Political party strength in Mississippi

Politics in the US state of Mississippi

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The following table indicates the party of elected officials in the U.S. state of Mississippi:

* Governor
* Lieutenant Governor
* Secretary of State
* Attorney General
* State Auditor
* State Treasurer
* Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce
* Commissioner of Insurance
* Land Commissioner

The table also indicates the historical party composition in the:

* State Senate
* State House of Representatives
* State delegation to the United States Senate
* State delegation to the United States House of Representatives

For years in which a presidential election was held, the table indicates which party's nominees received the state's electoral votes.

## Pre-statehood (1798–1817)

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Year | Executive offices | Territorial Legislature | U.S. Congress

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Governor | Secretary of State | Attorney General | Senate | House | Delegate
1798  | Winthrop Sargent (F) | John Steele
1799  | Lyman Harding
1800
1801
William C. C. Claiborne (DR) |  |  | Narsworthy Hunter (DR)
1802  |  |  |  | Thomas M. Green Jr. (DR)
1803  | Cato West | George Poindexter (DR) |  |  | William Lattimore (DR)
1804
1805  | Thomas Hill Williams (DR)
Robert Williams (DR)
1806  | Cowles Mead (DR)
1807  | Thomas Hill Williams (DR) |  |  |  | George Poindexter (DR)
1808
1809
David Holmes (DR)
1810  | Henry Dangerfield
1811
1812
1813  |  |  |  | William Lattimore (DR)
1814
1815  | Nathaniel A. Ware
1816
1817  |  |  |
Mississippi admitted to the Union on December 10, 1817

## 1817–1873

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Year | Executive offices | State Legislature | United States Congress | Electoral
votes

