List of first ladies of Mississippi

List of wives of Mississippi Governors

The First Lady of the U.S. state of Mississippi is a role held by the wife of the Governor of Mississippi. Mississippi has never had a female governor.

| Picture  | Name  | When  | Spouse of

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1  |  |  |  | David Holmes
2  |  | Agatha Ball Chinn Poindexter[1] | 1820–1822  | George Poindexter
3  |  |  |  | Walter Leake
4  |  | Betsy Stanton Chambers (second wife after Margaret Chambers Brandon)  |  | Gerard Brandon
5  |  |  |  | David Holmes
6  |  |  |  | Gerard Brandon
7  |  |  |  | Abram M. Scott
8  |  |  |  | Charles Lynch
9  |  |  |  | Hiram Runnels
10  |  | Eliza Turner Quitman[2] |  | John A. Quitman
11  |  |  |  | Charles Lynch
12  |  | Elizabeth Lewis Cameron McNutt, widow of his law partner  |  | Alexander G. McNutt
13  |  |  |  | Tilghman Tucker
14  |  | Roberta Y. Brown (Roberta Eugenia Young Brown)  |  | Albert G. Brown, his second wife after first died
15  |  |  |  | Joseph W. Matthews
16  |  |  |  | John A. Quitman
17  |  |  |  | John Isaac Guion
18  |  |  |  | James Whitfield
19  |  |  |  | Henry S. Foote
20  |  | Susan Hewell Pettus  |  | John J. Pettus
21  |  |  |  | John J. McRae
22  |  |  |  | William McWillie
23  |  |  |  | John J. Pettus
24  |  |  |  | Charles Clark
25  |  |  |  | William L. Sharkey
26  |  |  |  | Benjamin G. Humphreys
27  |  | Blanche Butler Ames | 1868-1870  | Adelbert Ames
28  |  | Amelia Walton (Glover) Alcorn  |  | James L. Alcorn
29  |  |  |  | Ridgley C. Powers
30  |  |  | 1874–1876  | Adelbert Ames
31  |  | Mary G. Coman Stone  |  | John Marshall Stone
32  |  |  |  | Robert Lowry
33  |  |  |  | John Marshall Stone
34  |  |  |  | Anselm J. McLaurin
35  |  | Marion Buckley Longino[3] |  | Andrew H. Longino
36  |  |  |  | James K. Vardaman
37  |  |  |  | Edmond Noel
38  |  |  |  | Earl L. Brewer
39  |  | Linda Gaddy Bedgood Bilbo[4][5] |  | Theodore G. Bilbo
40  |  |  |  | Lee M. Russell
41  |  |  |  | Henry L. Whitfield
42  |  |  |  | Dennis Murphree
43  |  |  |  | Theodore G. Bilbo
44  |  |  |  | Martin Sennet Conner
45  |  |  |  | Hugh L. White
46  |  |  |  | Paul B. Johnson Sr.
47  |  |  |  | Dennis Murphree
48  |  |  |  | Thomas L. Bailey
49  |  |  |  | Fielding L. Wright
48  |  |  |  | Hugh L. White
49  |  |  |  | James P. Coleman
50  |  |  |  | Ross Barnett
51  |  |  |  | Paul B. Johnson Jr.
52  |  | Nellah Massey Bailey | 1944 - 1946  | Thomas L. Bailey
52  |  | Nan Kelley Wright[6][7] |  | Fielding L. Wright
51  |  | Judith Wier Sugg White  |  | Hugh L. White
52  |  | Margaret Coleman  |  | James P. Coleman
53  |  | Mary Pearl Crawford Barnett  |  | Ross Barnett
54  |  | Dorothy Power Johnson[8] |  | Paul B. Johnson Jr.
55  |  |  |  | John Bell Williams
56  |  | Ava Carroll Waller | 1972 - 1976  | Bill Waller
57  |  | Zelma Finch[9][10] |  | Cliff Finch
58  |  | Elise Varner Winter[11] | 1980 - 1984  | William F. Winter
59  |  | Divorced  |  | William Allain
60  |  | Julie Hines Mabus[12] |  | Ray Mabus
61  |  | Pat Fordice | 1992 - 1999  | Kirk Fordice
62  |  | Melanie Musgrove[13] |  | Ronnie Musgrove
63  |  | Marsha Barbour | 2004 - 2012  | Haley Barbour
64  |  | Deborah (Hays) Bryant[14] |  | Phil Bryant[15]
65  |  | Elee Williams Reeves[16] |  | Tate Reeves

## See also

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* List of governors of Mississippi

## References

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1. ^ "Letter to the Editor for May 20". NewsAdvance.com. May 19, 2021.
2. ^ "Quitman Family Papers, 1784-1978". finding-aids.lib.unc.edu.
3. ^ "NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM" (PDF). www.apps.mdah.ms.gov. Retrieved November 6, 2023.
4. ^ https://vicksburgnews.com/mrs-bilbo-and-mississippi-politics/
5. ^ https://mississippiencyclopedia.org/entries/theodore-gilmore-bilbo/
6. ^ Capace, Nancy (January 1, 2001). Encyclopedia of Mississippi. Somerset Publishers, Inc. ISBN 9780403096039 – via Google Books.
7. ^ "Wright, Nannie Kelley | Briggs Lawrence County Public Library". www.briggslibrary.com.
8. ^ "Johnson, Dorothy (Dot) Power | University of Southern Mississippi McCain Library & Archives". specialcollections.usm.edu.
9. ^ Staff Report (July 12, 2007). "Former first lady Zelma Finch dead at 81". Picayune Item.
10. ^ "Former Mississippi Gov. Charles C. 'Cliff' Finch dies - UPI Archives". UPI.
11. ^ Hathorn, Taylor McKay (July 19, 2021). "Former First Lady Elise Winter Dies at 95 After Life of Work for Equity, Acceptance, Compassion".
12. ^ "MABUS v. MABUS (2003) | FindLaw".
13. ^ "Melody Bruce Musgrove, wife of former Governor, dies". MPB — Mississippi Public Broadcasting.
14. ^ Bonner, Elizabeth (April 5, 2016). "Meet Mississippi First Lady Deborah Bryant". Southern Lady Magazine
15. ^ "Deborah Bryant". National Governors Association
16. ^ "Elee Reeves". National Governors Association