Georgia's 2nd congressional district
Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023
Representative	Sanford Bishop D–Albany
Distribution	65.75% urban[1] 34.25% rural
Population (2024)	757,227[2]
Median household income	$51,802[3]
Ethnicity	49.0%Black 39.9%White 5.9%Hispanic 3.1%Two or more races 1.3%Asian 0.7% other
Cook PVI	D+4[4]

Georgia's 2nd congressional district is acongressional district in theU.S. state ofGeorgia. The district is currently represented byDemocratSanford D. Bishop, Jr.

Georgia's largest district by land area, it comprises much of the southwestern portion of the state. Much of the district isrural, although the district has a number of small cities and medium-sized towns, such asAlbany,Americus,Bainbridge, andThomasville. It also contains most ofColumbus and most ofMacon. The district is also the historic home of formerPresidentJimmy Carter.

The 2nd district is one of the most consistently Democratic in the country, as Democrats have held it since 1875. However, it has grown far less heavily blue in recent years due to shifting demographics. With aPVI of D+4, it is the least Democraticmajority-black district in the United States.

The district's boundaries were redrawn following the2010 census, which granted an additional congressional seat to Georgia.^[5] In 2021, following the2020 census, the156th Georgia General Assembly passed new congressional maps signed byGovernor Kemp, and redrew this district from 51%African American to 49% African American, beginning in 2023.^[6]

For the119th and successive Congresses (based on the districts drawn following a 2023 court order), the district contains all or portions of the following counties and communities.^[7][8]

Baker County(1)

Newton

Bibb County(1)

Macon (part; also8th)

Chattahoochee County(1)

Cusseta

Calhoun County(4)

All four communities

Clay County(2)

Bluffton,Fort Gaines

Crawford County(3)

All three communities

Decatur County(5)

All five communities

Dooly County(6)

All six communities

Dougherty County(2)

Albany,Putney

Early County(4)

All four communities

Grady County(3)

All three communities

Houston County(3)

Centerville,Robins AFB,Warner Robins (part; also8th; shared with Peach County)

Lee County(2)

Leesburg,Smithville

Macon County(4)

All four communities

Marion County(2)

Buena Vista,Tazewell

Miller County(2)

Boykin,Colquitt

Mitchell County(5)

All five communities

Muscogee County(1)

Columbus (part; also3rd)

Peach County(4)

All four communities

Quitman County(1)

Georgetown

Randolph County(3)

All three communities

Schley County(1)

Ellaville

Seminole County(2)

Donalsonville,Iron City

Stewart County(2)

Lumpkin,Richland

Sumter County(5)

All five communities

Talbot County(6)

All six communities

Taylor County(3)

All three communities

Terrell County(4)

All four communities

Thomas County(7)

All seven communities

Webster County(1)

