# 128th Georgia General Assembly

The 128th Georgia General Assembly convened its first session on January 13, 1965, at the Georgia State Capitol in Atlanta. The 128th Georgia General Assembly succeeded the 127th and served as the precedent for the 129th in 1967.
Governor Carl Sanders, who was elected in 1962 as the first governor elected by popular vote since 1908, spearheaded a massive reapportionment of Georgia's General Assembly and 10 U.S. Congressional districts, providing more proportional representation to the state's urban areas. This, as well as passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Voting Rights Act of 1965 had opened voter registration to blacks, saw eleven African Americans elected to the Georgia House of Representatives in special elections in 1965 and 1966. By ending the disfranchisement of blacks through discriminatory voter registration, African Americans regained the ability to vote and entered the political process. This was the first time that African-Americans had sat in the House since W. H. Rogers of McIntosh resigned his seat in 1907 during the 99th Assembly. Among them were six from Atlanta (William Alexander, Julian Bond, Benjamin D. Brown, Julius C. Daugherty Sr., J. D. Grier, Grace Towns Hamilton, John Hood) and one each from Columbus (Albert Thompson) and Augusta (Richard Dent). Horace T. Ward also joined Leroy Johnson as the second African-American in the State Senate.

## Controversy

On January 10, 1966, Georgia state representatives voted 184–12 not to seat Julian Bond, one of the eleven African-American members, because he had publicly endorsed SNCC's policy regarding opposition to United States involvement in the Vietnam War. They disliked his stated sympathy for persons who were "unwilling to respond to a military draft". A three-judge panel on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia ruled in a 2–1 decision that the Georgia House had not violated any of Bond's constitutional rights. In 1966, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled 9–0 in the case of Bond v. Floyd (385 U.S. 116) that the Georgia House of Representatives had denied Bond his freedom of speech and was required to seat him.

## Party standing
### Senate

* Republicans: 9
* Democrats: 44
* Independents: 1

### House
## Officers
### Senate

* President: Peter Zack Geer
* President pro tempore: Harry C. Jackson
* Administration Floor Leader: Julian Webb
* Secretary: George T. Stewart
* Assistant Secretary: Lamont Smith

### House

* Speaker: George T. Smith
* Speaker pro tempore: Maddox Hale
* Administration Floor Leader: George Busbee
* Assistant Floor Leader: J. Robin Harris

## Members of the State Senate

| District | Senator | Party | Residence |
| 1 | Frank O. Downing | Democratic | Savannah |
| 2 | William Searcey | Democratic | Savannah |
| 3 | Joseph Tribble | Republican | Savannah |
| 4 | Berry Avant Edenfield | Democratic | Statesboro |
| 5 | John M. Gayner, III | Democratic | Brunswick |
| 6 | Roscoe E. Dean Jr. | Democratic | Jesup |
| 7 | Frank Eldridge Jr. | Democratic | Waycross |
| 8 | Robert A. Rowan | Democratic | Enigma |
| 9 | Ford Spinks | Democratic | Tifton |
| 10 | William H. Flowers | Democratic | Thomasvile |
| 11 | Julian Webb | Democratic | Donalsonville |
| 12 | Al Holloway | Democratic | Albany |
| 13 | Martin Young | Democratic | Rebecca |
| 14 | Jimmy Carter | Democratic | Plains |
| 15 | A. Perry Gordy | Republican | Columbus |
| 16 | Ivey William Gregory | Republican | Columbus |
| 17 | John Thomas McKenzie | Democratic | Montezuma |
| 18 | Stanley Smith | Democratic | Perry |
| 19 | Roy Noble | Democratic | Vienna |
| 20 | Hugh Gillis | Democratic | Soperton |
| 21 | Roy G. Foster | Republican | Wadley |
| 22 | Rudolph Holley | Democratic | Augusta |
| 23 | Michael Padgett | Independent | McBean |
| 24 | Sam P. McGill | Democratic | Washington |
| 25 | Culver Kidd Jr. | Democratic | Milledgeville |
| 26 | John W. Adams III | Republican | Macon |
| 27 | Oliver Bateman | Republican | Macon |
| 28 | Robert H. Smalley Jr. | Democratic | Griffin |
| 29 | Render Hill | Democratic | Greenville |
| 30 | Lamar Plunkett | Democratic | Bowdon |
| 31 | Albert F. Moore | Democratic | Cedartown |
| 32 | Edward Kendrick | Democratic | Marietta |
| 33 | Kyle Yancey | Democratic | Austell |
| 34 | Standish Thompson | Republican | East Point |
| 35 | Frank E. Coggin | Democratic | Hapeville |
| 36 | Joe Salome | Democratic | Atlanta |
| 37 | James Wesberry | Democratic | Atlanta |
| 38 | Leroy Johnson | Democratic | Atlanta |
| 39 | Horace Ward | Democratic | Atlanta |
| 40 | Dan MacIntyre | Republican | Atlanta |
| 41 | Gene Sanders | Republican | Tucker |
| 42 | Ben F. Johnson | Democratic | Atlanta |
| 43 | Frank G. Miller | Republican | Decatur |
| 44 | Kenneth Kilpatrick | Democratic | Forest Park |
| 45 | Brooks Pennington | Democratic | Madison |
| 46 | Paul C. Broun Sr. | Democratic | Athens |
| 47 | Robert Lee | Democratic | Hartwell |
| 48 | J. Albert Minish | Democratic | Commerce |
| 49 | Erwin Owens | Democratic | Dahlonega |
| 50 | Robert Ballew | Democratic | Blue Ridge |
| 51 | Jack Fincher | Democratic | Canton |
| 52 | James Battle Hall | Democratic | Rome |
| 53 | Joseph Loggins | Democratic | Summerville |
| 54 | W.W. (Bill) Fincher, Jr. | Democratic | Chatsworth |

