African-Americans in the Georgia State Senate, 1868 - 2000
This alphabetical listing includes the name, party, district, counties of
representation, session(s) served, and other pertinent information. This
information was compiled from the Georgia Official and Statistical Register
and Members of the General Assembly of Georgia. Senate and House of
Representatives .
For more information on the most recent senators, please see the official web
site of the Georgia Senate.
Name
Party
Counties
Session(s)
Notes
Abernathy, Ralph David III
Democrat
Cobb (Pt.)
(38th District) 1993-94, 1995-96, 1997-98
Allen, Roy L.
Democrat
Chatham
(2nd District) 1991-92, 1993-94
Bishop, Sandford D. Jr.
Democrat
Chattahoochee (Pt.), Muscogee (Pt.)
(15th District) 1991
Bond, Julian
Democrat
Fulton
(39th District) 1975-76, 1977-78, 1979-80, 1981-82, 1983-84, 1985-86
Bradley, Aaron Alpeoria
Republican
Bryan, Chatham, Effingham
(1st District)1868 Ex.-69-70 Ex.
1
Brown, Robert
Democrat
Chattahoochee (Pt.), Muscogee (Pt.)
(15th District) 1992
Butler, Gloria S.
Democrat
DeKalb (Pt.)
(55th District)1999-2000
Campbell, Tunis Gulic Sr.
Republican
Liberty, McIntosh, Tattnall
(2nd District) 1868 Ex.-69-70 Ex., 1871-72-72 Adj.
1
Deveaux, James G.
Republican
Jones, Twiggs, Wilkinson
(21st District) 1871-72-72 Adj., 1873-74
Fort, Vincent D.
Democrat
Fulton (Pt.)
(39th District) 1997-98, 1999-2000
Griffin, Floyd L. Jr.
Democrat
Baldwin, Greene, Hancock, Jasper, Jones(Pt.), Morgan, Putnam, Taliaferro
(25th District) 1995-96, 1997-98
Harbison, Ed
Democrat
Chattahoochee (Pt.), Muscogee (Pt.)
(15th District) 1993-94, 1995-96, 1997-98, 1999-2000
James, Donzella J.
Democrat
Fulton (Pt.)
(35th District) 1995-96, 1997-98, 1999-2000
Johnson, Diane Harvey
Democrat
Chatham (Pt.)
(2nd District) 1995-96, 1997-98, 1999-2000 (Resigned seat in January
2000)
Johnson, Leroy R.
Democrat
Fulton
(38th District) 1963-64-64 Ex., 1965-66, 1967-68, 1969-70, 1971-72,
1973-74
Langford, Arthur Jr.
Democrat
Fulton
(35th District) 1985-86, 1987-98, 1989-90,1991-92, 1993-94
Parker, Gary
Democrat
Chattahoochee (Pt.), Muscogee (Pt.)
(15th District) 1989-90
Parrish, John
Democrat
Fulton (Pt.)
(43rd District) 1993-94
Scott, Albert
Democrat
Chatham
(2nd District) 1983-84, 1985-86, 1987-88, 1989-90
Scott, David
Democrat
Fulton
(36th District) 1983-84, 1985-86, 1987-98, 1989-90,1991-92, 1993-94,
1995-96, 1997-98, 1999-2000
Shumake, Hildred W.
Democrat
Fulton
(39th District) 1987-88, 1989-90,1991-92
Stokes, Connie
Democrat
DeKalb (Pt.)
(43rd District) 1995-96, 1997-98, 1999-2000
Tate, Horace E.
Democrat
Fulton
(38th District); 1975-76, 1977-78, 1979-80, 1981-82, 1983-84,
1985-86, 1987-98, 1989-90,1991-92
Tate, Horacena
Democrat
Cobb (Pt.), Fulton (Pt.)
(38th District) 1999-2000
Thomas, Nadine
Democrat
DeKalb (Pt.)
(10th District) 1993-94, 1995-96, 1997-98, 1999-2000
Thomas, Regina
Democrat
Chatham (Pt.)
(2nd District) 2000 (Special election to fill the seat of Diana
Harvey Johnson due to resignation)
Walker, Charles W.
Democrat
Richmond (Pt.)
(22nd District) 1993-94, 1995-96, 1997-98, 1999-2000
Walker, Eugene P.
Democrat
DeKalb
(43rd District) 1985-86, 1987-98, 1989-90,1991-92
Wallace, George
Republican
Baldwin, Hancock, Washington
(20th District) 1868 Ex.; 1871-72-72 Adj.
1
Ward, Horace T.
Democrat
Fulton
(39th District) 1965-66, 1967-68, 1969-70, 1971-72, 1973-74
Unseated on September 12, 1868, and reseated in 1870 by an Act
of Congress, approved on December 22, 1869. [Source: Georgia Official and
Statistical Register. Atlanta, GA: Department of Archives and
History.] For additional reading, please see Black Politicians and
Reconstruction in Georgia: A Splendid Failure by Edmund L. Drago
(Athens, Ga.: University of Georgia Press, 1992).
