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Georgia's 4th congressional district

66 members have held this seat since Dec 3, 1827. Now: Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. D.

Holders
66
55 D · 8 R · 1 J · 1 U · 1 ID
Longest tenure
12 years
Albert Sidney Camp
Current
12 years
Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr., since Jan 6, 2015
history/seat/ga-4Every holder, newest first
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1840186018801900192019401960198020002020Wilson Lumpkin · 1827-12-03 – 1829-03-04 · JacksonHugh Anderson Haralson · 1845-12-01 – 1847-03-04 · DemocratHugh Anderson Haralson · 1847-12-06 – 1849-03-04 · DemocratHugh Anderson Haralson · 1849-12-03 – 1851-03-04 · DemocratCharles Murphey · 1851-12-01 – 1853-03-04 · UnionistWilliam Barton Wade Dent · 1853-12-05 – 1855-03-04 · DemocratHiram Warner · 1855-12-03 – 1857-03-04 · DemocratLucius Jeremiah Gartrell · 1857-12-07 – 1859-03-04 · DemocratLucius Jeremiah Gartrell · 1859-12-05 – 1861-03-04 · DemocratSamuel Francis Gove · 1867-03-04 – 1869-03-04 · RepublicanJefferson Franklin Long · 1869-03-04 – 1871-03-04 · RepublicanErasmus Williams Beck · 1871-03-04 – 1873-03-04 · DemocratHenry Richard Harris · 1873-12-01 – 1875-03-04 · DemocratHenry Richard Harris · 1875-12-06 – 1877-03-04 · DemocratHenry Richard Harris · 1877-10-15 – 1879-03-04 · DemocratHenry Persons · 1879-03-18 – 1881-03-04 · Ind. DemocratHugh Buchanan · 1881-12-05 – 1883-03-04 · DemocratHugh Buchanan · 1883-12-03 – 1885-03-04 · DemocratHenry Richard Harris · 1885-12-07 – 1887-03-04 · DemocratThomas Wingfield Grimes · 1887-12-05 – 1889-03-04 · DemocratThomas Wingfield Grimes · 1889-12-02 – 1891-03-04 · DemocratCharles Leavell Moses · 1891-12-07 – 1893-03-04 · DemocratCharles Leavell Moses · 1893-08-07 – 1895-03-04 · DemocratCharles Leavell Moses · 1895-12-02 – 1897-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Charles Adamson · 1897-03-15 – 1899-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Charles Adamson · 1899-12-04 – 1901-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Charles Adamson · 1901-12-02 – 1903-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Charles Adamson · 1903-11-09 – 1905-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Charles Adamson · 1905-12-04 – 1907-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Charles Adamson · 1907-12-02 – 1909-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Charles Adamson · 1909-03-15 – 1911-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Charles Adamson · 1911-04-04 – 1913-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Charles Adamson · 1913-04-07 – 1915-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Charles Adamson · 1915-12-06 – 1917-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Charles Adamson · 1917-04-02 – 1919-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Carter Wright · 1919-05-19 – 1921-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Carter Wright · 1921-04-11 – 