District 15 of the Georgia Senate is a district located in West and Southwest Georgia, anchored in Columbus.
The district includes most of Columbus-Muscogee County as well as all of Chattahoochee, Macon, Marion, Schley, Talbot, and Taylor counties. The district includes Fort Benning.
The current senator is Ed Harbison, a Democrat from Columbus first elected in 1992.
List of state senators +SenatorTenurePartyCountiesNotesRefWilliam H. Crawford1845Lee, SumterWilliam A. Maxwell1847Jared Tomlinson1849–1850Addison E. Harris1851–1852Lee,John McRae (Sr of Appling)1861–1863Irwin, Montgomery, TelfairD. M. McRae1863–1865T. L. Wilcox1865–1866Walter T. McArthur1868–1869D. W. Cameron1871–1874T. D. Wilcox1875–1877; 1882–1883Jacob C. Clements1878–1879Jesse M. Wall1879Thomas Jefferson Smith1880–1881Allen McArthur1884–1885John D. McLeod1886–1887Manasseh Henderson1888–1889John McRae (Jr of Irwin?)1890–1891T. J. Smith1892–1893George K. Wilcox1894–1895John A. Wooten1896–1897Eli K. Wilcox1898–1899B. E. Wilcox1900–1901Gabriel M. Clements1902–1904George M. Wilcox1905–1906James Andrew Jackson Henderson1907–1908Ben Hill, Dodge, Irwin, Montgomery, TelfairMarcus B. Calhoun1909–1910Ben Hill, Dodge, Irwin, Montgomery, TelfairW. S. Mann1911–1912Ben Hill, Dodge, Irwin, Montgomery, Telfair, WheelerO. H. Elkins1913–1914Ben Hill, Dodge, Irwin, Montgomery, Telfair, WheelerM. J. Paulk1915–1917David Roscoe Peacock1917C. H. Peacock1918Ben Hill, Dodge, Irwin, Montgomery, Telfair, WebsterJohn C. Calhoun1919–1920Montgomery, Toombs, WheelerD. C. Colson1921–1922George W. Lankford1923–1924; 1929–1931John Martin Dasher McGregor1925–1926Reese Frederick Jordan1927; 1939–1940Hugh Peterson Jr.1931Robert Ernest Rivers1933James Ellis Pope1935William James Peterson1937–1938; 1943–1944Austus Led Mosley1941–1942Guy Orlando Stone1945–1946James F. Darby Sr.1947–1948Died in office John C. Peterson1949–1950; 1961–1962Wallace Adams1951–1952Steve M. Hall1953–1955Walter B. Morrison1955–1956Wallace Adams1957–1958James F. Darby Jr.1948, 1959–1960 A. Perry Gordy II1963–1965RepublicanMuscogeeResigned I.W. "Bill" Gregory1965–1969RepublicanMuscogeeFloyd Hudgins1969–1989DemocratMuscogeeGary Parker1989–1991DemocratMuscogeeFirst African-American to represent the district Sanford Bishop1991–1993DemocratMuscogeeEd Harbison1993–presentDemocratMuscogee
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