143rd Georgia General Assembly
# 143rd Georgia General Assembly

The 143rd Georgia General Assembly met for two sessions between January 9, 1995, and January 13, 1997.

## Officers

### Senate

**Presiding Officer**

| Position | Name | Party | District |
| - | - | - | - |
| President | Pierre Howard | Democrat | n/a |
| President Pro Tempore | Walter S. Ray | Democrat | 19 |

**Majority leadership**

| Position | Name | District |
| - | - | - |
| Senate Majority Leader | Sonny Perdue | 18 |
| Majority Caucus Chairman | Charles Walker | 22 |
| Majority Whip | Richard O. Marable | 52 |

**Minority leadership**

| Position | Name | District |
| - | - | - |
| Senate Minority Leader | Skin Edge IV | 28 |
| Minority Caucus Chairman | Don Balfour | 9 |
| Minority Whip | Sallie Newbill | 56 |

### House of Representatives

**Presiding Officer**

| Position | Name | Party | District |
| - | - | - | - |
| Speaker of the House | Tom Murphy | Democrat | 18 |
| Speaker Pro Tempore | Jack Connell | Democrat | 115 |

**Majority leadership**

| Position | Name | District |
| - | - | - |
| House Majority Leader | Larry Walker | 141 |
| Majority Whip | Tommy Stephenson | 25 |
| Majority Caucus Chairman | Bill Lee | 94 |
| Majority Caucus Secretary | LaNett Stanley-Turner | 50 |

**Minority Leadership**

| Position | Name | District |
| - | - | - |
| House Minority Leader | Bob Irvin | 45 |
| Minority Whip | Earl Ehrhart | 36 |
| Minority Caucus Chairman | Mike Evans | 28 |
| Minority Caucus Vice Chairman | Garland Pinholster | 15 |
| Minority Caucus Secretary | Anne Mueller | 152 |

## Members of the Georgia State Senate, 1995–1996

The following is a list of senators who served during the first session in 1995.

