List of United States Senators from Mississippi
Mississippi was admitted to the Union on December 10, 1817, and elects senators to Class 1 and Class 2. Its current senators are Republicans Thad Cochran and Roger Wicker. As of January 1, 2015, 50 people (all of them men) have served as U.S. Senators from Mississippi.
List of Senators
Class 1 Class 1 U.S. Senators belong to the electoral cycle that has recently been contested in 1994, 2000, 2006, and 2012. The next election will be in 2018. |
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Class 2 Class 2 U.S. Senators belong to the electoral cycle that has recently been contested in 1996, 2002, 2008, and 2014. The next election will be in 2020. | ||||||||||
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# | Senator | Party | Years in office | Electoral history | T e r m |
T e r m |
Electoral history | Years in office | Party | Senator | # | |
1 | ![]() Walter Leake |
Democratic- Republican |
December 10, 1817 – May 15, 1820 |
Elected in 1817. Resigned. |
1 | 15th Congress | 1 | Elected in 1817. | December 10, 1817 – March 4, 1829 |
Democratic- Republican |
![]() Thomas Hill Williams |
1 |
16th Congress | ||||||||||||
Vacant | May 15, 1820 – August 30, 1820 | |||||||||||
2 | ![]() David Holmes |
Democratic- Republican |
August 30, 1820 – September 25, 1825 |
Elected to finish Leake's term. | ||||||||
Re-election year unknown. Resigned to become Governor of Mississippi. |
2 | 17th Congress | ||||||||||
Jackson Democratic- Republican |
18th Congress | 2 | Re-elected in 1823. | Jackson Democratic- Republican | ||||||||
Jacksonian | 19th Congress | Jacksonian | ||||||||||
Vacant | September 25, 1825 – September 28, 1825 | |||||||||||
3 | ![]() Powhatan Ellis |
Jacksonian | September 28, 1825 – January 28, 1826 |
Appointed to continue Holmes's term. Lost election to finish Holmes's term. | ||||||||
4 | ![]() Thomas Buck Reed |
Jacksonian | January 28, 1826 – March 4, 1827 |
Elected to finish Holmes's term. Lost election to full term. | ||||||||
5 | ![]() Powhatan Ellis |
Jacksonian | March 4, 1827 – July 16, 1832 |
Election year unknown. Resigned to become a U.S. District Judge. |
3 | 20th Congress | ||||||
21st Congress | 3 | Elected in 1828. Died. |
March 4, 1829 – November 26, 1829 |
Jacksonian | ![]() Thomas Buck Reed |
2 | ||||||
November 26, 1829 – January 6, 1830 |
Vacant | |||||||||||
Elected to finish Reed's term. Died. |
January 6, 1830 – July 2, 1830 |
Jacksonian | Robert H. Adams | 3 | ||||||||
July 2, 1830 – October 15, 1830 |
Vacant | |||||||||||
Appointed to continue Adams's term. Elected November 18, 1830 to finish Adams's term.[1] Lost re-election. |
October 15, 1830 – March 4, 1835 |
Jacksonian | ![]() George Poindexter |
4 | ||||||||
22nd Congress | Anti- Jacksonian | |||||||||||
Vacant | July 16, 1832 – November 12, 1832 | |||||||||||
6 | ![]() John Black |
Jacksonian | November 12, 1832 – March 3, 1833 |
Appointed to finish Ellis's term. | ||||||||
Vacant | March 3, 1833 – November 22, 1833 |
Legislature failed to elect. | 4 | 23rd Congress | ||||||||
![]() John Black |
Anti- Jacksonian. |
November 22, 1833 – January 22, 1838 |
Elected to finish the term. Resigned. | |||||||||
24th Congress | 4 | Elected in 1835. | March 4, 1835 – March 5, 1845 |
Jacksonian | ![]() Robert J. Walker |
5 | ||||||
Whig | 25th Congress | Democratic | ||||||||||
7 | ![]() James F. Trotter |
Democratic | January 22, 1838 – July 10, 1838 |
Appointed to continue Black's term. Resigned. | ||||||||
Vacant | July 10, 1838 – November 12, 1838 | |||||||||||
8 | Thomas Hickman Williams | Democratic | November 12, 1838 – March 4, 1839 |
Appointed to continue Black's term. Elected January 30, 1839 to finish Black's term.[2] [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]. | ||||||||
9 | ![]() John Henderson |
Whig | March 4, 1839 – March 4, 1845 |
