Georgia's at-large congressional district

From 1793 to 1827 and again from 1829 to 1845, Georgia elected all its Representatives in Congress from a single multi-member at-large congressional district.

  • From 1793 to 1803 Georgia elected 2 Representatives at large.
  • From 1803 to 1813 Georgia elected 4 Representatives at large.
  • From 1813 to 1823 Georgia elected 6 Representatives at large.
  • From 1823 to 1826 and again from 1829 to 1833 Georgia elected 7 Representatives at large.
  • From 1833 to 1843 Georgia elected 9 Representatives at large.
  • From 1843 to 1845 Georgia elected 8 Representatives at large.

Briefly, from 1883 to 1885, Georgia elected one of its representatives at large, with the remainder being elected from districts.

List of representatives

The at-large district was created in 1793 from district representation.

  Seat A Seat B Seat C Seat D Seat E Seat F Seat G Seat H Seat I
3rd
(1793–1795)

Abraham Baldwin
(Anti-Admin)

Redistricted from the 2nd district and re-elected in 1792.
Thomas P. Carnes
(Anti-Admin)

Elected in 1792.

Lost re-election.
Seat created in 1803 Seat created in 1803 Seat created in 1813 Seat created in 1813 Seat created in 1823 Seat created in 1833 Seat created in 1833
4th
(1795–1797)

Abraham Baldwin
(Dem-Rep)

Re-elected in 1794.

Re-elected in 1796.

Lost re-election.

John Milledge
(Dem-Rep)

Elected in 1794.

Re-elected in 1796.

Retired.
5th
(1797–1799)
6th
(1799–1801)
Benjamin Taliaferro
(Fed)

Elected in 1798.
James Jones
(Fed)

Elected in 1798.

Re-elected in 1800, but died January 11, 1801.
7th
(1801–1803)
Benjamin Taliaferro
(Dem-Rep)

Re-elected in 1800.

Resigned in 1802.

John Milledge
(Dem-Rep)

Elected to finish Jones's term.

Re-elected in 1802, but declined to serve to become Governor of Georgia.

Resigned in May 1802.
David Meriwether
(Dem-Rep)

Elected to finish Taliaferro's term.

Re-elected in 1802.

Re-elected in 1804.

Retired.

Peter Early
(Dem-Rep)

Elected to finish Milledge's term in the 7th Congress. (Seated January 10, 1803)

Also elected to the next term in 1802.

Re-elected in 1804.

Retired.
8th
(1803–1805)

Joseph Bryan
(Dem-Rep)

Elected to finish Milledge's term in the 8th Congress.

Re-elected in 1804.

Resigned.
Samuel Hammond
(Dem-Rep)

Elected in 1802.

Retired.
9th
(1805–1807)
Cowles Mead
(Dem-Rep)

Elected in 1804.

Lost election contest on December 24, 1805.
Dennis Smelt
(Dem-Rep)

Elected to finish Bryan's term.

Re-elected in 1806.

Re-elected in 1808.

Retired.
Thomas Spalding
(Dem-Rep)

Won election contest on December 24, 1805.

Lost re-election and then resigned.

William Wyatt Bibb
(Dem-Rep)

Elected in 1806.

Elected early to finish Spalding's term (seated January 26, 1807).

Re-elected in 1808.

Re-elected in 1810.
10th
(1807–1809)
Howell Cobb
(Dem-Rep)

Elected in 1806.

Re-elected in 1808.

Re-elected in 1810.

George M. Troup
(Dem-Rep)

Elected in 1806.

Re-elected in 1808.

Re-elected in 1810.
11th
(1809–1811)
12th
(1811–1813)
Bolling Hall
(Dem-Rep)

Elected in 1810.
William Barnett
(Dem-Rep)

Elected to finish Cobb's term.
13th
(1813–1815)

John Forsyth
(Dem-Rep)
Thomas Telfair
(Dem-Rep)
Alfred Cuthbert
(Dem-Rep)
14th
(1815–1817)

Richard Henry Wilde
(Dem-Rep)

Wilson Lumpkin
(Dem-Rep)
Zadock Cook
(Dem-Rep)
15th
(1817–1819)
Joel Abbot
(Dem-Rep)
Joel Crawford
(Dem-Rep)
Thomas W. Cobb
(Dem-Rep)
William Terrell
(Dem-Rep)

