Historical Record
Previous Governors of Mississippi
Governors who previously held office in Mississippi, with term dates and party affiliation.
← View all statesTate ReevesRepublican2020–2028
Phil BryantRepublican2012–2020
Haley BarbourRepublican2004–2012
Ronnie MusgroveDemocrat2000–2004
Kirk FordiceRepublican1992–2000
Ray MabusDemocrat1988–1992
William AllainDemocrat1984–1988
William F. WinterDemocrat1980–1984
Cliff FinchDemocrat1976–1980
Bill WallerDemocrat1972–1976
John Bell WilliamsDemocrat1968–1972
Paul B. Johnson Jr.Democrat1964–1968
Ross BarnettDemocrat1960–1964
James P. ColemanDemocrat1956–1960
Hugh L. WhiteDemocrat1952–1956
Fielding L. WrightDemocrat1946–1952
Thomas L. BaileyDemocrat1944–1946
Dennis MurphreeDemocrat1943–1944
Paul B. Johnson Sr.Democrat1940–1943
Hugh L. WhiteDemocrat1936–1940
Martin Sennet ConnerDemocrat1932–1936
Theodore G. BilboDemocrat1928–1932
Dennis MurphreeDemocrat1927–1928
Henry L. WhitfieldDemocrat1924–1927
Lee M. RussellDemocrat1920–1924
Theodore G. BilboDemocrat1916–1920
Earl L. BrewerDemocrat1912–1916
Edmond NoelDemocrat1908–1912
James K. VardamanDemocrat1904–1908
Andrew H. LonginoDemocrat1900–1904
Anselm J. McLaurinDemocrat1896–1900
John Marshall StoneDemocrat1890–1896
Robert LowryDemocrat1882–1890
John Marshall StoneDemocrat1876–1882
Adelbert AmesDemocrat1874–1876
Ridgley C. PowersRepublican1871–1874
James L. AlcornRepublican1870–1871
David HolmesIndependent1809–1870
Adelbert AmesIndependent1868–1870
Benjamin G. HumphreysIndependent1865–1868
Charles ClarkDemocrat1863–1865
William L. SharkeyIndependent1865–1865
John J. PettusDemocrat1859–1863
William McWillieDemocrat1857–1859
John J. McRaeDemocrat1854–1857
John J. PettusDemocrat1854–1854
Henry S. FooteDemocrat1852–1854
James WhitfieldDemocrat1851–1852
John Isaac GuionDemocrat1851–1851
John A. QuitmanDemocrat1850–1851
Joseph W. MatthewsDemocrat1848–1850
Albert G. BrownDemocrat1844–1848
Tilghman TuckerDemocrat1842–1844
Alexander G. McNuttDemocrat1838–1842
Charles LynchIndependent1836–1838
John A. QuitmanDemocrat1835–1836
Hiram RunnelsDemocrat1833–1835
Charles LynchIndependent1833–1833
Abram M. ScottIndependent1832–1833
Gerard BrandonIndependent1826–1832
David HolmesIndependent1826–1826
Gerard BrandonIndependent1825–1826
Walter LeakeIndependent1822–1825
George PoindexterIndependent1820–1822
David HolmesIndependent1817–1820
Robert WilliamsIndependent1805–1809
William C. C. ClaiborneIndependent1801–1805
Winthrop SargentIndependent1798–1801