List of United States senators from Mississippi
Current delegation
Roger Wicker (R)
Cindy Hyde-Smith (R)
Mississippi was admitted to the Union on December 10, 1817, and elects senators to class 1 and class 2. Its current senators are Republicans Cindy Hyde-Smith and Roger Wicker. As of February 2022, 51 people have served as U.S. senators from Mississippi. John C. Stennis was Mississippi's longest-serving senator (1947–1989).
Mississippi last elected a Democrat in 1982, and both seats have been occupied by the Republicans since 1989.
List of senators
Class 1Class 1 U.S. senators belong to the electoral cycle that has recently been contested in 2006, 2008 (special), 2012 and 2018. The next election will be in 2024. | C | Class 2Class 2 U.S. senators belong to the electoral cycle that has recently been contested in 2008, 2014, 2018 (special) and 2020. The next election will be in 2026. | ||||||||||
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# | Senator | Party | Dates in office | Electoral history | T | T | Electoral history | Dates in office | Party | Senator | # | |
1 | Walter Leake | Democratic- Republican | Dec 10, 1817 – May 15, 1820 | Elected in 1817.Resigned. | 1 | 15th | 1 | Elected in 1817. | Dec 10, 1817 – Mar 4, 1829 | Democratic- Republican | Thomas Hill Williams | 1 |
16th | ||||||||||||
Vacant | May 15, 1820 – Aug 30, 1820 | |||||||||||
2 | David Holmes | Democratic- Republican | Aug 30, 1820 – Sep 25, 1825 | Elected to finish Leake's term. | ||||||||
Re-election year unknown.Resigned to become Governor of Mississippi. | 2 | 17th | ||||||||||
18th | 2 | Re-elected in 1823. | ||||||||||
Jacksonian | 19th | Jacksonian | ||||||||||
Vacant | Sep 25, 1825 – Sep 28, 1825 | |||||||||||
3 | Powhatan Ellis | Jacksonian | Sep 28, 1825 – Jan 28, 1826 | Appointed to continue Holmes's term.Lost election to finish Holmes's term. | ||||||||
4 | Thomas Buck Reed | Jacksonian | Jan 28, 1826 – Mar 4, 1827 | Elected to finish Holmes's term.Lost election to full term. | ||||||||
5 | Powhatan Ellis | Jacksonian | Mar 4, 1827 – Jul 16, 1832 | Election year unknown.Resigned to become a U.S. District Judge. | 3 | 20th | ||||||
21st | 3 | Elected in 1828.Died. | Mar 4, 1829 – Nov 26, 1829 | Jacksonian | Thomas Buck Reed | 2 | ||||||
Nov 26, 1829 – Jan 6, 1830 | Vacant | |||||||||||
Elected to finish Reed's term.Died. | Jan 6, 1830 – Jul 2, 1830 | Jacksonian | Robert H. Adams | 3 | ||||||||
Jul 2, 1830 – Oct 15, 1830 | Vacant | |||||||||||
Appointed to continue Adams's term.Elected in 1830 to finish Adams's term.[1]Lost re-election. | Oct 15, 1830 – Mar 4, 1835 | Jacksonian | George Poindexter | 4 | ||||||||
22nd | National Republican | |||||||||||
Vacant | Jul 16, 1832 – Nov 12, 1832 | |||||||||||
6 | John Black | Jacksonian | Nov 12, 1832 – Mar 4, 1833 | Appointed to finish Ellis's term. | ||||||||
Vacant | Mar 4, 1833 – Nov 22, 1833 | Legislature failed to elect. | 4 | 23rd | ||||||||
John Black | National Republican | Nov 22, 1833 – Jan 22, 1838 | Elected late.Resigned. | |||||||||
24th | 4 | Elected in 1835. | Mar 4, 1835 – Mar 5, 1845 | Jacksonian | Robert J. Walker | 5 | ||||||
Whig | 25th | Democratic | ||||||||||
7 | James F. Trotter | Democratic | Jan 22, 1838 – Jul 10, 1838 | Appointed to continue Black's term.Resigned. | ||||||||
Vacant | Jul 10, 1838 – Nov 12, 1838 | |||||||||||