| District | Representative | Party | Residence | Counties represented |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Eric Johnson | Republican | Savannah | Chatham |
| 2 | Diane Harvey Johnson | Democratic | Savannah | Bryan, Chatham, Effingham, Liberty |
| 3 | Rene D. Kemp | Democratic | Hinesville | Bryan, Glynn, Liberty, Long, McIntosh, Wayne |
| 4 | Jack Hill | Democratic | Reidsville | Bulloch, Effingham, Evans, Jenkins, Screven, Tattnall |
| 5 | Joe Burton | Republican | Atlanta | DeKalb, Gwinnett |
| 6 | Edward E. Boshears | Republican | Brunswick | Appling, Bacon, Brantley, Glynn, Pierce, Ware, Wayne |
| 7 | Peg Blitch | Democratic | Homerville | Berrien, Camden, Charlton, Clinch, Cook, Echols, Lanier, Tift, Ware |
| 8 | Loyce W. Turner | Democratic | Valdosta | Brooks, Decatur, Grady, Lowndes, Miller, Thomas |
| 9 | Don Balfour | Republican | Lilburn | Gwinnett |
| 10 | Nadine Thomas | Democratic | Atlanta | Clayton, DeKalb |
| 11 | Harold J. Ragan | Democratic | Cairo | Baker, Brooks, Colquitt, Decatur, Early, Grady, Lowndes, Mitchell, Seminole, Thomas |
| 12 | Mark Taylor | Democratic | Albany | Baker, Calhoun, Clay, Dougherty, Quitman, Randolph, Stewart, Terrell, Webster |
| 13 | Rooney L. Bowen | Democratic | Cordele | Ben Hill, Colquitt, Cook, Crisp, Dooly, Irwin, Mitchell, Turner, Worth |
| 14 | George Hooks | Democratic | Americus | Dougherty, Lee, Macon, Peach, Schley, Sumter, Taylor |
| 15 | Ed Harbison | Democratic | Columbus | Chattahoochee, Muscogee |
| 16 | Clay D. Land | Republican | Columbus | Harris, Marion, Muscogee, Talbot |
| 17 | Mike Crotts | Republican | Conyers | Butts, Henry, Newton, Rockdale |
| 18 | Sonny Perdue | Democratic | Bonaire | Bibb, Bleckley, Houston, Pulaski |
| 19 | Walter S. Ray | Democratic | Douglas | Atkinson, Ben Hill, Coffee, Dodge, Jeff Davis, Laurens, Telfair, Wilcox |
| 20 | Hugh Gillis | Democratic | Soperton | Candler, Emanuel, Johnson, Laurens, Montgomery, Toombs, Treutlen, Washington, Wheeler, Wilkinson |
| 21 | Johnny Isakson | Republican | Marietta | Cobb |
| 22 | Charles Walker | Democratic | Augusta | Burke, Richmond |
| 23 | Don Cheeks | Democratic | Augusta | Columbia, Richmond |
| 24 | Jake Pollard Jr. | Democratic | Appling | Columbia, Glascock, Jefferson, Lincoln, McDuffie, Morgan, Oconee, Oglethorpe, Warren, Wilkes |
| 25 | Floyd L. Griffin Jr. | Democratic | Milledgeville | Baldwin, Greene, Hancock, Jasper, Jefferson, Jones, Putnam, Taliaferro, Warren, Washington |
| 26 | Robert Brown | Democratic | Macon | Bibb, Jones, Twiggs, Wilkinson |
| 27 | Edwin A. Gochenour | Republican | Macon | Bibb, Crawford, Lamar, Monroe, Upson |
| 28 | Skin Edge IV | Republican | Newnan | Coweta, Fayette, Spalding |
| 29 | Steve Langford | Democratic | LaGrange | Harris, Heard, Meriwether, Pike, Spalding, Troup |
| 30 | Perry McGuire | Republican | Carrollton | Carroll, Douglas |
| 31 | Nathan Dean | Democratic | Rockmart | Bartow, Haralson, Paulding, Polk |
| 32 | Charlie Tanksley | Republican | Marietta | Cobb |
| 33 | Steve Thompson | Democratic | Powder Springs | Cobb |
| 34 | Pam Glanton | Republican | Riverdale | Clayton, Douglas, Fayette, Fulton |
| 35 | Donzella James | Democratic | College Park | Fulton |
| 36 | David Scott | Democratic | Atlanta | Fulton |
| 37 | Chuck Clay | Republican | Marietta | Cherokee, Cobb |
| 38 | Ralph David Abernathy III | Democratic | Atlanta | Cobb, Fulton |
| 39 | Ron Slotin | Democratic | Atlanta | Fulton |
| 40 | Michael J. Egan | Republican | Atlanta | Fulton |
| 41 | Jim Tysinger | Republican | Atlanta | DeKalb, Gwinnett |
| 42 | Mary Margaret Oliver | Democratic | Decatur | DeKalb |
| 43 | Connie Stokes | Democratic | Decatur | DeKalb |
| 44 | Terrell Starr | Democratic | Forest Park | Clayton |
| 45 | Bob Guhl | Republican | Social Circle | Barrow, Newton, Rockdale, Walton |
| 46 | Paul C. Broun Sr. | Democratic | Athens | Barrow, Clarke, Oconee |
| 47 | Eddie Madden | Democratic | Elberton | Banks, Elbert, Franklin, Hart, Jackson, Madison |
| 48 | Clint Day | Republican | Norcross | Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett |
| 49 | Casey Cagle | Republican | Chestnut Mountain | Forsyth, Hall |
| 50 | Guy Middleton | Democratic | Dahlonega | Dawson, Habersham, Lumpkin, Rabun, Stephens, Towns, Union, White |
| 51 | David Ralston | Republican | Blue Ridge | Cherokee, Fannin, Gilmer, Gordon, Pickens |
| 52 | Richard Marable | Democratic | Rome | Bartow, Floyd |
| 53 | John Black | Republican | Lookout Mountain | Chattooga, Dade, Walker, Whitfield |
| 54 | Steve Farrow | Democratic | Dalton | Catoosa, Murray, Whitfield |
| 55 | Steve Henson | Democratic | Stone Mountain | DeKalb |
| 56 | Sallie Newbill | Republican | Atlanta | Cherokee, Fulton, Gwinnett |

