Georgia Secretary of State
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 and people.
Secretary of State Karen Handel announced her resignation in January 2010, and Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue appointed Brian Kemp to replace her.[1]
List of Secretaries of State of Georgia
# | Name | Party | Took Office | Left Office |
---|---|---|---|---|
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 | Democrat [3] | 1873 | 1890 a |
13 | Philip Cook, Sr. | Democrat | 1890 | 1894 a |
14 | Allen D. Candler | Democrat | 1894 | 1898 |
15 | William C. Clifton | 1898 | 1898 | |
16 | Philip Cook, Jr. | Democrat | 1898 | 1918 a |
17 | Henry Bascomb Strange | 1918 | 1919 | |
18 | Samuel Guyton McLendon | 1919 | 1928 a | |
19 | George Henry Carswell | Democrat | 1928 | 1931 |
20 | John Bryan Wilson | Democrat | 1931 | 1946 a |
21 | Benjamin W. Fortson, Jr. | Democrat | 1946 | 1979 a |
22 | David Bryan Poythress | Democrat | 1979 | 1983 |
23 | Joseph Maxwell “Max” Cleland | Democrat | 1983 | 1996 |
24 | Lewis A. Massey | Democrat | 1996 | 1999 |
25 | Lera Catharine “Cathy” Cox | Democrat | 1999 | 2007 |
26 | Karen Handel | Republican | 2007 | 2010 |
27 | Brian Kemp | Republican | 2010 | incumbent |
(a) Died in Office
See also
References
- ↑ Governor Appoints Brian Kemp Secretary of State (Press release).
- ↑ Official List of Secretaries of State
- ↑ Colonel Nathan C. Barnett Archived 2008-07-24 at the Wayback Machine.
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