List of United States senators from Georgia

Georgia was admitted to the Union on January 2, 1788. The state 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.

Current delegation

Senator Jon Ossoff (D)

Senator Raphael Warnock (D)

United States senators are popularly elected to six-year terms that begin on January 3 of the year after their election. Elections are held the first Tuesday after November 1. Before 1914, Georgia's senators were chosen by the Georgia General Assembly, and before 1935, their terms began March 4. Popular Senate elections remained despite the General Assembly not taking action to ratify the Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution that was passed in 1913.

Rebecca Latimer Felton was the first female U.S. senator, representing Georgia in the Senate for one day in 1922,^[1] having been appointed to the seat to replace the late Thomas E. Watson.

Richard Russell Jr. was the state's longest serving senator, served from 1933 to 1971.

Since January 20, 2021, Georgia has been represented in the Senate by Democrats Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock. Ossoff defeated Republican David Perdue in the regularly-scheduled 2020 election, while Warnock defeated appointed Republican incumbent Kelly Loeffler in the concurrent special election, both of which were decided in runoffs on January 5, 2021. Ossoff is the first Jewish senator from Georgia and Warnock the first black senator from Georgia.^[2]

Georgia is one of sixteen states alongside Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Hawaii, Idaho, Indiana, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, Nevada, South Dakota and Utah to have a younger senior senator and an older junior senator.

