List of Mississippi Governors

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Tate Reeves, the current governor of Mississippi

This list includes all governors of the US state of Mississippi and the pre-existing Mississippi Territory .

Mississippi Territory

Surname Term of office Political party
Winthrop Sargent 1798-1801 federalist
William Charles Cole Claiborne 1801-1805 Democratic Republican
Robert Williams 1805-1809 Democratic Republican
David Holmes 1809-1817 Democratic Republican

State of Mississippi

Surname Term of office Political party
David Holmes 1817-1820 Democratic Republican
George Poindexter 1820-1822 Democratic Republican
Walter Leake 1822-1825 Democratic Republican
Gerard Chittocque Brandon 1825-1826 Democratic Republican
David Holmes 1826 Democratic Republican
Gerard Chittocque Brandon 1826-1832 Democratic Republican
Abram Marshall Scott 1832-1833 democrat
Charles Lynch 1833 democrat
Hiram George Runnels 1833-1835 democrat
John Anthony Quitman 1835-1836 Whig
Charles Lynch 1836-1838 democrat
Alexander Gallatin McNutt 1838-1842 democrat
Tilghman Mayfield Tucker 1842-1844 democrat
Albert Gallatin Brown 1844-1848 democrat
Joseph Warren Matthews 1848-1850 democrat
John Anthony Quitman 1850-1851 democrat
John Isaac Guion 1851 democrat
James Whitfield 1851-1852 democrat
Henry Stuart Foote 1852-1854 Unionist / Democrat
John Jones Pettus 1854 democrat
John Jones McRae 1854-1857 democrat
William McWillie 1857-1859 democrat
John Jones Pettus 1859-1863 democrat
Charles Clark 1863-1865 democrat
William Lewis Sharkey 1865
Benjamin Grubb Humphreys 1865-1868 democrat
Adelbert Ames 1868-1870 Military governor
James Lusk Alcorn 1870-1871 republican
Ridgley Ceylon Powers 1871-1874 republican
Adelbert Ames 1874-1876 republican
John Marshall Stone 1876-1882 democrat
Robert Lowry 1882-1890 democrat
John Marshall Stone 1890-1896 democrat
Anselm Joseph McLaurin 1896-1900 democrat
Andrew Houston Longino 1900-1904 democrat
James Kimble Vardaman 1904-1908 democrat
Edmond Favor Noel 1908-1912 democrat
Earl LeRoy Brewer 1912-1916 democrat
Theodore Gilmore Bilbo 1916-1920 democrat
Lee Maurice Russell 1920-1924 democrat
Henry Lewis Whitfield 1924-1927 democrat
Dennis Herron Murphree 1927-1928 democrat
Theodore Gilmore Bilbo 1928-1932 democrat
Martin Sennett Conner 1932-1936 democrat
Hugh Lawson White 1936-1940 democrat
Paul Burney Johnson Sr. 1940-1943 democrat
Dennis Herron Murphree 1943-1944 democrat
Thomas Lowry Bailey 1944-1946 democrat
Fielding Lewis Wright 1946-1952 democrat
Hugh Lawson White 1952-1956 democrat
James Plemon Coleman 1956-1960 democrat
Ross Robert Barnett 1960-1964 democrat
Paul Burney Johnson Jr. 1964-1968 democrat
John Bell Williams 1968-1972 democrat
William Lowe Waller 1972-1976 democrat
Charles Clifton Finch 1976-1980 democrat
William Forrest Winter 1980-1984 democrat
William A. Allain 1984-1988 democrat
Raymond Edwin Mabus 1988-1992 democrat
Daniel Kirkwood Fordice 1992-2000 republican
David Ronald Musgrove 2000-2004 democrat
Haley Reeves Barbour 2004–2012 republican
Phil Bryant 2012-2020 republican
Tate Reeves since 2020 republican

See also