List of United States Senators from Georgia

This is a chronological listing of the United States Senators from Georgia.

Georgia has had Senators since the 1st Congress. Its Senate seats were declared vacant in March 1861 owing to its secession from the Union. They were again filled from February 1871.

United States Senators are popularly elected, for a six-year term, beginning January 3. Elections are held the first Tuesday after November 1. Before 1914, they were chosen by the Georgia General Assembly, and before 1935, their terms began March 4.

Class 2

Class 2 U.S. Senators belong to the electoral cycle that were elected for the first two U.S. Congresses in the first election of 1788 and whose seats in recent years are contested in 1996, 2002, 2008, and 2014.

#	Senator	Party	Years	Congress	Term	Electoral history
1	William Few	Anti- Administration	March 4, 1789 – March 3, 1793	1	1	Elected in 1789 Lost re-election
				2
2	James Jackson	Anti- Administration	March 4, 1793 – November 16, 1795	3	2	Elected in 1793 Resigned to run for the Georgia legislature
				4
3	George Walton	Federalist	November 16, 1795 – February 20, 1796			Appointed to continue Jackson's term Retired when successor elected
4	Josiah Tattnall	Democratic- Republican	February 20, 1796 – March 3, 1799	4 (Continued)		Elected to finish Jackson's term
				5
5	Abraham Baldwin	Democratic- Republican	March 4, 1799 – March 4, 1807	6	3	Elected in 1799
				7
				8
				9	4	Re-elected in 1805 Died
Vacant			March 4, 1807 – August 27, 1807	10
6	George Jones	Democratic- Republican	August 27, 1807 – November 7, 1807			Appointed to continue Baldwin's term Retired when successor elected
7	William H. Crawford	Democratic- Republican	November 7, 1807 – March 23, 1813	10 (Continued)		Elected to finish Baldwin's term
				11
				12	5	Re-elected in 1811 Resigned to become U.S. Minister to France
				13
Vacant			March 23, 1813 – April 8, 1813
8	William Bellinger Bulloch	Democratic- Republican	April 8, 1813 – November 6, 1813			Appointed to continue Crawford's term Retired when successor elected
9	William Wyatt Bibb	Democratic- Republican	November 6, 1813 – November 9, 1816	13 (Continued)		Elected to finish Crawford's term
				14
Vacant			November 9, 1816 – November 13, 1816
10	George M. Troup	Democratic- Republican	November 13, 1816 – September 23, 1818	14		Elected to finish Bibb's term having been elected to the next term
				15	6	Elected to full term in 1816 Resigned
11	John Forsyth	Democratic- Republican	September 23, 1818 – February 17, 1819			Elected to finish Troup's term Resigned to become U.S. Minister to Spain
Vacant			February 17, 1819 – November 6, 1819	15 (Continued)
				16
12	Freeman Walker	Democratic- Republican	November 6, 1819 – August 6, 1821	16 (Continued)		Elected to finish Forsyth's term Resigned
				17
Vacant			August 6, 1821 – November 10, 1821
13	Nicholas Ware	Democratic- Republican	November 10, 1821 – September 7, 1824			Elected to finish Walker's term
		Crawford Democratic- Republican		18	7	Re-elected in 1823 Died
Vacant			September 7, 1824 – December 6, 1824
14	Thomas W. Cobb	Jacksonian Democratic- Republican	December 6, 1824 – November 7, 1828	18 (Continued)
				19
				20
15	Oliver H. Prince	Jacksonian	November 7, 1828 – March 3, 1829	20 (Continued)		Elected to finish Cobb's term
16	George Troup	Jacksonian	March 4, 1829 – November 8, 1833	21	8	Elected in 1828 Resigned
				22
				23
Vacant			November 8, 1833 – November 21, 1833
17	John Pendleton King	Jacksonian	November 21, 1833 – November 1, 1837	23 (Continued)		Elected to finish Troup's term
				24	9	Re-elected in 1834 Resigned
				25
Vacant			November 1, 1837 – November 22, 1837
18	Wilson Lumpkin	Democratic	November 22, 1837 – March 3, 1841	25 (Continued)		Elected to finish King's term