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Governor | Lt. Governor | Secretary of State | Attorney General | Auditor | Treasurer | Senate | House | Senator (Class I) | Senator (Class II) | House
1817  | David Holmes (DR)[a] | Duncan Stewart (DR) | Daniel Williams | Lyman Harding | John R. Girault | Samuel Brooks | [?] | Walter Leake (DR) | Thomas Hill Williams (DR) | George
Poindexter (DR)
1818  | Peter Schuyler
1819  | Christopher
Rankin (DR)
1820  | George Poindexter (DR) | James Patton (DR) | Edward Turner | Monroe/
Tompkins (DR) Y
David Holmes (DR)
1821  | John A. Grimball | Thomas Buck Reed (DR) | John Richards | Samuel C. Wooldridge
1822  | Walter Leake (DR)[b] | David Dickson (DR) | Hiram Runnels (DR)
1823
1824  | Gerard Brandon (DR) | Jackson (DR) N /
Calhoun (DR) Y
1825  | Richard Stockton | David Holmes (J) | Thomas Hill Williams (J) | Christopher
Rankin (J)
Gerard Brandon (D)[c] | vacant | Hiram Runnels (D) | Powhatan Ellis (J)
1826  | David Holmes (D)[d] | Gerard Brandon (D) | Thomas Buck Reed (J)
Gerard Brandon (D) | vacant | William
Haile (J)
1827  | Powhatan Ellis (J)
1828  | Abram M. Scott (NR) | George Adams (D) | James Phillips Jr. | Jackson/
Calhoun (D) Y
1829  | Robert H. Buckner (D) | Thomas Buck Reed (J) | Thomas
Hinds (J)
1830  | R. M. Gaines (D) | Thomas B. J. Hadley | Robert H. Adams (J)
George Poindexter (J)
1831  | George Poindexter (NR) | Franklin E.
Plummer (J)
1832  | Abram M. Scott (NR)[b] | Fountain Winston (D) | Jackson/
Buren (D) Y
1833  | no such office[e] | David C. Dickson (NR) | John H. Mallory | John Black (J) | 2J
Charles Lynch (NR)[f] | vacant
1834  | Hiram Runnels (D) | M. D. Patton (D) | John Black (NR)
1835  | Barry W. Benson (D) | Robert J. Walker (J) | 1J, 1NR
John A. Quitman (W)[f]
1836  | Charles Lynch (W) | Charles C. Mayson | 2J  | Buren/
Johnson (D) Y
1837  | T. F. Collins (D) | A. B. Saunders | John Black (W) | Robert J. Walker (D) | 2D
1838  | Alexander McNutt (D) | James Phillips Jr. | 17D, 13W  | 53D, 36W, 1?  | James F. Trotter (D) | 2W
J. A. Vanhoesen | Thomas Hickman Williams (D)
1839  | Thomas B. Woodward (D) | Silas Brown | John Henderson (W) | 2D
S. Craig
James G. Williams
1840  | Joshua S. Curtis | 18D, 12W  | 54D, 36W, 1?  | Harrison/
Tyler (W) Y
1841  | L. G. Galloway (W) | John D. Freeman (D) | Richard S. Graves
1842  | Tilghman Tucker (D) | J. E. Matthews | 21D, 11W  | 60D, 38W
1843  | Wilson Hemingway | William Clark | 4D
1844  | Albert G. Brown (D) | 20D, 12W  | 66D, 32W, 1?  | Polk/
Dallas (D) Y
1845  | Jesse Speight (D) | Joseph W. Chalmers (D)
1846  | 23D, 9W  | 70D, 29W
1847  | Samuel Stamps (D) | George T. Swann (D) | Richard Griffith (D) | Henry S. Foote (D) | 3D, 1W
Jefferson Davis (D)
1848  | Joseph W. Matthews (D) | 25D, 7W  | 73D, 25W, 1?  | Cass/
Butler (D) N
1849  | 4D
1850  | John A. Quitman (D)[g] | Joseph Bell (D) | 20D, 10W, 2?  | 62D, 36W, 1?
1851  | John Isaac Guion (D)[h] | Daniel R. Russell | William Clark | 3U, 1D
James Whitfield (D)[f]
1852  | Henry S. Foote (UD)[i] | James A. Horne (U) | John D. Freeman (U) | 21SR, 11U  | 63SR, 35U, 1?  | John J. McRae (D) | Walker Brooke (W) | Pierce/
King (D) Y
Stephen Adams (D)
1853  | David C. Glenn (D) | 5D
1854  | John J. Pettus (D)[f] | William H. Muse (D) | Shields L. Hussey | 20D, 10W, 1U  | 97D, 19W, 8U, 2?  | Albert G. Brown (D)
John J. McRae (D)
1855  | A. B. Dilworth (D) | Madison McAfee | 4D, 1KN
1856  | [?] | [?] | Buchanan/
Breckinridge (D) Y
1857  | T. J. Wharton (D) | Jefferson Davis (D) | 5D
William McWillie (D)
1858  | 85D, 19O
1859  | Erasmus Burt (D)
John J. Pettus (D)
1860  | B. R. Webb[b] | M. D. Haynes | 27D, 4O  | 86D, 14O  | Breckinridge/
Lane (SD) N
1861  | C. A. Brougher | A. B. Dilworth (D) | Civil War/Reconstruction
1862  | A. J. Gillespie | [?]
1863
Charles Clark (D)[j]
1864  |
1865  | Alexander Warner (R) | Charles E. Hooker (D) | Thomas T. Swann | W. B. Weaver
William L. Sharkey (NP)[k]
Benjamin G. Humphreys (D)[l] | C. A. Brougher | John H. Echols
1866  | 17W, 13D, 1?  | 52W, 39D, 7 other
1867
1868
Adelbert Ames (M)[k][m] | Jasper Myers (D)
1869  | Henry Musgrove (R) | Henry Musgrove (R) | William H. Vassar
1870  | James D. Lynch (R) | Joshua S. Morris (R) | 26R, 7D  | 82R, 25D  | Adelbert Ames (R) | Hiram R. Revels (R) | 5R
James L. Alcorn (R)[n] | Ridgley C. Powers (R)
1871
1872  | Ridgley C. Powers (R)[c] | Alexander Kelso Davis (R) | Hiram R. Revels (R) | 23R, 14D  | 65R, 50D  | James L. Alcorn (R) | Grant/
Wilson (R) Y
1873  | Hannibal C. Carter (R) | 5R, 1D
M. M. McLeod (R)

## 1873–1979

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Year | Executive offices | State Legislature | United States Congress | Electoral
votes

