Overview
The 138th General Assembly of the U.S. state of Georgia convened its first session on January 7, 1985, at the Georgia State Capitol in Atlanta. The 138th Georgia General Assembly succeeded the 137th and served as the precedent for the 139th General Assembly in 1987.
Party standings
Senate
House of Representatives
*Active political parties in Georgia are not limited to the Democratic and Republican parties. Libertarians, and occasionally others, run candidates in elections. However, for the 1985-86 session of the General Assembly, only the two major parties were successful in electing legislators to office.
Officers
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Senate
Presiding Officer
Majority leadership
Minority leadership
House of Representatives
Presiding Officer
Majority leadership
Minority leadership
Members of the State Senate
Members of the House of Representatives
District |
Representative |
Party |
Residence |
1-1 |
Mike Snow |
Democratic |
Chickamauga |
1-2 |
Forest Hays, Jr. |
Democratic |
Flintstone |
2 |
Robert G (Bob) Peters |
Democratic |
Ringgold |
3 |
Tom Ramsey |
Democratic |
Chatsworth |
4-1 |
Carlton H. Colwell |
Democratic |
Blairsville |
4-2 |
Ralph Twiggs |
Democratic |
Hiawassee |
5 |
John G. Crawford |
Democratic |
Lyerly |
6-1 |
Roger Williams |
Democratic |
Dalton |
6-2 |
Philip A. (Phil) Foster |
Democratic |
Dalton |
7 |
J.C. Maddox |
Democratic |
Calhoun |
8-1 |
Wendell T. Anderson |
Democratic |
Canton |
8-2 |
W.G. (Bill) Hasty, Sr. |
Democratic |
Canton |
9-1 |
Joe T. Wood |
Democratic |
Gainesville |
9-2 |
Bobby Lawson |
Democratic |
Gainesville |
9-3 |
Jerry D. Jackson |
Democratic |
Chestnut Mountain |
10 |
Bill H. Barnett |
Democratic |
Cumming |
11-1 |
William J. Dover |
Democratic |
Clarkesville |
11-2 |
Mary Jeanette Jamieson |
Democratic |
Toccoa |
12 |
Lauren (Bubba) McDonald |
Democratic |
Commerce |
13-1 |
Louie Max Clark |
Democratic |
Danielsville |
13-2 |
Billy Milford |
Democratic |
Hartwell |
14 |
Charles W. Yeargin |
Democratic |
Elberton |
15-1 |
E.M. (Buddy) Childers |
Democratic |
Rome |
15-2 |
Forrest L. McKelvey |
Democratic |
Silver Creek |
16 |
Paul E. Smith |
Democratic |
Rome |
17 |
Bill Cumming |
Democratic |
Rockmart |
18 |
Thomas B. Murphy |
Democratic |
Bremen |
19 |
Boyd Petit |
Democratic |
Cartersville |
20-1 |
Joe Mack Wilson |
Democratic |
Marietta |
20-2 |
A.L. (Al) Burruss |
Democratic |
Marietta |
20-3 |
Bill Cooper |
Democratic |
Marietta |
20-4 |
Steve Thompson |
Democratic |
Powder Springs |
20-5 |
Terry D. Lawler |
Democratic |
Clarkdale |
21-1 |
Fred Aiken |
Republican |
Smyrna |
21-2 |
Johnny Isakson |
Republican |
Marietta |
21-3 |
Bill Atkins |
Republican |
Smyrna |
21-4 |
Frank B. Johnson |
Republican |
Smyrna |
21-5 |
Tom Wilder |
Republican |
Marietta |
22 |
Dorothy Felton |
Republican |
Atlanta |
23 |
Luther S. Colbert |
Republican |
Roswell |
24 |
Kiliaen V.R. (Kil) Townsend |
Republican |
Atlanta |
25 |
John M. Lupton, III |
Republican |
Atlanta |
26 |
Jim Martin |
Democratic |
Atlanta |
27 |
Dick Lane |
Democratic |
East Point |
28 |
Bob Holmes |
Democratic |
Atlanta |
29 |
Douglas C. Dean |
Democratic |
Atlanta |
30 |
Paul Bolster |
Democratic |
