127th Georgia General Assembly

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| name = 127th Georgia General Assembly

| image = File:Seal of Georgia.svg

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| alt = Great Seal of the State of Georgia

| caption = Great Seal of the State of Georgia

| body = Georgia General Assembly

| meeting_place = Capitol Building - Atlanta

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| before = 126th

| after = 128th

| chamber1 = Senate

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| membership1 = 54

| control1 = Democratic Party

| chamber1_leader1_type = President of the Senate

| chamber1_leader1 = Peter Zack Geer

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| chamber2 = House of Representatives

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| membership2 = 205

| control2 = Democratic Party

| chamber2_leader1_type = Speaker of the House

| chamber2_leader1 = George T. Smith

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| session1_start = {{Start date|1963|01|14}}

| session1_end = {{End date|1963|03|15}}

| session2_start = {{Start date|1964|01|13}}

| session2_end = {{End date|1964|02|21}}

| special_session1_start = {{Start date|1964|03|04}}

| special_session1_end = {{End date|1965|06|25}}

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The 127th Georgia General Assembly convened its first session on January 14, 1963, at the Georgia State Capitol in Atlanta.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-macon-news/163268314/|title=1963 Georgia Legislature Swings Into Motion Today|first=Gene|last=Britton|work=The Macon News|date=January 14, 1963|access-date=January 17, 2025|page=1|via=Newspapers.com}}{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-atlanta-journal/163268088/|title=Legislature Convenes With Changes on Tap|first=Charles|last=Pou|work=The Atlanta Journal|date=January 14, 1963|access-date=January 17, 2025|page=1|via=Newspapers.com}} The 128th Georgia General Assembly succeeded the 126th and served as the precedent for the 128th in 1965.

Jimmy Carter was elected to serve his first of two terms in the Georgia State Senate this session.

Members of the State Senate

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!District

!Senator

!Party

!Residence

1Frank O. Downing{{party shading/Democratic}} | DemocraticSavannah
2William Searcey{{party shading/Democratic}} | DemocraticSavannah
3Joseph Tribble{{party shading/Republican}} | RepublicanSavannah
4Clinton Oliver{{party shading/Democratic}} | DemocraticGlenville
5John M. Gayner, III{{party shading/Democratic}} | DemocraticBrunswick
6William Zorn{{party shading/Democratic}} | DemocraticJesup
7Talmadge McKinnon{{party shading/Democratic}} | DemocraticWillacoochee
8Robert Rowan{{party shading/Democratic}} | DemocraticEnigma
9Ford Spinks{{party shading/Democratic}} | DemocraticTifton
10Glenn Pelham{{party shading/Democratic}} | DemocraticCairo
11Julian Webb{{party shading/Democratic}} | DemocraticDonalsonville
12Al Holloway{{party shading/Democratic}} | DemocraticAlbany
13Martin Young{{party shading/Democratic}} | DemocraticRebecca
14Jimmy Carter{{party shading/Democratic}} | DemocraticPlains
15A. Perry Gordy{{party shading/Republican}} | RepublicanColumbus
16Harry Jackson{{party shading/Democratic}} | RepublicanColumbus
17Garland Byrd{{party shading/Democratic}} | DemocraticReynolds
18Stanley Smith{{party shading/Democratic}} | DemocraticPerry
19Roy Noble{{party shading/Democratic}} | DemocraticVienna
20Hugh Gillis{{party shading/Democratic}} | DemocraticSoperton
21Milton Carlton{{party shading/Democratic}} | DemocraticSwainsboro
22J. B. Fuqua{{party shading/Democratic}} | DemocraticAugusta
23Milford Scott{{party shading/Democratic}} | DemocraticAugusta
24Wyck Knox{{party shading/Independent}} | IndependentThomson
25Culver Kidd Jr.{{party shading/Democratic}} | DemocraticMilledgeville
26William Hunt{{party shading/Democratic}} | DemocraticMacon
27Taylor Phillips{{party shading/Democratic}} | DemocraticMacon
28Robert H. Smalley Jr.{{party shading/Democratic}} | DemocraticGriffin
29Roland Heard{{party shading/Democratic}} | DemocraticWest Point
30Lamar Plunkett{{party shading/Democratic}} | DemocraticBowdon
31Albert F. Moore{{party shading/Democratic}} | DemocraticCedartown
32Edward Kendrick{{party shading/Democratic}} | DemocraticMarietta
33Kyle Yancey{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic|Austell
34Charlie Brown{{party shading/Democratic}} | DemocraticAtlanta
35Frank E. Coggin{{party shading/Democratic}} | DemocraticHapeville
36Joe Salome{{party shading/Democratic}} | DemocraticAtlanta
37James Wesberry{{party shading/Democratic}} | DemocraticAtlanta
38Leroy Johnson{{party shading/Democratic}} | DemocraticAtlanta
39Oby Brewer{{party shading/Democratic}} | DemocraticAtlanta
40Dan MacIntyre{{party shading/Republican}} | RepublicanAtlanta
41McKinley Conway{{party shading/Democratic}} | DemocraticAtlanta
42Ben F. Johnson{{party shading/Democratic}} | DemocraticAtlanta
43William McWhorter{{party shading/Democratic}} | DemocraticDecatur
44Thomas Ellis{{party shading/Democratic}} | DemocraticMcDonough
45Brooks Pennington{{party shading/Democratic}} | DemocraticMadison
46Paul C. Broun Sr.{{party shading/Democratic}} | DemocraticAthens
47Robert Lee{{party shading/Democratic}} | DemocraticHartwell
48Harold Harrison{{party shading/Democratic}} | DemocraticBethlehem
49Erwin Owens{{party shading/Democratic}} | DemocraticDahlonega
50Zell Miller{{party shading/Democratic}} | DemocraticYoung Harris
51Jack Fincher{{party shading/Democratic}} | DemocraticCanton
52James Battle Hall{{party shading/Democratic}} | DemocraticRome
53Joseph Loggins{{party shading/Democratic}} | DemocraticSummerville
54Charles Pannell (res.){{party shading/Democratic}} | DemocraticChatsworth
54Reese Thomas{{party shading/Republican}} | RepublicanDalton

