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Georgia Secretary of State
Great Seal of the State of Georgia
Incumbent
Brad Raffensperger
since January 14, 2019
Term length4 years
First holderJohn Milton
Position Not to be confused with Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia.

The secretary of state of the U.S. state of Georgia is an elected official with a wide variety of responsibilities, including supervising elections and maintaining public records.

The office has had a four-year term since 1946. Before 1880, the secretary of state was elected by the Georgia Assembly, not in a popular election.

List of secretaries of state of Georgia

# Image Name Party Took office Left office
1 John Milton 1777 1799
2 Horatio Marbury 1799 1811
3 Abner Hammond 1811 1823
4 Everard Hamilton 1823 1833
5 William A. Tennille 1833 1843
6 Nathan Crawford Barnett 1843 1849
7 George Washington Harrison 1849 1851
8 Nathan Crawford Barnett 1851 1853
9 Elihu P. Watkins 1853 1861
10 Nathan Crawford Barnett 1861 1868
11 David G. Cotting Republican 1868 1873
12 Nathan Crawford Barnett Democratic 1873 1890
13 Philip Cook Sr. Democratic 1890 1894
14 Allen D. Candler Democratic 1894 1898
15 William C. Clifton 1898 1898
16 Philip Cook Jr. Democratic 1898 1918
17 Henry Bascomb Strange 1918 1919
18 Samuel Guyton McLendon 1919 1928
19 George Henry Carswell Democratic 1928 1931
20 John Bryan Wilson Democratic 1931 1946
21 Benjamin W. Fortson Jr. Democrat 1946 1979
22 David Bryan Poythress Democratic 1979 1983
23 Joseph Maxwell Cleland Democratic 1983 1996
24 Lewis A. Massey Democratic 1996 1999
25 Lera Catharine Cox Democratic 1999 2007
26 Karen Handel Republican 2007 2010
27 Brian Kemp Republican 2010 2018
28 Robyn Crittenden Republican 2018 2019
29 Brad Raffensperger Republican 2019 Incumbent

(a) Died in office

See also

References

  1. ^ "Georgia's Secretaries of State | Georgia Archives". www.georgiaarchives.org. Retrieved 2020-03-05.
  2. Official List of Secretaries of State
  3. Political Graveyard
  4. Colonel Nathan C. Barnett Archived 2008-07-24 at the Wayback Machine

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Secretaries of state in the United States
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Political party affiliations
28 ▌Republican (28 states)
26 ▌Democratic (22 states, 3 territories, 1 district)
1 ▌Independent (1 territory)
1 ▌New Progressive (1 territory)
Italics indicate no secretary of state in this state, closest equivalent listed
An asterisk (*) indicates that the officeholder is serving in an acting capacity.
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