List of senators

#	Senator	Party	Dates in office	Electoral history	T	C	T	Electoral history	Dates in office	Party	Senator	#
Class 2 Class 2 U.S. senators belong to the electoral cycle that has recently been contested in 2002, 2008, 2014, and 2020. The next election will be in 2026.						C	Class 3 Class 3 U.S. senators belong to the electoral cycle that has recently been contested in 2010, 2016, 2020 (special election), and 2022. The next election will be in 2028.
1	William Few	Anti- Admin.	Mar 4, 1789 – Mar 4, 1793	Elected in 1789. Lost re-election.	1	1st	1	Elected in 1789.	Mar 4, 1789 – Mar 4, 1801	Anti- Admin.	James Gunn	1
1	William Few	Anti- Admin.	Mar 4, 1789 – Mar 4, 1793	Elected in 1789. Lost re-election.	1	2nd
2	James Jackson	Anti- Admin.	Mar 4, 1793 – Nov 16, 1795	Elected in 1793. Resigned to run for the Georgia legislature.	2	3rd
2	James Jackson	Democratic- Republican	Mar 4, 1793 – Nov 16, 1795			4th	2	Re-elected in 1794. Retired.		Federalist
3	George Walton	Federalist	Nov 16, 1795 – Feb 20, 1796	Appointed to continue Jackson's term. Retired when successor elected.
4	Josiah Tattnall	Democratic- Republican	Feb 20, 1796 – Mar 4, 1799	Elected to finish Jackson's term.
4	Josiah Tattnall	Democratic- Republican	Feb 20, 1796 – Mar 4, 1799	Elected to finish Jackson's term.		5th
5	Abraham Baldwin	Democratic- Republican	Mar 4, 1799 – Mar 4, 1807	Elected in 1799.	3	6th
						7th	3	Elected in 1800. Died.	Mar 4, 1801 – Mar 19, 1806	Democratic- Republican	James Jackson	2
						8th
				Re-elected in 1804. Died.	4	9th
									Mar 19, 1806 – Jun 19, 1806	Vacant
								Elected to finish Jackson's term.	Jun 19, 1806 – Nov 14, 1809	Democratic- Republican	John Milledge	3
Vacant			Mar 4, 1807 – Aug 27, 1807			10th	4	Re-elected in 1806. Resigned.
6	George Jones	Democratic- Republican	Aug 27, 1807 – Nov 7, 1807	Appointed to continue Baldwin's term. Lost special election.
7	William H. Crawford	Democratic- Republican	Nov 7, 1807 – Mar 23, 1813	Elected to finish Baldwin's term.
						11th
									Nov 14, 1809 – Nov 27, 1809	Vacant
								Elected to finish Milledge's term.	Nov 27, 1809 – Mar 4, 1819	Democratic- Republican	Charles Tait	4
				Re-elected in 1810 or 1811 Resigned to become U.S. Minister to France.	5	12th		Elected to finish Milledge's term.
						13th	5	Re-elected in 1813.
Vacant			Mar 23, 1813 – Apr 8, 1813
8	William Bellinger Bulloch	Democratic- Republican	Apr 8, 1813 – Nov 6, 1813	Appointed to continue Crawford's term. Retired when successor elected.
9	William Wyatt Bibb	Democratic- Republican	Nov 6, 1813 – Nov 9, 1816	Elected to finish Crawford's term. Resigned.
9	William Wyatt Bibb	Democratic- Republican	Nov 6, 1813 – Nov 9, 1816	Elected to finish Crawford's term. Resigned.		14th
Vacant			Nov 9, 1816 – Nov 13, 1816
10	George Troup	Democratic- Republican	Nov 13, 1816 – Sep 23, 1818	Elected to finish Crawford's term.
10	George Troup	Democratic- Republican	Nov 13, 1816 – Sep 23, 1818	Elected to full term in 1816. Resigned.	6	15th
Vacant			Sep 23, 1818 – Nov 23, 1818
11	John Forsyth	Democratic- Republican	Nov 23, 1818 – Feb 17, 1819	Elected to finish Troup's term. Resigned to become U.S. Minister to Spain.
Vacant			Feb 17, 1819 – Nov 6, 1819
Vacant			Feb 17, 1819 – Nov 6, 1819			16th	6	Elected in 1819.	Mar 4, 1819 – Mar 4, 1825	Democratic- Republican	John Elliott	5
12	Freeman Walker	Democratic- Republican	Nov 6, 1819 – Aug 6, 1821	Elected to finish Troup's term. Resigned.		16th
12	Freeman Walker	Democratic- Republican	Nov 6, 1819 – Aug 6, 1821	Elected to finish Troup's term. Resigned.		17th
Vacant			Aug 6, 1821 – Nov 10, 1821
13	Nicholas Ware	Democratic- Republican	Nov 10, 1821 – Sep 7, 1824	Elected to finish Troup's term.
13	Nicholas Ware	Democratic- Republican	Nov 10, 1821 – Sep 7, 1824	Re-elected in 1823. Died.	7	18th
Vacant			Sep 7, 1824 – Dec 6, 1824
14	Thomas W. Cobb	Democratic- Republican	Dec 6, 1824 – Nov 7, 1828	Elected to finish Ware's term. Resigned.
		Jacksonian				19th	7	Elected in 1825. Resigned to become U.S. Attorney General.	Mar 4, 1825 – Mar 9, 1829	Jacksonian	John M. Berrien	6
		Jacksonian				20th
15	Oliver H. Prince	Jacksonian	Nov 7, 1828 – Mar 4, 1829	Elected to finish Ware's term. [data missing]		20th
16	George Troup	Jacksonian	Mar 4, 1829 – Nov 8, 1833	Elected in 1828. Resigned.	8	21st
									Mar 9, 1829 – Nov 9, 1829	Vacant
								Elected to finish Berrien's term.	Nov 9, 1829 �� Jun 27, 1834	Jacksonian	John Forsyth	7
