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U.S. Senate seat, Georgia (class 2)

55 members have held this seat since Mar 4, 1789. Now: Jon Ossoff D.

Holders
55
30 D · 16 R · 4 J · 2 W · 1 AA · 1 F · 1 U
Longest tenure
24 years
Richard Brevard Russell Jr.
Current
5.7 years
Jon Ossoff, since Jan 20, 2021
history/seat/ga-sen-2Every holder, newest first
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180018201840186018801900192019401960198020002020William Few · 1789-03-04 – 1793-03-04 · Anti-AdministrationJames Jackson · 1793-12-02 – 1796-01-01 · RepublicanJosiah Tattnall · 1796-01-01 – 1799-03-04 · RepublicanAbraham Baldwin · 1799-12-02 – 1805-03-04 · RepublicanAbraham Baldwin · 1805-12-02 – 1807-03-05 · RepublicanGeorge Jones · 1807-10-26 – 1808-01-01 · RepublicanWilliam Harris Crawford · 1811-11-04 – 1814-01-01 · RepublicanGeorge Michael Troup · 1816-11-13 – 1818-09-24 · RepublicanJohn Forsyth · 1818-11-23 – 1819-02-18 · RepublicanFreeman Walker · 1819-12-06 – 1822-01-01 · RepublicanNicholas Ware · 1823-12-01 – 1825-03-04Oliver Hillhouse Prince · 1828-01-01 – 1829-03-04 · JacksonGeorge Michael Troup · 1829-12-07 – 1833-11-09 · JacksonJohn Pendleton King · 1833-12-02 – 1835-03-04 · JacksonJohn Pendleton King · 1835-12-07 – 1838-01-01 · DemocratJohn Macpherson Berrien · 1841-05-31 – 1847-03-04 · WhigJohn Macpherson Berrien · 1847-12-06 – 1853-03-04 · WhigRobert Augustus Toombs · 1853-12-05 – 1859-03-04 · DemocratRobert Augustus Toombs · 1859-12-05 – 1862-01-01 · DemocratHomer Virgil Milton Miller · 1871-03-04 – 1872-01-01 · DemocratBenjamin Harvey Hill · 1877-10-15 – 1883-03-04 · DemocratAlfred Holt Colquitt · 1883-12-03 – 1889-03-04 · DemocratAlfred Holt Colquitt · 1889-12-02 – 1895-03-04 · DemocratAugustus Octavius Bacon · 1895-12-02 – 1901-03-04 · DemocratAugustus Octavius Bacon · 1901-12-02 – 1907-03-04 · DemocratAugustus Octavius Bacon · 1907-12-02 – 1913-03-04 · DemocratAugustus Octavius Bacon · 1913-04-07 – 1914-02-15 · DemocratWilliam Stanley West · 1914-03-02 – 1914-11-04 · DemocratThomas William Hardwick · 1914-11-04 – 1919-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Julius Harris · 1919-05-19 – 1925-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Julius Harris · 1925-12-07 – 1931-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Julius Harris · 1931-12-07 – 1932-04-19 · DemocratJohn Sanford Cohen · 1932-04-25 – 1933-01-12 · DemocratRichard Brevard Russell Jr. · 1933-03-09 – 1943-01-04 · DemocratRichard Brevard Russell Jr. · 1943-01-06 – 1967-01-04 · DemocratRichard Brevard Russell Jr. · 1967-01-10 – 1971-01-22 · DemocratDavid Henry Gambrell · 1971-02-01 – 1972-11-08 · DemocratSamuel Augustus Nunn · 1972-11-08 – 1979-01-04 · DemocratSamuel Augustus Nunn · 1979-01-15 – 1997-01-04 · DemocratJ. Maxwell Cleland · 1997-01-07 – 2003-01-04 · DemocratSaxby Chambliss · 2003-01-07 – 2009-01-04 · RepublicanSaxby Chambliss · 2009-01-06 – 2015-01-04 · RepublicanDavid Perdue · 2015-01-06 – 2021-01-04 · RepublicanJon Ossoff · 2021-01-20 – present · DemocratGeorge Walton · 1795-11-16 – 1796-02-21 · FederalistWilliam Harris Crawford · 1807-10-26 – 1811-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Bellinger Bulloch · 1813-05-24 – 1814-01-01 · RepublicanNicholas Ware · 1821-12-03 – 1823-03-04 · RepublicanThomas Willis Cobb · 1824-01-01 – 1829-03-04 · JacksonWilson Lumpkin · 1837-09-04 – 1841-03-04 · DemocratRobert Milledge Charlton · 1852-01-01 – 1853-03-04 · DemocratThomas Manson Norwood · 1871-03-04 – 1877-03-04 · DemocratMiddleton Pope Barrow · 1882-01-01 – 1883-03-04 · DemocratPatrick Walsh · 1894-01-01 – 1895-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Wyatt Bibb · 1813-11-06 – 1816-11-10 · Republican