Elected in 1838. [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]. |
5 | 26th Congress | ||||||
27th Congress | 5 | Re-elected in 1841. Resigned to become U.S. Secretary of the Treasury. | ||||||||||
28th Congress | ||||||||||||
10 | ![]() Jesse Speight |
Democratic | March 4, 1845 – May 1, 1847 |
Elected in 1844. Died. |
6 | 29th Congress | ||||||
March 5, 1845 – November 3, 1845 |
Vacant | |||||||||||
Appointed to continue Walker's term. Elected January 10, 1846 to finish Walker's term.[1] [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]. |
November 3, 1845 – March 4, 1847 |
Democratic | Joseph W. Chalmers | 6 | ||||||||
30th Congress | 6 | Elected in 1846 or 1847. Resigned to become Governor of Mississippi. |
March 4, 1847 – January 8, 1852 |
Democratic | ![]() Henry S. Foote |
7 | ||||||
Vacant | May 1, 1847 – August 10, 1847 | |||||||||||
11 | ![]() Jefferson Davis |
Democratic | August 10, 1847 – September 23, 1851 |
Appointed to continue Speight's term. Elected in 1848 to finish Speight's term. | ||||||||
31st Congress | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1850. Resigned to run for Governor of Mississippi. |
7 | 32nd Congress | ||||||||||
Vacant | September 23, 1851 – December 1, 1851 | |||||||||||
12 | ![]() John J. McRae |
Democratic | December 1, 1851 – March 17, 1852 |
Appointed to continue Davis's term. Successor elected. | ||||||||
January 8, 1852 – February 18, 1852 |
Vacant | |||||||||||
Elected to finish Foote's term. Retired. |
February 18, 1852 – March 4, 1853 |
Whig | ![]() Walker Brooke |
8 | ||||||||
13 | ![]() Stephen Adams |
Democratic | March 17, 1852 – March 4, 1857 |
Elected to finish Davis's term. [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]. | ||||||||
33rd Congress | 7 | March 4, 1853 – January 7, 1854 |
Vacant | |||||||||
Elected late in 1854 | January 7, 1854 – January 12, 1861 |
Democratic | ![]() Albert G. Brown |
9 | ||||||||
34th Congress | ||||||||||||
14 | ![]() Jefferson Davis |
Democratic | March 4, 1857 – January 21, 1861 |
Elected in 1856 or 1857. Resigned. |
8 | 35th Congress | ||||||
36th Congress | 8 | Re-elected in 1859. Withdrew. | ||||||||||
American Civil War and Reconstruction | January 12, 1861 – February 23, 1870 |
Vacant | ||||||||||
Vacant | January 21, 1861 – February 23, 1870 |
American Civil War and Reconstruction | ||||||||||
37th Congress | ||||||||||||
9 | 38th Congress | |||||||||||
39th Congress | 9 | |||||||||||
40th Congress | ||||||||||||
10 | 41st Congress | |||||||||||
15 | ![]() Adelbert Ames |
Republican | February 23, 1870 – January 4, 1874 |
Elected in 1870 to finish vacant term. Resigned to become Governor of Mississippi. |
Elected in 1870 to finish term. [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]. |
February 23, 1870 – March 3, 1871 |
Republican | ![]() Hiram Rhodes Revels |
10 | |||
42nd Congress | 10 | March 3, 1871 – December 1, 1871 |
Vacant | |||||||||
Elected in 1870, but remained Governor until December 1871. [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]. |
December 1, 1871 – March 4, 1877 |
Republican | ![]() James L. Alcorn |
11 | ||||||||
43rd Congress | ||||||||||||
Vacant | January 4, 1874 – February 3, 1874 | |||||||||||
16 | ![]() Henry R. Pease |
Republican | February 3, 1874 – March 4, 1875 |
Elected to finish Ames's term. Retired. | ||||||||
17 | ![]() Blanche Bruce |
Republican | March 4, 1875 – March 4, 1881 |
Elected in 1874. [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]. |
11 | 44th Congress | ||||||
45th Congress | 11 | Elected in 1876. | March 4, 1877 – March 6, 1885 |
Democratic | ![]() Lucius Q.C. Lamar |
12 | ||||||
46th Congress | ||||||||||||
18 | ![]() James Z. George |
Democratic | March 4, 1881 – August 14, 1897 |
Elected in 1880. | 12 | 47th Congress | ||||||
48th Congress | 12 | Re-elected in 1883. Resigned. | ||||||||||
49th Congress | ||||||||||||
