Members of General Assembly, State Senate and House of Representatives 1953-54 [1953]

MEMBERS OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY
STATE SENATE and
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 1953. 1954
BEN W. FORTSON, JR. Secretary of State State Capitol ATLANTA

SENATE 1953 - 1954

District Name

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I.- H . N. Ramsey, Sr.. ................................. S}!lringfield

2.-J. F. Browning............................ ............ ......Riceboro

3.-G. W. Hendrix................. .... ... ......................Ludowici

4.-Homer Edenfield ............................ ........... .Kingsland
5. -Mrs. Iris F. Blitch............. ...................... Ho~erville

6.- Warren S. Moorman ........... .................. .......L~keland 7.- J. B. Chism, Sr........................ ...................... P~lham

8. -L. R . Dozier...................... .............................C.iquitt

9.- John B. H alL ............................................... N\wton

10. -John D . Shepherd ......... ......... ........RFD 3, Ashburn

11.-A. S. Killingsworth .... ...... .......... .............Fort Gaines 12.- James W. Adams........ ......................... .... ~....Weston

13.-Herbert W . Moon....... ........ .......... ..... ......... Americus

14.- Pete Pettey.................... ......................... H awkinsville

15. -Steve M . HalL .......... .......................... ............ Lyons

16.- Henry C. Edenfield .. ... ....................... .... Swainsboro

17.- Frank M . Cates ....... ... .......... .. ................Waynesboro

18.- Horace C. Kelley... ........ ......................... .. Mitchell

19.- Allen P. Roper............ .. ....... ......... ... ......... . Greensboro
20.-C. J. Lord ............... ............ ... ........ Route 2, T ennille

21. -Edward DuPree........... .. ......... .... ..... .. ............ Gordon

22.-Joe B. Adams....-....... ..... ....... ............... .... Ba rnesville

23.-Hugh G. Cheek... ......... ....... .................... ...... Butler

24.-0. N. Singleton....... .. ....... ........................Buena Vista

25.-Robert H. Jord an .. .....................................Talbotton

26.-Harry H . Redwine.................................. Fayetteville

27.-William H . Breedlove............... ............ Watkinsville

28.-Dr. E. F. Griffith......... .. ....................... ..... Eatonton

29.-E. Chas. Hawes..................................... Thomson

District Nam e

Address

30.- T. H . Risner... .................................... ... ..... .Hartwell

GEORGIA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 1953 - 1954

31.- Clarence G. Campbell .................................. ..Lavonia

32 . -Tom C. Hood ....... ..... .... ............ ... .Box 33,' Cleveland County 33. -M . 0 . Scoggins... ......... ..................................Baldwin

Name

Address

34. -Wm. T. D ea n............. .............................. ...... .Conyers Appling ............ ...C urtis L. Hamilton............ .......)3axley

35. -Thomas G. Callaway, Jr. ...........................Covington ., Atkinson .. .... .......... Wa ldo Henderson ...RfD 2, Lakeland

36.-E. L . parker.................. Meansville Bacon ......... ..... ....BrasweCll D een, Jr..... ......... .......N.... f.\lma
37.- J. Artie Rogers........... ................................ ...Frankl"1n Baalkdewr in....................................RJoohbnert .HD. urGhraemen......................M...i..l.l.e. dgeewvtiollne

38.- James I. Parker....................................... ...Cedartown

Arnold Parker.............. ...Milledgeville

39.-Dr. Grady N. Coker...... ...................... ....... .. .Canton Banks .................. Tom Martin........... ... Route 1, Homer

40.- Harry L. Brown................... ... ..............Mountain City Barrow ............. ....R obert L. Russell, Jr.... ...... ..... Winder
4 1.-C. w. Kiker... ....... ...................... .... ..........Blue Ridge Bartow....... .......... ... Floyd S. Tumlin ........... ... .Cartersville

42 - Tom Clemmons.. ......... ..... ............................ ......Rome B H'll

TAroy UApshBaw.........S....... ..... ...F.".....R ydladl



C d II en I ............ .... rg1n . oggus, r. ......... 1tzgera

43 .- Kirby Park ...... ........................... ..................... ran a Berri en........... .... .....]. H . Swindle... ... ......... ... ..... .Ray City

44.-0. C. Rollins................. .......... ............. ....Tunnel Hill 4 Bibb.......... ...... ........ D enmark Groover, Jr....... ...... ..M acon

45.-Jim C. Walker......... ....... ... ... ......... ...................McRae

J oh n B. Harris, Jr. ................. Macon

46 - Chas. M . SI.ms...... ...... ......................Douglas Bl

Andrew W. McK enna.............. M acon

47 -T E K ennedy, Jr..... ... .. ...............................Ashburn BrecklIey ..................BJ en JhessBup S .... .k.l.....d......' NCohchran

48. -Cecil D .

