Mississippi

Mississippi is one of the fifty states that make up the United States of America. It was the the twentieth state to be admitted to the U.S. on December 10, 1817. Mississippi was also one the eleven states that seceded from the U.S. in 1861, as one of the the Confederate States of America. It was formally readmitted to the United States on February 23, 1870. Mississippi is the thirty-second largest state by area, and the thirty-fourth largest by population.
==State Facts==
 Name 	Mississippi
Capital City 	Jackson
Population 	2, 976, 149  (34/50)
Area 	48, 430 square miles  (32/50)
Counties 	82
Largest Cities	Jackson, Gulfport, Southaven, Hattiesburg, Biloxi
==Governors==
Number	Name	Party 	Term 	Spouse
1 	
David Holmes
(1769-1832)	Dem-Rep.	1817-20 	N/A
2 	
George Poindexter
(1779-1853)	Dem-Rep.	1820-22 	Agatha Poindexter
3 	
Walter Leake
(1762-1825)	Dem-Rep.	1822-25 	Elizabeth Leake
4 	
Gerard Brandon
(1788-1850)	Dem. 	1825-26 	Elizabeth Brandon
5 	
David Holmes
(1769-1832)	Dem. 	1826 	N/A
6 	
Gerard Brandon
(1788-1850)	Dem. 	1826-32 	Elizabeth Brandon
7 	
Abram M. Scott
(1785-1833)	Nat.Rep.	1832-33 	N/A
8 	
Charles Lynch
(1783-1853)	Nat.Rep.	1833 	Epatha Lynch
9 	
Hiram Runnels
(1796-1857)	Dem. 	1833-35 	Obedience Runnels
10 	
John A. Quitman
(1798-1858)	Whig 	1835-36 	Eliza Quitman
11 	
Charles Lynch
(1783-1853)	Whig 	1836-38 	Epatha Lynch
12 	
Alexander McNutt
(1802-48)	Dem. 	1838-42 	Elizabeth McNutt
13 	
Tilghman Tucker
(1802-59)	Dem. 	1842-44 	Sarah Tucker
14 	
Albert G. Brown
(1813-80)	Dem. 	1844-48 	Roberta Brown
15 	
Joseph W. Matthews
(1812-62)	Dem. 	1848-50 	Martha Matthews
16 	
John A. Quitman
(1798-1858)	Dem. 	1850-51 	Eliza Quitman
17 	
John Isaac Guion
(1802-55)	Dem. 	1851 	Cornelia Guion
18 	
James Whitfield
(1791-1875)	Dem. 	1851-52 	N/A
19 	
Henry S. Foote
(1804-80)	Union. 	1852-54 	Elizabeth Foote
20 	
John J. Pettus
(1813-67)	Dem. 	1854 	Permelia Pettus
21 	
John J. McRae
(1815-68)	Dem. 	1854-57 	Mary McRae
22 	
William McWillie
(1795-1869)	Dem. 	1857-59 	Catherine McWillie
23 	
John J. Pettus
(1813-67)	Dem. 	1859-63 	Susan Pettus
24 	
Charles Clark
(1811-77)	Dem. 	1863-65 	Ann Clark
25 	
William L. Sharkey
(1798-1873)	Prov. 	1865 	Minerva Sharkey
26 	
Benjamin G. Humphreys
(1808-82)	Dem. 	1865-68 	Mildred Humphreys
27 	
Adelbert Ames
(1835-1933)	Prov. 	1868-70 	N/A
28 	
James L. Alcorn
(1816-94)	Rep. 	1870-71 	Amelia Alcorn
29 	
Ridgley C. Powers
(1836-1912)	Rep. 	1871-74 	Louisa Powers
30 	
Adelbert Ames
(1835-1933)	Rep. 	1874-76 	Blanche Ames
31 	
John Marshall Stone
(1830-1900)	Dem. 	1876-82 	Mary Stone
32 	
Robert Lowry
(1829-1910)	Dem. 	1882-90 	N/A
33 	
John Marshall Stone
(1830-1900)	Dem. 	1890-96 	Mary Stone
34 	
Anselm J. McLaurin
(1848-1909)	Dem. 	1896-1900	Laura McLaurin
35 	
Andrew H. Longino
(1854-1942)	Dem. 	1900-04 	Marion Longino
36 	
