# 140th Georgia General Assembly

The 140th Georgia General Assembly met from January 9, 1989, until January 14, 1991, at the Georgia State Capitol in Atlanta.

## Party standings
### Senate

| Affiliation | Affiliation | Members |
| | Republican Party | 11 |
| | Democratic Party | 45 |
| | Other party$^*$ | 0 |
| Total | Total | 56 |

### House of Representatives

| Affiliation | Affiliation | Members |
| | Republican Party | 36 |
| | Democratic Party | 144 |
| | 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 1989-90 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 | Joseph E. Kennedy | 04 | Democratic |

#### Majority leadership

| Position | Name | District |
| Senate Majority Leader | Thomas F. Allgood | 22 |
| Majority Caucus Chairman | W.F. (Billy) Harris | 27 |
| Majority Whip | Eugene P. (Gene) Walker | 43 |

#### Minority leadership

| Position | Name | District |
| Senate Minority Leader | R.T. (Tom) Phillips | 09 |
| Minority Caucus Chairman | James W. (Jim) Tysinger | 41 |
| Minority Whip | Sallie Newbill | 56 |

### 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 | Larry Walker | 115 |
| Majority Whip | Denmark Groover | 99 |
| Majority Caucus Chairman | Bill Lee | 72 |
| Majority Caucus Secretary | Ward Edwards | 112 |

#### Minority leadership

| Position | Name | District |
| House Minority Leader | Johnny Isakson | 21-2 |
| Minority Whip | Herman Clark | 20-3 |
| Minority Caucus Chairman | Dorothy Felton | 22 |
| Minority Caucus Vice Chairman | Jerry Max Davis | 45 |
| Minority Caucus Secretary | Anne Mueller | 126 |

## Members of the State Senate

| District | Senator | Party | Residence |
| 1 | J. Tom Coleman | Democratic | Savannah |
| 2 | Albert (Al) Scott | Democratic | Savannah |
| 3 | R. Joseph Hammill | Democratic | Brunswick |
| 4 | Joseph E. Kennedy | Democratic | Claxton |
| 5 | Joe Burton | Republican | Atlanta |
| 6 | Earl Echols, Jr. | Democratic | Patterson |
| 7 | Ed Perry | Democratic | Nashville |
| 8 | Loyce W. Turner | Democratic | Valdosta |
| 9 | R.T. (Tom) Phillips | Republican | Lilburn |
| 10 | Harold J. Ragan | Democratic | Cairo |
| 11 | Jimmy Hodge Timmons | Democratic | Blakely |
| 12 | Mark Taylor | Democratic | Albany |
| 13 | Rooney L. Bowen | Democratic | Cordele |
| 14 | Lewis H. (Bud) McKenzie | Democratic | Montezuma |
| 15 | Gary Parker | Democratic | Columbus |
| 16 | Ted J. Land | Republican | Columbus |
| 17 | Mac Collins | Republican | Jackson |
| 18 | Ed Barker | Democratic | Warner Robins |
| 19 | Walter S. Ray | Democratic | Douglas |
| 20 | Hugh M. Gillis, Sr. | Democratic | Soperton |
| 21 | William F. English | Democratic | Swainsboro |
| 22 | Thomas F. Allgood | Democratic | Augusta |
| 23 | Frank Albert | Republican | Augusta |
| 24 | G.B. "Jake" Pollard, Jr. | Democratic | Appling |
| 25 | Culver Kidd | Democratic | Milledgeville |
| 26 | Tommy C. Olmstead | Democratic | Macon |
| 27 | W.F. (Billy) Harris | Democratic | Thomaston |
| 28 | Arthur B. "Skin" Edge, IV | Republican | Newnan |
| 29 | A. Quillian Baldwin, Jr. | Democratic | LaGrange |
| 30 | Wayne Garner | Democratic | Carrollton |
| 31 | Nathan Dean | Democratic | Rockmart |
| 32 | Hugh A. Ragan | Republican | Smyrna |
| 33 | Roy E. Barnes | Democratic | Mableton |
| 34 | Bev Engram | Democratic | Fairburn |
| 35 | Arthur Langford, Jr. | Democratic | Atlanta |
| 36 | David Scott | Democratic | Atlanta |
| 37 | Chuck Clay | Republican | Marietta |
| 38 | Horace E Tate | Democratic | Atlanta |
| 39 | Hildred W. Shumake | Democratic | Atlanta |
| 40 | Michael J. Egan | Republican | Atlanta |
| 41 | James W. (Jim) Tysinger | Republican | Atlanta |
| 42 | Pierre Howard | Democratic | Decatur |
| 43 | Eugene P. (Gene) Walker | Democratic | Decatur |
| 44 | Terrell Starr | Democratic | Forest Park |
| 45 | Harrill L. Dawkins | Democratic | Conyers |
| 46 | Paul C. Broun | Democratic | Athens |
| 47 | C. Donald Johnson, Jr. | Democratic | Royston |
| 48 | Donn M. Peevy | Democratic | Lawrenceville |
| 49 | J. Nathan Deal | Democratic | Gainesville |
| 50 | John C. Foster | Democratic | Cornelia |
| 51 | Max Brannon | Democratic | Calhoun |
| 52 | Kenneth C. Fuller | Democratic | Rome |
| 53 | Waymond C. Huggins | Democratic | LaFayette |
| 54 | W.W. (Bill) Fincher, Jr. | Democratic | Chatsworth |
| 55 | Lawrence Stumbaugh | Democratic | Stone Mountain |
| 56 | Sallie Newbill | Republican | Atlanta |