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Governor | Lt. Governor | Secretary
of State | Attorney General | Auditor | Treasurer | Comm. of Ag.
and Commerce | Comm. of Ins. | Land Comm. | Senate | House | Senator
(Class I) | Senator
(Class II) | House
1874  | Adelbert Ames (R)[o] | Alexander Kelso Davis (R) | James Hill (R) | George E. Harris (R) | William H. Gibbs | George H. Holland (R) | no such office | no such office | no such office | 23R, 14D  | 68R, 44D, 3 vac.  | Henry R. Pease (R) | James L. Alcorn (R) | 5R, 1D  |
1875  | M. L. Holland | Blanche Bruce (R) | 4D, 2R
1876  | William L. Hemingway | 25D, 11R, 1IR  | 97D, 19R  | Tilden/
Hendricks (D) N
John Marshall Stone (D)[p] | vacant
1877  | John M. Smylie | Lucius Q. C. Lamar (D) | 6D
1878  | William H. Sims (D) | Kinloch Falconer (D) | Thomas C. Catchings (D) | Sylvester Gwin (D) | 36D, 2R  | 109D, 8R, 3Fus
D. P. Porter (D)
1879  | Henry C. Myers (D)
1880  | 35D, 2G, 1R  | 101D, 14G, 5R  | Hancock/
English (D) N
1881  | James Z. George (D)
1882  | Robert Lowry (D) | G. D. Shands (D) | 35D, 2R  | 100D, 15R, 3ID, 2GB  | 5D, 1R
1883  | 5D, 1R, 1I
1884  | P. M. Doherty (D) | 33D, 3R, 1I  | 100D, 13R, 4GB, 3I  | Cleveland/
Hendricks (D) Y
1885  | Thomas S. Ford (D) | Edward C. Walthall (D) | 7D
1886  | George M. Govan (D) | T. Marshall Miller (D) | W. W. Stone (D) | John R. Enochs (D) | 39D, 1R  | 119D, 9R, 2I
1887
1888  | J. W. McMaster (D) | 40D  | 111D, 7R, 2I  | Cleveland/
Thurman (D) N
1889
1890  | John Marshall Stone (D) | M. M. Evans (D) | J. J. Evans (D) | Edgar S. Wilson (D) | 113D, 7R
1891
1892  | 45D  | 129D, 3R, 1I  | Cleveland/
Stevenson (D) Y
1893  | Frank Johnston (D)
1894  | Anselm J. McLaurin (D)
1895  | Edward C. Walthall (D)
1896  | Anselm J. McLaurin (D) | J. H. Jones (D) | John Logan Power (D) | William N. Nash (D) | W. D. Holder (D) | A. Q. May (D) | John M. Simonton (D) | 131D, 2R  | Bryan/
Sewall (D) Y
1897  | Hernando Money (D)
1898  | Edwin H. Nall (D)
William V. Sullivan (D)
1899
1900  | Andrew H. Longino (D) | James T. Harrison (D) | Monroe McClurg (D) | William Q. Cole (D) | J. R. Stowers (D) | 131D, 2R  | Bryan/
Stevenson (D) N
1901  | Joseph Withers Power (D) | George W. Carlisle (D) | Anselm J. McLaurin (D)
1902  | Thad B. Lampton (D) | William Q. Cole (D)
1903  | William Williams (D) | 8D
1904  | James K. Vardaman (D) | John Prentiss Carter (D) | Thomas Monroe Henry (D) | William J. Miller (D) | 133D  | Parker/
Davis (D) N
1905
1906  | Henry E. Blakeslee (D)
1907  | Robert Virgil Fletcher (D)
1908  | Edmond Noel (D) | Luther Manship (D) | J. Bowman Sterling (D) | Elias J. Smith (D) | George R. Edwards (D) | Thomas Monroe Henry (D) | Bryan/
Kern (D) N
1909  | James L. Gillespie (D)
1910  | Shepherd S. Hudson (D) | James Gordon (D)
LeRoy Percy (D)
1911  | John Sharp Williams (D)
1912  | Earl L. Brewer (D) | Theodore G. Bilbo (D) | Ross A. Collins (D) | Duncan L. Thompson (D) | Peter Simpson Stovall (D) | Mark A. Brown (D) | Wilson/
Marshall (D) Y
