The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1912-03-02
The GovernoAs of the
State of Mississippi.

The jackson, Clarion Ledger has COM
piled the following list of governors OF
Mississippi:
TERRITORIAL GOVERNORS.
Winthrop Sergeant, appointed in IT'S
and served until 1901.
w. G. G. Claiborne, appointed in
| 1901 and served until 1906.
| Robert Williams, appointed in 1906
and served until 1909.
David Holmes, appointed in 1909 and
served until Mississippi became a State
in 1911.
STATE GOVERNORS.
David Holmes, appointed in 1917 on
admission of the State in the Union,
and served until 1920.
George Poindexter, elected in 1920
and served until 1922.
Walter Leak, elected in 1922 and died
on November II, 1925.
Gerald C. Brandon succeeded to the
governorship on the death Of Governor
Leak and served until 1926. Later Da-
vid Holmes was installed as Governor
and in the fall of the same year resigned
on account of i'll health, when Brandon
again became Governor and served out
his term. In the Summer of 1927 he
was elected Governor and reelected in
1929, this term covering the years 1880
and 1881.
Abram M. Scott was inaugurated
1882, but died in November, 1888, and
for about six weeks the duties of the
Governors Office devolyed upon Foun-
tain Wilson, who was Scott's Lieuten-
ant Governor.
Hiram S. Runnels was inaugurated
in 1884 and served until 1886.
Charles Lynch was inaugurated in
1886 and served until 1888.
Alexander G. McNutt was inaugu-
rated in 1888 and served until 1912.
Tilgeham G. Tucker was inaugu-
rated in 1912 and served four years.
Albert G. Brown was inaugurated in
1916 and served two years.
Joseph w. Matthews was inaugurated
in 1848 and served two years.
John A. Quitman was inaugurated in
1850 and resigned in 1851, being sue
ceeded by John I. Guion by virtue of
his position as president of the senate,
and who continued in the Office until
succeeded by Henry S. Foote, who was
elected in November of the same year
and lnaugurated in January, 1852, pre-
senting the strange spectacle of the
State having four Governors within less
than twelve months. Foote served until
January, 1854.
John J. McRae was inaugurated in
1854 and served until 1853.
William Melville was inaugurated in
1858 and served for two years.
John J. Pettus was inaugurated in
1860 and served four years.
Charles Clark was inaugurated in 1864
and in one year was succeeded by Will
liam L. Sharkey, who was appointed
Provisional Governor by President
Johnson. He served out the remainder
of Clark's term.
r. G. Humphreys was inaugurated in
1865 and removed by military procla-
nation in 1868 to make room for Adel-
bert Ames as Military Governor.
Adelbert Ames as Military Governor
served two years.
James L. Alcorn was inaugurated in
1870 and served until 1871, when he was
elected to the Senate and was sue
ceeded by Lieutenant Governor r. C.
Powers, who served out his term.
Adelbert Ames was inaugurated for
the second time in 1874, and resigned
in 1876, to save himself from being i'm
peached.
John M. Stone, President of the Sem
ate, succeeded to the Governorship in
1876 and served until 1882.
Robert Lowery was inaugurated in
1882 and served until 1890.
John M. Stone was inaugurated the
second time in 1890 and served until
1896.
Anselm J. McLaurin was inaugurated
in 1896 and served until 1900.
A. H. Longino was inaugurated in
1900 and served until 1904.
James K. Vardaman was inaugurated
in 1904 and served until 1908.
E. F. Noel was inaugur ated in 1905
and served until 1912.
Earl Brewer was inaugurated Janu-
ary 16, 1912, and is now Governor OF
the State.