80th Georgia General Assembly

80th Georgia General Assembly
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Great Seal of the State of Georgia
Overview
Meeting place Kimball Opera House
Senate
Party control Republican Party
House of Representatives
Party control Republican Party

The 80th Georgia General Assembly began in Atlanta, Georgia in early 1869. This was the first session after the seat of government was moved from Milledgeville, Georgia following the Georgia Constitution of 1868. A new capitol building had yet to be built so sessions were held in the opera house on Marietta Street rented from H.I. Kimball.

The new General Assembly contained 153 House members and 44 Senators.

African-American members

This was the first time in Georgia where African-American, some of whom were former slaves, were voted into office in large numbers.[1]

NameCounty
T. M AllenJasper
Eli BarnesHancook
T. P. BeardRichmond
Edwin BelcherHikes
T. G. CampbellMclntosh
Malcolm ClaiborneBurke
G. H. ClowerMonroe
Abraham ColbyGreene
J. T. CostinTalbot
Madison DavisClark
Monday FloydMorgan
T. H. FyallMacon
S. G. GardnerWarren
W. A. GoldenLiberty
W. H. HarrisonHancock
N. S. HoustonBryan
Philip JoinerDougherty
George LinderLaurenss
Robert LumpkinMacon
Romulus MooreColumbia
Peter O'NealBaldwin
James PorterChatham
Alfred RichardsonClark
James M. SimsChatham
Abraham SmithMuseogee
Alexander StoneJefferson
H. M. TurnerBibb
John WarrenBurke
Samuel WilliamsHarris

References

  1. ↑ Sanford, Paul Laurence (1947-08-01). "The negro in the political reconstruction of Georgia, 1866-1872". ETD Collection for AUC Robert W. Woodruff Library. Paper 2110.
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