First Lady of
Georgia
Incumbent
Marty Kemp
since January 14, 2019
ResidenceGeorgia Governor's Mansion
Inaugural holderMary de Veaux
WebsiteOffice of First Lady Marty Kemp

First Lady of Georgia is the title held by the wife of the sitting governor of Georgia. The first lady serves as the official hostess of the Georgia Governor's Mansion.

The current first lady of Georgia is Marty Kemp, the wife of incumbent Governor Brian Kemp, who assumed office in 2019.

Role

The position of the first lady is not an elected one, carries no official duties, and receives no salary. However, the first lady holds a highly visible position in state government. The role of the first lady is the host of the Georgia Governor's Mansion. She organizes and attends official ceremonies and functions of state either along with, or in place of, the governor.

It is common for the governor's spouse to select specific, non-political, causes to promote. For example former first lady Sandra Deal is known for advocating for literacy and education throughout the state, for which the Georgia Association of Broadcasters awarded her their 2016 "Georgian of the Year" award.

List

NameTook officeLeft officeSpouse of
1Mary de Veaux17751777Archibald Bulloch
2Ann Bourne17771777Button Gwinnett
3Marguerite Dupuis, Annie Unselt, third wife (name unknown) 17771778John A. Treutlen
4Hannah Bryan17781778John Houstoun
5Hannah Wilkinson17791779John Wereat
6Dorothy Camber17791780George Walton
7unknown17801780Richard Howley
8Jane Germany, Elizabeth Darden17801780Stephen Heard
9Elizabeth Lewis, Elizabeth Dunham, Elizabeth McLean17811782Nathan Brownson
10first wife unknown; remarried Mary Deborah Spencer17821783John Martin
11Abigail Burr, Mary Osborne17831784Lyman Hall
12Hannah Bryan17841785John Houstoun
13Elizabeth Rae17851786Samuel Elbert
Elizabeth Rae Elbert
14Sarah Gibbons17861787Edward Telfair
15Anne Paul, Margaret (Cunningham) Reed, Mary Flowers Carpenter17871788George Mathews
16Sarah Gibbons17891793Edward Telfair
17Sarah Howe17881789George Handley
18Miss Williams (first name unknown)17961798Jared Irwin
19Mary Charlotte Young17951801James Jackson
20Ann Lewis18011801David Emanuel
21Harriet Fenwick18011802Josiah Tattnall
22Martha Galphin, Ann Lamar18021806John Milledge
23Miss Williams (first name unknown)18061809Jared Irwin
24Jane Mills18091813David Brydie Mitchell
25Ann Adams Smith18131815Peter Early
26Jane Mills18151817David Brydie Mitchell
27Mary Battle18171819William Rabun
28Anna Twinning18191819Matthew Talbot
29Nancy Williamson18191823John Clark
30Anne St. Clair McCormick, Anne Carter18231827George M. Troup
31Clara Meigs18271829John Forsyth
32Eliza Frances Grattan18291831George Rockingham Gilmer
33Elizabeth Walker, Annis Hopkins18311835Wilson Lumpkin
34Charlotte Kirkley, Elizabeth Sarah (Jackson) Hargrove, Sophia E. Kerr18351837William Schley
35Eliza Frances Grattan18291831George Rockingham Gilmer
36Anne Franklin, Elizabeth (Roane) Ruffin18391843Charles James McDonald
37Mary Ann McIntosh18431847George W. Crawford
38Margaret Jane Campbell, Mary Winston-Jones18471851George W. Towns
39Mary Ann Lamar18511853Howell Cobb
40Ann Polk Walker18531857Herschel Vespasian Johnson
41Elizabeth Grisham18571865Joseph Emerson Brown
Statue of Governor Joseph E. Brown and wife, Elizabeth Grisham Brown, Georgia State Capitol, Atlanta, Georgia
42Ann Harris18651865James Johnson
43Sarah Jones, Emily Barnes18651868Charles Jones Jenkins
44Helen Lydia Moore18681868Thomas Howard Ruger
45Marie Salisbury18681871Rufus Brown Bullock
46Sarah H. Semmes18711872Benjamin F. Conley
47Hester A. Brown, Sarah Marshall Welborn18721877James Milton Smith
48Dorothy Tarver, Sarah Tarver18771882Alfred Holt Colquitt
49never married18821883Alexander Hamilton Stephens
50Fannie Loyall, Susie T. Harris18831883James Boynton
51Hester C. Felker18831886Henry Dickerson McDaniel
52Fannie R. Haralson18861890John Brown Gordon
53Martha Moss Neel18901894William J. Northen
54Susan Cobb Milton18941898William Yates Atkinson
Susan Cobb Milton Atkinson, 1898
55Eugenia T. Williams18981902Allen D. Candler
56Jessie Lee Spivey19021907Joseph M. Terrell
57Marion "Birdie" Cobb19071909Hoke Smith
Marion "Birdie" Cobb Smith with ladies of the cabinet of President Grover Cleveland, 1894
58Cora A. McCord19091911Joseph Mackey Brown
59Marion "Birdie" Cobb19111911Hoke Smith
60Sarah Frances Grant Jackson19111912John Marshall Slaton
61Cora A. McCord19121913Joseph Mackey Brown
62Sarah Frances Grant Jackson19131915John Marshall Slaton
Sarah Frances Grant Jackson Slaton, 1910
63Sarah Gibbons19151917Nathaniel Edwin Harris
64Mary Adair Wilkinson19171921Hugh Dorsey
65Sarah Gibbons19211923Thomas W. Hardwick
66Rosa Carter Matthewson19231927Clifford Walker
67Emma Wiley Griffin19271931Lamartine Griffin Hardman
68never married19311933Richard Russell, Jr.
69Mattie (Thurmond) Peterson19331937Eugene Talmadge
70Lucille Lashley19371941Eurith D. Rivers
71Mattie (Thurmond) Peterson19411943Eugene Talmadge
72Mildred Slemons19431947Ellis Arnall
73Betty Shingler19471947Herman Eugene Talmadge
74Ann Newton19471948Melvin E. Thompson
75Betty Shingler19481955Herman Eugene Talmadge
76Mary Elizabeth Smith, Laura Jane Gibson19551959Samuel Marvin Griffin
77Sybil Elizabeth Russell19591963Ernest Vandiver
78Betty Bird Foy19631967Carl Sanders
79Virginia Cox19671971Lester Maddox
80Rosalynn Smith19711975Jimmy Carter
Rosalynn Carter, 1977
81Mary Elizabeth Talbot19751983George Busbee
82Elizabeth Carlock19831991Joe Frank Harris
83Shirley Carver19911999Zell Miller
84Marie Dobbs19992003Roy E. Barnes
Marie Dobbs Barnes, Nov. 2, 2010
85Mary Ruff20032011Sonny Perdue
Mary Ruff Perdue at the 63rd Annual Peabody Awards Luncheon, Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, May 17, 2004
86Sandra Deal20112019Nathan Deal
First Lady Sandra Deal at the Milledgeville YCA Ribbon Cutting, October 12, 2016
87Marty Kemp[1]2019presentBrian Kemp
Marty Kemp with Gov. Brian Kemp

References

  1. "Marty Kemp - First Lady of Georgia". Retrieved January 16, 2019.
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