# 143rd Georgia General Assembly

The 143rd Georgia General Assembly met for two sessions between January 9, 1995, and January 13, 1997. It consisted of the Georgia Senate and the Georgia House of Representatives.

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

| Position | Name | Party | District |
| President | Pierre Howard | Democrat | n/a |
| President Pro Tempore | Walter S. Ray | Democrat | 19 |

#### Majority leadership

| Position | Name | District |
| Senate Majority Leader | Sonny Perdue | 18 |
| Majority Caucus Chairman | Charles Walker | 22 |
| Majority Whip | Richard O. Marable | 52 |

#### Minority leadership

| Position | Name | District |
| Senate Minority Leader | Skin Edge IV | 28 |
| Minority Caucus Chairman | Don Balfour | 9 |
| Minority Whip | Sallie Newbill | 56 |

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

| Position | Name | Party | District |
| Speaker of the House | Tom Murphy | Democrat | 18 |
| Speaker Pro Tempore | Jack Connell | Democrat | 115 |

#### Majority leadership

| Position | Name | District |
| House Majority Leader | Larry Walker | 141 |
| Majority Whip | Tommy Stephenson | 25 |
| Majority Caucus Chairman | Bill Lee | 94 |
| Majority Caucus Secretary | LaNett Stanley-Turner | 50 |

#### Minority Leadership

| Position | Name | District |
| House Minority Leader | Bob Irvin | 45 |
| Minority Whip | Earl Ehrhart | 36 |
| Minority Caucus Chairman | Mike Evans | 28 |
| Minority Caucus Vice Chairman | Garland Pinholster | 15 |
| Minority Caucus Secretary | Anne Mueller | 152 |