Members of the House

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!County

!Representative

!Party

ApplingCurtis Herndon{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
AtkinsonWaldo Henderson{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
BaconHugh Deen{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
BakerJ. R. Rhodes Jr.{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
BaldwinJohn Floyd Harrington{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
BaldwinPhillip Chandler{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
BanksJohn Simmons{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
BarrowJames Paris{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
BartowWilliam Greene{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
BartowJ.R. Cullens{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
Ben HillArthur Dorminy{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
BerrienWilliam Knight{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
BibbDenmark Groover Jr.{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
BibbMichael House{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
BibbWilliam Laite{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
BleckleyJames Mullis{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
BrantleyHoke Wilson{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
BrooksHenry Reaves{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
BryanJack Shuman{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
BullochW. Jones Lane{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
BullochPaul Nessmith{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
BurkeMemory Tucker{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
ButtsBailey Woodward{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
CalhounWilliam Jordan{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
CamdenNolan Wells{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
CamdenCharles Smith{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
CandlerHines Brantley{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
CarrollJoseph Elvin{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
CarrollHayne Waldrop (res.){{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
CarrollWilliam Wiggins{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
CatoosaJoe Tucker{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
CharltonHenry Rodgers{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
ChathamWillis Richardson{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
ChathamArthur Funk{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
ChathamBart Shea{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
ChattahoocheeJoseph King (dcd.){{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
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| Chattahoochee

