# 1988–1992 Mississippi Legislature

The 1988–1992 Mississippi Legislature met in eight sessions between January 5, 1988 and January 7, 1992.

## Background

Elections were held in November 1987, and members were elected to four-year terms.

## Officers
### Senate

As Lieutenant Governor, Brad Dye served as President of the Senate. Glen Deweese, senator from the 33rd District, served as President pro tempore of the Senate. Non-senators Charles H. Griffin and Charles Ravencraft served as the Senate's Secretary and Sergeant-at-Arms, respectively.

### House

Tim Ford, from the 18th District, served as Speaker of the House. Cecil L. Simmons, from the 37th District, served as Speaker pro Tempore. Non-representatives Charles J. Jackson Jr. served as Clerk, and Johnny Palmer served as Sergeant-at-Arms.

## Senate

The Senate had 52 members, each from a different district. The Senate had 46 Democrats and 6 Republicans. In November 1989, a special election was held to replace Senator Gene Taylor. The election was won by Democratic Bay St. Louis mayor Victor Franckiewicz Jr.
| District | Counties Represented | Senator Name | Residence | Party | Previous Term | Year of Birth |
| 1 | DeSoto | George Guerieri | Southaven | D | 1980–1988 | 1927 |
| 2 | Benton, Marshall, Tippah | Bill Renick | Ashland | D | | 1953 |
| 3 | Pontotoc, Tippah, Union | Pud Graham | New Albany | D | 1984–1988 | 1936 |
| 4 | Alcorn, Tishomingo | Irb Benjamin | Rienzi | D | 1984–1988 | 1946 |
| 5 | Itawamba, Prentiss, Tishomingo | John White | Baldwyn | D | 1984–1988 | 1937 |
| 6 | Lee | Roger Wicker | Tupelo | R | | 1951 |
| 7 | Clay, Lowndes, Monroe | Hob Bryan | Amory | D | 1984–1988 | 1952 |
| 8 | Calhoun, Chickasaw, Clay, Lee | Jack Gordon | Okolona | D | 1980–1988 | 1944 |
| 9 | Calhoun, Lafayette, Yalobusha | Johnny Morgan | Oxford | D | 1984–1988 | 1947 |
| 10 | Panola, Tate | Ronnie Musgrove | Batesville | D | | 1956 |
| 11 | Coahoma, DeSoto, Quitman, Tunica | Kenneth Williams | Clarksdale | D | | 1924 |
| 12 | Bolivar, Coahoma | Nevin Sledge | Cleveland | D | 1984–1988 | 1921 |
| 13 | Coahoma, Sunflower | Bob Crook | Ruleville | D | 1984–1988 | 1929 |
| 14 | Carroll, Leflore | Bunky Huggins | Greenwood | D | 1984–1988 | 1938 |
| 15 | Grenada, Montgomery, Tallahatchie | John Keeton | Grenada | D | 1984–1988 | 1923 |
| 16 | Lowndes, Oktibbeha, Webster | Bill Harpole (1988–1990) | Starkville | D | 1976–1988 | 1912 |
| 16 | Lowndes, Oktibbeha, Webster | Amy Tuck Powell (1991–1992) | Starkville | D | | 1963 |
| 17 | Lowndes | Bill Canon | Columbus | D | 1979–1988 | 1930 |
| 18 | Choctaw, Neshoba, Winston | Terry Jordan | Philadelphia | D | | 1948 |
| 19 | Attala, Carroll, Choctaw, Leake, Montgomery, Webster | Buddy Bond | Carthage | R | 1985–1988 | 1932 |
