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Terms of the Georgia General Assembly

The 143rd Georgia General Assembly met for two sessions between January 9, 1995, and January 13, 1997.

Officers[edit]

Senate[edit]

Presiding Officer[edit]

Position Name Party District
President Pierre Howard Democrat n/a
President Pro Tempore Walter S. Ray Democrat 19

Majority leadership[edit]

Position Name District
Senate Majority Leader Sonny Perdue 18
Majority Caucus Chairman Charles Walker 22
Majority Whip Richard O. Marable 52

Minority leadership[edit]

Position Name District
Senate Minority Leader Skin Edge IV 28
Minority Caucus Chairman Don Balfour 9
Minority Whip Sallie Newbill 56

House of Representatives[edit]

Presiding Officer[edit]

Position Name Party District
Speaker of the House Tom Murphy Democrat 18
Speaker Pro Tempore Jack Connell Democrat 115

Majority leadership[edit]

Position Name District
House Majority Leader Larry Walker 141
Majority Whip Tommy Stephenson 25
Majority Caucus Chairman Bill Lee 94
Majority Caucus Secretary LaNett Stanley-Turner 50

Minority Leadership[edit]

Position Name District
House Minority Leader Bob Irvin 45
Minority Whip Earl Ehrhart 36
Minority Caucus Chairman Mike Evans 28
Minority Caucus Vice Chairman Garland Pinholster 15
Minority Caucus Secretary Anne Mueller 152

Members of the Georgia State Senate, 1995–1996[edit]

The following is a list of senators who served during the first session in 1995.[1]