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11 ant ey ....... ....... .. osep Brooks ............ .. J ohn E.

arney tnc an .. .. a unta Sheffield, Jr.......... Quitman

49.- P. V. Stripling........... ........................ .............Metter
50.-John E. Stoddard..................... .................Washington
51.-J. Douglas Carlisle............................................Macon

Bryan..... ... .... ... .... ... W. Roscoff D eal ....... ........ . Pembroke

Bulloch......... ..... ..... Algie J. Trap_m:ll .. ..... ........ Statesboro

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F. Everett W1ll1ams ..... .... Statesboro

52 -G Everett M1'II1' can........................................Atlanta 53..-W.ilson B. Wilkes......................................... .......Ade1
54.- Dr. J. T . Holt..................................................Baxley

urke .. .. ............ ..... TPortWer W. Carsbwl elL........Waynesboro
Butts............... .. .. .....B.. H aarvtseoyn HModogeesy.......................................j.Gac1krsaornd Calhoun..................Charles E. D ews.......... ........ ...~. Edison

Camden...... ............ Archie A. Buie .... ..RFD I, White O ak

Candler.......... .... ..... William L. (Bill ) L anier........Metter
., Carroll..... .......... ......J. Ebb Duncan.. .. ...... ........ .. Carrollton

C. C. Perkins

Mount Zion

Catoosa ................Howard Abney

. ....... Ringgold

Charlton.. ...... .. .... ... Alva J. Hopkins, J r. ....... .. ..Folkston

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County

Name

Address County

Name

Address

Chatham....... ..........Ernes t J. H aar....... .............. Savannah Dougherty ..

B. C. Gardner, Jr. ...................Albany

George H . McGee... ....... .....:Savannah

G. Stuart Watson .... ... ...... ........Albany

Julian C. Sipple....... .............Savannah Douglas... ............... A. A. Fowler, Jr...............Douglasville

Chattahoochee........Joe N . King......................... ....".Cusseta t Early....................... Leon H. Baughman .....Cedar Springs

Chattooga....... ........J ames H . Floyd ............... ...........'trion Echols ... .................. Charles E . Stewart........ ... .......Haylow

Paul B. Weems............ ...'Summerville Effingham --"---------C. W. Edwards.. ............. .. ...Springfield

Cherokee.................D . Carl Tallant.......... ... ......... <;anton Elbert....... ...............Woodrow Wilson Lavender... .Bowman

Clarke..................... Chappelle Matthews..... ......... Athens Emanu eL .............. Geo. L . Smith IL............ Swainsboro

Robert G. Stephens, Jr.... .... . Athens Evans ...... ............ .. W. L. (Roy) Adams.. ...... ........Claxton

Clay........ .................Richard W. Best................Fort Gaines Fannin ................ R eid Mull ................. ,........ Blue Ridge

Clayton... .................E. Alvin Foster..................ForE:st Park Fayette ................. Grady L . Huddleston......Fayetteville

Edwin S. Kemp....................Jonesboro Floyd.......... ............ .J. Battle H alL ............................ Rome

Clinch... .. .... ............ Downing Musgrove............H omerville

Mack G. Hicks.. .... ......................Rome

Cobb ......................Fred D . Bentley................... M arietta

Robert L. (Bob) Scoggin ...........Rome

Ben Smith ............................. . M arietta Forsyth....................J ames A. Otwell, Jr. ...........curr:ming

Harold S. Willingham ........ M arietta Franklin............... ..~]. Weldon Williams, Sr......... Lavonia

Coffee.............. .......D ewey Hayes................. ...... .. ...Uouglas Fulton............... ......Hamilton Lokey.......... ............ .Atlanta

Elie Holton..................... .........D.ouglas

Hoke Smith ....................... ........Atlanta

Colquitt.. .. ...............Leo T. Barber........................Moultrie "'

M . M. (Muggsy) Srnith.. ...... Atlanta

H . J ack Short.. ..........................Uoerun Gilmer.. ........ .. ...... . Joe P. Holloway........ R oute 2, Box 44,

Columbia................ Glenn S. Phillips..................... f!arlem

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Cook....................... Lonnie H . Grimsley....................,. Adel '1 Glascock ............ .. . Wm. G. Todd .........................Gibson

Coweta....................D. B. Blalock ........................ Newnan 1 Glynn...... George W. Potts....................Newnan