Atlanta |
31 |
Mable Thomas |
Democratic |
Atlanta |
32 |
Helen Selman |
Democratic |
Palmetto |
33 |
J.C. Daugherty, Sr. |
Democratic |
Atlanta |
34 |
Tyrone Brooks |
Democratic |
Atlanta |
35 |
J.E. (Billy) McKinney |
Democratic |
Atlanta |
36 |
G.D. Adams |
Democratic |
Hapeville |
37 |
Georganna T. Sinkfield |
Democratic |
Atlanta |
38 |
Lorenzo Benn |
Democratic |
Atlanta |
39 |
John W. Greer |
Democratic |
Atlanta |
40 |
Barbara H. Couch |
Democratic |
Atlanta |
41 |
Charlie Watts |
Democratic |
Dallas |
42 |
Thomas M. Kilgore |
Democratic |
Douglasville |
43 |
Paul W. Heard, Jr. |
Republican |
Peachtree City |
44 |
John Linder |
Republican |
Dunwoody |
45 |
J. Max Davis |
Republican |
Atlanta |
46 |
Cathey W. Steinberg |
Democratic |
Atlanta |
47 |
Chesley V. Morton |
Republican |
Tucker |
48 |
Betty Jo Williams |
Republican |
Atlanta |
49 |
Tom Lawrence |
Republican |
Stone Mountain |
50 |
Frank L. Redding, Jr. |
Democratic |
Decatur |
51 |
Ken Workman |
Democratic |
Decatur |
52 |
Eleanor L. Richardson |
Democratic |
Decatur |
53 |
Peggy Childs |
Democratic |
Decatur |
54 |
Juanita Terry Williams |
Democratic |
Atlanta |
55 |
Betty J. Clark |
Democratic |
Atlanta |
56 |
Betty Aaron |
Democratic |
Atlanta |
57-1 |
Troy A. Athon |
Democratic |
Conyers |
57-2 |
William C. (Bill) Mangum, Jr. |
Democratic |
Decatur |
57-3 |
Dean Alford |
Democratic |
Lithonia |
58 |
Cas Robinson |
Democratic |
Stone Mountain |
59 |
O.M. (Mike) Barnett |
Republican |
Lilburn |
60 |
Charles C. Martin |
Democratic |
Buford |
61 |
Vinson Wall |
Republican |
Lawrenceville |
62 |
Charles E. Bannister |
Republican |
Lilburn |
63 |
Bill Goodwin |
Republican |
Norcross |
64 |
John D. Russell |
Democratic |
Winder |
65 |
Neal Jackson |
Democratic |
Monroe |
66 |
Frank E. Stancil |
Democratic |
Watkinsville |
67 |
Hugh Logan |
Democratic |
Athens |
68 |
Bob Argo |
Democratic |
Athens |
69 |
Charles Thomas |
Democratic |
Temple |
70 |
Carolyn W. Lee |
Democratic |
Carrollton |
71 |
J. Neal Shepard, Jr. |
Republican |
Newnan |
72-1 |
Bill Lee |
Democratic |
Forest Park |
72-2 |
Jimmy W. Benefield |
Democratic |
Jonesboro |
72-3 |
C.E. (Ed Holcomb) |
Democratic |
Jonesboro |
72-4 |
Rudolph Johnson |
Democratic |
Lake City |
72-5 |
Frank I. Bailey, Jr. |
Democratic |
Riverdale |
73 |
Wesley Dunn |
Democratic |
McDonough |
74 |
Denny M. Dobbs |
Democratic |
Covington |
75 |
John L. Mostiler |
Democratic |
Griffin |
76 |
Suzi Johnson |
Democratic |
Orchard Hill |
77 |
J. Crawford Ware |
Democratic |
Hogansville |
78 |
Larry Smith |
Democratic |
Jackson |
79 |
Marvin Adams |
Democratic |
Thomaston |
80 |
Kenneth Waldrep |
Democratic |
Forsyth |
81 |
Wade Milam |
Democratic |
LaGrange |
82 |
Ben Barron Ross |
Democratic |
Lincolnton |
83 |
James P. (Jim) Hill |
Republican |
Martinez |
84 |
Bobby Harris |
Democratic |
Thomson |
85 |
Charles W. Walker |
Democratic |
Augusta |
86 |
Mike Padgett |
Democratic |
Augusta |
87 |
Jack Connell |
Democratic |
Augusta |
88 |
George M. Brown |
Democratic |
Augusta |
89 |
Don Cheeks |
Democrat |
Augusta |
90 |
Dick Ransom |
Republican |
Augusta |
91 |
Claude A. Bray, Jr. |
Democratic |
Manchester |
92 |
Calvin Smyre |
Democratic |
Columbus |
93 |
