Category: Georgia

Representative | Democrat | LEWIS, JOHN R., a Representative from Georgia; born in Troy, Pike County, Ala., February 21, 1940; attended Pike County Training School, Brundidge, Ala.; B.A., American Baptist Theological Seminary, Nashville, Tenn., 1961; B.A., Fisk University, Nashville, Tenn., 1967; chairman, Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, 1963-1966; director of ACTION, 1977-1980; community affairs director, National… Continue reading John Lewis

Auditor / Comptroller | Founding Father | John Wereat on Wikipedia

Treasurer | Democrat | W.J. Speer on Wikipedia

Secretary of State | Democrat | Nathan C. Barnett on Wikipedia

Attorney General | Democrat | Ellis Arnall on Wikipedia Ellis Arnall on OurCampaigns.com

Representative | Democrat-Republican | FORSYTH, JOHN, a Representative and a Senator from Georgia; born in Fredericksburg, Va., October 22, 1780; graduated from the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) in 1799; moved to Augusta, Ga.; studied law; admitted to the bar in 1802 and commenced practice; elected attorney general of Georgia in 1808; elected… Continue reading John Forsyth

Representative | Democrat | CRISP, CHARLES FREDERICK, (father of Charles Robert Crisp), a Representative from Georgia; born in Sheffield, England, January 29, 1845; later in that year his parents immigrated to the United States and settled in Georgia; attended the common schools of Savannah and Macon, Ga.; entered the Confederate Army in May 1861; commissioned… Continue reading Charles Crisp

David’s comment: Andrew Young is too busy to not make this list.Representative | Democrat | YOUNG, ANDREW JACKSON, JR., a Representative from Georgia; born in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, La., March 12, 1932; educated in public schools of New Orleans, Gilbert Academy, and Dillard University; B.S., Howard University, 1951; B.D., Hartford Theological Seminary, 1955; ordained… Continue reading Andrew Young

Representative | Whig | TOOMBS, ROBERT AUGUSTUS, a Representative and a Senator from Georgia; born in Wilkes County, Ga., July 2, 1810; attended the University of Georgia at Athens and graduated from Union College, Schenectady, N.Y., in 1828; studied law at the University of Virginia at Charlottesville; admitted to the bar and commenced practice in… Continue reading Robert Toombs

David’s comment: He was tiny. As in so small he makes James Madison look big. Also, he didn’t have Madiso’s adorable wife, nor any wife for that matter.Representative | Whig | STEPHENS, ALEXANDER HAMILTON, (great-great-uncle of Robert Grier Stephens, Jr.), a Representative from Georgia; born near Crawfordville, Taliaferro County, Ga., on February 11, 1812; attended… Continue reading Alexander Stephens