## Members of the House

| District | Representative | Party | Residence |
| 1-1 | Maddox Hale | Democratic | Trenton |
| 1-2 | Billy Shaw Abney | Democratic | LaFayette |
| 1-3 | Wayne Snow Jr. | Democratic | Chickamauga |
| 2 | Joe T. Clark | Democratic | Ringgold |
| 3-1 | Thomas M. Mitchell | Democratic | Dalton |
| 3-2 | Virgil T. Smith | Democratic | Dalton |
| 3-3 | Gerald H. Leonard | Democratic | Chatsworth |
| 4 | A.C. Duncan | Democratic | McCaysville |
| 5 | Carlton H. Colwell | Democratic | Blairsville |
| 6 | Fulton Lovell | Democratic | Clayton |
| 7 | James H. Floyd | Democratic | Trion |
| 8 | J. C. Maddox | Democratic | Calhoun |
| 9 | Charles B. Watkins | Democratic | Ellijay |
| 10 | James Otwell | Democratic | Cumming |
| 11 | Thomas Irvin | Democratic | Mt. Airy |
| 12 | Don C. Moore | Democratic | Toccoa |
| 13-1 | Sidney Lowrey | Democratic | Rome |
| 13-2 | Jerry Lee Minge | Democratic | Rome |
| 13-3 | Dick Starnes | Democratic | Rome |
| 14-1 | Joe Frank Harris | Democratic | Cartersville |
| 14-2 | David N. Vaughan Jr. | Democratic | Cartersville |
| 15 | Thomas A. Roach | Democratic | Ball Ground |
| 16-1 | Bill Williams | Democratic | Gainesville |
| 16-2 | Howard T. Overby | Democratic | Gainesville |
| 16-3 | Joe Terrell Wood | Democratic | Gainesville |
| 17 | Thomas Stovall | Democratic | Danielsville |
| 18 | A.T. Mauldin | Democratic | Carnesville |
| 19 | M. Parks Brown | Democratic | Hartwell |
| 20-1 | J. Harvey Moore | Democratic | Cedartown |
| 20-2 | Nathan D. Dean | Democratic | Rockmart |
| 21 | George Bagby | Democratic | Dallas |
| 22-1 | Earl P. Story | Democratic | Lawrenceville |
| 22-2 | Tom O. Watson | Democratic | Lawrenceville |
| 23 | James W. Paris | Democratic | Winder |
| 24 | Mac Barber | Democratic | Commerce |
| 25 | Albert Sidney Johnson, Sr. | Democratic | Elberton |
| 26 | Tom Murphy | Democratic | Bremen |
| 27 | Kent Dickinson | Democratic | Douglasville |
| 28 | J.T. Byrd | Democratic | Loganville |
| 29-1 | Chapelle Matthews | Democratic | Athens |
| 29-2 | W. Randall Bedgood | Democratic | Athens |
| 30 | Hubert H. Wells | Democratic | Watkinsville |
| 31 | Ben B. Ross | Democratic | Lincolnton |
| 32-1 | William Wiggins | Democratic | Carollton |
| 32-2 | Herschel L. Reid | Democratic | Villa Rica |
| 33-1 | D.B. Blalock | Democratic | Newnan |
| 33-2 | Truitt Davis | Democratic | Franklin |
| 34-1 | Quimby Melton | Democratic | Griffin |
| 34-2 | George Clark Gaissert | Republican | Griffin |
| 35-1 | Bill Lee | Democratic | Forest Park |
| 35-2 | Arch Gray | Democratic | Riverdale |
| 35-3 | A. Hewlette Harrell | Democratic | Fayetteville |
| 36 | Ray Tucker | Democratic | McDonough |
| 37 | Otis Spillers | Democratic | Covington |
| 38 | E. Roy Lambert | Democratic | Madison |
| 39 | Asa Marshall | Democratic | Eatonton |
| 40 | Bobby Ware Johnson | Democratic | Warrenton |
| 41 | Glenn Phillips | Democratic | Harlem |
| 42-1 | J. Crawford Ware | Democratic | Hoganville |
| 42-2 | Harry Spikes | Democratic | LaGrange |
| 43 | Jimmy NeSmith | Democratic | Manchester |
| 44 | J.R. Smith | Democratic | Barnesville |
| 45 | Harold G. Clarke | Democratic | Forsyth |
| 46 | John Hadaway | Democratic | Hillsboro |
