List of Mississippi Governors

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Governors of Mississippi Territory
Name	Term	Party	Life
Winthorp Sargent[?]	07 May 1798 - 25 May 1801	Federalist
William C. C. Claiborne[?]	25 May 1801 - 01 Mar. 1805	Democrat
Robert Williams[?]	01 Mar. 1805 - 07 Mar. 1809	Democrat
David Holmes	07 Mar. 1809 - 10 Dec. 1817	Democrat	10 March 1769 - 20 Aug. 1832
Governors of the State of Mississippi
Name	Term	Party	Life
David Holmes	10 Dec. 1817 - 05. Jan. 1820	Democrat	s.a.
George Poindexter[?]	05 Jan. 1820 - 07 Jan. 1822	Democrat	?? ??? 1779 - 5 Sept. 1853
Walter Leake[?]	07 Jan. 1822 - 17 Nov. 1825	Democrat	25 May 1762 - 17 Nov. 1825
Gerard Brandon[?]	17 Nov. 1825 - 07 Jan. 1826	Democrat	15 Sept. 1788 - 28 March 1850
David Holmes	07 Jan. 1826 - 25 Jul. 1826	Democrat	s.a.
Gerard Brandon[?]	25 Jul. 1826 - 09 Jan. 1832	Democrat	s.a.
Abram M. Scott[?]	09 Jan. 1832 - 12 Jul. 1833	Democrat	?? ??? 1785 - 12 Jul. 1833
Charles Lynch	12 Jul. 1833 - 20 Nov. 1833	Democrat	?? ??? 1783 - 09 Feb. 1853
Hiram Runnels[?]	20 Nov. 1833 - 03 Dec. 1835	Democrat
John A. Quitman	03 Dec. 1835 - 07 Jan. 1836	Whig
Charles Lynch	07 Jan. 1836 - 08 Jan. 1838	Democrat
Alexander G. McNutt[?]	08 Jan. 1838 - 10 Jan. 1842	Democrat
Tilghman Tucker[?]	10 Jan. 1842 - 10 Jan. 1844	Democrat
Albert G. Brown[?]	10 Jan. 1844 - 10 Jan. 1848	Democrat
Joseph W. Matthews[?]	10 Jan. 1848 - 10 Jan. 1850	Democrat
John A. Quitman	10 Jan. 1850 - 3 Feb. 1851	Democrat
John I. Guion	3 Feb. 1851 - 24 Nov. 1851	Democrat
James Whitfield[?]	24 Nov. 1851 - 10 Jan. 1852	Democrat
Henry S. Foote[?]	10 Jan. 1852 - 5 Jan. 1854	Union-Democrat
John J. Pettus[?]	5 Jan. 1854 - 10 Jan. 1854	Democrat
John J. McRae[?]	10 Jan. 1854 - 16 Nov. 1857	Democrat
William McWillie[?]	16 Nov. 1857 - 21 Nov. 1859	Democrat
John J. Pettus[?]	21 Nov. 1859 - 16 Nov. 1863	Democrat
Charles Clark[?]	16 Nov. 1863 - 13 Jun. 1865	Democrat
William L. Sharkey	13 Jun. 1865 - 16 Oct. 1865	Whig
Benjamin G. Humphreys	16 Oct. 1865 - 15 Jun. 1868	Democrat
Adelbert Ames	15 Jun. 1868 - 10 Mar. 1870	Republican
James L. Alcorn	10 Mar. 1870 - 30 Nov. 1871	Republican
Ridgely C. Powers	30 Nov. 1871 - 4 Jan. 1874	Republican
Adelbert Ames	4 Jan. 1874 - 20 Mar. 1876	Republican
John M. Stone	20 Mar. 1876 - 09 Jan. 1882	Democrat
Robert Lowry	09 Jan. 1882 - 13 Jan. 1890	Democrat
John M. Stone	13 Jan. 1890 - 20 Jan. 1896	Democrat
Anselm J. McLaurin	20 Jan. 1896 - 16 Jan. 1900	Democrat
Andrew H. Longino[?]	16 Jan. 1900 - 19 Jan. 1904	Democrat
James K. Vardaman	19 Jan. 1904 - 21 Jan. 1908	Democrat
Edmund Noel[?]	21 Jan. 1908 - 16 Jan. 1912	Democrat
Earl L. Brewer[?]	16 Jan. 1912 - 18 Jan. 1916	Democrat
Theodore G. Bilbo	18 Jan. 1916 - 18 Jan. 1920	Democrat
Lee M. Russell[?]	18 Jan. 1920 - 18 Jan. 1924	Democrat
Henry L. Whitfield[?]	18 Jan. 1924 - 18 Mar. 1927	Democrat
Dennis Murphree	18 Mar. 1927 - 16 Jan. 1928	Democrat
Theodore G. Bilbo	16 Jan. 1928 - 19 Jan. 1932	Democrat
Martin Sennett Conner[?]	19 Jan. 1932 - 21 Jan. 1936	Democrat
Hugh L. White	21 Jan. 1936 - 16 Jan. 1940	Democrat
Paul B. Johnson, Sr.	16 Jan. 1940 - 26 Dec. 1943	Democrat
Dennis Murphree	26 Dec. 1943 - 18 Jan. 1944	Democrat
Thomas L. Bailey[?]	18 Jan. 1944 - 02 Nov. 1946	Democrat
Fielding L. Wright	02 Nov. 1946 - 22 Jan. 1952	Democrat
Hugh L. White	22 Jan. 1952 - 17 Jan. 1956	Democrat
James P. Coleman[?]	17 Jan. 1956 - 19 Jan. 1960	Democrat
Ross R. Barnett	19 Jan. 1960 - 21 Jan. 1964	Democrat
Paul B. Johnson, Jr.	21 Jan. 1964 - 16 Jan. 1968	Democrat
John Bell Williams	16 Jan. 1968 - 18 Jan. 1972	Democrat
William Waller[?]	18 Jan. 1972 - 20 Jan. 1976	Democrat
Cliff Finch[?]	20 Jan. 1976 - 22 Jan. 1980	Democrat
William Winter	22 Jan. 1980 - 10 Jan. 1984	Democrat
William Allain	10 Jan. 1984 - 12 Jan. 1988	Democrat
Ray Mabus	12 Jan. 1988 - 14 Jan. 1992	Democrat	b. 11 Oct. 1948
Kirk Fordice	14 Jan. 1992 - 11 Jan. 2000	Republican	b. 10 Feb. 1934
Ronnie Musgrove	11 Jan. 2000 - present	Democrat	b. 19 Jul. 1956

See also: Mississippi