| 20 | Holmes, Madison, Yazoo | Bob Montgomery | Canton | D | 1980–1988 | 1939 |
| 21 | Holmes, Humphreys, Yazoo | Ollie Mohamed | Belzoni | D | 1964–1972 1980–1988 | 1925 |
| 22 | Humphreys, Sharkey, Sunflower, Washington, Yazoo | Hainon Miller | Greenville | D | 1987–1988 | 1930 |
| 23 | Issaquena, Warren, Washington | Robert Monty | Greenville | D | | 1944 |
| 24 | Warren | Ken Harper | Vicksburg | D | 1984–1988 | 1948 |
| 25 | Hinds | Dick Hall | Jackson | R | | 1938 |
| 26 | Hinds | Cy Rosenblatt | Jackson | D | 1984–1988 | 1954 |
| 27 | Hinds | Doug Anderson | Jackson | D | 1980–1988 | 1939 |
| 28 | Hinds | Alice Harden | Jackson | D | | 1948 |
| 29 | Hinds | Wayne Burkes (1988–1989) | Clinton | D | 1980–1988 | 1929 |
| 29 | Hinds | Richard White (1989–1992) | Terry | R | | 1949/50 |
| 30 | Rankin | Barbara Blanton | Brandon | R | | 1937 |
| 31 | Lauderdale, Newton, Scott | Alan Heflin | Forest | D | 1984–1988 | 1939 |
| 32 | Kemper, Lauderdale, Noxubee | Eddie Briggs | DeKalb | D | 1984–1988 | 1949 |
| 33 | Lauderdale | Glen Deweese | Meridian | D | 1976–1988 | 1932 |
| 34 | Clarke, Jasper, Smith | Billy Thames | Mize | D | 1980–1988 | 1944 |
| 35 | Copiah, Rankin, Simpson | Rob Smith | Jackson | D | 1980–1988 | 1951 |
| 36 | Claiborne, Copiah, Hinds, Jefferson | Lynn Posey | Union Church | D | | 1955 |
| 37 | Adams, Wilkinson | Bob M. Dearing | Natchez | D | 1980–1988 | 1935 |
| 38 | Amite, Franklin, Pike | Pat Welch | McComb | D | | 1947 |
| 39 | Lawrence, Lincoln, Pike | W. L. Rayborn | Brookhaven | D | 1980–1988 | 1936 |
| 40 | Lamar, Marion, Pike, Walthall | Joe Stogner | Sandy Hook | D | | 1939 |
| 41 | Covington, Jefferson Davis, Jones | Ronnie Shows (1988–1989) | Bassfield | D | 1980–1988 | 1947 |
| 41 | Covington, Jefferson Davis, Jones | Billy V. Harvey (1989–1992) | Carson | D | | 1932 |
| 42 | Jasper, Jones, Wayne | Vincent Scoper | Laurel | R | 1980–1984 | 1933 |
| 43 | George, Greene, Jackson, Wayne | Cecil Mills | Clara | D | 1980–1988 | 1934 |
| 44 | Forrest, Lamar, Perry | Jim Bean | Hattiesburg | R | 1987–1988 | 1932 |
| 45 | Forrest, Lamar | Rick Lambert | Hattiesburg | D | 1980–1988 | 1952 |
| 46 | Hancock, Harrison, Jackson | Gene Taylor (1988–1989) | Bay St. Louis | D | 1984–1988 | 1953 |
| 46 | Hancock, Harrison, Jackson | Vic Franckiewicz Jr. (1989–1992) | Bay St. Louis | D | | |
| 47 | Hancock, Harrison, Pearl River, Stone | Wootsie Tate | Picayune | D | | 1934 |
| 48 | Harrison | Clyde Woodfield | Gulfport | D | | 1933 |
| 49 | Harrison | Bob Usey | Gulfport | R | 1980–1988 | 1940 |
| 50 | Harrison | Tommy Gollott | Biloxi | D | 1980–1988 | 1935 |
| 51 | Jackson | Stephen Hale | Pascaguola | D | 1984–1988 | 1951 |
| 52 | Jackson | Claude Bilbo | Pascaguola | D | | 1941 |

