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Governor of Mississippi
Seal of Mississippi
Incumbent Tate Reeves since January 14, 2020
Style	Governor (informal) The Honorable (formal)
Status	Head of state Head of government
Residence	Mississippi Governor's Mansion
Term length	Four years, renewable once
Formation	Constitution of Mississippi
Succession	Every four years, unless reelected
Deputy	Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi
Salary	$122,160
Website	governor.ms.gov

The governor of Mississippi is the head of government of Mississippi and the commander-in-chief of the state's military forces. The governor has a duty to enforce state laws, and the power to either approve or veto bills passed by the Mississippi Legislature, to convene the legislature at any time, and, except in cases of treason or impeachment, to grant pardons and reprieves.

To be elected governor, a person must be at least 30 years old, and must have been a citizen of the United States for twenty years and a resident of Mississippi for at least five years at the time of inauguration. The Constitution of Mississippi, ratified in 1890, calls for a four-year term for the governor, elected via the two-round system since a 2020 referendum. Prior to this, the governor was elected by an electoral college composed of the districts represented in the Mississippi House of Representatives, with a contingent election held in the House in the event no candidate received a majority of district electors. The term length was originally two years, with no limit on how many terms they could serve. The 1832 constitution limited governors to serving no more than four out of every six years. When terms were lengthened to four years in 1868, this limit was removed. The 1890 constitution forbid governors from succeeding themselves, but a 1986 amendment allows them to succeed themselves once. The office of the lieutenant governor was created in the 1817 constitution, officially abolished in 1832, and recreated in 1868. When the office of governor becomes vacant for any reason, the lieutenant governor exercises the powers of governor for the remainder of the term. The governor and the lieutenant governor are not officially elected on the same ticket.

The current governor is Republican Tate Reeves, who took office January 14, 2020.

List of governors

Mississippi Territory

Mississippi Territory was organized on April 7, 1798, from land ceded to the federal government by Georgia. It had four governors appointed by the president of the United States during its 19-year history, including one, David Holmes, who would later serve as state governor.

Governors of Mississippi Territory

No.	Governor		Term in office	Appointed by
1		Winthrop Sargent (1753–1820)	May 7, 1798 – May 25, 1801 (successor appointed)	John Adams
2		William C. C. Claiborne (d. 1817)	May 25, 1801 – March 2, 1805 (successor appointed)	Thomas Jefferson
3		Robert Williams (1770–1836)	March 2, 1805 – March 7, 1809 (successor appointed)	Thomas Jefferson
4		David Holmes (1769–1832)	March 7, 1809 – October 7, 1817 (elected state governor)	James Madison

State of Mississippi

Mississippi was admitted to the Union on December 10, 1817. It seceded from the Union on January 9, 1861, and was a founding member of the Confederate States of America on February 4, 1861. During the Reconstruction era following the end of the American Civil War, Mississippi was part of the Fourth Military District, which exerted some control over governor appointments and elections. Mississippi was readmitted to the Union on February 23, 1870.

