Lieutenant Governor of Georgia
The Lieutenant Governor of Georgia is a constitutional officer of the State of Georgia, elected to a four-year term by popular vote. The Lieutenant Governor is elected on a separate election from the Georgia Governor.
| Lieutenant Governor | |
|---|---|
 Georgia State Seal | |
| Style | The Honorable[1] (formal) |
| Residence | No official residence |
| Appointer | Elected by popular vote |
| Term length | 4-year term |
| Inaugural holder | Melvin E. Thompson |
| Formation | 1945 |
| Website | Government website |
The office of Lieutenant Governor was created by a state constitutional revision in 1945.
The current Lieutenant Governor of Georgia is Republican Burt Jones.
List of lieutenant governors of Georgia
- Parties
Democratic (10) Republican (3)
| No. | Lt. Governor | Term in office | Party | Election | Governor | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Melvin E. Thompson | January 14, 1947 – March 18, 1947 |
Democratic | 1946 | Herman Talmadge | |||
| — | Vacant | March 18, 1947 – November 17, 1948 |
— | Melvin E. Thompson | ||||
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Marvin Griffin | November 17, 1948 – January 11, 1955 |
Democratic | 1948 (special) |
Herman Talmadge | ||
| 1950 | ||||||||
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Ernest Vandiver | January 11, 1955 – January 13, 1959 |
Democratic | 1954 | Marvin Griffin | ||
| 4 | Garland T. Byrd | January 13, 1959 – January 15, 1963 |
Democratic | 1958 | Ernest Vandiver | |||
| 5 | Peter Zack Geer | January 15, 1963 – January 11, 1967 |
Democratic | 1962 | Carl Sanders | |||
| 6 |  |
George T. Smith | January 11, 1967 – January 12, 1971 |
Democratic | 1966 | Lester Maddox | ||
| 7 |  |
Lester Maddox | January 12, 1971 – January 14, 1975 |
Democratic | 1970 | Jimmy Carter | ||
| 8 |  |
Zell Miller | January 14, 1975 – January 13, 1991 |
Democratic | 1974 | George Busbee | ||
| 1978 | ||||||||
| 1982 | Joe Frank Harris | |||||||
| 1986 | ||||||||
| 9 |  |
Pierre Howard | January 13, 1991 – January 11, 1999 |
Democratic | 1990 | Zell Miller | ||
| 1994 | ||||||||
| 10 |  |
Mark Taylor | January 11, 1999 – January 8, 2007 |
Democratic | 1998 | Roy Barnes | ||
| 2002 | Sonny Perdue | |||||||
| 11 |  |
Casey Cagle | January 8, 2007 – January 14, 2019 |
Republican | 2006 | |||
| 2010 | Nathan Deal | |||||||
| 2014 | ||||||||
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Geoff Duncan | January 14, 2019 – January 9, 2023 |
Republican | 2018 | Brian Kemp | ||
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Burt Jones | January 9, 2023 – present |
Republican | 2022 | |||
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