# 136th Georgia General Assembly

The 136th General Assembly of the U.S. state of Georgia convened its first session on January 12, 1981, at the Georgia State Capitol in Atlanta. The 136th Georgia General Assembly succeeded the 135th and served as the precedent for the 137th General Assembly in 1983.

## Party standings
### Senate

| Affiliation | Affiliation | Members |
| | Republican Party | 5 |
| | Democratic Party | 51 |
| | Other party$^*$ | 0 |
| Total | Total | 56 |

### House of Representatives

| Affiliation | Affiliation | Members |
| | Republican Party | 23 |
| | Democratic Party | 157 |
| | Other party$^*$ | 0 |
| Total | Total | 180 |
$^*$Active political parties in Georgia are not limited to the Democratic and Republican parties. Libertarians, and occasionally others, run candidates in elections. However, for the 1981-82 session of the General Assembly, only the two major parties were successful in electing legislators to office.

## Officers
### Senate
#### Presiding Officer

| Position | Position | Name | District | Party |
| | President | Zell Miller | n/a | Democratic |
| | President Pro Tempore | Al W. Holloway | 12 | Democratic |

#### Majority leadership

| Position | Name | District |
| Senate Majority Leader | Thomas F. Allgood | 22 |
| Majority Caucus Chairman | Render Hill | 29 |
| Majority Whip | Loyce Turner | 08 |

#### Minority leadership

| Position | Name | District |
| Senate Minority Leader | Paul D. Coverdell | 40 |
| Minority Caucus Chairman | James W. (Jim) Tysinger | 41 |
| Minority Whip | Robert H. Bell | 05 |

### House of Representatives
#### Presiding Officer

| Position | Position | Name | District | Party |
| | Speaker of the House | Thomas B. Murphy | 18 | Democratic |
| | Speaker Pro Tempore | Jack Connell | 87 | Democratic |

#### Majority leadership

| Position | Name | District |
| House Majority Leader | Clarence R. Vaughn Jr. | 57 |
| Majority Whip | A.L. (Al) Burruss | 21-2 |
| Majority Caucus Chairman | Bill Lee | 72 |
| Majority Caucus Secretary | Ward Edwards | 112 |

#### Minority leadership

| Position | Name | District |
| House Minority Leader | Herbert Jones, Jr. | 126 |
| Minority Whip | Hank Elliott | 49 |
| Minority Caucus Chairman | Joe Burton | 47 |
| Minority Caucus Secretary | Kenneth Nix | 20-3 |

## Members of the State Senate

| District | Senator | Party | Residence |
| 1 | J. Tom Coleman | Democratic | Savannah |
| 2 | Charles Henry Wessels | Democratic | Savannah |
| 3 | Glenn E. Bryant | Democratic | Hinesville |
| 4 | Joseph E. Kennedy | Democratic | Claxton |
| 5 | Robert H. (Bob) Bell | Republican | Atlanta |
| 6 | Richard W. Littlefield | Democratic | Brunswick |
| 7 | Frank Eldridge Jr. | Democratic | Waycross |
| 8 | Loyce W. Turner | Democratic | Valdosta |
| 9 | Frank Sutton | Democratic | Moultrie |
| 10 | Paul Trulock | Democratic | Climax |
| 11 | Jimmy Hodge Timmons | Democratic | Blakely |
| 12 | Al Holloway | Democratic | Albany |
| 13 | Rooney L. Bowen | Democratic | Vienna |
| 14 | Lewis H. (Bud) McKenzie | Democratic | Montezuma |
| 15 | Floyd Hudgins | Democratic | Columbus |
| 16 | Ted J. Land | Republican | Columbus |
| 17 | Janice S. Horton | Democratic | McDonough |
| 18 | Ed Barker | Democratic | Warner Robins |
| 19 | Ronnie Walker | Democratic | McRae |
| 20 | Hugh Marion Gillis | Democratic | Soperton |
| 21 | Bill English | Democratic | Swainsboro |
| 22 | Thomas F. Allgood | Democratic | Augusta |
| 23 | Jimmy Lester | Democratic | Augusta |
| 24 | Sam P. McGill | Democratic | Washington |
| 25 | Culver Kidd Jr. | Democratic | Milledgeville |
| 26 | Richard L. Greene | Democratic | Macon |
| 27 | Lee Robinson | Democratic | Macon |
| 28 | Kyle Trueman Cobb | Democratic | Griffin |
| 29 | Render Hill | Democratic | Greenville |
| 30 | Wayne Garner | Democratic | Carrollton |
| 31 | Nathan Dean | Democratic | Rockmart |
| 32 | Joe Thompson | Democratic | Smyrna |
| 33 | Roy E. Barnes | Democratic | Mableton |
| 34 | Bev Engram | Democratic | Fairburn |
| 35 | Perry J. Hudson | Democratic | Hapeville |
| 36 | Jack L. Stephens | Democratic | Atlanta |
| 37 | Todd Evans | Democratic | Atlanta |
| 38 | Horace E Tate | Democratic | Atlanta |
| 39 | Julian Bond | Democratic | Atlanta |
| 40 | Paul Douglas Coverdell | Republican | Atlanta |
| 41 | James W. (Jim) Tysinger | Republican | Atlanta |
| 42 | Pierre Howard | Democratic | Decatur |
| 43 | Thomas R. (Tom) Scott | Democratic | Decatur |
| 44 | Terrell Starr | Democratic | Forest Park |
| 45 | W.D. (Don) Ballard | Democratic | Covington |
| 46 | Paul Collins Broun | Democratic | Athens |
| 47 | M. Parks Brown | Democratic | Hartwell |
| 48 | Steve Reynolds | Democratic | Lawrenceville |
| 49 | J. Nathan Deal | Democratic | Gainesville |
| 50 | John C. Foster | Democratic | Cornelia |
| 51 | Max Brannon | Democratic | Calhoun |
| 52 | Dan H. Fincher | Democratic | Rome |
| 53 | E.G. Summers | Democratic | LaFayette |
| 54 | W.W. (Bill) Fincher, Jr. | Democratic | Chatsworth |
| 55 | Lawrence (Bud) Stumbaugh | Democratic | Stone Mountain |
| 56 | Haskew H. Brantley, Jr. | Republican | Alpharetta |

