district succeeded children religion party state_house birth_date term_start spouse article_title term_end name
10th rick austin 5 baptist republican georgia 30 august 1940 1997 jeanie bridges benjamin bridges
 2008 benjamin d. bridges , sr. .
benjamin bridges

benjamin d. bridges , sr. -lrb- born august 30 , 1940 , in ila , madison county , georgia -rrb- is a former republican politician and one-time member of the georgia house of representatives .
bridges represented georgia 's 10th district , based about the city of cleveland , between 1997 and 2008 .
he was chairman of the house retirement committee , and was replaced as the 10th district 's representative by fellow republican rick austin in 2008 .
