# 2016–2020 Mississippi Legislature

The 2016–2020 Mississippi Legislature met in Jackson, Mississippi, in six sessions between January 6, 2016, and March 29, 2019.

## Timeline

The general election was held on November 3, 2015. The term began when legislators were sworn in on January 6, 2016. The dates of the sessions were: January 6, 2016 – April 24, 2016; June 28, 2016 – June 29, 2016; January 3, 2017 – April 2, 2017; January 2, 2018 – March 28, 2018; August 23, 2018 (one day); and January 8, 2019 – March 29, 2019. The first session of the following term, the 2020–2024 Mississippi Legislature, started on January 7, 2020.

## Senate
### Party affiliations

| Affiliation | Party(Shading indicates majority caucus) | Party(Shading indicates majority caucus) | Total | |
| Affiliation | Democratic | Republican | Total | Vacant |
| End of previous legislature | 23 | 28 | 51 | 1 |
| Begin | 21 | 31 | 52 | 0 |
| End of previous legislature | 20 | 32 | 52 | 0 |
| Begin | 20 | 32 | 52 | 0 |
| January 19, 2016 | 20 | 31 | 51 | 1 |
| March 8, 2016 | 20 | 32 | 52 | 0 |
| July 25, 2017 | 19 | 32 | 51 | 1 |
| October 16, 2017 | 19 | 31 | 50 | 2 |
| November 28, 2017 | 19 | 32 | 51 | 1 |
| December 19, 2017 | 19 | 33 | 52 | 0 |
| April 30, 2019 | 19 | 32 | 51 | 1 |
| July 1, 2019 | 18 | 31 | 49 | 3 |
| Latest voting share | 36.73% | 63.27% | | |

### Membership

The Mississippi State Senate was composed of the following 52 members.
| District | Name | Party | Residence | Notes |
| 1 | Chris Massey | Rep | Nesbit | |
| 2 | David Parker | Rep | Olive Branch | |
| 3 | Nickey Browning | Rep | Pontotoc | |
| 4 | Rita Potts Parks | Rep | Corinth | |
| 5 | J. P. Wilemon | Dem | Belmont | |
| 6 | Chad McMahan | Rep | Guntown | |
| 7 | Hob Bryan | Dem | Amory | |
| 8 | Russell Jolly | Dem | Houston | |
| 9 | Gray Tollison | Rep | Oxford | |
| 10 | Bill Stone | Dem | Holly Springs | Left Office July 2017 |
| 10 | Neil S. Whaley | Rep | Holly Springs | Assumed office December 11, 2017 |
| 11 | Robert L. Jackson | Dem | Marks | |
| 12 | Derrick Simmons | Dem | Greenville | |
| 13 | Willie Lee Simmons | Dem | Cleveland | |
| 14 | Lydia Chassaniol | Rep | Winona | |
| 15 | Gary Jackson | Rep | French Camp | |
| 16 | Angela Turner | Dem | West Point | |
| 17 | Charles Younger | Rep | Columbus | |
| 18 | Jenifer Branning | Rep | Philadelphia | |
| 19 | Kevin Blackwell | Rep | Southaven | |
| 20 | Josh Harkins | Rep | Flowood | |
| 21 | Barbara Blackmon | Dem | Canton | |
| 22 | Eugene S. Clarke | Rep | Hollandale | |
| 23 | Briggs Hopson | Rep | Vicksburg | |
| 24 | David Lee Jordan | Dem | Greenwood | |
| 25 | J. Walter Michel | Rep | Ridgeland | |
| 26 | John A. Horhn | Dem | Jackson | |
| 27 | Hillman Terome Frazier | Dem | Jackson | |
| 28 | Sollie Norwood | Dem | Jackson | |
| 29 | David Blount | Dem | Jackson | |
| 30 | Dean Kirby | Rep | Pearl | |
| 31 | Terry C. Burton | Rep | Newton | |
| 32 | Sampson Jackson II | Dem | Preston | |
| 33 | Videt Carmichael | Rep | Meridian | Left office April 2019 |
| 34 | Juan Barnett | Dem | Heidelberg | |
| 35 | Chris Caughman | Rep | Mendenhall | |
| 36 | Albert Butler | Dem | Port Gibson | |
| 37 | Bob M. Dearing | Dem | Natchez | Resigned July 2019 |
| 38 | Tammy Witherspoon | Dem | Magnolia | |
| 39 | Sally Doty | Rep | Brookhaven | |
| 40 | Angela Burks Hill | Rep | Picayune | |
| 41 | Joey Fillingane | Rep | Sumrall | |
| 42 | Chris McDaniel | Rep | Ellisville | |
| 43 | Dennis DeBar | Rep | Leakesville | |
| 44 | John A. Polk | Rep | Hattiesburg | |
| 45 | Billy Hudson | Rep | Hattiesburg | |
| 46 | Philip Moran | Rep | Kiln | |
| 47 | Joseph Seymour | Rep | Vancleave | |
| 48 | Deborah Jeanne Dawkins | Dem | Pass Christian | |
| 49 | Joel Carter | Rep | Gulfport | |
| 50 | Tommy Gollott | Rep | Biloxi | Resigned July 2019 |
| 51 | Michael Watson | Rep | Pascagoula | |
| 52 | Brice Wiggins | Rep | Pascagoula | |