## Members of the House of Representatives

| District | Representative | Party | Residence |
| 1-1 | Wayne Snow Jr. | Democratic | Rossville |
| 1-2 | Forest Hays Jr. | Democratic | Flintstone |
| 2 | Robert G. Peters | Democratic | Ringgold |
| 3 | Tom Ramsey | Democratic | Chatsworth |
| 4-1 | Carlton H. Colwell | Democratic | Blairsville |
| 4-2 | Ralph Twiggs | Democratic | Hiawassee |
| 5 | John G. Crawford | Democratic | Lyerly |
| 6-1 | Roger Williams | Democratic | Dalton |
| 6-2 | R.L. (Shorty) Foster | Democratic | Dalton |
| 7 | Ernest Ralston | Democratic | Calhoun |
| 8-1 | Joe Frank Harris | Democratic | Cartersville |
| 8-2 | W.G. (Bill) Hasty, Sr. | Democratic | Canton |
| 8-3 | Wendell T. Anderson | Democratic | Canton |
| 9-1 | Joe T. Wood | Democratic | Gainesville |
| 9-2 | Bobby Lawson | Democratic | Gainesville |
| 9-3 | Jerry D. Jackson | Democratic | Chestnut Mountain |
| 10 | Jack Irvin, Sr. | Democratic | Baldwin |
| 11 | William J. Dover | Democratic | Hollywood |
| 12 | Lauren (Bubba) McDonald | Democratic | Commerce |
| 13-1 | Louie Max Clark | Democratic | Danielsville |
| 13-2 | Billy Milford | Democratic | Hartwell |
| 13-3 | Charles C. Mann | Democratic | Elberton |
| 14 | John Adams | Democratic | Rome |
| 15-1 | E.M. (Buddy) Childers | Democratic | Rome |
| 16 | Ken Fuller | Democratic | Rome |
| 17 | Bill Cumming | Democratic | Rockmart |
| 18 | Thomas B. Murphy | Democratic | Bremen |
| 19-1 | Joe Mack Wilson | Democratic | Marietta |
| 19-2 | Steve Thompson | Democratic | Austell |
| 19-3 | George W. (Buddy) Darden | Democratic | Marietta |
| 20-1 | Johnny Isakson | Republican | Marietta |
| 20-2 | Carl Harrison | Republican | Marietta |
| 20-3 | Kenneth Nix | Republican | Smyrna |
| 21-1 | Fred Aiken | Republican | Smyrna |
| 21-2 | A.L. (Al) Burruss | Democratic | Marietta |
| 22 | Dorothy Felton | Republican | Atlanta |
| 23 | Luther S. Colbert | Republican | Roswell |
| 24 | Kiliaen V.R. (Kil) Townsend | Republican | Atlanta |
| 25 | John Savage | Democratic | Atlanta |
| 26 | Sidney J. Marcus | Democratic | Atlanta |
| 27 | Cynthia Fuller | Democratic | Atlanta |
| 28 | Alveda King Beal | Democratic | Atlanta |
| 29 | Douglas C. Dean | Democratic | Atlanta |
| 30 | Paul Bolster | Democratic | Atlanta |
| 31 | Mrs. Grace T. Hamilton | Democratic | Atlanta |
| 32 | Mildred Glover | Democratic | Atlanta |
| 33 | Julius C. Daugherty Sr. | Democratic | Atlanta |
| 34 | Tyrone Brooks | Democratic | Atlanta |
| 35 | J.E. (Billy) McKinney | Democratic | Atlanta |
| 36 | G.D. Adams | Democratic | Hapeville |
| 37 | David Scott | Democratic | Atlanta |
| 38 | Lorenzo Benn | Democratic | Atlanta |
| 39 | Bob Holmes | Democratic | Atlanta |
| 40 | Dick Lane | Republican | East Point |
| 41 | Greg Pilewicz | Democratic | College Park |
| 42 | Virlyn B. Smith | Republican | Fairburn |
| 43-1 | Barbara H. Couch | Democratic | Atlanta |
| 43-2 | Bettye Lowe | Republican | Atlanta |
| 43-3 | John W. Greer Jr. | Democratic | Atlanta |
| 44 | Bruce Widener | Republican | Dunwoody |
