List of United States Senators From Georgia

Class 3

Class 3 U.S. Senators belong to the electoral cycle that were elected for the first three U.S. Congresses in the first election of 1788 and whose seats in recent years are contested in 1998, 2004, 2010, and 2016.

#	Senator	Party	Years	Congress	Term	Electoral history
1	James Gunn	Anti- Administration	March 4, 1789 – March 3, 1801	1	1	Elected in 1789
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				3
		Federalist		4	2	Re-elected in 1795
				5
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2	James Jackson	Democratic- Republican	March 4, 1801 – March 19, 1806	7	3	Elected in 1801 Died
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				9
Vacant			March 19, 1806 – June 19, 1806	9
3	John Milledge	Democratic- Republican	June 19, 1806 – November 14, 1809	9		Elected to finish Jackson's term
				10	4	Re-elected in 1807 Resigned
				11		Re-elected in 1807 Resigned
Vacant			November 14, 1809 – November 27, 1809	11
4	Charles Tait	Democratic- Republican	November 27, 1809 – March 3, 1819	11		Elected to finish Milledge's term
				12		Elected to finish Milledge's term
				13	5	Re-elected in 1813
				14
				15
5	John Elliott	Democratic- Republican	March 4, 1819 – March 3, 1825	16	6	Elected in 1819
		Democratic- Republican		17
		Crawford Democratic- Republican		18
6	John M. Berrien	Jacksonian	March 4, 1825 – March 9, 1829	19	7	Elected in 1825 Resigned to become U.S. Attorney General
				20
				21
Vacant			March 9, 1829 – November 9, 1829	21
7	John Forsyth	Jacksonian	November 9, 1829 – June 27, 1834	21		Elected to finish Berrien's term
				22	8	Re-elected in 1831 Resigned to become U.S. Secretary of State
				23
Vacant			June 27, 1834 – January 12, 1835	23
8	Alfred Cuthbert	Democratic	January 12, 1835 – March 3, 1843	23		Elected to finish Forsyth's term
				24		Elected to finish Forsyth's term
				25	9	Re-elected in 1837 Retired
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				27
9	Walter T. Colquitt	Democratic	March 4, 1843 – February 4, 1848	28	10	Elected in 1843 Resigned
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				30
10	Herschel Vespasian Johnson	Democratic	February 4, 1848 – March 3, 1849	30		Appointed to finish Colquitt's term Retired
11	William Crosby Dawson	Whig	March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1855	31	11	Elected in 1849
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				33
12	Alfred Iverson, Sr.	Democratic	March 4, 1855 – January 28, 1861	34	12	Elected in 1855 Withdrew
				35
				36
Vacant			January 28, 1861 – February 1, 1871	36		Civil War and Reconstruction
				37	13
				38
				39
				40	14
				41
13	Joshua Hill	Republican	February 1, 1871 – March 3, 1873	41		Elected in 1867 to finish the term, but not seated until Georgia's readmission Retired
13	Joshua Hill	Republican	February 1, 1871 – March 3, 1873	42
14	John Brown Gordon	Democratic	March 4, 1873 – May 26, 1880	43	15	Elected in 1873
				44
				45
				46	16	Re-elected in 1879 Resigned to promote a venture for the Georgia-Pacific Railroad
15	Joseph E. Brown	Democratic	May 26, 1880 – March 3, 1891	46		Elected to finish Gordon's term
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				48
				49	17	Re-elected in 1885 Retired due to illness
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				51
16	John Brown Gordon	Democratic	March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1897	52	18	Elected in 1891 Retired
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				54
17	Alexander S. Clay	Democratic	March 4, 1897 – November 13, 1910	55	19	Elected in 1896
				56
				57
				58	20	Re-elected in 1902
				59
				60
				61	21	Re-elected in 1908 Died
Vacant			November 13, 1910 – November 17, 1910	61
18	Joseph M. Terrell	Democratic	November 17, 1910 – July 14, 1911	61		Appointed to finish Clay's term Resigned due to illness
18	Joseph M. Terrell	Democratic	November 17, 1910 – July 14, 1911	62		Appointed to finish Clay's term Resigned due to illness
Vacant			July 14, 1911 – November 16, 1911	62
19	M. Hoke Smith	Democratic	November 16, 1911 – March 3, 1921	62		Elected to finish Terrell's term
				63		Elected to finish Terrell's term
				64	22	Re-elected in 1914 Lost renomination
				65
				66
20	Thomas E. Watson	Democratic	March 4, 1921 – September 26, 1922	67	23	Elected in 1920 Died
Vacant			September 26, 1922 – November 21, 1922
21	Rebecca Latimer Felton	Democratic	November 21, 1922 – November 22, 1922			Appointed to continue Watson's term Retired
22	Walter F. George	Democratic	November 22, 1922 – January 2, 1957	67		Elected to finish Watson's term
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				69
				70	24	Re-elected in 1926
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				72
				73	25	Re-elected in 1932
				74
				75
				76	26	Re-elected in 1938
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				79	27	Re-elected in 1944
				80
				81
				82	28	Re-elected in 1950 Retired
				83
				84
23	Herman E. Talmadge	Democratic	January 3, 1957 – January 3, 1981	85	29	Elected in 1956
				86
				87
				88	30	Re-elected in 1962
				89
				90
				91	31	Re-elected in 1968
				92
				93
				94	32	Re-elected in 1974 Lost re-election
				95
				96
24	Mack Mattingly	Republican	January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1987	97	33	Elected in 1980 Lost re-election
				98
				99
25	Wyche Fowler	Democratic	January 3, 1987 – January 3, 1993	100	34	Elected in 1986 Lost re-election
				101
				102
26	Paul Coverdell	Republican	January 3, 1993 – July 18, 2000	103	35	Elected in 1992
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				105
				106	36	Re-elected in 1998 Died
Vacant			July 18, 2000 – July 27, 2000	106
27	Zell Miller	Democratic	July 27, 2000 – January 3, 2005	106		Appointed to continue Coverdell's term Elected to finish Coverdell's term Retired
				107
				108
28	Johnny Isakson	Republican	January 3, 2005 – Present	109	37	Elected in 2004
				110
				111
				112	38	Re-elected in 2010
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				114
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