Governors of the State of Mississippi

No.	Governor			Term in office	Party	Election	Lt. Governor
1			David Holmes (1769–1832)	October 7, 1817 – January 5, 1820 (did not run)	Democratic- Republican	1817		Duncan Stewart
2			George Poindexter (1779–1853)	January 5, 1820 – January 7, 1822 (did not run)	Democratic- Republican	1819		James Patton
3			Walter Leake (1762–1825)	January 7, 1822 – November 17, 1825 (died in office)	Democratic- Republican	1821		David C. Dickson
						1823		Gerard Brandon
4			Gerard Brandon (1788–1850)	November 17, 1825 – January 7, 1826 (successor took office)	Democratic- Republican	Lieutenant governor acting		Acting as governor
5			David Holmes (1769–1832)	January 7, 1826 – July 25, 1826 (resigned)	Democratic- Republican	1825		Gerard Brandon
6			Gerard Brandon (1788–1850)	July 25, 1826 – January 9, 1832 (did not run)	Democratic- Republican	Lieutenant governor acting		Acting as governor
						1827		Abram M. Scott
						1829
7			Abram M. Scott (1785–1833)	January 9, 1832 – June 12, 1833 (died in office)	National Republican	1831		Fountain Winston (office abolished October 26, 1832)
							Office did not exist
8			Charles Lynch (1783–1853)	June 12, 1833 – November 21, 1833 (successor took office)	Whig	President of the Senate acting
9			Hiram Runnels (1796–1857)	November 21, 1833 – November 21, 1835 (lost election)	Democratic	1833
10			John A. Quitman (1798–1858)	December 3, 1835 – January 7, 1836 (successor took office)	Democratic	President of the Senate acting
11			Charles Lynch (1783–1853)	January 7, 1836 – January 8, 1838 (did not run)	Whig	1835
12			Alexander G. McNutt (1802–1848)	January 8, 1838 – January 9, 1842 (term-limited)	Democratic	1837
						1839
13			Tilghman Tucker (1802–1859)	January 10, 1842 – January 10, 1844 (lost nomination)	Democratic	1841
14			Albert G. Brown (1813–1880)	January 10, 1844 – January 10, 1848 (term-limited)	Democratic	1843
						1845
15			Joseph W. Matthews (1812–1862)	January 10, 1848 – January 10, 1850 (did not run)	Democratic	1847
16			John A. Quitman (1798–1858)	January 10, 1850 – February 3, 1851 (resigned)	Democratic	1849
17			John Isaac Guion (1802–1855)	February 3, 1851 – November 4, 1851 (senate term expired)	Democratic	President of the Senate acting
18			James Whitfield (1791–1875)	November 25, 1851 – January 10, 1852 (successor took office)	Democratic	President of the Senate acting
19			Henry S. Foote (1804–1880)	January 10, 1852 – January 5, 1854 (resigned)	Union (Democratic)	1851
20			John J. Pettus (1813–1867)	January 5, 1854 – January 10, 1854 (successor took office)	Democratic	President of the Senate acting
21			John J. McRae (1815–1868)	January 10, 1854 – November 16, 1857 (term-limited)	Democratic	1853
						1855
22			William McWillie (1795–1869)	November 16, 1857 – November 21, 1859 (did not run)	Democratic	1857
23			John J. Pettus (1813–1867)	November 21, 1859 – November 16, 1863 (term-limited)	Democratic	1859
						1861
24			Charles Clark (1811–1877)	November 16, 1863 – May 22, 1865 (arrested and removed)	Democratic	1863
25			William L. Sharkey (1798–1873)	June 13, 1865 – October 16, 1865 (successor took office)	Provisional governor appointed by President
26			Benjamin G. Humphreys (1808–1882)	October 16, 1865 – June 15, 1868 (removed)	Non-partisan	1865
27			Adelbert Ames (1835–1933)	June 15, 1868 – March 10, 1870 (state readmitted)	Provisional governor appointed by military occupation
28			James L. Alcorn (1816–1894)	March 10, 1870 – November 30, 1871 (resigned)	Republican	1869		Ridgley C. Powers
29			Ridgley C. Powers (1836–1912)	November 30, 1871 – January 22, 1874 (successor took office)	Republican	Lieutenant governor acting		Acting as governor
30			Adelbert Ames (1835–1933)	January 22, 1874 – March 29, 1876 (resigned)	Republican	1873		Alexander Kelso Davis (impeached and removed)
							Vacant
31			John Marshall Stone (1830–1900)	March 29, 1876 – January 9, 1882 (lost nomination)	Democratic	President of the Senate acting
						1877		William H. Sims