| 45 | Jerry Max Davis | Republican | Atlanta |
| 46 | Cathey W. Steinberg | Democratic | Atlanta |
| 47 | Joe Burton | Republican | Atlanta |
| 48 | Betty Jo Williams | Republican | Atlanta |
| 49 | Ewell H. (Hank) Elliott | Republican | Decatur |
| 50 | John Hawkins | Democratic | Atlanta |
| 51 | Mrs. Mobley (Peggy) Childs | Democratic | Decatur |
| 52 | Eleanor L. Richardson | Democratic | Decatur |
| 53 | Doug Vandiford | Democratic | Avondale Estates |
| 54 | Hosea L. Williams, Sr. | Democratic | Atlanta |
| 55 | Betty J. Clark | Democratic | Atlanta |
| 56-1 | William C. Mangum Jr. | Democratic | Decatur |
| 56-2 | Betty Aaron | Democratic | Atlanta |
| 56-3 | Kenneth W. Workman | Democratic | Decatur |
| 57 | Clarence R. Vaughn Jr. | Democratic | Conyers |
| 58 | Cas Robinson | Democratic | Stone Mountain |
| 59 | R.T. (Tom) Phillips | Republican | Stone Mountain |
| 60 | Charles C. Martin | Democratic | Buford |
| 61 | Vinson Wall | Republican | Lawrenceville |
| 62 | Hugh Logan | Democratic | Athens |
| 63 | Bob Argo | Democratic | Athens |
| 64 | John D. Russell | Democratic | Winder |
| 65 | Thomas (Mac) Kilgore | Democratic | Douglasville |
| 66-1 | Gerald Johnson | Democratic | Carrollton |
| 66-2 | Charles Thomas | Democratic | Temple |
| 67 | J. Neal Shepard, Jr. | Republican | Newnan |
| 68 | J. Crawford Ware | Democratic | Hogansville |
| 69 | Edwin G. (Ed) Mullinax | Democratic | LaGrange |
| 70 | Claude A. Bray, Jr. | Democratic | Manchester |
| 71-1 | James R. Fortune Jr. | Democratic | Griffin |
| 71-2 | John L. Mostiler | Democratic | Griffin |
| 72-1 | Wm. J. (Bill) Lee | Democratic | Forest Park |
| 72-2 | Jimmy W. Benefield | Democratic | Jonesboro |
| 72-3 | Jim Wood | Democratic | Forest Park |
| 72-4 | W. Rudolph Johnson | Democratic | Jonesbor |
| 73 | G. Richard Chamberlin | Democratic | Stockbridge |
| 74 | Denny M. Dobbs | Democratic | Covington |
| 75 | Neal Jackson | Democratic | Monroe |
| 76 | Ben Barron Ross | Democratic | Lincolnton |
| 77 | Wm. S. (Bill) Jackson | Democratic | Martinez |
| 78 | William Bailey Jones | Democratic | Jackson |
| 79 | Marvin Adams | Democratic | Thomaston |
| 80 | P. Benson Ham | Democratic | Forsyth |
| 81 | Bob Lane | Democratic | Statesboro |
| 82 | John F. Godbee | Democratic | Brooklet |
| 83 | Emory E. Bargeron | Democratic | Louisville |
| 84 | Warren D. Evans | Democratic | Thomson |
| 85 | R.A. Dent | Democratic | Augusta |
| 86 | Mike Padgett | Democratic | Augusta |
| 87 | Jack Connell | Democratic | Augusta |
| 88 | Sam Nicholson | Democratic | Augusta |
| 89 | Don Cheeks | Democrat | Augusta |
| 90 | David Swann | Democratic | Augusta |
| 91 | W. Randolph Phillips | Democratic | Shiloh |
| 92 | Calvin Smyre | Democratic | Columbus |
| 93 | Charles P. Rose | Democratic | Columbus |
| 94 | Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. | Democratic | Columbus |
| 95 | Thomas B. Buck | Democratic | Columbus |
| 96 | Gary C. Cason | Republican | Columbus |
| 97 | Mary Jane Galer | Democratic | Columbus |