8 | Thomas H. Williams | Democratic | Nov 12, 1838 – Mar 4, 1839 | Appointed to continue Black's term.Elected in 1839 to finish Black's term.[2][data missing]. | ||||||||
9 | John Henderson | Whig | Mar 4, 1839 – Mar 4, 1845 | Elected in 1838.[data missing]. | 5 | 26th | ||||||
27th | 5 | Re-elected in 1841.Resigned to become U.S. Secretary of the Treasury. | ||||||||||
28th | ||||||||||||
10 | Jesse Speight | Democratic | Mar 4, 1845 – May 1, 1847 | Elected in 1844.Died. | 6 | 29th | ||||||
Mar 5, 1845 – Nov 3, 1845 | Vacant | |||||||||||
Appointed to continue Walker's term.Elected in 1846 to finish Walker's term.[1][data missing]. | Nov 3, 1845 – Mar 4, 1847 | Democratic | Joseph W. Chalmers | 6 | ||||||||
30th | 6 | Elected in 1846 or 1847.Resigned to become Governor of Mississippi. | Mar 4, 1847 – Jan 8, 1852 | Democratic | Henry S. Foote | 7 | ||||||
Vacant | May 1, 1847 – Aug 10, 1847 | |||||||||||
11 | Jefferson Davis | Democratic | Aug 10, 1847 – Sep 23, 1851 | Appointed to continue Speight's term.Elected in 1848 to finish Speight's term.[2] | ||||||||
31st | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1850.Resigned to run for Governor of Mississippi. | 7 | 32nd | ||||||||||
Vacant | Sep 23, 1851 – Dec 1, 1851 | |||||||||||
12 | John J. McRae | Democratic | Dec 1, 1851 – Mar 17, 1852 | Appointed to continue Davis's term.Successor elected. | ||||||||
Jan 8, 1852 – Feb 18, 1852 | Vacant | |||||||||||
Elected to finish Foote's term.Retired. | Feb 18, 1852 – Mar 4, 1853 | Whig | Walker Brooke | 8 | ||||||||
13 | Stephen Adams | Democratic | Mar 17, 1852 – Mar 4, 1857 | Elected to finish Davis's term.[data missing]. | ||||||||
33rd | 7 | Mar 4, 1853 – Jan 7, 1854 | Vacant | |||||||||
Elected late in 1854 | Jan 7, 1854 – Jan 12, 1861 | Democratic | Albert G. Brown | 9 | ||||||||
34th | ||||||||||||
14 | Jefferson Davis | Democratic | Mar 4, 1857 – Jan 21, 1861 | Elected in 1856 or 1857.Resigned. | 8 | 35th | ||||||
36th | 8 | Re-elected in 1859.Withdrew. | ||||||||||
Civil War and Reconstruction | Jan 12, 1861 – Feb 23, 1870 | Vacant | ||||||||||
Vacant | Jan 21, 1861 – Feb 23, 1870 | Civil War and Reconstruction | ||||||||||
37th | ||||||||||||
9 | 38th | |||||||||||
39th | 9 | |||||||||||
40th | ||||||||||||
10 | 41st | |||||||||||
15 | Adelbert Ames | Republican | Feb 23, 1870 – Jan 4, 1874 | Elected in 1870 upon readmission.Resigned to become Governor of Mississippi. | Elected in 1870 upon readmission.[data missing]. | Feb 23, 1870 – Mar 4, 1871 | Republican | Hiram R. Revels | 10 | |||
42nd | 10 | Mar 4, 1871 – Dec 1, 1871 | Vacant | |||||||||
Elected in 1870, but remained Governor until Dec 1871.[data missing]. | Dec 1, 1871 – Mar 4, 1877 | Republican | James L. Alcorn | 11 | ||||||||
43rd | ||||||||||||
Vacant | Jan 4, 1874 – Feb 3, 1874 | |||||||||||
16 | Henry R. Pease | Republican | Feb 3, 1874 – Mar 4, 1875 | Elected to finish Ames's term.Retired. | ||||||||
17 | Blanche Bruce | Republican | Mar 4, 1875 – Mar 4, 1881 | Elected in 1874.[data missing]. | 11 | 44th | ||||||
45th | 11 | Elected in 1876. | Mar 4, 1877 – Mar 6, 1885 | Democratic | Lucius Q. C. Lamar | 12 | ||||||
46th | ||||||||||||
18 | James Z. George | Democratic | Mar 4, 1881 – Aug 14, 1897 | Elected in 1880. | 12 | 47th | ||||||
48th | 12 | Re-elected in 1883.Resigned. | ||||||||||
49th | ||||||||||||
