143rd Georgia General Assembly

The 143rd Georgia General Assembly met for two sessions between January 9, 1995, and January 13, 1997. It consisted of the Georgia Senate and the Georgia House of Representatives.

Officers

Senate

Presiding Officer PositionNamePartyDistrict PresidentPierre HowardDemocratn/a President Pro TemporeWalter S. RayDemocrat 19

Majority leadership PositionNameDistrict Senate Majority LeaderSonny Perdue 18 Majority Caucus ChairmanCharles Walker 22 Majority WhipRichard O. Marable 52

Minority leadership PositionNameDistrict Senate Minority LeaderSkin Edge IV 28 Minority Caucus ChairmanDon Balfour 9 Minority WhipSallie Newbill 56

House of Representatives

Presiding Officer PositionNamePartyDistrict Speaker of the HouseTom MurphyDemocrat 18 Speaker Pro TemporeJack ConnellDemocrat 115

Majority leadership PositionNameDistrict House Majority LeaderLarry Walker141 Majority WhipTommy Stephenson 25 Majority Caucus ChairmanBill Lee 94 Majority Caucus SecretaryLaNett Stanley-Turner 50

Minority Leadership PositionNameDistrict House Minority LeaderBob Irvin 45 Minority WhipEarl Ehrhart 36 Minority Caucus ChairmanMike Evans 28 Minority Caucus Vice ChairmanGarland Pinholster 15 Minority Caucus SecretaryAnne Mueller152

Members of the Georgia State Senate, 1995–1996 The following is a list of senators who served during the first session in 1995.

District Representative Party Residence Counties represented 1 Republican Savannah Chatham 2 Democratic Savannah Bryan, Chatham, Effingham, Liberty 3 Democratic Hinesville Bryan, Glynn, Liberty, Long, McIntosh, Wayne 4 Democratic Reidsville Bulloch, Effingham, Evans, Jenkins, Screven, Tattnall 5 Republican Atlanta DeKalb, Gwinnett 6 Republican Brunswick Appling, Bacon, Brantley, Glynn, Pierce, Ware, Wayne 7 Democratic Homerville Berrien, Camden, Charlton, Clinch, Cook, Echols, Lanier, Tift, Ware 8 Democratic Valdosta Brooks, Decatur, Grady, Lowndes, Miller, Thomas 9 Republican Lilburn Gwinnett 10 Democratic Atlanta Clayton, DeKalb 11 Democratic Cairo Baker, Brooks, Colquitt, Decatur, Early, Grady, Lowndes, Mitchell, Seminole, Thomas 12 Democratic Albany Baker, Calhoun, Clay, Dougherty, Quitman, Randolph, Stewart, Terrell, Webster 13 Democratic Cordele Ben Hill, Colquitt, Cook, Crisp, Dooly, Irwin, Mitchell, Turner, Worth 14 Democratic Americus Dougherty, Lee, Macon, Peach, Schley, Sumter, Taylor 15 Democratic Columbus Chattahoochee, Muscogee 16 Republican Columbus Harris, Marion, Muscogee, Talbot 17 Republican Conyers Butts, Henry, Newton, Rockdale 18 Democratic Bonaire Bibb, Bleckley, Houston, Pulaski 19 Democratic Douglas Atkinson, Ben Hill, Coffee, Dodge, Jeff Davis, Laurens, Telfair, Wilcox 20 Democratic Soperton Candler, Emanuel, Johnson, Laurens, Montgomery, Toombs, Treutlen, Washington, Wheeler, Wilkinson 21 Republican Marietta Cobb 22 Democratic Augusta Burke, Richmond 23 Democratic Augusta Columbia, Richmond 24 Democratic Appling Columbia, Glascock, Jefferson, Lincoln, McDuffie, Morgan, Oconee, Oglethorpe, Warren, Wilkes 25 Democratic Milledgeville Baldwin, Greene, Hancock, Jasper, Jefferson, Jones, Putnam, Taliaferro, Warren, Washington 26 Democratic Macon Bibb, Jones, Twiggs, Wilkinson 27 Republican Macon Bibb, Crawford, Lamar, Monroe, Upson 28 Republican Newnan Coweta, Fayette, Spalding 29 Democratic LaGrange Harris, Heard, Meriwether, Pike, Spalding, Troup 30 Republican Carrollton Carroll, Douglas 31 Democratic Rockmart Bartow, Haralson, Paulding, Polk 32 Republican Marietta Cobb 33 Democratic Powder Springs Cobb 34 Republican Riverdale Clayton, Douglas, Fayette, Fulton 35 Democratic College Park Fulton 36 Democratic Atlanta Fulton 37 Republican Marietta Cherokee, Cobb 38 Democratic Atlanta Cobb, Fulton 39 Democratic Atlanta Fulton 40 Republican Atlanta Fulton 41 Republican Atlanta DeKalb, Gwinnett 42 Democratic Decatur DeKalb 43 Democratic Decatur DeKalb 44 Democratic Forest Park Clayton 45 Republican Social Circle Barrow, Newton, Rockdale, Walton 46 Democratic Athens Barrow, Clarke, Oconee 47 Democratic Elberton Banks, Elbert, Franklin, Hart, Jackson, Madison 48 Republican Norcross Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett 49 Republican Chestnut Mountain Forsyth, Hall 50 Democratic Dahlonega Dawson, Habersham, Lumpkin, Rabun, Stephens, Towns, Union, White 51 Republican Blue Ridge Cherokee, Fannin, Gilmer, Gordon, Pickens 52 Democratic Rome Bartow, Floyd 53 Republican Lookout Mountain Chattooga, Dade, Walker, Whitfield 54 Democratic Dalton Catoosa, Murray, Whitfield 55 Democratic Stone Mountain DeKalb 56 Republican Atlanta Cherokee, Fulton, Gwinnett