March 6, 1885 – March 9, 1885 |
Vacant | |||||||||||
Appointed to continue Lamar's term. Elected January 20, 1886 to finish Lamar's term.[1] |
March 9, 1885 – January 24, 1894 |
Democratic | ![]() Edward C. Walthall |
13 | ||||||||
Re-elected in 1886. | 13 | 50th Congress | ||||||||||
51st Congress | 13 | Re-elected in 1889. Resigned. | ||||||||||
52nd Congress | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1892.[3] Died. |
14 | 53rd Congress | ||||||||||
January 24, 1894 – February 7, 1894 |
Vacant | |||||||||||
Elected to finish Walthall's term. [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]. |
February 7, 1894 – March 4, 1895 |
Democratic | ![]() Anselm J. McLaurin |
14 | ||||||||
54th Congress | 14 | Elected early on January 20, 1892.[3] Died. |
March 4, 1895 – April 21, 1898 |
Democratic | ![]() Edward C. Walthall |
15 | ||||||
55th Congress | ||||||||||||
Vacant | August 14, 1897 – October 8, 1897 | |||||||||||
19 | ![]() Hernando Money |
Democratic | October 8, 1897 – March 4, 1911 |
Appointed to finish George's term. | ||||||||
April 21, 1898 – May 31, 1898 |
Vacant | |||||||||||
Appointed to continue Walthall's term. Elected January 16, 1900 to finish Walthall's term.[4] Retired. |
May 31, 1898 – March 4, 1901 |
Democratic | ![]() William V. Sullivan |
16 | ||||||||
Elected to full term in 1899. | 15 | 56th Congress | ||||||||||
57th Congress | 15 | Elected in 1900. | March 4, 1901 – December 22, 1909 |
Democratic | ![]() Anselm J. McLaurin |
17 | ||||||
58th Congress | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1905. Retired. |
16 | 59th Congress | ||||||||||
60th Congress | 16 | Re-elected January 20, 1906. Died. | ||||||||||
61st Congress | ||||||||||||
December 22, 1909 – December 27, 1909 |
Vacant | |||||||||||
Appointed to continue McLaurin's term. Successor qualified. |
December 27, 1909 – February 22, 1910 |
Democratic | ![]() James Gordon |
18 | ||||||||
Elected to finish McLaurin's term. Lost nomination to full term. |
February 23, 1910 – March 4, 1913 |
Democratic | ![]() LeRoy Percy |
19 | ||||||||
20 | ![]() John Sharp Williams |
Democratic | March 4, 1911 – March 4, 1923 |
Elected in 1910. | 17 | 62nd Congress | ||||||
63rd Congress | 17 | Elected in 1912. Lost renomination. |
March 4, 1913 – March 4, 1919 |
Democratic | ![]() James K. Vardaman |
20 | ||||||
64th Congress | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1916. Retired. |
18 | 65th Congress | ||||||||||
66th Congress | 18 | Elected in 1918. | March 5, 1919 – June 22, 1941 |
Democratic | ![]() Pat Harrison |
21 | ||||||
67th Congress | ||||||||||||
21 | ![]() Hubert D. Stephens |
Democratic | March 4, 1923 – January 3, 1935 |
Elected in 1922. | 19 | 68th Congress | ||||||
69th Congress | 19 | Re-elected in 1924. | ||||||||||
70th Congress | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1928. Lost renomination. |
20 | 71st Congress | ||||||||||
72nd Congress | 20 | Re-elected in 1930. | ||||||||||
73rd Congress | ||||||||||||
22 | ![]() Theodore G. Bilbo |
Democratic | January 3, 1935 – August 21, 1947 |
Elected in 1934. | 21 | 74th Congress | ||||||
75th Congress | 21 | Re-elected in 1936. Died. | ||||||||||
76th Congress | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1940. | 22 | 77th Congress | ||||||||||
June 22, 1941 – June 30, 1941 |
Vacant | |||||||||||
Appointed to continue Harrison's term. Retired when successor elected. |
June 30, 1941 – September 28, 1941 |
Democratic | ![]() James Eastland |
22 | ||||||||
Elected to finish Harrison's term. Lost nomination to full term. |
September 29, 1941 – January 3, 1943 |
Democratic | ![]() Wall Doxey |
23 | ||||||||
78th Congress | 22 | Elected in 1942. | January 3, 1943 – December 27, 1978 |
Democratic | ![]() James Eastland |
24 | ||||||
79th Congress | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1946. Died. |
23 | 80th Congress | ||||||||||
