Lieutenant Governor of Georgia

The Lieutenant Governor of Georgia is a constitutional officer of the State of Georgia, elected to a four-year term by popular vote. The Lieutenant Governor is elected on a separate election from the Georgia Governor.

Lieutenant Governor
Georgia State Seal
Incumbent Burt Jones since January 9, 2023
Style	The Honorable (formal)
Residence	No official residence
Appointer	Elected by popular vote
Term length	4-year term
Inaugural holder	Melvin E. Thompson
Formation	1945
Website	Government website

The office of Lieutenant Governor was created by a state constitutional revision in 1945.

The current Lieutenant Governor of Georgia is Republican Burt Jones.

List of lieutenant governors of Georgia

Parties

  Democratic (10)   Republican (3)

No.	Lt. Governor			Term in office	Party	Election	Governor
1			Melvin E. Thompson	January 14, 1947 – March 18, 1947	Democratic	1946		Herman Talmadge
—	Vacant			March 18, 1947 – November 17, 1948	—			Melvin E. Thompson
2			Marvin Griffin	November 17, 1948 – January 11, 1955	Democratic	1948 (special)		Herman Talmadge
						1950
3			Ernest Vandiver	January 11, 1955 – January 13, 1959	Democratic	1954		Marvin Griffin
4			Garland T. Byrd	January 13, 1959 – January 15, 1963	Democratic	1958		Ernest Vandiver
5			Peter Zack Geer	January 15, 1963 – January 11, 1967	Democratic	1962		Carl Sanders
6			George T. Smith	January 11, 1967 – January 12, 1971	Democratic	1966		Lester Maddox
7			Lester Maddox	January 12, 1971 – January 14, 1975	Democratic	1970		Jimmy Carter
8			Zell Miller	January 14, 1975 – January 13, 1991	Democratic	1974		George Busbee
						1978
						1982		Joe Frank Harris
						1986
9			Pierre Howard	January 13, 1991 – January 11, 1999	Democratic	1990		Zell Miller
						1994
10			Mark Taylor	January 11, 1999 – January 8, 2007	Democratic	1998		Roy Barnes
						2002		Sonny Perdue
11			Casey Cagle	January 8, 2007 – January 14, 2019	Republican	2006
						2010		Nathan Deal
						2014
12			Geoff Duncan	January 14, 2019 – January 9, 2023	Republican	2018		Brian Kemp
13			Burt Jones	January 9, 2023 – present	Republican	2022