| 98 | Bryant Culpepper | Democratic | Fort Valley |
| 99 | Burl Davis | Democratic | Macon |
| 100 | Frank C. Pinkston | Democratic | Macon |
| 101 | William C. (Billy) Randall | Democratic | Macon |
| 102 | David E. Lucas | Democratic | Macon |
| 103 | Kenneth (Ken) W. Birdsong | Democratic | Gordon |
| 104 | Frank Horne, Jr. | Democratic | Macon |
| 105 | Jimmy Lord | Democratic | Sandersville |
| 106 | Randolph C. (Randy) Karrh | Democratic | Swainsboro |
| 107 | John David Miles | Democratic | Metter |
| 108 | Wilbur E. Baugh | Democratic | Milledgeville |
| 109 | Bobby E. Parham | Democratic | Milledgeville |
| 110 | Ward Edwards | Democratic | Butler |
| 111 | Donald G. Castleberry | Democratic | Richland |
| 112 | E. Roy Lambert | Democratic | Madison |
| 113 | Ted W. Waddle | Republican | Warner Robins |
| 114 | Roy H. (Sonny) Watson, Jr. | Democratic | Warner Robins |
| 115 | Larry Walker | Democratic | Perry |
| 116 | George Hooks | Democratic | Americus |
| 117 | Ben Jessup | Democratic | Cochran |
| 118 | Terry L. Coleman | Democratic | Eastman |
| 119 | J. Roy Rowland | Democratic | Dublin |
| 120 | L.L. (Pete) Phillips | Democratic | Soperton |
| 121 | Clinton Oliver | Democratic | Glennville |
| 122 | Ronald E. (Ron) Ginsberg | Democratic | Savannah |
| 123 | Albert (Al) Scott | Democratic | Savannah |
| 124 | Lamar W. Davis, Jr. | Republican | Savannah |
| 125 | Bobby Phillips | Democratic | Savannah |
| 126 | Herbert Jones, Jr. | Republican | Savannah |
| 127 | Bobby L. Hill | Democratic | Savannah |
| 128 | Tom Triplett | Democratic | Savannah |
| 129 | George A. Chance, Jr. | Democratic | Springfield |
| 130 | Bob Hanner | Democratic | Parrott |
| 131 | Tommy Chambless | Democratic | Albany |
| 132 | John White | Democratic | Albany |
| 133 | R.S. (Dick) Hutchinson | Democratic | Albany |
| 134 | T. Hayward (Mac) McCollum | Democratic | Albany |
| 135 | Howard H. Rainey | Democratic | Cordele |
| 136 | Earleen Sizemore | Democratic | Sylvester |
| 137 | Paul S. Branch, Jr. | Democratic | Fitzgerald |
| 138-1 | Lunsford Moody | Democratic | Baxley |
| 138-2 | Roger C. Byrd | Democratic | Hazlehurst |
| 139 | René D. Kemp | Democratic | Hinesville |
| 140 | Ralph J. Balkcom | Democratic | Blakely |
| 141 | Walter E. Cox | Democratic | Bainbridge |
| 142 | Willis K. Long | Democratic | Cairo |
| 143 | R. Allen Sherrod | Democratic | Coolidge |
| 144 | Marcus E. Collins, Sr. | Democratic | Pelham |
| 145 | Hugh D. Matthews | Democratic | Moultrie |
| 146-1 | Edmond Lewis Perry | Democratic | Nashville |
| 146-2 | Monty Veazey | Democratic | Tifton |
| 147 | Henry L. Reaves | Democratic | Quitman |
| 148 | James M. Beck | Democratic | Valdosta |
| 149 | Robert L. (Bob) Patten | Democratic | Lakeland |
| 150 | Tom Crosby, Jr. | Democratic | Waycross |
| 151 | Harry D. Dixon | Democratic | Waycross |
| 152-1 | James C. Moore | Democratic | West Green |
| 152-2 | Tommy R. Smith | Democratic | Alma |
| 153 | James R. (Jim) Tuten, Jr | Democratic | Brunswick |
| 154 | Dean G. Auten | Republican | Brunswick |