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Georgia's 1st congressional district

70 members have held this seat since Mar 4, 1789. Now: Earl L. "Buddy" Carter R.

Holders
70
54 D · 9 R · 3 W · 2 U · 1 J · 1 SR
Longest tenure
12 years
Prince Hulon Preston Jr.
Current
12 years
Earl L. "Buddy" Carter, since Jan 6, 2015
history/seat/ga-1Every holder, newest first
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180018201840186018801900192019401960198020002020James Jackson · 1789-03-04 – 1791-03-04 · RepublicanAnthony Wayne · 1791-10-24 – 1792-03-22John Milledge · 1792-11-22 – 1793-03-04Edward Fenwick Tattnall · 1827-12-03 – 1829-03-04 · JacksonThomas Butler King · 1845-12-01 – 1847-03-04 · WhigThomas Butler King · 1847-12-06 – 1849-03-04 · WhigThomas Butler King · 1849-12-03 – 1851-03-04 · WhigJoseph Webber Jackson · 1851-12-01 – 1853-03-04 · States RightsJames Lindsay Seward · 1853-12-05 – 1855-03-04 · DemocratJames Lindsay Seward · 1855-12-03 – 1857-03-04 · DemocratJames Lindsay Seward · 1857-12-07 – 1859-03-04 · DemocratPeter Early Love · 1859-12-05 – 1861-03-04 · DemocratJoseph Wales Clift · 1867-03-04 – 1871-03-04 · RepublicanArchibald Thompson MacIntyre · 1871-03-04 – 1873-03-04 · DemocratMorgan Rawls · 1873-12-01 – 1875-03-04 · DemocratJulian Hartridge · 1875-12-06 – 1877-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Bennett Fleming · 1877-10-15 – 1879-03-04 · DemocratJohn Calhoun Nicholls · 1879-03-18 – 1881-03-04 · DemocratGeorge Robison Black · 1881-12-05 – 1883-03-04 · DemocratJohn Calhoun Nicholls · 1883-12-03 – 1885-03-04 · DemocratThomas Manson Norwood · 1885-12-07 – 1887-03-04 · DemocratThomas Manson Norwood · 1887-12-05 – 1889-03-04 · DemocratRufus Ezekiel Lester · 1889-12-02 – 1891-03-04 · DemocratRufus Ezekiel Lester · 1891-12-07 – 1893-03-04 · DemocratRufus Ezekiel Lester · 1893-08-07 – 1895-03-04 · DemocratRufus Ezekiel Lester · 1895-12-02 – 1897-03-04 · DemocratRufus Ezekiel Lester · 1897-03-15 – 1899-03-04 · DemocratRufus Ezekiel Lester · 1899-12-04 – 1901-03-04 · DemocratRufus Ezekiel Lester · 1901-12-02 – 1903-03-04 · DemocratRufus Ezekiel Lester · 1903-11-09 – 1905-03-04 · DemocratRufus Ezekiel Lester · 1905-12-04 – 1907-03-04 · DemocratCharles Gordon Edwards · 1907-12-02 – 1909-03-04 · DemocratCharles Gordon Edwards · 1909-03-15 – 1911-03-04 · DemocratCharles Gordon Edwards · 1911-04-04 – 1913-03-04 · DemocratCharles Gordon Edwards · 1913-04-07 – 1915-03-04 · DemocratCharles Gordon Edwards · 1915-12-06 – 1917-03-04 · DemocratJames Whetstone Overstreet · 1917-04-02 – 1919-03-04 · DemocratJames Whetstone Overstreet · 1919-05-19 – 1921-03-04 · DemocratJames Whetstone Overstreet · 1921-04-11 – 1923-03-04 · DemocratRobert Lee Moore · 1923-12-03 – 1925-03-04 · DemocratCharles Gordon Edwards · 1925-12-07 – 1927-03-05 · DemocratCharles Gordon Edwards · 1927-12-05 – 1929-03-04 · DemocratCharles Gordon Edwards · 1929-04-15 – 