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Democratic Party of Georgia

political party in U.S. state of Georgia

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionSep 12, 2026
Entity authorityQ5255714 ↗
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The Democratic Party of Georgia (DPG), until 1840 formally known as the Union Democratic Republican Party, commonly shortened to the Union Party (UP), is the affiliate of the Democratic Party in the U.S. state of Georgia. Since its founding, it has been one of the major political parties in the state and is currently chaired by Charlie Bailey.

As of 2025, Democrats control both U.S. Senate seats, 5 out of Georgia's 14 U.S. House seats, and minorities in both houses of the state legislature.

Former Democratic president Jimmy Carter served one term as Governor of the state from 1971 to 1975.

History

Troup/Clark Rivalry

During the later bit of the first party system and early second party system politics in Georgia was divided between two Democratic-Republican, later Democratic, political factions, the Troup party, earlier called the Jackson and Crawford parties, and the Clark party, informally called the Union party after Clark's departure from the state. During the years when the state was dominated by this rivalry, the parties were based around their personalities rather than actual policies. Both factions were extremely similar, supporting slavery, the War of 1812, Indian removal, and opposing protective tariffs, internal improvements, and the national bank. The Troup party were radicals who tended to lean more towards states' rights while the Clarkites were closer to the Union.

Support for the Troup party typically came from Virginian immigrants, aristocratic plantation owners, and residents of the more prosperous and populated areas of the state. In contrast, the Clark party was rooted in the state's poorer, more frontier areas.

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