153rd Georgia General Assembly

The 153rd General Assembly of the U.S. state of Georgia convened its first session on January 12, 2015,^[1] at the Georgia State Capitol in Atlanta. Its second session was January 11 through March 24, 2016. The 153rd Georgia General Assembly succeeded the 152nd of 2013 and 2014, and preceded the 154th in 2017 and 2018.

153d Georgia General Assembly
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Overview
Legislative body	Georgia General Assembly
Meeting place	Georgia State Capitol
Senate
Members	56 (38 R, 18 D)
President of the Senate	Casey Cagle (R)
Party control	Republican Party
House of Representatives
Members	180 (119 R, 60 D, 1 I)
Party control	Republican Party
Sessions
1st January 12, 2015 (2015-01-12) – April 2, 2015 (2015-04-02) 2nd January 11, 2016 (2016-01-11) – March 24, 2016 (2016-03-24)

Party composition

Of the 180 Georgia State House seats and 56 Georgia State Senate seats, zero changed hands with respect to political party following the 2014 elections.

Senate

Affiliation		Members
	Republican Party	38
	Democratic Party	18
	Independent	0
	Vacancies	0
Total		56

House of Representatives

Affiliation		Members
	Republican Party	119
	Democratic Party	60
	Independent	1
	Vacancies	0
Total		180

Officers

Senate

Position		Name	District	Party
	President	Casey Cagle	n/a	Republican
	President Pro Tempore	David Shafer	48	Republican

Majority leadership

Position		Name	District
	Senate Majority Leader	Bill Cowsert	46
	Majority Caucus Chairman	William Ligon, Jr.	3
	Majority Whip	Steve Gooch	51

Minority leadership

Position		Name	District
	Senate Minority Leader	Steve Henson	41
	Minority Caucus Chairman	Horacena Tate	38
	Minority Whip	Vincent Fort	39

House of Representatives

Position		Name	District	Party
	Speaker of the House	David Ralston	7	Republican
	Speaker Pro Tempore	Jan Jones	47	Republican

Majority leadership

Position		Name	District
	House Majority Leader	Jon G. Burns	159
	Majority Whip	Matt Ramsey	72
	Majority Caucus Chairman	Matt Hatchett	150
	Majority Caucus Vice-Chairman	Sam Teasley	37
	Majority Caucus Sec./Treas.	Bruce Williamson	115

Minority leadership

Position		Name	District
	House Minority Leader	Stacey Abrams	89
	Minority Whip	Carolyn Hugley	136
	Minority Caucus Chairman	Virgil Fludd	64
	Minority Caucus Vice-Chairman	Billy Mitchell	88
	Minority Caucus Secretary	Pat Gardner	57
	Minority Caucus Treasurer	David Wilkerson	38

See also

• Georgia (U.S. state) portal

• List of Georgia state legislatures