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.
The office has had a four-year term since 1946. Before 1880, the secretary of state was elected by the Georgia Assembly, not in a popular election.
List of secretaries of state of Georgia
# Image Name Party Took office Left office1Official List of Secretaries of State John Milton 1777 17992 Horatio Marbury 1799 18113 Abner Hammond 1811 18234 Everard Hamilton 1823 18335 William A. Tennille 1833 18436 Nathan Crawford Barnett 1843 18497 George Washington Harrison 1849 18518 Nathan Crawford Barnett 1851 18539 Elihu P. Watkins 1853 186110 Nathan Crawford Barnett 1861 186811 David G. Cotting Republican1868 1873 12 Nathan Crawford Barnett Democratic Colonel Nathan C. Barnett 1873 1890 a13 Philip Cook Sr.Democratic18901894 a14 Allen D. Candler Democratic1894 189815 William C. Clifton1898 1898 16 Philip Cook Jr. Democratic1898 1918 a17 Henry Bascomb Strange 1918191918 Samuel Guyton McLendon 1919 1928 a19 George Henry CarswellDemocratic1928 193120 John Bryan Wilson Democratic1931 1946 a21 Benjamin W. Fortson Jr. Democrat19461979 a22 David Bryan Poythress Democratic1979 198323 Joseph Maxwell Cleland Democratic19831996 24 Lewis A. Massey Democratic1996 199925 Lera Catharine CoxDemocratic 1999 200726 Karen HandelRepublican2007 201027 Brian KempRepublican2010201828 Robyn CrittendenRepublican 2018201929 Brad RaffenspergerRepublican 2019Incumbent
(a) Died in office
See also Georgia Attorney General
References
External links Secretary of State Official site New Georgia Encyclopedia Recent History of Elections for Secretary of State at OurCampaigns.com