126th Georgia General Assembly

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The 126th Georgia General Assembly convened its first session in January 1963, at the Georgia State Capitol in Atlanta. The members were elected in the 1960 Georgia Senate and Georgia House elections.[1][2] It was the last all-white General Assembly in member composition.

126th Georgia General Assembly
←126th 128th→
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Overview
Legislative bodyGeorgia General Assembly
Meeting placeCapitol Building - Atlanta
Senate
Members54
President of the SenateGarland T. Byrd
Party controlDemocratic Party
House of Representatives
Members205
Speaker of the HouseGeorge L. Smith
Party controlDemocratic Party
Sessions
1st1961 – 1961
2nd1962 – 1962

Members of the Senate

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District Senator Party Residence
1 Spence Grayson Democratic Savannah
2 Charles Warnell Pembroke
3 W. C. Long Nahunta
4 Oscar E. Raynor Folkston
5 W. K. Ponsell Waycross
6 Dan J. DeLoach Statenville
7 J. Roland Clanton Thomasville
8 J. Willis Conger Bainbridge
9 Charles E. Dows Edison
10 Jack Bell Leesburg
11 J. T. Dailey Cuthbert
12 Robert McKenzie Georgetown
13 John Thomas McKenzie Montezuma
14 James M. Dykes Cochran
15 John C. Peterson Ailey
16 William Malcolm Towson Dublin
17 A. Sid Newton Millen
18 Carl Sanders Augusta
19 W. Tom Veazey Warrenton
20 Floyd Harrington Milledgeville
21 J. W. Claxton Wrightsville
22 Robert Ogden Persons Sr Forsyth
23 W. T. Jones Roberta
24 Harry C. Jackson Columbus
25 Elisha Mullins Whisnant Hamilton
26 Robert H. Smalley Jr. Griffin
27 Talmadge Harden Commerce
28 E. R. Lambert Madison
29 Edgar D. Clary Jr Harlem
30 A. F. Seagraves Hull
31 C. L. Ayers Toccoa
32 Erwin Owens Dahlonega
33 Howard Overby Gainesville
34 W. Hugh McWhorter Decatur
35 Eugene Kelly Monroe
36 D. B. Blalock Newnan
37 Earl Staples Carrollton
38 Samuel U. Braly Dallas
39 J. L. White Douglasville
40 Zell Miller Young Harris
41 Charles Emerson Waters Ellijay
42 William Ingram Cartersville
43 Erwin Mitchell Dalton
44 Gaston V. Green Rising Fawn
45 Otto Griner Ocilla
46 O. D. Johnson Blackshear
47 Sam J. Gardner Jr. Moultrie
48 Elden Mathews Cordele
49 Ed Perry Claxton
50 Hamilton McWhorter Jr Lexington
51 Mark Fitzpatrick Jeffersonville
52 Charlie Brown Atlanta
53 Dan Hart Quitman
54 Gordon Knox Hazlehurst

Members of the House of Representatives

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Members of the General Assembly of Georgia, State Senate and House of Representatives, second session of term 1961-62 [Jan. 1962] - Digital Library of Georgia". dlg.usg.edu. Retrieved 2025-12-04.
  2. ^ "Manual of the General Assembly of the state of Georgia, 1961-1962 - Digital Library of Georgia". dlg.usg.edu. Retrieved 2025-12-04.