District Representative Party Residence Counties represented
1 Eric Johnson Republican Savannah Chatham
2 Diane Harvey Johnson Democratic Savannah Bryan, Chatham, Effingham, Liberty
3 Rene D. Kemp Democratic Hinesville Bryan, Glynn, Liberty, Long, McIntosh, Wayne
4 Jack Hill Democratic Reidsville Bulloch, Effingham, Evans, Jenkins, Screven, Tattnall
5 Joe Burton Republican Atlanta DeKalb, Gwinnett
6 Edward E. Boshears Republican Brunswick Appling, Bacon, Brantley, Glynn, Pierce, Ware, Wayne
7 Peg Blitch Democratic Homerville Berrien, Camden, Charlton, Clinch, Cook, Echols, Lanier, Tift, Ware
8 Loyce W. Turner Democratic Valdosta Brooks, Decatur, Grady, Lowndes, Miller, Thomas
9 Don Balfour Republican Lilburn Gwinnett
10 Nadine Thomas Democratic Atlanta Clayton, DeKalb
11 Harold J. Ragan Democratic Cairo Baker, Brooks, Colquitt, Decatur, Early, Grady, Lowndes, Mitchell, Seminole, Thomas
12 Mark Taylor Democratic Albany Baker, Calhoun, Clay, Dougherty, Quitman, Randolph, Stewart, Terrell, Webster
13 Rooney L. Bowen Democratic Cordele Ben Hill, Colquitt, Cook, Crisp, Dooly, Irwin, Mitchell, Turner, Worth
14 George Hooks Democratic Americus Dougherty, Lee, Macon, Peach, Schley, Sumter, Taylor
15 Ed Harbison Democratic Columbus Chattahoochee, Muscogee
16 Clay D. Land Republican Columbus Harris, Marion, Muscogee, Talbot
17 Mike Crotts Republican Conyers Butts, Henry, Newton, Rockdale
18 Sonny Perdue Democratic Bonaire Bibb, Bleckley, Houston, Pulaski
19 Walter S. Ray Democratic Douglas Atkinson, Ben Hill, Coffee, Dodge, Jeff Davis, Laurens, Telfair, Wilcox
20 Hugh Gillis Democratic Soperton Candler, Emanuel, Johnson, Laurens, Montgomery, Toombs, Treutlen, Washington, Wheeler, Wilkinson
21 Johnny Isakson Republican Marietta Cobb
22 Charles Walker Democratic Augusta Burke, Richmond
23 Don Cheeks Democratic Augusta Columbia, Richmond
24 Jake Pollard Jr. Democratic Appling Columbia, Glascock, Jefferson, Lincoln, McDuffie, Morgan, Oconee, Oglethorpe, Warren, Wilkes
25 Floyd L. Griffin Jr. Democratic Milledgeville Baldwin, Greene, Hancock, Jasper, Jefferson, Jones, Putnam, Taliaferro, Warren, Washington
26 Robert Brown Democratic Macon Bibb, Jones, Twiggs, Wilkinson
27 Edwin A. Gochenour Republican Macon Bibb, Crawford, Lamar, Monroe, Upson
28 Skin Edge IV Republican Newnan Coweta, Fayette, Spalding
29 Steve Langford Democratic LaGrange Harris, Heard, Meriwether, Pike, Spalding, Troup
30 Perry McGuire Republican Carrollton Carroll, Douglas
31 Nathan Dean Democratic Rockmart Bartow, Haralson, Paulding, Polk
32 Charlie Tanksley Republican Marietta Cobb
33 Steve Thompson Democratic Powder Springs Cobb
34 Pam Glanton Republican Riverdale Clayton, Douglas, Fayette, Fulton
35 Donzella James Democratic College Park Fulton
36 David Scott Democratic Atlanta Fulton
37 Chuck Clay Republican Marietta Cherokee, Cobb
38 Ralph David Abernathy III Democratic Atlanta Cobb, Fulton
39 Ron Slotin Democratic Atlanta Fulton
40 Michael J. Egan Republican Atlanta Fulton
41 Jim Tysinger Republican Atlanta DeKalb, Gwinnett
42 Mary Margaret Oliver Democratic Decatur DeKalb
43 Connie Stokes Democratic Decatur DeKalb
44 Terrell Starr Democratic Forest Park Clayton
45 Bob Guhl Republican Social Circle Barrow, Newton, Rockdale, Walton
46 Paul C. Broun Sr. Democratic Athens Barrow, Clarke, Oconee
47 Eddie Madden Democratic Elberton Banks, Elbert, Franklin, Hart, Jackson, Madison
48 Clint Day Republican Norcross Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett
49 Casey Cagle Republican Chestnut Mountain Forsyth, Hall
50 Guy Middleton Democratic Dahlonega Dawson, Habersham, Lumpkin, Rabun, Stephens, Towns, Union, White
51 David Ralston Republican Blue Ridge Cherokee, Fannin, Gilmer, Gordon, Pickens
52 Richard Marable Democratic Rome Bartow, Floyd
53 John Black Republican Lookout Mountain Chattooga, Dade, Walker, Whitfield
54 Steve Farrow Democratic Dalton Catoosa, Murray, Whitfield
55 Steve Henson Democratic Stone Mountain DeKalb
56 Sallie Newbill Republican Atlanta Cherokee, Fulton, Gwinnett

Members of the Georgia State House of Representatives, 1995–1996[edit]

The following is a list of representatives who served during the first session in 1995.[1]

