The 135th General Assembly of the U.S. state of Georgia convened its first session on January 8, 1979, at the Georgia State Capitol in Atlanta. The 135th Georgia General Assembly succeeded the 134th and served as the precedent for the 136th General Assembly in 1981.
House of Representatives
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*Active political parties in Georgia are not limited to the Democratic and Republican parties. Libertarians, and occasionally others, run candidates in elections. However, for the 1979-80 session of the General Assembly, only the two major parties were successful in electing legislators to office.
Majority leadership
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Minority leadership
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House of Representatives
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Majority leadership
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Minority leadership
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Members of the State Senate
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Members of the House of Representatives
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District
|
Representative
|
Party
|
Residence
|
1-1 |
Wayne Snow Jr. |
Democratic |
Rossville
|
1-2 |
Forest Hays Jr. |
Democratic |
Chattanooga
|
2 |
Robert G. Peters |
Democratic |
Ringgold
|
3 |
Tom Ramsey |
Democratic |
Chatsworth
|
4-1 |
Carlton H. Colwell |
Democratic |
Blairsville
|
4-2 |
Ralph Twiggs |
Democratic |
Hiawassee
|
5 |
John G. Crawford |
Democratic |
Lyerly
|
6-1 |
Roger Williams |
Democratic |
Dalton
|
6-2 |
R.L. (Shorty) Foster |
Democratic |
Dalton
|
7 |
Ernest Ralston |
Democratic |
Calhoun
|
8-1 |
Joe Frank Harris |
Democratic |
Cartersville
|
8-2 |
W.G. (Bill) Hasty, Sr. |
Democratic |
Canton
|
8-3 |
Wendell T. Anderson |
Democratic |
Canton
|
9-1 |
Joe T. Wood |
Democratic |
Gainesville
|
9-2 |
Bobby Lawson |
Democratic |
Gainesville
|
9-3 |
Jerry D. Jackson |
Democratic |
Chestnut Mountain
|
10 |
Jack Irvin, Sr. |
Democratic |
Baldwin
|
11 |
Bill Dover |
Democratic |
Hollywood
|
12 |
Lauren (Bubba) McDonald, Jr. |
Democratic |
Commerce
|
13-1 |
Louie Max Clark |
Democratic |
Danielsville
|
13-2 |
Billy Milford |
Democratic |
Hartwell
|
13-3 |
Charles C. Mann |
Democratic |
Elberton
|
14 |
Lucian K. Oldham |
Democratic |
Rome
|
15-1 |
E.M. (Buddy) Childers |
Democratic |
Rome
|
16 |
Ken Fuller |
Democratic |
Rome
|
17 |
Lynn Gammage |
Democratic |
Cedartown
|
18 |
Thomas B. Murphy |
Democratic |
Bremen
|
19-1 |
Joe Mack Wilson |
Democratic |
Marietta
|
19-2 |
Max D. Kaley |
Democratic |
Marietta
|
19-3 |
Bill Cooper |
Democratic |
Marietta
|
20-1 |
Johnny Isakson |
Republican |
Marietta
|
20-2 |
Carl Harrison |
Republican |
Marietta
|
20-3 |
Kenneth Nix |
Republican |
Smyrna
|
21-1 |
Eugene (Gene) Housley |
Democratic |
Marietta
|
21-2 |
A.L. (Al) Burruss |
Democratic |
Marietta
|
22 |
Mrs. Dorothy Felton |
Republican |
Atlanta
|
23 |
Luther S. Colbert |
Republican |
Roswell
|
24 |
Kiliaen V.R. (Kil) Townsend |
Republican |
Atlanta
|
25 |
John Savage |
Democratic |
Atlanta
|
26 |
Sidney J. Marcus |
Democratic |
Atlanta
|
27 |
Michael C. Nichols |
Democratic |
Atlanta
|
28 |
Alveda King Beal |
Democratic |
Atlanta
|
29 |
Douglas C. Dean |
Democratic |
Atlanta
|
30 |
