Georgia Secretary of State

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Not to be confused with Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia.

Georgia Secretary of State
File:Seal of Georgia.svg
Great Seal of the State of Georgia
Term length4 years
First holderJohn Milton

The secretary of state of the U.S. state of Georgia is an elected official with a wide variety of responsibilities, including supervising elections and maintaining public records.

The office has had a four-year term since 1946.[1] Before 1880, the secretary of state was elected by the Georgia Assembly, not in a popular election.[1]

List of secretaries of state of Georgia

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# Image Name Party Took office Left office
1[2] John Milton 1777 1799
2 Horatio Marbury 1799 1811
3 Abner Hammond 1811 1823
4 Everard Hamilton 1823 1833
5 William A. Tennille 1833 1843
6 Nathan Crawford Barnett 1843 1849
7 George Washington Harrison 1849 1851
8 Nathan Crawford Barnett 1851 1853
9 Elihu P. Watkins 1853 1861
10 Nathan Crawford Barnett 1861 1868
11 David G. Cotting Republican 1868 1873
12 Nathan Crawford Barnett Democratic [4] 1873 1890 a
13 File:Philip Cook, Confederate General and U.S. Representative from Georgia (cropped).jpg Philip Cook Sr. Democratic 1890 1894 a
14 File:Allen D. Candler.jpg Allen D. Candler Democratic 1894 1898
15 William C. Clifton 1898 1898
16 Philip Cook Jr. Democratic 1898 1918 a
17 Henry Bascomb Strange 1918 1919
18 Samuel Guyton McLendon 1919 1928 a
19 George Henry Carswell Democratic 1928 1931
20 John Bryan Wilson Democratic 1931 1946 a
21 File:Ben W. Fortson Jr circa 1973 (3x4).jpg Benjamin W. Fortson Jr. Democrat 1946 1979 a
22 File:David B. Poythress.jpg David Bryan Poythress Democratic 1979 1983
23 File:Senator Max Cleland (cropped).jpg Joseph Maxwell Cleland Democratic 1983 1996
24 File:Lewis Massey speaking at Gainesville High School, April 2012 (cropped).jpg Lewis A. Massey Democratic 1996 1999
25 File:Dedication of New Southeast Regional Archive Facility in Atlanta, GA, Featuring Allen Weinstein, Congressman Mac Collins, Congressman David Scott, Tom Mills, and GA Sec. of State, C - DPLA - c49fd03d9e493a35c9d670929a606a0c.jpg Lera Catharine Cox Democratic 1999 2007
26 File:United States Representative Karen C. Handel.jpg Karen Handel Republican 2007 2010
27 File:David Perdue and Brian Kemp (cropped).jpg Brian Kemp Republican 2010 2018
28 Robyn Crittenden Republican 2018 2019
29 File:Brad Raffensperger 2022.jpg Brad Raffensperger Republican 2019 Incumbent

(a) Died in office

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  2. ^ Official List of Secretaries of State
  3. ^ Political Graveyard
  4. ^ Colonel Nathan C. Barnett Archived 2008-07-24 at the Wayback Machine
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