				26
19	John Macpherson Berrien	Whig	March 4, 1841 – May 1845	27	10
				28
	Vacant		May 28, 1852 – May 31, 1852	29
	John Macpherson Berrien		November 13, 1845 – May 28, 1852			Elected to finish his term
				30	11	Re-elected in 1846 Resigned
				31
				32
Vacant			May 28, 1852 – May 31, 1852
20	Robert M. Charlton	Democratic	May 31, 1852 – March 3, 1853	32 (Continued)		Appointed to finish Berrien's term
21	Robert Toombs	Democratic	March 4, 1853 – February 4, 1861	33	12	Elected in 1852
				34
				35
				36	13	Re-elected in 1858 Withdrew
Vacant			February 4, 1861 – February 24, 1871			Civil War and Reconstruction
				37
				38
				39	14
				40
				41
22	Homer V.M. Miller	Democratic	February 24, 1871 – March 3, 1871			Elected to finish term
Vacant			March 4, 1871 – November 14, 1871	42	15	Foster Blodgett presented credentials as Senator-elect, but the Senate declared him not elected
23	Thomas M. Norwood	Democratic	November 14, 1871 – March 3, 1877	42 (Continued)		Elected after Blodgett's credentials were rejected
				43
				44
24	Benjamin Harvey Hill	Democratic	March 4, 1877 – August 18, 1882	45	16	Elected in 1877 Died
				46
				47
Vacant			August 18, 1882 – November 15, 1882
25	Middleton P. Barrow	Democratic	November 15, 1882 – March 3, 1883	47 (Continued)		Elected to finish Hill's term Retired
26	Alfred H. Colquitt	Democratic	March 4, 1883 – March 26, 1894	48	17	Elected in 1883
				49
				50
				51	18	Re-elected in 1889 Died
				52
				53
Vacant			March 26, 1894 – April 2, 1894
27	Patrick Walsh	Democratic	April 2, 1894 – March 3, 1895	53 (Continued)		Appointed to continue Colquitt's term Elected to finish Colquitt's term Lost renomination
28	Augustus Octavius Bacon	Democratic	March 4, 1895 – February 14, 1914	54	19	Elected in 1894
				55
				56
				57	20	Re-elected in 1900
				58
				59
				60	21	Re-elected in 1906
				61
				62
				63	22	Re-elected in 1912 Died
Vacant			February 14, 1914 – March 2, 1914
29	William S. West	Democratic	March 2, 1914 – November 3, 1914			Appointed to continue Bacon's seat Successor elected
30	Thomas W. Hardwick	Democratic	November 4, 1914 – March 3, 1919	63 (Continued)		Elected to finish Bacon's term Lost renomoination
				64
				65
31	William J. Harris	Democratic	March 4, 1919 – April 18, 1932	66	23	Elected in 1918
				67
				68
				69	24	Re-elected in 1924
				70
				71
				72	25	Re-elected in 1930 Died
Vacant			April 18, 1932 – April 25, 1932
32	John S. Cohen	Democratic	April 25, 1932 – January 11, 1933			Appointed to continue Harris's term Successor elected
33	Richard Russell, Jr.	Democratic	January 12, 1933 – January 21, 1971	72 (Continued)		Elected to finish Harris's term
				73
				74
				75	26	Re-elected in 1936
				76
				77
				78	27	Re-elected in 1942
				79
				80
				81	28	Re-elected in 1948
				82
				83
				84	29	Re-elected in 1954
				85
				86
				87	30	Re-elected in 1960
				88
				89
				90	31	Re-elected in 1966 Died
				91
				92
Vacant			January 21, 1971 – February 1, 1971
34	David H. Gambrell	Democratic	February 1, 1971 – November 7, 1972			Appointed to continue Russell's term
35	Sam Nunn	Democratic	November 8, 1972 – January 3, 1997	92 (Continued)		Elected to finish Russell's term
				93	32	Re-elected in 1972
				94
				95
				96	33	Re-elected in 1978
				97
				98
				99	34	Re-elected in 1984
				100
				101
				102	35	Re-elected in 1990 Retired
				103
				104
36	Max Cleland	Democratic	January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2003	105	36	Elected in 1996 Lost re-election
				106
				107
37	Saxby Chambliss	Republican	January 3, 2003 – Present	108	37	Elected in 2002
				109
				110
				111	38	Re-elected in 2008
				112
				113
#	Senator	Party	Years	Congress	Term	Electoral history

