Capital: Atlanta

State Nickname: Empire State of the South

State Bird: Brown Thrasher

State Flower: Cherokee Rose

Admitted to the Union: January 2, 1788

January 26, 1788 to January 7, 1789:

George Handley

January 7, 1789 to November 9, 1789:

George Walton

November 9, 1789 to November 7, 1793:

Edward Telfair

November 7, 1793 to January 15, 1796:

George Mathews

January 15, 1796 to January 12, 1798:

Jared Irwin

January 12, 1798 to March 3, 1801:

James Jackson

March 3, 1801 to November 7, 1801:

David Emanuel

November 7, 1801 to November 2, 1802:

Josiah Tattnall, Jr.

November 4, 1802 to September 23, 1806:

John Milledge

September 23, 1806 to November 10, 1809:

Jared Irwin

November 10, 1809 to November 5, 1813:

David B. Mitchell

November 5, 1813 to Novwember 10, 1815:

Peter Early

November 10, 1815 to March 4, 1817:

David B. Mitchell

March 4, 1817 to October 24, 1819:

William Rabun

October 24, 1819 to November 6, 1819:

Matthew Talbot

November 5, 1819 to November 7, 1823:

John Clark

November 7, 1823 to November 7, 1827:

George M. Troup

November 7, 1827 to November 4, 1829:

John Forsyth

November 4, 1829 to November 9, 1831:

George R. Gilmer

November 9, 1831 to November 4, 1835:

Wilson Lumpkin

November 4, 1835 to November 8, 1837:

William Schley

November 8, 1837 to November 6, 1839:

George R. Gilmer

November 6, 1839 to November 8, 1843:

Charles J. McDonald

November 8, 1843 to November 3, 1847:

George W. Crawford

November 3, 1847 to November 5, 1851:

George W. Towns

November 5, 1851 to November 9, 1853:

Howell Cobb

November 9, 1853 to November 6, 1857:

Hershel V. Johnson

November 6, 1857 to June 17, 1865:

Joseph E. Brown

June 17, 1865 to December 14, 1865:

James Johnson

December 14, 1865 to January 13, 1868:

Charles J. Jenkins

January 13, 1868 to July 4, 1868:

General Thomas H. Ruger

July 4, 1868 to October 23, 1871:

Rufus Brown Bullock

October 23, 1871 to January 12, 1872:

Benjamin Conley

January 12, 1872 to January 12, 1877:

James M. Smith

January 12, 1877 to November 4, 1882:

Alfred Holt Colquitt

November 4, 1882 to March 4, 1883:

Alexander H. Stephens

March 5, 1883 to May 10, 1883:

James H. Boynton

May 10, 1883 to November 9, 1886:

Henry D. McDaniel

November 9, 1886 to November 8, 1890:

John B. Gordon

November 8, 1890 to October 27, 1894:

William J. Northern

October 27, 1894 to October 29, 1898:

William Y. Atkinson

October 29, 1898 to October 25, 1902:

Allen D. Candler

October 25, 1902 to June 29, 1907:

Jospeh M. Terrell

June 29, 1907 to June 26, 1909:

Hoke Smith

June 26, 1909 to July 1, 1911:

Joseph M. Brown

July 1, 1911 to November 16, 1911:

Hoke Smith

November 16, 1911 to January 25, 1912:

John M. Slaton

January 25, 1912 to June 28, 1913:

Joseph M. Brown

June 28, 1913 to June 26, 1915:

John M. Slaton

June 26, 1915 to June 30, 1917:

Nathaniel E. Harris

June 30, 1917 to June 25, 1921:

Hugh M. Dorsey

June 25, 1921 to June 30, 1923:

Thomas W. Hardwick

June 30, 1923 to June 25, 1927:

Clifford M. Walker

June 25, 1927 to June 27, 1931:

Lamartine G. Hardman

June 27, 1931 to January 10, 1933:

Richard B. Russell

January 10, 1933 to January 12, 1937:

Eugene Talmadge

January 12, 1937 to January 14, 1941:

Eurith D. Rivers

January 14, 1941 to January 12, 1943:

Eugene Talmadge

January 12, 1943 to January 14, 1947:

Ellis G. Arnall

(Died prior to inauguration)

Eugene Talmadge

January 14, 1947 To March 18, 1947:

Herman E. Talmadge

March 18, 1947 to November 17, 1948:

Melvin E. Thompson

November 17, 1948 to January 11, 1955:

Herman E. Talmadge

January 11, 1955 to January 13, 1959:

S. Marvin Griffin

January 13, 1959 to January 15, 1963:

s. Ernest Vandiver, Jr.

January 15, 1963 to January 10, 1967:

Carl Edward Sanders

January 10, 1967 to January 12, 1971:

Lester G. Maddox

January 12, 1971 to January 14, 1975:

Jimmy Carter

January 14, 1975 to January 11, 1983:

George Busbee

January 11, 1983 to January 14, 1991:

Joe Frank Harris

January 14, 1991 to 1999:

Zell Miller

1999 to 2003:

Roy Barnes

2003 --

Sonny Perdue

Written by: Stuart Gorrell
Composed by: Hoagy Carmichael

Georgia, Georgia, the whole day through
Just an old sweet song keeps Georgia on my mind.
Georgia, Georgia, a song of you
Comes as sweet and clear as moonlight through the pines.

1790: 82,548

1800: 162,686

1810: 252,433

1820: 340,989

1830: 516,823

1840: 691,392

1850: 906,185

1860: 1,057,286

1870: 1,184,109

1880: 1,542,180

1890: 1,837,353

1900: 2,216,330

1910: 2,609,121

1920: 2,895,832

1930: 2,908,506

1940: 3,123,723

1950: 3,444,578

1960: 3,943,116

1970: 4,587,930

1980: 5,463,105

1990: 6,478,216

2000: 8,186,517