## Members of the Georgia State Senate, 1995–1996

The following is a list of senators who served during the first session in 1995.
| District | Representative | Party | Residence | Counties represented |
| 1 | Eric Johnson | Republican | Savannah | Chatham |
| 2 | Diane Harvey Johnson | Democratic | Savannah | Bryan, Chatham, Effingham, Liberty |
| 3 | Rene D. Kemp | Democratic | Hinesville | Bryan, Glynn, Liberty, Long, McIntosh, Wayne |
| 4 | Jack Hill | Democratic | Reidsville | Bulloch, Effingham, Evans, Jenkins, Screven, Tattnall |
| 5 | Joe Burton | Republican | Atlanta | DeKalb, Gwinnett |
| 6 | Edward E. Boshears | Republican | Brunswick | Appling, Bacon, Brantley, Glynn, Pierce, Ware, Wayne |
| 7 | Peg Blitch | Democratic | Homerville | Berrien, Camden, Charlton, Clinch, Cook, Echols, Lanier, Tift, Ware |
| 8 | Loyce W. Turner | Democratic | Valdosta | Brooks, Decatur, Grady, Lowndes, Miller, Thomas |
| 9 | Don Balfour | Republican | Lilburn | Gwinnett |
| 10 | Nadine Thomas | Democratic | Atlanta | Clayton, DeKalb |
| 11 | Harold J. Ragan | Democratic | Cairo | Baker, Brooks, Colquitt, Decatur, Early, Grady, Lowndes, Mitchell, Seminole, Thomas |
| 12 | Mark Taylor | Democratic | Albany | Baker, Calhoun, Clay, Dougherty, Quitman, Randolph, Stewart, Terrell, Webster |
| 13 | Rooney L. Bowen | Democratic | Cordele | Ben Hill, Colquitt, Cook, Crisp, Dooly, Irwin, Mitchell, Turner, Worth |
| 14 | George Hooks | Democratic | Americus | Dougherty, Lee, Macon, Peach, Schley, Sumter, Taylor |
| 15 | Ed Harbison | Democratic | Columbus | Chattahoochee, Muscogee |
| 16 | Clay D. Land | Republican | Columbus | Harris, Marion, Muscogee, Talbot |
| 17 | Mike Crotts | Republican | Conyers | Butts, Henry, Newton, Rockdale |
| 18 | Sonny Perdue | Democratic | Bonaire | Bibb, Bleckley, Houston, Pulaski |
| 19 | Walter S. Ray | Democratic | Douglas | Atkinson, Ben Hill, Coffee, Dodge, Jeff Davis, Laurens, Telfair, Wilcox |
| 20 | Hugh Gillis | Democratic | Soperton | Candler, Emanuel, Johnson, Laurens, Montgomery, Toombs, Treutlen, Washington, Wheeler, Wilkinson |
| 21 | Johnny Isakson | Republican | Marietta | Cobb |
| 22 | Charles Walker | Democratic | Augusta | Burke, Richmond |
| 23 | Don Cheeks | Democratic | Augusta | Columbia, Richmond |
| 24 | Jake Pollard Jr. | Democratic | Appling | Columbia, Glascock, Jefferson, Lincoln, McDuffie, Morgan, Oconee, Oglethorpe, Warren, Wilkes |
| 25 | Floyd L. Griffin Jr. | Democratic | Milledgeville | Baldwin, Greene, Hancock, Jasper, Jefferson, Jones, Putnam, Taliaferro, Warren, Washington |
| 26 | Robert Brown | Democratic | Macon | Bibb, Jones, Twiggs, Wilkinson |
| 27 | Edwin A. Gochenour | Republican | Macon | Bibb, Crawford, Lamar, Monroe, Upson |
| 28 | Skin Edge IV | Republican | Newnan | Coweta, Fayette, Spalding |
| 29 | Steve Langford | Democratic | LaGrange | Harris, Heard, Meriwether, Pike, Spalding, Troup |
| 30 | Perry McGuire | Republican | Carrollton | Carroll, Douglas |
| 31 | Nathan Dean | Democratic | Rockmart | Bartow, Haralson, Paulding, Polk |
| 32 | Charlie Tanksley | Republican | Marietta | Cobb |
| 33 | Steve Thompson | Democratic | Powder Springs | Cobb |
| 34 | Pam Glanton | Republican | Riverdale | Clayton, Douglas, Fayette, Fulton |
| 35 | Donzella James | Democratic | College Park | Fulton |
| 36 | David Scott | Democratic | Atlanta | Fulton |
| 37 | Chuck Clay | Republican | Marietta | Cherokee, Cobb |
| 38 | Ralph David Abernathy III | Democratic | Atlanta | Cobb, Fulton |
| 39 | Ron Slotin | Democratic | Atlanta | Fulton |
| 40 | Michael J. Egan | Republican | Atlanta | Fulton |
| 41 | Jim Tysinger | Republican | Atlanta | DeKalb, Gwinnett |
| 42 | Mary Margaret Oliver | Democratic | Decatur | DeKalb |
| 43 | Connie Stokes | Democratic | Decatur | DeKalb |
| 44 | Terrell Starr | Democratic | Forest Park | Clayton |
| 45 | Bob Guhl | Republican | Social Circle | Barrow, Newton, Rockdale, Walton |
| 46 | Paul C. Broun Sr. | Democratic | Athens | Barrow, Clarke, Oconee |
| 47 | Eddie Madden | Democratic | Elberton | Banks, Elbert, Franklin, Hart, Jackson, Madison |
| 48 | Clint Day | Republican | Norcross | Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett |
| 49 | Casey Cagle | Republican | Chestnut Mountain | Forsyth, Hall |
| 50 | Guy Middleton | Democratic | Dahlonega | Dawson, Habersham, Lumpkin, Rabun, Stephens, Towns, Union, White |
| 51 | David Ralston | Republican | Blue Ridge | Cherokee, Fannin, Gilmer, Gordon, Pickens |
| 52 | Richard Marable | Democratic | Rome | Bartow, Floyd |
| 53 | John Black | Republican | Lookout Mountain | Chattooga, Dade, Walker, Whitfield |
| 54 | Steve Farrow | Democratic | Dalton | Catoosa, Murray, Whitfield |
| 55 | Steve Henson | Democratic | Stone Mountain | DeKalb |
| 56 | Sallie Newbill | Republican | Atlanta | Cherokee, Fulton, Gwinnett |