Mar 6, 1885 – Mar 9, 1885 | Vacant | |||||||||||
Appointed to continue Lamar's term.Elected in 1886 to finish Lamar's term.[1] | Mar 9, 1885 – Jan 24, 1894 | Democratic | Edward C. Walthall | 13 | ||||||||
Re-elected in 1886. | 13 | 50th | ||||||||||
51st | 13 | Re-elected in 1889.Resigned. | ||||||||||
52nd | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1892.[3]Died. | 14 | 53rd | ||||||||||
Jan 24, 1894 – Feb 7, 1894 | Vacant | |||||||||||
Elected to finish Walthall's term.[data missing]. | Feb 7, 1894 – Mar 4, 1895 | Democratic | Anselm J. McLaurin | 14 | ||||||||
54th | 14 | Elected early in 1892.[3]Died. | Mar 4, 1895 – Apr 21, 1898 | Democratic | Edward C. Walthall | 15 | ||||||
55th | ||||||||||||
Vacant | Aug 14, 1897 – Oct 8, 1897 | |||||||||||
19 | Hernando Money | Democratic | Oct 8, 1897 – Mar 4, 1911 | Appointed to finish George's term. | ||||||||
Apr 21, 1898 – May 31, 1898 | Vacant | |||||||||||
Appointed to continue Walthall's term.Elected in 1900 to finish Walthall's term.[4]Retired. | May 31, 1898 – Mar 4, 1901 | Democratic | William V. Sullivan | 16 | ||||||||
Elected to full term in 1899. | 15 | 56th | ||||||||||
57th | 15 | Elected in 1900. | Mar 4, 1901 – Dec 22, 1909 | Democratic | Anselm J. McLaurin | 17 | ||||||
58th | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1904.[5]Retired. | 16 | 59th | ||||||||||
60th | 16 | Re-elected early in 1904.[5]Died. | ||||||||||
61st | ||||||||||||
Dec 22, 1909 – Dec 27, 1909 | Vacant | |||||||||||
Appointed to continue McLaurin's term.Successor qualified. | Dec 27, 1909 – Feb 22, 1910 | Democratic | James Gordon | 18 | ||||||||
Elected to finish McLaurin's term.Lost nomination to full term. | Feb 23, 1910 – Mar 4, 1913 | Democratic | LeRoy Percy | 19 | ||||||||
20 | John Sharp Williams | Democratic | Mar 4, 1911 – Mar 4, 1923 | Elected early in 1908. | 17 | 62nd | ||||||
63rd | 17 | Elected in 1912.Lost renomination. | Mar 4, 1913 – Mar 4, 1919 | Democratic | James K. Vardaman | 20 | ||||||
64th | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1916.Retired. | 18 | 65th | ||||||||||
66th | 18 | Elected in 1918. | Mar 4, 1919 – Jun 22, 1941 | Democratic | Pat Harrison | 21 | ||||||
67th | ||||||||||||
21 | Hubert D. Stephens | Democratic | Mar 4, 1923 – Jan 3, 1935 | Elected in 1922. | 19 | 68th | ||||||
69th | 19 | Re-elected in 1924. | ||||||||||
70th | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1928.Lost renomination. | 20 | 71st | ||||||||||
72nd | 20 | Re-elected in 1930. | ||||||||||
73rd | ||||||||||||
22 | Theodore G. Bilbo | Democratic | Jan 3, 1935 – Aug 21, 1947 | Elected in 1934. | 21 | 74th | ||||||
75th | 21 | Re-elected in 1936.Died. | ||||||||||
76th | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1940. | 22 | 77th | ||||||||||
Jun 22, 1941 – Jun 30, 1941 | Vacant | |||||||||||
Appointed to continue Harrison's term.Retired when successor elected. | Jun 30, 1941 – Sep 28, 1941 | Democratic | James Eastland | 22 | ||||||||
Elected to finish Harrison's term.Lost renomination. | Sep 29, 1941 – Jan 3, 1943 | Democratic | Wall Doxey | 23 | ||||||||
78th | 22 | Elected in 1942. | Jan 3, 1943 – Dec 27, 1978 | Democratic | James Eastland | 24 | ||||||
79th | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1946.Died. | 23 | 80th | ||||||||||
Vacant | Aug 21, 1947 – Nov 5, 1947 | |||||||||||
