Member
Party
Years
Cong ress
Electoral history
District location
District created March 4, 1789
James Jackson (Savannah )
Anti-Administration
March 4, 1789 – March 3, 1791
1st
Elected in 1789 . Lost re-election.
1789–1791 "Lower district": Burke , Camden , Chatham , Effingham , Glynn , Greene , Liberty , Richmond , Washington , and Wilkes counties[ 6]
Anthony Wayne (Richmond and Kew )
Anti-Administration
March 4, 1791 – March 21, 1792
2nd
Elected in 1791 . Seat declared vacant due to dispute over validity of election result.
1791–1793 "Southern (or Eastern) district": Camden , Chatham , Effingham , Glynn , and Liberty counties[ 7]
Vacant
March 21, 1792 – November 22, 1792
John Milledge (Augusta )
Anti-Administration
November 22, 1792 – March 3, 1793
Elected July 9, 1792 to finish Wayne's term and seated November 22, 1792.Redistricted to the at-large district .
District inactive
March 4, 1793 – March 3, 1827
Edward Fenwick Tattnall (Savannah )
Jacksonian
March 4, 1827 – ????, 1827
20th
Redistricted from the at-large district and re-elected in 1826 . Resigned before Congress convened.
1827–1829 [data missing ]
Vacant
????, 1827 – October 1, 1827
George Rockingham Gilmer (Lexington )
Jacksonian
October 1, 1827 – March 3, 1829
Elected October 1, 1827 to finish Tattnall's term and seated December 3, 1827.[ 8] Redistricted to the at-large district and although re-elected in 1828 , failed to accept the position within the legal time frame and the governor ordered a new election.
District inactive
March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1845
Thomas Butler King (Waynesville )
Whig
March 4, 1845 – 1850[data missing ]
29th 30th 31st
Elected in 1844 .Re-elected in 1846 .Re-elected in 1848 . Resigned.
1845–1853 [data missing ]
Joseph Webber Jackson (Savannah )
Democratic
March 4, 1850 – March 3, 1851
31st
Elected to finish King's term .Re-elected in 1851 .[data missing ]
Nullifier
March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853
32nd
James Lindsay Seward (Thomasville )
Democratic
March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1859
33rd 34th 35th
Elected in 1853 .Re-elected in 1855 .Re-elected in 1857 .[data missing ]
1853–1861 [data missing ]
Peter Early Love (Thomasville )
Democratic
March 4, 1859 – January 23, 1861
36th
Elected in 1859 . Resigned.
Vacant
January 23, 1861 – July 25, 1868
36th 37th 38th 39th 40th
Civil War and Reconstruction
Joseph W. Clift (Savannah )
Republican
July 25, 1868 – March 3, 1869
40th
Elected in 1868 to finish term .[data missing ]
1868–1873 [data missing ]
Vacant
March 4, 1869 – December 22, 1870
41st
Representative-elect Joseph W. Clift was not permitted to qualify .
William W. Paine (Savannah )
Democratic
December 22, 1870 – March 3, 1871
Elected to finish Clift's term .
Archibald T. MacIntyre (Thomasville )
Democratic
March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1873
42nd
Elected in 1870 .[data missing ]
Morgan Rawls (Guyton )
Democratic
March 4, 1873 – March 24, 1874
43rd
Lost contested election.
1873–1883 [data missing ]
Andrew Sloan (Savannah )
Republican
March 24, 1874 – March 3, 1875
43rd
Won contested election .[data missing ]
Julian Hartridge (Savannah )
Democratic
March 4, 1875 – January 8, 1879
44th 45th
Elected in 1874 .Re-elected in 1876 .Elected in 1878 . Died.
Vacant
January 8, 1879 – February 10, 1879
45th
William Bennett Fleming (Savannah )
Democratic
February 10, 1879 – March 3, 1879
45th
Elected January 23, 1879 to finish Hartridge's term .[data missing ]
John C. Nicholls (Blackshear )
Democratic
March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1881
46th
Elected in 1878 .[data missing ]
George Robison Black (Sylvania )
Democratic
March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1883
47th
Elected in 1880 .[data missing ]
John C. Nicholls (Savannah )
Democratic
March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885
48th
Elected in 1882 .[data missing ]
1883–1893 [data missing ]
Thomas M. Norwood (Savannah )
Democratic
March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1889
49th 50th
Elected in 1884 .Re-elected in 1886 .[data missing ]
Rufus E. Lester (Savannah )
Democratic
March 4, 1889 – June 16, 1906
51st 52nd 53rd 54th 55th 56th 57th 58th 59th
Elected in 1888 .Re-elected in 1890 .Re-elected in 1892 .Re-elected in 1894 .Re-elected in 1896 .Re-elected in 1898 .Re-elected in 1900 .Re-elected in 1902 .Re-elected in 1904 . Died.