## House

The House had 122 members, each from a different district. At the start of the 1988 session, House had 113 Democrats and 9 Republicans. On April 11, 1990, four representatives (Guice, Holston, Ely, and Endt) switched from the Democratic to the Republican Party.
| District | Counties Represented | Representative Name | Residence | Party | Previous Term | Year of Birth |
| 1 | Alcorn, Tishomingo | Mack L. Wadkins | Iuka | D | 1980–1988 | 1937 |
| 2 | Alcorn | Harvey Moss | Corinth | D | 1984–1988 | 1951 |
| 3 | Alcorn, Prentiss | William J. McCoy | Rienzi | D | 1980–1988 | 1942 |
| 4 | Benton, Tippah | Joe M. McElwain | Ripley | D | | 1941 |
| 5 | Marshall | Tommy L. Woods | Byhalia | D | | 1933 |
| 6 | DeSoto | Morris Lee Scott | Hernando | D | 1984–1988 | 1927 |
| 7 | DeSoto | John Grisham Jr. (1988–1990) | Southaven | D | 1984–1988 | 1955 |
| 7 | DeSoto | Greg Davis (1991–1992) | Southaven | | | 1966 |
| 8 | DeSoto, Tate | Charlie Williams | Senatobia | D | 1976–1988 | 1944 |
| 9 | DeSoto, Quitman, Tunica | Clayton P. Henderson | Tunica | D | 1980–1988 | 1954 |
| 10 | Lafayette, Marshall, Panola | Harris L. Bryan | Batesville | D | 1976–1988 | 1935 |
| 11 | Panola, Quitman | Wes McIngvale | Batesville | D | 1976–1988 | 1933 |
| 12 | Lafayette | Edwin Perry | Oxford | D | 1968–1988 | 1942 |
| 13 | Benton, DeSoto, Marshall | Andy Morris | Ashland | D | | 1957 |
| 14 | Union | John D. Pennebaker | New Albany | D | 1976–1988 | 1943 |
| 15 | Pontotoc | D. Ted Foster | Pontotoc | D | | 1948 |
| 16 | Lee | D. Stephen Holland | Plantersville | D | 1984–1988 | 1955 |
| 17 | Lee | Eloise Scott | Tupelo | D | | 1932 |
| 18 | Lee, Prentiss | Tim Ford | Tupelo | D | 1980–1988 | 1951 |
| 19 | Itawamba, Tishomingo | Bill Wheeler | Belmont | D | | 1961 |
| 20 | Itawamba, Monroe | Dorlos Robinson (1988–1989) | Hamilton | D | 1980–1988 | 1935 |
| 20 | Itawamba, Monroe | Jerome Huskey (1990–1992) | Greenwood Springs | | | 1936/1937 |
| 21 | Itawamba, Monroe | Mike Mills | Aberdeen | D | 1984–1988 | 1956 |
| 22 | Chickasaw, Monroe | William E. Bowles | Houston | D | 1984–1988 | 1934 |
| 23 | Calhoun, Lafayette, Union, Yalobusha | Don Grist | Vardaman | D | 1976–1988 | 1938 |
| 24 | Grenada, Tallahatchie, Yalobusha | Mike Nipper | Grenada | D | 1976–1988 | 1944 |
| 25 | Carroll, Grenada, Montgomery | Billy D. Lancaster | Winona | D | 1984–1988 | 1933 |
| 26 | Bolivar, Coahoma | Aaron E. Henry | Clarksdale | D | 1980–1988 | 1922 |
| 27 | Coahoma | Delma Furniss | Rena Lara | D | 1984–1988 | 1934 |
| 28 | Bolivar | Charlie Capps Jr. | Cleveland | D | 1972–1988 | 1925 |
| 29 | Bolivar | Edward G. Jackson | Cleveland | D | 1976–1988 | 1942 |
| 30 | Quitman, Sunflower, Tallahatchie | Charles E. Waldrup | Drew | D | 1987 | 1925 |
| 31 | Sunflower | W. G. Poindexter | Inverness | D | 1976–1988 | 1944 |
| 32 | Grenada, Tallahatchie, Yalobusha | Thomas U. Reynolds | Charleston | D | 1980–1988 | 1954 |
| 33 | Leflore | James D. Green | Itta Bena | D | 1984–1988 | 1921 |
| 34 | Leflore | Joedy George | Greenwood | D | | 1936 |
| 35 | Choctaw, Oktibbeha, Webster | Glenn D. Burdine | Mathiston | D | | 1930 |
| 36 | Clay | H. Scott Ross | West Point | D | 1984–1988 | 1960 |
