The Lieutenant Governor of Georgia is a constitutional officer of the state, elected to a 4-year term by popular vote. Unlike some states, the Lieutenant Governor is elected on a separate ticket from the state Governor. This is a list of Governors of the state of Georgia, including governors of the British colony of Georgia. ...

Constitutionally, the Lieutenant Governor's primary job is to serve as President of the Senate. In the case of incapacity of the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor assumes the powers (but not the title) of the Governor. Should the Governor die or otherwise leave office, the Lieutenant Governor becomes Governor for the remainder of the term of office. The Georgia Senate, in American politics, is the upper house of the General Assembly (the state legislature) of Georgia. ...

The office of Lieutenant Governor was created by a state constitutional revision in 1945. Prior to that time, Georgia did not have such an office. Elected in 1946 (for a term to begin in 1947) to be Georgia's first Lieutenant Governor, Melvin Thompson became involved in the infamous Three Governors affair. Melvin Ernest Thompson (May 1, 1903 - October 3, 1980) was a politician from the U.S. state of Georgia. ...

Lieutenant Governors of Georgia

1. Melvin E. Thompson, Democratic Party, 1947-1948
2. Marvin Griffin, Democratic Party, 1949-1954
3. S. Ernest Vandiver, Democratic Party, 1955-1958
4. Garland T. Byrd, Democratic Party, 1959-1962
5. Peter Zack Geer, Democratic Party, 1963-1966
6. George T. Smith, Democratic Party, 1967-1970
7. Lester Maddox, Democratic Party, 1971-1974
8. Zell Miller, Democratic Party, 1975-1990
9. Pierre Howard, Democratic Party, 1991-1998
10. Mark Taylor, Democratic Party, 1999-

Melvin Ernest Thompson (May 1, 1903 - October 3, 1980) was a politician from the U.S. state of Georgia. ... The Democratic Party, founded in 1792, is one of the two longest-standing political parties in the world. ... Samuel Marvin Griffin (September 4, 1907 - June 13, 1982) was a politician from the U.S. state of Georgia. ... Lester Garfield Maddox (September 30, 1915–June 25, 2003) was an American Democratic Party politician who was governor of the U.S. state of Georgia from 1967 to 1971. ... Zell Bryan Miller (born February 24, 1932) is an American politician from the U.S. state of Georgia. ... Pierre Howard (February 3, 1943- ) was the ninth Lieutenant Governor of the U.S. state of Georgia and was elected to two terms (1990 and 1994). ... Mark Fletcher Taylor is currently serving his second term as lieutenant governor of the U.S. state of Georgia. ...

References

• Official Website of the Lieutenant Governor of Georiga