Member |
Party |
Years |
Cong ress |
Electoral history |
District geography |
District created March 4, 1827 |
Tomlinson Fort (Milledgeville) |
Jacksonian |
March 4, 1827 – March 3, 1829 |
20th |
Elected in 1826.[6] |
1827–1829 [data missing] |
District inactive |
March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1845 |
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Howell Cobb (Athens) |
Democratic |
March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1851 |
29th 30th 31st |
Re-elected in 1844. Re-elected in 1846. Re-elected in 1848. Elected Governor of Georgia in 1851.[7] |
1845–1853 [data missing] |
Junius Hillyer (Monroe) |
Unionist |
March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1855 |
32nd 33rd |
Elected in 1851. Re-elected in 1853.[8] |
Democratic |
1853–1861 [data missing] |
Howell Cobb (Athens) |
Democratic |
March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857 |
34th |
Elected in 1855. [data missing][7] |
James Jackson (Athens) |
Democratic |
March 4, 1857 – January 23, 1861 |
35th 36th |
Elected in 1857. Re-elected in 1859. Resigned from office in 1861, following Georgia's secession from the Union.[9] |
Vacant |
January 23, 1861 – July 25, 1868 |
36th 37th 38th 39th 40th |
Civil War and Reconstruction |
Vacant |
July 25, 1868 – March 3, 1869 |
40th |
Georgia rejoined the Union, but district failed to elect a member to finish the term.[citation needed] |
1868–1873 [data missing] |
Vacant |
March 4, 1869 – December 22, 1870 |
41st |
District failed to elect a member.[citation needed] |
William P. Price (Dahlonega) |
Democratic |
December 22, 1870 – March 3, 1873 |
41st 42nd |
Elected to finish the vacant term. Re-elected in 1870. Retired.[10] |
James H. Blount (Macon) |
Democratic |
March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1893 |
43rd 44th 45th 46th 47th 48th 49th 50th 51st 52nd |
Elected in 1872. Re-elected in 1874. Re-elected in 1876. Re-elected in 1878. Re-elected in 1880. Re-elected in 1882. Re-elected in 1884. Re-elected in 1886. Re-elected in 1888. Re-elected in 1890. Retired.[11] |
1873–1883 [data missing] |
1883–1893 [data missing] |
Thomas B. Cabaniss (Forsyth) |
Democratic |
March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895 |
53rd |
Elected in 1892. Lost renomination.[12] |
1893–1903 [data missing] |
Charles L. Bartlett (Macon) |
Democratic |
March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1915 |
54th 55th 56th 57th 58th 59th 60th 61st 62nd 63rd |
Elected in 1894. Re-elected in 1896. Re-elected in 1898. Re-elected in 1900. Re-elected in 1902. Re-elected in 1904. Re-elected in 1906. Re-elected in 1908. Re-elected in 1910. Re-elected in 1912. Retired.[13] |
1903–1913 [data missing] |
1913–1923 [data missing] |
James W. Wise (Fayetteville) |
Democratic |
March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1925 |
64th 65th 66th 67th 68th |
Elected in 1914. Re-elected in 1916. Re-elected in 1918. Re-elected in 1920. Re-elected in 1922. Failed to attend the 68th Congress due to prolonged illness. Retired.[14] |
1923–1933 [data missing] |
Samuel Rutherford (Forsyth) |
Democratic |
March 4, 1925 – February 4, 1932 |
69th 70th 71st 72nd |
Elected in 1924. Re-elected in 1926. Re-elected in 1928. Re-elected in 1930. Died.[15] |
Vacant |
February 4, 1932 – March 2, 1932 |
72nd |
Carlton Mobley (Forsyth) |
Democratic |
March 2, 1932 – March 3, 1933 |
72nd |
Elected to finish Rutherford's term. Retired.[16] |
Carl Vinson (Milledgeville) |
Democratic |
March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1965 |
73rd 74th 75th 76th 77th 78th 79th 80th 81st 82nd 83rd 84th 85th 86th 87th 88th |
Redistricted from the 10th district and re-elected in 1932. Re-elected in 1934. Re-elected in 1936. Re-elected in 1938. Re-elected in 1940. Re-elected in 1942. Re-elected in 1944. Re-elected in 1946. Re-elected in 1948. Re-elected in 1950. Re-elected in 1952. Re-elected in 1954. Re-elected in 1956. Re-elected in 1958. Re-elected in 1960. Re-elected in 1962. Retired.[17] |
1933–1943 [data missing] |
1943–1953 [data missing] |
1953–1963 [data missing] |
1963–1973 [data missing] |
John Flynt (Griffin) |
Democratic |
January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1979 |
89th 90th 91st 92nd 93rd 94th 95th |
Redistricted from the 4th district and re-elected in 1964. Re-elected in 1966. Re-elected in 1968. Re-elected in 1970. Re-elected in 1972. Re-elected in 1974. Re-elected in 1976. Retired.[18] |
1973–1983 [data missing] |
Newt Gingrich (Marietta) |
Republican |
January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1999 |
96th 97th 98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd 103rd 104th 105th |
Elected in 1978. Re-elected in 1980. Re-elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1984. Re-elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1988. Re-elected in 1990. Re-elected in 1992. Re-elected in 1994. Re-elected in 1996. Re-elected in 1998, but resigned.[19] |
1983–1993 [data missing] |
1993–2003 [data missing] |
Vacant |
January 3, 1999 – February 23, 1999 |
106th |
Johnny Isakson (Marietta) |
Republican |
February 23, 1999 – January 3, 2005 |
106th 107th 108th |
Elected to finish Gingrich's term. Re-elected in 2000. Re-elected in 2002. Retired to run for U.S. Senator.[20] |
2003–2006 Parts of Cobb, Cherokee, and Fulton counties
|
Tom Price (Roswell) |
Republican |
January 3, 2005 – February 10, 2017 |
109th 110th 111th 112th 113th 114th 115th |
Elected in 2004. Re-elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Re-elected in 2010. Re-elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Resigned to become U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services.[21] |
2007–2013 Cherokee County and parts of Cobb, DeKalb, and Fulton counties
|
2013–2023 Parts of Cobb, DeKalb, and Fulton counties
|
Vacant |
February 10, 2017 – June 26, 2017 |
115th |
Karen Handel (Roswell) |
Republican |
June 26, 2017 – January 3, 2019 |
115th |
Elected to finish Price's term. Lost re-election. |
Lucy McBath (Marietta) |
Democratic |
January 3, 2019 – January 3, 2023 |
116th 117th |
Elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. Redistricted to the 7th district. |
Rich McCormick (Suwanee) |
Republican |
January 3, 2023 – present |
118th |
Elected in 2022. Redistricted to the 7th district. |
2023–2025 Dawson and Forsyth counties; Parts of Cobb, Cherokee, Fulton, and Gwinnett counties
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