1931-03-04 · DemocratCharles Gordon Edwards · 1931-12-07 – 1933-03-04 · DemocratHomer Cling Parker · 1933-03-09 – 1935-01-04 · DemocratHugh Peterson · 1943-01-06 – 1947-01-04 · DemocratPrince Hulon Preston Jr. · 1959-01-07 – 1961-01-04 · DemocratGeorge Elliott Hagan · 1963-01-09 – 1967-01-04 · DemocratGeorge Elliott Hagan · 1967-01-10 – 1971-01-04 · DemocratGeorge Elliott Hagan · 1971-01-21 – 1973-01-04 · DemocratRonald Bryan Ginn · 1975-01-14 – 1979-01-04 · DemocratRonald Bryan Ginn · 1979-01-15 – 1983-01-04 · DemocratRobert Lindsay Thomas · 1987-01-06 – 1993-01-04 · DemocratJack Kingston · 1993-01-05 – 1997-01-04 · RepublicanJack Kingston · 1997-01-07 – 1999-01-04 · RepublicanJack Kingston · 1999-01-06 – 2003-01-04 · RepublicanJack Kingston · 2003-01-07 – 2009-01-04 · RepublicanJack Kingston · 2009-01-06 – 2015-01-04 · RepublicanEarl L. "Buddy" Carter · 2015-01-06 – present · RepublicanJoseph Webber Jackson · 1849-12-03 – 1851-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Wiseham Paine · 1869-03-04 – 1871-03-04 · DemocratAndrew Sloan · 1873-12-01 – 1875-03-04 · RepublicanJulian Hartridge · 1877-10-15 – 1879-03-04 · DemocratJames Whetstone Overstreet · 1905-12-04 – 1907-03-04 · DemocratHomer Cling Parker · 1931-12-07 – 1933-03-04 · DemocratHugh Peterson · 1935-01-03 – 1943-01-04 · DemocratPrince Hulon Preston Jr. · 1947-01-03 – 1959-01-04 · DemocratGeorge Elliott Hagan · 1961-01-03 – 1963-01-04 · DemocratRonald Bryan Ginn · 1973-01-03 – 1975-01-04 · DemocratRobert Lindsay Thomas · 1983-01-03 – 1987-01-04 · Democrat
Earl L. "Buddy" Carter R
Jan 6, 2015 – present · 12 years
Jack Kingston R
Jan 6, 2009 – Jan 4, 2015 · 6 years
Jack Kingston R
Jan 7, 2003 – Jan 4, 2009 · 6 years
Jack Kingston R
Jan 6, 1999 – Jan 4, 2003 · 4 years
Jack Kingston R
Jan 7, 1997 – Jan 4, 1999 · 2 years
Jack Kingston R
Jan 5, 1993 – Jan 4, 1997 · 4 years
Robert Lindsay Thomas D
Jan 6, 1987 – Jan 4, 1993 · 6 years
Robert Lindsay Thomas D
Jan 3, 1983 – Jan 4, 1987 · 4 years
Ronald Bryan Ginn D
Jan 15, 1979 – Jan 4, 1983 · 4 years
Ronald Bryan Ginn D
Jan 14, 1975 – Jan 4, 1979 · 4 years
Ronald Bryan Ginn D
Jan 3, 1973 – Jan 4, 1975 · 2 years
George Elliott Hagan D
Jan 21, 1971 – Jan 4, 1973 · 23 months
George Elliott Hagan D
Jan 10, 1967 – Jan 4, 1971 · 4 years
George Elliott Hagan D
Jan 9, 1963 – Jan 4, 1967 · 4 years
George Elliott Hagan D
Jan 3, 1961 – Jan 4, 1963 · 2 years
Prince Hulon Preston Jr. D
Jan 7, 1959 – Jan 4, 1961 · 2 years
Prince Hulon Preston Jr. D
Jan 3, 1947 – Jan 4, 1959 · 12 years
Hugh Peterson D
Jan 6, 1943 – Jan 4, 1947 · 4 years
Hugh Peterson D
Jan 3, 1935 – Jan 4, 1943 · 8 years
Homer Cling Parker D
Mar 9, 1933 – Jan 4, 1935 · 22 months
Charles Gordon Edwards D
Dec 7, 1931 – Mar 4, 1933 · 15 months
Homer Cling Parker D
Dec 7, 1931 – Mar 4, 1933 · 15 months
Charles Gordon Edwards D
Apr 15, 1929 – Mar 4, 1931 · 23 months
Charles Gordon Edwards D
Dec 5, 1927 – Mar 4, 1929 · 15 months
