Georgia Official and Statistical Register 1983-84 - the Digital Library ...

Lieutenant-GovemoreProvided for in 1945 Constitution of Georgia to be elected atGeneral Election. Melvin E. Thompson, January 18, 1947(elected) but became Acting Governor before serving.Samuel Marvin Griffin ....... .Nov. 17, 1948-Jan. 13, 1955S. Ernest Vandiver............ Jan. 13, 1955-Jan. 13, 1959Garland Turk Byrd,........... Jan. 13, 1959-Jan. 15, 1963Peter Zack Geer.............. Jan. 15, 1%3-Jan. 15, 1967George T. Smith ............. Jaa 10, 1%7-Jan. 13, 1971tester G. Maddox ............ Jan. 13, 1971-Jan. 14, 1975Zell B. Miller ....................... Jan. 14, 1975-dateSecretaries of StateJohn Milton............................... 1777-1799Horatio Marbury........................... 1799-1811Abner Hammond........................... 1811-1823Everard Hamilton .......................... 1823-1833W.A. Tennille.............................. 1833-1843Nathan C. Barnett.......................... 1843-1849George W. Harrison ........................ 1849-1851Nathan C. Bamett.......................... 1851-1853E.P. Watkins .............................. 1853-1861Nathan C. Bamett.......................... 1861-1868David G. Cotting........................... 1868-1873Nathan C. Bamett .......................... 1873-1890Philip Cook ............................... 1890-1894Alien D. Candler ........................... 1894-1898William Clifton ...................... 1898 (Mar.-Nov.)Philip Cook ............................... 1898-1918H.B. Strange .............................. 1918-1919S.G. McLendon .......... 1919-1928 (died March 8, 1928)George H. Carswell......................... 1928-1931John B. Wilson ........... 1931-1946 (died Feb. 22, 1946)Ben W. Fortson, Jr......... 1946-1979 (died May 19, 1979)David B. Poythress ......................... 1979-1983Max Cleland ............................... 1983-dateComptrollers-General*(Auditors 1782-1799)John Gibbons................................... 1782John Wereat............................... 1782-1792Abraham Jones ............................ 1793-1798James Meriwether .......................... 1799-1804Eleazer Early .............................. 1805-1808James Bozeman ............................ 1809-1824William Triplett............................ 1825-1828Thacker B. Howard......................... 1829-1833William W. Carnes ......................... 1834-1835John G. Park .............................. 1836-1842David E. Bothwell.......................... 1843-1848Ezekiel S. Candler .......................... 1849-1854Peterson Thweatt........................... 1855-1864JohnT. Burns ............................. 1865-1867Madison Bell .............................. 1868-1872W.L. Goldsmith............................ 1872-1879William A. Wright......... 1879-1929 (died Sept.13, 1929)William B. Harrison ................. 1929-Feb. 24, 1936Glenn B. Carreker ................ Feb. 24-June 16, 1936Homer C. Parker.............June 16, 1936-Jan. 12, 1937William B. Harrison ........... Jan. 12, 1937-June 3, 1940(died June 3, 1940)C. Downing Musgrove ......... June 6, 1940-Jan. 12, 1941Homer C. Parker............. Jan. 12, 1941-June 22, 1946(died June 22, 1946)185William R. Mitchell........... June 25, 1946-Jan. 14, 1947Zack D. Cravey .............. Jan. 14, 1947-Jan. 15, 1963James Lynwood Bentley, Jr..... Jaa 15, 1%3-Jan. 13, 1971Johnnie L. Caldwell...................Jan. 13, 1971-date*The new Georgia Constitution (effective July 1,1983) changesthe title of this constitutional office from Comptroller Generalto Commissioner of Insurance (with no change in duties orresponsibilities).Attorneys GeneralHenry P. Farrow .................... July 21, 1868-1872N.J. Hammond .................... .Mar. 30, 1872-1877Robert N. Ely....................... Jan. 18, 1877-1880Clifford Anderson ....................Nov. 9, 1880-1890George N. tester .....................Nov. 8, 1890-1892William A. Little ..................... Apr. 2, 1892-1892J.M. Terrell ........................ Oct. 29, 1892-1902Boykin Wright...................... Jan. 21, 1902-1902John C. Hart ....................... Oct. 25, 1902-1910Hewlett A. Hall ..................... July 14, 1910-1911Thomas S. Felder .................... July 1, 1911-1914Warren Grice ....................... Apr. 15, 1914-1915Clifford Walker ..................... June 26, 1915-1920R.A. Denny ......................... Apr. 6, 1920-1921George M. Napier ............ June 25, 1921-May 4, 1932(died May 4, 1932)Lawrence S. Camp ............ May 9, 1932-Jan. 10, 1933Manning Jasper Yeomans....... Jan. 10, 1933-Feb. 2, 1939(resigned)Ellis G. Arnall ................ Feb. 2, 1939-Jan. 12, 1943Thomas Grady Head..........Jan. 12, 1943-Aug. 18, 1945(resigned)Eugene Cook ....... Aug. 18, 1945-June 14, 1965 (resigned)Arthur K. Bolton.... June 14, 1965-July 31, 1981 (resigned)Michael J. Bowers .................... Aug. 1, 1981-dateNote: William Clifton, Esq., first Attorney General of Georgia, 1754-1764, wasappointed by the King of England.There were mentions of an Attorney General and a State's Attorney in thevarious State Constitutions and Acts, but the State of Georgia did not providefor an Attorney general until 1868. See 1868 Constitution of Georgia. Section 7.Paragraphs I and 2.State TreasurersJames Bryant ................................... 1781John Lindsay ................................... 1782Joseph Clay .................................... 1782John Martin............................... 1783-1784Seth John Cuthbert......................... 1784-1786George Jones ................................... 1787John Meals................................ 1788-1791John Gibbons.............................. 1792-1794Philip Clayton ............................. 1794-17%John Berrien............................... 1796-1799Edwin Mounger............................ 1799-1806George R. Clayton.......................... 1806-1825James Bozeman ............................ 1826-1828Hines Holt ................................ 1829-1832John Williams .................................. 1833Thomas Haynes............................ 1834-1841Benjamin B. Smith............................... 1842Walter H. Mitchell.......................... 1843-1846William B. Tinsley .......................... 1847-1850J.M. Patton .................................... 1851Walter H. Mitchell.......................... 1851-1852John B. Trippe............................. 1853-1860John Jones ................................ 1861-1867