1913  | James K. Vardaman (D)
1914
1915
1916  | Theodore G. Bilbo (D) | Lee M. Russell (D) | Robert E. Wilson (D) | John Peroutt Taylor (D) | Peter P. Garner (D)
1917
1918
1919  | Pat Harrison (D)
1920  | Lee M. Russell (D) | Homer Casteel (D) | Frank Roberson (D) | W. J. Miller (D) | Larkin S. Rodgers (D) | 49D  | 140D  | Cox/
Roosevelt (D) N
1921  | William M. Murry (D) | R. D. Moore (D)
1922
1923  | C. D. Potter (D) | Hubert D. Stephens (D)
1924  | Henry L. Whitfield (D)[b] | Dennis Murphree (D) | Rush H. Knox (D) | George D. Riley (D) | Ben S. Lowry (D) | Davis/
Bryan (D) N
1925
1926  | Walker Wood (D)
1927
Dennis Murphree (D)[c] | vacant
1928  | Theodore G. Bilbo (D) | Clayton B. Adams (D) | George T. Mitchell (D) | C. C. White (D) | Webb Walley (D) | J. C. Holton (D) | Ben S. Lowry (D) | Smith/
Robinson (D) N
1929
1930
1931
1932  | Martin Sennet Conner (D) | Dennis Murphree (D) | Greek L. Rice (D) | Joe S. Price (D) | Lewis S. May (D) | George D. Riley (D) | Roosevelt/
Garner (D) Y
1933  | 7D
1934
1935  | Theodore G. Bilbo (D)
1936  | Hugh L. White (D) | Jacob Buehler Snider (D) | Carl Craig (D) | Newton James (D) | J. S. Williams (D)
1937
1938
1939
1940  | Paul B. Johnson Sr. (D)[b] | Dennis Murphree (D) | James M. Causey (D) | Lewis S. May (D) | Si Corley (D) | Roosevelt/
Wallace (D) Y
1941  | Guy McCullen (D) | James Eastland (D)
Wall Doxey (D)
1942
1943  | James Eastland (D)
Dennis Murphree (D)[c] | vacant
1944  | Thomas L. Bailey (D)[b] | Fielding L. Wright (D) | Bert J. Barnett (D) | Newton James (D) | Roosevelt/
Truman (D) Y
1945
1946
Fielding L. Wright (D)[q] | vacant
1947  | John C. Stennis (D)
1948  | Sam Lumpkin (D) | Heber Austin Ladner (D) | Carl Craig (D) | R. W. May (D) | Jesse L. White (D) | W. L. McGahey (D) | Thurmond/
Wright (Dix) N
1949
1950
1951
1952  | Hugh L. White (D) | Carroll Gartin (D) | James P. Coleman (D) | William D. Neal (D) | Newton James (D) | Walter D. Davis (D) | Stevenson/
Sparkman (D) N
1953  | 6D
1954
1955
1956  | James P. Coleman (D) | Joseph Turner Patterson (D) | E. Boyd Golding (D) | Robert D. Morrow Sr. (D) | Bob Graham (D) | Stevenson/
Kefauver (D) N
1957
1958
1959
1960  | Ross Barnett (D) | Paul B. Johnson Jr. (D) | William D. Neal (D) | Evelyn Gandy (D) | Byrd/
Thurmond (Dix) N
1961
1962
1963  | 139D, 1R[r] | 5D
1964  | Paul B. Johnson Jr. (D) | Carroll Gartin (D) | Hamp King (D) | William F. Winter (D) | 51D, 1R[s] | 120D, 2R  | Goldwater/
Miller (R) N
1965  | 4D, 1R
1966  | vacant
1967  | 5D
1968  | John Bell Williams (D) | Charles L. Sullivan (D) | Evelyn Gandy (D) | Jim Buck Ross (D) | Watt Carter (D) | 52D  | 122D  | Wallace/
LeMay (AI) N
1969  | A. F. Summer (D)
1970
1971
1972  | Bill Waller (D) | William F. Winter (D) | Brad Dye (D) | Evelyn Gandy (D) | 50D, 2R  | 119D, 3R  | Nixon/
Agnew (R) Y
1973  | 3D, 2R
1974
1975
1976  | Cliff Finch (D) | Evelyn Gandy (D) | Edwin L. Pittman (D) | George Dale (D) | John Ed Ainsworth (D) | 118D, 4R  | Carter/
Mondale (D) Y
1977
1978  | Thad Cochran (R)[t]
1979

