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List of Governors of Mississippi
This is a list of the Governors of the State of Mississippi.
- Prior to 1804, parts of Mississippi were part of the state of Georgia; see
List of Governors of Georgia for this period. - The southern bit of Mississippi was part of the self-proclaimed Republic of West Florida in 1810; it had only one president, Fulwar Skipwith.
- Prior to then, that bit was part of the Spanish colony of West Florida; see List of Colonial Governors of Florida.
Governors of Mississippi Territory, 1798–1817
| # | Name | Party | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Winthorp Sargent | Federalist | May 7 1798–May 25 1801 |
| 2 | William C. C. Claiborne | Democratic | May 25 1801–March 1 1805 |
| 3 | Robert Williams | Democratic | March 1 1805–March 7 1809 |
| 4 | David Holmes | Democratic | March 7 1809–December 10 1817 |
Governors of the State of Mississippi, 1820–present
Notes
- ^ David Holmes was inaugurated as the first state governor on October 7 1817, but Mississippi did not officially become a state until December 10 1817.
- ^ a b c d e Died in office.
- ^ As lieutenant governor, filled term until next election.[citation needed]
- ^ Resigned due to illness.
- ^ a b As president of the state senate, filled term until next election.[citation needed]
- ^ Resigned following an arrest for violating neutrality laws by assisting with the liberation of Cuba. He was found not guilty, but the political fallout led to his resignation.
- ^ As president of the senate, filled term until his senate term expired.
- ^ a b As president of the senate, filled unexpired term.
- ^ Resigned due to political tension over secession.
- ^ Charles Clark's term effective ended when he was arrested by [[Union (American Civil War)|]] forces.
- ^ a b Appointed by President Andrew Johnson following the end of the American Civil War.
- ^ Forced to resign and physically removed from office by federal forces[citation needed] after his government failed to comply with Reconstruction.
- ^ Left office as Reconstruction ended.
- ^ Resigned to take an elected seat in the United States Senate; Alcorn's senate term began March 4 1871 but he delayed taking it, preferring to continue as governor.
- ^ a b c As lieutenant governor, filled unexpired term.
- ^ Impeached; made a deal with the legislature to resign, and all charges were dropped.
- ^ As president of the senate, filled unexpired term, and was later elected in his own right; since both the governor and lieutenant governor had been impeached, with the governor resigning and lieutenant governor being removed from office, Stone was next in line for governor.
- ^ As lieutenant governor, filled unexpired term, and was later elected in his own right.
Other high offices held
This is a table of congressional, confederate, other governorships, and other federal offices held by governors. All representatives and senators mentioned represented Mississippi except where noted. * denotes those offices which the governor resigned to take.
| Name | Gubernatorial term | U.S. Congress | Other offices held | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| House | Senate | |||
| William C. C. Claiborne | 1801–1805 (territorial) | U.S. Representative from Tennessee, U.S. Senator from Louisiana, |
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| Robert Williams | 1805–1809 (territorial) | U.S. Representative from North Carolina | ||
| David Holmes (politician) | 1809–1820, 1826 | S | U.S. Representative from Virginia | |
| George Poindexter | 1820–1822 | H | S | Territorial Delegate, President pro tempore of the Senate |
| Walter Leake | 1822–1825 | S | ||
| John A. Quitman | 1835–1836, 1850–1851 | H | ||
| Tilghman Tucker | 1842–1844 | H | ||
| Albert G. Brown | 1844–1848 | H | S | Confederate Senator |
| Henry S. Foote | 1852–1854 | S | Confederate Representative | |
| John J. McRae | 1854–1857 | H | S | Confederate Representative |
| William McWillie | 1857–1859 | H | ||
| Adelbert Ames | 1868–1870, 1874–1876 | S | ||
| James L. Alcorn | 1870–1871 | S* | ||
| Anselm J. McLaurin | 1896–1900 | S | ||
| James K. Vardaman | 1904–1908 | S | ||
| Theodore G. Bilbo | 1916–1920, 1928–1932 | S | ||
| Paul B. Johnson, Sr. | 1940–1943 | H | ||
| James P. Coleman | 1956–1960 | Fifth Circuit Court Judge | ||
| John Bell Williams | 1968–1972 | H | ||
| Ray Mabus | 1988–1992 | Ambassador to Saudi Arabia | ||
Living former governors
As of August 2007, five former governors were alive, the oldest being William Winter (1980–1984, born 1923). The most recent governor to die was Kirk Fordice (1992–2000), on September 7 2004.
| Name | Gubernatorial term | Date of birth |
|---|---|---|
| Bill Waller | 1972–1976 | October 21 1926 |
| William Winter | 1980–1984 | February 21 1923 |
| William Allain | 1984–1988 | February 14 1928 |
| Ray Mabus | 1988–1992 | October 11 1948 |
| Ronnie Musgrove | 2000–2004 | July 29 1956 |
See also
| Lists of chief executives of the United States | |
|---|---|
| President | President of the United States |
| State governors | Alabama • Alaska •
Arizona • Arkansas • California •
Colorado • Connecticut • Delaware • Florida •
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| Territorial executives | |
| Defunct | Pre-state territories • Panama Canal Zone • Philippine Islands • Cuba |
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