Vacant | August 21, 1947 – November 5, 1947 | |||||||||||
23 | ![]() John C. Stennis |
Democratic | November 5, 1947 – January 3, 1989 |
Elected to finish Bilbo's term. | ||||||||
81st Congress | 23 | Re-elected in 1948. | ||||||||||
82nd Congress | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1952. | 24 | 83rd Congress | ||||||||||
84th Congress | 24 | Re-elected in 1954. | ||||||||||
85th Congress | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1958. | 25 | 86th Congress | ||||||||||
87th Congress | 25 | Re-elected in 1960. | ||||||||||
88th Congress | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1964. | 26 | 89th Congress | ||||||||||
90th Congress | 26 | Re-elected in 1966. | ||||||||||
91st Congress | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1970. | 27 | 92nd Congress | ||||||||||
93rd Congress | 27 | Re-elected in 1972. Retired, and resigned early to give successor preferential seniority. | ||||||||||
94th Congress | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1976. | 28 | 95th Congress | ||||||||||
Appointed early to finish Eastland's term, having already been elected to the next term. | December 27, 1978 – Present |
Republican | ![]() Thad Cochran |
25 | ||||||||
96th Congress | 28 | Elected in 1978. | ||||||||||
97th Congress | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1982. Retired. |
29 | 98th Congress | ||||||||||
99th Congress | 29 | Re-elected in 1984. | ||||||||||
100th Congress | ||||||||||||
24 | ![]() Trent Lott |
Republican | January 3, 1989 – December 18, 2007 |
Elected in 1988. | 30 | 101st Congress | ||||||
102nd Congress | 30 | Re-elected in 1990. | ||||||||||
103rd Congress | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1994. | 31 | 104th Congress | ||||||||||
105th Congress | 31 | Re-elected in 1996. | ||||||||||
106th Congress | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 2000. | 32 | 107th Congress | ||||||||||
108th Congress | 32 | Re-elected in 2002. | ||||||||||
109th Congress | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 2006. Resigned. |
33 | 110th Congress | ||||||||||
Vacant | December 18, 2007 – December 31, 2007 | |||||||||||
25 | ![]() Roger Wicker |
Republican | December 31, 2007 – Present |
Appointed to continue Lott's term. | ||||||||
Elected to finish Lott's term. | 111th Congress | 33 | Re-elected in 2008. | |||||||||
112th Congress | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 2012. | 34 | 113th Congress | ||||||||||
114th Congress | 34 | Re-elected in 2014. | ||||||||||
115th Congress | ||||||||||||
To be determined in the 2018 election. | 35 | 116th Congress | ||||||||||
117th Congress | 35 | To be determined in the 2020 election. | ||||||||||
# | Senator | Party | Years in office | Electoral history | T e r m |
T e r m |
Electoral history | Years in office | Party | Senator | # | |
Class 1 | Class 2 |
Living former U.S. Senators from Mississippi
As of April 2015, there is one former U.S. Senator from Mississippi who is currently living. The most recent senator to die was John C. Stennis of Class 1 (1947-1989) on April 23, 1995. The most recent Class 2 senator to die was James Eastland (1941, 1943-1978) on February 19, 1986.
Senator | Term of office | Class | Date of birth (and age) |
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Trent Lott | 1989–2007 | 1 | October 9, 1941 |
See also
- List of United States Representatives from Mississippi
- United States congressional delegations from Mississippi
References
- 1 2 3 Byrd, p. 130.
- ↑ Byrd, p. 129
- 1 2 "GEORGE AND WALTHALL ELECTED.". The New York Times. January 20, 1892.
- ↑ Byrd, p. 131.
- Byrd, Robert C. (October 1, 1993). Wolff, Wendy, ed. "The Senate, 1789-1989: Historical Statistics, 1789-1992". United States Senate Historical Office (volume 4 Bicentennial ed.). Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office.