## 1980–present

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Year | Executive offices | State Legislature | United States Congress | Electoral
votes

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Governor | Lt. Governor | Secretary
of State | Attorney
General | Auditor | Treasurer | Comm. of Ag.
and Commerce | Comm.
of Ins. | Senate | House | Senator (Class I) | Senator (Class II) | House
1980  | William F. Winter (D) | Brad Dye (D) | Edwin L. Pittman (D) | William Allain (D) | Hamp King (D) | John L. Dale (D) | Jim Buck Ross (D) | George Dale (D) | 48D, 4R  | 116D, 6R  | John C. Stennis (D) | Thad Cochran (R) | 3D, 2R  | Reagan/
Bush (R) Y
1981  | William J. Cole (D)
4D, 1R
1982
1983  | 3D, 2R
1984  | William Allain (D) | Dick Molpus (D) | Edwin L. Pittman (D) | Ray Mabus (D) | 49D, 3R
1985
1986
1987  | 4D, 1R
1988  | Ray Mabus (D) | Mike Moore (D) | Pete Johnson (D) | Marshall G.
Bennett (D) | 45D, 7R  | 113D, 9R  | Bush/
Quayle (R) Y
1989  | Pete Johnson (R)[u] | Trent Lott (R)
1990  | 5D
1991
1992  | Kirk Fordice (R) | Eddie Briggs (R) | Steve Patterson (D) | 43D, 9R  | 98D, 24R  | Bush/
Quayle (R) N
1993  | 39D, 13R[v] | 93D, 29R[v]
1994
1995  | 4D, 1R
1996  | Ronnie Musgrove (D) | Eric Clark (D) | Lester Spell (D) | 34D, 18R  | 86D, 33R, 3I  | 3D, 2R  | Dole/
Kemp (R) N
Phil Bryant (R)[w]
1997  | 3R, 2D
1998
1999  | 3D, 2R
2000  | Ronnie Musgrove (D) | Amy Tuck (D) | Bush/
Cheney (R) Y
2001
2002
Amy Tuck (R)[u]
2003  | Peyton Prospere (D)[x] | 29D, 23R[y] | 81D, 38R, 3I[z] | 2D, 2R
2004  | Haley Barbour (R) | Jim Hood (D) | Tate Reeves (R) | 76D, 46R
2005  | 28D, 24R[aa] | 75D, 47R[1]
Lester Spell (R)[u]
2006
2007  | 27R, 25D[ab]
2008  | Phil Bryant (R) | Delbert
Hosemann (R) | Stacey Pickering (R) | Mike Chaney (R) | 27D, 25R[aa] | Roger Wicker (R)[w] | 3D, 1R  | McCain/
Palin (R) N
74D, 48R[ac][2]
2009  | 73D, 49R[ac]
2010
2011  | 27R, 25D[ad] | 68D, 54R[ae] | 3R, 1D
2012  | Phil Bryant (R) | Tate Reeves (R) | Lynn Fitch (R) | Cindy
Hyde-Smith (R) | 31R, 21D[aa] | 64R, 58D[ac] | Romney/
Ryan (R) N
2013  | 32R, 20D[aa] | 65R, 57D[ac]
2014  | 66R, 56D[ac]
2015  | 66R, 55D, 1 vac.[3]
67R, 55D
2016  | 74R, 48D[4] | Trump/
Pence (R) Y
2017  | 33R, 19D
2018
Andy Gipson (R)[x] | Cindy
Hyde-Smith (R)[x]
Shad White (R)[x]
2019  | 74R, 45D, 2I, 1 vac.[af]
2020  | Tate Reeves (R) | Delbert
Hosemann (R) | Michael Watson (R) | Lynn Fitch (R) | David McRae (R) | 36R, 16D  | 75R, 44D, 3I[ag] | Trump/
Pence (R) N
2021  | 76R, 44D, 2I[ah]
2022  | 77R, 42D, 3I[ai]
2023
2024  | 79R, 41D, 2I  | Trump/
Vance (R) Y
2025
Key to party colors and abbreviations for members of the U.S. Congress and other politicians or officials  | Alaskan Independence (AKIP)