## Members of the House of Representatives

| District | Representative | Party | Residence |
| 1-1 | Mike Snow | Democratic | Chickamauga |
| 1-2 | Robert H. (Bob) McCoy | Democratic | Rossville |
| 2 | McCracken Poston | Democratic | Ringgold |
| 3 | Charles N. Poag | Democratic | Eton |
| 4-1 | Carlton H. Colwell | Democratic | Blairsville |
| 4-2 | Ralph Twiggs | Democratic | Hiawassee |
| 5 | John G. Crawford | Democratic | Lyerly |
| 6-1 | Jim Tyson Griffin | Democratic | Tunnel Hill |
| 6-2 | Philip A. (Phil) Foster | Democratic | Dalton |
| 7 | James Beverly Langford | Democratic | Calhoun |
| 8-1 | Steve Stancil | Republican | Canton |
| 8-2 | Bill Hasty | Democratic | Canton |
| 9-1 | E. Wycliffe ("Wyc") Orr | Democratic | Gainesville |
| 9-2 | Bobby Lawson | Democratic | Gainesville |
| 9-3 | Jerry D. Jackson | Democratic | Chestnut Mountain |
| 10 | Bill H. Barnett | Democratic | Cumming |
| 11-1 | William J. Dover | Democratic | Clarkesville |
| 11-2 | Mary Jeanette Jamieson | Democratic | Toccoa |
| 12 | Lauren (Bubba) McDonald | Democratic | Commerce |
| 13-1 | Louie Max Clark | Democratic | Danielsville |
| 13-2 | Karen Osborne Irwin | Democratic | Winterville |
| 14 | Charles W. Yeargin | Democratic | Elberton |
| 15-1 | E.M. (Buddy) Childers | Democratic | Rome |
| 15-2 | Forrest L. McKelvey | Democratic | Silver Creek |
| 16 | Paul E. Smith | Democratic | Rome |
| 17 | Bill Cumming | Democratic | Rockmart |
| 18 | Thomas B. Murphy | Democratic | Bremen |
| 19 | Boyd Petit | Democratic | Cartersville |
| 20-1 | Jack Vaughan | Republican | Marietta |
| 20-2 | G. Gresham Howren | Republican | Powder Springs |
| 20-3 | Herman Clark | Republican | Acworth |
| 20-4 | Steve Thompson | Democratic | Powder Springs |
| 20-5 | Earl Ehrhart | Republican | Powder Springs |
| 21-1 | Fred Aiken | Republican | Smyrna |
| 21-2 | Johnny Isakson | Republican | Marietta |
| 21-3 | Bill Atkins | Republican | Smyrna |
| 21-4 | Johnny Gresham | Republican | Marietta |
| 21-5 | Tom Wilder | Republican | Marietta |
| 22 | Dorothy Felton | Republican | Atlanta |
| 23 | Tom Campbell | Republican | Roswell |
| 24 | Kiliaen V.R. (Kil) Townsend | Republican | Atlanta |
| 25 | John M. Lupton, III | Republican | Atlanta |
| 26 | Jim Martin | Democratic | Atlanta |
| 27 | Dick Lane | Democratic | East Point |
| 28 | Bob Holmes | Democratic | Atlanta |
| 29 | Grace W. Davis | Democratic | Atlanta |
| 30 | Nan Orrock | Democratic | Atlanta |
| 31 | Mable Thomas | Democratic | Atlanta |
| 32 | Helen Selman | Democratic | Palmetto |
| 33 | Lanett Stanley | Democratic | Atlanta |
| 34 | Tyrone Brooks | Democratic | Atlanta |
| 35 | J.E. (Billy) McKinney | Democratic | Atlanta |
| 36 | Barbara H. Couch | Democratic | Hapeville |
| 37 | Georganna T. Sinkfield | Democratic | Atlanta |
| 38 | Lorenzo Benn | Democratic | Atlanta |
| 39 | Ralph David Abernathy III | Democratic | Atlanta |
| 40 | Cynthia Ann McKinney | Democratic | Atlanta |
| 41 | Charlie Watts | Democratic | Dallas |
