List of People From Mississippi - Politicians

Politicians

See also: List of Governors of Mississippi, List of United States Senators from Mississippi, List of United States Representatives from Mississippi, List of mayors of Jackson, Mississippi, and List of mayors of Meridian, Mississippi
  • Thomas Abernethy (1903–1998), U.S. representative, (Eupora)
  • Robert H. Adams (1792–1830), U.S. senator, (Natchez)
  • James L. Alcorn (1816–1894), governor and U.S. senator, (Friars Point)
  • William Allain (born 1928), governor, (Washington)
  • John Mills Allen (1846–1917), U.S. representative, (Tishomingo County)
  • Apuckshunubbee (c.1740–1824), Choctaw chief
  • Haley Barbour (born 1947), governor, (Yazoo City)
  • Ethelbert Barksdale (1824–1893), U.S. representative and member of the Confederate States Congress, (Jackson)
  • William Barksdale (1821–1863), U.S. congressman, (Jackson)
  • Ross Barnett (1898–1987), governor, (Standing Pine)
  • Cheri Barry (born c.1955), mayor, (Meridian)
  • Marion Barry (born 1936), Washington, D.C. mayor, (Itta Bena)
  • Theodore G. Bilbo (1877–1947), governor and U.S. senator, (Poplarville)
  • Marsha Blackburn (born 1952), U.S. representative from Tennessee, (Laurel)
  • Hale Boggs (1914–1972), U.S. representative from Louisiana, House majority leader, (Long Beach)
  • David R. Bowen (born 1932), U.S. representative, (Houston)
  • Walker Brooke (1813–1869), U.S. senator, (Vicksburg)
  • Blanche Bruce (1841–1898), U.S. senator
  • Ezekiel S. Candler, Jr. (1862–1944), U.S. representative, (Corinth)
  • Joseph W. Chalmers (1806–1853), U.S. senator, (Holly Springs)
  • Travis W. Childers (born 1958), U.S. representative, (Booneville)
  • John Claiborne (1809–1884), U.S. representative, (Natchez)
  • Robert G. Clark, Jr. (born 1928), first African American state representative since Reconstruction
  • Thad Cochran (born 1937), U.S. senator, (Pontotoc)
  • James P. Coleman (1914–1991), governor, (Ackerman)
  • Jacqueline Y. Collins (born 1949), Illinois state senator, (McComb)
  • Ross A. Collins (1880–1968), U.S. representative, (Collinsville)
  • William M. Colmer (1890–1980), U.S. representative, (Moss Point)
  • Greg Davis (born 1966), mayor, (Southaven)
  • Jefferson Davis (1808–1889), U.S. senator and president of the Confederate States of America, (Warren County)
  • Wayne Dowdy (born 1943), chairman of the Mississippi Democratic Party, (Magnolia)
  • Brad Dye (born 1933), lieutenant governor, (Charleston)
  • James Eastland (1904–1986), U.S. senator, (Sunflower)
  • Mike Espy (born 1953), U.S. secretary of agriculture, (Yazoo City)
  • Robert C. Farrell (born 1936), Los Angeles city councilman, (Natchez)
  • Erik R. Fleming (born 1965), state representative, (Clinton)
  • Mary E. Flowers (born 1951), Illinois state representative (Inverness)
  • Kirk Fordice (1934–2004), governor, (Vicksburg)
  • Webb Franklin (born 1941), U.S. representative, (Greenwood)
  • Evelyn Gandy (1920–2007), lieutenant governor, (Hattiesburg)
  • James Z. George (1826–1897), U.S. senator, (Carrollton)
  • Charles H. Griffin (1926–1989), U.S. representative, (Utica)
  • Gregg Harper (born 1956), U.S. representative, (Jackson)
  • Pat Harrison (1881–1941), U.S. representative, (Crystal Springs)
  • Patrick Henry (1843–1930), U.S. representative, (Brandon)
  • Thomas C. Hindman (1828–1868), U.S. representative from Arkansas, (Ripley)
  • Jon Hinson (1942–1995), U.S. representative, (Tylertown)
  • David Holmes (1769–1832), first Governor of Mississippi
  • Jim Hood, Attorney General of Mississippi, (New Houlka)