Roy D. Moultrie |
Democratic |
Hamilton |
94 |
Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. |
Democratic |
Columbus |
95 |
Thomas B. Buck |
Democratic |
Columbus |
96 |
Pete Robinson |
Democratic |
Columbus |
97 |
Mary Jane Galer |
Democratic |
Columbus |
98 |
Robert Ray |
Democratic |
Fort Valley |
99 |
Denmark Groover, Jr. |
Democratic |
Macon |
100 |
Frank Horne |
Democratic |
Macon |
101 |
William C. (Billy) Randall |
Democratic |
Macon |
102 |
David E. Lucas |
Democratic |
Macon |
103 |
Floyd M. Buford, Jr. |
Democratic |
Macon |
104 |
Kenneth (Ken) W. Birdsong |
Democratic |
Gordon |
105 |
Bobby Eugene Parham |
Democratic |
Milledgeville |
106 |
Jesse Copelan, Jr. |
Democratic |
Eatonton |
107 |
Jimmy Lord |
Democratic |
Sandersville |
108 |
Emory E. Bargeron |
Democratic |
Louisville |
109 |
Larry J. "Butch" Parrish |
Democratic |
Swainsboro |
110 |
John F. Godbee |
Democratic |
Brooklet |
111 |
Bob Lane |
Democratic |
Statesboro |
112 |
Ward Edwards |
Democratic |
Butler |
113 |
Ted W. Waddle |
Republican |
Warner Robins |
114 |
Roy H. (Sonny) Watson, Jr. |
Democratic |
Warner Robins |
115 |
Larry Walker |
Democratic |
Perry |
116 |
George Hooks |
Democratic |
Americus |
117 |
Newt Hudson |
Democratic |
Rochelle |
118 |
Terry L. Coleman |
Democratic |
Eastman |
119 |
DuBose Porter |
Democratic |
Dublin |
120 |
L.L. (Pete) Phillips |
Democratic |
Soperton |
121 |
Clinton Oliver |
Democratic |
Glennville |
122 |
James L. (Jim) Pannell |
Democratic |
Savannah |
123 |
Diane Harvey Johnson |
Democratic |
Savannah |
124 |
DeWayne Hamilton |
Democratic |
Savannah |
125 |
Jack Kingston |
Republican |
Savannah |
126 |
Anne Mueller |
Republican |
Savannah |
127 |
Roy L. Allen |
Democratic |
Savannah |
128 |
Tom Triplett |
Democratic |
Savannah |
129 |
George A. Chance, Jr. |
Democratic |
Springfield |
130 |
Gerald E. Greene |
Democratic |
Cuthbert |
131 |
Bob Hanner |
Democratic |
Dawson |
132 |
John White |
Democratic |
Albany |
133 |
Tommy Chambless |
Democratic |
Albany |
134 |
Mary Young-Cummings |
Democratic |
Albany |
135 |
Howard H. Rainey |
Democratic |
Cordele |
136 |
Earleen Sizemore |
Democratic |
Sylvester |
137 |
Paul S. Branch, Jr. |
Democratic |
Fitzgerald |
138 |
Hentry Bostic |
Democratic |
Tifton |
139 |
James C. Moore |
Democratic |
West Green |
140 |
Ralph J. Balkom |
Democratic |
Blakely |
141 |
Walter E. Cox |
Democratic |
Bainbridge |
142 |
Bobby Long |
Democratic |
Cairo |
143 |
Allen Sherrod |
Democratic |
Coolidge |
144 |
A. Richard Royal |
Democratic |
Camilla |
145 |
Hugh D. Matthews |
Democratic |
Moultrie |
146 |
Hanson Carter |
Democratic |
Nashville |
147 |
Henry L. Reaves |
Democratic |
Quitman |
148 |
James M. Beck |
Democratic |
Valdosta |
149 |
Robert L. Patten |
Democratic |
Lakeland |
150 |
Tom Crosby, Jr. |
Democratic |
Waycross |
151 |
Harry D. Dixon |
Democratic |
Waycross |
152 |
Tommy Smith |
Democratic |
Alma |
153-1 |
Lunsford Moody |
Democratic |
Baxley |
153-2 |
Roger C. Byrd |
Democratic |
Hazlehurst |
154 |
James M. Floyd |
Democratic |
Hinesville |
155 |
Virginia P. Ramsey |
Republican |
Brunswick |
156 |
Dean G. Auten |
Republican |
Brunswick |
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