Know Nothing (KN)
American Labor (AL)
Anti-Jacksonian (Anti-J)
National Republican (NR)
Anti-Administration (AA)
Anti-Masonic (Anti-M)
Conservative (Con)
Covenant (Cov)
| Democratic (D)

Democratic–Farmer–Labor (DFL)
Democratic–NPL (D-NPL)
Dixiecrat (Dix),
States' Rights (SR)
Democratic-Republican (DR)
Farmer–Labor (FL)
Federalist (F)
Pro-Administration (PA)
| Free Soil (FS)

Fusion (Fus)
Greenback (GB)
Independence (IPM)
Independent Democrat (ID)
Independent Republican (IR)
Jacksonian (J)
Liberal (Lib)
| Libertarian (L)

National Union (NU)
Nonpartisan League (NPL)
Nullifier (N)
Opposition Northern (O)
Opposition Southern (O)
Populist (Pop)
Progressive (Prog)
| Prohibition (Proh)

Readjuster (Rea)
Republican (R)
Silver (Sv)
Silver Republican (SvR)
Socialist (Soc)
Union (U)
Unconditional Union (UU)
| Vermont Progressive (VP)

Whig (W)
Independent (I)
Nonpartisan (NP)

1. ^ Inaugurated as the first state governor on October 7, 1817, but Mississippi did not officially become a state until December 10, 1817.
2. ^ a b c d e f Died in office.
3. ^ a b c d As lieutenant governor, filled unexpired term.
4. ^ Resigned due to illness.
5. ^ The office was abolished by the Constitution of 1832, and the duties of president of the Senate were incorporated into a separate office. The Constitution of 1869 re-established the office of lieutenant governor, which also re-assumed the duties of the presidency of the Senate.
6. ^ a b c d As president of the state Senate, filled unexpired term.
7. ^ Resigned following an arrest for violating neutrality laws by assisting with the liberation of Cuba. He was found not guilty, but the political fallout led to his resignation.
8. ^ As president of the Senate, filled term until his Senate term expired.
9. ^ Resigned due to political tension over secession.
10. ^ Term effectively ended when he was arrested by Union forces.
11. ^ a b Appointed as provisional governor by President Andrew Johnson following the end of the American Civil War.
12. ^ Forced to resign and physically removed from office by federal forces after his government failed to comply with Reconstruction.
13. ^ Left office as Reconstruction ended.
14. ^ Resigned to take an elected seat in the United States Senate; Alcorn's senate term began March 4, 1871 but he delayed taking it, preferring to continue as governor.
15. ^ Impeached; made a deal with the state legislature to resign, and all charges were dropped.
16. ^ Since both the Governor and Lieutenant Governor had been impeached, the former resigning and the latter being removed from office, Stone, as president of the Senate, was next in line for the governorship. Filled unexpired term and was later elected in his own right.
17. ^ As lieutenant governor, filled unexpired term, and was later elected in his own right.
18. ^ Lewis McAllister won a special election to become the first Republican to win a seat in the Mississippi House of Representatives in four decades.
19. ^ Seelig Wise became the first Republican to win a seat in the Mississippi Senate in the 20th Century during the 1963 general election.
20. ^ Elected in November 1978 then appointed by Governor to vacancy caused by resignation of his predecessor.
21. ^ a b c Switched parties.
22. ^ a b Due to pre-clearance issues with the Department of Justice over the Voting Rights Act with unconstitutional redistricting, federal courts forced a second election for the whole legislature in 1992 for a three-year term.
23. ^ a b Initially appointed to fill vacancy; later elected.
24. ^ a b c d Appointed to fill vacancy.
25. ^ Four senators, Terry Burton, Videt Carmichael, George "Tommy" