Mack Mattingly

Mack Mattingly
Official portrait, 1983
United States Senator
from Georgia
In office
January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1987
Preceded byHerman Talmadge
Succeeded byWyche Fowler
United States Ambassador to Seychelles
In office
September 22, 1992 – March 1, 1993
Appointed byGeorge H. W. Bush
Preceded byDick Carlson
Succeeded byCarl Stokes
Chair of the Georgia Republican Party
In office
1975–1977
Preceded byBob Shaw
Succeeded byRodney Mims Cook Sr.
Personal details
Born
Mack Francis Mattingly

(1931-01-07) January 7, 1931 (age 93)
Anderson, Indiana, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
Spouses
Carolyn Longcamp
(m. 1957; died 1997)
Leslie Davisson
(m. 1998)
Children2 daughters
Alma materIndiana University (BS)
Military service
Allegiance United States
Branch/service United States Air Force
Years of service1951-1955
UnitHunter Army Air Field

Mack Francis Mattingly (born January 7, 1931) is an American diplomat and politician from Georgia who served as a member of the United States Senate for one term from 1981 to 1987. He was the first Republican to have served in the U.S. Senate from that state since the Reconstruction era, and was also the first Republican ever to have been elected to the United States Senate from Georgia by popular vote.