| 47-1 | J. Floyd Harrington | Democratic | Milledgeville |
| 47-2 | Phillip Chandler | Democratic | Milledgeville |
| 48-1 | Tom C. Carr | Democratic | Sandersville |
| 48-2 | Emory Rowland | Democratic | Wrightsville |
| 58 | Carl Savage | Democratic | Montezuma |
| 59-1 | Paul Stalnaker | Democratic | Warner Robins |
| 59-2 | David Peterson | Democratic | Kathleen |
| 60-1 | Bill Knight | Democratic | Dexter |
| 60-2 | W. Herschel Lovett | Democratic | Dublin |
| 61 | Joe Underwood | Democratic | Mount Vernon |
| 62 | John Collins | Democratic | Vidalia |
| 63 | Hines Brantley | Democratic | Metter |
| 64-1 | W. Jones Lane | Democratic | Statesboro |
| 64-2 | Paul E. Nessmith | Democratic | Statesboro |
| 65 | J. Terrell Webb | Republican | Springfield |
| 66 | Jake Dailey | Democratic | Cuthbert |
| 67 | Ed Fulford | Democratic | Dawson |
| 68-1 | William Blair | Democratic | Americus |
| 68-2 | Janet Merritt | Democratic | Americus |
| 69-1 | Howard H. Rainey | Democratic | Cordele |
| 69-2 | Rooney Bowen | Democratic | Vienna |
| 70 | Frank Holder | Democratic | Eastman |
| 71 | John Henry Anderson | Democratic | Hawkinsville |
| 72 | Brad Dorminy | Democratic | Fitzgerald |
| 73 | Norman Doster | Democratic | Rochelle |
| 74 | Curtis C. Herndon | Democratic | Surrency |
| 75 | Dewey Rush | Democratic | Glennville |
| 76 | Charles M. Jones | Democratic | Hinesville |
| 77 | Glenn Thomas | Democratic | Jesup |
| 78 | W. Harvey Jordan | Democratic | Leary |
| 79-1 | George Busbee | Democratic | Albany |
| 79-2 | Colquitt Odom | Democratic | Albany |
| 79-3 | Dick Hutchinson | Democratic | Albany |
| 79-4 | William Spencer Lee | Democratic | Albany |
| 80 | William Crowe | Democratic | Sylvester |
| 81 | Harry Mixon | Democratic | Ocilla |
| 82 | George Williams | Democratic | Axson |
| 83-1 | Ottis Sweat | Democratic | Waycross |
| 83-2 | Harry Dixon | Democratic | Waycross |
| 84 | Francis Houston | Democratic | Blackshear |
| 85-1 | Reid W. Harris | Democratic | St. Simons |
| 85-2 | Alan Smith | Democratic | Brunswick |
| 86 | William Mobley Howell | Democratic | Blakely |
| 87 | J.O. Brackin | Democratic | Iron City |
| 88 | Marcus Collins | Democratic | Pelham |
| 89-1 | Hubert Dollar | Democratic | Brainbridge |
| 89-2 | J. Willis Conger | Democratic | Bainbridge |
| 89-2 | Anthony Cato | Democratic | Bainbridge |
| 90 | George T. Smith | Democratic | Cairo |
| 91 | James L. Conner | Democratic | Hazlehurst |
| 92-1 | Henry Russell | Democratic | Boston |
| 92-2 | Jamie Oglesby | Republican | Thomasville |
| 93 | Henry Allen | Democratic | Tifton |
| 94-1 | David Newton | Democratic | Norman Park |
| 94-2 | Dorsey Matthews | Democratic | Moultrie |
| 95-1 | Berry Sullivan | Democratic | Valdosta |
| 95-2 | Hurram Barfield | Democratic | Hahira |
| 95-3 | James Bennett | Democratic | Valdosta |
| 96 | Allen Parrish | Democratic | Adel |
| 97 | Robert Pafford | Democratic | Lakeland |
| 98 | Robert Harrison | Democratic | St. Marys |
| 99 | Henry L. Reaves | Democratic | Quitman |
| 100 | William Steis | Democratic | Hamilton |
| 101-1 | Gerald Howard | Democratic | Marietta |
| 101-2 | Hugh McDaniel | Democratic | Smyrna |
| 102-1 | Joe Wilson | Democratic | Marietta |
| 102-2 | Jack Henderson | Democratic | Marietta |
