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Lieutenant Governor of Georgia

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Lieutenant Governor
File:Seal of Georgia.svg
Georgia State Seal
StyleThe Honorable[1] (formal)
ResidenceNo official residence
AppointerElected by popular vote
Term length4-year term
Inaugural holderMelvin E. Thompson
Formation1945
WebsiteGovernment website

The Lieutenant Governor of Georgia is a constitutional officer of the State of Georgia, elected to a four-year term by popular vote. The Lieutenant Governor is elected on a separate election from the Georgia Governor.

The office of Lieutenant Governor was created by a state constitutional revision in 1945.

The current Lieutenant Governor of Georgia is Republican Burt Jones.

List of lieutenant governors of Georgia[change]

Parties

  Democratic (10)   Republican (3)

No. Lt. Governor Term in office Party Election Governor
1 Melvin E. Thompson January 14, 1947

March 18, 1947
Democratic 1946 Herman Talmadge
Vacant March 18, 1947

November 17, 1948
Melvin E. Thompson
2 File:Marvingriffin (cropped).gif Marvin Griffin November 17, 1948

January 11, 1955
Democratic 1948
(special)
Herman Talmadge
1950
3 File:Ernest Vandiver (1962).jpg Ernest Vandiver January 11, 1955

January 13, 1959
Democratic 1954 Marvin Griffin
4 Garland T. Byrd January 13, 1959

January 15, 1963
Democratic 1958 Ernest Vandiver
5 Peter Zack Geer January 15, 1963

January 11, 1967
Democratic 1962 Carl Sanders
6 File:George T. Smith.jpg George T. Smith January 11, 1967

January 12, 1971
Democratic 1966 Lester Maddox
7 File:Lester Maddox.jpg Lester Maddox January 12, 1971

January 14, 1975
Democratic 1970 Jimmy Carter
8 File:Zell Miller 1975.jpg Zell Miller January 14, 1975

January 13, 1991
Democratic 1974 George Busbee
1978
1982 Joe Frank Harris
1986
9 File:Pierre Howard.png Pierre Howard January 13, 1991

January 11, 1999
Democratic 1990 Zell Miller
1994
10 File:Marktaylorpic.jpg Mark Taylor January 11, 1999

January 8, 2007
Democratic 1998 Roy Barnes
2002 Sonny Perdue
11 File:Casey Cagle 2013.jpg Casey Cagle January 8, 2007

January 14, 2019
Republican 2006
2010 Nathan Deal
2014
12 File:GeoffDuncan2018 (cropped).jpg Geoff Duncan January 14, 2019

January 9, 2023
Republican 2018 Brian Kemp
13 File:Georgia Lt. Gov. Burt Jones 2023 (cropped).jpg Burt Jones January 9, 2023

present
Republican 2022

References[change]

  1. Hickey, Robert. "How to Address a Lieutenant Governor".