## House
### Leadership

The Republican Party controlled the House. Philip Gunn served as Speaker of the House and Greg Snowden served as the Speaker pro tempore.

### Membership

| District | Representative | Party | Assumed Office | Residence | Notes |
| 1 | Lester Carpenter | Republican | 2008 | Burnsville | |
| 2 | Nick Bain | Republican | 2012 | Corinth | |
| 3 | William Tracy Arnold | Republican | 2012 | Booneville | |
| 4 | Jody Steverson | Republican | 2012 | Ripley | |
| 5 | John Faulkner | Democratic | 2014 | Holly Springs | |
| 6 | Dana Criswell | Republican | 2016 | Olive Branch | |
| 7 | Steve Hopkins | Republican | 2016 | Southaven | |
| 8 | Trey Lamar | Republican | 2012 | Senatobia | |
| 9 | Cedric Burnett | Democratic | 2016 | Tunica | |
| 10 | Nolan Mettetal | Republican | 2012 | Sardis | |
| 11 | Lataisha Jackson | Democratic | 2013 | Como | |
| 12 | J. P. Hughes Jr. | Republican | 2016 | Oxford | |
| 13 | Steve Massengill | Republican | 2012 | Hickory Flat | |
| 14 | Margaret Ellis Rogers | Republican | 2004 | New Albany | |
| 15 | Mac Huddleston | Republican | 2008 | Pontotoc | |
| 16 | Steve Holland | Democratic | 1984 | Plantersville | |
| 17 | Shane Aguirre | Republican | 2016 | Tupelo | |
| 18 | Jerry Turner | Republican | 2004 | Baldwyn | |
| 19 | Randy Boyd | Republican | 2012 | Mantachie | |
| 20 | Chris Brown | Republican | 2012 | Nettleton | |
| 21 | Donnie Bell | Republican | 2008 | Fulton | |
| 22 | Preston E. Sullivan | Republican | 2004 | Okolona | |
| 23 | Jim Beckett | Republican | 2004 | Bruce | |
| 24 | Jeff Hale | Republican | 2016 | Nesbit | |
| 25 | Dan Eubanks | Republican | 2016 | Walls | |
| 26 | Orlando Paden | Democratic | 2016 | Clarksdale | |
| 27 | Kenneth Walker | Democratic | 2016 | Carthage | |
| 28 | Robert Foster | Republican | 2016 | Jackson | |
| 29 | Linda F. Coleman | Democratic | 1992 | Mound Bayou | |
| 29 | Abe Marshall Hudson | Democratic | 2017 | Shelby | |
| 30 | Robert E. Huddleston | Democratic | 1996 | Sumner | |
| 31 | Sara Richardson Thomas | Democratic | 1997 | Indianola | |
| 32 | Willie J. Perkins Sr. | Democratic | 1993 | Greenwood | |
| 33 | Thomas Reynolds II | Democratic | 1980 | Charleston | |
| 34 | Kevin Horan | Republican | 2012 | Grenada | |
| 35 | Joey Hood | Republican | 2012 | Ackerman | |
| 36 | Karl Gibbs | Democratic | 2013 | West Point | |
| 37 | Gary A. Chism | Republican | 2000 | Columbus | |
| 38 | Tyrone Ellis | Democratic | 1980 | Starkville | |
| 39 | Jeff Smith | Republican | 1992 | Columbus | |
| 40 | Ashley Henley | Democratic | 2016 | Southaven | |
| 41 | Kabir Karriem | Democratic | 2016 | Columbus | |
| 42 | Carl Mickens | Democratic | 2016 | Brooksville | |