| 37 | Oktibbeha | Cecil L. Simmons | Maben | D | 1972–1988 | 1946 |
| 38 | Lowndes, Noxubee, Oktibbeha | Tyrone Ellis | Starkville | D | 1980–1988 | 1946 |
| 39 | Lowndes | Bruce J. Hanson | Columbus | D | 1980–1988 | 1942 |
| 40 | Lowndes | Terry W. Brown | Columbus | D | | 1950 |
| 41 | Lowndes, Oktibbeha | Alfred L. Walker Jr. | Columbus | D | | 1935 |
| 42 | Kemper, Lauderdale, Neshoba | Jerry E. Wilkerson | Daleville | D | 1980–1988 | 1945 |
| 43 | Noxubee, Winston | Bobby Moody | Louisville | D | 1984–1988 | 1942 |
| 44 | Neshoba | Shelton Bounds | Philadelphia | D | | 1929 |
| 45 | Leake, Neshoba | Bennett Malone | Carthage | D | 1980–1988 | 1944 |
| 46 | Attala, Montgomery | Hubert S. McMillan | Kosciusko | D | 1980–1988 | 1949 |
| 47 | Holmes, Yazoo | Robert G. Clark Jr. | Lexington | ID | 1968–1988 | 1929 |
| 48 | Carroll, Holmes, Humphreys | Mary Ann Stevens | West | D | 1981–1988 | |
| 49 | Washington | Leslie D. King | Greenville | D | 1980–1988 | 1949 |
| 50 | Washington | Ashley Hines | Greenville | D | 1984–1988 | 1951 |
| 51 | Humphreys, Washington | David M. Halbrook | Belzoni | D | 1968–1988 | 1927 |
| 52 | Washington | H. L. Merideth Jr. | Greenville | D | 1960–1988 | 1930 |
| 53 | Issaquena, Sharkey, Warren | Charles Weissinger Jr. | Rolling Fork | D | | 1950 |
| 54 | Warren | Ed Buelow Jr. | Vicksburg | R | 1976–1988 | 1940 |
| 55 | Warren | George Flaggs Jr. | Vicksburg | D | | 1953 |
| 56 | Yazoo | Joel Netherland | Yazoo City | R | 1984–1988 | 1935 |
| 57 | Madison | Edward Blackmon Jr. | Canton | D | 1979–1980 1984–1988 | 1947 |
| 58 | Madison | Don Alford | Ridgeland | D | 1980–1988 | 1950 |
| 59 | Rankin | Frances Savage | Brandon | D | 1984–1988 | 1940 |
| 60 | Rankin | Cecil McCrory | Brandon | D | | 1951 |
| 61 | Rankin | Ray Rogers | Pearl | D | 1984–1988 | 1931 |
| 62 | Copiah, Rankin, Simpson | Mark S. Scarborough | Florence | D | 1984–1988 | 1957 |
| 63 | Hinds | Walter L. Robinson Jr. | Bolton | D | 1984–1988 | 1947 |
| 64 | Hinds | Bill Denny | Jackson | R | | 1930 |
| 65 | Hinds | Ken Stribling | Jackson | R | | 1959 |
| 66 | Hinds | Kane Ditto (1988–1990) | Jackson | D | | 1944 |
| 66 | Hinds | Mike Gunn (1991–1992) | Jackson | | | |
| 67 | Hinds | Hillman Terome Frazier | Jackson | D | 1980–1988 | 1950 |
| 68 | Hinds | Credell Calhoun | Jackson | D | 1980–1988 | 1945 |
| 69 | Hinds | Alyce Griffin Clarke | Jackson | D | 1985–1988 | 1939 |
| 70 | Hinds | Horace L. Buckley | Jackson | D | 1976–1988 | 1941 |
| 71 | Hinds | Dewayne Thomas | Jackson | R | 1984–1988 | 1954 |
| 72 | Hinds | John Reeves | Jackson | D | 1984–1988 | 1957 |
| 73 | Hinds | Jim Ellington | Jackson | R | | 1943 |
| 74 | Hinds | William Hale Singletary | Clinton | D | 1984–1988 | 1951 |
| 75 | Scott | Richard L. Livingston | Pulaski | D | 1972–1988 | 1940 |
| 76 | Copiah, Hinds, Simpson | Clifford C. Britt | Wesson | D | 1987 | 1948 |
| 77 | Simpson | Brent Walker | Magee | D | | 1963 |
| 78 | Neshoba, Newton | Raymond Comans | Decatur | D | 1964–1976 1984–1988 | 1930 |
| 79 | Covington, Scott, Smith | Eric C. Clark | Taylorsville | D | 1980–1988 | 1951 |
| 80 | Clarke, Jasper | Johnny W. Stringer | Montrose | D | 1980–1988 | 1950 |