## Members of the Georgia State House of Representatives, 1995–1996

The following is a list of representatives who served during the first session in 1995.

| District | Representative | Party | Residence | Counties represented |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Brian D. Joyce | Republican | Lookout Mountain | Dade, Walker |
| 2 | Mike Snow | Democratic | Chickamauga | Catoosa, Walker |
| 3 | McCracken Poston | Democratic | Ringgold | Catoosa |
| 4 | Greg Kinnamon | Democratic | Dalton | Whitfield |
| 5 | Harold Mann | Republican | Rocky Face | Whitfield |
| 6 | Jerry Lifsey | Republican | Chatsworth | Fannin, Murray, Whitfield |
| 7 | Benjamin Norton Whitaker | Republican | East Ellijay | Fannin, Gilmer, Lumpkin, Union |
| 8 | Ralph Twiggs | Democratic | Hiawassee | Rabun, Towns, Union, White |
| 9 | Ben Purcell | Democratic | Clarkesville | Habersham, White |
| 10 | Tom E. Shanahan | Democratic | Calhoun | Gordon |
| 11 | Tim Perry | Democratic | Summerville | Chattooga, Floyd, Walker |
| 12 | Paul E. Smith | Democratic | Rome | Floyd |
| 13 | Buddy Childers | Democratic | Rome | Bartow, Floyd |
| 14 | Jeff Lewis | Democratic | White | Bartow |
| 15 | Garland F. Pinholster | Republican | Ball Ground | Cherokee, Pickens |
| 16 | Steve Stancil | Republican | Canton | Cherokee |
| 17 | Melanie Harris | Republican | Woodstock | Cherokee |
| 18 | Tom Murphy | Democratic | Bremen | Haralson, Paulding, Polk |
| 19 | Clint Smith | Republican | Dawsonville | Dawson, Hall |
| 20 | Carl Rogers | Democratic | Gainesville | Hall |
| 21 | James Mills | Republican | Gainesville | Hall |
| 22 | Mary Jeanette Jamieson | Democratic | Gainesville | Banks, Franklin, Stephens |
| 23 | Alan Powell | Democratic | Hartwell | Franklin, Hart |
| 24 | John Scoggins | Democratic | Danielsville | Clarke, Madison |
| 25 | Tommy Stephenson | Democratic | Commerce | Gwinnett, Hall, Jackson |
| 26 | Charlie Watts | Democratic | Dallas | Paulding |
| 27 | Bill Cummings | Democratic | Rockmart | Bartow, Polk |
| 28 | Mike A. Evans | Republican | Cumming | Forsyth |
| 29 | Randy J. Sauder | Republican | Smyrna | Cobb |
| 30 | Matt Towery | Republican | Atlanta | Cobb |
| 31 | Lynda Coker | Republican | Marietta | Cobb |
| 32 | Jim Woods | Republican | Marietta | Cobb |
| 33 | Roy Barnes | Democratic | Mableton | Cobb |
| 34 | John Wiles | Republican | Kennesaw | Cobb |
| 35 | George H. Grindley Jr. | Republican | Marietta | Cobb |
| 36 | Earl Ehrhart | Republican | Powder Springs | Cobb |
| 37 | Mitchell Kaye | Republican | Marietta | Cobb |
| 38 | Kem W. Shipp | Republican | Kennesaw | Cobb |
| 39 | Kip Klein | Republican | Marietta | Cobb |
| 40 | Don Parsons | Republican | Marietta | Cobb |
| 41 | Mark Burkhalter | Republican | Alpharetta | Fulton |
| 42 | Tom Campbell | Republican | Roswell | Fulton |
| 43 | Dorothy Felton | Republican | Atlanta | Fulton |
| 44 | Sharon Trense | Republican | Atlanta | Fulton |