Paul Bolster |
Democratic |
Atlanta
|
31 |
Mrs. Grace T. Hamilton |
Democratic |
Atlanta
|
32 |
Mildred Glover |
Democratic |
Atlanta
|
33 |
Julius C. Daugherty Sr. |
Democratic |
Atlanta
|
34 |
Lottie Watkins |
Democratic |
Atlanta
|
35 |
J.E. (Billy) McKinney |
Democratic |
Atlanta
|
36 |
G.D. Adams |
Democratic |
Hapeville
|
37 |
David Scott |
Democratic |
Atlanta
|
38 |
Henrietta M. Canty |
Democratic |
Atlanta
|
39 |
Bob Holmes |
Democratic |
Atlanta
|
40 |
Dick Lane |
Republican |
East Point
|
41 |
Greg Pilewicz |
Democratic |
College Park
|
42 |
Virlyn B. Smith |
Republican |
Fairburn
|
43-1 |
Charles L. (Charlie) Carnes |
Democratic |
Atlanta
|
43-2 |
Bettye Lowe |
Republican |
Atlanta
|
43-3 |
John W. Greer |
Democratic |
Atlanta
|
44 |
John Linder |
Republican |
Dunwoody
|
45 |
George B. Williamson |
Democratic |
Atlanta
|
46 |
Cathey W. Steinberg |
Democratic |
Atlanta
|
47 |
Joe Burton |
Republican |
Atlanta
|
48 |
Betty Jo Williams |
Republican |
Atlanta
|
49 |
Ewell H. (Hank) Elliott |
Republican |
Decatur
|
50 |
John Hawkins |
Democratic |
Atlanta
|
51 |
Mrs. Mobley (Peggy) Childs |
Democratic |
Decatur
|
52 |
Eleanor L. Richardson |
Democratic |
Decatur
|
53 |
Doug Vandiford |
Democratic |
Avondale Estates
|
54 |
Hosea L. Williams |
Democratic |
Atlanta
|
55 |
Betty J. Clark |
Democratic |
Atlanta
|
56-1 |
William C. Mangum Jr. |
Democratic |
Decatur
|
56-2 |
Joe Johnston |
Democratic |
Decatur
|
56-3 |
Tommy Tolbert |
Republican |
Decatur
|
57 |
Clarence R. Vaughn Jr. |
Democratic |
Conyers
|
58 |
Cas M. Robinson |
Democratic |
Stone Mountain
|
59 |
R.T. (Tom) Phillips |
Republican |
Stone Mountain
|
60 |
Charles Martin |
Democratic |
Buford
|
61 |
Vinson Wall |
Democratic |
Lawrenceville
|
62 |
Hugh Logan |
Democratic |
Athens
|
63 |
Bob Argo |
Democratic |
Athens
|
64 |
John D. Russell |
Democratic |
Winder
|
65 |
Thomas (Mac) Kilgore |
Democratic |
Douglasville
|
66-1 |
Gerald Johnson |
Democratic |
Carrollton
|
66-2 |
Charles Thomas |
Democratic |
Temple
|
67 |
Nathan G. Knight |
Democratic |
Newnan
|
68 |
J. Crawford Ware |
Democratic |
Hogansville
|
69 |
Edwin G. (Ed) Mullinax |
Democratic |
LaGrange
|
70 |
Claude A. Bray, Jr. |
Democratic |
Manchester
|
71-1 |
James R. Fortune Jr. |
Democratic |
Griffin
|
71-2 |
John L. Mostiler |
Democratic |
Griffin
|
72-1 |
William J. (Bill) Lee |
Democratic |
Forest Park
|
72-2 |
Jimmy W. Benefield |
Democratic |
Jonesboro
|
72-3 |
Jim Wood |
Democratic |
Forest Park
|
72-4 |
W. Rudolph Johnson |
Democratic |
Jonesboro
|
73 |
G. Richard Chamberlin |
Democratic |
Stockbridge
|
74 |
Philip Johnson |
Democratic |
Covington
|
75 |
Bobby Carrell |
Democratic |
Monroe
|
76 |
Ben Barron Ross |
Democratic |
Lincolnton
|
77 |
Wm. S. (Bill) Jackson |
Democratic |
Martinez
|
78 |
Bill Jones |
Democratic |
Jackson
|
79 |
Marvin Adams |
Democratic |
Thomaston
|
80 |
P. Benson Ham |
Democratic |
Forsyth
|
81 |
W. Jones Lane |
Democratic |
Statesboro
|
82 |
Paul E. Nessith, Sr. |
Democratic |
Statesboro
|
83 |
Emory E. Bargeron |
Democratic |
Louisville
|
84 |
Warren D. Evans |
Democratic |
Thomson
|
85 |
R.A. Dent |
Democratic |
Augusta
|
86 |
Mike Padgett |
Democratic |
Augusta
|
87 |
Jack Connell |
Democratic |
Augusta
|
88 |
G.F. (Danny) Daniel, Jr. |
Democratic |
Augusta
|
89 |
Don Cheeks |
Democrat |
Augusta
|
90 |
