A new capitol building had yet to be built so sessions were held in the opera house on Marietta Street rented from H.I.

It was the first General Assembly in Georgia history to have African-American members.

All of the African-American men were temporarily expelled by the General Assembly by September 1868, and were reinstated by Act of Congress in 1870 shortly before the end of the 1870 session.

This was the first time in Georgia that African-Americans, including former slaves, were voted into office in large numbers.

Bills had been filed by J. E. Bryant of Richmond, J. Mason Rice of Columbia, S. A. Darnell of Pickens, James Ward Porter of Chatham and Tunis Campbell Jr of Mcintosh.