1923-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Carter Wright · 1923-12-03 – 1925-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Carter Wright · 1925-12-07 – 1927-03-05 · DemocratWilliam Carter Wright · 1927-12-05 – 1929-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Carter Wright · 1929-04-15 – 1931-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Carter Wright · 1931-12-07 – 1933-03-04 · DemocratEmmett Marshall Owen · 1933-03-09 – 1941-01-04 · DemocratAlbert Sidney Camp · 1943-01-06 – 1955-01-04 · DemocratJohn James Flynt Jr. · 1959-01-07 – 1963-01-04 · DemocratJohn James Flynt Jr. · 1963-01-09 – 1965-01-04 · DemocratJames Armstrong MacKay · 1965-01-04 – 1967-01-04 · DemocratBenjamin Bentley Blackburn · 1967-01-10 – 1971-01-04 · RepublicanBenjamin Bentley Blackburn · 1971-01-21 – 1975-01-04 · RepublicanElliott Harris Levitas · 1975-01-14 – 1979-01-04 · DemocratElliott Harris Levitas · 1979-01-15 – 1985-01-04 · DemocratPatrick Lynn Swindall · 1987-01-06 – 1989-01-04 · RepublicanJohn Linder · 1993-01-05 – 1997-01-04 · RepublicanCynthia McKinney · 1997-01-07 – 1999-01-04 · DemocratCynthia McKinney · 1999-01-06 – 2003-01-04 · DemocratDenise Majette · 2003-01-07 – 2005-01-04 · DemocratCynthia McKinney · 2005-01-04 – 2007-01-04 · DemocratHenry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. · 2007-01-04 – 2009-01-04 · DemocratHenry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. · 2009-01-06 – 2015-01-04 · DemocratHenry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. · 2015-01-06 – present · DemocratThomas Jefferson Speer · 1871-03-04 – 1873-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Carter Wright · 1917-04-02 – 1919-03-04 · DemocratAlbert Sidney Camp · 1939-01-03 – 1943-01-04 · DemocratJohn James Flynt Jr. · 1953-01-03 – 1959-01-04 · DemocratPatrick Lynn Swindall · 1985-01-03 – 1987-01-04 · RepublicanBen Jones · 1989-01-03 – 1993-01-04 · Democrat
Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. D
Jan 6, 2015 – present · 12 years
Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. D
Jan 6, 2009 – Jan 4, 2015 · 6 years
Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. D
Jan 4, 2007 – Jan 4, 2009 · 2 years
Cynthia McKinney D
Jan 4, 2005 – Jan 4, 2007 · 2 years
Denise Majette D
Jan 7, 2003 – Jan 4, 2005 · 2 years
Cynthia McKinney D
Jan 6, 1999 – Jan 4, 2003 · 4 years
Cynthia McKinney D
Jan 7, 1997 – Jan 4, 1999 · 2 years
John Linder R
Jan 5, 1993 – Jan 4, 1997 · 4 years
Ben Jones D
Jan 3, 1989 – Jan 4, 1993 · 4 years
Patrick Lynn Swindall R
Jan 6, 1987 – Jan 4, 1989 · 2 years
Patrick Lynn Swindall R
Jan 3, 1985 – Jan 4, 1987 · 2 years
Elliott Harris Levitas D
Jan 15, 1979 – Jan 4, 1985 · 6 years
Elliott Harris Levitas D
Jan 14, 1975 – Jan 4, 1979 · 4 years
Benjamin Bentley Blackburn R
Jan 21, 1971 – Jan 4, 1975 · 4 years
Benjamin Bentley Blackburn R
Jan 10, 1967 – Jan 4, 1971 · 4 years
James Armstrong MacKay D
Jan 4, 1965 – Jan 4, 1967 · 2 years
John James Flynt Jr. D
Jan 9, 1963 – Jan 4, 1965 · 2 years
John James Flynt Jr. D
