List of Lieutenant Governors of Mississippi
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Lieutenant Governors
Name | Term | Party |
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Duncan Stewart Duncan Stewart Duncan Stewart may refer to:* Duncan Stewart , Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi, 1817-1820* Duncan Stewart , interim President of Uruguay in 1894... |
1817-1820 | |
James Patton James Patton James Patton may refer to:*James French Patton , American soldier and judge*Jimmy Patton , American football player*James Patton Anderson , U.S. doctor and politician... |
1820-1822 | |
David Dickson David Dickson (politician) David Dickson was a U.S. Representative from Mississippi.-Biography:Born in Georgia, United States, Dickson moved to Mississippi.He studied medicine and practiced extensively in Pike County.... |
1822-1824 | |
Gerard C. Brandon | 1824-1826* | |
Abram M. Scott Abram M. Scott Abram Marshall Scott was a Democratic Mississippi politician born in South Carolina .He was an early settler of Wilkinson County, Mississippi and was instrumental in founding the town of Woodville, Mississippi... |
1828-1832 | Democrat |
Fountain Winston Fountain Winston Fountain Winston was an American politician from Mississippi.-Biography:Born in Germantown as a son of the Representative Joseph Winston... |
1832-1832 |
Presidents of the Senate
The Office of Lieutenant Governor was abolished by the Constitution of 1832, and the duties of President of the Senate were incorporated into a separate office.Name | Term | Party |
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Charles Lynch | 1833-1834 | Democrat |
P. Briscoe | 1834-1836 | |
W. Van Norman | 1836-1837 | |
Alexander G. McNutt Alexander G. McNutt Alexander Gallatin McNutt was a Mississippi politician that served two consecutive 2-year terms as that state's governor, having previously served as a state senator .McNutt studied at Washington College and moved to Jackson,... |
1837-1838 | Democrat |
A. L. Bingaman | 1838-1840 | |
G. B. Augustus | 1840-1842 | |
Jesse Speight Jesse Speight Jesse Speight was a North Carolina and Mississippi politician in the nineteenth century.Born in Greene County, North Carolina, Speight attended country schools as a child. He was a member of the North Carolina House of Commons in 1820, serving as Speaker of the House, and was a member of the North... |
1842-1843 | |
A. Fox | 1843-1844 | |
Jesse Speight Jesse Speight Jesse Speight was a North Carolina and Mississippi politician in the nineteenth century.Born in Greene County, North Carolina, Speight attended country schools as a child. He was a member of the North Carolina House of Commons in 1820, serving as Speaker of the House, and was a member of the North... |
1844-1846 | |
G. T. Swan | 1846-1848 | |
Dabney Lipscomb | 1848-1851 | |
James Whitfield James Whitfield James Whitfield may refer to:*James Whitfield , Roman Catholic Bishop of Baltimore from 1828–1834*James Whitfield , Governor of Mississippi from 1858–1859... |
1851-1854 | Democrat |
John J. Pettus John J. Pettus John Jones Pettus was a United States politician. A member of the Democratic party, he was Governor of the state of Mississippi from January 5, 1854 to January 10, 1854, and later was elected to a full term, from 21 November 1859 - 16 November 1863... |
1854-1858 | Democrat |
James Drane | 1858-1865 | |
John M. Simonton | 1865-1869 |
Lieutenant Governors
The Constitution of 1869 re-established the office of Lieutenant Governor. This office also re-assumed the duties of President of the SenateName | Term | Party |
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Ridgley C. Powers Ridgley C. Powers Ridgley Ceylon Powers was a Union officer in the American Civil War and a Mississippi politician.-Biography:He was born in Mecca, Ohio, on Christmas Eve... |
1870-1871 | Republican |
Alexander K. Davis | 1871-1876 | Republican |
John M. Stone | 1876-1878 | Democrat |
William H. Sims | 1878-1882 | Democrat |
G. D. Shands | 1882-1890 | Democrat |
M. M. Evans | 1890-1896 | Democrat |
J. H. Jones | 1896-1900 | Democrat |
James T. Harrison | 1900-1904 | Democrat |
John Prentiss Carter | 1904-1908 | Democrat |
Luther Manship | 1908-1912 | Democrat |
Theodore G. Bilbo Theodore G. Bilbo Theodore Gilmore Bilbo was an American politician. Bilbo, a Democrat, twice served as governor of Mississippi and later was elected a U.S. Senator . A master of filibuster and scathing rhetoric, a rough-and-tumble fighter in debate, he made his name a synonym for white supremacy... |