  • Delbert Hosemann (born 1947), Mississippi secretary of state, (Vicksburg)
  • Benjamin G. Humphreys (1808–1882), governor, (Claiborne County)
  • Benjamin G. Humphreys II (1865–1923), U.S. representative, (Claiborne County)
  • William Y. Humphreys (1890–1933), U.S. representative, (Greenville)
  • Paul B. Johnson, Sr. (1880–1943), judge/governor, (Hattiesburg)
  • Paul B. Johnson, Jr. (1916–1985), governor, (Hattiesburg)
  • Pete Johnson (born 1948), state auditor, co-chair of Delta Regional Authority, (Clarksdale)
  • Daryl Jones (born 1955), (Jackson)
  • Penne Percy Korth (born 1942), diplomat, (Hattiesburg)
  • L.Q.C. Lamar (1825–1893), U.S. senator and supreme court justice, (Oxford)
  • Greenwood LeFlore (1800–1865), Choctaw chief, state senator
  • Elmer Litchfield (1927–2008), sheriff of East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana (Meridian)
  • Mamie Locke (born 1954), Virginia state senator (Brandon)
  • Trent Lott (born 1941), U.S. senator (Grenada)
  • John R. Lynch (1847–1939), first African-American speaker of the Mississippi House, U.S. representative (Natchez)
  • Ray Mabus (born 1948), governor and Secretary of the Navy (Starkville)
  • Harlan Majure (born 1929), mayor of Philadelphia (Meridian)
  • Glenn McCullough (born 1954), mayor of Tupelo (Tupelo)
  • Chris McDaniel (born 1971), state senator (Laurel)
  • Hernando Money (1839–1912), U.S. senator (Carrollton)
  • "Sonny" Montgomery (1920–2006), U.S. representative (Meridian)
  • Mike Moore (born 1952), Mississippi attorney general (Pascagoula)
  • Ronnie Musgrove (born 1956), governor (Tocowa)
  • Spencer Myrick (1918–1991), Louisiana legislator (Simpson County)
  • Alan Nunnelee (born 1958), state senator (Tupelo)
  • Rod Paige (born 1933), U.S. secretary of education (Monticello)
  • Rubel Phillips (1925–2011), gubernatorial candidate Corinth
  • Chip Pickering (born 1963), U.S. representative (Laurel)
  • Stacey Pickering (born 1968), state auditor (Laurel)
  • John E. Rankin (1882–1960), U.S. representative (Itawamba County)
  • Red Shoes (died 1747), assassinated Choctaw leader
  • Bill Renick (born 1954), mayor, governor's chief of staff (Ashland)
  • Hiram Rhodes Revels (1827–1901), first African-American U.S. senator (Claiborne County)
  • Carol Schwartz (born 1944), District of Columbia politician (Greenville)
  • Abram M. Scott (1785–1833), governor (Wilkinson County)
  • Ronnie Shows (born 1947), U.S. representative (Moselle)
  • Jim Singleton (born 1931), New Orleans councilman (Hazlehurst)
  • Larkin I. Smith (1944–1989), U.S. representative (Poplarville)
  • Larry Speakes (born 1939), presidential spokesman (Cleveland)
  • John C. Stennis (1901–1995), U.S. senator (De Kalb)
  • Bill Stone (born 1965), state senator (Ashland)
  • William V. Sullivan (1857–1918), U.S. representative and senator (Winona)
  • Gene Taylor (born 1953), U.S. representative (Bay St. Louis)
  • Bennie Thompson (born 1948), U.S. representative (Bolton)
  • Jacob Thompson (1810–1885), U.S. representative, secretary of the interior (Oxford)
  • Amy Tuck (born 1963), lieutenant governor (Maben)
  • James K. Vardaman (1861–1930), governor, U.S. senator (Yalobusha County)
  • Jamie L. Whitten (1910–1995), U.S. representative (Cascilla)
  • Roger Wicker (born 1951), U.S. senator (Pontotoc)
  • Thomas Hickman Williams (1801–1851), U.S. senator (Pontotoc County)
  • William Arthur Winstead (1904–1995), U.S. representative (Philadelphia)
  • William Winter (born 1923), governor (Grenada)
  • Fielding L. Wright (1895–1956), governor (Rolling Fork)

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