80th Georgia General Assembly
| 80th Georgia General Assembly | |||||
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| Legislative body | Georgia General Assembly | ||||
| Meeting place | Kimball Opera House | ||||
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| Party control | Republican Party | ||||
| House of Representatives | |||||
| Party control | Republican Party | ||||
The 80th Georgia General Assembly began in Atlanta, Georgia in early 1869. This was the first session after the seat of government was moved from Milledgeville, Georgia following the Georgia Constitution of 1868. A new capitol building had yet to be built so sessions were held in the opera house on Marietta Street rented from H.I. Kimball.
The new General Assembly contained 153 House members and 44 Senators.
African-American members
This was the first time in Georgia where African-American, some of whom were former slaves, were voted into office in large numbers.[1]
| Name | County |
|---|---|
| T. M Allen | Jasper |
| Eli Barnes | Hancook |
| T. P. Beard | Richmond |
| Edwin Belcher | Hikes |
| T. G. Campbell | Mclntosh |
| Malcolm Claiborne | Burke |
| G. H. Clower | Monroe |
| Abraham Colby | Greene |
| J. T. Costin | Talbot |
| Madison Davis | Clark |
| Monday Floyd | Morgan |
| T. H. Fyall | Macon |
| S. G. Gardner | Warren |
| W. A. Golden | Liberty |
| W. H. Harrison | Hancock |
| N. S. Houston | Bryan |
| Philip Joiner | Dougherty |
| George Linder | Laurenss |
| Robert Lumpkin | Macon |
| Romulus Moore | Columbia |
| Peter O'Neal | Baldwin |
| James Porter | Chatham |
| Alfred Richardson | Clark |
| James M. Sims | Chatham |
| Abraham Smith | Museogee |
| Alexander Stone | Jefferson |
| H. M. Turner | Bibb |
| John Warren | Burke |
| Samuel Williams | Harris |
See also
References
- ^ Sanford, Paul Laurence (1947-08-01). "The negro in the political reconstruction of Georgia, 1866-1872". ETD Collection for AUC Robert W. Woodruff Library. Paper 2110.
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