Member
Party
Years
Cong ress
Electoral history
District geography
District created March 4, 1827
Tomlinson Fort (Milledgeville )
Jacksonian
March 4, 1827 – March 3, 1829
20th
Elected in 1826 .[ 6]
1827–1829 [data missing ]
District inactive
March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1845
Howell Cobb (Athens )
Democratic
March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1851
29th 30th 31st
Re-elected in 1844 .Re-elected in 1846 .Re-elected in 1848 . Elected Governor of Georgia in 1851.[ 7]
1845–1853 [data missing ]
Junius Hillyer (Monroe )
Constitutional Union
March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1855
32nd 33rd
Elected in 1851 .Re-elected in 1853 .[ 8]
Democratic
1853–1861 [data missing ]
Howell Cobb (Athens )
Democratic
March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857
34th
Elected in 1855 .[data missing ] [ 7]
James Jackson (Athens )
Democratic
March 4, 1857 – January 23, 1861
35th 36th
Elected in 1857 .Re-elected in 1859 . Resigned from office in 1861, following Georgia's secession from the Union.[ 9]
Vacant
January 23, 1861 – July 25, 1868
36th 37th 38th 39th 40th
Civil War and Reconstruction
Vacant
July 25, 1868 – March 3, 1869
40th
Georgia rejoined the Union, but district failed to elect a member to finish the term .[citation needed ]
1868–1873 [data missing ]
Vacant
March 4, 1869 – December 22, 1870
41st
District failed to elect a member .[citation needed ]
William P. Price (Dahlonega )
Democratic
December 22, 1870 – March 3, 1873
41st 42nd
Elected to finish the vacant term .Re-elected in 1870 . Retired.[ 10]
James H. Blount (Macon )
Democratic
March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1893
43rd 44th 45th 46th 47th 48th 49th 50th 51st 52nd
Elected in 1872 .Re-elected in 1874 .Re-elected in 1876 .Re-elected in 1878 .Re-elected in 1880 .Re-elected in 1882 .Re-elected in 1884 .Re-elected in 1886 .Re-elected in 1888 .Re-elected in 1890 . Retired.[ 11]
1873–1883 [data missing ]
1883–1893 [data missing ]
Thomas B. Cabaniss (Forsyth )
Democratic
March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895
53rd
Elected in 1892 . Lost renomination.[ 12]
1893–1903 [data missing ]
Charles L. Bartlett (Macon )
Democratic
March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1915
54th 55th 56th 57th 58th 59th 60th 61st 62nd 63rd
Elected in 1894 .Re-elected in 1896 .Re-elected in 1898 .Re-elected in 1900 .Re-elected in 1902 .Re-elected in 1904 .Re-elected in 1906 .Re-elected in 1908 .Re-elected in 1910 .Re-elected in 1912 . Retired.[ 13]
1903–1913 [data missing ]
1913–1923 [data missing ]
James W. Wise (Fayetteville )
Democratic
March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1925
64th 65th 66th 67th 68th
Elected in 1914 .Re-elected in 1916 .Re-elected in 1918 .Re-elected in 1920 .Re-elected in 1922 . Failed to attend the 68th Congress due to prolonged illness. Retired.[ 14]
1923–1933 [data missing ]
Samuel Rutherford (Forsyth )
Democratic
March 4, 1925 – February 4, 1932
69th 70th 71st 72nd
Elected in 1924 .Re-elected in 1926 .Re-elected in 1928 .Re-elected in 1930 . Died.[ 15]
Vacant
February 4, 1932 – March 2, 1932
72nd
Carlton Mobley (Forsyth )
Democratic
March 2, 1932 – March 3, 1933
72nd
Elected to finish Rutherford's term . Retired.[ 16]
Carl Vinson (Milledgeville )
Democratic
March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1965
73rd 74th 75th 76th 77th 78th 79th 80th 81st 82nd 83rd 84th 85th 86th 87th 88th
Redistricted from the 10th district and re-elected in 1932 .Re-elected in 1934 .Re-elected in 1936 .Re-elected in 1938 .Re-elected in 1940 .Re-elected in 1942 .Re-elected in 1944 .Re-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 .Re-elected in 1960 .Re-elected in 1962 . Retired.[ 17]
1933–1943 [data missing ]
1943–1953 [data missing ]
1953–1963 [data missing ]
1963–1973 [data missing ]
John Flynt (Griffin )
Democratic
January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1979
89th 90th 91st 92nd 93rd 94th 95th
Redistricted from the 4th district and re-elected in 1964 .Re-elected in 1966 .Re-elected in 1968 .Re-elected in 1970 .Re-elected in 1972 .Re-elected in 1974 .Re-elected in 1976 . Retired.[ 18]
1973–1983 [data missing ]
Newt Gingrich (Marietta )
Republican
January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1999
96th 97th 98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd 103rd 104th 105th
Elected in 1978 .Re-elected in 1980 .Re-elected in 1982 .Re-elected in 1984 .Re-elected in 1986 .Re-elected in 1988 .Re-elected in 1990 .Re-elected in 1992 .Re-elected in 1994 .Re-elected in 1996 .Re-elected in 1998 , but resigned.[ 19]
1983–1993 [data missing ]
1993–2003 [data missing ]
Vacant
January 3, 1999 – February 23, 1999
106th
Johnny Isakson (Marietta )
Republican
February 23, 1999 – January 3, 2005
106th 107th 108th
Elected to finish Gingrich's term .Re-elected in 2000 .Re-elected in 2002 . Retired to run for U.S. Senator .[ 20]
2003–2006 Parts of Cobb , Cherokee , and Fulton counties
Tom Price (Roswell )
Republican
January 3, 2005 – February 10, 2017
109th 110th 111th 112th 113th 114th 115th
Elected in 2004 .Re-elected in 2006 .Re-elected in 2008 .Re-elected in 2010 .Re-elected in 2012 .Re-elected in 2014 .Re-elected in 2016 . Resigned to become U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services .[ 21]
2007–2013 Cherokee County and parts of Cobb, DeKalb , and Fulton counties
2013–2023 Parts of Cobb, DeKalb, and Fulton counties
Vacant
February 10, 2017 – June 26, 2017
115th
Karen Handel (Roswell )
Republican
June 26, 2017 – January 3, 2019
115th
Elected to finish Price's term .Lost re-election .
Lucy McBath (Marietta )
Democratic
January 3, 2019 – January 3, 2023
116th 117th
Elected in 2018 .Re-elected in 2020 . Redistricted to the 7th district .
Rich McCormick (Suwanee )
Republican
January 3, 2023 – present
118th
Elected in 2022 . Redistricted to the 7th district .
2023–2025 Dawson and Forsyth counties; Parts of Cobb , Cherokee , Fulton , and Gwinnett counties
Lucy McBath (Marietta )
Democratic
January 3, 2025
Redistricted from the 7th district and re-elected in 2024 .