						22nd	8	Re-elected in 1830 or 1831. Resigned to become U.S. Secretary of State.
						23rd
Vacant			Nov 8, 1833 – Nov 21, 1833
17	John P. King	Jacksonian	Nov 21, 1833 – Nov 1, 1837	Elected to finish Troup's term.
									Jun 27, 1834 – Jan 12, 1835	Vacant
								Elected to finish Forsyth's term.	Jan 12, 1835 – Mar 4, 1843	Jacksonian	Alfred Cuthbert	8
				Re-elected in 1834. Resigned.	9	24th		Elected to finish Forsyth's term.		Jacksonian
		Democratic		Re-elected in 1834. Resigned.		25th	9	Re-elected in 1837. Retired.		Democratic
Vacant			Nov 1, 1837 – Nov 22, 1837
18	Wilson Lumpkin	Democratic	Nov 22, 1837 – Mar 4, 1841	Elected to finish King's term.
18	Wilson Lumpkin	Democratic	Nov 22, 1837 – Mar 4, 1841	Elected to finish King's term.		26th
19	John M. Berrien	Whig	Mar 4, 1841 – May 1845	Elected in 1840. Resigned to become judge of the Supreme Court of Georgia.	10	27th
						28th	10	Elected in 1843. Resigned.	Mar 4, 1843 – Feb 4, 1848	Democratic	Walter T. Colquitt	9
						29th
	Vacant		May 1845 – Nov 13, 1845
	John M. Berrien	Whig	Nov 13, 1845 – May 28, 1852	Elected to finish his own term.
				Re-elected in 1846. Resigned.	11	30th
						30th		Appointed to finish Colquitt's term. Retired.	Feb 4, 1848 – Mar 4, 1849	Democratic	Herschel V. Johnson	10
						31st	11	Elected in 1847 for the term beginning in 1849.^[3] [data missing]	Mar 4, 1849 – Mar 4, 1855	Whig	William Crosby Dawson	11
						32nd
Vacant			May 28, 1852 – May 31, 1852
20	Robert M. Charlton	Democratic	May 31, 1852 – Mar 4, 1853	Appointed to finish Berrien's term.
21	Robert Toombs	Democratic	Mar 4, 1853 – Feb 4, 1861	Elected in 1852.	12	33rd
						34th	12	Elected in 1854 or 1855. Withdrew.	Mar 4, 1855 – Jan 28, 1861	Democratic	Alfred Iverson Sr.	12
						35th
				Re-elected in 1858. Withdrew.	13	36th
				Re-elected in 1858. Withdrew.				Civil War and Reconstruction	Jan 28, 1861 – Feb 1, 1871	Vacant
Vacant			Feb 4, 1861 – Feb 24, 1871	Civil War and Reconstruction
						37th	13
						38th
					14	39th
						40th	14
						41st
								Elected in 1867 to finish the term, but not seated until Georgia's readmission. Retired.	Feb 1, 1871 – Mar 4, 1873	Republican	Joshua Hill	13
22	Homer V. M. Miller	Democratic	Feb 24, 1871 – Mar 4, 1871	Elected to finish term.
Vacant			Mar 4, 1871 – Nov 14, 1871	Foster Blodgett (R) presented credentials as Senator-elect, but the Senate declared him not elected.	15	42nd
23	Thomas M. Norwood	Democratic	Nov 14, 1871 – Mar 4, 1877	Elected after Blodgett's credentials were rejected. Lost re-election.		42nd
						43rd	15	Elected in 1873.	Mar 4, 1873 – May 26, 1880	Democratic	John B. Gordon	14
						44th
24	Benjamin Harvey Hill	Democratic	Mar 4, 1877 – Aug 16, 1882	Elected in 1877. Died.	16	45th
						46th	16	Re-elected in 1879. Resigned to promote a venture for the Georgia Pacific Railway.
						46th		Elected to finish Gordon's term.	May 26, 1880 – Mar 4, 1891	Democratic	Joseph E. Brown	15
						47th
Vacant			Aug 16, 1882 – Nov 15, 1882
25	Middleton P. Barrow	Democratic	Nov 15, 1882 – Mar 4, 1883	Elected to finish Hill's term. Retired.
26	Alfred H. Colquitt	Democratic	Mar 4, 1883 – Mar 26, 1894	Elected in 1883.	17	48th
						49th	17	Re-elected in 1885. Retired due to illness.
						50th
				Re-elected in 1888 Died.	18	51st
						52nd	18	Elected in 1890. Retired.	Mar 4, 1891 – Mar 4, 1897	Democratic	John B. Gordon	16
						53rd
Vacant			Mar 26, 1894 – Apr 2, 1894
27	Patrick Walsh	Democratic	Apr 2, 1894 – Mar 4, 1895	Appointed to continue Colquitt's term. Elected in 1894 to finish Colquitt's term.^[4] Lost renomination.
28	Augustus Octavius Bacon	Democratic	Mar 4, 1895 – Feb 14, 1914	Elected in 1894.	19	54th
						55th	19	Elected in 1896.	Mar 4, 1897 – Nov 13, 1910	Democratic	Alexander S. Clay	17
						56th
				Re-elected in 1900. Legislature failed to elect.^[5]	20	57th
						58th	20	Re-elected in 1902.^[6]
						59th
				Appointed to begin the next term. Re-elected in 1907.^[5] Legislature failed to elect.	21	60th
						61st	21	Re-elected in 1909. Died.
									Nov 13, 1910 – Nov 17, 1910	Vacant
								Appointed to continue Clay's term. Lost election to finish Clay's term.	Nov 17, 1910 – Jul 14, 1911	Democratic	Joseph M. Terrell	18
						62nd			Nov 17, 1910 – Jul 14, 1911	Democratic	Joseph M. Terrell	18
						62nd		Elected to finish Clay's term. Did not take office until Nov 16 upon resigning as Governor of Georgia.	Jul 14, 1911 – Mar 4, 1921	Democratic	Hoke Smith	19