32			Robert Lowry (1829–1910)	January 9, 1882 – January 13, 1890 (did not run)	Democratic	1881		G. D. Shands
						1885
33			John Marshall Stone (1830–1900)	January 13, 1890 – January 21, 1896 (term-limited)	Democratic	1889		M. M. Evans
34			Anselm J. McLaurin (1848–1909)	January 21, 1896 – January 16, 1900 (term-limited)	Democratic	1895		J. H. Jones
35			Andrew H. Longino (1854–1942)	January 16, 1900 – January 19, 1904 (term-limited)	Democratic	1899		James T. Harrison
36			James K. Vardaman (1861–1930)	January 19, 1904 – January 21, 1908 (term-limited)	Democratic	1903		John Prentiss Carter
37			Edmond Noel (1856–1927)	January 21, 1908 – January 16, 1912 (term-limited)	Democratic	1907		Luther Manship
38			Earl L. Brewer (1869–1942)	January 16, 1912 – January 18, 1916 (term-limited)	Democratic	1911		Theodore G. Bilbo
39			Theodore G. Bilbo (1877–1947)	January 18, 1916 – January 18, 1920 (term-limited)	Democratic	1915		Lee M. Russell
40			Lee M. Russell (1875–1943)	January 20, 1920 – January 22, 1924 (term-limited)	Democratic	1919		Homer Casteel
41			Henry L. Whitfield (1868–1927)	January 22, 1924 – March 18, 1927 (died in office)	Democratic	1923		Dennis Murphree
42			Dennis Murphree (1886–1949)	March 18, 1927 – January 17, 1928 (lost nomination)	Democratic	Lieutenant governor acting		Acting as governor
43			Theodore G. Bilbo (1877–1947)	January 17, 1928 – January 19, 1932 (term-limited)	Democratic	1927		Bidwell Adam
44			Martin Sennet Conner (1891–1950)	January 19, 1932 – January 21, 1936 (term-limited)	Democratic	1931		Dennis Murphree
45			Hugh L. White (1881–1965)	January 21, 1936 – January 16, 1940 (term-limited)	Democratic	1935		Jacob Buehler Snider
46			Paul B. Johnson Sr. (1880–1943)	January 16, 1940 – December 26, 1943 (died in office)	Democratic	1939		Dennis Murphree
47			Dennis Murphree (1886–1949)	December 26, 1943 – January 18, 1944 (successor took office)	Democratic	Lieutenant governor acting		Acting as governor
48			Thomas L. Bailey (1888–1946)	January 18, 1944 – November 2, 1946 (died in office)	Democratic	1943		Fielding L. Wright
49			Fielding L. Wright (1895–1956)	November 2, 1946 – January 22, 1952 (term-limited)	Democratic	Lieutenant governor acting		Acting as governor
50						1947		Sam Lumpkin
51			Hugh L. White (1881–1965)	January 22, 1952 – January 17, 1956 (term-limited)	Democratic	1951		Carroll Gartin
52			James P. Coleman (1914–1991)	January 17, 1956 – January 19, 1960 (term-limited)	Democratic	1955
53			Ross Barnett (1898–1987)	January 19, 1960 – January 21, 1964 (term-limited)	Democratic	1959		Paul B. Johnson Jr.
54			Paul B. Johnson Jr. (1916–1985)	January 21, 1964 – January 16, 1968 (term-limited)	Democratic	1963		Carroll Gartin (died December 19, 1966)
							Vacant
55			John Bell Williams (1918–1983)	January 16, 1968 – January 18, 1972 (term-limited)	Democratic	1967		Charles L. Sullivan
56			Bill Waller (1926–2011)	January 18, 1972 – January 20, 1976 (term-limited)	Democratic	1971		William F. Winter
57			Cliff Finch (1927–1986)	January 20, 1976 – January 22, 1980 (term-limited)	Democratic	1975		Evelyn Gandy
58			William F. Winter (1923–2020)	January 22, 1980 – January 10, 1984 (term-limited)	Democratic	1979		Brad Dye
59			William Allain (1928–2013)	January 10, 1984 – January 12, 1988 (did not run)	Democratic	1983
60			Ray Mabus (b. 1948)	January 12, 1988 – January 14, 1992 (lost election)	Democratic	1987
61			Kirk Fordice (1934–2004)	January 14, 1992 – January 11, 2000 (term-limited)	Republican	1991		Eddie Briggs
						1995		Ronnie Musgrove
62			Ronnie Musgrove (b. 1956)	January 11, 2000 – January 13, 2004 (lost election)	Democratic	1999		Amy Tuck
63			Haley Barbour (b. 1947)	January 13, 2004 – January 10, 2012 (term-limited)	Republican	2003
						2007		Phil Bryant
64			Phil Bryant (b. 1954)	January 10, 2012 – January 14, 2020 (term-limited)	Republican	2011		Tate Reeves
						2015
65			Tate Reeves (b. 1974)	January 14, 2020 – Incumbent	Republican	2019		Delbert Hosemann
						2023

