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The '''Georgia House of Representatives''' is the [[lower house]] of the [[Georgia General Assembly]] (the state legislature) of the U.S. state of [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]. There are currently 180 elected members.

The Georgia House of Representatives was created in 1777 during the [[American Revolution]].<ref name="statega">[http://www.sos.state.ga.us/state_capitol/capitolguide/handout21.htm The Capitalization of Georgia] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060412042438/http://www.sos.state.ga.us/state_capitol/capitolguide/handout21.htm |date=2006-04-12 }}, [http://sos.state.ga.us Georgia State Government] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130306171757/http://www.sos.state.ga.us/ |date=March 6, 2013 }}. (accessed June 2, 2013)</ref>

==Current makeup==
{|class=wikitable style="text-align:center; width:50%"
|- style="vertical-align:bottom;"
!rowspan=3|Affiliation
! colspan="2" |Party <div style="font-size:80%">(Shading indicates majority caucus)</div>
!rowspan=3|Total
!
|-style="height:5px"
| style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" |
| style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" |
| style="background-color:black" |
|-
![[Georgia Republican Party|Republican]]
![[Georgia Democratic Party|Democratic]]
!Vacant
|-
! nowrap="" style="font-size:80%" |Beginning of 154th General Assembly
| {{party shading/Republican}} |118
|62
!180
|0
|-
!nowrap style="font-size:80%"|End of 154th General Assembly
|{{party shading/Republican}}|115
|64
!179
|1
|-
| colspan="4" |
|-
!nowrap style="font-size:80%"|Beginning of 155th General Assembly
|{{party shading/Republican}}|105
|75
!180
|0
|-
!Latest voting share
!colspan=1 {{party shading/Republican}}|{{percentage|105|180|1}}
!{{percentage|75|180|1}}
!colspan=2|
|-
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{United States legislatures}}
[[Category:Organizations based in Georgia (U.S. state)]]
[[Category:State lower houses in the United States]]


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