127th Georgia General Assembly
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The 127th Georgia General Assembly convened its first session on January 14, 1963, at the Georgia State Capitol in Atlanta.[1][2] The 127th Georgia General Assembly succeeded the 126th and served as the precedent for the 128th in 1965.
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| Legislative body | Georgia General Assembly | ||||
| Meeting place | Capitol Building - Atlanta | ||||
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| Members | 54 | ||||
| President of the Senate | Peter Zack Geer | ||||
| Party control | Democratic Party | ||||
| House of Representatives | |||||
| Members | 205 | ||||
| Speaker of the House | George T. Smith | ||||
| Party control | Democratic Party | ||||
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Jimmy Carter was elected to serve his first of two terms in the Georgia State Senate this session.
Members of the State Senate
| District | Senator | Party | Residence |
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| 1 | Frank O. Downing | Democratic | Savannah |
| 2 | William Searcey | Democratic | Savannah |
| 3 | Joseph Tribble | Republican | Savannah |
| 4 | Clinton Oliver | Democratic | Glenville |
| 5 | John M. Gayner, III | Democratic | Brunswick |
| 6 | William Zorn | Democratic | Jesup |
| 7 | Talmadge McKinnon | Democratic | Willacoochee |
| 8 | Robert Rowan | Democratic | Enigma |
| 9 | Ford Spinks | Democratic | Tifton |
| 10 | Glenn Pelham | Democratic | Cairo |
| 11 | Julian Webb | Democratic | Donalsonville |
| 12 | Al Holloway | Democratic | Albany |
| 13 | Martin Young | Democratic | Rebecca |
| 14 | Jimmy Carter | Democratic | Plains |
| 15 | A. Perry Gordy | Republican | Columbus |
| 16 | Harry Jackson | Republican | Columbus |
| 17 | Garland Byrd | Democratic | Reynolds |
| 18 | Stanley Smith | Democratic | Perry |
| 19 | Roy Noble | Democratic | Vienna |
| 20 | Hugh Gillis | Democratic | Soperton |
| 21 | Milton Carlton | Democratic | Swainsboro |
| 22 | J. B. Fuqua | Democratic | Augusta |
| 23 | Milford Scott | Democratic | Augusta |
| 24 | Wyck Knox | Independent | Thomson |
| 25 | Culver Kidd Jr. | Democratic | Milledgeville |
| 26 | William Hunt | Democratic | Macon |
| 27 | Taylor Phillips | Democratic | Macon |
| 28 | Robert H. Smalley Jr. | Democratic | Griffin |
| 29 | Roland Heard | Democratic | West Point |
| 30 | Lamar Plunkett | Democratic | Bowdon |
| 31 | Albert F. Moore | Democratic | Cedartown |
| 32 | Edward Kendrick | Democratic | Marietta |
| 33 | Kyle Yancey | Democratic | Austell |
| 34 | Charlie Brown | Democratic | Atlanta |
| 35 | Frank E. Coggin | Democratic | Hapeville |
| 36 | Joe Salome | Democratic | Atlanta |
| 37 | James Wesberry | Democratic | Atlanta |
| 38 | Leroy Johnson | Democratic | Atlanta |
| 39 | Oby Brewer | Democratic | Atlanta |
| 40 | Dan MacIntyre | Republican | Atlanta |
| 41 | McKinley Conway | Democratic | Atlanta |
| 42 | Ben F. Johnson | Democratic | Atlanta |
| 43 | William McWhorter | Democratic | Decatur |
| 44 | Thomas Ellis | Democratic | McDonough |
| 45 | Brooks Pennington | Democratic | Madison |
| 46 | Paul C. Broun Sr. | Democratic | Athens |
| 47 | Robert Lee | Democratic | Hartwell |
| 48 | Harold Harrison | Democratic | Bethlehem |
| 49 | Erwin Owens | Democratic | Dahlonega |
| 50 | Zell Miller | Democratic | Young Harris |
| 51 | Jack Fincher | Democratic | Canton |
| 52 | James Battle Hall | Democratic | Rome |
| 53 | Joseph Loggins | Democratic | Summerville |
| 54 | Charles Pannell (res.) | Democratic | Chatsworth |
| 55 | Reese Thomas | Republican | Dalton |
Members of the House
| County | Representative | Party |
|---|---|---|
| Appling | Curtis Herndon | Democratic |
| Atkinson | Waldo Henderson | Democratic |
| Bacon | Hugh Deen | Democratic |
| Baker | J. R. Rhodes Jr. | Democratic |
| Baldwin | John Floyd Harrington | Democratic |
| Baldwin | Phillip Chandler | Democratic |
| Banks | John Simmons | Democratic |
| Barrow | James Paris | Democratic |
| Bartow | William Greene | Democratic |
| Bartow | J.R. Cullens | Democratic |