District Representative Party Residence Counties represented
1 Brian D. Joyce Republican Lookout Mountain Dade, Walker
2 Mike Snow Democratic Chickamauga Catoosa, Walker
3 McCracken Poston Democratic Ringgold Catoosa
4 Greg Kinnamon Democratic Dalton Whitfield
5 Harold Mann Republican Rocky Face Whitfield
6 Jerry Lifsey Republican Chatsworth Fannin, Murray, Whitfield
7 Benjamin Norton Whitaker Republican East Ellijay Fannin, Gilmer, Lumpkin, Union
8 Ralph Twiggs Democratic Hiawassee Rabun, Towns, Union, White
9 Ben Purcell Democratic Clarkesville Habersham, White
10 Tom E. Shanahan Democratic Calhoun Gordon
11 Tim Perry Democratic Summerville Chattooga, Floyd, Walker
12 Paul E. Smith Democratic Rome Floyd
13 Buddy Childers Democratic Rome Bartow, Floyd
14 Jeff Lewis Democratic White Bartow
15 Garland F. Pinholster Republican Ball Ground Cherokee, Pickens
16 Steve Stancil Republican Canton Cherokee
17 Melanie Harris Republican Woodstock Cherokee
18 Tom Murphy Democratic Bremen Haralson, Paulding, Polk
19 Clint Smith Republican Dawsonville Dawson, Hall
20 Carl Rogers Democratic Gainesville Hall
21 James Mills Republican Gainesville Hall
22 Mary Jeanette Jamieson Democratic Gainesville Banks, Franklin, Stephens
23 Alan Powell Democratic Hartwell Franklin, Hart
24 John Scoggins Democratic Danielsville Clarke, Madison
25 Tommy Stephenson Democratic Commerce Gwinnett, Hall, Jackson
26 Charlie Watts Democratic Dallas Paulding
27 Bill Cummings Democratic Rockmart Bartow, Polk
28 Mike A. Evans Republican Cumming Forsyth
29 Randy J. Sauder Republican Smyrna Cobb
30 Matt Towery Republican Atlanta Cobb
31 Lynda Coker Republican Marietta Cobb
32 Jim Woods Republican Marietta Cobb
33 Roy Barnes Democratic Mableton Cobb
34 John Wiles Republican Kennesaw Cobb
35 George H. Grindley Jr. Republican Marietta Cobb
36 Earl Ehrhart Republican Powder Springs Cobb
37 Mitchell Kaye Republican Marietta Cobb
38 Kem W. Shipp Republican Kennesaw Cobb
39 Kip Klein Republican Marietta Cobb
40 Don Parsons Republican Marietta Cobb
41 Mark Burkhalter Republican Alpharetta Fulton
42 Tom Campbell Republican Roswell Fulton
43 Dorothy Felton Republican Atlanta Fulton
44 Sharon Trense Republican Atlanta Fulton
45 Bob Irvin Republican Atlanta Fulton
46 Kathy Ashe Republican Atlanta Fulton
47 Jim Martin Democratic Atlanta Fulton
48 Grace W. Davis Democratic Atlanta Fulton
49 Pamela Stanley Democratic Atlanta Fulton
50 Lanett L. Stanley Democratic Atlanta Fulton
51 Billy McKinney Democratic Atlanta Cobb, Fulton
52 Henrietta M. Canty Democratic Atlanta Fulton
53 Bob Holmes Democratic Atlanta Fulton
54 Tyrone Brooks Democratic Atlanta Fulton
55 Joe Heckstall Democratic East Point Fulton
56 Nan Orrock Democratic Atlanta Fulton
57 Georganna Sinkfield Democratic Atlanta Fulton
58 Sharon Beasley-Teague Democratic Red Oak Fulton
59 Bart Ladd Republican Atlanta DeKalb
60 J. Max Davis Republican Atlanta DeKalb
61 Doug Teper Democratic Atlanta DeKalb
62 Tom Sherrill Democratic Atlanta DeKalb
63 Betty Jo Williams Republican Atlanta DeKalb
64 Thomas E. Lawrence Republican Stone Mountain DeKalb
65 Michele Henson Democratic Stone Mountain DeKalb
66 June Hegstrom Democratic Scottdale DeKalb
67 Mike Polak Democratic Atlanta DeKalb