| 43 | Rob Roberson | Republican | 2016 | Starkville | |
| 44 | C. Scott Bounds | Republican | 2004 | Philadelphia | |
| 45 | Michael Evans | Independent | 2012 | Preston | |
| 46 | Karl Oliver | Republican | 2016 | Winona | |
| 47 | Bryant Clark | Democratic | 2004 | Pickens | |
| 48 | Jason White | Republican | 2012 | West | |
| 49 | Willie Bailey | Democratic | 1995 | Greenville | |
| 50 | John Hines | Democratic | 2001 | Greenville | |
| 51 | Rufus Straughter | Democratic | 1996 | Belzoni | |
| 52 | Bill Kinkade | Republican | 2013 | Byhalia | |
| 53 | Vince Mangold | Republican | 2016 | Brookhaven | |
| 54 | Alex Monsour | Republican | 2008 | Vicksburg | |
| 54 | Kevin Ford | Republican | 2017 | Vicksburg | |
| 55 | Oscar Denton | Democratic | 2013 | Vicksburg | |
| 56 | Philip Gunn | Republican | 2004 | Clinton | Speaker of the House since 2012 |
| 57 | Edward Blackmon Jr. | Democratic | 1984 | Canton | |
| 58 | Joel Bomgar | Republican | 2016 | Madison | |
| 59 | Brent Powell | Republican | 2013 | Brandon | |
| 60 | John L. Moore | Republican | 1996 | Brandon | |
| 60 | Fred Shanks | Republican | 2018 | Brandon | |
| 61 | Ray Rogers | Republican | 1984 | Pearl | |
| 62 | Thomas Weathersby Sr. | Republican | 1992 | Florence | |
| 63 | Deborah Butler Dixon | Democratic | 2012 | Raymond | |
| 64 | William C. Denny Jr. | Independent | 1988 | Jackson | Republican |
| 65 | Chris Bell | Democratic | 2016 | Jackson | |
| 66 | Jarvis Dortch | Democratic | 2016 | Raymond | |
| 67 | Earle S. Banks | Democratic | 1993 | Jackson | |
| 68 | Credell Calhoun | Democratic | 2004 | Jackson | Also served 1980 to 1992 |
| 69 | Alyce Clarke | Democratic | 1985 | Jackson | |
| 70 | Kathy Sykes | Democratic | 2016 | Jackson | |
| 71 | Adrienne Wooten | Democratic | 2008 | Jackson | Left office in 2018. |
| 71 | Ronnie Crudup Jr. | Democratic | 2019 | Jackson | |
| 72 | Debra Gibbs | Democratic | 2016 | | |
| 73 | Cory Wilson | Republican | 2016 | Madison | |
| 74 | Mark Baker | Republican | 2004 | Brandon | |
| 75 | Tom Miles | Democratic | 2012 | Forest | |
| 76 | Gregory Holloway Sr. | Democratic | 2000 | Hazlehurst | |
| 77 | Andy Gipson | Republican | 2008 | Braxton | Appointed Agriculture Commissioner 2018 |
| 77 | Price Wallace | Republican | 2018 | Mendenhall | |
| 78 | Randy Rushing | Republican | 2012 | Decatur | |
| 79 | Mark Tullos | Republican | 2016 | Raleigh | |
| 80 | Omeria Scott | Democratic | 1993 | Laurel | |
| 81 | Stephen Horne | Republican | 2004 | Meridian | |
| 82 | Charles Young | Democratic | 2012 | Meridian | |
| 83 | Greg Snowden | Republican | 2000 | Meridian | Speaker pro tempore since 2012 |
| 84 | William Shirley | Republican | 2012 | Quitman | |
