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COLONY:	Founded by James Oglethorpe on February 12, 1733; 13th colony
STATEHOOD:	January 2, 1788; 4th state
CAPITAL:	Atlanta, since 1868
MOTTO:	"Wisdom, justice, and moderation"
NICKNAMES:	Empire State of the South; Peach State
TOTAL POPULATION:	9,687,653; 9th most populous in U.S. (as of 2010 census)
LAND AREA:	57,513 sq. miles (as of 2010 census); 24th largest in U.S.
COASTLINE:	100 miles
HIGHEST POINT:	Brasstown Bald, 4,784 feet
LOWEST POINT:	Sea level at the Atlantic Coast
COUNTIES:	159
ELECTORAL VOTES:	15 (as of the 2008 presidential election)
U.S. CONGRESS:	2 senators; 13 representatives (as of the 2006 election)
GOVERNOR:	Nathan Deal, 2011-
MAP OF GEORGIA:	http://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/mapping/outline-map/?map=Georgia-USA

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    - John Martin, 1782-83
    - Lyman Hall, 1783-84
    - John Houstoun, 1784-85
    - Samuel Elbert, 1785-86
    - Edward Telfair, 1786-87
    - George Mathews, 1787-88
    - George Handley, 1788-89
    - George Walton, 1789-90
    - Edward Telfair, 1790-93
    - George Mathews, 1793-96
    - Jared Irwin, 1796-98
    - James Jackson, 1798-1801
    - David Emanuel, President of Senate, 1801 (Note: As president of the Senate, he became acting governor upon a vacancy in that office.)
    - Josiah Tattnall Jr., 1801-2
    - John Milledge, 1802-6
    - Jared Irwin, President of Senate, 1806-9 (Note: As president of the Senate, he became acting governor upon a vacancy in that office.)
    - David B. Mitchell, 1809-13
    - Peter Early, 1813-15
    - David B. Mitchell, 1815-17
    - William Rabun, President of Senate, 1817-19 (Note: As president of the Senate, he became acting governor upon a vacancy in that office.)
    - Mathew Talbot, President of Senate, 1819 (Note: As president of the Senate, he became acting governor upon a vacancy in that office.)
    - John Clark, 1819-23
    - George M. Troup, 1823-27
    - John Forsyth, 1827-29
    - George R. Gilmer, 1829-31
    - Wilson Lumpkin, 1831-35
    - William Schley, 1835-37
    - George R. Gilmer, 1837-39
    - Charles J. McDonald, 1839-43
    - George W. Crawford, 1843-47
    - George W.B. Towns, 1847-51
    - Howell Cobb, 1851-53
    - Herscel V. Johnson, 1853-57
    - Joseph E. Brown, 1857-65
    - James Johnson, Provisional Governor, 1865 (Note: President Andrew Johnson appointed Johnson.)
    - Charles J. Jenkins, 1865-68 (Note: When Jenkins refused to pay for the 1867 constitutional convention, he was removed from office by General Meade, the U.S. general in charge of Georgia.)
    - Thomas H. Ruger, Provisional Governor, 1868 (Note: General Meade named Ruger to replace Jenkins as governor.)
    - Rufus B. Bullock, Provisional Governor, 1868
    - Rufus B. Bullock, 1868-71 (Note: Rather than face impeachment, Bullock resigned. Conley held office until a special election was held.)
    - Benjamin Conley, President of Senate, 1871-72 (Note: As president of the Senate, he became acting governor upon a vacancy in that office.)
    - James M. Smith, 1872-77
    - Alfred H. Colquitt, 1877-82
    - Alexander H. Stephens, 1882-83
    - James S. Boynton, President of Senate, 1883 (Note: As president of the Senate, he became acting governor upon a vacancy in that office.)
    - Henry D. McDaniel, 1883-86
    - John B. Gordon, 1886-90
    - William J. Northen, 1890-94
    - William Y. Atkinson, 1894-98
    - Allen D. Candler, 1898-1902
    - Joseph M. Terrell, 1902-7
    - Hoke Smith, 1907-9
    - Joseph M. Brown, 1909-11
    - Hoke Smith, 1911 (Note: When Smith resigned to serve in the U.S. Senate, Slaton served out his term.)
    - John M. Slaton, President of Senate, 1911-12 (Note: As president of the Senate, he became acting governor upon a vacancy in that office.)
    - Joseph M. Brown, 1912-13
    - John M. Slaton, 1913-15
    - Nathaniel E. Harris, 1915-17
    - Hugh M. Dorsey, 1917-21
    - Thomas W. Hardwick, 1921-23
    - Clifford M. Walker, 1923-27
    - Lamartine G. Hardman, 1927-31
    - Richard B. Russell Jr., 1931-33
    - Eugene Talmadge, 1933-37
    - Eurith D. Rivers, 1937-41
    - Eugene Talmadge, 1941-43
    - Ellis G. Arnall, 1943-47
    - Herman E. Talmadge, 1947
    - Melvin E. Thompson, 1947-48
    - Herman E. Talmadge, 1948-55
    - S. Marvin Griffin, 1955-59
    - S. Ernest Vandiver Jr., 1959-63
    - Carl E. Sanders, 1963-67
    - Lester G. Maddox, 1967-71
    - James E. Carter, 1971-75
    - George Busbee, 1975-83
    - Joe Frank Harris, 1983-91
    - Zell Miller, 1991-99
    - Roy E. Barnes, 1999-2003
    - Sonny Perdue, 2003-11
    - Nathan Deal, 2011-
  - Source: Carl Vinson Institute of Government, University of Georgia. (Unless otherwise indicated, Georgia chief executives have carried the title 'governor.')
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