## Members of the Georgia State House of Representatives, 1995–1996

The following is a list of representatives who served during the first session in 1995.
| District | Representative | Party | Residence | Counties represented |
| 1 | Brian D. Joyce | Republican | Lookout Mountain | Dade, Walker |
| 2 | Mike Snow | Democratic | Chickamauga | Catoosa, Walker |
| 3 | McCracken Poston | Democratic | Ringgold | Catoosa |
| 4 | Greg Kinnamon | Democratic | Dalton | Whitfield |
| 5 | Harold Mann | Republican | Rocky Face | Whitfield |
| 6 | Jerry Lifsey | Republican | Chatsworth | Fannin, Murray, Whitfield |
| 7 | Benjamin Norton Whitaker | Republican | East Ellijay | Fannin, Gilmer, Lumpkin, Union |
| 8 | Ralph Twiggs | Democratic | Hiawassee | Rabun, Towns, Union, White |
| 9 | Ben Purcell | Democratic | Clarkesville | Habersham, White |
| 10 | Tom E. Shanahan | Democratic | Calhoun | Gordon |
| 11 | Tim Perry | Democratic | Summerville | Chattooga, Floyd, Walker |
| 12 | Paul E. Smith | Democratic | Rome | Floyd |
| 13 | Buddy Childers | Democratic | Rome | Bartow, Floyd |
| 14 | Jeff Lewis | Democratic | White | Bartow |
| 15 | Garland F. Pinholster | Republican | Ball Ground | Cherokee, Pickens |
| 16 | Steve Stancil | Republican | Canton | Cherokee |
| 17 | Melanie Harris | Republican | Woodstock | Cherokee |
| 18 | Tom Murphy | Democratic | Bremen | Haralson, Paulding, Polk |
| 19 | Clint Smith | Republican | Dawsonville | Dawson, Hall |
| 20 | Carl Rogers | Democratic | Gainesville | Hall |
| 21 | James Mills | Republican | Gainesville | Hall |
| 22 | Mary Jeanette Jamieson | Democratic | Gainesville | Banks, Franklin, Stephens |
| 23 | Alan Powell | Democratic | Hartwell | Franklin, Hart |
| 24 | John Scoggins | Democratic | Danielsville | Clarke, Madison |
| 25 | Tommy Stephenson | Democratic | Commerce | Gwinnett, Hall, Jackson |
| 26 | Charlie Watts | Democratic | Dallas | Paulding |
| 27 | Bill Cummings | Democratic | Rockmart | Bartow, Polk |
| 28 | Mike A. Evans | Republican | Cumming | Forsyth |
| 29 | Randy J. Sauder | Republican | Smyrna | Cobb |
| 30 | Matt Towery | Republican | Atlanta | Cobb |
| 31 | Lynda Coker | Republican | Marietta | Cobb |
| 32 | Jim Woods | Republican | Marietta | Cobb |
| 33 | Roy Barnes | Democratic | Mableton | Cobb |
| 34 | John Wiles | Republican | Kennesaw | Cobb |
| 35 | George H. Grindley Jr. | Republican | Marietta | Cobb |
| 36 | Earl Ehrhart | Republican | Powder Springs | Cobb |
| 37 | Mitchell Kaye | Republican | Marietta | Cobb |
| 38 | Kem W. Shipp | Republican | Kennesaw | Cobb |
| 39 | Kip Klein | Republican | Marietta | Cobb |
| 40 | Don Parsons | Republican | Marietta | Cobb |
| 41 | Mark Burkhalter | Republican | Alpharetta | Fulton |
| 42 | Tom Campbell | Republican | Roswell | Fulton |
| 43 | Dorothy Felton | Republican | Atlanta | Fulton |
| 44 | Sharon Trense | Republican | Atlanta | Fulton |
| 45 | Bob Irvin | Republican | Atlanta | Fulton |
