CONGRESS | SENATOR | TERM BEGAN | TERM ENDED | COMMENTS |
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Class 2 | ||||
1st-2nd | William Few (ANTI-ADMIN) | Mar. 4, 1789 | Mar. 3, 1793 | |
2nd-3rd | James Jackson (ANTI-ADMIN) | Mar. 4, 1793 | 31, 1795 | Resigned |
3rd | George Walton (F) | Nov. 16, 1795 | Apr. 12, 1796 | Appointed |
4th-5th | Josiah Tattnall (R) | Apr. 12, 1796 | Mar. 3, 1799 | |
6th-10th | Abraham Baldwin (R) | Mar. 4, 1799 | Mar. 4, 1807 | Died |
10th | George Jones (R) | Aug. 27, 1807 | Nov. 7, 1807 | Appointed |
10th-13th | William H. Crawford (R) | Nov. 7, 1807 | Mar. 23, 1813 | Resigned |
13th | William B. Bulloch (R) | Apr. 8, 1813 | Nov. 6, 1813 | Appointed |
13th-14th | William Wyatt Bibb (R) | Nov. 6, 1813 | Nov. 9, 1816 | Resigned |
14th-15th | George M. Troup (R) | Nov. 13, 1816 | Sept. 23, 1818 | Resigned |
15th-16th | John Forsyth (R) | Nov. 23, 18181 | Feb. 17, 1819 | Resigned |
16th-17th | Freeman Walker (R) | Nov. 6, 18192 | Aug. 8, 1821 | Resigned |
17th-18th | Nicholas Ware (R, CRR) | Nov. 10, 1821 | Sept. 7, 1824 | Died |
18th-20th | Thomas W. Cobb (CRR, J) | Dec. 6, 1824 | 1828 | Resigned |
20th | Oliver H. Prince (J) | Nov. 7, 1828 | Mar. 3, 1829 | |
21st-23rd | George M. Troup (J) | Mar. 4, 1829 | Nov. 8, 1833 | Resigned |
23rd-25th | John Pendleton King (J, D) | Nov. 21, 1833 | Nov. 1, 1837 | Resigned |
25th-26th | Wilson Lumpkin (D) | Nov. 22, 1837 | Mar. 3, 1841 | |
27th-32nd | John Mcpherson Berrien3 (W) | Mar. 4, 1841 | May 28, 1852 | Resigned |
32nd | Robert M. Charlton (D) | May 31, 1852 | Mar. 3, 1853 | Appointed |
33rd-36th | Robert A. Toombs (W, D) | Mar. 4, 1853 | Feb. 4, 18614 | |
40th-41st | Homer V. M. Miller (D) | Feb. 24, 18715 | Mar. 3, 1871 | |
42nd-44th | Thomas M. Norwood (D) | Nov. 14, 18716 | Mar. 3, 1877 | |
45th-47th | Benjamin H. Hill (D) | Mar. 4, 1877 | Aug. 16, 1882 | Died |
47th | M. Pope Barrow (D) | Nov. 15, 1882 | Mar. 3, 1883 | |
48th-53rd | Alfred H. Colquitt (D) | Mar. 4, 1883 | Mar. 26, 1894 | Died |
53rd | Patrick Walsh (D) | Apr. 2, 1894 | Mar. 3, 1895 | Appointed, then elected |
54th-63rd | Augustus O. Bacon7 (D) | Mar. 4, 1895 | Feb. 14, 1914 | Died |
63rd | William S. West (D) | Mar. 2, 1914 | Nov. 3, 1914 | Appointed |
63rd-65th | Thomas W. Hardwick (D) | Nov. 4, 1914 | Mar. 3, 1919 | |
66th-72nd | William J. Harris (D) | Mar. 4, 1919 | Apr. 18, 1932 | Died |
72nd | John S. Cohen (D) | Apr. 25, 1932 | Jan. 11, 1933 | Appointed |
72nd-92nd | Richard B. Russell Jr. (D) | Jan. 12, 1933 | Jan. 21, 1971 | Died |
92nd | David H. Gambrell (D) | Feb. 1, 1971 | Nov. 7, 1972 | Appointed |
92nd-104th | Sam A. Nunn (D) | Nov. 8, 19728 | Jan. 3, 1997 | |
105th-107th | Joseph Maxwell Cleland (D) | Jan. 3, 1997 | Jan. 3, 2003 | |
108th-113th | Saxby Chambliss (R) | Jan. 3, 2003 | Jan. 3, 2015 | |
114th-116th | David Perdue (R) | Jan. 3, 2015 | Jan. 3, 2021 | |
117th- | T. Jonathan Ossoff (D) | Jan. 20, 20219 | Present | |
Class 3 | ||||
1st-6th | James Gunn (ANTI-ADMIN, F) | Mar. 4, 1789 | Mar. 3, 1801 | |
7th-9th | James Jackson (R) | Mar. 4, 1801 | Mar. 19, 1806 | Died |
9th-11th | John Milledge (R) | Jun. 19, 1806 | Nov. 14, 1809 | Resigned |
11th-15th | Charles Tait (R) | Nov. 27, 1809 | Mar. 3, 1819 | |
16th-18th | John Elliott (R, CRR) | Mar. 4, 1819 | Mar. 3, 1825 | |
19th-21st | John Macpherson Berrien (J) | Mar. 4, 1825 | Mar. 9, 1829 | Resigned |
21st-23rd | John Forsyth (J) | Nov. 9, 1829 | Jun. 27, 1834 | Resigned |
23rd-27th | Alfred Cuthbert (J, D) | Jan. 12, 1835 | Mar. 3, 1843 | |
28th-30th | Walter T. Colquitt (D) | Mar. 4, 1843 | Feb. 1848 | Resigned |
