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Education. University of Georgia (BS) Signature. Brian Porter Kemp (born November 2, 1963) is an American politician serving since 2019 as the 83rd governor of Georgia. [ 1 ] A member of the Republican Party, Kemp served as the state's 27th Secretary of State from 2010 to 2018, and as a member of the Georgia State Senate from 2003 to 2007.
There have officially been 83 governors of the State of Georgia, including 11 who served more than one distinct term (John Houstoun, George Walton, Edward Telfair, George Mathews, Jared Irwin, David Brydie Mitchell, George Rockingham Gilmer, M. Hoke Smith, Joseph Mackey Brown, John M. Slaton and Eugene Talmadge, with Herman Talmadge serving two de facto distinct terms).
The old Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta building, now the State Bar of Georgia. Located at 104 Marietta Street NW. Since 2001, the Atlanta Fed has been located at 1000 Peachtree Street NE in Midtown Atlanta. Prior to 2001, the bank was located in downtown Atlanta at 104 Marietta Street NW, which is now the home of the State Bar of Georgia.
United States Army Reserves. Roy Eugene Barnes (born March 11, 1948) [1] is an American attorney and politician who served as the 80th governor of Georgia from 1999 to 2003. [1] As of 2024, he is the most recent Democrat to serve as governor of Georgia. A Democratic member of the Georgia Senate from 1974 to 1990, Barnes ran unsuccessfully for ...
The office of the governor inside the Georgia state capitol building. Georgia was one of the original Thirteen Colonies and ratified the Constitution of the United States on January 2, 1788. [4] It seceded from the Union on January 19, 1861, [5] and was a founding member of the Confederate States of America on February 4, 1861. [6]
Rufus Bullock. Rufus Brown Bullock (March 28, 1834 – April 27, 1907) was an American politician and businessman from Georgia. A Republican, he served as the state's governor during the Reconstruction Era. He called for equal economic opportunity [2] and political rights for blacks and whites in Georgia. He also promoted public education for ...
Lisa DeNell Cook is an American economist who has served as a member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors since May 23, 2022. She is the first African American woman and first woman of color to sit on the Board. Before her appointment to the Federal Reserve, she was elected to the board of directors of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago.
Atlanta. The state government of Georgia is the U.S. state governmental body established by the Georgia State Constitution. It is a republican form of government with three branches: the legislature, executive, and judiciary. Through a system of separation of powers or "checks and balances", each of these branches has some authority to act on ...