Floyd Hudgins{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
ChattoogaJames Floyd{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
CherokeeGrady Coker{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
CherokeeMarion Pope{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
ClarkeChappelle Matthews{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
ClarkeWilliam Bedgood{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
ClayHenry McKemie{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
ClaytonEdgar Blalock{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
ClaytonBill Lee{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
ClinchGrover Lee{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
CobbElmer Teague{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
CobbRobert Flournoy{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
CobbJoe Wilson{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
CoffeeGeorge Williams{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
CoffeeHenry Milhollin{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
ColquittDorsey Matthews{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
ColquittDavid Newton{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
ColumbiaG.S. Phillips{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
CookWilson Wilkes{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
CowetaHenry Payton{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
CowetaD.B. Blalock{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
CrawfordJohn Scarborough Jr.{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
CrispHoward H. Rainey{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
DadeMaddox Hale{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
DawsonRalph W. Bowen{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
DecaturJ. Willis Conger{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
DecaturRobert Griffin{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
DeKalbJames MacKay{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
DeKalbGuy Rutland{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
DeKalbJ. Robin Harris{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
DodgeWilliamson Stuckey{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
DoolyThomas I. Sangster{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
DoughertyGeorge Busbee{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
DoughertyColquitt Odom{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
DoughertyWilliam Lee{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
DouglasAlpha Fowler{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
EarlyLeon Baughman{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
EcholsLouis Raulerson{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
EffinghamB. Frank Arnsdorff{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
ElbertA.S. Johnson{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
EmanuelGeo Smith{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
EvansG. Ed Perry{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
FanninA.C. Duncan{{party shading/Republican}} | Republican
FayetteA. Hewlette Herrel{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
FloydSidney Lowrey{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
FloydJ.E. Jordan{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
ForsythA.C. Smith{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
FranklinC. Patrick Milford{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
FultonWilson Brooks{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
FultonJack Etheridge{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
FultonRalph McClelland{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
GilmerB.C. Logan{{party shading/Republican}} | Republican
GlascockW.G. Todd{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
GlynnWilliam R. Killian{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
GlynnJoe Isenberg{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
GordonTroy Causby{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
GradyGeorge T. Smith{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
GreeneAllen P. Roper{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
GwinnettHandsell Morgan{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
HabershamRichard Russel Smith{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
HallW.M. Williams{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
HallHoward Overby{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
HancockMarvin E. Moate{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
HaralsonTom Murphy{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
HarrisWilliam Steis{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
HartM. Parks Brown{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
HeardTruitt Davis{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
HenryEdward McGarity (res.){{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
HenryRay Tucker{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
HoustonDavid Peterson{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
HoustonPaul Stalnaker{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
IrwinHarry Mixon{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
JacksonMac Barber{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
JasperRoy R. Kelly{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
Jeff DavisJames L. Conner{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
JeffersonRoy McCracken{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
JenkinsA. Sid Newton{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
JohnsonEmory Rowland{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
JonesCorbin Roberts{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
LamarHaygood Keadle{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
LanierRobert Pafford{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
LaurensD.W. Knight{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
LaurensWM. Malcolm Towson{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
LeeH. Goodwin Hall{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
LibertyCharles M. Jones{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
LincolnHenry F. Partridge{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
LongJ. Tyron Shaw{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
LowndesW.J. Gibbons{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
LowndesFred H. Walker{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
LumpkinFred Jones Jr.{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
MaconJ. Paul Sinclair{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
MadisonEdwin Poss{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
MarionEldridge W. Perry{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
McDuffieLeonard Lokey{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
McIntoshDaniel H. White{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
MeriwetherRender Hill{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
MillerBuck Tabb{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
MitchellFrank Twitty{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
MonroeHarold G. Clarke{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
MontgomeryJoe Underwood{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
MorganE. Roy Lambert{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
MurrayGerald Leonard{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
MuscogeeHarry Dicus{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
MuscogeeMilton Jones{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
MuscogeeMac Pickard{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
NewtonWilliam Ballard{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
NewtonJack H. Morgan{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
OconeeHubert Wells{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
OglethorpeGeorge B. Brooks{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
PauldingGeorge Bagby{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
PeachD. Warner Wells{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
PickensWill Poole{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
PierceFrancis Houston{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
PikeCaleb Watson{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
PolkJohn Harvey Moore{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
PolkNathan Dean{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
PulaskiJohn Anderson Jr.{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
PutnamNevils Horton Jr.{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
QuitmanJoe Hurst{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
RabunKnox Bynum{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
RandolphA'Delbert Bowen{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
RichmondWilliam Fleming{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
RichmondJames Hull Jr{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
RichmondJohn Chapman Bell{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
RockdaleClarence R. Vaughn Jr.{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
SchleyMartin Eugene DeVane{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
ScrevenHenry Walstein Parker{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
SeminoleJ.O. Brackin{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
SpaldingArthur Key Bolton{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
SpaldingQuimby Melton Jr.{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
StephensJames Allen Andrews{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
StewartSam S. Singer{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
SumterWilliam Blair{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
SumterJohn William Sewell{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
SumterJesse Watts{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
TaliferroWales Flynt{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
TatnallHogan Kirkland{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
TaylorRalph Underwood{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
TelfairEdgar Smith Jr{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
TerrellEd Fulford{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
ThomasJames Keyton{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
ThomasHenry Russell Jr{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
TiftW. Frank Branch{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
TiftHenry Banks Allen{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
ToombsRoss Bowen{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
TownsJohn Acree{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
TreutlenJ. Wyman Fowler{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
TroupJames Crawford Ware{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
TroupHarry Spikes{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
TurnerRoy Coker{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
TwiggsHomer Chance{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
TwiggsJames Beck{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
UnionWilliam Meeks Jr{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
UpsonJohnnie L. Caldwell{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
WalkerWilliam Shaw Abney{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
WalkerWayne Snow Jr.{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
WaltonJohn Byrd{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
WareWilliam Ponsell{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
WareHarry D. Dixon{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
WareBobby Ware Johnson{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
WashingtonThomas Carr{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
WayneJames E. Warren{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
WebsterJames Black{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
WheelerMackie Simpson{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
WhiteThomas McDonald Jr.{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
WhitfieldVirgil Smith{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
WhitfieldThomas Marvin Mitchell{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
WilcoxCecil Crummey (dcd.){{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
WilcoxJoe Dennard{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
WilkesWilliam Lindsey (dcd.){{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
WilkesJohn G. Wright{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
WilkinsonE. Brooks Lewis{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
WorthDavid Campbell Jones{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

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