30th | Herschel V. Johnson (D) | Feb. 4, 1848 | Mar. 3, 1849 | Appointed |
31st-33rd | William C. Dawson (W) | Mar. 4, 1849 | Mar. 3, 1855 | |
34th-36th | Alfred Iverson Sr. (D) | Mar. 4, 1855 | Jan. 28, 186110 | |
40th-42nd | Joshua Hill (R) | Feb. 1, 187111 | Mar. 3, 1873 | |
43rd-46th | John B. Gordon (D) | Mar. 4, 1873 | May 26, 188012 | Resigned |
46th-51st | Joseph E. Brown (D) | May 26, 1880 | Mar. 3, 1891 | Appointed, then elected |
52nd-54th | John B. Gordon (D) | Mar. 4, 1891 | Mar. 3, 1897 | |
55th-61st | Alexander S. Clay (D) | Mar. 4, 1897 | Nov. 13, 1910 | Died |
61st-63rd | John M. Terrell (D) | Nov. 17, 1910 | Jul. 14, 1911 | Appointed; resigned |
62nd-66th | Hoke Smith (D) | Nov. 16, 191113 | Mar. 3, 1921 | |
67th | Thomas E. Watson (D) | Mar. 4, 1921 | Sept. 26, 1922 | Died |
67th | Rebecca L. Felton (D) | Oct. 3, 1922 | Nov. 21, 1922 | Appointed |
67th-84th | Walter F. George (D) | Nov. 22, 1922 | Jan. 3, 1957 | |
85th-96th | Herman E. Talmadge (D) | Jan. 3, 1957 | Jan. 3, 1981 | |
97th-99th | Mack F. Mattingly (R) | Jan. 3, 1981 | Jan. 3, 1987 | |
100th-102nd | Wyche Fowler Jr. (D) | Jan. 3, 1987 | Jan. 3, 1993 | |
103rd-106th | Paul Coverdell (R) | Jan. 3, 1993 | Jul. 18, 2000 | Died |
106th-108th | Zell B. Miller (D) | Jul. 24, 2000 | Jan. 3, 2005 | Appointed, then elected |
109th-116th | Johnny Isakson (R) | Jan. 3, 2005 | 31, 2019 | Resigned |
116th-117th | Kelly A. Loeffler (R) | Jan. 6, 2020 | Jan. 19, 2021 | Appointed |
117th- | Raphael G. Warnock (D) | Jan. 20, 2021 | Present |
1. Elected Nov. 7, 1818. Served in House during interim.
2. Vacancy from February 18, 1819, to November 5, 1819, because of failure of legislature to elect.
3. Berrien resigned the seat in May 1845 to accept a seat on Georgia's state supreme court. Seat vacant from his resignation until November 14, 1845, when he was elected to fill the vacancy he had created for the term ending Mar. 3, 1847. Vacancy again from Mar. 4 to Nov. 13, 1847 because of failure of legislature to elect. The state legislature re-elected Berrien to the seat, where he served until his resignation on May 28, 1852.
4. Withdrew from the Senate Feb. 4, 1861. Seat declared vacant Mar. 14, 1861. Because of Civil War, vacancy from Feb. 4, 1861, to February 23, 1871.
5. Miller was originally elected on July 28, 1868. His credentials were challenged, however, and he was not seated until Feb. 24, 1871.
6. Vacancy from Mar. 4 to Nov. 13, 1871. Foster Blodgett presented credentials for the same seat, but was not permitted to qualify, and on December 19, 1871, was adjudged not elected in accordance with the Constitution.
7. Twice during Bacon’s Senate service (1907 and 1913), he was appointed by the governor for the interim between Mar. 4 (when his term ended) and June, when the state legislature was scheduled to meet again, and could elect him.
8. Elected Nov. 7, 1972, to fill vacancy in term ending Jan. 3, 1973, and also to full term ending Jan. 3, 1979.
9. Elected in a run-off election held Jan. 5, 2021, and qualified and was seated Jan. 20, 2021. Vacancy from Jan. 3 to Jan. 19, 2021.
10. Withdrew from Senate Jan. 28, 1861. Because of Civil War, vacancy from Jan 28, 1861, to January 31, 1871.
11. Elected July 28, 1868, to fill vacancy in term beginning Mar. 4, 1867. Georgia was readmitted to representation July 15, 1870. Hill's credentials were challenged, and he was finally seated on Feb. 1, 1871.
12. Tendered resignation May 14, 1880, and retired from the Senate May 26, 1880.
13. Elected on July 12, 1911 but remained as governor of Georgia, not taking his seat in the Senate until November 16, 1911.