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Lieutenant Governors of Georgia

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Pierre Howard (1943 - d.)
DuVinage Howard, Jr. (born February 3, 1943) is an American attorney and politician. He served as ninth Lieutenant Governor of the US state of Georgia.BackgroundHoward was born into a political family,...
Zell Miller, Governor, U.S. Senator (1932 - 2018)
Bryan Miller (February 24, 1932 – March 23, 2018) was an American author and politician from the U.S. state of Georgia. A Democrat, Miller served as lieutenant governor from 1975 to 1991, 79th Governor...
Lester Maddox, Governor (1915 - 2003)
Garfield Maddox, Sr. (September 30, 1915 – June 25, 2003), was an American politician who was the 75th Governor of the U.S. state of Georgia from 1967 to 1971. A populist governor and Democrat, Maddox ...
George T. Smith, 6th Lt. Governor of Georgia (1916 - 2010)
Thornewell Smith (October 15, 1916 – August 23, 2010) was an American Democratic Party politician and jurist from the state of Georgia. The sixth Lieutenant Governor, state legislator, Speaker of the S...
Peter Zack Geer (1928 - 1997)
Zack Geer (August 24, 1928 – January 5, 1997) was a lawyer and a Democratic politician from the U.S. state of Georgia.Geer was born in Colquitt in Miller County in southwestern Georgia. In 1951 he grad...

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_of_Georgia

The Lieutenant Governor of Georgia is a constitutional officer of the state, elected to a 4-year term by popular vote. Unlike in some states, the Lieutenant Governor is elected on a separate ticket from the state Governor.

Constitutionally, the Lieutenant Governor's primary job is to serve as President of Georgia's Senate. In the case of incapacity of the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor assumes the powers (but not the title) of the Governor. Should the Governor die or otherwise leave office, the Lieutenant Governor becomes Governor for the remainder of the term of office. The office of Lieutenant Governor was created by a state constitutional revision in 1945. Prior to that time, Georgia did not have such an office.

List of lieutenant governors

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_of_Georgia#List_o...