See also

• List of lieutenant governors of Mississippi
• Gubernatorial lines of succession in the United States#Mississippi
• List of Mississippi state legislatures

Notes

1. The range given is from the date the governor was confirmed by the Senate, or appointed by the President during a Senate recess, to the date the governor left office.
2. George Mathews was nominated on April 18, 1798, but was withdrawn and Sargent nominated on May 2. He was confirmed by the Senate on May 7, and arrived in the territory on August 6.
3. Claiborne was appointed on May 25, 1801, during a Senate recess; nominated on January 6, 1802; and confirmed by the Senate on January 26, 1802. He arrived in the territory on November 23, 1801.
4. Williams was nominated on March 1, 1805; confirmed by the Senate on March 2; and he arrived in the territory in May. He was reconfirmed by the Senate on March 14, 1808.
5. Holmes was nominated on March 6, 1809; confirmed by the Senate on March 7; and he arrived in the territory on June 30. He was reconfirmed by the Senate on March 31, 1812, and December 10, 1814.
6. The office of lieutenant governor was created in 1817, abolished in 1832, and recreated in 1868.
7. Lieutenant governors represented the same party as their governor unless noted.
8. Holmes resigned due to ill health.
9. Represented the National Republican Party
10. Represented no party
11. Lynch is labeled a Whig by Kallenbach and a Democratic-Republican by Glashan.
12. All sources, modern and older, say Runnels took office on November 20; however, contemporary news shows he was inaugurated on November 21.
13. The 1832 constitution specified that governor "shall hold his office for two years from the time of his installation;" thus, on November 21, 1835, two years after he took office, Runnels, having lost the 1835 election, left office. However, the legislature had set the start of the next term in January. The Senate met on December 3 and elected a new president, Quitman, who would act as governor until the governor-elect, Lynch, took office.
14. McNutt's term constitutionally could only last two years, so on January 9, he left office and President of the Senate Jesse Speight became acting governor for one day.
15. ^ Under the 1832 constitution, governors were ineligible to hold the office for more than four years in any term of six years.
16. Quitman resigned after being arrested for his involvement in the Lopez Expedition; he was later acquitted.
17. All senate terms ended on November 4; Secretary of State of Mississippi Joseph Bell acted as chief executive until the senate could convene and elect a new president.
18. All modern sources say Whitfield took office November 24; however, contemporary news reports say the final vote was the next morning.
19. Foote resigned due to tensions resolving around secession.
20. Under the 1861 constitution, governors were ineligible to hold the office for more than four years in any term of six years.
21. Clark was arrested by Union forces.
22. Humphreys was sworn in on October 16. Sharkey was elected to the Senate on October 19, Humphreys signed his credentials on October 31, and Sharkey presented them to the United States Senate on December 12, though he was refused his seat. However, some reputable sources say Sharkey remained in office until December, when President Andrew Johnson ordered him to turn over power to Humphreys.
23. Humphreys was removed by federal forces and replaced with a military governor after his failure to comply with the Reconstruction Acts.
24. The 1865 election was officially non-partisan.
25. Mississippi was readmitted to Congress on February 23, 1870, and Ames was elected to the United States Senate that same day. He left office upon the inauguration of James Alcorn.
26. Alcorn resigned, having been elected to the United States Senate; his senate term had begun on March 4, 1871, but he delayed taking it.
27. Ames resigned under threat of impeachment from the newly-elected Democratic legislature.
28. ^ Under the 1890 constitution, governors were ineligible to be their immediate successor.
29. Mississippi numbers Wright as both the 49th governor (completing his predecessor's term) and the 50th governor (his own elected term).
30. ^ Under a 1986 amendment to the constitution, governors are ineligible to be elected more than twice.
31. Tuck switched her party membership to the Republican Party in 2002.
32. Reeves' second term began on January 9, 2024, and will expire January 11, 2028; he will be term-limited.

References

General

• "Former Mississippi Governors". National Governors Association. Retrieved March 13, 2023.
• McMullin, Thomas A. (1984). Biographical directory of American territorial governors. Westport, CT : Meckler. ISBN 978-0-930466-11-4. Retrieved January 19, 2023.
• Sobel, Robert (1978). Biographical directory of the governors of the United States, 1789-1978, Vol. II. Meckler Books. ISBN 9780930466008. Retrieved March 6, 2023.
• Dubin, Michael J. (2003). United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1776-1860: The Official Results by State and County. McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-1439-0.
• Dubin, Michael J. (2014). United States Gubernatorial Elections, 1861-1911: The Official Results by State and County. McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-5646-8.
• Kallenbach, Joseph Ernest (1977). American State Governors, 1776-1976. Oceana Publications. ISBN 978-0-379-00665-0. Retrieved September 23, 2023.
• Glashan, Roy R. (1979). American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978. Meckler Books. ISBN 978-0-930466-17-6.
• "Our Campaigns - Governor of Mississippi - History". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved July 25, 2023.
• "Our Campaigns - Governor of Mississippi (CSA) - History". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved July 25, 2023.

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6. MS Const. art. V, § 140-141.
7. MS Const. art. V, § 117.
8. 1817 art iv sec 1
9. 1832 art v sec 3
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