Lieutenant Governor of Georgia

Lieutenant Governor
Georgia State Seal
Incumbent Burt Jones since January 9, 2023
Style	The Honorable[1] (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 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.

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

The current Lieutenant Governor of Georgia is Republican Burt Jones.

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