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Georgia's 7th congressional district

63 members have held this seat since Dec 3, 1827. Now: Richard McCormick R.

Holders
63
43 D · 8 R · 4 W · 3 ID · 2 A · 1 J · 1 U · 1 IRD
Longest tenure
12 years
Henderson Lovelace Lanham
Current
21 months
Richard McCormick, since Jan 3, 2025
history/seat/ga-7Every holder, newest first
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1840186018801900192019401960198020002020John Floyd · 1827-12-03 – 1829-03-04 · JacksonAlexander Hamilton Stephens · 1845-12-01 – 1847-03-04 · WhigAlexander Hamilton Stephens · 1847-12-06 – 1849-03-04 · WhigAlexander Hamilton Stephens · 1849-12-03 – 1851-03-04 · WhigAlexander Hamilton Stephens · 1851-12-01 – 1853-03-04 · UnionistDavid Addison Reese · 1853-12-05 – 1855-03-04 · WhigNathaniel Greene Foster · 1855-12-03 – 1857-03-04 · AmericanJoshua Hill · 1857-12-07 – 1859-03-04 · AmericanJoshua Hill · 1859-12-05 – 1861-03-04 · Ind. Republican-DemocratPierce Manning Butler Young · 1867-03-04 – 1873-03-04 · DemocratPierce Manning Butler Young · 1873-12-01 – 1875-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Harrell Felton · 1875-12-06 – 1877-03-04 · Ind. DemocratWilliam Harrell Felton · 1877-10-15 – 1879-03-04 · Ind. DemocratWilliam Harrell Felton · 1879-03-18 – 1881-03-04 · Ind. DemocratJudson Claudius Clements · 1881-12-05 – 1883-03-04 · DemocratJudson Claudius Clements · 1883-12-03 – 1885-03-04 · DemocratJudson Claudius Clements · 1885-12-07 – 1887-03-04 · DemocratJudson Claudius Clements · 1887-12-05 – 1889-03-04 · DemocratJudson Claudius Clements · 1889-12-02 – 1891-03-04 · DemocratRobert William Everett · 1891-12-07 – 1893-03-04 · DemocratJohn W. Maddox · 1893-08-07 – 1895-03-04 · DemocratJohn W. Maddox · 1895-12-02 – 1897-03-04 · DemocratJohn W. Maddox · 1897-03-15 – 1899-03-04 · DemocratJohn W. Maddox · 1899-12-04 – 1901-03-04 · DemocratJohn W. Maddox · 1901-12-02 – 1903-03-04 · DemocratJohn W. Maddox · 1903-11-09 – 1905-03-04 · DemocratGordon Lee · 1905-12-04 – 1907-03-04 · DemocratGordon Lee · 1907-12-02 – 1909-03-04 · DemocratGordon Lee · 1909-03-15 – 1911-03-04 · DemocratGordon Lee · 1911-04-04 – 1913-03-04 · DemocratGordon Lee · 1913-04-07 – 1915-03-04 · DemocratGordon Lee · 1915-12-06 – 1917-03-04 · DemocratGordon Lee · 1917-04-02 – 1919-03-04 · DemocratGordon Lee · 1919-05-19 – 1921-03-04 · DemocratGordon Lee · 1921-04-11 – 1923-03-04 · DemocratGordon Lee · 1923-12-03 – 1925-03-04 · DemocratGordon Lee · 1925-12-07 – 1927-03-05 · DemocratMalcolm Connor Tarver · 1927-12-05 – 1929-03-04 · DemocratMalcolm Connor Tarver · 1929-04-15 – 1931-03-04 · DemocratMalcolm Connor Tarver · 1931-12-07 – 1933-03-04 · DemocratMalcolm Connor Tarver · 1933-03-09 – 1943-01-04 · DemocratMalcolm Connor Tarver · 1943-01-06 – 1947-01-04 · DemocratHarlan Erwin Mitchell · 1957-01-03 – 1959-01-04 · DemocratHarlan Erwin Mitchell · 1959-01-07 – 1961-01-04 · DemocratJohn William Davis · 1963-01-09 – 1967-01-04 · DemocratJohn William Davis · 1967-01-10 – 1971-01-04 · DemocratJohn William Davis · 1971-01-21 – 1975-01-04 · DemocratLawrence Patton McDonald · 1975-01-14 – 1979-01-04 · DemocratLawrence Patton McDonald · 1979-01-15 – 1985-01-04 · DemocratGeorge Darden · 1987-01-06 – 1995-01-04 · DemocratBob Barr · 1995-01-04 – 1997-01-04 · RepublicanBob Barr · 1997-01-07 – 1999-01-04 · RepublicanBob Barr · 1999-01-06 – 2003-01-04 · RepublicanJohn Linder · 2003-01-07 – 2009-01-04 · RepublicanJohn Linder · 2009-01-06 – 2011-01-04 · RepublicanRob Woodall · 2011-01-05 – 2015-01-04 · RepublicanRob Woodall · 2015-01-06 – 2021-01-04 · RepublicanLucy McBath · 2023-01-03 – 2025-01-04 · DemocratHenderson Lovelace Lanham · 1947-01-03 – 1959-01-04 · DemocratJohn William Davis · 1961-01-03 – 1963-01-04 · DemocratGeorge Darden · 1983-01-03 – 1987-01-04 · DemocratCarolyn Bourdeaux · 2021-01-03 – 2023-01-04 · DemocratRichard McCormick · 2025-01-03 – present · Republican
