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. == class 2 == class 2 u.s. senators belong to the electoral cycle that were elected for the first two u.s. congresses in the first election of 1788 and whose seats in recent years are contested in 1996, 2002, 2008, and 2014. {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- valign=bottom ! # ! senator ! party ! years ! congress ! term ! electoral history |- ! rowspan=2 | 1 | rowspan=2 nowrap align=left | 75px william few | rowspan=2  | anti-administration | rowspan=2 nowrap | march 4, 1789 âmarch 3, 1793 | 1 | rowspan=2 | 1 | rowspan=2 | elected in 1789lost re-election |- | 2 |- ! rowspan=2 | 2 | rowspan=2 nowrap align=left | 75px james jackson | rowspan=2  | anti-administration | rowspan=2 nowrap | march 4, 1793 ânovember 16, 1795 | 3 | rowspan=5 | 2 | rowspan=2 | elected in 1793resigned to run for the georgia legislature |- | rowspan=2 | 4 |- ! 3 | nowrap align=left | 75px george walton |  | federalist | nowrap | november 16, 1795 âfebruary 20, 1796 | appointed to continue jackson's termretired when successor elected |- ! rowspan=2 | 4 | rowspan=2 nowrap align=left | josiah tattnall | rowspan=2  | democratic-republican | rowspan=2 nowrap | february 20, 1796 âmarch 3, 1799 | 4(continued) | rowspan=2 | elected to finish jackson's term |- | 5 |- ! rowspan=4 | 5 | rowspan=4 nowrap align=left |
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