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List of United States Senators from Georgia
From Ballotpedia
Georgia was admitted as the 4th state to the United States of America on January 2, 1788. As of 2011, a total of 65 individuals have represented Georgia in the U.S. Senate.
The current members of the U.S. Senate from Georgia are:
Historical senators
The following individuals were elected to the U.S. Senate from Georgia.
| Historical Representation to the US Senate by Party from Georgia | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Total | |||
| Democratic | 35 | |||
| Republican | 19 | |||
| Jacksonian | 5 | |||
| Anti-Admin | 2 | |||
| Federalist | 2 | |||
| Whig | 2 | |||
| Total Senators | 65 | |||
| Class 2 Senators from Georgia | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Senator | Years Served | Party | ||||||
| William Few | Anti-Admin | 1789-1793 | ||||||
| James Jackson | Anti-Admin | 1793-1795 | ||||||
| George Walton | Federalist | 1795-1796 | ||||||
| Josiah Tattnall | Republican | 1796-1799 | ||||||
| Abraham Baldwin | Republican | 1799-1807 | ||||||
| George Jones | Republican | 1807-1807 | ||||||
| William H. Crawford | Republican | 1807-1813 | ||||||
| William B. Bulloch | Republican | 1813-1813 | ||||||
| William Wyatt Bibb | Republican | 1813-1816 | ||||||
| George M. Troup | Republican | 1816-1818 | ||||||
| John Forsyth | Republican | 1818-1819 | ||||||
| Freeman Walker | Republican | 1819-1821 | ||||||
| Nicolas Ware | Republican | 1821-1824 | ||||||
| Thomas W. Cobb | CRR, Jacksonian | 1824-1828 | ||||||
| Oliver H. Prince | Jacksonian | 1828-1829 | ||||||
| George M. Troup | Jacksonian | 1829-1833 | ||||||
| John Pendleton King | Democratic | 1833-1837 | ||||||
| Wilson Lumpkin | Democratic | 1837-1841 | ||||||
| John Macpherson Berrien | Whig | 1841-1852 | ||||||
| Robert M. Charlton | Democratic | 1852-1853 | ||||||
| Robert A. Toombs | Democratic | 1853-1861 | ||||||
| Homer V. M. Miller | Democratic | 1871-1871 | ||||||
| Thomas M. Norwood | Democratic | 1871-1877 | ||||||
| Benjamin H. Hill | Democratic | 1877-1882 | ||||||
| M. Pope Barrow | Democratic | 1882-1883 | ||||||
| Alfred H. Colquitt | Democratic | 1883-1894 | ||||||
| Patrick Walsh | Democratic | 1894-1895 | ||||||
| Augustus O. Bacon | Democratic | 1895-1914 | ||||||
| William S. West | Democratic | 1914-1914 | ||||||
| Thomas W. Hardwick | Democratic | 1914-1919 | ||||||
| William J. Harris | Democratic | 1919-1932 | ||||||
| John S. Cohen | Democratic | 1932-1933 | ||||||
| Richard B. Russell, Jr. | Democratic | 1933-1971 | ||||||
| David H. Gambrell | Democratic | 1971-1972 | ||||||
| Samuel A. Nunn | Democratic | 1972-1997 | ||||||
| J. Maxwell Cleland | Democratic | 1997-2003 | ||||||
| Saxby Chambliss | Republican | 2003-Present | ||||||
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