The following table indicates the party of elected officials in the U.S. state of Mississippi: Governor Lieutenant Governor Secretary of State Attorney General State Auditor State Treasurer Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce Commissioner of Insurance Land Commissioner
The table also indicates the historical party composition in the: State Senate State House of Representatives State delegation to the United States Senate State delegation to the United States House of Representatives
For years in which a presidential election was held, the table indicates which party's nominees received the state's electoral votes.
Pre-statehood (1798–1817)
YearExecutive officesTerritorial LegislatureU.S. CongressGovernorSecretary of StateAttorney GeneralSenateHouseDelegate1798Winthrop Sargent John Steele1799Lyman Harding18001801William C. C. Claiborne Narsworthy Hunter 1802Thomas M. Green Jr. 1803Cato WestGeorge Poindexter William Lattimore 18041805Thomas Hill Williams Robert Williams 1806Cowles Mead 1807Thomas Hill Williams George Poindexter 18081809David Holmes 1810Henry Dangerfield181118121813William Lattimore 18141815Nathaniel A. Ware18161817Mississippi admitted to the Union on December 10, 1817
1817–1873
YearExecutive officesState LegislatureUnited States CongressElectoralvotesGovernorLt. GovernorSecretary of StateAttorney GeneralAuditorTreasurerSenateHouseSenator (Class I)Senator (Class II)House1817David Holmes Duncan Stewart Daniel WilliamsLyman HardingJohn R. Girault Samuel BrooksWalter Leake Thomas Hill Williams GeorgePoindexter 1818Peter Schuyler1819ChristopherRankin 1820George Poindexter James Patton Edward TurnerMonroe/Tompkins David Holmes 1821John A. GrimballThomas Buck Reed John RichardsSamuel C. Wooldridge1822Walter Leake David Dickson Hiram Runnels 18231824Gerard Brandon Jackson /Calhoun 1825Richard StocktonDavid Holmes Thomas Hill Williams ChristopherRankin Gerard Brandon vacantHiram Runnels Powhatan Ellis 1826David Holmes Gerard Brandon Thomas Buck Reed Gerard Brandon vacantWilliamHaile 1827Powhatan Ellis 1828Abram M. Scott George Adams James Phillips Jr.Jackson/Calhoun 1829Robert H. Buckner Thomas Buck Reed ThomasHinds 1830R. M. Gaines Thomas B. J. HadleyRobert H. Adams George Poindexter 1831George Poindexter Franklin E.Plummer 1832Abram M. Scott Fountain Winston Jackson/Buren 1833no such officeDavid C. Dickson John H. MalloryJohn Black 2JCharles Lynch vacant1834Hiram Runnels M. D. Patton John Black 1835Barry W. Benson Robert J. Walker 1J, 1NRJohn A. Quitman 1836Charles Lynch Charles C. Mayson2JBuren/Johnson 1837T. F. Collins A. B. SaundersJohn Black Robert J. Walker 2D1838Alexander McNutt James Phillips Jr.17D, 13W53D, 36W, 1?James F. Trotter 2W J. A. VanhoesenThomas Hickman Williams 1839Thomas B. Woodward Silas BrownJohn Henderson 2D S. Craig James G. Williams1840 Joshua S. Curtis18D, 12W54D, 36W, 1?Harrison/Tyler 1841L. G. Galloway John D. Freeman Richard S. Graves1842Tilghman Tucker J. E. Matthews21D, 11W60D, 38W1843Wilson HemingwayWilliam Clark4D1844Albert G. Brown 20D, 12W66D, 32W, 1?Polk/Dallas 1845Jesse Speight Joseph W. Chalmers 184623D, 9W70D, 29W1847Samuel Stamps George T. Swann Richard Griffith Henry S. Foote 3D, 1WJefferson Davis 1848Joseph W. Matthews 25D, 7W73D, 25W, 1?Cass/Butler 18494D1850John A. Quitman Joseph Bell 20D, 10W, 2?62D, 36W, 1?1851John Isaac Guion Daniel R. RussellWilliam Clark3U, 1DJames Whitfield 1852Henry S. Foote James A. Horne John D. Freeman 21SR, 11U63SR, 35U, 1?John J. McRae Walker Brooke