Governors of Mississippi
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A list of governors from the state of Mississippi.[1][2]
Governors are elected for four-year terms, in odd-numbered years which occur before Presidential election years (e.g., the next election will take place in 2027, the year before the 2028 Presidential election). Governors are term-limited to two terms.
Territorial Governors of Mississippi
| Name | Party | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Winthorp Sargent | Federalist | 1798-1801 |
| William C. C. Claiborne | Democrat | 1801-1805 |
| Robert Williams | Democrat | 1805-1809 |
| David Holmes | Democrat | 1809-1817 |
State Governors of Mississippi
| Name | Party | Years |
|---|---|---|
| David Holmes | Democrat | 1817–1820, 1826 |
| George Poindexter | Democrat | 1820-1822 |
| Walter Leake | Democrat | 1822-1825 |
| Gerard Chittocque Brandon | 1825–1826, 1826-1832 | |
| Abram Marshall Scott | Democrat | 1832-1833 |
| Charles Lynch | Democrat, Whig | 1833, 1836-1838 |
| Hiram George Runnels | Democrat | 1833-1835 |
| John Anthony Quitman | Democrat | 1835–1836, 1850-1851 |
| Alexander Gallatin McNutt | Democrat | 1838-1842 |
| Tilghman Mayfield Tucker | Democrat | 1842-1844 |
| Albert Gallatin Brown | Democrat | 1844-1848 |
| Joseph W. Matthews | Democrat | 1848-1850 |
| John Isaac Guion | Democrat | 1851 |
| James Whitfield | Democrat | 1851-1852 |
| Henry Stuart Foote | Unionist Democrat | 1852-1854 |
| John Jones Pettus | Democrat | 1854, 1859-1863 |
| John Jones McRae | Democrat | 1854-1857 |
| William McWillie | Democrat | 1857-1859 |
| Charles Clark | Democrat | 1863-1865 |
| William Lewis Sharkey | Provisional | 1865 |
| Benjamin Grubb Humphreys | Democrat | 1865-1868 |
| Adelbert Ames | Military/Republican | 1868–1870, 1874-1876 |
| James Lusk Alcorn | Democrat | 1870-1871 |
| Ridgely Ceylon Powers | Democrat | 1871-1874 |
| John Marshall Stone | Democrat | 1876–1882, 1890-1896 |
| Robert Lowry | Democrat | 1882-1890 |
| Anselm McLaurin | Democrat | 1896-1900 |
| Andrew Houston Longino | Democrat | 1900-1904 |
| James Vardaman | Democrat | 1904-1908 |
| Edmond Favor Noel | Democrat | 1908-1912 |
| Earl Leroy Brewer | Democrat | 1912-1916 |
| Theodore Gilmore Bilbo | Democrat | 1916–1920, 1928-1932 |
| Lee Maurice Russell | Democrat | 1920-1924 |
| Henry Louis Whitfield | Democrat | 1924-1927 |
| Dennis Herron Murphree | Democrat | 1927–1928, 1943-1944 |
| Martin Sennet Conner | Democrat | 1932-1936 |
| Hugh Lawson White | Democrat | 1936–1940, 1952-1956 |
| Paul Burney Johnson, Sr. | Democrat | 1940-1943 |
| Thomas Lowry Bailey | Democrat | 1944-1946 |
| Fielding Lewis Wright | Democrat | 1946-1952 |
| James Plemon Coleman | Democrat | 1956-1960 |
| Ross Robert Barnett, Sr. | Democrat | 1960-1964 |
| Paul Burney Johnson, Jr. | Democrat | 1964-1968 |
| John Bell Williams | Democrat | 1968-1972 |
| William Lowe Waller, Sr. | Democrat | 1972-1976 |
| Charles Clifton "Cliff" Finch | Democrat | 1976-1980 |
| William Forrest Winter | Democrat | 1980-1984 |
| William A. Allain | Democrat | 1984-1988 |
| Raymond Edwin Mabus | Democrat | 1988-1992 |
| Daniel Kirkwood Fordice, Jr. | Republican | 1992-2000 |
| David Ronald "Ronnie" Musgrove | Democrat | 2000-2004 |
| Haley Barbour | Republican | 2004-2012 |
| Phil Bryant | Republican | 2012-2020 |
| Tate Reeves | Republican | 2020-present |
See also
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