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Governor of Mississippi | |
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Residence | Mississippi Governor's Mansion |
Term length | Four years, renewable once |
Inaugural holder | David Holmes |
Formation | Constitution of Mississippi |
Succession | Every four years, unless reelected |
Deputy | Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi |
Salary | $122,160 (2013)[1] |
Website | Official website |
The governor of Mississippi is the head of the executive branch of Mississippi's state government and the commander-in-chief of the state's military forces.
Democratic-Republican Federalist
# | Governor | Took office | Left office | Party | ||
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1 | ![]() | Winthrop Sargent | May 7, 1798 | May 25, 1801 | Federalist | |
2 | ![]() | William C. C. Claiborne | May 25, 1801 | March 1, 1805 | Democratic-Republican | |
3 | ![]() | Robert Williams | March 1, 1805 | March 7, 1809 | Democratic-Republican | |
4 | ![]() | David Holmes | March 7, 1809 | December 10, 1817 | Democratic-Republican |
No party/Provisional Democratic-Republican Democratic Republican Union Democratic Whig
# | Governor | Took office | Left office | Party | Lt. Governor | Term | Notes | |||
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1 | ![]() | David Holmes | December 10, 1817 | January 5, 1820 | Democratic-Republican | Duncan Stewart | 1 | [N 1] | ||
2 | ![]() | George Poindexter | January 5, 1820 | January 7, 1822 | Democratic-Republican | James Patton | 2 | |||
3 | ![]() | Walter Leake | January 7, 1822 | November 17, 1825 | Democratic-Republican | David Dickson | 3 | [N 2] | ||
Gerard Brandon | 4 | |||||||||
4 | ![]() | Gerard Brandon | November 17, 1825 | January 7, 1826 | Democratic | — | [N 3] | |||
5 | ![]() | David Holmes | January 7, 1826 | July 25, 1826 | Democratic | Gerard Brandon | 5 | [N 4] | ||
6 | ![]() | Gerard Brandon | July 25, 1826 | January 9, 1832 | Democratic | — | ||||
Abram M. Scott | 6 | |||||||||
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7 | ![]() | Abram M. Scott | January 9, 1832 | July 12, 1833 | National Republican | Fountain Winston[N 5] | 8 | [N 2] | ||
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8 | ![]() | Charles Lynch | July 12, 1833 | November 20, 1833 | National Republican | — | [N 6] | |||
9 | ![]() | Hiram Runnels | November 20, 1833 | November 20, 1835 | Democratic | — | 9 | |||
10 | ![]() | John A. Quitman | December 3, 1835 | January 7, 1836 | Whig | — | [N 6] | |||
11 | ![]() | Charles Lynch | January 7, 1836 | January 8, 1838 | Whig | — | 10 | |||
12 | ![]() | Alexander G. McNutt | January 8, 1838 | January 10, 1842 | Democratic | — | 11 | |||
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13 | ![]() | Tilghman Tucker | January 10, 1842 | January 10, 1844 | Democratic | — | 13 | |||
14 | ![]() | Albert G. Brown | January 10, 1844 | January 10, 1848 | Democratic | — | 14 | |||
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15 | ![]() | Joseph W. Matthews | January 10, 1848 | January 10, 1850 | Democratic | — | 16 | |||
16 | ![]() | John A. Quitman | January 10, 1850 | February 3, 1851 | Democratic | — | 17 | [N 7] | ||
17 | ![]() | John Isaac Guion | February 3, 1851 | November 4, 1851 | Democratic | — | [N 8] | |||
18 | ![]() | James Whitfield | November 24, 1851 | January 10, 1852 | Democratic | — | [N 9] | |||
19 | ![]() | Henry S. Foote | January 10, 1852 | January 5, 1854 | Union Democratic | — | 18 | [N 10] | ||
20 | ![]() | John J. Pettus | January 5, 1854 | January 10, 1854 | Democratic | — | [N 9] | |||
21 | ![]() | John J. McRae | January 10, 1854 | November 16, 1857 | Democratic | — | 19 | [N 11] | ||
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22 | ![]() | William McWillie | November 16, 1857 | November 21, 1859 | Democratic | — | 21 | |||
23 | ![]() | John J. Pettus | November 21, 1859 | November 16, 1863 | Democratic | — | 22 | |||
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24 | ![]() | Charles Clark | November 16, 1863 | May 22, 1865 | Democratic | — | 24 | [N 12] | ||
25 | ![]() | William L. Sharkey | June 13, 1865 | October 16, 1865 | Provisional | — | [N 13][N 14] | |||
26 | ![]() | Benjamin G. Humphreys | October 16, 1865 | June 15, 1868 | Democratic | — | [N 15] | |||
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27 | ![]() | Adelbert Ames | June 15, 1868 | March 10, 1870 | Military | — | [N 13][N 16] | |||
28 | ![]() | James L. Alcorn | March 10, 1870 | November 30, 1871 | Republican | Ridgley C. Powers | 26 | [N 17] | ||
29 | ![]() | Ridgley C. Powers | November 30, 1871 | January 4, 1874 | Republican | Alexander K. Davis[N 18] | [N 19] | |||
30 | ![]() | Adelbert Ames | January 4, 1874 | March 29, 1876 | Republican | 27 | [N 20] | |||
31 | ![]() | John M. Stone | March 29, 1876 | January 29, 1882 | Democratic | — | [N 21] | |||
William H. Sims | 28 | |||||||||
32 | ![]() | Robert Lowry | January 2, 1882 | January 13, 1890 | Democratic | G. D. Shands | 29 | |||
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33 | ![]() | John M. Stone | January 13, 1890 | January 20, 1896 | Democratic | M. M. Evans | 31 | [N 22] | ||
34 | ![]() | Anselm J. McLaurin | January 20, 1896 | January 16, 1900 | Democratic | J. H. Jones | 32 | |||
35 | ![]() | Andrew H. Longino | January 16, 1900 | January 19, 1904 | Democratic | James T. Harrison | 33 | |||
36 | ![]() | James K. Vardaman | January 19, 1904 | January 21, 1908 | Democratic | John Prentiss Carter | 34 | |||
37 | ![]() | Edmond Noel | January 21, 1908 | January 16, 1912 | Democratic | Luther Manship | 35 | |||
38 | ![]() | Earl L. Brewer | January 16, 1912 | January 18, 1916 | Democratic | Theodore G. Bilbo | 36 | |||
39 | ![]() | Theodore G. Bilbo | January 18, 1916 | January 18, 1920 | Democratic | Lee M. Russell | 37 | |||
40 | ![]() | Lee M. Russell | January 18, 1920 | January 18, 1924 | Democratic | Homer H. Casteel | 38 | |||
41 | ![]() | Henry L. Whitfield | January 22, 1924 | March 18, 1927 | Democratic | Dennis Murphree | 39 | [N 2] | ||
42 | ![]() | Dennis Murphree | March 18, 1927 | January 16, 1928 | Democratic | — | [N 19] | |||
43 | ![]() | Theodore G. Bilbo | January 16, 1928 | January 19, 1932 | Democratic | Cayton B. Adam | 40 | |||
44 | ![]() | Martin Sennet Conner | January 19, 1932 | January 21, 1936 | Democratic | Dennis Murphree | 41 | |||
45 | ![]() | Hugh L. White | January 21, 1936 | January 16, 1940 | Democratic | Jacob Buehler Snider | 42 | |||
46 | ![]() | Paul B. Johnson Sr. | January 16, 1940 | December 26, 1943 | Democratic | Dennis Murphree | 43 | [N 2] | ||
47 | ![]() | Dennis Murphree | December 26, 1943 | January 18, 1944 | Democratic | — | [N 19] | |||
48 | ![]() | Thomas L. Bailey | January 18, 1944 | November 2, 1946 | Democratic | Fielding L. Wright | 44 | [N 2] | ||
49/50[N 23] | ![]() | Fielding L. Wright | November 2, 1946 | January 22, 1952 | Democratic | — | [N 24] | |||
Sam Lumpkin | 45 | |||||||||
51 | ![]() | Hugh L. White | January 22, 1952 | January 17, 1956 | Democratic | Carroll Gartin | 46 | |||
52 | ![]() | James P. Coleman | January 17, 1956 | January 19, 1960 | Democratic | 47 | ||||
53 | ![]() | Ross Barnett | January 19, 1960 | January 21, 1964 | Democratic | Paul B. Johnson, Jr. | 48 | |||
54 | ![]() | Paul B. Johnson Jr. | January 21, 1964 | January 16, 1968 | Democratic | Carroll Gartin | 49 | |||
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55 | ![]() | John Bell Williams | January 16, 1968 | January 18, 1972 | Democratic | Charles L. Sullivan | 50 | |||
56 | ![]() | William Waller | January 18, 1972 | January 20, 1976 | Democratic | William F. Winter | 51 | |||
57 | ![]() | Cliff Finch | January 20, 1976 | January 22, 1980 | Democratic | Evelyn Gandy | 52 | |||
58 | ![]() | William Winter | January 22, 1980 | January 10, 1984 | Democratic | Brad Dye | 53 | |||
59 | ![]() | William Allain | January 10, 1984 | January 12, 1988 | Democratic | 54 | ||||
60 | ![]() | Ray Mabus | January 12, 1988 | January 14, 1992 | Democratic | 55 | ||||
61 | Kirk Fordice | January 14, 1992 | January 11, 2000 | Republican | Eddie Briggs | 56 | ||||
Ronnie Musgrove | 57 | |||||||||
62 | ![]() | Ronnie Musgrove | January 11, 2000 | January 13, 2004 | Democratic | Amy Tuck[N 25] | 58 | |||
63 | ![]() | Haley Barbour | January 13, 2004 | January 10, 2012 | Republican | 59 | ||||
Phil Bryant | 60 | |||||||||
64 | ![]() | Phil Bryant | January 10, 2012 | January 14, 2020 | Republican | Tate Reeves | 61 | |||
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65 | ![]() | Tate Reeves | January 14, 2020 | Incumbent | Republican | Delbert Hosemann | 63 | [N 26] |
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