| 46 | Kathy Ashe | Republican | Atlanta | Fulton |
| 47 | Jim Martin | Democratic | Atlanta | Fulton |
| 48 | Grace W. Davis | Democratic | Atlanta | Fulton |
| 49 | Pamela Stanley | Democratic | Atlanta | Fulton |
| 50 | Lanett L. Stanley | Democratic | Atlanta | Fulton |
| 51 | Billy McKinney | Democratic | Atlanta | Cobb, Fulton |
| 52 | Henrietta M. Canty | Democratic | Atlanta | Fulton |
| 53 | Bob Holmes | Democratic | Atlanta | Fulton |
| 54 | Tyrone Brooks | Democratic | Atlanta | Fulton |
| 55 | Joe Heckstall | Democratic | East Point | Fulton |
| 56 | Nan Orrock | Democratic | Atlanta | Fulton |
| 57 | Georganna Sinkfield | Democratic | Atlanta | Fulton |
| 58 | Sharon Beasley-Teague | Democratic | Red Oak | Fulton |
| 59 | Bart Ladd | Republican | Atlanta | DeKalb |
| 60 | J. Max Davis | Republican | Atlanta | DeKalb |
| 61 | Doug Teper | Democratic | Atlanta | DeKalb |
| 62 | Tom Sherrill | Democratic | Atlanta | DeKalb |
| 63 | Betty Jo Williams | Republican | Atlanta | DeKalb |
| 64 | Thomas E. Lawrence | Republican | Stone Mountain | DeKalb |
| 65 | Michele Henson | Democratic | Stone Mountain | DeKalb |
| 66 | June Hegstrom | Democratic | Scottdale | DeKalb |
| 67 | Mike Polak | Democratic | Atlanta | DeKalb |
| 68 | Jo Ann McClinton | Democratic | Atlanta | DeKalb |
| 69 | Barbara J. Mobley | Democratic | Decatur | DeKalb |
| 70 | Thurbert Baker | Democratic | Decatur | DeKalb |
| 71 | Vernon Jones | Democratic | Decatur | DeKalb |
| 72 | Mamie M. Randolph | Democratic | Atlanta | DeKalb |
| 73 | Henrietta E. Turnquest | Democratic | Decatur | DeKalb |
| 74 | Barbara J. Bunn | Republican | Conyers | DeKalb, Rockdale |
| 75 | Earl O'Neal | Democratic | Conyers | DeKalb, Rockdale |
| 76 | Scott Dix | Republican | Stone Mountain | Gwinnett |
| 77 | Charles E. Bannister | Republican | Lilburn | Gwinnett |
| 78 | Ron Crews | Republican | Tucker | Gwinnett |
| 79 | Bill Goodwin | Republican | Norcross | Gwinnett |
| 80 | Brooks Coleman | Republican | Duluth | Gwinnett |
| 81 | Ralph L. Johnston | Republican | Duluth | Gwinnett |
| 82 | Vinson Wall | Republican | Lawrenceville | Gwinnett |
| 83 | Jeff Williams | Republican | Snellville | Gwinnett |
| 84 | Jere Johnson | Republican | Grayson | Gwinnett, Walton |
| 85 | Keith R. Breedlove | Republican | Buford | Forsyth, Gwinnett |
| 86 | John O. Mobley Jr. | Democratic | Winder | Barrow, Gwinnett |
| 87 | Len Walker | Republican | Loganville | Walton |
| 88 | Louise McBee | Democratic | Athens | Clarke |
| 89 | Keith G. Heard | Democratic | Athens | Clarke |
| 90 | Tom McCall | Democratic | Elberton | Elbert, Lincoln, Oglethorpe, Wilkes |
| 91 | Frank E. Stancil | Democratic | Watkinsville | Morgan, Newton, Oconee |
| 92 | Denny M. Dobbs | Democratic | Covington | Newton |
| 93 | Frank I. Bailey Jr. | Democratic | Riverdale | Clayton |
| 94 | Bill Lee | Democratic | Forest Park | Clayton |
| 95 | Gail Buckner | Democratic | Morrow | Clayton |