| Ben Hill | Arthur Dorminy | Democratic |
| Berrien | William Knight | Democratic |
| Bibb | Denmark Groover Jr. | Democratic |
| Bibb | Michael House | Democratic |
| Bibb | William Laite | Democratic |
| Bleckley | James Mullis | Democratic |
| Brantley | Hoke Wilson | Democratic |
| Brooks | Henry Reaves | Democratic |
| Bryan | Jack Shuman | Democratic |
| Bulloch | W. Jones Lane | Democratic |
| Bulloch | Paul Nessmith | Democratic |
| Burke | Memory Tucker | Democratic |
| Butts | Bailey Woodward | Democratic |
| Calhoun | William Jordan | Democratic |
| Camden | Nolan Wells | Democratic |
| Camden | Charles Smith | Democratic |
| Candler | Hines Brantley | Democratic |
| Carroll | Joseph Elvin | Democratic |
| Carroll | Hayne Waldrop (res.) | Democratic |
| Carroll | William Wiggins | Democratic |
| Catoosa | Joe Tucker | Democratic |
| Charlton | Henry Rodgers | Democratic |
| Chatham | Willis Richardson | Democratic |
| Chatham | Arthur Funk | Democratic |
| Chatham | Bart Shea | Democratic |
| Chattahoochee | Joseph King (dcd.) | Democratic |
| Chattahoochee | Floyd Hudgins | Democratic |
| Chattooga | James Floyd | Democratic |
| Cherokee | Grady Coker | Democratic |
| Cherokee | Marion Pope | Democratic |
| Clarke | Chappelle Matthews | Democratic |
| Clarke | William Bedgood | Democratic |
| Clay | Henry McKemie | Democratic |
| Clayton | Edgar Blalock | Democratic |
| Clayton | Bill Lee | Democratic |
| Clinch | Grover Lee | Democratic |
| Cobb | Elmer Teague | Democratic |
| Cobb | Robert Flournoy | Democratic |
| Cobb | Joe Wilson | Democratic |
| Coffee | George Williams | Democratic |
| Coffee | Henry Milhollin | Democratic |
| Colquitt | Dorsey Matthews | Democratic |
| Colquitt | David Newton | Democratic |
| Columbia | G.S. Phillips | Democratic |
| Cook | Wilson Wilkes | Democratic |
| Coweta | Henry Payton | Democratic |
| Coweta | D.B. Blalock | Democratic |
| Crawford | John Scarborough Jr. | Democratic |
| Crisp | Howard H. Rainey | Democratic |
| Dade | Maddox Hale | Democratic |
| Dawson | Ralph W. Bowen | Democratic |
| Decatur | J. Willis Conger | Democratic |
| Decatur | Robert Griffin | Democratic |
| DeKalb | James MacKay | Democratic |
| DeKalb | Guy Rutland | Democratic |
| DeKalb | J. Robin Harris | Democratic |
| Dodge | Williamson Stuckey | Democratic |
| Dooly | Thomas I. Sangster | Democratic |
| Dougherty | George Busbee | Democratic |
| Dougherty | Colquitt Odom | Democratic |
| Dougherty | William Lee | Democratic |
| Douglas | Alpha Fowler | Democratic |
| Early | Leon Baughman | Democratic |
| Echols | Louis Raulerson | Democratic |
| Effingham | B. Frank Arnsdorff | Democratic |
| Elbert | A.S. Johnson | Democratic |
| Emanuel | Geo Smith | Democratic |
| Evans | G. Ed Perry | Democratic |
| Fannin | A.C. Duncan | Republican |
| Fayette | A. Hewlette Herrel | Democratic |
| Floyd | Sidney Lowrey | Democratic |
| Floyd | J.E. Jordan | Democratic |
| Forsyth | A.C. Smith | Democratic |
| Franklin | C. Patrick Milford | Democratic |
| Fulton | Wilson Brooks | Democratic |
| Fulton | Jack Etheridge | Democratic |
| Fulton | Ralph McClelland | Democratic |
| Gilmer | B.C. Logan | Republican |
| Glascock | W.G. Todd | Democratic |
| Glynn | William R. Killian | Democratic |
| Glynn | Joe Isenberg | Democratic |
| Gordon | Troy Causby | Democratic |
| Grady | George T. Smith | Democratic |
| Greene | Allen P. Roper | Democratic |
| Gwinnett | Handsell Morgan | Democratic |
| Habersham | Richard Russel Smith | Democratic |
| Hall | W.M. Williams | Democratic |
| Hall | Howard Overby | Democratic |
| Hancock | Marvin E. Moate | Democratic |
| Haralson | Tom Murphy | Democratic |
| Harris | William Steis | Democratic |
| Hart | M. Parks Brown | Democratic |
| Heard | Truitt Davis | Democratic |
| Henry | Edward McGarity (res.) | Democratic |
| Henry | Ray Tucker | Democratic |
| Houston | David Peterson | Democratic |
| Houston | Paul Stalnaker | Democratic |
| Irwin | Harry Mixon | Democratic |
| Jackson | Mac Barber | Democratic |
| Jasper | Roy R. Kelly | Democratic |
