List of Governors of Mississippi
Governors of the U.S. state of Mississippi (1817–present)
Political parties No party/Provisional Democratic-Republican Democratic Republican Union Democratic Whig

List of Governors of Mississippi

Section Title: Governors of the U.S. state of Mississippi (1817–present)
Table Section Text: Political parties No party/Provisional Democratic-Republican Democratic Republican Union Democratic Whig

#	Governor	Took office	Left office	Party	Lt. Governor	Term	Notes

1	-	David Holmes	December 10, 1817	January 5, 1820	Democratic-Republican	Duncan Stewart	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

Gerard Brandon	4

-	Gerard Brandon	November 17, 1825	January 7, 1826	Democratic	—

5	-	David Holmes	January 7, 1826	July 25, 1826	Democratic	Gerard Brandon	5

6	-	Gerard Brandon	July 25, 1826	January 9, 1832	Democratic	—

Abram M. Scott

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7	-	Abram M. Scott	January 9, 1832	July 12, 1833	National Republican	Fountain Winston	8

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-	Charles Lynch	July 12, 1833	November 20, 1833	National Republican	—

9	-	Hiram Runnels	November 20, 1833	November 20, 1835	Democratic	—	9

10	-	John A. Quitman	December 3, 1835	January 7, 1836	Whig	—

11	-	Charles Lynch	January 7, 1836	January 8, 1838	Whig	—	10

12	-	Alexander G. McNutt	January 8, 1838	January 10, 1842	Democratic	—	11

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

-	John Isaac Guion	February 3, 1851	November 4, 1851	Democratic	—

18	-	James Whitfield	November 24, 1851	January 10, 1852	Democratic	—

19	-	Henry S. Foote	January 10, 1852	January 5, 1854	Union Democratic	—	18

20	-	John J. Pettus	January 5, 1854	January 10, 1854	Democratic	—

21	-	John J. McRae	January 10, 1854	November 16, 1857	Democratic	—	19

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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

24	-	Charles Clark	November 16, 1863	May 22, 1865	Democratic	—	24

25	-	William L. Sharkey	June 13, 1865	October 16, 1865	Provisional	—

26	-	Benjamin G. Humphreys	October 16, 1865	June 15, 1868	Democratic	—

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27	-	Adelbert Ames	June 15, 1868	March 10, 1870	Military	—

28	-	James L. Alcorn	March 10, 1870	November 30, 1871	Republican	Ridgley C. Powers	26

29	-	Ridgley C. Powers	November 30, 1871	January 4, 1874	Republican	Alexander K. Davis

30	-	Adelbert Ames	January 4, 1874	March 29, 1876	Republican	27

31	-	John M. Stone	March 29, 1876	January 29, 1882	Democratic	—

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

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

42	-	Dennis Murphree	March 18, 1927	January 16, 1928	Democratic	—

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

47	-	Dennis Murphree	December 26, 1943	January 18, 1944	Democratic	—

48	-	Thomas L. Bailey	January 18, 1944	November 2, 1946	Democratic	Fielding L. Wright	44

49/50	-	Fielding L. Wright	November 2, 1946	January 22, 1952	Democratic	—

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	58

63	-	Haley Barbour	January 13, 2004	January 10, 2012	Republican	59

Phil Bryant	60

64	-	Phil Bryant	January 10, 2012	Incumbent	Republican	Tate Reeves	61

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Sentence(s)

Pettus served as the Governor from January 5 to 10, 1854, following Henry S. Foote, and in 1859.

final_sentence: Pettus served as the Governor from January 5 to 10, 1854, following Henry S. Foote, and in 1859.