Charles Gordon Edwards D
Dec 7, 1925 – Mar 5, 1927 · 15 months
Robert Lee Moore D
Dec 3, 1923 – Mar 4, 1925 · 15 months
James Whetstone Overstreet D
Apr 11, 1921 – Mar 4, 1923 · 23 months
James Whetstone Overstreet D
May 19, 1919 – Mar 4, 1921 · 22 months
James Whetstone Overstreet D
Apr 2, 1917 – Mar 4, 1919 · 23 months
Charles Gordon Edwards D
Dec 6, 1915 – Mar 4, 1917 · 15 months
Charles Gordon Edwards D
Apr 7, 1913 – Mar 4, 1915 · 23 months
Charles Gordon Edwards D
Apr 4, 1911 – Mar 4, 1913 · 23 months
Charles Gordon Edwards D
Mar 15, 1909 – Mar 4, 1911 · 2 years
Charles Gordon Edwards D
Dec 2, 1907 – Mar 4, 1909 · 15 months
Rufus Ezekiel Lester D
Dec 4, 1905 – Mar 4, 1907 · 15 months
James Whetstone Overstreet D
Dec 4, 1905 – Mar 4, 1907 · 15 months
Rufus Ezekiel Lester D
Nov 9, 1903 – Mar 4, 1905 · 16 months
Rufus Ezekiel Lester D
Dec 2, 1901 – Mar 4, 1903 · 15 months
Rufus Ezekiel Lester D
Dec 4, 1899 – Mar 4, 1901 · 15 months
Rufus Ezekiel Lester D
Mar 15, 1897 – Mar 4, 1899 · 2 years
Rufus Ezekiel Lester D
Dec 2, 1895 – Mar 4, 1897 · 15 months
Rufus Ezekiel Lester D
Aug 7, 1893 – Mar 4, 1895 · 19 months
Rufus Ezekiel Lester D
Dec 7, 1891 – Mar 4, 1893 · 15 months
Rufus Ezekiel Lester D
Dec 2, 1889 – Mar 4, 1891 · 15 months
Thomas Manson Norwood D
Dec 5, 1887 – Mar 4, 1889 · 15 months
Thomas Manson Norwood D
Dec 7, 1885 – Mar 4, 1887 · 15 months
John Calhoun Nicholls D
Dec 3, 1883 – Mar 4, 1885 · 15 months
George Robison Black D
Dec 5, 1881 – Mar 4, 1883 · 15 months
John Calhoun Nicholls D
Mar 18, 1879 – Mar 4, 1881 · 2 years
William Bennett Fleming D
Oct 15, 1877 – Mar 4, 1879 · 17 months
Julian Hartridge D
Oct 15, 1877 – Mar 4, 1879 · 17 months
Julian Hartridge D
Dec 6, 1875 – Mar 4, 1877 · 15 months
Morgan Rawls D
Dec 1, 1873 – Mar 4, 1875 · 15 months
Andrew Sloan R
Dec 1, 1873 – Mar 4, 1875 · 15 months
Archibald Thompson MacIntyre D
Mar 4, 1871 – Mar 4, 1873 · 2 years
William Wiseham Paine D
Mar 4, 1869 – Mar 4, 1871 · 2 years
Joseph Wales Clift R
Mar 4, 1867 – Mar 4, 1871 · 4 years
Peter Early Love D
Dec 5, 1859 – Mar 4, 1861 · 15 months
James Lindsay Seward D
Dec 7, 1857 – Mar 4, 1859 · 15 months
James Lindsay Seward D
Dec 3, 1855 – Mar 4, 1857 · 15 months
James Lindsay Seward D
Dec 5, 1853 – Mar 4, 1855 · 15 months
Joseph Webber Jackson SR
Dec 1, 1851 – Mar 4, 1853 · 15 months
Thomas Butler King W
Dec 3, 1849 – Mar 4, 1851 · 15 months
Joseph Webber Jackson D
Dec 3, 1849 – Mar 4, 1851 · 15 months
Thomas Butler King W
Dec 6, 1847 – Mar 4, 1849 · 15 months
Thomas Butler King W
Dec 1, 1845 – Mar 4, 1847 · 15 months
Edward Fenwick Tattnall J
Dec 3, 1827 – Mar 4, 1829 · 15 months
John Milledge
Nov 22, 1792 – Mar 4, 1793 · 3 months
Anthony Wayne
Oct 24, 1791 – Mar 22, 1792 · 5 months
James Jackson R
Mar 4, 1789 – Mar 4, 1791 · 2 years

Dates are from the @unitedstates congress-legislators project. Consecutive terms of one person are merged.