| 42 | Thomas M. Kilgore | Democratic | Douglasville |
| 43 | Paul W. Heard, Jr. | Republican | Peachtree City |
| 44 | John Linder | Republican | Dunwoody |
| 45 | J. Max Davis | Republican | Atlanta |
| 46 | Doug Teper | Democratic | Atlanta |
| 47 | Chesley V. Morton | Republican | Tucker |
| 48 | Betty Jo Williams | Republican | Atlanta |
| 49 | Tom Lawrence | Republican | Stone Mountain |
| 50 | Frank L. Redding, Jr. | Democratic | Decatur |
| 51 | Thurbert E. Baker | Democratic | Decatur |
| 52 | Eleanor L. Richardson | Democratic | Decatur |
| 53 | Mary Margaret Oliver | Democratic | Decatur |
| 54 | Juanita Terry Williams | Democratic | Atlanta |
| 55 | Betty J. Clark | Democratic | Atlanta |
| 56 | Betty Aaron | Democratic | Atlanta |
| 57-1 | Troy A. Athon | Democratic | Conyers |
| 57-2 | William C. Mangum Jr. | Democratic | Decatur |
| 57-3 | Dean Alford | Democratic | Lithonia |
| 58 | Tommy Tolbert | Republican | Clarkston |
| 59 | O.M. (Mike) Barnett | Republican | Lilburn |
| 60 | Keith R. Breedlove | Republican | Buford |
| 61 | Vinson Wall | Republican | Lawrenceville |
| 62 | Charles E. Bannister | Republican | Lilburn |
| 63 | Bill Goodwin | Republican | Norcross |
| 64 | John O. Mobley, Jr. | Democratic | Winder |
| 65 | Tyrone Carrell | Democratic | Monroe |
| 66 | Frank E. Stancil | Democratic | Watkinsville |
| 67 | Michael L. Thurmond | Democratic | Athens |
| 68 | Lawton Evans Stephens | Democratic | Athens |
| 69 | Charles Thomas | Democratic | Temple |
| 70 | John Simpson | Democratic | Carrollton |
| 71 | Sidney Pope Jones, Jr. | Republican | Newnan |
| 72-1 | Bill Lee | Democratic | Forest Park |
| 72-2 | Jimmy W. Benefield | Democratic | Jonesboro |
| 72-3 | C.E. (Ed Holcomb) | Democratic | Jonesboro |
| 72-4 | Clay Davis | Republican | Jonesboro |
| 72-5 | Frank I. Bailey, Jr. | Democratic | Riverdale |
| 73 | Wesley Dunn | Democratic | McDonough |
| 74 | Denny M. Dobbs | Democratic | Covington |
| 75 | John P. Yates | Republican | Griffin |
| 76 | Suzi Johnson-Herbert | Democratic | Griffin |
| 77 | J. Crawford Ware | Democratic | Hogansville |
| 78 | Larry Smith | Democratic | Jackson |
| 79 | Marvin Adams | Democratic | Thomaston |
| 80 | Curtis S. Jenkins | Democratic | Forsyth |
| 81 | Wade Milam | Democratic | LaGrange |
| 82 | Edward D. Ricketson, Jr. | Democratic | Warrenton |
| 83 | William S. "Bill" Jackson | Democratic | Martinez |
| 84 | Bobby Harris | Democratic | Thomson |
| 85 | Charles W. Walker | Democratic | Augusta |
| 86 | Mike Padgett | Democratic | Augusta |
| 87 | Jack Connell | Democratic | Augusta |
| 88 | George M. Brown | Democratic | Augusta |
| 89 | Don Cheeks | Democrat | Augusta |
| 90 | Dick Ransom | Republican | Augusta |
| 91 | Leonard R. "Nookie" Meadows | Democratic | Manchester |
| 92 | Calvin Smyre | Democratic | Columbus |
| 93 | Roy D. Moultrie | Democratic | Hamilton |
| 94 | Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. | Democratic | Columbus |
