Lieutenant Governor of Georgia
The Lieutenant Governor of Georgia is a constitutional officer of the State of Georgia, elected to a four-year term by popular vote. The Lieutenant Governor is elected on a separate election from the Georgia Governor.
Lieutenant Governor | |
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Style | The Honorable[1] (formal) |
Residence | No official residence |
Appointer | Elected by popular vote |
Term length | 4-year term |
Inaugural holder | Melvin E. Thompson |
Formation | 1945 |
Website | Government website |
The office of Lieutenant Governor was created by a state constitutional revision in 1945.
The current Lieutenant Governor of Georgia is Republican Burt Jones.
List of lieutenant governors of Georgia
- Parties
Democratic (10) Republican (3)
No. | Lt. Governor | Term in office | Party | Election | Governor | |||
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1 | Melvin E. Thompson | January 14, 1947 – March 18, 1947 |
Democratic | 1946 | Herman Talmadge | |||
— | Vacant | March 18, 1947 – November 17, 1948 |
— | Melvin E. Thompson | ||||
2 | Marvin Griffin | November 17, 1948 – January 11, 1955 |
Democratic | 1948 (special) |
Herman Talmadge | |||
1950 | ||||||||
3 | Ernest Vandiver | January 11, 1955 – January 13, 1959 |
Democratic | 1954 | Marvin Griffin | |||
4 | Garland T. Byrd | January 13, 1959 – January 15, 1963 |
Democratic | 1958 | Ernest Vandiver | |||
5 | Peter Zack Geer | January 15, 1963 – January 11, 1967 |
Democratic | 1962 | Carl Sanders | |||
6 | George T. Smith | January 11, 1967 – January 12, 1971 |
Democratic | 1966 | Lester Maddox | |||
7 | Lester Maddox | January 12, 1971 – January 14, 1975 |
Democratic | 1970 | Jimmy Carter | |||
8 | Zell Miller | January 14, 1975 – January 13, 1991 |
Democratic | 1974 | George Busbee | |||
1978 | ||||||||
1982 | Joe Frank Harris | |||||||
1986 | ||||||||
9 | Pierre Howard | January 13, 1991 – January 11, 1999 |
Democratic | 1990 | Zell Miller | |||
1994 | ||||||||
10 | Mark Taylor | January 11, 1999 – January 8, 2007 |
Democratic | 1998 | Roy Barnes | |||
2002 | Sonny Perdue | |||||||
11 | Casey Cagle | January 8, 2007 – January 14, 2019 |
Republican | 2006 | ||||
2010 | Nathan Deal | |||||||
2014 | ||||||||
12 | Geoff Duncan | January 14, 2019 – January 9, 2023 |
Republican | 2018 | Brian Kemp | |||
13 | Burt Jones | January 9, 2023 – present |
Republican | 2022 |
Lieutenant Governor Of Georgia Media
References
- ↑ Hickey, Robert. "How to Address a Lieutenant Governor".