1912-1916 | Democrat |
Lee Maurice Russell | 1916-1920 | Democrat |
Homer H. Casteel | 1920-1924 | Democrat |
Dennis Murphree Dennis Murphree Dennis Herron Murphree was a Mississippi politician. He was twice elected to the lieutenant governorship, once in 1923 and again in 1939. In each instance, he succeeded the governor who died in office and completed the term of his predecessor.He was a member of the Mississippi House of... |
1924-1927 | Democrat |
Clayton B. Adams | 1928-1932 | Democrat |
Dennis Murphree Dennis Murphree Dennis Herron Murphree was a Mississippi politician. He was twice elected to the lieutenant governorship, once in 1923 and again in 1939. In each instance, he succeeded the governor who died in office and completed the term of his predecessor.He was a member of the Mississippi House of... |
1932-1936 | Democrat |
Jacob Buehler Snider | 1936-1940 | Democrat |
Dennis Murphree Dennis Murphree Dennis Herron Murphree was a Mississippi politician. He was twice elected to the lieutenant governorship, once in 1923 and again in 1939. In each instance, he succeeded the governor who died in office and completed the term of his predecessor.He was a member of the Mississippi House of... |
1940-1943 | Democrat |
Fielding L. Wright Fielding L. Wright Fielding Lewis Wright was a Democratic politician who served as Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi from 1944 to 1946, then as Governor after the incumbent, Thomas L. Bailey, died in office in 1946. Wright was elected Governor in his own right in 1947 and served a full four year term... |
1944-1946 | Democrat |
Sam Lumpkin Sam Lumpkin Sam Lumpkin was a United States politician from Tupelo, Lee County, Mississippi. A Democrat, he served as the 21st Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi from 1948 to 1952 under Governor Fielding L. Wright.Before elevation to Lt... |
1948-1952 | Democrat |
Carroll Gartin Carroll Gartin Carrol Gartin was an American Democratic politician from Laurel, Jones County, Mississippi, who served three terms as the 22nd Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi.... |
1952-1960 | Democrat |
Paul B. Johnson, Jr. Paul B. Johnson, Jr. Paul Burney Johnson, Jr. was a United States Democratic Mississippi politician and son of former Mississippi Governor Paul B. Johnson, Sr..... |
1960-1964 | Democrat |
Carroll Gartin Carroll Gartin Carrol Gartin was an American Democratic politician from Laurel, Jones County, Mississippi, who served three terms as the 22nd Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi.... |
1964-1966 | Democrat |
Charles L. Sullivan Charles L. Sullivan Charles L. Sullivan was an American politician, attorney and military pilot. He was the 24th Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi from 1968 to 1972 and a General in the United States Air National Guard... |
1968-1972 | Democrat |
William F. Winter | 1972-1976 | Democrat |
Evelyn Gandy Evelyn Gandy Edythe Evelyn Gandy was an American politician who was the first female elected to a statewide office in Mississippi– that of Treasurer for the State of Mississippi... |
1976-1980 | Democrat |
Brad Dye Brad Dye Brad Dye is a retired American politician who served three 4-year terms as 27th Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi from 1980 until 1992. He was a member of the Democratic Party.Dye was born in Charleston, Mississippi.... |
1980-1992 | Democrat |
Eddie Briggs Eddie Briggs Eddie Briggs is a United States politician from De Kalb, Mississippi. Briggs served as the 28th Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi from 1992 to 1996 under Republican Governor Kirk Fordice. Briggs was the first Republican to hold the office of Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi since Reconstruction... |
1992-1996 | Republican |
Ronnie Musgrove Ronnie Musgrove David Ronald "Ronnie" Musgrove is an American politician who was the 29th Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi from January 16, 1996 to January 11, 2000 and the 62nd Governor of Mississippi from January 11, 2000 to January 13, 2004 of the U.S. state of Mississippi. He was recently defeated by... |
1996-2000 | Democrat |
Amy Tuck Amy Tuck Amy Tuck was the 30th Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi. A Republican, she is only the second woman elected to statewide office in Mississippi and the first to have been re-elected.-Biography:... |
2000-2002 | Democrat |
2002-2008 | Republican1 | |
Phil Bryant | 2008-present | Republican |
1. Amy Tuck switched to the Republican Party in December 2002.