Charles L. Gowen ............... Brunswick

Crawford.. .. .......... .. R . Clifton Murphey........ ........Roberta Crisp .......... ........ .... Palmer H . Gree ne ............. .. ... Cordele

B. N. ightinga le .............. Brunswick Gordon ...... .. ...... .. . H enry A. Mauldin .................Calhoun Grady......................R . A. H arrelL .......... .. ...... .. ........Cairo

Dade............ ........... M addox J. H a le ..................:Trenton Greene..... ................Miles Walker Lewis ...........Gree nsboro

Dawson...... ............. ]. C. Hughes ... RFD 5, Gainesville Gwinnett........... ......E. W. White..........................:. Buford

Decatur...................H. Ca rl Cloud ....................... Climax -.

H . Rhodes Jordan....... L awrenceville

J. Willis Conger ..... .........Bainbridge Habersham .......... .. T . Sidney Blackburn ....... Rt. 2, Alto

DeK alb... ..... ........... W. Hugh M cWhorter........... D ecatur Guy W. Rutl and, Jr.............. Decatur

HalL ....................-...Wm. B. Gunter .................. Gainesville
J. Hudson T errelL ..... Route 2, Lula

A. M ell Turner ..................D ecatur .., Hancock.. ................M arvin E. Moa te.................... Sparta

Dodge .................... Gilbert C . Peacock

Eas tman

H a r a l so n

... H arold L. Murphy .. .. .Buchanan

Harris.............. ........W. D . Sivell ....................... Chipley

Dooly .......... ........... C. B. Brannen .... ................. Unadilla Hart.. ...................... B. Benson M a theson .............H ar twell

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County

Name

Address

Heard ____ ___ ___ ___ _________Charles L. Goodson ________________Franklin Henry__ _____ __ _______ __ ____Edward E. McGarity___ ___ __ McDonough
Houston __________________ J. W. Bloodworth_________ ____ _______ ___ Perry
Irwin _____________________ _!-!. L. Layton ____________ Route 1, Chula J ackson ___________ __ __ ____ Mac Barber ____ _____ --- ---------- Commerce J asper__ ____________________Wm. Hicks Key _____ --------- Monticello Jeff Davis______________ Lawton R . Ursrey ---------- Hazlehurst Jefferson _________________ J. Roy McCracken ------------------- Avera J enkins __________________Walter Harrison________________________ __ Millen
J ohnson __________________ Emory L. Rowland _________ Wrightsville Jones__ ______________ __ _:___ George L . Jackson ________ _______________ Gray

Lamar ------------------- L. G. Lifsey, Sr. _______________Barnesville Lanier____________________ _J ohn W. Greer_____________ ______ __ _L:;~keland

Laurens ------ ----------- R. T. Gilder ____ Route 2, Glenwood W. Herschel Lovett__ _______________ ..Dublin
Lee _____ ___ _____________ ____ Jesse B. Stocks........Route 1, Leesburg
Liberty ______ __________ __ C. J. Smiley __________________ Wal~hourville

Lincoln ------------------ John P. Drinkard ____________ _Lmcolnton

Long _______________________Carl C. Wilkinson..Route 2, Ludowici

Lowndes ------- --------- T. Guy Connell ____ ____ _____________Valdosta

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G. Troy R egister__ __________________Valdosta

Lumpkin________________ F:ed C. Jon es ___________ _________D ahlonega

Macon ______________ _____ Tom L . Coogle ______________ __ __ OgJ-ethorpe

Madison ________ __________Jere C. Ayers -------------- -- ------ Comer Marion ____________ _____ __E. C. Stevens ___________________ Buena Vista
McDuffie................ H. Eulond Clary_______ ,____________ Thomson Mcintosh _______________ Mose Edenfield _______ _________ ________D arien Meriwether______ __ __ _0. W. Hill .. _____ ________________ _Greenville
Charles W. Bray________ _____ ___ Manchester Miller ___________________ P. Z. Geer, Jr. _______________________ Colquitt

Mitchell -------- ----- --- Fred Hand __________________________ _____ Pelham

Frank S. Twitty____________ __ _..._. .. Camilla

Monroe _______ ____ __ _____ Wm. B. Freeman ------------------ Forsyth

Montgomery ___________ Henry Arthur Moses ----- ------- Uvalda

Morgan

____ Howard H . Tamplin . - . Madison

Murray ___________________Odell Ingle _________________________ Chatsworth

County

Name

Address

Muscogee._______ ________ Howell Hollis ___ _____________________ Cqlumbus

Mac Pickard ____ ____________________ Columbus
J. Gordon Young __________________Columbus
" Iewton __ _________ W. C . lvey____________________________ Porterdale .