				Appointed to begin the term. Re-elected in 1913, the first election by popular vote.^[7] Died.	22	63rd
Vacant			Feb 14, 1914 – Mar 2, 1914
29	William S. West	Democratic	Mar 2, 1914 – Nov 3, 1914	Appointed to continue Bacon's term. Successor elected.
30	Thomas W. Hardwick	Democratic	Nov 4, 1914 – Mar 4, 1919	Elected to finish Bacon's term. Lost renomination.
						64th	22	Re-elected in 1914. Lost renomination.
						65th
31	William J. Harris	Democratic	Mar 4, 1919 – Apr 18, 1932	Elected in 1918.	23	66th
						67th	23	Elected in 1920. Died.	Mar 4, 1921 – Sep 26, 1922	Democratic	Thomas E. Watson	20
									Sep 26, 1922 – Oct 3, 1922	Vacant
								Appointed to continue Watson's term. Retired.	Oct 3, 1922 – Nov 21, 1922^[8]	Democratic	Rebecca Latimer Felton	21
								Elected to finish Watson's term.	Nov 22, 1922 – Jan 3, 1957^[9]	Democratic	Walter F. George	22
						68th
				Re-elected in 1924.	24	69th
						70th	24	Re-elected in 1926.
						71st
				Re-elected in 1930. Died.	25	72nd
Vacant			Apr 18, 1932 – Apr 25, 1932
32	John S. Cohen	Democratic	Apr 25, 1932 – Jan 11, 1933	Appointed to continue Harris's term. Successor elected.
33	Richard Russell Jr.	Democratic	Jan 12, 1933 – Jan 21, 1971	Elected in 1932 to finish Harris's term.
						73rd	25	Re-elected in 1932.
						74th
				Re-elected in 1936.	26	75th
						76th	26	Re-elected in 1938.
						77th
				Re-elected in 1942.	27	78th
						79th	27	Re-elected in 1944.
						80th
				Re-elected in 1948.	28	81st
						82nd	28	Re-elected in 1950. Retired.
						83rd
				Re-elected in 1954.	29	84th
						85th	29	Elected in 1956.	Jan 3, 1957 – Jan 3, 1981	Democratic	Herman Talmadge	23
						86th
				Re-elected in 1960.	30	87th
						88th	30	Re-elected in 1962.
						89th
				Re-elected in 1966. Died.	31	90th
						91st	31	Re-elected in 1968.
						92nd
Vacant			Jan 21, 1971 – Feb 1, 1971
34	David H. Gambrell	Democratic	Feb 1, 1971 – Nov 7, 1972	Appointed to continue Russell's term. Lost nomination to finish Russell's term.
35	Sam Nunn	Democratic	Nov 8, 1972 – Jan 3, 1997	Elected to finish Russell's term.
				Elected to full term in 1972.	32	93rd
						94th	32	Re-elected in 1974. Lost re-election.
						95th
				Re-elected in 1978.	33	96th
						97th	33	Elected in 1980. Lost re-election.	Jan 3, 1981 – Jan 3, 1987	Republican	Mack Mattingly	24
						98th
				Re-elected in 1984.	34	99th
						100th	34	Elected in 1986. Lost re-election in runoff election.	Jan 3, 1987 – Jan 3, 1993	Democratic	Wyche Fowler	25
						101st
				Re-elected in 1990. Retired.	35	102nd
						103rd	35	Elected in 1992 in runoff election.	Jan 3, 1993 – Jul 18, 2000	Republican	Paul Coverdell	26
						104th
36	Max Cleland	Democratic	Jan 3, 1997 – Jan 3, 2003	Elected in 1996. Lost re-election.	36	105th
						106th	36	Re-elected in 1998. Died.
									July 18, 2000 – July 27, 2000	Vacant
								Appointed to continue Coverdell's term. Elected in 2000 to finish Coverdell's term. Retired.	July 27, 2000 – Jan 3, 2005	Democratic	Zell Miller	27
						107th
37	Saxby Chambliss	Republican	Jan 3, 2003 – Jan 3, 2015	Elected in 2002.	37	108th
						109th	37	Elected in 2004.	Jan 3, 2005 – Dec 31, 2019	Republican	Johnny Isakson	28
						110th
				Re-elected in 2008 in runoff election. Retired.	38	111th
						112th	38	Re-elected in 2010.
						113th
38	David Perdue	Republican	Jan 3, 2015 – Jan 3, 2021	Elected in 2014. Term expired before runoff election. Lost re-election in runoff.	39	114th
						115th	39	Re-elected in 2016. Resigned.
						116th		Re-elected in 2016. Resigned.
									Dec 31, 2019 – Jan 6, 2020	Vacant
								Appointed to continue Isakson's term. Lost election in runoff to finish Isakson's term.	Jan 6, 2020 – Jan 20, 2021	Republican	Kelly Loeffler	29
Vacant			Jan 3, 2021 – Jan 20, 2021		40	117th			Jan 6, 2020 – Jan 20, 2021	Republican	Kelly Loeffler	29
39	Jon Ossoff	Democratic	Jan 20, 2021 – present	Elected in 2021 in runoff election.		117th		Elected in 2021 in runoff election to finish Isakson's term.	Jan 20, 2021 – present	Democratic	Raphael Warnock	30
						118th	40	Re-elected in 2022 in runoff election.
						119th
To be determined in the 2026 election.					41	120th
To be determined in the 2026 election.					41	121st	41	To be determined in the 2028 election.
#	Senator	Party	Years in office	Electoral history	T	C	T	Electoral history	Years in office	Party	Senator	#
Class 2						C	Class 3