23 | John C. Stennis | Democratic | Nov 5, 1947 – Jan 3, 1989 | Elected to finish Bilbo's term. | ||||||||
81st | 23 | Re-elected in 1948. | ||||||||||
82nd | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1952. | 24 | 83rd | ||||||||||
84th | 24 | Re-elected in 1954. | ||||||||||
85th | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1958. | 25 | 86th | ||||||||||
87th | 25 | Re-elected in 1960. | ||||||||||
88th | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1964. | 26 | 89th | ||||||||||
90th | 26 | Re-elected in 1966. | ||||||||||
91st | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1970. | 27 | 92nd | ||||||||||
93rd | 27 | Re-elected in 1972.Retired, and resigned early to give successor preferential seniority. | ||||||||||
94th | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1976. | 28 | 95th | ||||||||||
Appointed early to finish Eastland's term, having already been elected to the next term. | Dec 27, 1978 – Apr 1, 2018 | Republican | Thad Cochran | 25 | ||||||||
96th | 28 | Elected in 1978. | ||||||||||
97th | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1982.Retired. | 29 | 98th | ||||||||||
99th | 29 | Re-elected in 1984. | ||||||||||
100th | ||||||||||||
24 | Trent Lott | Republican | Jan 3, 1989 – Dec 18, 2007 | Elected in 1988. | 30 | 101st | ||||||
102nd | 30 | Re-elected in 1990. | ||||||||||
103rd | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1994. | 31 | 104th | ||||||||||
105th | 31 | Re-elected in 1996. | ||||||||||
106th | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 2000. | 32 | 107th | ||||||||||
108th | 32 | Re-elected in 2002. | ||||||||||
109th | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 2006.Resigned. | 33 | 110th | ||||||||||
Vacant | Dec 18, 2007 – Dec 31, 2007 | |||||||||||
25 | Roger Wicker | Republican | Dec 31, 2007 – present | Appointed to continue Lott's term.Elected in 2008 to finish Lott's term. | ||||||||
111th | 33 | Re-elected in 2008. | ||||||||||
112th | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 2012. | 34 | 113th | ||||||||||
114th | 34 | Re-elected in 2014.Resigned. | ||||||||||
115th | ||||||||||||
Apr 1, 2018 – Apr 2, 2018 | Vacant | |||||||||||
Appointed to continue Cochran's term.Elected in 2018 in runoff election to finish Cochran's term. | Apr 2, 2018 – present | Republican | Cindy Hyde-Smith | 26 | ||||||||
Re-elected in 2018. | 35 | 116th | ||||||||||
117th | 35 | Re-elected in 2020. | ||||||||||
118th | ||||||||||||
To be determined in the 2024 election. | 36 | 119th | ||||||||||
120th | 36 | To be determined in the 2026 election. | ||||||||||
# | Senator | Party | Years in office | Electoral history | T | C | T | Electoral history | Years in office | Party | Senator | # |
Class 1 | Class 2 |
See also
- List of United States representatives from Mississippi
- United States congressional delegations from Mississippi
- Elections in Mississippi
Notes
- ^ a b c Byrd, p. 130.
- ^ a b Byrd, p. 129.
- ^ a b "GEORGE AND WALTHALL ELECTED". The New York Times. January 20, 1892.
- ^ Byrd, p. 131.
- ^ a b "Re-elect Senators McLaurin and Money" (PDF). The New York Times. January 20, 1904. p. 5.
References
- 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, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office. ISBN 9780160632563.
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