Oconee __________________ J- Phil Campbell, Jr. ........Watkinsville
Oglethorpe ___ _________ George B. Brooks______________ _Crawford

Paulding __

W. L . D enton ____ --------------- _ Dallas

' Peach -- -----------------F. B. Little ______________ _________ Fort Valley

Pickens --------------- -- A. C. Moore ----------------------__ J asper

Pierce _----------------- 0. W. Raulerson

_____ Patterson

Pike __ _____________________ W. J. Barrett, Jr. ________________ ___Zebulon

Polk -------------------- M. M. Cornelius . __________ ____ Cedartown
Marson G. Dunaway, Jr.... Rockmart
Pulaski______________ ______ J. D. Nelson ------------- -- ----- Hawkinsville
Putnam ______________ ____ Dallas VeaL __________________ ________ _Eatonton
Quitman _________________ Joe J. Hurst __ ___________________ George town

Rabun -------------------Paul A. Green --------------------- Clayton
Randolph ______________.]. Mercer Wooten -- -- ------------ Shellman II Ri chmond _____________ John C . Bell.._ ________________________ Augusta

Sam T. Graham ------ -------------- Augusta William W. Holley_____________ . Augusta Rockdale _______ ___ ___ __ _Eli M. Walker______________________ Conyen 11 Schley____________________ Paul Fitzgerald Coffin ________ __ Ellaville
Screven .. _____________ ____ W. T. Clark -------------- ------------ Sylvania
Seminole ______ _______ John J. Cummings _______ Donalsonville
Spalding --------------- Arthur K. Bolton______________________ Griffin
. E. Girdean Harper_____________ ___ __ .Griffin Stephens___ ______________ Ben T. Wiggins ____________ ________ ___ .Toccoa
Stewart ___________ ____ __ __Calvin R . Cowart ---------------- Ri chland
i Sumter._ __________________ J. Earl Carter____________________________ Plains
Jack Murr. __________________ __ _________ Americus Talbot _____________ _.______ H. Chris Callier____________________ Talbotton
Taliaferro _______________ Wales T. Flynt ______________ Crawfordville ~ TattnalL_ ________________Dr. H. M . Mishoe _____________ ...Glennville
Taylor_________________ __ __D . E. Byrd____________________ __ ________ Reynolds

Telfair______________ __ __ __ _Cecil E. Brown -------------- Lumber City TerrelL _______________ ____.Marvin BrazeaL ___________ __ ____________Dawson

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Count y

Name

Addre.u

Thomas ....... ......... .Robt. E. Chastain .... .......Thomasville

0. S. Willis................... ........ Coolidge

Tift .. ............ ... .... ....William T. Bodenhamer .......... .Ty Ty

Toombs .

]. L. Williams ........................... .Tifton
J. Sim Alexander....................... Lyons

T o w n s ......

W. K . Dea n ............... .. .. Yom,1g Harris

Treutlen

Hugh Gillis............ Route 1, Soperton

Troup .... .... ...... . Frank G. Birdsong................L.aGrange

M. E. Groover............... ,......LaGrange

Turner ................... Floyd Wardlow................ .'....... Ashhurn

Twiggs... ...... ..... .... Jesse Brady Johnson..Rt. 2, Dry Branch

Union .. ..

Jack G. Tarpley.................... Blairsville

Upson .... ..

.. .. .. Owen ]. Adams............... .Thomaston
w. S. (Bill) Brantley ...... .Thomaston

Walker

Robert E. Coker............... . LaFayette .

Albert Campbell................. LaFayette

Walton .

.........John Lee Phillips ................... Monroe

Ware ..... .. ...... W. A. Frier ............ RFD 2, Millwood

Cleve Mincy..........................Waycross

Warren

......... Jack B. Ray............................Norwood

Washington

... L. J. Moye, Sr.... ....... ......... Davisboro

Ben J. Tarbutton............. Sand.ersville

Wayne ................... Robert L. Harrison ...............Jesup '
Webster................. J. Lucius Black........................P.reston

Wheeler .............. C. M . Jord an, Jr.. .....................Alamo

White ........... .. ...... ..Fred Moore ........................... Cleveland i

Whitfield ...............W. A. Britton ...........................Dalton
J. Roy Whitener........................Dalton

Wilcox................... D. E .Turk.. ............................ Rocheile

Wilkes..................... H. G. Garrard ...................Washington ;

Wilkinson ............... A. T. Land......................... Allentown

Worth ................. David C . Jones

Sylvester

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