Georgia Secretary of State
Georgia Secretary of State | |
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Incumbent Brad Raffensperger since January 14, 2019 | |
Term length | 4 years |
First holder | John Milton |
Position
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
# | Image | Name | Party | Took office | Left office |
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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 | Philip Cook Sr. | Democratic | 1890 | 1894 a | |
14 | 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 | Benjamin W. Fortson Jr. | Democrat | 1946 | 1979 a | |
22 | David Bryan Poythress | Democratic | 1979 | 1983 | |
23 | Joseph Maxwell Cleland | Democratic | 1983 | 1996 | |
24 | Lewis A. Massey | Democratic | 1996 | 1999 | |
25 | Lera Catharine Cox | Democratic | 1999 | 2007 | |
26 | Karen Handel | Republican | 2007 | 2010 | |
27 | Brian Kemp | Republican | 2010 | 2018 | |
28 | Robyn Crittenden | Republican | 2018 | 2019 | |
29 | Brad Raffensperger | Republican | 2019 | Incumbent |
(a) Died in office
See also
References
- ^ a b "Georgia's Secretaries of State | Georgia Archives". www.georgiaarchives.org. Retrieved 2020-03-05.
- ^ Official List of Secretaries of State
- ^ Political Graveyard
- ^ Colonel Nathan C. Barnett Archived 2008-07-24 at the Wayback Machine
External links
- Secretary of State Official site
- New Georgia Encyclopedia Archived 2013-02-06 at the Wayback Machine
- Recent History of Elections for Secretary of State at OurCampaigns.com
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Secretaries of state in the United States
▌Wes Allen (R)
▌Nancy Dahlstrom (R)
▌Adrian Fontes (D)
▌John Thurston (R)
▌Shirley Weber (D)
▌Jena Griswold (D)
▌Stephanie Thomas (D)
▌Jeffrey Bullock (D)
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▌Brad Raffensperger (R)
▌Sylvia Luke (D)
▌Phil McGrane (R)
▌Alexi Giannoulias (D)
▌Diego Morales (R)
▌Scott Schwab (R)
▌Michael Adams (R)
▌Nancy Landry (R)
▌Shenna Bellows (D)
▌Susan C. Lee (D)
▌William F. Galvin (D)
▌Jocelyn Benson (D)
▌Steve Simon (DFL)
▌Michael Watson (R)
▌Jay Ashcroft (R)
▌Christi Jacobsen (R)
▌Cisco Aguilar (D)
▌David Scanlan (R)
▌Tahesha Way (D)
▌Walter T. Mosley (D)
▌Elaine Marshall (D)
▌Michael Howe (R)
▌Frank LaRose (R)
▌Josh Cockroft (R)
▌Al Schmidt (R)
▌Gregg Amore (D)
▌Mark Hammond (R)
▌Monae Johnson (R)
▌Tre Hargett (R)
▌Jane Nelson (R)
▌Deidre Henderson (R)
▌Steve Hobbs (D)
▌Mac Warner (R)
▌Sarah Godlewski (D)
▌Chuck Gray (R)
Federal districts:
▌Kimberly Bassett (D)
- Political party affiliations
- 28 ▌Republican (28 states)
- 26 ▌Democratic (22 states, 3 territories, 1 district)
- 1 ▌Independent (1 territory)
- 1 ▌New Progressive (1 territory)
Italics indicate no secretary of state in this state, closest equivalent listed
An asterisk (*) indicates that the officeholder is serving in an acting capacity.