The Political Graveyard: Mississippi: Governors

The Political
Graveyard

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!)

1825: Cowles Mead, defeated.

1825 Nov 17: Walter Leake, died in office.

1851: Jefferson Davis (Dem), defeated.

1863: Reuben Davis, defeated.

1873: James Lusk Alcorn, defeated.

1907: Thomas U. Sisson, defeated.

1919: Ross A. Collins, defeated.

1927 Mar 18: Henry L. Whitfield, died in office.

1943 Dec 26: Paul B. Johnson, died in office.

1946 Nov 2: Thomas L. Bailey, died in office.

1991: Kirk Fordice (Rep), elected.

1995: Kirk Fordice (Rep), elected.

1999: Ronnie Musgrove (Dem), elected.

2000: Mike Parker (Rep), defeated.

"Enjoy the hospitable entertainment of a political graveyard."
Henry L. Clinton, Apollo Hall, New York City, February 3, 1872

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