Jon Ossoff D
Jan 20, 2021 – present · 5.7 years
David Perdue R
Jan 6, 2015 – Jan 4, 2021 · 6 years
Saxby Chambliss R
Jan 6, 2009 – Jan 4, 2015 · 6 years
Saxby Chambliss R
Jan 7, 2003 – Jan 4, 2009 · 6 years
J. Maxwell Cleland D
Jan 7, 1997 – Jan 4, 2003 · 6 years
Samuel Augustus Nunn D
Jan 15, 1979 – Jan 4, 1997 · 18 years
Samuel Augustus Nunn D
Nov 8, 1972 – Jan 4, 1979 · 6.2 years
David Henry Gambrell D
Feb 1, 1971 – Nov 8, 1972 · 21 months
Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D
Jan 10, 1967 – Jan 22, 1971 · 4 years
Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D
Jan 6, 1943 – Jan 4, 1967 · 24 years
Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D
Mar 9, 1933 – Jan 4, 1943 · 9.8 years
John Sanford Cohen D
Apr 25, 1932 – Jan 12, 1933 · 9 months
William Julius Harris D
Dec 7, 1931 – Apr 19, 1932 · 4 months
William Julius Harris D
Dec 7, 1925 – Mar 4, 1931 · 5.2 years
William Julius Harris D
May 19, 1919 – Mar 4, 1925 · 5.8 years
Thomas William Hardwick D
Nov 4, 1914 – Mar 4, 1919 · 4.3 years
William Stanley West D
Mar 2, 1914 – Nov 4, 1914 · 8 months
Augustus Octavius Bacon D
Apr 7, 1913 – Feb 15, 1914 · 10 months
Augustus Octavius Bacon D
Dec 2, 1907 – Mar 4, 1913 · 5.3 years
Augustus Octavius Bacon D
Dec 2, 1901 – Mar 4, 1907 · 5.3 years
Augustus Octavius Bacon D
Dec 2, 1895 – Mar 4, 1901 · 5.3 years
Patrick Walsh D
Jan 1, 1894 – Mar 4, 1895 · 14 months
Alfred Holt Colquitt D
Dec 2, 1889 – Mar 4, 1895 · 5.3 years
Alfred Holt Colquitt D
Dec 3, 1883 – Mar 4, 1889 · 5.3 years
Middleton Pope Barrow D
Jan 1, 1882 – Mar 4, 1883 · 14 months
Benjamin Harvey Hill D
Oct 15, 1877 – Mar 4, 1883 · 5.4 years
Homer Virgil Milton Miller D
Mar 4, 1871 – Jan 1, 1872 · 10 months
Thomas Manson Norwood D
Mar 4, 1871 – Mar 4, 1877 · 6 years
Robert Augustus Toombs D
Dec 5, 1859 – Jan 1, 1862 · 2.1 years
Robert Augustus Toombs D
Dec 5, 1853 – Mar 4, 1859 · 5.2 years
Robert Milledge Charlton D
Jan 1, 1852 – Mar 4, 1853 · 14 months
John Macpherson Berrien W
Dec 6, 1847 – Mar 4, 1853 · 5.2 years
John Macpherson Berrien W
May 31, 1841 – Mar 4, 1847 · 5.8 years
Wilson Lumpkin D
Sep 4, 1837 – Mar 4, 1841 · 3.5 years
John Pendleton King D
Dec 7, 1835 – Jan 1, 1838 · 2.1 years
John Pendleton King J
Dec 2, 1833 – Mar 4, 1835 · 15 months
George Michael Troup J
Dec 7, 1829 – Nov 9, 1833 · 3.9 years
Oliver Hillhouse Prince J
Jan 1, 1828 – Mar 4, 1829 · 14 months
Thomas Willis Cobb J
Jan 1, 1824 – Mar 4, 1829 · 5.2 years
Nicholas Ware
Dec 1, 1823 – Mar 4, 1825 · 15 months
Nicholas Ware R
Dec 3, 1821 – Mar 4, 1823 · 15 months
Freeman Walker R
Dec 6, 1819 – Jan 1, 1822 · 2.1 years
John Forsyth R
Nov 23, 1818 – Feb 18, 1819 · 3 months
George Michael Troup R
Nov 13, 1816 – Sep 24, 1818 · 22 months
William Wyatt Bibb R
Nov 6, 1813 – Nov 10, 1816 · 3 years
William Bellinger Bulloch R
May 24, 1813 – Jan 1, 1814 · 7 months
William Harris Crawford R
Nov 4, 1811 – Jan 1, 1814 · 2.2 years
George Jones R
Oct 26, 1807 – Jan 1, 1808 · 2 months
William Harris Crawford R
Oct 26, 1807 – Mar 4, 1811 · 3.4 years
Abraham Baldwin R
Dec 2, 1805 – Mar 5, 1807 · 15 months
Abraham Baldwin R
Dec 2, 1799 – Mar 4, 1805 · 5.3 years
Josiah Tattnall R
Jan 1, 1796 – Mar 4, 1799 · 3.2 years
George Walton F
Nov 16, 1795 – Feb 21, 1796 · 3 months
James Jackson R
Dec 2, 1793 – Jan 1, 1796 · 2.1 years
William Few AA
Mar 4, 1789 – Mar 4, 1793 · 4 years

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