Class 3

Class 3 U.S. Senators belong to the electoral cycle that were elected for the first three U.S. Congresses in the first election of 1788 and whose seats in recent years are contested in 1998, 2004, 2010, and 2016.

#	Senator	Party	Years	Congress	Term	Electoral history
1	James Gunn	Anti- Administration	March 4, 1789 – March 3, 1801	1	1	Elected in 1789
				2
				3
		Federalist		4	2	Re-elected in 1795
				5
				6
2	James Jackson	Democratic- Republican	March 4, 1801 – March 19, 1806	7	3	Elected in 1801 Died
				8
				9
Vacant			March 19, 1806 – June 19, 1806
3	John Milledge	Democratic- Republican	June 19, 1806 – November 14, 1809	9 (Continued)		Elected to finish Jackson's term
				10	4	Re-elected in 1807 Resigned
				11
Vacant			November 14, 1809 – November 27, 1809
4	Charles Tait	Democratic- Republican	November 27, 1809 – March 3, 1819	11 (Continued)		Elected to finish Milledge's term
				12
				13	5	Re-elected in 1813
				14
				15
5	John Elliott	Democratic- Republican	March 4, 1819 – March 3, 1825	16	6	Elected in 1819
				17
		Crawford Democratic- Republican		18
6	John M. Berrien	Jacksonian	March 4, 1825 – March 9, 1829	19	7	Elected in 1825 Resigned to become U.S. Attorney General
				20
				21
Vacant			March 9, 1829 – November 9, 1829
7	John Forsyth	Jacksonian	November 9, 1829 – June 27, 1834	21 (Continued)		Elected to finish Berrien's term
				22	8	Re-elected in 1831 Resigned to become U.S. Secretary of State
				23
Vacant			June 27, 1834 – January 12, 1835
8	Alfred Cuthbert	Democratic	January 12, 1835 – March 3, 1843	23 (Continued)		Elected to finish Forsyth's term
				24
				25	9	Re-elected in 1837 Retired
				26
				27
9	Walter T. Colquitt	Democratic	March 4, 1843 – February 4, 1848	28	10	Elected in 1843 Resigned
				29
				30
10	Herschel Vespasian Johnson	Democratic	February 4, 1848 – March 3, 1849			Appointed to finish Colquitt's term Retired
11	William Crosby Dawson	Whig	March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1855	31	11	Elected in 1849
				32
				33
12	Alfred Iverson, Sr.	Democratic	March 4, 1855 – January 28, 1861	34	12	Elected in 1855 Withdrew
				35
				36
Vacant			January 28, 1861 – February 1, 1871			Civil War and Reconstruction
				37	13
				38
				39
				40	14
				41
13	Joshua Hill	Republican	February 1, 1871 – March 3, 1873	41 (Continued)		Elected in 1867 to finish the term, but not seated until Georgia's readmission Retired
				42
14	John Brown Gordon	Democratic	March 4, 1873 – May 26, 1880	43	15	Elected in 1873
				44
				45
				46	16	Re-elected in 1879 Resigned to promote a venture for the Georgia-Pacific Railroad
15	Joseph E. Brown	Democratic	May 26, 1880 – March 3, 1891			Elected to finish Gordon's term
				47
				48
				49	17	Re-elected in 1885 Retired due to illness
				50
				51
16	John Brown Gordon	Democratic	March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1897	52	18	Elected in 1891 Retired
				53
				54
17	Alexander S. Clay	Democratic	March 4, 1897 – November 13, 1910	55	19	Elected in 1896
				56
				57
				58	20	Re-elected in 1902
				59
				60
				61	21	Re-elected in 1908 Died
Vacant			November 13, 1910 – November 17, 1910
18	Joseph M. Terrell	Democratic	November 17, 1910 – July 14, 1911	61 (Continued)		Appointed to finish Clay's term Resigned due to illness
				62
Vacant			July 14, 1911 – November 16, 1911
19	M. Hoke Smith	Democratic	November 16, 1911 – March 3, 1921	62 (Continued)		Elected to finish Terrell's term
				63
				64	22	Re-elected in 1914 Lost renomination
				65
				66
20	Thomas E. Watson	Democratic	March 4, 1921 – September 26, 1922	67	23	Elected in 1920 Died
Vacant			September 26, 1922 – November 21, 1922
21	Rebecca Latimer Felton	Democratic	November 21, 1922 – November 22, 1922			Appointed to continue Watson's term Retired
22	Walter F. George	Democratic	November 22, 1922 – January 2, 1957	67 (Continued)		Elected to finish Watson's term
				68
				69
				70	24	Re-elected in 1926
				71
				72
				73	25	Re-elected in 1932
				74
				75
				76	26	Re-elected in 1938
				77
				78
				79	27	Re-elected in 1944
				80
				81
				82	28	Re-elected in 1950 Retired
				83
				84
23	Herman E. Talmadge	Democratic	January 3, 1957 – January 3, 1981	85	29	Elected in 1956
				86
				87
				88	30	Re-elected in 1962
				89
				90
				91	31	Re-elected in 1968
				92
				93
				94	32	Re-elected in 1974 Lost re-election
				95
				96
24	Mack Mattingly	Republican	January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1987	97	33	Elected in 1980 Lost re-election
				98
				99
25	Wyche Fowler	Democratic	January 3, 1987 – January 3, 1993	100	34	Elected in 1986 Lost re-election
				101
				102
26	Paul Coverdell	Republican	January 3, 1993 – July 18, 2000	103	35	Elected in 1992
				104
				105
				106	36	Re-elected in 1998 Died
Vacant			July 18, 2000 – July 27, 2000
27	Zell Miller	Democratic	July 27, 2000 – January 3, 2005	106 (Continued)		Appointed to continue Coverdell's term Elected to finish Coverdell's term Retired
				107
				108
28	Johnny Isakson	Republican	January 3, 2005 – Present	109	37	Elected in 2004
				110
				111
				112	38	Re-elected in 2010
				113
				114
#	Senator	Party	Years	Congress	Term	Electoral history

See also

• List of United States Representatives from Georgia
• United States congressional delegations from Georgia