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U.S. Senate seat, Georgia (class 3)

45 members have held this seat since Mar 4, 1789. Now: Raphael G. Warnock D.

Holders
45
26 D · 12 R · 4 J · 2 F · 1 W
Longest tenure
24 years
Walter Franklin George
Current
5.7 years
Raphael G. Warnock, since Jan 20, 2021
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180018201840186018801900192019401960198020002020James Gunn · 1789-03-04 – 1795-03-04 · FederalistJames Gunn · 1795-12-07 – 1801-03-04 · FederalistJames Jackson · 1801-12-07 – 1807-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Milledge · 1807-10-26 – 1809-11-15 · RepublicanCharles Tait · 1813-05-24 – 1819-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Elliott · 1819-12-06 – 1825-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Macpherson Berrien · 1825-12-05 – 1830-01-01 · JacksonJohn Forsyth · 1831-12-05 – 1834-06-28 · JacksonAlfred Cuthbert · 1835-12-07 – 1837-03-04 · JacksonAlfred Cuthbert · 1837-09-04 – 1843-03-04 · DemocratWalter Terry Colquitt · 1843-12-04 – 1849-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Crosby Dawson · 1849-12-03 – 1855-03-04 · WhigAlfred Iverson Sr. · 1855-12-03 – 1861-03-04 · DemocratJoshua Hill · 1871-03-04 – 1873-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Brown Gordon · 1873-12-01 – 1879-03-04 · DemocratJohn Brown Gordon · 1879-03-18 – 1881-03-04 · DemocratJoseph Emerson Brown · 1885-12-07 – 1891-03-04 · DemocratJohn Brown Gordon · 1891-12-07 – 1897-03-04 · DemocratAlexander Stephens Clay · 1897-03-15 – 1903-03-04 · DemocratAlexander Stephens Clay · 1903-11-09 – 1909-03-04 · DemocratAlexander Stephens Clay · 1909-03-15 – 1910-11-14 · DemocratJoseph Meriwether Terrell · 1910-11-17 – 1911-07-15 · DemocratHoke Smith · 1911-11-16 – 1915-03-04 · DemocratHoke Smith · 1915-12-06 – 1921-03-04 · DemocratThomas Edward Watson · 1921-04-11 – 1922-09-27 · DemocratRebecca Latimer Felton · 1922-10-03 – 1922-11-22 · DemocratWalter Franklin George · 1922-11-22 – 1927-03-05 · DemocratWalter Franklin George · 1927-12-05 – 1933-03-04 · DemocratWalter Franklin George · 1933-03-09 – 1957-01-04 · DemocratHerman Eugene Talmadge · 1963-01-09 – 1975-01-04 · DemocratHerman Eugene Talmadge · 1975-01-14 – 1981-01-04 · DemocratMack Francis Mattingly · 1981-01-05 – 1987-01-04 · RepublicanWyche Fowler Jr. · 1987-01-06 – 1993-01-04 · DemocratPaul D. Coverdell · 1993-01-05 – 1999-01-04 · RepublicanPaul D. Coverdell · 1999-01-06 – 2000-07-19 · RepublicanZell Bryan Miller · 2000-07-24 – 2005-01-04 · DemocratJohnny Isakson · 2005-01-04 – 2020-01-01 · RepublicanKelly Loeffler · 2020-01-06 – 2021-01-21 · RepublicanJohn Milledge · 1806-06-19 – 1807-03-04 · RepublicanCharles Tait · 1809-05-22 – 1813-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Forsyth · 1829-12-07 – 1831-03-04 · JacksonHerschel Vespasian Johnson · 1848-01-01 – 1849-03-04 · DemocratJoseph Emerson Brown · 1880-01-01 – 1885-03-04 · DemocratHerman Eugene Talmadge · 1957-01-03 – 1963-01-04 · DemocratRaphael G. Warnock · 2021-01-20 – present · Democrat