Members of the Georgia State House of Representatives, 1995–1996 The following is a list of representatives who served during the first session in 1995.

District Representative Party Residence Counties represented 1 Republican Lookout Mountain Dade, Walker 2 Democratic Chickamauga Catoosa, Walker 3 Democratic Ringgold Catoosa 4 Democratic Dalton Whitfield 5 Republican Rocky Face Whitfield 6 Republican Chatsworth Fannin, Murray, Whitfield 7 Republican East Ellijay Fannin, Gilmer, Lumpkin, Union 8 Democratic Hiawassee Rabun, Towns, Union, White 9 Democratic Clarkesville Habersham, White 10 Democratic Calhoun Gordon 11 Democratic Summerville Chattooga, Floyd, Walker 12 Democratic Rome Floyd 13 Democratic Rome Bartow, Floyd 14 Democratic White Bartow 15 Republican Ball Ground Cherokee, Pickens 16 Republican Canton Cherokee 17 Republican Woodstock Cherokee 18 Democratic Bremen Haralson, Paulding, Polk 19 Republican Dawsonville Dawson, Hall 20 Democratic Gainesville Hall 21 Republican Gainesville Hall 22 Democratic Gainesville Banks, Franklin, Stephens 23 Democratic Hartwell Franklin, Hart 24 Democratic Danielsville Clarke, Madison 25 Democratic Commerce Gwinnett, Hall, Jackson 26 Democratic Dallas Paulding 27 Democratic Rockmart Bartow, Polk 28 Republican Cumming Forsyth 29 Republican Smyrna Cobb 30 Republican Atlanta Cobb 31 Republican Marietta Cobb 32 Republican Marietta Cobb 33 Democratic Mableton Cobb 34 Republican Kennesaw Cobb 35 Republican Marietta Cobb 36 Republican Powder Springs Cobb 37 Republican Marietta Cobb 38 Republican Kennesaw Cobb 39 Republican Marietta Cobb 40 Republican Marietta Cobb 41 Republican Alpharetta Fulton 42 Republican Roswell Fulton 43 Republican Atlanta Fulton 44 Republican Atlanta Fulton 45 Republican Atlanta Fulton 46 Republican Atlanta Fulton 47 Democratic Atlanta Fulton 48 Democratic Atlanta Fulton 49 Democratic Atlanta Fulton 50 Democratic Atlanta Fulton 51 Democratic Atlanta Cobb, Fulton 52 Democratic Atlanta Fulton 53 Democratic Atlanta Fulton 54 Democratic Atlanta Fulton 55 Democratic East Point Fulton 56 Democratic Atlanta Fulton 57 Democratic Atlanta Fulton 58 Democratic Red Oak Fulton 59 Republican Atlanta DeKalb 60 Republican Atlanta DeKalb 61 Democratic Atlanta DeKalb 62 Democratic Atlanta DeKalb 63 Republican Atlanta DeKalb 64 Republican Stone Mountain DeKalb 65 Democratic Stone Mountain DeKalb 66 Democratic Scottdale DeKalb 67 Democratic Atlanta DeKalb 68 Democratic Atlanta DeKalb 69 Democratic Decatur DeKalb 70 Democratic Decatur DeKalb 71 Democratic Decatur DeKalb 72 Democratic Atlanta DeKalb 73 Democratic Decatur DeKalb 74 Republican Conyers DeKalb, Rockdale 75 Democratic Conyers DeKalb, Rockdale 76 Republican Stone Mountain Gwinnett 77 Republican Lilburn Gwinnett 78 Republican Tucker Gwinnett 79 Republican Norcross Gwinnett 80 Republican Duluth Gwinnett 81 Republican Duluth Gwinnett 82 Republican Lawrenceville Gwinnett 83 Republican Snellville Gwinnett 84 Republican Grayson Gwinnett, Walton 85 Republican Buford Forsyth, Gwinnett 86 Democratic Winder Barrow, Gwinnett 87 Republican Loganville Walton 88 Democratic Athens Clarke 89 Democratic Athens Clarke 90 Democratic Elberton Elbert, Lincoln, Oglethorpe, Wilkes 91 Democratic Watkinsville Morgan, Newton, Oconee 92 Democratic Covington Newton 93 Democratic Riverdale Clayton 94 Democratic Forest Park Clayton 95 Democratic Morrow Clayton 96 Democratic Jonesboro Clayton 97 Republican Jonesboro Clayton 98 Republican Douglasville Douglas 99 Republican Douglasville Douglas 100 Democratic Carrollton Carroll 101 Democratic