List of Governors of Mississippi Totally Explained

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This is a list of the Governors of the State of Mississippi.

Prior to 1804, parts of Mississippi were part of the state of Georgia; see List of Governors of Georgia for this period.
The southern bit of Mississippi was part of the self-proclaimed Republic of West Florida in 1810; it had only one president, Fulwar Skipwith.
Prior to then, that bit was part of the Spanish colony of West Florida; see List of Colonial Governors of Florida.

Governors of Mississippi Territory, 1798–1817

#	ame	arty	erm
1	Winthrop Sargent	Federalist	May 7 1798–May 25 1801
2	William C. C. Claiborne	Democratic	May 25 1801–March 1 1805
3	Robert Williams	Democratic	March 1 1805–March 7 1809
	David Holmes	Democratic	March 7 1809–December 10 1817

Governors of the State of Mississippi, 1820–present

#	ame	ook office	eft office	arty
1	David Holmes	December 10 1817	January 5 1820	Democratic
2	George Poindexter	January 5 1820	January 7 1822	Democratic
3	Walter Leake	January 7 1822	November 17 1825	Democratic
4	Gerard Brandon	November 17 1825	January 7 1826	Democratic
5	David Holmes	January 7 1826	July 25 1826	Democratic
6	Gerard Brandon	July 25 1826	January 9 1832	Democratic
7	Abram M. Scott	January 9 1832	July 12 1833	Democratic
9	Hiram Runnels	November 20 1833	November 20 1835	Democratic
10	John A. Quitman	December 3 1835	January 7 1836	Whig
17	John I. Guion	February 3 1851	November 4 1851	Democratic
18	James Whitfield	November 24 1851	January 10 1852	Democratic
19	Henry S. Foote	January 10 1852	January 5 1854	Union Democratic
20	John J. Pettus	January 5 1854	January 10 1854	Democratic
25	William L. Sharkey	June 13 1865	October 16 1865	Provisional
26	Benjamin G. Humphreys	October 16 1865	June 15 1868	Democratic
27	Adelbert Ames	June 15 1868	March 10 1870	Military
28	James L. Alcorn	March 10 1870	November 30 1871	Republican
29	Ridgley C. Powers	November 30 1871	January 4 1874	Republican
30	Adelbert Ames	January 4 1874	March 20 1876	Republican
31	John M. Stone	March 20 1876	January 29 1882	Democratic
32	Robert Lowry	January 2 1882	January 13 1890	Democratic
33	John M. Stone	January 13 1890	January 20 1896	Democratic
34	Anselm J. McLaurin	January 20 1896	January 16 1900	Democratic
35	Andrew H. Longino	January 16 1900	January 19 1904	Democratic
36	James K. Vardaman	January 19 1904	January 21 1908	Democratic
37	Edmond Noel	January 21 1908	January 16 1912	Democratic
38	Earl L. Brewer	January 16 1912	January 18 1916	Democratic
39	Theodore G. Bilbo	January 18 1916	January 18 1920	Democratic
40	Lee M. Russell	January 18 1920	January 18 1924	Democratic
41	Henry L. Whitfield	January 18 1924	March 18 1927	Democratic
50	Hugh L. White	January 22 1952	January 17 1956	Democratic
51	James P. Coleman	January 17 1956	January 19 1960	Democratic
52	Ross R. Barnett	January 19 1960	January 21 1964	Democratic
53	Paul B. Johnson, Jr.	January 21 1964	January 16 1968	Democratic
54	John Bell Williams	January 16 1968	January 18 1972	Democratic
55	William Waller	January 18 1972	January 20 1976	Democratic
56	Cliff Finch	January 20 1976	January 22 1980	Democratic
58	William Winter	January 22 1980	January 10 1984	Democratic
59	William Allain	January 10 1984	January 12 1988	Democratic
60	Ray Mabus	January 12 1988	January 14 1992	Democratic
61	Kirk Fordice	January 14 1992	January 11 2000	Republican
62	Ronnie Musgrove	January 11 2000	January 13 2004	Democratic
63	Haley Barbour	January 13 2004	Incumbent	Republican

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