Georgia Secretary of State

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.

Georgia Secretary of State
Great Seal of the State of Georgia
Incumbent Brad Raffensperger since January 14, 2019
Term length	4 years
First holder	John Milton

Not to be confused with Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia.

The office has had a four-year term since 1946.^[1] Before 1880, the secretary of state was elected by the Georgia Assembly, not in a popular election.^[1]

List of secretaries of state of Georgia

#	Image	Name	Party	Took office	Left office
1^[2]		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	Democrat ^[4]	1873	1890 ^a
13		Philip Cook Sr.	Democrat	1890	1894 ^a
14		Allen D. Candler	Democrat	1894	1898
15		William C. Clifton		1898	1898
16		Philip Cook Jr.	Democrat	1898	1918 ^a
17		Henry Bascomb Strange		1918	1919
18		Samuel Guyton McLendon		1919	1928 ^a
19		George Henry Carswell	Democrat	1928	1931
20		John Bryan Wilson	Democrat	1931	1946 ^a
21		Benjamin W. Fortson Jr.	Democrat	1946	1979 ^a
22		David Bryan Poythress	Democrat	1979	1983
23		Joseph Maxwell Cleland	Democrat	1983	1996
24		Lewis A. Massey	Democrat	1996	1999
25		Lera Catharine Cox	Democrat	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

• Georgia Attorney General

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 2008-07-24 at the Wayback Machine

External links

• Secretary of State Official site
• New Georgia Encyclopedia
• Recent History of Elections for Secretary of State at OurCampaigns.com