David J. Swann |
Republican |
Augusta
|
91 |
W. Randolph Phillips |
Democratic |
Shiloh
|
92 |
Calvin Smyre |
Democratic |
Columbus
|
93 |
Albert W. Thompson |
Democratic |
Columbus
|
94 |
Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. |
Democratic |
Columbus
|
95 |
Thomas B. Buck |
Democratic |
Columbus
|
96 |
Gary C. Cason |
Republican |
Columbus
|
97 |
Mary Jane Galer |
Democratic |
Columbus
|
98 |
Bryant Culpepper |
Democratic |
Fort Valley
|
99 |
Burl Davis |
Democratic |
Macon
|
100 |
Frank C. Pinkston |
Democratic |
Macon
|
101 |
William C. (Billy) Randall |
Democratic |
Macon
|
102 |
David E. Lucas |
Democratic |
Macon
|
103 |
Kenneth W. Birdsong |
Democratic |
Gordon
|
104 |
Frank Horne |
Democratic |
Macon
|
105 |
Jimmy Lord |
Democratic |
Sandersville
|
106 |
Randolph C. (Randy) Karrh |
Democratic |
Swainsboro
|
107 |
A.D. Clifton |
Democratic |
Metter
|
108 |
Wilbur E. Baugh |
Democratic |
Milledgeville
|
109 |
Bobby E. Parham |
Democratic |
Milledgeville
|
110 |
Ward Edwards |
Democratic |
Butler
|
111 |
Don Castleberry |
Democratic |
Richland
|
112 |
E. Roy Lambert |
Democratic |
Madison
|
113 |
Ted W. Waddle |
Republican |
Warner Robins
|
114 |
Roy H. (Sonny) Watson, Jr. |
Democratic |
Warner Robins
|
115 |
Larry Walker |
Democratic |
Perry
|
116 |
William Murray |
Democratic |
Americus
|
117 |
Ben Jessup |
Democratic |
Cochran
|
118 |
Terry L. Coleman |
Democratic |
Eastman
|
119 |
J. Roy Rowland |
Democratic |
Dublin
|
120 |
L.L. (Pete) Phillips |
Democratic |
Soperton
|
121 |
Thomas Clifton |
Democratic |
Lyons
|
122 |
Arthur M. Gignilliat Jr. |
Democratic |
Savannah
|
123 |
Albert (Al) Scott |
Democratic |
Savannah
|
124 |
Joseph A. (Joe) Battle |
Republican |
Savannah
|
125 |
Bobby Phillips |
Democratic |
Savannah
|
126 |
Herbert Jones, Jr. |
Republican |
Savannah
|
127 |
Bobby L. Hill |
Democratic |
Savannah
|
128 |
Tom Triplett |
Democratic |
Savannah
|
129 |
George A. Chance, Jr. |
Democratic |
Springfield
|
130 |
Bob Hanner |
Democratic |
Parrott
|
131 |
Tommy Chambless |
Democratic |
Albany
|
132 |
John White |
Democratic |
Albany
|
133 |
R.S. (Dick) Hutchinson |
Democratic |
Albany
|
134 |
Lillian H. Parkman |
Democratic |
Albany
|
135 |
Howard H. Rainey |
Democratic |
Cordele
|
136 |
Earleen Sizemore |
Democratic |
Sylvester
|
137 |
Paul S. Branch, Jr. |
Democratic |
Fitzgerald
|
138-1 |
Lunsford Moody |
Democratic |
Baxley
|
138-2 |
Joel R. Greene |
Democratic |
Jesup
|
139 |
René D. Kemp |
Democratic |
Hinesville
|
140 |
Ralph J. Balkcom |
Democratic |
Blakely
|
141 |
Walter E. Cox |
Democratic |
Bainbridge
|
142 |
Willis K. Long |
Democratic |
Cairo
|
143 |
Robert C. (Bob) Sise |
Democratic |
Thomasville
|
144 |
Marcus E. Collins, Sr. |
Democratic |
Pelham
|
145 |
Hugh D. Matthews |
Democratic |
Moultrie
|
146-1 |
Henry Bostick |
Democratic |
Tifton
|
146-2 |
Monty Veazey |
Democratic |
Tifton
|
147 |
Henry L. Reaves |
Democratic |
Quitman
|
148 |
James M. Beck |
Democratic |
Valdosta
|
149 |
Robert L. (Bob) Patten |
Democratic |
Lakeland
|
150 |
Tom Crosby, Jr. |
Democratic |
Waycross
|
151 |
Harry D. Dixon |
Democratic |
Waycross
|
152-1 |
James C. Moore |
Democratic |
West Green
|
152-2 |
Tommy R. Smith |
Democratic |
Alma
|
153 |
James R. (Jim) Tuten, Jr |
Democratic |
Brunswick
|
154 |
Dean G. Auten |
Republican |
Brunswick
|