Richard McCormick R
Jan 3, 2025 – present · 21 months
Lucy McBath D
Jan 3, 2023 – Jan 4, 2025 · 2 years
Carolyn Bourdeaux D
Jan 3, 2021 – Jan 4, 2023 · 2 years
Rob Woodall R
Jan 6, 2015 – Jan 4, 2021 · 6 years
Rob Woodall R
Jan 5, 2011 – Jan 4, 2015 · 4 years
John Linder R
Jan 6, 2009 – Jan 4, 2011 · 2 years
John Linder R
Jan 7, 2003 – Jan 4, 2009 · 6 years
Bob Barr R
Jan 6, 1999 – Jan 4, 2003 · 4 years
Bob Barr R
Jan 7, 1997 – Jan 4, 1999 · 2 years
Bob Barr R
Jan 4, 1995 – Jan 4, 1997 · 2 years
George Darden D
Jan 6, 1987 – Jan 4, 1995 · 8 years
George Darden D
Jan 3, 1983 – Jan 4, 1987 · 4 years
Lawrence Patton McDonald D
Jan 15, 1979 – Jan 4, 1985 · 6 years
Lawrence Patton McDonald D
Jan 14, 1975 – Jan 4, 1979 · 4 years
John William Davis D
Jan 21, 1971 – Jan 4, 1975 · 4 years
John William Davis D
Jan 10, 1967 – Jan 4, 1971 · 4 years
John William Davis D
Jan 9, 1963 – Jan 4, 1967 · 4 years
John William Davis D
Jan 3, 1961 – Jan 4, 1963 · 2 years
Harlan Erwin Mitchell D
Jan 7, 1959 – Jan 4, 1961 · 2 years
Harlan Erwin Mitchell D
Jan 3, 1957 – Jan 4, 1959 · 2 years
Henderson Lovelace Lanham D
Jan 3, 1947 – Jan 4, 1959 · 12 years
Malcolm Connor Tarver D
Jan 6, 1943 – Jan 4, 1947 · 4 years
Malcolm Connor Tarver D
Mar 9, 1933 – Jan 4, 1943 · 9.8 years
Malcolm Connor Tarver D
Dec 7, 1931 – Mar 4, 1933 · 15 months
Malcolm Connor Tarver D
Apr 15, 1929 – Mar 4, 1931 · 23 months
Malcolm Connor Tarver D
Dec 5, 1927 – Mar 4, 1929 · 15 months
Gordon Lee D
Dec 7, 1925 – Mar 5, 1927 · 15 months
Gordon Lee D
Dec 3, 1923 – Mar 4, 1925 · 15 months
Gordon Lee D
Apr 11, 1921 – Mar 4, 1923 · 23 months
Gordon Lee D
May 19, 1919 – Mar 4, 1921 · 22 months
Gordon Lee D
Apr 2, 1917 – Mar 4, 1919 · 23 months
Gordon Lee D
Dec 6, 1915 – Mar 4, 1917 · 15 months
Gordon Lee D
Apr 7, 1913 – Mar 4, 1915 · 23 months
Gordon Lee D
Apr 4, 1911 – Mar 4, 1913 · 23 months
Gordon Lee D
Mar 15, 1909 – Mar 4, 1911 · 2 years
Gordon Lee D
Dec 2, 1907 – Mar 4, 1909 · 15 months
Gordon Lee D
Dec 4, 1905 – Mar 4, 1907 · 15 months
John W. Maddox D
Nov 9, 1903 – Mar 4, 1905 · 16 months
John W. Maddox D
Dec 2, 1901 – Mar 4, 1903 · 15 months
John W. Maddox D
Dec 4, 1899 – Mar 4, 1901 · 15 months
John W. Maddox D
Mar 15, 1897 – Mar 4, 1899 · 2 years
John W. Maddox D
Dec 2, 1895 – Mar 4, 1897 · 15 months
John W. Maddox D
Aug 7, 1893 – Mar 4, 1895 · 19 months
Robert William Everett D
Dec 7, 1891 – Mar 4, 1893 · 15 months
Judson Claudius Clements D
Dec 2, 1889 – Mar 4, 1891 · 15 months
Judson Claudius Clements D
Dec 5, 1887 – Mar 4, 1889 · 15 months
Judson Claudius Clements D
Dec 7, 1885 – Mar 4, 1887 · 15 months
Judson Claudius Clements D
Dec 3, 1883 – Mar 4, 1885 · 15 months
Judson Claudius Clements D
Dec 5, 1881 – Mar 4, 1883 · 15 months
William Harrell Felton ID
Mar 18, 1879 – Mar 4, 1881 · 2 years
William Harrell Felton ID
Oct 15, 1877 – Mar 4, 1879 · 17 months
William Harrell Felton ID
Dec 6, 1875 – Mar 4, 1877 · 15 months
Pierce Manning Butler Young D
Dec 1, 1873 – Mar 4, 1875 · 15 months
Pierce Manning Butler Young D
Mar 4, 1867 – Mar 4, 1873 · 6 years
Joshua Hill IRD
Dec 5, 1859 – Mar 4, 1861 · 15 months
Joshua Hill A
Dec 7, 1857 – Mar 4, 1859 · 15 months
Nathaniel Greene Foster A
Dec 3, 1855 – Mar 4, 1857 · 15 months
David Addison Reese W
Dec 5, 1853 – Mar 4, 1855 · 15 months
Alexander Hamilton Stephens U
Dec 1, 1851 – Mar 4, 1853 · 15 months
Alexander Hamilton Stephens W
Dec 3, 1849 – Mar 4, 1851 · 15 months
Alexander Hamilton Stephens W
Dec 6, 1847 – Mar 4, 1849 · 15 months
Alexander Hamilton Stephens W
Dec 1, 1845 – Mar 4, 1847 · 15 months
John Floyd J
Dec 3, 1827 – Mar 4, 1829 · 15 months

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