1893–1903 [data missing ]
1903–1913 [data missing ]
Vacant
June 16, 1906 – October 3, 1906
59th
James W. Overstreet (Sylvania )
Democratic
October 3, 1906 – March 3, 1907
Elected to finish Lester's term .[data missing ]
Charles Gordon Edwards (Savannah )
Democratic
March 4, 1907 – March 3, 1917
60th 61st 62nd 63rd 64th
Elected in 1906 .Re-elected in 1908 .Re-elected in 1910 .Re-elected in 1912 .Re-elected in 1914 . Retired.
1913–1923 [data missing ]
James W. Overstreet (Sylvania )
Democratic
March 4, 1917 – March 3, 1923
65th 66th 67th
Elected in 1916 .Re-elected in 1918 .Re-elected in 1920 . Lost renomination.
Robert Lee Moore (Statesboro )
Democratic
March 4, 1923 – March 3, 1925
68th
Elected in 1922 . Lost renomination.
1923–1933 [data missing ]
Charles Gordon Edwards (Savannah )
Democratic
March 4, 1925 – July 13, 1931
69th 70th 71st 72nd
Elected in 1924 .Re-elected in 1926 .Re-elected in 1928 .Re-elected in 1930 . Died.
Vacant
July 13, 1931 – September 9, 1931
72nd
Homer C. Parker (Statesboro )
Democratic
September 9, 1931 – January 3, 1935
72nd 73rd
Elected to finish Edwards's term .Re-elected in 1932 . Lost renomination.
1933–1943 [data missing ]
Hugh Peterson (Ailey )
Democratic
January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1947
74th 75th 76th 77th 78th 79th
Elected in 1934 .Re-elected in 1936 .Re-elected in 1938 .Re-elected in 1940 .Re-elected in 1942 .Re-elected in 1944 . Lost renomination.
1943–1953 [data missing ]
Prince Hulon Preston Jr. (Statesboro )
Democratic
January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1961
80th 81st 82nd 83rd 84th 85th 86th
Elected in 1946 .Re-elected in 1948 .Re-elected in 1950 .Re-elected in 1952 .Re-elected in 1954 .Re-elected in 1956 .Re-elected in 1958 . Lost renomination.
1953–1963 [data missing ]
George Elliott Hagan (Sylvania )
Democratic
January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1973
87th 88th 89th 90th 91st 92nd
Elected in 1960 .Re-elected in 1962 .Re-elected in 1964 .Re-elected in 1966 .Re-elected in 1968 .Re-elected in 1970 . Lost renomination.
1963–1973 [data missing ]
Ronald 'Bo' Ginn (Millen )
Democratic
January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1983
93rd 94th 95th 96th 97th
Elected in 1972 .Re-elected in 1974 .Re-elected in 1976 .Re-elected in 1978 .Re-elected in 1980 . Retired to run for Governor of Georgia .
1973–1983 [data missing ]
Lindsay Thomas (Statesboro )
Democratic
January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1993
98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd
Elected in 1982 .Re-elected in 1984 .Re-elected in 1986 .Re-elected in 1988 .Re-elected in 1990 . Retired.
1983–1993 [data missing ]
Jack Kingston (Savannah )
Republican
January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2015
103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th 111th 112th 113th
Elected in 1992 .Re-elected in 1994 .Re-elected in 1996 .Re-elected in 1998 .Re-elected in 2000 .Re-elected in 2002 .Re-elected in 2004 .Re-elected in 2006 .Re-elected in 2008 .Re-elected in 2010 .Re-elected in 2012 . Retired to run for U.S. Senator .
1993–2003 [data missing ]
2003–2007
2007–2013
2013–2023
Buddy Carter (Pooler )
Republican
January 3, 2015 – present
114th 115th 116th 117th 118th
Elected in 2014 .Re-elected in 2016 .Re-elected in 2018 .Re-elected in 2020 .Re-elected in 2022 .
2023–2025