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The Constitution of the State of Georgia is the governing document of the U.S. State of Georgia. The constitution outlines the three branches of government in Georgia. The legislative branch is embodied in the bicameral General Assembly. The executive branch is headed by the Governor. The judicial branch is headed by the Supreme Court.
The November 1789 Georgia gubernatorial election was held on 16 November 1789 in order to elect the Governor of Georgia, this was the first election held under the 1789 constitution, which lengthened terms to two years.
13th Georgia General Assembly [Wikidata] 1789 January 6, 1789 - February 4, 1789 Georgia Constitution of 1789: 14 14th Georgia General Assembly [Wikidata] 1789 Nov. 2—Dec. 24, 1789 June 7–11, 1790, Ex. 15 15th Georgia General Assembly [Wikidata] 1790 Nov. 1, 1790 - Dec. 11, 1790 16 16th Georgia General Assembly [Wikidata] 1791
The Georgia General Assembly first convened in Atlanta on July 4, 1868. In 1884, the legislature appropriated one million dollars to build a new State Capitol. Construction began October 26, 1884, and the building was completed (slightly under budget) and occupied on June 15, 1889.
George Walton (c. 1749 – February 2, 1804) was a Founding Father of the United States who signed the United States Declaration of Independence while representing Georgia in the Continental Congress. [1] Walton also served briefly as the second chief executive of Georgia in 1779 and was again named governor in 1789–1790.
The 1865 constitution required governors to take four years off after serving two terms, [10] but that was quickly changed in the 1868 constitution, which allowed four-year terms with no limits. [11] The term length was returned to the two-year term and limit of the 1865 constitution in 1877. [12]
1776–1784. Rank. Captain. Unit. 1st Georgia Battalion. Battles/wars. American Revolutionary War (POW) George Handley (February 9, 1752 – September 17, 1793) was an American politician who served as the 18th Governor of Georgia from 1788 to 1789. George Handley was a member of the Society of the Cincinnati of the State of Georgia.
Georgia was the only colony not present in the First Continental Congress in 1774. When violence broke out in 1775, radical Patriots (also known as Whigs) took control of the provincial government, and drove many Loyalists out of the province. Georgia subsequently took part to the Second Continental Congress with the other colonies. In 1776 and ...