| 45 | Bob Irvin | Republican | Atlanta | Fulton |
| 46 | Kathy Ashe | Republican | Atlanta | Fulton |
| 47 | Jim Martin | Democratic | Atlanta | Fulton |
| 48 | Grace W. Davis | Democratic | Atlanta | Fulton |
| 49 | Pamela Stanley | Democratic | Atlanta | Fulton |
| 50 | Lanett L. Stanley | Democratic | Atlanta | Fulton |
| 51 | Billy McKinney | Democratic | Atlanta | Cobb, Fulton |
| 52 | Henrietta M. Canty | Democratic | Atlanta | Fulton |
| 53 | Bob Holmes | Democratic | Atlanta | Fulton |
| 54 | Tyrone Brooks | Democratic | Atlanta | Fulton |
| 55 | Joe Heckstall | Democratic | East Point | Fulton |
| 56 | Nan Orrock | Democratic | Atlanta | Fulton |
| 57 | Georganna Sinkfield | Democratic | Atlanta | Fulton |
| 58 | Sharon Beasley-Teague | Democratic | Red Oak | Fulton |
| 59 | Bart Ladd | Republican | Atlanta | DeKalb |
| 60 | J. Max Davis | Republican | Atlanta | DeKalb |
| 61 | Doug Teper | Democratic | Atlanta | DeKalb |
| 62 | Tom Sherrill | Democratic | Atlanta | DeKalb |
| 63 | Betty Jo Williams | Republican | Atlanta | DeKalb |
| 64 | Thomas E. Lawrence | Republican | Stone Mountain | DeKalb |
| 65 | Michele Henson | Democratic | Stone Mountain | DeKalb |
| 66 | June Hegstrom | Democratic | Scottdale | DeKalb |
| 67 | Mike Polak | Democratic | Atlanta | DeKalb |
| 68 | Jo Ann McClinton | Democratic | Atlanta | DeKalb |
| 69 | Barbara J. Mobley | Democratic | Decatur | DeKalb |
| 70 | Thurbert Baker | Democratic | Decatur | DeKalb |
| 71 | Vernon Jones | Democratic | Decatur | DeKalb |
| 72 | Mamie M. Randolph | Democratic | Atlanta | DeKalb |
| 73 | Henrietta E. Turnquest | Democratic | Decatur | DeKalb |
| 74 | Barbara J. Bunn | Republican | Conyers | DeKalb, Rockdale |
| 75 | Earl O'Neal | Democratic | Conyers | DeKalb, Rockdale |
| 76 | Scott Dix | Republican | Stone Mountain | Gwinnett |
| 77 | Charles E. Bannister | Republican | Lilburn | Gwinnett |
| 78 | Ron Crews | Republican | Tucker | Gwinnett |
| 79 | Bill Goodwin | Republican | Norcross | Gwinnett |
| 80 | Brooks Coleman | Republican | Duluth | Gwinnett |
| 81 | Ralph L. Johnston | Republican | Duluth | Gwinnett |
| 82 | Vinson Wall | Republican | Lawrenceville | Gwinnett |
| 83 | Jeff Williams | Republican | Snellville | Gwinnett |
| 84 | Jere Johnson | Republican | Grayson | Gwinnett, Walton |
| 85 | Keith R. Breedlove | Republican | Buford | Forsyth, Gwinnett |
| 86 | John O. Mobley Jr. | Democratic | Winder | Barrow, Gwinnett |
| 87 | Len Walker | Republican | Loganville | Walton |
| 88 | Louise McBee | Democratic | Athens | Clarke |
| 89 | Keith G. Heard | Democratic | Athens | Clarke |
| 90 | Tom McCall | Democratic | Elberton | Elbert, Lincoln, Oglethorpe, Wilkes |
| 91 | Frank E. Stancil | Democratic | Watkinsville | Morgan, Newton, Oconee |
| 92 | Denny M. Dobbs | Democratic | Covington | Newton |
| 93 | Frank I. Bailey Jr. | Democratic | Riverdale | Clayton |
| 94 | Bill Lee | Democratic | Forest Park | Clayton |
| 95 | Gail Buckner | Democratic | Morrow | Clayton |