| 96 | Jimmy W. Benefield | Democratic | Jonesboro | Clayton |
| 97 | Dorothy Gail Johnson | Republican | Jonesboro | Clayton |
| 98 | Bill Hembree | Republican | Douglasville | Douglas |
| 99 | Bob Snelling | Republican | Douglasville | Douglas |
| 100 | Tracy Stallings | Democratic | Carrollton | Carroll |
| 101 | John Simpson | Democratic | Carrollton | Carroll |
| 102 | Vance C. Smith | Republican | Pine Mountain | Harris, Muscogee, Talbot, Troup |
| 103 | Donna Staples Brooks | Republican | Newnan | Coweta, Heard |
| 104 | Lynn Westmoreland | Republican | Tyrone | Coweta, Fayette |
| 105 | Dan Lakly | Republican | Peachtree City | Fayette |
| 106 | John P. Yates | Republican | Griffin | Coweta, Spalding |
| 107 | Bill Sanders | Republican | Griffin | Henry, Spalding |
| 108 | Leland L. Maddox | Republican | Stockbridge | Henry |
| 109 | Larry Smith | Democratic | Jackson | Butts, Henry, Lamar |
| 110 | Curtis S. Jenkins | Democratic | Forsyth | Jasper, Jones, Lamar, Monroe |
| 111 | Mickey Channell | Democratic | Greensboro | Greene, Putnam, Taliaferro, Warren, Wilkes |
| 112 | Joey Brush | Republican | Appling | Columbia, Lincoln, McDuffie |
| 113 | Ben L. Harbin | Republican | Augusta | Columbia |
| 114 | Robin L. Williams | Republican | Augusta | Columbia, Richmond |
| 115 | Jack Connell | Democratic | Augusta | Richmond |
| 116 | Bettieanne Childers Hart | Democratic | Waynesboro | Burke, Richmond |
| 117 | George M. Brown | Democratic | Augusta | Richmond |
| 118 | Henry L. Howard | Democratic | Augusta | Richmond |
| 119 | George L. DeLoach | Republican | Hephzibah | Burke, Richmond |
| 120 | Emory E. Bargeron | Democratic | Louisville | Columbia, Glascock, Jefferson, McDuffie, Warren |
| 121 | Jimmy Lord | Democratic | Sandersville | Baldwin, Hancock, Washington |
| 122 | Bobby Parham | Democratic | Milledgeville | Baldwin, Putnam |
| 123 | Ken Birdsong | Democratic | Gordon | Jones, Twiggs, Wilkinson |
| 124 | David Lucas | Democratic | Macon | Bibb |
| 125 | Sharon Falls | Republican | Macon | Bibb |
| 126 | Robert Reichert | Democratic | Macon | Bibb |
| 127 | Billy Randall | Democratic | Macon | Bibb |
| 128 | Robert Ray | Democratic | Fort Valley | Bibb, Crawford, Houston, Peach |
| 129 | Mack Crawford | Republican | Zebulon | Pike, Upson |
| 130 | Jeff Brown | Republican | LaGrange | Troup |
| 131 | Carl Von Epps | Democratic | LaGrange | Coweta, Meriwether, Troup |
| 132 | Ronnie Culbreth | Democratic | Columbus | Muscogee |
| 133 | Carolyn Hugley | Democratic | Columbus | Muscogee |
| 134 | Maretta Taylor | Democratic | Columbus | Chattahoochee, Muscogee |
| 135 | Tom Buck | Democratic | Columbus | Muscogee |
| 136 | Calvin Smyre | Democratic | Columbus | Muscogee |
| 137 | Jimmy Skipper | Democratic | Americus | Chattahoochee, Marion, Meriwether, Schley, Sumter, Talbot, Taylor |
| 138 | Johnny Floyd | Democratic | Cordele | Crisp, Dooly, Houston, Pulaski |
| 139 | Sonny Watson Jr. | Democratic | Warner Robins | Houston |