| 95 | Thomas B. Buck | Democratic | Columbus |
| 96 | Pete Robinson | Democratic | Columbus |
| 97 | Robert H. Steele | Republican | Columbus |
| 98 | Robert F. Ray | Democratic | Fort Valley |
| 99 | Denmark Groover, Jr. | Democratic | Macon |
| 100 | Frank C. Pinkston | Democratic | Macon |
| 101 | William C. (Billy) Randall | Democratic | Macon |
| 102 | David E. Lucas | Democratic | Macon |
| 103 | Floyd M. Buford, Jr. | Democratic | Macon |
| 104 | Kenneth (Ken) W. Birdsong | Democratic | Gordon |
| 105 | Bobby Eugene Parham | Democratic | Milledgeville |
| 106 | George F. Green | Democratic | White Plains |
| 107 | Jimmy Lord | Democratic | Sandersville |
| 108 | Emory E. Bargeron | Democratic | Louisville |
| 109 | Larry J. "Butch" Parrish | Democratic | Swainsboro |
| 110 | John F. Godbee | Democratic | Brooklet |
| 111 | Bob Lane | Democratic | Statesboro |
| 112 | Ward Edwards | Democratic | Butler |
| 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 | Newt Hudson | Democratic | Rochelle |
| 118 | Terry L. Coleman | Democratic | Eastman |
| 119 | DuBose Porter | Democratic | Dublin |
| 120 | Fisher Barfoot | Democratic | Vidalia |
| 121 | Clinton Oliver | Democratic | Glennville |
| 122 | James L. (Jim) Pannell | Democratic | Savannah |
| 123 | Diane Harvey Johnson | Democratic | Savannah |
| 124 | DeWayne Hamilton | Democratic | Savannah |
| 125 | Jack Kingston | Republican | Savannah |
| 126 | Anne Mueller | Republican | Savannah |
| 127 | Roy L. Allen | Democratic | Savannah |
| 128 | Sonny Dixon | Democratic | Garden City |
| 129 | George A. Chance, Jr. | Democratic | Springfield |
| 130 | Gerald E. Greene | Democratic | Cuthbert |
| 131 | Bob Hanner | Democratic | Dawson |
| 132 | John White | Democratic | Albany |
| 133 | Tommy Chambless | Democratic | Albany |
| 134 | Mary Young-Cummings | Democratic | Albany |
| 135 | Johnny W. Floyd | Democratic | Cordele |
| 136 | Ray Holland | Democratic | Ashburn |
| 137 | Paul S. Branch, Jr. | Democratic | Fitzgerald |
| 138 | Hentry Bostic | Democratic | Tifton |
| 139 | Van Streat, Sr. | Democratic | Nicholls |
| 140 | Ralph J. Balkcom | Democratic | Blakely |
| 141 | Kermit F. "K" Bates, Jr. | Democratic | Bainbridge |
| 142 | Willis K. Long | Democratic | Cairo |
| 143 | Theo Titus, III | Republican | Thomasville |
| 144 | A. Richard Royal | Democratic | Camilla |
| 145 | C.J. Powell | Democratic | Moultrie |
| 146 | Hanson Carter | Democratic | Nashville |
| 147 | Henry L. Reaves | Democratic | Quitman |
| 148 | James M. Beck | Democratic | Valdosta |
| 149 | Robert L. Patten | Democratic | Lakeland |
| 150 | Tom Crosby, Jr. | Democratic | Waycross |
| 151 | Harry D. Dixon | Democratic | Waycross |
| 152 | Tommy R. Smith | Democratic | Alma |
| 153-1 | Lunsford Moody | Democratic | Baxley |
| 153-2 | Roger C. Byrd | Democratic | Hazlehurst |
| 154 | James M. Floyd | Democratic | Hinesville |
| 155 | Ronald (Ron) Fennel | Democratic | Brunswick |
| 156 | Willou Smith | Republican | Brunswick |