This office existed until 1945, when the office of Lieutenant Governor of Georgia assumed the responsibilities of the Georgia State Senate's presidency.
List of presidents President Party Start of service End of service Stephen Heard 1780 1780 Benjamin Taliaferro 1792 1796 David Emanuel 1797 1801 William Barnett 1801 1803 Henry Mitchell 1803 1808 Matthew Talbot 1818 1823 Thomas Stocks 1823 1825 Allen B. Powell 1825 1826 Thomas Stocks 1826 1829 John E. Ward Democratic 1857 1858 T. L. Guerry Democratic 1858 1861 John Billups Democratic 1861 1863 Ambrose R. Wright Democratic 1863 1865 William Gibson Democratic 1865 1865 Benjamin F. Conley Republican 1868 1871 Leander Trammell Democratic 1871 1878 Rufus Lester Democratic 1878 1880 James Boynton Democratic 1880 1883 H.H. Carlton Democratic 1884 1886 John S. Davidson Democratic 1886 1888 Fleming DuBignon Democratic 1888 1890 Robert G. Mitchell Democratic 1890 1892 Alexander S. Clay Democratic 1892 1894 William H. Venable Democratic 1894 1896 Robert L. Berner Democratic 1896 1898 William A. Dodson Democratic 1898 1900 Clark Howell Democratic 1900 1905 William Stanley West Democratic 1905 1906 John W. Akin Democratic 1907 1908 J.J. Flyntt Democratic 1908 1909 John M. Slaton Democratic 1909 1913 J. Randolph Anderson Democratic 1913 1915 G. Ogden Persons Democratic 1915 1917 Samuel L. Olive Democratic 1917 1921 Herbert Clay Democratic 1921 1923 George H. Carswell Democratic 1923 1925 J. Howard Ennis Democratic 1925 1927 E. B. Dykes Democratic 1927 1929 W. Cecil Neill Democratic 1929 1932 Hamilton McWhorter Democratic 1933 1935 Charles D. Redwine Democratic 1935 1937 John B. Spivey Democratic 1937 1941 Charles D. Redwine Democratic 1941 1943 Frank C. Gross Democratic 1943 1945
Presidents pro tempore President Party Start of service End of serviceRufus E. Lester18751877Evan Howell18771879John S. Davidson18851887C. R. Pringle18871889Robert Whitfield18891891Joseph M. Terrell18911893C. W. Smith18931894C. H. Brand18941894C. G. Gray18961896Charlton E. Battle18971899J. R. Terrell18991901P. J. Sullivan19021902A. O. Blalock19111911E. L. Smith19131913Ron. E. P. Dobbs19151917David Peacock19171918E. V. Heath19181919J. H. Ennis19191921L. C. Brown19211923James L. Gillis Sr.19231925J. A. Dixon19251927Eurith D. Rivers19271929E. M. Williams19291931Guy Jackson19311933Hugh A. Carithers19331935Preston Rawlins19351937J. H. Terrell19371939H. Dixon Smith19391941H. B. Edwards19411943David S. Atkinson19431945Spence M. Grayson19451947William T. Dean19471949Spence M. Grayson19491953J. Douglas Carlisle19531955G. Everett Millican19551957Dixon Oxford19571959Robert H. Jordan19591959Carl Sanders19591963Harry C. Jackson19631967Julian Webb19671969Hugh Gillis19691975Al Holloway19751983Joseph E. Kennedy19831991Wayne J. Garner19911993Walter S. Ray19931997Sonny Perdue19971999Terrell Starr19992003Eric Johnson20032009Tommie Williams20092013David Shafer20132018Butch Miller20182023 John F. Kennedy 2023 present
See also List of Georgia state legislatures
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