80th Georgia General Assembly

The 80th Georgia General Assembly began in Atlanta, Georgia in early 1869. This was the first session after the seat of government was moved from Milledgeville, Georgia following the Georgia Constitution of 1868. A new capitol building had yet to be built so sessions were held in the opera house on Marietta Street rented from H.I. Kimball.

80th Georgia General Assembly
79th 81st
Great Seal of the State of Georgia
Overview
Legislative bodyGeorgia General Assembly
Meeting placeKimball Opera House
Term1868 – 1870
Senate
Members44
Party controlRepublican Party
House of Representatives
Members153
Party controlRepublican Party

The new General Assembly contained 153 House members and 44 Senators. It was the first General Assembly in Georgia history to have African-American members. All of the African-American men were temporarily expelled by the General Assembly by September 1868, and were reinstated by Act of Congress in 1870 shortly before the end of the 1870 session. The 80th Assembly was succeeded by the 81st Assembly, in which Democrats won a majority in both chambers and began to pursue harsh recriminations against Republicans in general and African-Americans in particular.

Members of the Georgia State Senate, 1868–1870

1stAaron Alpeoria Bradley.
2dTunis G. Campbell, Sr.
3dE. D. Graham
4thJ. M. Coleman
5thA. Corbitt
6thJoshua Griffin
7thM. C. Smith
8thB. F. Brutton
9thR. T. Nisbet
10thF. O. Welch
11thC. B. Wooten
12thC. R. Moore
13thWilliam B. Jones
14thJohn J. Collier
15thW. T. McArthur
16thH. Hicks.
17thMcWhorter Hungerford.
18thBenjamin Conley.
19thJoseph Adkins.
20thGeorge Wallace.
21stWilliam Griffin.
22dT. J. Speer.
23dW. J. Anderson.
24thB. B. Hinton.
25thE. J. Higbee.
26thA. D. Nunnally.
27thJohn Harris.
28thW. F. Jordan.
29thJosiah Sherman.
30thJ. H. McWhorter.
31stWilliam F. Bowers.
32dJno. C. Richardson.
33dA. M. Stringer.
34thMilton A. Candler.
35thWilliam T. Winn.
36thW. C. Smith.
37thW. W. Merrell.
38thWalker Brock.
39thA. W. Holcombe.
40thC. J. Wellborn.
41stJohn Dickey.
42dJohn T. Burns.
43dJoel C. Fain[1]
44thB. R. McCutchen.