Pierce/King Stephen Adams 1853David C. Glenn 5D1854John J. Pettus William H. Muse Shields L. Hussey20D, 10W, 1U97D, 19W, 8U, 2?Albert G. Brown John J. McRae 1855A. B. Dilworth Madison McAfee4D, 1KN1856Buchanan/Breckinridge 1857T. J. Wharton Jefferson Davis 5DWilliam McWillie 185885D, 19O1859Erasmus Burt John J. Pettus 1860 B. R. WebbM. D. Haynes27D, 4O86D, 14OBreckinridge/Lane 1861C. A. BrougherA. B. Dilworth Civil War/Reconstruction1862A. J. Gillespie1863Charles Clark 18641865Alexander Warner Charles E. Hooker Thomas T. SwannW. B. WeaverWilliam L. Sharkey Benjamin G. Humphreys C. A. BrougherJohn H. Echols186617W, 13D, 1?52W, 39D, 7 other18671868Adelbert Ames Jasper Myers 1869Henry Musgrove Henry Musgrove William H. Vassar1870James D. Lynch Joshua S. Morris 26R, 7D82R, 25DAdelbert Ames Hiram R. Revels 5RJames L. Alcorn Ridgley C. Powers 18711872Ridgley C. Powers Alexander Kelso Davis Hiram R. Revels 23R, 14D65R, 50DJames L. Alcorn Grant/Wilson 1873Hannibal C. Carter 5R, 1DM. M. McLeod
1873–1979
YearExecutive officesState LegislatureUnited States CongressElectoralvotesGovernorLt. GovernorSecretaryof StateAttorney GeneralAuditorTreasurerComm. of Ag.and CommerceComm. of Ins.Land Comm.SenateHouseSenator(Class I)Senator(Class II)House1874Adelbert Ames Alexander Kelso Davis James Hill George E. Harris William H. GibbsGeorge H. Holland no such officeno such officeno such office23R, 14D68R, 44D, 3 vac.Henry R. Pease James L. Alcorn 5R, 1D1875 M. L. HollandBlanche Bruce 4D, 2R1876William L. Hemingway25D, 11R, 1IR97D, 19RTilden/Hendricks John Marshall Stone vacant1877John M. SmylieLucius Q. C. Lamar 6D1878William H. Sims Kinloch Falconer Thomas C. Catchings Sylvester Gwin 36D, 2R109D, 8R, 3FusD. P. Porter 1879Henry C. Myers 188035D, 2G, 1R101D, 14G, 5RHancock/English 1881James Z. George 1882Robert Lowry G. D. Shands 35D, 2R100D, 15R, 3ID, 2GB5D, 1R18835D, 1R, 1I1884P. M. Doherty 33D, 3R, 1I100D, 13R, 4GB, 3ICleveland/Hendricks 1885Thomas S. Ford Edward C. Walthall 7D1886George M. Govan T. Marshall Miller W. W. Stone John R. Enochs 39D, 1R119D, 9R, 2I18871888J. W. McMaster 40D111D, 7R, 2ICleveland/Thurman 18891890John Marshall Stone M. M. Evans J. J. Evans Edgar S. Wilson 113D, 7R1891189245D129D, 3R, 1ICleveland/Stevenson 1893Frank Johnston 1894Anselm J. McLaurin 1895Edward C. Walthall 1896Anselm J. McLaurin J. H. Jones John Logan Power William N. Nash W. D. Holder A. Q. May John M. Simonton 131D, 2RBryan/Sewall 1897Hernando Money 1898Edwin H. Nall William V. Sullivan 18991900Andrew H. Longino James T. Harrison Monroe McClurg William Q. Cole J. R. Stowers 131D, 2RBryan/Stevenson 1901Joseph Withers Power George W. Carlisle Anselm J. McLaurin 1902Thad B. Lampton William Q. Cole 1903William Williams 8D1904James K. Vardaman John Prentiss Carter Thomas Monroe Henry William J. Miller 133DParker/Davis 19051906Henry E. Blakeslee 1907Robert Virgil Fletcher 1908Edmond Noel Luther Manship J. Bowman Sterling Elias J. Smith George R. Edwards Thomas Monroe Henry Bryan/Kern 1909James L. Gillespie 1910Shepherd S. Hudson James Gordon LeRoy Percy 1911John Sharp Williams 1912Earl L. Brewer Theodore G. Bilbo Ross A. Collins Duncan L. Thompson Peter Simpson Stovall Mark A. Brown Wilson/Marshall 1913James K. Vardaman 191419151916Theodore G. Bilbo Lee M. Russell Robert E. Wilson John Peroutt Taylor Peter P. Garner 191719181919Pat Harrison 1920Lee M. Russell Homer Casteel Frank Roberson W. J. Miller Larkin S. Rodgers 49D140DCox/Roosevelt 1921William M. Murry R. D. Moore 