68 Jo Ann McClinton Democratic Atlanta DeKalb
69 Barbara J. Mobley Democratic Decatur DeKalb
70 Thurbert Baker Democratic Decatur DeKalb
71 Vernon Jones Democratic Decatur DeKalb
72 Mamie M. Randolph Democratic Atlanta DeKalb
73 Henrietta E. Turnquest Democratic Decatur DeKalb
74 Barbara J. Bunn Republican Conyers DeKalb, Rockdale
75 Earl O'Neal Democratic Conyers DeKalb, Rockdale
76 Scott Dix Republican Stone Mountain Gwinnett
77 Charles E. Bannister Republican Lilburn Gwinnett
78 Ron Crews Republican Tucker Gwinnett
79 Bill Goodwin Republican Norcross Gwinnett
80 Brooks Coleman Republican Duluth Gwinnett
81 Ralph L. Johnston Republican Duluth Gwinnett
82 Vinson Wall Republican Lawrenceville Gwinnett
83 Jeff Williams Republican Snellville Gwinnett
84 Jere Johnson Republican Grayson Gwinnett, Walton
85 Keith R. Breedlove Republican Buford Forsyth, Gwinnett
86 John O. Mobley Jr. Democratic Winder Barrow, Gwinnett
87 Len Walker Republican Loganville Walton
88 Louise McBee Democratic Athens Clarke
89 Keith G. Heard Democratic Athens Clarke
90 Tom McCall Democratic Elberton Elbert, Lincoln, Oglethorpe, Wilkes
91 Frank E. Stancil Democratic Watkinsville Morgan, Newton, Oconee
92 Denny M. Dobbs Democratic Covington Newton
93 Frank I. Bailey Jr. Democratic Riverdale Clayton
94 Bill Lee Democratic Forest Park Clayton
95 Gail Buckner Democratic Morrow Clayton
96 Jimmy W. Benefield Democratic Jonesboro Clayton
97 Dorothy Gail Johnson Republican Jonesboro Clayton
98 Bill Hembree Republican Douglasville Douglas
99 Bob Snelling Republican Douglasville Douglas
100 Tracy Stallings Democratic Carrollton Carroll
101 John Simpson Democratic Carrollton Carroll
102 Vance C. Smith Republican Pine Mountain Harris, Muscogee, Talbot, Troup
103 Donna Staples Brooks Republican Newnan Coweta, Heard
104 Lynn Westmoreland Republican Tyrone Coweta, Fayette
105 Dan Lakly Republican Peachtree City Fayette
106 John P. Yates Republican Griffin Coweta, Spalding
107 Bill Sanders Republican Griffin Henry, Spalding
108 Leland L. Maddox Republican Stockbridge Henry
109 Larry Smith Democratic Jackson Butts, Henry, Lamar
110 Curtis S. Jenkins Democratic Forsyth Jasper, Jones, Lamar, Monroe
111 Mickey Channell Democratic Greensboro Greene, Putnam, Taliaferro, Warren, Wilkes
112 Joey Brush Republican Appling Columbia, Lincoln, McDuffie
113 Ben L. Harbin Republican Augusta Columbia
114 Robin L. Williams Republican Augusta Columbia, Richmond
115 Jack Connell Democratic Augusta Richmond
116 Bettieanne Childers Hart Democratic Waynesboro Burke, Richmond
117 George M. Brown Democratic Augusta Richmond
118 Henry L. Howard Democratic Augusta Richmond
119 George L. DeLoach Republican Hephzibah Burke, Richmond
120 Emory E. Bargeron Democratic Louisville Columbia, Glascock, Jefferson, McDuffie, Warren
121 Jimmy Lord Democratic Sandersville Baldwin, Hancock, Washington
122 Bobby Parham Democratic Milledgeville Baldwin, Putnam
123 Ken Birdsong Democratic Gordon Jones, Twiggs, Wilkinson
124 David Lucas Democratic Macon Bibb
125 Sharon Falls Republican Macon Bibb
126 Robert Reichert Democratic Macon Bibb
127 Billy Randall Democratic Macon Bibb
128 Robert Ray Democratic Fort Valley Bibb, Crawford, Houston, Peach
129 Mack Crawford Republican Zebulon Pike, Upson
130 Jeff Brown Republican LaGrange Troup
131 Carl Von Epps Democratic LaGrange Coweta, Meriwether, Troup
132 Ronnie Culbreth Democratic Columbus Muscogee
133 Carolyn Hugley Democratic Columbus Muscogee
134 Maretta Taylor Democratic Columbus Chattahoochee, Muscogee
135 Tom Buck Democratic Columbus Muscogee
136 Calvin Smyre Democratic Columbus Muscogee
137 Jimmy Skipper Democratic Americus Chattahoochee, Marion, Meriwether, Schley, Sumter, Talbot, Taylor
138 Johnny Floyd Democratic Cordele Crisp, Dooly, Houston, Pulaski
139 Sonny Watson Jr. Democratic Warner Robins Houston
140 Lynmore James Democratic Montezuma Crawford, Dooly, Macon, Peach, Schley, Taylor
141 Larry Walker Democratic Perry Crisp, Dooly, Houston
142 Terry Coleman Democratic Eastman Bleckley, Dodge, Laurens, Telfair
143 DuBose Porter Democratic Dublin Laurens
144 Butch Parrish Democratic Swainsboro Emanuel, Johnson, Treutlen
145 John F. Godbee Democratic Brooklet Bulloch, Candler, Jenkins
146 Bob Lane Democratic Statesboro Bulloch, Screven
147 Ann R. Purcell Democratic Rincon Bryan, Effingham
148 Regina Thomas Democratic Savannah Chatham
149 Dorothy Barnes Pelote Democratic Savannah Chatham
150 Sonny Dixon Democratic Garden City Chatham
151 Tom Bordeaux Democratic Savannah Chatham
152 Anne Mueller Republican Savannah Chatham
153 Burke Day Republican Tybee Island Chatham
154 Terry E. Barnard Republican Glennville Bryan, Evans, Liberty, Tattnall
155 Fisher Barfoot Democratic Vidalia Montgomery, Toombs, Wheeler
156 Newt Hudson Democratic Rochelle Ben Hill, Irwin, Tift, Wilcox
157 Ray Holland Democratic Ashburn Lee, Turner, Worth
158 Gerald Greene Democratic Cuthbert Baker, Calhoun, Clay, Early, Marion, Mitchell, Quitman, Randolph, Stewart
159 Bob Hanner Democratic Parrott Lee, Sumter, Terrell, Webster
160 Cathy Cox Democratic Bainbridge Decatur, Early, Miller, Seminole
161 John White Democratic Albany Baker, Dougherty
162 Lawrence R. Roberts Democratic Albany Dougherty
163 Tommy Chambless Democratic Albany Dougherty, Worth
164 A. Richard Royal Democratic Camilla Colquitt, Decatur, Mitchell
165 Henry Bostick Democratic Tifton Colquitt, Tift
166 Hanson Carter Democratic Nashville Berrien, Colquitt, Cook
167 Van Streat Democratic Nicholls Atkinson, Coffee
168 Harry D. Dixon Democratic Waycross Ware
169 Tommy Smith Democratic Alma Bacon, Brantley, Charlton, Glynn, Pierce
170 Roger C. Byrd Democratic Hazlehurst Appling, Jeff Davis, Telfair, Wayne
171 Hinson Mosley Democratic Jesup Liberty, Long, Pierce, Wayne
172 Buddy DeLoach Republican Hinesville Liberty
173 Eugene C. Tillman Democratic Brunswick Glynn, Liberty, McIntosh
174 Willou Smith Republican Brunswick Glynn
175 Charlie Smith Jr. Democratic St. Marys Camden, Charlton
176 Jay Shaw Democratic Lakeland Clinch, Echols, Lanier, Lowndes
177 Tim Golden Democratic Valdosta Brooks, Cook, Lowndes
178 Henry L. Reaves Democratic Quitman Brooks, Lowndes, Thomas
179 K Bates Jr. Democratic Bainbridge Decatur, Grady, Thomas
180 Theo Titus Republican Thomasville Grady, Thomas

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Members of the Georgia General Assembly, First Session of 1995 - 1996 Term" (PDF). State of Georgia. Retrieved February 24, 2022.
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