Jan 7, 1959 – Jan 4, 1963 · 4 years
John James Flynt Jr. D
Jan 3, 1953 – Jan 4, 1959 · 6 years
Albert Sidney Camp D
Jan 6, 1943 – Jan 4, 1955 · 12 years
Albert Sidney Camp D
Jan 3, 1939 – Jan 4, 1943 · 4 years
Emmett Marshall Owen D
Mar 9, 1933 – Jan 4, 1941 · 7.8 years
William Carter Wright D
Dec 7, 1931 – Mar 4, 1933 · 15 months
William Carter Wright D
Apr 15, 1929 – Mar 4, 1931 · 23 months
William Carter Wright D
Dec 5, 1927 – Mar 4, 1929 · 15 months
William Carter Wright D
Dec 7, 1925 – Mar 5, 1927 · 15 months
William Carter Wright D
Dec 3, 1923 – Mar 4, 1925 · 15 months
William Carter Wright D
Apr 11, 1921 – Mar 4, 1923 · 23 months
William Carter Wright D
May 19, 1919 – Mar 4, 1921 · 22 months
William Charles Adamson D
Apr 2, 1917 – Mar 4, 1919 · 23 months
William Carter Wright D
Apr 2, 1917 – Mar 4, 1919 · 23 months
William Charles Adamson D
Dec 6, 1915 – Mar 4, 1917 · 15 months
William Charles Adamson D
Apr 7, 1913 – Mar 4, 1915 · 23 months
William Charles Adamson D
Apr 4, 1911 – Mar 4, 1913 · 23 months
William Charles Adamson D
Mar 15, 1909 – Mar 4, 1911 · 2 years
William Charles Adamson D
Dec 2, 1907 – Mar 4, 1909 · 15 months
William Charles Adamson D
Dec 4, 1905 – Mar 4, 1907 · 15 months
William Charles Adamson D
Nov 9, 1903 – Mar 4, 1905 · 16 months
William Charles Adamson D
Dec 2, 1901 – Mar 4, 1903 · 15 months
William Charles Adamson D
Dec 4, 1899 – Mar 4, 1901 · 15 months
William Charles Adamson D
Mar 15, 1897 – Mar 4, 1899 · 2 years
Charles Leavell Moses D
Dec 2, 1895 – Mar 4, 1897 · 15 months
Charles Leavell Moses D
Aug 7, 1893 – Mar 4, 1895 · 19 months
Charles Leavell Moses D
Dec 7, 1891 – Mar 4, 1893 · 15 months
Thomas Wingfield Grimes D
Dec 2, 1889 – Mar 4, 1891 · 15 months
Thomas Wingfield Grimes D
Dec 5, 1887 – Mar 4, 1889 · 15 months
Henry Richard Harris D
Dec 7, 1885 – Mar 4, 1887 · 15 months
Hugh Buchanan D
Dec 3, 1883 – Mar 4, 1885 · 15 months
Hugh Buchanan D
Dec 5, 1881 – Mar 4, 1883 · 15 months
Henry Persons ID
Mar 18, 1879 – Mar 4, 1881 · 2 years
Henry Richard Harris D
Oct 15, 1877 – Mar 4, 1879 · 17 months
Henry Richard Harris D
Dec 6, 1875 – Mar 4, 1877 · 15 months
Henry Richard Harris D
Dec 1, 1873 – Mar 4, 1875 · 15 months
Erasmus Williams Beck D
Mar 4, 1871 – Mar 4, 1873 · 2 years
Thomas Jefferson Speer R
Mar 4, 1871 – Mar 4, 1873 · 2 years
Jefferson Franklin Long R
Mar 4, 1869 – Mar 4, 1871 · 2 years
Samuel Francis Gove R
Mar 4, 1867 – Mar 4, 1869 · 2 years
Lucius Jeremiah Gartrell D
Dec 5, 1859 – Mar 4, 1861 · 15 months
Lucius Jeremiah Gartrell D
Dec 7, 1857 – Mar 4, 1859 · 15 months
Hiram Warner D
Dec 3, 1855 – Mar 4, 1857 · 15 months
William Barton Wade Dent D
Dec 5, 1853 – Mar 4, 1855 · 15 months
Charles Murphey U
Dec 1, 1851 – Mar 4, 1853 · 15 months
Hugh Anderson Haralson D
Dec 3, 1849 – Mar 4, 1851 · 15 months
Hugh Anderson Haralson D
Dec 6, 1847 – Mar 4, 1849 · 15 months
Hugh Anderson Haralson D
Dec 1, 1845 – Mar 4, 1847 · 15 months
Wilson Lumpkin J
Dec 3, 1827 – Mar 4, 1829 · 15 months

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