Members of the Georgia State House of Representatives, 1868–1870

District Representative Party Residence
ApplingIsham RaddishRepublican
BakerA. M. George
BaldwinPeter O'NealRepublican
BanksWilliam R. Bell
BartowF. M. Ford
BartowM. J. Crawford
BerrienThomas Paulk
BibbHenry McNeal TurnerRepublicanMacon
BibbJ. Fitzpatrick
BibbJ. E. J. Franks
BrooksW. A. Lane
BryanN. S. HoustonRepublican
BullockW. M. Hall
BurkeMalcolm ClaiborneRepublican
BurkeJohn WarrenRepublican
BurkeJohn A. Madden
ButtsT. M Harkness
CalhounFranklin L. Pepper
CamdenVirgil Hillyer
CampbellW. S. Zellars
CarrollJohn Long
CatoosaA. S. Fowler
CharltonF. M. Smith
ChathamC. K. Osgood
ChathamJames PorterRepublican
ChathamJames M. SimsRepublican
ChattahoocheeW. A. McDougald
ChattoogaC. O. Cleghorn
CherokeeN. J. Perkins
ClarkeMadison DavisRepublican
ClarkeAlfred RichardsonRepublican
ClayR. A. Tumipseed
ClaytonA. E. Cloud
ClinchG. Lastinger
ColumbiaJ. M. Rice
ColumbiaRomulus MooreRepublican
CoffeeJ. R.Smith
CowetaF. M. Scroggins
CowetaP. Sewell
CobbW. D. Anderson
CobbN. N. Gober
ColquittW. W. Watkins
CrawfordW. G. Vinson
DadeJas. C. Nisbet
DawsonJoseph L. Perkins
DecaturB. F. Powell
DecaturJohn Higdon
DeKalbW. H. Clarke
DoolyHiram Williams
DoughertyPhilip JoinerRepublican
DoughertyA. R. Reed
EarlyH. C. Fryer
EcholsR. W. Phillips
EffinghamMorgan Rawls
ElbertU. 0. Tate
EmanuelJ. A. Brinson
FanninAlexander Hearn
FayetteP. H. Brassel
FloydDunlap Scott
FloydM. Ballanger
ForsythH. C. Kellogg
FranklinJames A. Harrison
FultonE. M. Taliaferro
FultonJ. E. Gullatt
FultonV. P. Sisson
GilmerJas. M. Ellis
GlasscockJ. H. Nunn
GlynnR.B.Hall
GordonR. A. Donaldson
GreeneRobert L. McWhorterRepublicanWoodville
GreeneAbram ColbyRepublican
GwinnettLouis Nash
GwinnettR. M. Parkes
HabershamW . S. Erwin
HallDavid Whelchel
HancockWilliam Henry HarrisonRepublican
HancockEli BarnesRepublican
HaralsonW. N. Williams
HancockW. H. Harrison
HartJames Allen
HarrisW. J. Hudson
HarrisSamuel WilliamsRepublican
HeardM. Shackleford
HenryJ. A. Maxwell
HoustonJ. W. Mathews
HoustonC. C. Duncan
HoustonM. R. Felder
JacksonA. T. Bennett
JasperThomas M. AllenRepublican
JeffersonBenjamin Ayre
JeffersonAlexander StoneRepublican
JohnsonJ. W. Meadows
JonesW. T. McCullough
LaurensGeorge LinderRepublican
LeeSamuel Lindsay
LeeG. Page
LibertyW. A. GoldenRepublican
LincolnPiatt Madison
LowndesJohn W. O'Neal
LumpkinW. P. Price
MaconRobert LumpkinRepublican
MaconF. H. FyallRepublican
MadisonJ. B. Moon
MarionWilliam M. Butt
McintoshTunis CampbellRepublican
MeriwetherP. W. Chambers
MeriwetherW. H. F. Hall
MonroeW. A. Ballard
MonroeGeorge H. ClowerRepublican
MillerF. M. D. Hopkins
MiltonG. M. Hook
MitchellJ. M. Burtz
MontgomeryJohn J. McArthur
MorganA. J. Williams
MorganMonday FloydRepublican
MurrayJ. N. Harris
MuscogeeJames G. Maull
MuscogeeAbraham SmithRepublican
NewtonA. H. Lee
NewtonJohn F. Harden
OglethorpeJames W. Adkins
OglethorpeJames Cunningham
PauldingS. F. Strickland
PickensS. A. Darnell
PierceR. W. Carpenter
PikeR. A. Seale
PolkL. H. Walthall
PulaskiJ. M. Buchan
PulaskiS. F. Saulter
PutnamS. C. Prudden
QuitmanL. C. A. Warren
RabunMcKinzey Fincannon
RandolphW. M. Tumlin
RandolphDavid GofF
RichmondE. Tweedy
RichmondJ. E. Bryant
RichmondThomas P. BeardRepublican
SchleyThomas F. Rainey
ScrivenW. D. Hamilton
SpaldingJ. T. Ellis
StewartC. C. Humberand
StewartJ. K. Barnum
SumterG. N. Harper
SumterJohn A. Cobb
TalbotMarion Bethune
TalbotJ. T. CostinRepublican
TaliaferroW. F. Holden
TatnallRobert C. Surrency
TaylorFrank Wilchar
TerrellF. M. Harper
ThomasJ. R. Evans
ThomasW. C. Carson
TownsGeorge W. Johnson
TroupJ. H. Caldwell
TroupJ. T. McCormick
TwiggsHaywood Hughes
UnionJohn H. Penland
UpsonJohn C. Drake
WalkerW. B. Gray
WaltonJohn B. Sorrels
WarrenJohn Neal
WarrenS. G. GardnerRepublican
WareJoseph D. Smith
WashingtonR. W. Flournoy
WashingtonWilliam G. Brown
WayneG. W. Rumph
WebsterG. S. Rosser
WhiteC. H. Kytle
WhitfieldJ.E.Shumate
WilcoxDarling Johnson
WilkesRichard Bradford
WilkesEdwin BelcherRepublican
WilkinsonC. H. Hooks
WorthJames M. Rouse

African-American members

This was the first time in Georgia that African-Americans, including former slaves, were voted into office in large numbers.[2]

Public education

The House passed a bill to establish a system of public school system on August 25, 1870 on a 70-29 vote. Bills had been filed by J. E. Bryant of Richmond, J. Mason Rice of Columbia, S. A. Darnell of Pickens, James Ward Porter of Chatham and Tunis Campbell Jr of Mcintosh. It was signed into law on October 13, 1870.

See also

References

  1. Henry Wilkes Jones Ham (1887). Representative Georgians: Biographical Sketches of Men Now in Public Life ... Morning News Print. pp. 222–224.
  2. Sanford, Paul Laurence (August 1, 1947). "The negro in the political reconstruction of Georgia, 1866-1872". ETD Collection for AUC Robert W. Woodruff Library. Paper 2110.
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