| 96 | Jimmy W. Benefield | Democratic | Jonesboro | Clayton |
| 97 | Dorothy Gail Johnson | Republican | Jonesboro | Clayton |
| 98 | Bill Hembree | Republican | Douglasville | Douglas |
| 99 | Bob Snelling | Republican | Douglasville | Douglas |
| 100 | Tracy Stallings | Democratic | Carrollton | Carroll |
| 101 | John Simpson | Democratic | Carrollton | Carroll |
| 102 | Vance C. Smith | Republican | Pine Mountain | Harris, Muscogee, Talbot, Troup |
| 103 | Donna Staples Brooks | Republican | Newnan | Coweta, Heard |
| 104 | Lynn Westmoreland | Republican | Tyrone | Coweta, Fayette |
| 105 | Dan Lakly | Republican | Peachtree City | Fayette |
| 106 | John P. Yates | Republican | Griffin | Coweta, Spalding |
| 107 | Bill Sanders | Republican | Griffin | Henry, Spalding |
| 108 | Leland L. Maddox | Republican | Stockbridge | Henry |
| 109 | Larry Smith | Democratic | Jackson | Butts, Henry, Lamar |
| 110 | Curtis S. Jenkins | Democratic | Forsyth | Jasper, Jones, Lamar, Monroe |
| 111 | Mickey Channell | Democratic | Greensboro | Greene, Putnam, Taliaferro, Warren, Wilkes |
| 112 | Joey Brush | Republican | Appling | Columbia, Lincoln, McDuffie |
| 113 | Ben L. Harbin | Republican | Augusta | Columbia |
| 114 | Robin L. Williams | Republican | Augusta | Columbia, Richmond |
| 115 | Jack Connell | Democratic | Augusta | Richmond |
| 116 | Bettieanne Childers Hart | Democratic | Waynesboro | Burke, Richmond |
| 117 | George M. Brown | Democratic | Augusta | Richmond |
| 118 | Henry L. Howard | Democratic | Augusta | Richmond |
| 119 | George L. DeLoach | Republican | Hephzibah | Burke, Richmond |
| 120 | Emory E. Bargeron | Democratic | Louisville | Columbia, Glascock, Jefferson, McDuffie, Warren |
| 121 | Jimmy Lord | Democratic | Sandersville | Baldwin, Hancock, Washington |
| 122 | Bobby Parham | Democratic | Milledgeville | Baldwin, Putnam |
| 123 | Ken Birdsong | Democratic | Gordon | Jones, Twiggs, Wilkinson |
| 124 | David Lucas | Democratic | Macon | Bibb |
| 125 | Sharon Falls | Republican | Macon | Bibb |
| 126 | Robert Reichert | Democratic | Macon | Bibb |
| 127 | Billy Randall | Democratic | Macon | Bibb |
| 128 | Robert Ray | Democratic | Fort Valley | Bibb, Crawford, Houston, Peach |
| 129 | Mack Crawford | Republican | Zebulon | Pike, Upson |
| 130 | Jeff Brown | Republican | LaGrange | Troup |
| 131 | Carl Von Epps | Democratic | LaGrange | Coweta, Meriwether, Troup |
| 132 | Ronnie Culbreth | Democratic | Columbus | Muscogee |
| 133 | Carolyn Hugley | Democratic | Columbus | Muscogee |
| 134 | Maretta Taylor | Democratic | Columbus | Chattahoochee, Muscogee |
| 135 | Tom Buck | Democratic | Columbus | Muscogee |
| 136 | Calvin Smyre | Democratic | Columbus | Muscogee |
| 137 | Jimmy Skipper | Democratic | Americus | Chattahoochee, Marion, Meriwether, Schley, Sumter, Talbot, Taylor |
| 138 | Johnny Floyd | Democratic | Cordele | Crisp, Dooly, Houston, Pulaski |