| 140 | Lynmore James | Democratic | Montezuma | Crawford, Dooly, Macon, Peach, Schley, Taylor |
| 141 | Larry Walker | Democratic | Perry | Crisp, Dooly, Houston |
| 142 | Terry Coleman | Democratic | Eastman | Bleckley, Dodge, Laurens, Telfair |
| 143 | DuBose Porter | Democratic | Dublin | Laurens |
| 144 | Butch Parrish | Democratic | Swainsboro | Emanuel, Johnson, Treutlen |
| 145 | John F. Godbee | Democratic | Brooklet | Bulloch, Candler, Jenkins |
| 146 | Bob Lane | Democratic | Statesboro | Bulloch, Screven |
| 147 | Ann R. Purcell | Democratic | Rincon | Bryan, Effingham |
| 148 | Regina Thomas | Democratic | Savannah | Chatham |
| 149 | Dorothy Barnes Pelote | Democratic | Savannah | Chatham |
| 150 | Sonny Dixon | Democratic | Garden City | Chatham |
| 151 | Tom Bordeaux | Democratic | Savannah | Chatham |
| 152 | Anne Mueller | Republican | Savannah | Chatham |
| 153 | Burke Day | Republican | Tybee Island | Chatham |
| 154 | Terry E. Barnard | Republican | Glennville | Bryan, Evans, Liberty, Tattnall |
| 155 | Fisher Barfoot | Democratic | Vidalia | Montgomery, Toombs, Wheeler |
| 156 | Newt Hudson | Democratic | Rochelle | Ben Hill, Irwin, Tift, Wilcox |
| 157 | Ray Holland | Democratic | Ashburn | Lee, Turner, Worth |
| 158 | Gerald Greene | Democratic | Cuthbert | Baker, Calhoun, Clay, Early, Marion, Mitchell, Quitman, Randolph, Stewart |
| 159 | Bob Hanner | Democratic | Parrott | Lee, Sumter, Terrell, Webster |
| 160 | Cathy Cox | Democratic | Bainbridge | Decatur, Early, Miller, Seminole |
| 161 | John White | Democratic | Albany | Baker, Dougherty |
| 162 | Lawrence R. Roberts | Democratic | Albany | Dougherty |
| 163 | Tommy Chambless | Democratic | Albany | Dougherty, Worth |
| 164 | A. Richard Royal | Democratic | Camilla | Colquitt, Decatur, Mitchell |
| 165 | Henry Bostick | Democratic | Tifton | Colquitt, Tift |
| 166 | Hanson Carter | Democratic | Nashville | Berrien, Colquitt, Cook |
| 167 | Van Streat | Democratic | Nicholls | Atkinson, Coffee |
| 168 | Harry D. Dixon | Democratic | Waycross | Ware |
| 169 | Tommy Smith | Democratic | Alma | Bacon, Brantley, Charlton, Glynn, Pierce |
| 170 | Roger C. Byrd | Democratic | Hazlehurst | Appling, Jeff Davis, Telfair, Wayne |
| 171 | Hinson Mosley | Democratic | Jesup | Liberty, Long, Pierce, Wayne |
| 172 | Buddy DeLoach | Republican | Hinesville | Liberty |
| 173 | Eugene C. Tillman | Democratic | Brunswick | Glynn, Liberty, McIntosh |
| 174 | Willou Smith | Republican | Brunswick | Glynn |
| 175 | Charlie Smith Jr. | Democratic | St. Marys | Camden, Charlton |
| 176 | Jay Shaw | Democratic | Lakeland | Clinch, Echols, Lanier, Lowndes |
| 177 | Tim Golden | Democratic | Valdosta | Brooks, Cook, Lowndes |
| 178 | Henry L. Reaves | Democratic | Quitman | Brooks, Lowndes, Thomas |
| 179 | K Bates Jr. | Democratic | Bainbridge | Decatur, Grady, Thomas |
| 180 | Theo Titus | Republican | Thomasville | Grady, Thomas |