James K. Vardaman
(1861-1930)	Dem. 	1904-08 	Anna Vardaman
37 	
Edmond Noel
(1856-1927)	Dem. 	1908-12 	Alice Noel
38 	
Earl L. Brewer
(1869-1942)	Dem. 	1912-16 	Minnie Brewer
39 	
Theodore G. Bilbo
(1877-1947)	Dem. 	1916-20 	Linda Bilbo
40 	
Lee M. Russell
(1875-1943)	Dem. 	1920-24 	Ethel Russell
41 	
Henry L. Whitfield
(1868-1927)	Dem. 	1924-27 	Mary Whitfield
42 	
Dennis Murphree
(1886-1949)	Dem. 	1927-28 	Clara Murphree
43 	
Theodore G. Bilbo
(1877-1947)	Dem. 	1928-32 	Linda Bilbo
44 	
Martin Sennet Conner
(1891-1950)	Dem. 	1932-36 	Alma Conner
45 	
Hugh L. White
(1881-1965)	Dem. 	1936-40 	Judith White
46 	
Paul B. Johnson
(1880-1943)	Dem. 	1940-43 	Corinne Johnson
47 	
Dennis Murphree
(1886-1949)	Dem. 	1943-44 	Clara Murphree
48 	
Thomas L. Bailey
(1888-1946)	Dem. 	1944-46 	Nellah Bailey
49 	
Fielding L. Wright
(1895-1956)	Dem. 	1946-52 	Nan Wright
50 	
Hugh L. White
(1881-1965)	Dem. 	1952-56 	Judith White
51 	
James P. Coleman
(1914-91)	Dem. 	1956-60 	Margaret Coleman
52 	
Ross Barnett
(1898-1987)	Dem. 	1960-64 	Pearl Barnett
53 	
Paul B. Johnson Jr.
(1916-85)	Dem. 	1964-68 	Dorothy Johnson
54 	
John Bell Williams
(1918-83)	Dem. 	1968-72 	Elizabeth Williams
55 	
Bill Waller
(1926-2011)	Dem. 	1972-76 	Carroll Waller
56 	
Cliff Finch
(1927-86)	Dem. 	1976-80 	Zelma Finch
57 	
William Winter
(1923-)	Dem. 	1980-84 	Elise Winter
58 	
William Allain
(1928-2013)	Dem. 	1984-88 	N/A
59 	
Ray Mabus
(1948-)	Dem. 	1988-92 	Julie Mabus
60 	
Kirk Fordice
(1934-2004)	Rep. 	1992-2000	Pat Fordice
61 	
Ronnie Musgrove
(1956-)	Dem. 	2000-04 	Melanie Musgrove
62 	
Haley Barbour
(1947-)	Rep. 	2004-12 	Marsha Barbour
63 	
Phil Bryant
(1954-)	Rep. 	2012-20 	Deborah Bryant
64 	
Tate Reeves
(1974-)	Rep. 	2020-Pr. 	Elee Reeves
==U.S. Senators (Class 1 and Class 2)==
Class 1: 1817-61 (Next Election in 2024)
Number	Name	Political Party 	Term
1. 	Walter Leake
(1762-1825)	Democratic-Republican	1817-20
(3 years)
2. 	David Holmes
(1769-1832)	Democratic 	1820-25
(5 years)
3. 	Powhatan Ellis
(1790-1863)	Democratic 	1825-26
(1 year)
4. 	Thomas Buck Reed
(1787-1829)	Democratic 	1826-27
(1 year)
5. 	Powhatan Ellis
(1790-1863)	Democratic 	1827-32
(5 years)
6. 	John Black
(1800-54)	Whig 	1832-38
(6 years)
7. 	James F. Trotter
(1802-66)	Democratic 	1838
(5 months)
8. 	Thomas Hickman Williams
(1801-51)	Democratic 	1838-39
(1 year)
9. 	John Henderson
(1797-1857)	Whig 	1839-45
(6 years)
10. 	Jesse Speight
(1795-1847)	Democratic 	1845-47
(2 years)
11. 	Jefferson Davis
(1808-89)	Democratic 	1847-51
(4 years)
12. 	John J. McRae
(1815-68)	Democratic 	1851-52
(1 year)
13. 	Stephen Adams
(1807-57)	Democratic 	1852-57
(5 years)
14. 	Jefferson Davis
(1808-89)	Democratic 	1857-61
(4 years)
There were no U.S. Senators from Mississippi from January 21, 1861 until February 23, 1870, due to Mississippi's secession from the United States.