| Jeff Davis | James L. Conner | Democratic |
| Jefferson | Roy McCracken | Democratic |
| Jenkins | A. Sid Newton | Democratic |
| Johnson | Emory Rowland | Democratic |
| Jones | Corbin Roberts | Democratic |
| Lamar | Haygood Keadle | Democratic |
| Lanier | Robert Pafford | Democratic |
| Laurens | D.W. Knight | Democratic |
| Laurens | WM. Malcolm Towson | Democratic |
| Lee | H. Goodwin Hall | Democratic |
| Liberty | Charles M. Jones | Democratic |
| Lincoln | Henry F. Partridge | Democratic |
| Long | J. Tyron Shaw | Democratic |
| Lowndes | W.J. Gibbons | Democratic |
| Lowndes | Fred H. Walker | Democratic |
| Lumpkin | Fred Jones Jr. | Democratic |
| Macon | J. Paul Sinclair | Democratic |
| Madison | Edwin Poss | Democratic |
| Marion | Eldridge W. Perry | Democratic |
| McDuffie | Leonard Lokey | Democratic |
| McIntosh | Daniel H. White | Democratic |
| Meriwether | Render Hill | Democratic |
| Miller | Buck Tabb | Democratic |
| Mitchell | Frank Twitty | Democratic |
| Monroe | Harold G. Clarke | Democratic |
| Montgomery | Joe Underwood | Democratic |
| Morgan | E. Roy Lambert | Democratic |
| Murray | Gerald Leonard | Democratic |
| Muscogee | Harry Dicus | Democratic |
| Muscogee | Milton Jones | Democratic |
| Muscogee | Mac Pickard | Democratic |
| Newton | William Ballard | Democratic |
| Newton | Jack H. Morgan | Democratic |
| Oconee | Hubert Wells | Democratic |
| Oglethorpe | George B. Brooks | Democratic |
| Paulding | George Bagby | Democratic |
| Peach | D. Warner Wells | Democratic |
| Pickens | Will Poole | Democratic |
| Pierce | Francis Houston | Democratic |
| Pike | Caleb Watson | Democratic |
| Polk | John Harvey Moore | Democratic |
| Polk | Nathan Dean | Democratic |
| Pulaski | John Anderson Jr. | Democratic |
| Putnam | Nevils Horton Jr. | Democratic |
| Quitman | Joe Hurst | Democratic |
| Rabun | Knox Bynum | Democratic |
| Randolph | A'Delbert Bowen | Democratic |
| Richmond | William Fleming | Democratic |
| Richmond | James Hull Jr | Democratic |
| Richmond | John Chapman Bell | Democratic |
| Rockdale | Clarence R. Vaughn Jr. | Democratic |
| Schley | Martin Eugene DeVane | Democratic |
| Screven | Henry Walstein Parker | Democratic |
| Seminole | J.O. Brackin | Democratic |
| Spalding | Arthur Key Bolton | Democratic |
| Spalding | Quimby Melton Jr. | Democratic |
| Stephens | James Allen Andrews | Democratic |
| Stewart | Sam S. Singer | Democratic |
| Sumter | William Blair | Democratic |
| Sumter | John William Sewell | Democratic |
| Sumter | Jesse Watts | Democratic |
| Taliferro | Wales Flynt | Democratic |
| Tatnall | Hogan Kirkland | Democratic |
| Taylor | Ralph Underwood | Democratic |
| Telfair | Edgar Smith Jr | Democratic |
| Terrell | Ed Fulford | Democratic |
| Thomas | James Keyton | Democratic |
| Thomas | Henry Russell Jr | Democratic |
| Tift | W. Frank Branch | Democratic |
| Tift | Henry Banks Allen | Democratic |
| Toombs | Ross Bowen | Democratic |
| Towns | John Acree | Democratic |
| Treutlen | J. Wyman Fowler | Democratic |
| Troup | James Crawford Ware | Democratic |
| Troup | Harry Spikes | Democratic |
| Turner | Roy Coker | Democratic |
| Twiggs | Homer Chance | Democratic |
| Twiggs | James Beck | Democratic |
| Union | William Meeks Jr | Democratic |
| Upson | Johnnie L. Caldwell | Democratic |
| Walker | William Shaw Abney | Democratic |
| Walker | Wayne Snow Jr. | Democratic |
| Walton | John Byrd | Democratic |
| Ware | William Ponsell | Democratic |
| Ware | Harry D. Dixon | Democratic |
| Ware | Bobby Ware Johnson | Democratic |
| Washington | Thomas Carr | Democratic |
| Wayne | James E. Warren | Democratic |
| Webster | James Black | Democratic |
| Wheeler | Mackie Simpson | Democratic |
| White | Thomas McDonald Jr. | Democratic |
| Whitfield | Virgil Smith | Democratic |
| Whitfield | Thomas Marvin Mitchell | Democratic |
| Wilcox | Cecil Crummey (dcd.) | Democratic |
| Wilcox | Joe Dennard | Democratic |
| Wilkes | William Lindsey (dcd.) | Democratic |
| Wilkes | John G. Wright | Democratic |
| Wilkinson | E. Brooks Lewis | Democratic |
| Worth | David Campbell Jones | Democratic |