Raphael G. Warnock D
Jan 20, 2021 – present · 5.7 years
Kelly Loeffler R
Jan 6, 2020 – Jan 21, 2021 · 13 months
Johnny Isakson R
Jan 4, 2005 – Jan 1, 2020 · 15 years
Zell Bryan Miller D
Jul 24, 2000 – Jan 4, 2005 · 4.4 years
Paul D. Coverdell R
Jan 6, 1999 – Jul 19, 2000 · 18 months
Paul D. Coverdell R
Jan 5, 1993 – Jan 4, 1999 · 6 years
Wyche Fowler Jr. D
Jan 6, 1987 – Jan 4, 1993 · 6 years
Mack Francis Mattingly R
Jan 5, 1981 – Jan 4, 1987 · 6 years
Herman Eugene Talmadge D
Jan 14, 1975 – Jan 4, 1981 · 6 years
Herman Eugene Talmadge D
Jan 9, 1963 – Jan 4, 1975 · 12 years
Herman Eugene Talmadge D
Jan 3, 1957 – Jan 4, 1963 · 6 years
Walter Franklin George D
Mar 9, 1933 – Jan 4, 1957 · 24 years
Walter Franklin George D
Dec 5, 1927 – Mar 4, 1933 · 5.2 years
Walter Franklin George D
Nov 22, 1922 – Mar 5, 1927 · 4.3 years
Rebecca Latimer Felton D
Oct 3, 1922 – Nov 22, 1922 · 2 months
Thomas Edward Watson D
Apr 11, 1921 – Sep 27, 1922 · 18 months
Hoke Smith D
Dec 6, 1915 – Mar 4, 1921 · 5.2 years
Hoke Smith D
Nov 16, 1911 – Mar 4, 1915 · 3.3 years
Joseph Meriwether Terrell D
Nov 17, 1910 – Jul 15, 1911 · 8 months
Alexander Stephens Clay D
Mar 15, 1909 – Nov 14, 1910 · 20 months
Alexander Stephens Clay D
Nov 9, 1903 – Mar 4, 1909 · 5.3 years
Alexander Stephens Clay D
Mar 15, 1897 – Mar 4, 1903 · 6 years
John Brown Gordon D
Dec 7, 1891 – Mar 4, 1897 · 5.2 years
Joseph Emerson Brown D
Dec 7, 1885 – Mar 4, 1891 · 5.2 years
Joseph Emerson Brown D
Jan 1, 1880 – Mar 4, 1885 · 5.2 years
John Brown Gordon D
Mar 18, 1879 – Mar 4, 1881 · 2 years
John Brown Gordon D
Dec 1, 1873 – Mar 4, 1879 · 5.3 years
Joshua Hill R
Mar 4, 1871 – Mar 4, 1873 · 2 years
Alfred Iverson Sr. D
Dec 3, 1855 – Mar 4, 1861 · 5.3 years
William Crosby Dawson W
Dec 3, 1849 – Mar 4, 1855 · 5.2 years
Herschel Vespasian Johnson D
Jan 1, 1848 – Mar 4, 1849 · 14 months
Walter Terry Colquitt D
Dec 4, 1843 – Mar 4, 1849 · 5.2 years
Alfred Cuthbert D
Sep 4, 1837 – Mar 4, 1843 · 5.5 years
Alfred Cuthbert J
Dec 7, 1835 – Mar 4, 1837 · 15 months
John Forsyth J
Dec 5, 1831 – Jun 28, 1834 · 2.6 years
John Forsyth J
Dec 7, 1829 – Mar 4, 1831 · 15 months
John Macpherson Berrien J
Dec 5, 1825 – Jan 1, 1830 · 4.1 years
John Elliott R
Dec 6, 1819 – Mar 4, 1825 · 5.2 years
Charles Tait R
May 24, 1813 – Mar 4, 1819 · 5.8 years
Charles Tait R
May 22, 1809 – Mar 4, 1813 · 3.8 years
John Milledge R
Oct 26, 1807 – Nov 15, 1809 · 2.1 years
John Milledge R
Jun 19, 1806 – Mar 4, 1807 · 8 months
James Jackson R
Dec 7, 1801 – Mar 4, 1807 · 5.2 years
James Gunn F
Dec 7, 1795 – Mar 4, 1801 · 5.2 years
James Gunn F
Mar 4, 1789 – Mar 4, 1795 · 6 years

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