This is a chronological listing of the United States Senators from Georgia.
Georgia 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.
United States Senators are popularly elected, for a six-year term, beginning January 3. Elections are held the first Tuesday after November 1. Before 1914, they were chosen by the Georgia General Assembly, and before 1935, their terms began March 4.
Rebecca Latimer Felton was the first female U.S. Senator. She served in the U.S. Senate from Georgia for one day in 1922, following appointment due to the death of Thomas E. Watson. To date, Felton has been the only female Senator from Georgia.
Class 2 U.S. Senators belong to the electoral cycle that were elected for two U.S. Congresses in the first elections of 1789, and then the seat was contested again for the 3rd Congress, and every three Congresses (six years) thereafter. The seat in recent years have been contested in 1996, 2002, 2008, and 2014. The next election will be in 2020.
Class 3 U.S. Senators belong to the electoral cycle that were elected for the first three United States Congresses in the first elections of 1788/1789, and then the seat was contested again for the 4th Congress, and every three Congresses (six years) thereafter. The seat in recent years have been contested in 1998, 2004, 2010, and 2016. The next election will be in 2022.
November 16, 1795 Elected in 1793.
February 20, 1796 Appointed to continue Jackson's term.
March 3, 1799 Elected to finish Jackson's term.
7th 3 Elected November 19, 1800.
August 27, 1807 10th 4 Re-elected in 1806.
November 7, 1807 Appointed to continue Baldwin's term.
March 23, 1813 Elected to finish Baldwin's term.
November 6, 1813 Appointed to continue Crawford's term.
November 9, 1816 Elected to finish Crawford's term.
September 23, 1818 Elected to finish Bibb's term as well as to the next term.
Elected to full term in 1816.
February 17, 1819 Elected to finish Troup's term.
August 6, 1821 Elected to finish Forsyth's term.
September 7, 1824 Elected to finish Walker's term.
November 7, 1828 Elected to finish Ware's term.
Jacksonian 19th 7 Elected in 1825.
March 3, 1829 Elected to finish Cobb's term.
November 8, 1833 Elected in 1828.
22nd 8 Re-elected in 1830 or 1831.
November 1, 1837 Elected to finish Troup's term.
Democratic 25th 9 Re-elected in 1837.
March 3, 1841 Elected to finish King's term.
May 1845 Elected in 1840.
May 28, 1852 Elected to finish his term.
Appointed to finish Colquitt's term.
31st 11 Elected in 1847 for the term beginning in 1849.
March 3, 1853 Appointed to finish Berrien's term.
34th 12 Elected in 1854 or 1855.
Elected in 1867 to finish the term, but not seated until Georgia's readmission.
March 3, 1871 Elected to finish term.
March 3, 1877 Elected after Blodgett's credentials were rejected.
August 16, 1882 Elected in 1877.
46th 16 Re-elected in 1879.
Resigned to promote a venture for the Georgia Pacific Railway.
March 3, 1883 Elected to finish Hill's term.
March 3, 1895 Appointed to continue Colquitt's term.
Elected November 7, 1894 to finish Colquitt's term.
58th 20 Re-elected November 4, 1902.
Appointed to begin the next term.
61st 21 Re-elected July 6, 1909.
Appointed to begin the term.
Re-elected July 15, 1913, the first election by popular vote.
November 3, 1914 Appointed to continue Bacon's term.
March 3, 1919 Elected to finish Bacon's term.
Appointed to continue Watson's term.
January 11, 1933 Appointed to continue Harris's term.
January 21, 1971 Elected to finish Harris's term.
November 7, 1972 Appointed to continue Russell's term.
Lost election to finish Russell's term.
January 3, 1997 Elected to finish Russell's term.
100th 34 Elected in 1986.
Appointed to continue Coverdell's term.
Elected in 2000 to finish Coverdell's term.
As of January 2019[update], there are six living former U.S. Senators from Georgia. The most recent senator to die was Zell Miller (served 2000–2005) on March 22, 2018, who is also the most recently serving Senator to die.
^ "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 o'clock tonight at a local hospital.
^ Stryker, James (September 1849). Stryker's American Register and Magazine. 3. p. 427.
^ 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.