| 139 | Sonny Watson Jr. | Democratic | Warner Robins | Houston |
| 140 | Lynmore James | Democratic | Montezuma | Crawford, Dooly, Macon, Peach, Schley, Taylor |
| 141 | Larry Walker | Democratic | Perry | Crisp, Dooly, Houston |
| 142 | Terry Coleman | Democratic | Eastman | Bleckley, Dodge, Laurens, Telfair |
| 143 | DuBose Porter | Democratic | Dublin | Laurens |
| 144 | Butch Parrish | Democratic | Swainsboro | Emanuel, Johnson, Treutlen |
| 145 | John F. Godbee | Democratic | Brooklet | Bulloch, Candler, Jenkins |
| 146 | Bob Lane | Democratic | Statesboro | Bulloch, Screven |
| 147 | Ann R. Purcell | Democratic | Rincon | Bryan, Effingham |
| 148 | Regina Thomas | Democratic | Savannah | Chatham |
| 149 | Dorothy Barnes Pelote | Democratic | Savannah | Chatham |
| 150 | Sonny Dixon | Democratic | Garden City | Chatham |
| 151 | Tom Bordeaux | Democratic | Savannah | Chatham |
| 152 | Anne Mueller | Republican | Savannah | Chatham |
| 153 | Burke Day | Republican | Tybee Island | Chatham |
| 154 | Terry E. Barnard | Republican | Glennville | Bryan, Evans, Liberty, Tattnall |
| 155 | Fisher Barfoot | Democratic | Vidalia | Montgomery, Toombs, Wheeler |
| 156 | Newt Hudson | Democratic | Rochelle | Ben Hill, Irwin, Tift, Wilcox |
| 157 | Ray Holland | Democratic | Ashburn | Lee, Turner, Worth |
| 158 | Gerald Greene | Democratic | Cuthbert | Baker, Calhoun, Clay, Early, Marion, Mitchell, Quitman, Randolph, Stewart |
| 159 | Bob Hanner | Democratic | Parrott | Lee, Sumter, Terrell, Webster |
| 160 | Cathy Cox | Democratic | Bainbridge | Decatur, Early, Miller, Seminole |
| 161 | John White | Democratic | Albany | Baker, Dougherty |
| 162 | Lawrence R. Roberts | Democratic | Albany | Dougherty |
| 163 | Tommy Chambless | Democratic | Albany | Dougherty, Worth |
| 164 | A. Richard Royal | Democratic | Camilla | Colquitt, Decatur, Mitchell |
| 165 | Henry Bostick | Democratic | Tifton | Colquitt, Tift |
| 166 | Hanson Carter | Democratic | Nashville | Berrien, Colquitt, Cook |
| 167 | Van Streat | Democratic | Nicholls | Atkinson, Coffee |
| 168 | Harry D. Dixon | Democratic | Waycross | Ware |
| 169 | Tommy Smith | Democratic | Alma | Bacon, Brantley, Charlton, Glynn, Pierce |
| 170 | Roger C. Byrd | Democratic | Hazlehurst | Appling, Jeff Davis, Telfair, Wayne |
| 171 | Hinson Mosley | Democratic | Jesup | Liberty, Long, Pierce, Wayne |
| 172 | Buddy DeLoach | Republican | Hinesville | Liberty |
| 173 | Eugene C. Tillman | Democratic | Brunswick | Glynn, Liberty, McIntosh |
| 174 | Willou Smith | Republican | Brunswick | Glynn |
| 175 | Charlie Smith Jr. | Democratic | St. Marys | Camden, Charlton |
| 176 | Jay Shaw | Democratic | Lakeland | Clinch, Echols, Lanier, Lowndes |
| 177 | Tim Golden | Democratic | Valdosta | Brooks, Cook, Lowndes |
| 178 | Henry L. Reaves | Democratic | Quitman | Brooks, Lowndes, Thomas |
| 179 | K Bates Jr. | Democratic | Bainbridge | Decatur, Grady, Thomas |
| 180 | Theo Titus | Republican | Thomasville | Grady, Thomas |
