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Mississippi: Governors
Governors of Mississippi, 1817-2007 (May be
incomplete!)
David
Holmes 1817-20
George
Poindexter 1820-22
Walter
Leake 1822-25
Gerard
C. Brandon 1825-26
David
Holmes 1826
Gerard
C. Brandon 1826-32
Abram
Marshall Scott 1832-33
Charles
Lynch 1833
Hiram
G. Runnels 1833-35
John
A. Quitman 1835-36
Charles
Lynch 1836-38
Alexander
Gallatin McNutt 1838-42
Tilghman
Mayfield Tucker 1842-44
Albert
G. Brown 1844-48
Joseph
W. Matthews 1848-50
John
A. Quitman 1850-51
John
Isaac Guion 1851
James
Whitfield 1851-52
Henry
Stuart Foote 1852-54
John
Jones Pettus 1854
John
Jones McRae 1854-57
William
McWillie 1857-59
John
Jones Pettus 1859-63
Charles
Clark 1863-65
William
Lewis Sharkey 1865
Benjamin
Grubb Humphreys 1865-68
Adelbert
Ames 1868-70
James
Lusk Alcorn 1870-71
Ridgely
Ceylon Powers 1871-74
Adelbert
Ames 1874-76
John
Marshall Stone 1876-82
Robert
Lowry 1882-90
John
Marshall Stone 1890-96
A.
J. McLaurin 1896-1900
Andrew
Houston Longino 1900-04
James
K. Vardaman 1904-08
Edmund
Favor Noel 1908-12
Earl
Brewer 1912-16
Theodore
G. Bilbo 1916-20
Lee
Maurice Russell 1920-24
Henry
L. Whitfield 1924-27
H.
Dennis Murphree 1927-28
Theodore
G. Bilbo 1928-32
Sennett
Conner 1932-36
Hugh
L. White 1936-40
Paul
B. Johnson 1940-43
H.
Dennis Murphree 1943-44
Thomas
L. Bailey 1944-46
Fielding
L. Wright 1946-52
Hugh
L. White 1952-56
James
Plemon Coleman 1956-60
Ross
Barnett 1960-64
Paul
B. Johnson, Jr. 1964-68
John
Bell Williams 1968-72
William
Lowe Waller 1972-76
Cliff
Finch 1976-80
William
F. Winter 1980-84
William
A. Allain 1984-88
Raymond
Edwin Mabus, Jr. 1988-92
Kirk
Fordice 1992-2000
Ronnie
Musgrove 2000-04
Haley
Barbour 2004-
Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)
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