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State of Mississippi
Governors
List of Mississippi State Governors
| Name | Held Office | Political Party |
| David Holmes | Jan 7, 1826
Jul 25, 1826 | Democratic |
| George Poindexter | Jan 5, 1820
Jan 7, 1822 | Democratic |
| Walter Leake | Jan 7, 1822
Nov 17, 1825 | Democratic |
| Gerard Brandon | Jul 25, 1826
Jan 9, 1832 | Democratic |
| Abram M. Scott | Jan 9, 1832
Jul 12, 1833 | Democratic |
| Charles Lynch | Jan 7, 1836
Jan 8, 1838 | Democratic |
| Hiram Runnels | Nov 20, 1833
Nov 20, 1835 | Democratic |
| John A. Quitman | Jan 10, 1850
Feb 3, 1851 | Democratic |
| Alexander G. McNutt | Jan 8, 1838
Jan 10, 1842 | Democratic |
| Tilghman Tucker | Jan 10, 1842
Jan 10, 1844 | Democratic |
| Albert G. Brown | Jan 10, 1844
Jan 10, 1848 | Democratic |
| Joseph W. Matthews | Jan 10, 1848
Jan 10, 1850 | Democratic |
| John I. Guion | Feb 3, 1851
Nov 4, 1851 | Democratic |
| James Whitfield | Nov 24, 1851
Jan 10, 1852 | Democratic |
| Henry S. Foote | Jan 10, 1852
Jan 5, 1854 | Union Democratic |
| John J. Pettus | Nov 21, 1859
Nov 16, 1863 | Democratic |
| John J. McRae | Jan 10, 1854
Nov 16, 1857 | Democratic |
| William McWillie | Nov 16, 1857
Nov 21, 1859 | Democratic |
| Charles Clark | Nov 16, 1863
May 22, 1865 | Democratic |
| William L. Sharkey | Jun 13, 1865
Oct 16, 1865 | Provisional |
| Benjamin G. Humphreys | Oct 16, 1865
Jun 15, 1868 | Democratic |
| Adelbert Ames | Jan 4, 1874
Mar 20, 1876 | Republican |
| James L. Alcorn | Mar 10, 1870
Nov 30, 1871 | Republican |
| Ridgley C. Powers | Nov 30, 1871
Jan 4, 1874 | Republican |
| John M. Stone | Jan 13, 1890
Jan 20, 1896 | Democratic |
| Robert Lowry | Jan 2, 1882
Jan 13, 1890 | Democratic |
| Anselm J. McLaurin | Jan 20, 1896
Jan 16, 1900 | Democratic |
| Andrew H. Longino | Jan 16, 1900
Jan 19, 1904 | Democratic |
| James K. Vardaman | Jan 19, 1904
Jan 21, 1908 | Democratic |
| Edmond Noel | Jan 21, 1908
Jan 16, 1912 | Democratic |
| Earl L. Brewer | Jan 16, 1912
Jan 18, 1916 | Democratic |
| Theodore G. Bilbo | Jan 16, 1928
Jan 19, 1932 | Democratic |
| Lee M. Russell | Jan 18, 1920
Jan 18, 1924 | Democratic |
| Henry L. Whitfield | Jan 18, 1924
Mar 18, 1927 | Democratic |
| Dennis Murphree | Dec 26, 1943
Jan 18, 1944 | Democratic |
| Martin Sennett Conner | Jan 19, 1932
Jan 21, 1936 | Democratic |
| Hugh L. White | Jan 22, 1952
Jan 17, 1956 | Democratic |
| Paul B. Johnson, Sr. | Jan 16, 1940
Dec 26, 1943 | Democratic |
| Thomas L. Bailey | Jan 18, 1944
Nov 2, 1946 | Democratic |
| Fielding L. Wright | Nov 2, 1946
Jan 22, 1952 | Democratic |
| James P. Coleman | Jan 17, 1956
Jan 19, 1960 | Democratic |
| Ross R. Barnett | Jan 19, 1960
Jan 21, 1964 | Democratic |
| Paul B. Johnson, Jr. | Jan 21, 1964
Jan 16, 1968 | Democratic |
| John Bell Williams | Jan 16, 1968
Jan 18, 1972 | Democratic |
| William Waller | Jan 18, 1972
Jan 20, 1976 | Democratic |
| Cliff Finch | Jan 20, 1976
Jan 22, 1980 | Democratic |
| William Winter | Jan 22, 1980
Jan 10, 1984 | Democratic |
| William Allain | Jan 10, 1984
Jan 12, 1988 | Democratic |
| Ray Mabus | Jan 12, 1988
Jan 14, 1992 | Democratic |
| Kirk Fordice | Jan 14, 1992
Jan 11, 2000 | Republican |
| Ronnie Musgrove | Jan 11, 2000
Jan 13, 2004 | Democratic |
| Haley Barbour | Jan 13, 2004
Incumbent | Republican |
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