Class 1: 1870-Present (Next Election in 2024)
Number	Name	Political Party	Term
15. 	Adelbert Ames
(1835-1933)	Republican 	1870-74
(4 years)
16. 	Henry R. Pease
(1835-1907)	Republican 	1874-75
(1 year)
17. 	Blanche Bruce
(1841-98)	Republican 	1875-81
(6 years)
18. 	James Z. George
(1826-97)	Democratic 	1881-97
(16 years)
19. 	Hernando Money
(1839-1912)	Democratic 	1897-1911
(14 years)
20. 	John Sharp Williams
(1854-1932)	Democratic 	1911-23
(12 years)
21. 	Hubert D. Stephens
(1875-1946)	Democratic 	1923-35
(12 years)
22. 	Theodore G. Bilbo
(1877-1947)	Democratic 	1935-47
(12 years)
23. 	John C. Stennis
(1901-95)	Democratic 	1947-89
(42 years)
24. 	Trent Lott
(1941-)	Republican 	1989-2007
(18 years)
25. 	Roger Wicker
(1951-)	Republican 	2007-Present
(14 years)
Class 2: 1817-61 (Next Election in 2026)
Number	Name	Political Party 	Term
1. 	Thomas Hill Williams
(1780-1840)	Democratic 	1817-29
(12 years)
2. 	Thomas Buck Reed
(1787-1829)	Democratic 	1829
(8 months)
3. 	Robert H. Adams
(1792-1830)	Democratic 	1830
(5 months)
4. 	George Poindexter
(1779-1853)	National Republican	1830-35
(5 years)
5. 	Robert J. Walker
(1801-69)	Democratic 	1835-45
(10 years)
6. 	Joseph W. Chalmers
(1806-53)	Democratic 	1845-47
(2 years)
7. 	Henry S. Foote
(1804-80)	Democratic 	1847-52
(5 years)
8. 	Walker Brooke
(1813-69)	Whig 	1852-53
(1 year)
9. 	Albert G. Brown
(1813-80)	Democratic 	1853-61
(8 years)
Class 2: 1870-Present (Next Election in 2026)
Number	Name	Political Party	Term
10. 	Hiram Rhodes Revels
(1827-1901)	Republican 	1870-71
(1 year)
11. 	James L. Alcorn
(1816-94)	Republican 	1871-77
(6 years)
12. 	Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar II
(1825-93)	Democratic 	1877-85
(8 years)
13. 	Edward C. Walthall
(1831-98)	Democratic 	1885-94
(9 years)
14. 	Anselm J. McLaurin
(1848-1909)	Democratic 	1894-95
(1 year)
15. 	Edward C. Walthall
(1831-98)	Democratic 	1895-98
(3 years)
16. 	William V. Sullivan
(1857-1918)	Democratic 	1898-1901
(3 years)
17. 	Anselm J. McLaurin
(1848-1909)	Democratic 	1901-09
(8 years)
18. 	James Gordon
(1833-1912)	Democratic 	1909-10
(1 year)
19. 	LeRoy Percy
(1860-1929)	Democratic 	1910-13
(3 years)
20. 	James K. Vardaman
(1861-1930)	Democratic 	1913-19
(6 years)
21. 	Pat Harrison
(1881-1941)	Democratic 	1919-41
(22 years)
22. 	James Eastland
(1904-86)	Democratic 	1941
(2 months)
23. 	Wall Doxey
(1892-1962)	Democratic 	1941-43
(2 years)
24. 	James Eastland
(1904-86)	Democratic 	1943-78
(35 years)
25. 	Thad Cochran
(1937-2019)	Republican 	1978-2018
(40 years)
26. 	Cindy Hyde-Smith
(1959-)	Republican 	2018-Present
(3 years)