| 81 | Lauderdale | Rick Fortenberry | Meridian | D | 1984–1988 | 1946 |
| 82 | Lauderdale | Charles L. Young | Meridian | D | 1980–1988 | 1931 |
| 83 | Lauderdale | Tommy Horne | Meridian | D | 1972–1984 | 1936 |
| 84 | Clarke, Lauderdale | Roy A. Dabbs | Meridian | D | | 1950 |
| 85 | Claiborne, Jefferson | Charles B. Shepphard | Lorman | D | 1980–1988 | 1949 |
| 86 | Greene, Wayne | Joe Taylor | Waynesboro | D | | 1943 |
| 87 | Jones | Gus Townsend | Laurel | D | 1980–1988 | 1932 |
| 88 | Jones | Gary Staples | Laurel | D | | 1940 |
| 89 | Jones | D. R. "Dick" Anderson | Ellisville | D | 1984–1988 | 1924 |
| 90 | Covington, Jefferson Davis | J. L. Warren | Mt. Olive | D | 1980–1988 | 1952 |
| 91 | Jefferson Davis, Lawrence | Jimmy W. Tyrone | Monticello | D | | 1947 |
| 92 | Lincoln | Robert D. Underwood | Brookhaven | D | 1987–1988 | 1956 |
| 93 | Amite, Franklin, Jefferson, Lincoln | Bobby Moak | Bogue Chitto | D | 1984–1988 | 1958 |
| 94 | Adams, Franklin | Barney Schoby | Natchez | D | 1980–1988 | 1940 |
| 95 | Adams | R. Ayres Haxton | Natchez | D | | 1948 |
| 96 | Amite, Pike, Wilkinson | David L. Green | Gloster | D | 1980–1988 | 1951 |
| 97 | Pike | Thomas H. Walman | McComb | D | 1976–1988 | 1943 |
| 98 | Pike, Walthall | Clem M. Nettles | Jayess | D | | 1930 |
| 99 | Lamar, Marion, Walthall | Robert E. Vince | Sandy Hook | D | 1980–1988 | 1930 |
| 100 | Marion | Miriam Simmons | Columbia | D | | 1928 |
| 101 | Forrest, Lamar | Carl Parker | Sumrall | R | | 1923 |
| 102 | Forrest | J. B. Van Slyke Jr. | Hattiesburg | D | 1984–1988 | 1942 |
| 103 | Forrest | Percy W. Watson | Hattiesburg | D | 1980–1988 | 1951 |
| 104 | Forrest | William Harold Jones | Petal | D | 1980–1988 | 1952 |
| 105 | George, Greene, Perry | Dorthy Cole | Richton | D | | 1933 |
| 106 | Hancock, Harrison, Pearl River, Stone | Curtis Holston | Poplarville | D (1988–1990) R (1990–1992) | 1984–1988 | 1939 |
| 107 | George, Stone | Percy L. Maples | Lucedale | D | 1982–1988 | 1938 |
| 108 | Pearl River | Ezell Lee | Picayune | D | | 1933 |
| 109 | Jackson | Frank Ely | Hurley | D (1988–1990) R (1990–1992) | 1985–1988 | 1924 |
| 110 | Jackson | William Mitchell Ellerby Sr. | Moss Point | D | 1984–1988 | 1946 |
| 111 | Jackson | Curt Hebert Jr. | Pascaguola | R | | 1962 |
| 112 | Jackson | Raymond Vecchio | Gautier | D | 1985–1988 | 1933 |
| 113 | Jackson | Alvin C. Endt | Ocean Springs | D (1988–1990) R (1990–1992) | 1984–1988 | 1933 |
| 114 | Harrison, Jackson | Daniel D. Guice Jr. | Ocean Springs | D (1988–1990) R (1990–1992) | 1984–1988 | 1953 |
| 115 | Jackson | Ed Ryan | Biloxi | D | | 1939 |
| 116 | Harrison | Oliver Diaz | Biloxi | R | | 1959 |
| 117 | Harrison | Glenn E. Endris | Biloxi | D | 1972–1988 | 1938 |
| 118 | Harrison | Bob Short | Gulfport | D | 1984–1988 | 1946 |
| 119 | Harrison | Isiah Fredericks (1988–1990) | Gulfport | D | 1980–1988 | 1930 |
| 119 | Harrison | Frances Fredericks (1991–1992) | Gulfport | D | | 1935 |
| 120 | Harrison | James C. Simpson | Long Beach | D | 1964–1988 | 1930 |
| 121 | Harrison | Diane C. Peranich | Pass Christian | D | | 1940 |
| 122 | Hancock | J. P. Compretta | Bay St. Louis | D | 1976–1984 | 1945 |