

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