Carrollton Carroll 102 Republican Pine Mountain Harris, Muscogee, Talbot, Troup 103 Republican Newnan Coweta, Heard 104 Republican Tyrone Coweta, Fayette 105 Republican Peachtree City Fayette 106 Republican Griffin Coweta, Spalding 107 Republican Griffin Henry, Spalding 108 Republican Stockbridge Henry 109 Democratic Jackson Butts, Henry, Lamar 110 Democratic Forsyth Jasper, Jones, Lamar, Monroe 111 Democratic Greensboro Greene, Putnam, Taliaferro, Warren, Wilkes 112 Republican Appling Columbia, Lincoln, McDuffie 113 Republican Augusta Columbia 114 Republican Augusta Columbia, Richmond 115 Democratic Augusta Richmond 116 Democratic Waynesboro Burke, Richmond 117 Democratic Augusta Richmond 118 Democratic Augusta Richmond 119 Republican Hephzibah Burke, Richmond 120 Democratic Louisville Columbia, Glascock, Jefferson, McDuffie, Warren 121 Democratic Sandersville Baldwin, Hancock, Washington 122 Democratic Milledgeville Baldwin, Putnam 123 Democratic Gordon Jones, Twiggs, Wilkinson 124 Democratic Macon Bibb 125 Republican Macon Bibb 126 Democratic Macon Bibb 127 Democratic Macon Bibb 128 Democratic Fort Valley Bibb, Crawford, Houston, Peach 129 Republican Zebulon Pike, Upson 130 Republican LaGrange Troup 131 Democratic LaGrange Coweta, Meriwether, Troup 132 Democratic Columbus Muscogee 133 Democratic Columbus Muscogee 134 Democratic Columbus Chattahoochee, Muscogee 135 Democratic Columbus Muscogee 136 Democratic Columbus Muscogee 137 Democratic Americus Chattahoochee, Marion, Meriwether, Schley, Sumter, Talbot, Taylor 138 Democratic Cordele Crisp, Dooly, Houston, Pulaski 139 Democratic Warner Robins Houston 140 Democratic Montezuma Crawford, Dooly, Macon, Peach, Schley, Taylor 141 Democratic Perry Crisp, Dooly, Houston 142 Democratic Eastman Bleckley, Dodge, Laurens, Telfair 143 Democratic Dublin Laurens 144 Democratic Swainsboro Emanuel, Johnson, Treutlen 145 Democratic Brooklet Bulloch, Candler, Jenkins 146 Democratic Statesboro Bulloch, Screven 147 Democratic Rincon Bryan, Effingham 148 Democratic Savannah Chatham 149 Democratic Savannah Chatham 150 Democratic Garden City Chatham 151 Democratic Savannah Chatham 152 Republican Savannah Chatham 153 Republican Tybee Island Chatham 154 Republican Glennville Bryan, Evans, Liberty, Tattnall 155 Democratic Vidalia Montgomery, Toombs, Wheeler 156 Democratic Rochelle Ben Hill, Irwin, Tift, Wilcox 157 Democratic Ashburn Lee, Turner, Worth 158 Democratic Cuthbert Baker, Calhoun, Clay, Early, Marion, Mitchell, Quitman, Randolph, Stewart 159 Democratic Parrott Lee, Sumter, Terrell, Webster 160 Democratic Bainbridge Decatur, Early, Miller, Seminole 161 Democratic Albany Baker, Dougherty 162 Democratic Albany Dougherty 163 Democratic Albany Dougherty, Worth 164 Democratic Camilla Colquitt, Decatur, Mitchell 165 Democratic Tifton Colquitt, Tift 166 Democratic Nashville Berrien, Colquitt, Cook 167 Democratic Nicholls Atkinson, Coffee 168 Democratic Waycross Ware 169 Democratic Alma Bacon, Brantley, Charlton, Glynn, Pierce 170 Democratic Hazlehurst Appling, Jeff Davis, Telfair, Wayne 171 Democratic Jesup Liberty, Long, Pierce, Wayne 172 Republican Hinesville Liberty 173 Democratic Brunswick Glynn, Liberty, McIntosh 174 Republican Brunswick Glynn 175 Democratic St. Marys Camden, Charlton 176 Democratic Lakeland Clinch, Echols, Lanier, Lowndes 177 Democratic Valdosta Brooks, Cook, Lowndes 178 Democratic Quitman Brooks, Lowndes, Thomas 179 Democratic Bainbridge Decatur, Grady, Thomas 180 Republican Thomasville Grady, Thomas

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