List of speakers Speaker Party Start of service End of service Noble Wimberly Jones Whig1777May 2, 1778 James Whitefield WhigMay 2, 1778October 30, 1778 Noble Wimberly Jones WhigOctober 30, 1778November 15, 1778**no quorum** 17791779 William Glascock Whig17801780Nathan Brownson17811781 William Gibbons, Sr.17821782 Samuel Saltus17821782 Joseph Clay Federalist1782 1st Adjournment1782 1st Adjournment Joseph Habersham Independent1782 2nd Adjournment1782 3rd Adjournment John Houstoun Whig17831783 retired after "several days" Noble Wimberly Jones Whig17831783 1st SessionWilliam Gibbons, Sr.1783 2nd Session1783 2nd SessionJames Habersham, Jr. 17841784Joseph Habersham Independent17851785 William Gibbons, Sr.17861787 Nathan Brownson17881788 2nd Session John Powell17891789 Seaborn Jones17891790 William Gibbons17911793 Thomas Napier17941795 Thomas Stevens17961796 David Meriwether Democratic-Republican17971801 Abraham Jackson18021805 Benjamin Whitaker 18061810 Robert Iverson18111811 Benjamin Whitaker1812181818191820 David Witt18211821 David Adams1821 1821 Allen Daniel Jr. 18221822 David Adams18231823 John Abercrombie18241825 Thomas W. Murray Democratic-Republican 1825 1825 Irby Hudson 1826 1828 Warren Jourdan 1829 1829 Asbury Hull Democratic 1830 1832 Thomas Glascock 1833 1834 Joseph Day Democratic 1836 1839 Charles J. Jenkins Democrat 1840 1840 William B. Wofford 1841 1842 Charles J. Jenkins Whig 1843 1848 John W. Anderson Democrat 1849 1850 James Archibald Meriwether Democrat 1851 1852 John Elliott Ward Democrat 1853 1854 William Henry Stiles Democrat 1855 1856 John H.W. Underwood Democrat 1857 1858 Isaiah Tucker Irvin Democrat 1859 1859 Charles J. Williams Democrat 1860 1860 Warren Akin Sr. Democrat 1861 1863 Extraordinary Session Thomas Hardeman, Jr. Democrat 1863 1866 Extraordinary Session Robert McWhorter Republican 1868 1870 Extraordinary Session James Milton Smith Democrat 1871 1871 Joseph B. Cumming Democrat 1872 1873 Late Adjournment Augustus Octavius Bacon Democrat 1873 1874 Thomas Hardeman, Jr. Democrat 1875 1876 Augustus Octavius Bacon Democrat 1877 1881 Late Adjournment Louis F. Garrard Democrat 1882 1883 Extraordinary Session William A. Little Democrat 1884 1887 Late Adjournment Alexander S. Clay Democratic18881889 Late Adjournment Clark Howell Democratic18901891 Late Adjournment William Yates Atkinson Democratic18921893 William H. Fleming Democratic 1894 1895 Hudson A. Jenkins Democrat 1896 1897 Late Adjournment John D. Little Democrat 1898 1901 Newton Morris Democratic 1902 1904 John M. Slaton Democratic 1905 1908 Extraordinary Session John N. Holder Democratic 1909 1912 Extraordinary Session William H. Burwell Democratic 1913 1917 Extraordinary Session John N. Holder Democratic 1917 1920 William Cecil Neill Democrat 1921 1926 2nd Extraordinary Session Richard Russell Jr. Democratic 1927 1931 Extraordinary Session Arlie Daniel Tucker Democratic 1931 1932 Eurith Dickerson Rivers Democratic 1933 1936 Roy V. Harris Democratic 1937 1940 Extraordinary Session Randall Evans, Jr. Democratic 1941 Extraordinary Session 1942 Roy V. Harris Democratic19431946 Extraordinary Session Frederick Barrow Hand Democratic 1947 1954 Marvin E. MoateDemocratic 1955 1958 George L. Smith Democratic19591962 Extraordinary Session George T. Smith Democratic19631966 George L. Smith Democratic19671972 Thomas B. Murphy Democratic19732002 Terry Coleman Democratic20032005 Glenn Richardson Republican20052010 (January 1) Mark Burkhalter Republican 2010 Interim Speaker 2010 David Ralston Republican2010 (January 11)2022 Jan Jones Republican2022 (November 16)2023 Jon G. Burns Republican2023 (January 9)
See also List of minority leaders of the Georgia House of Representatives List of minority leaders of the Georgia State Senate List of presidents of the Georgia State Senate List of Georgia state legislatures
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