United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.387982003/2007Sonny Perdue, a native of Houston County, became Georgia's first Republican governor in 130 years when he was inaugurated on January 13, 2003. He served two terms, leaving office in 2011.Photograph of Georgia governor Sonny Perdue. He stands in front of a microphone. He wears a suit and tie and an American flag lapel pin.Perdue was inaugurated as governor of Georgia on January 13, 2003. He was the first Republican elected to the office since 1868, when Rufus Bullock was elected during the Reconstruction era.image/jpeghttp://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/government-politics/sonny-perdue-b-1946Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopediahttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/UND/1.0/http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/government-politics/sonny-perdue-b-1946Forms part of: New Georgia EncyclopediaGovernors--GeorgiaPoliticians--GeorgiaBusinessmen--GeorgiaMicrophoneMen--GeorgiaBusinesspeople--GeorgiaPerdue, Sonny, 1946-Sonny PerdueStillImage