Preston

Member	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history	District location
District created March 4, 1789
Abraham Baldwin (Savannah)	Anti-Administration	March 4, 1789 – March 3, 1791	1st 2nd	Elected in 1789. Re-elected in 1791. Redistricted to theat-large district.	1789–1791 "Middle district":Burke,Camden,Chatham,Effingham,Glynn,Greene,Liberty,Richmond,Washington, andWilkes counties[11]
		March 4, 1791 – March 3, 1793			1791–1793 "Middle district":Burke,Columbia,Richmond, andWashington counties[12]
District inactive		March 4, 1793 – March 3, 1827
John Forsyth (Augusta)	Jacksonian	March 4, 1827 – November 7, 1827	20th	Redistricted from theat-large district andre-elected in 1826. Resigned.	1827–1829 [data missing]
Vacant		November 7, 1827 – November 17, 1827
Richard H. Wilde (Augusta)	Jacksonian	November 17, 1827 – March 3, 1829		Elected November 17, 1827 to finish Forsyth's term and seated January 14, 1828. Redistricted to theat-large district.
District inactive		March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1845
Seaborn Jones (Columbus)	Democratic	March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1847	29th	Elected in 1844. [data missing]	1845–1853 [data missing]
Alfred Iverson Sr. (Columbus)	Democratic	March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849	30th	Elected in 1846. [data missing]
Marshall J. Wellborn (Columbus)	Democratic	March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851	31st	Elected in 1848. [data missing]
James Johnson (Columbus)	Constitutional Union	March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853	32nd	Elected in 1851. [data missing]
Alfred H. Colquitt (Newton)	Democratic	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855	33rd	Elected in 1853. [data missing]	1853–1861 [data missing]
Martin J. Crawford (Columbus)	Democratic	March 4, 1855 – January 23, 1861	34th 35th 36th	Elected in 1855. Re-elected in 1857. Re-elected in 1859. Withdrew.
Vacant		January 23, 1861 – July 25, 1868	36th 37th 38th 39th 40th	Civil War andReconstruction
Nelson Tift (Albany)	Democratic	July 25, 1868 – March 3, 1869	40th	Elected in 1868 to finish term. [data missing]	1868–1873 [data missing]
Vacant		March 4, 1869 – December 22, 1870	41st
Richard H. Whiteley (Bainbridge)	Republican	December 22, 1870 – March 3, 1875	41st 42nd 43rd	Installed after Nelson Tift was not permitted to qualify. Re-elected in 1872. [data missing]
1873–1883 [data missing]
	William E. Smith (Albany)	Democratic	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1881	44th 45th 46th	Elected in 1874. Re-elected in 1876. Re-elected in 1878. [data missing]
	Henry G. Turner (Quitman)	Democratic	March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1893	47th 48th 49th 50th 51st 52nd	Elected in 1880. Re-elected in 1882. Re-elected in 1884. Re-elected in 1886. Re-elected in 1888. Re-elected in 1890. Redistricted to the11th district.
1883–1893 [data missing]
Benjamin E. Russell (Bainbridge)	Democratic	March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1897	53rd 54th	Elected in 1892. Re-elected in 1894. [data missing]	1893–1903 [data missing]
James M. Griggs (Dawson)	Democratic	March 4, 1897 – January 5, 1910	55th 56th 57th 58th 59th 60th 61st	Elected in 1896. Re-elected in 1898. Re-elected in 1900. Re-elected in 1902. Re-elected in 1904. Re-elected in 1906. Re-elected in 1908. Died.
1903–1913 [data missing]
	Vacant		January 5, 1910 – February 6, 1910	61st
	Seaborn Roddenbery (Thomasville)	Democratic	February 6, 1910 – September 25, 1913	61st 62nd 63rd	Elected to finish Griggs's term. Re-elected in 1910. Re-elected in 1912. Died.
1913–1923 [data missing]
	Vacant		September 25, 1913 – November 4, 1913	63rd
	Frank Park (Sylvester)	Democratic	November 4, 1913 – March 3, 1925	63rd 64th 65th 66th 67th 68th	Elected to finish Roddenbery's term. Re-elected in 1914. Re-elected in 1916. Re-elected in 1918. Re-elected in 1920. Re-elected in 1922. [data missing]
1923–1933 [data missing]
	Edward E. Cox (Camilla)	Democratic	March 4, 1925 – December 24, 1952	69th 70th 71st 72nd 73rd 74th 75th 76th 77th 78th 79th 80th 81st 82nd	Elected in 1924. Re-elected in 1926. Re-elected in 1928. Re-elected in 1930. Re-elected in 1932. Re-elected in 1934. Re-elected in 1936. Re-elected in 1938. Re-elected in 1940. Re-elected in 1942. Re-elected in 1944. Re-elected in 1946. Re-elected in 1948. Re-elected in 1950. Re-elected in 1952. Died.
1933–1943 [data missing]
1943–1953 [data missing]
	Vacant		December 24, 1952 – February 4, 1953	82nd 83rd
1953–1963 [data missing]
	J. L. Pilcher (Meigs)	Democratic	February 4, 1953 – January 3, 1965	83rd 84th 85th 86th 87th 88th	Elected to finish Cox's term. Re-elected in 1954. Re-elected in 1956. Re-elected in 1958. Re-elected in 1960. Re-elected in 1962. [data missing]
1963–1973 [data missing]
	Maston E. O'Neal Jr. (Bainbridge)	Democratic	January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1971	89th 90th 91st	Elected in 1964. Re-elected in 1966. Re-elected in 1968. [data missing]
	Dawson Mathis (Albany)	Democratic	January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1981	92nd 93rd 94th 95th 96th	Elected in 1970. Re-elected in 1972. Re-elected in 1974. Re-elected in 1976. Re-elected in 1978. [data missing]
1973–1983 [data missing]
	Charles F. Hatcher (Albany)	Democratic	January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1993	97th 98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd	Elected in 1980. Re-elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1984. Re-elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1988. Re-elected in 1990. [data missing]
1983–1993 [data missing]
Sanford Bishop (Albany)	Democratic	January 3, 1993 – present	103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th 111th 112th 113th 114th 115th 116th 117th 118th 119th	Elected in 1992. Re-elected in 1994. Re-elected in 1996. Re-elected in 1998. Re-elected in 2000. Re-elected in 2002. Re-elected in 2004. Re-elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Re-elected in 2010. Re-elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. Re-elected in 2022. Re-elected in 2024.	1993–2003 [data missing]
					2003–2007
					2007–2013
					2013–2023
					2023–2025
					2025–present

• Georgia's congressional districts
• List of United States congressional districts

• Martis, Kenneth C. (1989).The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
• Martis, Kenneth C. (1982).The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
• Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present

• PDF map of Georgia's 2nd district atnationalatlas.gov
• Georgia's 2nd district atGovTrack.us

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