List of United States Senators from Mississippi

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The List of United States Senators from Mississippi lists all the people who ever for this state of the US Senate belonged to the Senate classes sorted. One class shows when this senator will be re-elected. The class 1 senator was elected in 2018, the class 2 senator was last elected in November 2014.

class 1

Roger Wicker
Cindy Hyde-Smith

Mississippi has been a US state since December 10, 1817 and to date has 23 Class 1 Senators in Congress , two of whom, Powhatan Ellis and Jefferson Davis, each served two non-consecutive terms.

Surname Term of office Political party Life dates
Walter Leake 1817-1820 Democratic Republican May 25, 1769 - November 17, 1825
David Holmes 1820-1825 Democratic Republican March 10, 1769 - August 20, 1832
Powhatan Ellis 1825-1826 Democratic Republican January 17, 1790 - March 18, 1863
Thomas Buck Reed 1826-1827 Democratic Republican May 7, 1787 - November 26, 1829
Powhatan Ellis 1827-1832 Democratic Republican
from 1829 Democrat 		s. O.
John Black 1832-1838 Democrat from 1833 Whig † March 29, 1854
James Fisher Trotter 1838 democrat November 5, 1802 - March 9, 1866
Thomas Hickman Williams 1838-1839 democrat January 20, 1801 - May 3, 1851
John Henderson 1839-1845 Whig February 28, 1797 - September 15, 1857
Jesse Speight 1845-1847 democrat September 22, 1795 - May 1, 1847
Jefferson Finis Davis 1847-1851 democrat June 3, 1808 - December 6, 1889
John Jones McRae 1851-1852 democrat January 10, 1815 - May 31, 1868
Stephen Adams 1852-1857 democrat October 17, 1807 - May 1, 1857
Jefferson Finis Davis 1857-1861 democrat s. O.
vacant
Adelbert Ames 1870-1874 republican October 31, 1835 - April 12, 1933
Henry Roberts Pease 1874-1875 republican February 19, 1835 - January 2, 1907
Blanche Kelso Bruce 1875-1881 republican March 1, 1841 - March 17, 1898
James Zachariah George 1881-1897 democrat October 20, 1826 - August 14, 1897
Hernando De Soto Money 1897-1911 democrat August 26, 1839 - September 18, 1912
John Sharp Williams 1911-1923 democrat July 30, 1854 - September 27, 1932
Hubert Durrett Stephens 1923-1935 democrat July 2, 1875 - March 14, 1946
Theodore Gilmore Bilbo 1935-1947 democrat October 18, 1877 - August 21, 1947
John Cornelius Stennis 1947-1989 democrat August 3, 1901 - April 23, 1995
Chester Trent Lott 1989-2007 republican * October 9, 1941
Roger Frederick Wicker since 2007 republican * July 5, 1951

2nd grade

Mississippi has 21 class 2 senators to date , three of which, Edward Walthall, Anselm McLaurin and James Eastland, served two non-consecutive terms.

Surname Term of office Political party Life dates
Thomas Hill Williams 1817-1829 Democratic Republican 1780-1840
Thomas Buck Reed 1829 Democratic Republican May 7, 1787 - November 26, 1829
Robert Huntington Adams 1830 democrat 1792 - July 2, 1830
George Poindexter 1830-1835 democrat 1779 - September 5, 1853
Robert John Walker 1835-1845 democrat July 23, 1801 - November 11, 1869
Joseph Williams Chalmers 1845-1847 democrat 1807 - June 16, 1853
Henry Stuart Foote 1847-1852 democrat February 28, 1804 - May 20, 1880
Walker Brooke 1852-1853 Whig December 25, 1813 - February 18, 1869
Albert Gallatin Brown 1853-1861 democrat May 31, 1813 - June 12, 1880
vacant
Hiram Rhodes Revels 1870-1871 republican September 27, 1827 - January 16, 1901
James Lusk Alcorn 1871-1877 republican November 4, 1816 - December 19, 1894
Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar 1877-1885 democrat September 17, 1825 - January 23, 1893
Edward Cary Walthall 1885-1894 democrat April 4, 1831 - April 21, 1898
Anselm Joseph McLaurin 1894-1895 democrat March 26, 1848 - December 22, 1909
Edward Cary Walthall 1895-1898 democrat s. O.
William Van Amberg Sullivan 1898-1901 democrat December 18, 1857 - March 21, 1918
Anselm Joseph McLaurin 1901-1909 democrat s. O.
James Gordon 1909-1910 democrat December 6, 1833 - November 28, 1912
LeRoy Percy 1910-1913 democrat November 9, 1860 - December 24, 1929
James Kimble Vardaman 1913-1919 democrat July 26, 1861 - June 25, 1930
Byron Patton Harrison 1919-1941 democrat August 29, 1881 - June 22, 1941
James Oliver Eastland 1941 democrat November 28, 1904 - February 19, 1986
Wall Doxey 1941-1943 democrat August 8, 1892 - March 2, 1962
James Oliver Eastland 1943-1978 democrat s. O.
William Thad Cochran 1978-2018 republican December 7, 1937 - May 30, 2019
Cindy Hyde-Smith since 2018 Republican * May 10, 1959

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