| 103 | Bennie Jordan | Republican | Mableton |
| 104-1 | William Snellings | Democratic | Augusta |
| 104-2 | James Hull | Democratic | Augusta |
| 105-1 | R. Luke DeLong | Republican | Augusta |
| 105-2 | John H. Sherman | Democratic | Augusta |
| 106-1 | William M. Fleming | Democratic | Augusta |
| 106-2 | Leroy Simkins | Republican | Augusta |
| 107 | James Elliott | Republican | Macon |
| 108 | Wallace Bryant | Republican | Macon |
| 109-1 | Giles Paul Jones | Republican | Macon |
| 109-2 | George Knapp | Republican | Macon |
| 109-3 | John F. Stewart | Republican | Macon |
| 109-4 | Roger W. Wilson | Republican | Macon |
| 110-1 | Charles Berry | Democratic | Columbus |
| 110-2 | Albert Thompson | Democratic | Columbus |
| 111-1 | Lawrence Shields | Democratic | Columbus |
| 111-2 | Roscoe Thompson | Democratic | Columbus |
| 112-1 | Mac Pickard | Democratic | Columbus |
| 112-2 | Milton Jones | Democratic | Columbus |
| 112-3 | Jack Brinkley | Democratic | Columbus |
| 113-1 | Arthur M. Gignilliat Jr. | Democratic | Savannah |
| 113-2 | Eugene Powers | Democratic | Savannah |
| 114-1 | Alan Gaynor | Democratic | Savannah |
| 114-2 | W. Lance Smith | Democratic | Savannah |
| 115-1 | John Tye | Democratic | Savannah |
| 115-2 | Albert Kiley | Democratic | Savannah |
| 116-1 | Dick Richardson | Democratic | Savannah |
| 116-2 | Lionel Drew | Democratic | Savannah |
| 116-3 | Arthur Funk | Democratic | Savannah |
| 117-1 | Clarence R. Vaughn Jr. | Democratic | Conyers |
| 117-2 | Tom Palmer | Democratic | Chamblee |
| 117-3 | W.B. Malone | Democratic | Chamblee |
| 117-4 | George H. Carley | Democratic | Stone Mountain |
| 118-1 | J. Robin Harris | Democratic | Decatur |
| 118-2 | Bob Farrar | Democratic | Avondale Estates |
| 118-3 | Robert Walling | Democratic | Atlanta |
| 118-4 | Elliott Levitas | Democratic | Atlanta |
| 119-1 | Jack Bean | Republican | Decatur |
| 119-2 | Robert Evensen | Republican | Decatur, Georgia |
| 119-3 | James Westlake | Republican | Ellenwood |
| 119-4 | Joseph Higginbotham | Republican | Decatur |
| 120 | Charlie Brown | Democratic | Atlanta |
| 121 | Guy Hill | Democratic | Atlanta |
| 122 | Young Longing | Democratic | Fairburn |
| 123-1 | Rodney Mims Cook Sr. | Republican | Atlanta |
| 123-2 | Jack Etheridge | Democratic | Atlanta |
| 123-3 | Shag Cates | Democratic | Atlanta |
| 124 | John Hood | Democratic | Atlanta |
| 125 | George Adams | Democratic | Atlanta |
| 126 | Frank Lea | Democratic | Hapeville |
| 127 | William Cox | Democratic | Atlanta |
| 128 | Thomas Dillon | Democratic | Atlanta |
| 129 | Charles L. Carnes | Democratic | Atlanta |
| 130 | Nick Lambros | Democratic | Atlanta |
| 131 | Bill Sims | Democratic | Atlanta |
| 132 | J. D. Grier | Democratic | Atlanta |
| 133 | William Alexander | Democratic | Atlanta |
| 134 | Julius C. Daughtery Sr. | Democratic | Atlanta |
| 135 | Benjamin D. Brown | Democratic | Atlanta |
| 136 | Julian Bond | Democratic | Atlanta |
| 137 | Grace Towns Hamilton | Democratic | Atlanta |
| 138 | Devereaux McClatchey | Democratic | Atlanta |
| 139 | Herb Hawkins | Democratic | Roswell |
| 140 | Kiliaen Townsend | Republican | Atlanta |
| 141 | Michael J. Egan | Republican | Atlanta |