# Name Party Took Office Left Office 1[2] John Milton 1777 1799 2 Horatio Marbury 1799 1811 3 Abner Hammond 1811 1823 4 Everard Hamilton 1823 1833 5 William A. Tennille 1833 1843 6 Nathan Crawford Barnett 1843 1849 7 George Washington Harrison 1849 1851 8 Nathan Crawford Barnett 1851 1853 9 Elihu P. Watkins 1853 1861 10 Nathan Crawford Barnett 1861 1868 11 David G. Cotting Republican 1868 1873 12 Nathan Crawford Barnett Democrat [4] 1873 1890 a 13 Philip Cook, Sr. Democrat 1890 1894 a 14 Allen D. Candler Democrat 1894 1898 15 William C. Clifton 1898 1898 16 Philip Cook, Jr. Democrat 1898 1918 a 17 Henry Bascomb Strange 1918 1919 18 Samuel Guyton McLendon 1919 1928 a 19 George Henry Carswell Democrat 1928 1931 20 John Bryan Wilson Democrat 1931 1946 a 21 Benjamin W. Fortson, Jr. Democrat 1946 1979 a 22 David Bryan Poythress Democrat 1979 1983 23 Joseph Maxwell “Max” Cleland Democrat 1983 1996 24 Lewis A. Massey Democrat 1996 1999 25 Lera Catharine “Cathy” Cox Democrat 1999 2007 26 Karen Handel Republican 2007 2010 27 Brian Kemp Republican 2010 2018 28 Robyn Crittenden Republican 2018 2019 29 Brad Raffensperger Republican 2019 Incumbent