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  Longest-Serving State Lawmaker to Retire [GA]
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Last Editedparticleman  Apr 23, 2004 02:40am
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News DateFriday, April 23, 2004 06:00:00 AM UTC0:0
DescriptionATLANTA - A lawmaker first elected to the Georgia Legislature during the FDR administration has announced his retirement.

Sen. Hugh Gillis, an 85-year-old Democrat, is the nation's longest-serving lawmaker.

Gillis, of the central Georgia town of Soperton, has served in the Senate since 1962. He previously served 12 years in the state House — his first term starting in 1941, before the United States entered World War II.

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