| 85 | Chuck Middleton | Democratic | 1996 | Port Gibson | |
| 85 | Jeffery Harness | Democratic | 2018 | Fayette | |
| 86 | Shane Barnett | Republican | 2016 | Waynesboro | |
| 87 | Chris Johnson | Republican | 2016 | Hattiesburg | |
| 88 | Gary V. Staples | Republican | 2004 | Laurel | Previously served 1988-1992 |
| 89 | Bobby Shows | Republican | 1992 | Ellisville | Retired July 1, 2016 |
| 89 | Donnie Scoggin | Republican | 2017 | Ellisville | |
| 90 | Noah Sanford | Republican | 2016 | Collins | |
| 91 | Bob Evans | Democratic | 2008 | Monticello | |
| 92 | Becky Currie | Republican | 2008 | Brookhaven | |
| 93 | Timmy Ladner | Republican | 2012 | Poplarville | |
| 94 | Robert Johnson III | Democratic | 2004 | Natchez | Minority leader |
| 95 | Patricia H. Willis | Republican | 2013 | Diamondhead | |
| 96 | Angela Cockerham | Independent | 2005 | Magnolia | |
| 97 | Sam Mims V | Republican | 2004 | McComb | |
| 98 | David W. Myers | Democratic | 1996 | McComb | |
| 99 | Bill Pigott | Republican | 2008 | Tylertown | |
| 100 | Ken Morgan | Republican | 2007 | Morgantown | |
| 101 | Brad A. Touchstone | Republican | 2016 | Hattiesburg | |
| 101 | Kent McCarty | Republican | 2019 | Hattiesburg | |
| 102 | Toby Barker | Republican | 2008 | Hattiesburg | |
| 102 | Missy McGee | Republican | 2017 | Hattiesburg | |
| 103 | Percy Watson | Democratic | 1980 | Hattiesburg | |
| 104 | Larry Byrd | Republican | 2008 | Petal | |
| 105 | Roun S. McNeal | Republican | 2016 | Leakesville | |
| 106 | Herb Frierson | Republican | 1992 | Poplarville | Resigned June 30, 2016 |
| 106 | John Glen Corley | Republican | 2017 | Lumberton | |
| 107 | Doug McLeod | Republican | 2012 | Lucedale | |
| 108 | Mark Formby | Republican | 1993 | Picayune | |
| 108 | Stacey Hobgood-Wilkes | Republican | 2017 | Picayune | |
| 109 | Manly Barton | Republican | 2012 | Moss Point | |
| 110 | Jeramey Anderson | Democratic | 2013 | Escatawpa | |
| 111 | Charles Busby | Republican | 2012 | Pascagoula | |
| 112 | John Read | Republican | 1994 | Gautier | |
| 113 | Henry Zuber III | Republican | 2000 | Ocean Springs | |
| 114 | Jeffrey S. Guice | Republican | 2008 | Ocean Springs | |
| 115 | Randall Patterson | Republican | 2004 | Biloxi | |
| 116 | Casey Eure | Republican | 2011 | Saucier | |
| 117 | Scott DeLano | Republican | 2010 | Biloxi | |
| 118 | Greg Haney | Republican | 2012 | Gulfport | |
| 119 | Sonya Williams-Barnes | Democratic | 2012 | Gulfport | |
| 120 | Richard Bennett | Republican | 2008 | Long Beach | |
| 121 | Carolyn Crawford | Republican | 2012 | Pass Christian | |
| 122 | David W. Baria | Republican | 2012 | Bay St. Louis | Served in Senate 2008 to 2012 |