Robert R. Reid
(Dem-Rep)
16th
(1819–1821)
John Alfred Cuthbert
(Dem-Rep)
17th
(1821–1823)
Edward F. Tattnall
(Dem-Rep)

George R. Gilmer
(Dem-Rep)
Alfred Cuthbert
(Dem-Rep)
Wiley Thompson
(Dem-Rep)
18th
(1823–1825)
Joel Abbot
(Crawford Dem-Rep)
Edward F. Tattnall
(Crawford Dem-Rep)
Thomas W. Cobb
(Crawford Dem-Rep)
Alfred Cuthbert
(Crawford Dem-Rep)

John Forsyth
(Crawford Dem-Rep)
Wiley Thompson
(Crawford Dem-Rep)
George Cary
(Crawford Dem-Rep)

Richard Henry Wilde
(Crawford Dem-Rep)
19th
(1825–1827)
Charles E. Haynes
(Jack)
Edward F. Tattnall
(Jack)
James Meriwether
(Jack)
Alfred Cuthbert
(Jack)

John Forsyth
(Jack)
Wiley Thompson
(Jack)
George Cary
(Jack)
20th
(1827–1829)
District returned to district representation in 1827.

District re-established from district representation in 1829.
21st
(1829–1831)
Charles E. Haynes
(Jack)

Wilson Lumpkin
(Jack)

Richard Henry Wilde
(Jack)
Henry G. Lamar
(Jack)

James M. Wayne
(Jack)
Wiley Thompson
(Jack)
Thomas Flournoy Foster
(Jack)
22nd
(1831–1833)
Daniel Newnan
(Jack)
Augustin S. Clayton
(Jack)
23rd
(1833–1835)
John E. Coffee
(Jack)

William Schley
(Jack)
Roger L. Gamble
(Jack)

George R. Gilmer
(Jack)
Seaborn Jones
(Jack)
24th
(1835–1837)
George W. Owens
(Jack)
John W. A. Sanford
(Jack)
Vacant James C. Terrell
(Jack)

George Towns
(Jack)
Seaton Grantland
(Jack)
Charles E. Haynes
(Jack)

William C. Dawson
(Sts rts)
Jesse F. Cleveland
(Jack)
Jabez Y. Jackson
(Jack)
Thomas Glascock
(Jack)
Hopkins Holsey
(Jack)
Julius Caesar Alford
(Anti-Jack)
25th
(1837–1839)

William C. Dawson
(Whig)
George W. Owens
(Dem)
Jesse F. Cleveland
(Dem)
Jabez Y. Jackson
(Dem)
Thomas Glascock
(Dem)
Hopkins Holsey
(Dem)

George Towns
(Dem)
Seaton Grantland
(Dem)
Charles E. Haynes
(Dem)
26th
(1839–1841)
Edward J. Black
(Whig)
Julius Caesar Alford
(Whig)

Walter T. Colquitt
(Whig)
Mark A. Cooper
(Whig)
Richard W. Habersham
(Whig)

Thomas B. King
(Whig)

Eugenius A. Nisbet
(Whig)

Lott Warren
(Whig)

Hines Holt
(Whig)
27th
(1841–1843)
Thomas F. Foster
(Whig)
Roger L. Gamble
(Whig)
James A. Meriwether
(Whig)
Mark A. Cooper
(Dem)
Edward J. Black
(Dem)

George W. Crawford
(Whig)

Walter T. Colquitt
(Dem)
28th
(1843–1845)
William H. Stiles
(Dem)
John Millen
(Dem)

Howell Cobb
(Dem)
Hugh A. Haralson
(Dem)
John B. Lamar
(Dem)
John H. Lumpkin
(Dem)
Seat
eliminated
in 1843

Alexander H. Stephens
(Whig)
Duncan L. Clinch
(Whig)
Absalom H. Chappell
(Whig)
District returned to district representation in 1845
At-large seat restored for the 48th Congress
48th
(1883–1885)
Thomas Hardeman, Jr.
(Dem)

References

    • Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
    • Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
    • Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present

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