Notes

References

^ "Mrs. Felton Dies. Appointed for One-Day Term From Georgia, She Said She Hoped to See Women in Senate. Active Almost to the Last, She Had Gone to Atlanta at 94 to Attend to School Business". The New York Times. January 25, 1930. Retrieved February 3, 2009. Mrs. Rebecca Latimer Felton of Cartersville, a pioneer in the fight for woman's suffrage, for many years a leader in State and national activities and the only woman who ever held a seat in the United States Senate, died at 11:45 tonight at a local hospital.
^ Tessa Stuart (January 6, 2021). "Warnock Makes History and Democrats Gain Senate Majority". Rolling Stone.
^ Stryker, James (September 1849). Stryker's American Register and Magazine. Vol. 3. p. 427.
^ Byrd, p. 114.
^ ^a ^b The Tribune Almanac and Political Register 1908. New York: The Tribune Association. 1908. p. 258.
^ "Senator Clay of Georgia Re-elected". The New York Times. November 5, 1902. p. 2.
^ "…became the first U.S. senator elected by popular vote following ratification of the 17th Amendment."
^ "A chronological list of senators since the First Congress in 1789" (PDF). United States Senate.
^ "GEORGE, Walter Franklin - Biographical Information". bioguide.congress.gov.

Byrd, Robert C. (October 1, 1993). Wolff, Wendy (ed.). The Senate, 1789-1989: Historical Statistics, 1789-1992. United States Senate Historical Office (volume 4 Bicentennial ed.). Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office. ISBN 9780160632563.

[1] "Mrs. Felton Dies. Appointed for One-Day Term From Georgia, She Said She Hoped to See Women in Senate. Active Almost to the Last, She Had Gone to Atlanta at 94 to Attend to School Business". The New York Times. January 25, 1930. Retrieved February 3, 2009. Mrs. Rebecca Latimer Felton of Cartersville, a pioneer in the fight for woman's suffrage, for many years a leader in State and national activities and the only woman who ever held a seat in the United States Senate, died at 11:45 tonight at a local hospital.

[2] Tessa Stuart (January 6, 2021). "Warnock Makes History and Democrats Gain Senate Majority". Rolling Stone.

[3] Stryker, James (September 1849). Stryker's American Register and Magazine. Vol. 3. p. 427.

[FOOTNOTEByrd114-4] Byrd, p. 114.

[Tribune-5] The Tribune Almanac and Political Register 1908. New York: The Tribune Association. 1908. p. 258.

[6] "Senator Clay of Georgia Re-elected". The New York Times. November 5, 1902. p. 2.

[7] "…became the first U.S. senator elected by popular vote following ratification of the 17th Amendment."

[8] "A chronological list of senators since the First Congress in 1789" (PDF). United States Senate.

[9] "GEORGE, Walter Franklin - Biographical Information". bioguide.congress.gov.

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List of United States senators from Georgia

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