19221923C. D. Potter Hubert D. Stephens 1924Henry L. Whitfield Dennis Murphree Rush H. Knox George D. Riley Ben S. Lowry Davis/Bryan 19251926Walker Wood 1927Dennis Murphree vacant1928Theodore G. Bilbo Clayton B. Adams George T. Mitchell C. C. White Webb Walley J. C. Holton Ben S. Lowry Smith/Robinson 1929193019311932Martin Sennet Conner Dennis Murphree Greek L. Rice Joe S. Price Lewis S. May George D. Riley Roosevelt/Garner 19337D19341935Theodore G. Bilbo 1936Hugh L. White Jacob Buehler Snider Carl Craig Newton James J. S. Williams 1937193819391940Paul B. Johnson Sr. Dennis Murphree James M. Causey Lewis S. May Si Corley Roosevelt/Wallace 1941Guy McCullen James Eastland Wall Doxey 19421943James Eastland Dennis Murphree vacant1944Thomas L. Bailey Fielding L. Wright Bert J. Barnett Newton James Roosevelt/Truman 19451946Fielding L. Wright vacant1947John C. Stennis 1948Sam Lumpkin Heber Austin Ladner Carl Craig R. W. May Jesse L. White W. L. McGahey Thurmond/Wright 1949195019511952Hugh L. White Carroll Gartin James P. Coleman William D. Neal Newton James Walter D. Davis Stevenson/Sparkman 19536D195419551956James P. Coleman Joseph Turner Patterson E. Boyd Golding Robert D. Morrow Sr. Bob Graham Stevenson/Kefauver 1957195819591960Ross Barnett Paul B. Johnson Jr. William D. Neal Evelyn Gandy Byrd/Thurmond 196119621963139D, 1R5D1964Paul B. Johnson Jr. Carroll Gartin Hamp King William F. Winter 51D, 1R120D, 2RGoldwater/Miller 19654D, 1R1966vacant19675D1968John Bell Williams Charles L. Sullivan Evelyn Gandy Jim Buck Ross Watt Carter 52D122DWallace/LeMay 1969A. F. Summer 197019711972Bill Waller William F. Winter Brad Dye Evelyn Gandy 50D, 2R119D, 3RNixon/Agnew 19733D, 2R197419751976Cliff Finch Evelyn Gandy Edwin L. Pittman George Dale John Ed Ainsworth 118D, 4RCarter/Mondale 19771978Thad Cochran 1979
1980–present
YearExecutive officesState LegislatureUnited States CongressElectoralvotesGovernorLt. GovernorSecretaryof StateAttorneyGeneralAuditorTreasurerComm. of Ag.and CommerceComm.of Ins.SenateHouseSenator (Class I)Senator (Class II)House1980William F. Winter Brad Dye Edwin L. Pittman William Allain Hamp King John L. Dale Jim Buck Ross George Dale 48D, 4R116D, 6RJohn C. Stennis Thad Cochran 3D, 2RReagan/Bush 1981William J. Cole 4D, 1R198219833D, 2R1984William Allain Dick Molpus Edwin L. Pittman Ray Mabus 49D, 3R1985198619874D, 1R1988Ray Mabus Mike Moore Pete Johnson Marshall G.Bennett 45D, 7R113D, 9RBush/Quayle 1989Pete Johnson Trent Lott 19905D19911992Kirk Fordice Eddie Briggs Steve Patterson 43D, 9R98D, 24RBush/Quayle 199339D, 13R93D, 29R199419954D, 1R1996Ronnie Musgrove Eric Clark Lester Spell 34D, 18R86D, 33R, 3I3D, 2RDole/Kemp Phil Bryant 19973R, 2D199819993D, 2R2000Ronnie Musgrove Amy Tuck Bush/Cheney 20012002Amy Tuck 2003Peyton Prospere 29D, 23R81D, 38R, 3I2D, 2R2004Haley Barbour Jim Hood Tate Reeves 76D, 46R200528D, 24R75D, 47RLester Spell 2006200727R, 25D2008Phil Bryant DelbertHosemann Stacey Pickering Mike Chaney 27D, 25RRoger Wicker 3D, 1RMcCain/Palin 74D, 48R200973D, 49R2010201127R, 25D68D, 54R3R, 1D2012Phil Bryant Tate Reeves Lynn Fitch CindyHyde-Smith 31R, 21D64R, 58DRomney/Ryan 201332R, 20D65R, 57D201466R, 56D201567R, 55D201674R, 48DTrump/Pence 201733R, 19D2018Andy Gipson CindyHyde-Smith Shad White 201975R, 45D, 2I2020Tate Reeves DelbertHosemann Michael Watson Lynn Fitch David McRae 36R, 16D75R, 44D, 3ITrump/Pence 202176R, 44D, 2I202277R, 42D, 3I2023202479R, 41D, 2ITrump/Vance 2025202634R, 18D78R, 42D, 2I
References
See also Elections in Mississippi