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Georgia Secretary of State

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| post = Georgia Secretary of State

| body =

| image = File:Brad Raffensperger 2022.jpg

| incumbent = Brad Raffensperger

| termlength = 4 years

| incumbentsince = January 14, 2019

| first = John Milton

| insignia = Seal of Georgia.svg

| insigniacaption = Great Seal of the State of Georgia

}}{{short description|Statewide executive office in Georgia, United States}}

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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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.georgiaarchives.org/research/secretaries_of_state|title=Georgia's Secretaries of State {{!}} Georgia Archives|website=www.georgiaarchives.org|access-date=2020-03-05}} Before 1880, the secretary of state was elected by the Georgia Assembly, not in a popular election.

List of secretaries of state of Georgia

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! # !! Image !! Name !! Party !! Took office !! Left office

1[http://sos.georgia.gov/archives/what_do_we_have/sos.pdf Official List of Secretaries of State]

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| John Milton

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| 1777

| 1799

2

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| Horatio Marbury

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| 1799

| 1811

3

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| Abner Hammond

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| 1811

| 1823

4

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| Everard Hamilton

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| 1823

| 1833

5

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| William A. Tennille

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| 1833

| 1843

6

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| Nathan Crawford Barnett

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| 1843

| 1849

7

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| George Washington Harrison

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| 1849

|1851

8

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| Nathan Crawford Barnett

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|1851

| 1853

9

|

| Elihu P. Watkins

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|1853

| 1861

10

|

| Nathan Crawford Barnett

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|1861

| 1868

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|11

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| David G. Cotting

|Republican

|1868

| 1873

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|12

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| Nathan Crawford Barnett

|Democratic [http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ga/county/baldwin/barnett.html Colonel Nathan C. Barnett] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080724153513/http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ga/county/baldwin/barnett.html |date=2008-07-24 }}

|1873

|1890 a

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|13

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|Philip Cook Sr.

|Democratic

|1890

|1894 a

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| Allen D. Candler

|Democratic

|1894

| 1898

15

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| William C. Clifton

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|1898

|1898

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|16

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| Philip Cook Jr.

|Democratic

|1898

|1918 a

17

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| Henry Bascomb Strange

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|1918

|1919

18

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| Samuel Guyton McLendon

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|1919

|1928 a

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|19

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| George Henry Carswell

|Democratic

|1928

|1931

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|20

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| John Bryan Wilson

|Democratic

|1931

|1946 a

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|21

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| Benjamin W. Fortson Jr.

| Democrat

|1946

|1979 a

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|22

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| David Bryan Poythress

|Democratic

|1979

|1983

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|23

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| Joseph Maxwell Cleland

|Democratic

|1983

|1996

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|24

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| Lewis A. Massey

|Democratic

|1996

| 1999

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|25

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| Lera Catharine Cox

|Democratic

| 1999

| 2007

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|26

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| Karen Handel

|Republican

|2007

|2010

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|27

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| Brian Kemp

|Republican

|2010

|2018

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|28

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| Robyn Crittenden

|Republican

|2018

|2019

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|29

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| Brad Raffensperger

|Republican

|2019

|Incumbent

(a) Died in office

See also

References

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External links

  • [https://sos.ga.gov Secretary of State Official site]
  • [http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-600 New Georgia Encyclopedia] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130206094254/http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-600 |date=2013-02-06 }}
  • [http://www.ourcampaigns.com/ContainerHistory.html?ContainerID=1211 Recent History of Elections for Secretary of State at OurCampaigns.com]

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