List of United States Senators from Georgia

This is a chronological listing of the United States Senators from Georgia.

Georgia has had Senators since the 1st Congress. Its Senate seats were declared vacant in March 1861 owing to its secession from the Union. They were again filled from February 1871.

United States Senators are popularly elected, for a six-year term, beginning January 3. Elections are held the first Tuesday after November 1. Before 1914, they were chosen by the Georgia General Assembly, and before 1935, their terms began March 4.

Rebecca Latimer Felton was the first female U.S. Senator. She served in the U.S. Senate from Georgia for one day in 1922, following appointment due to the death of Thomas E. Watson. To date, Felton has been the only female Senator from Georgia.

Class 2

Class 2 U.S. Senators belong to the electoral cycle that were elected for two U.S. Congresses in the first elections of 1789, and then the seat was contested again for the 3rd Congress, and every three Congresses (six years) thereafter. The seat in recent years have been contested in 1996, 2002, 2008, and 2014. The next election will be in 2020.

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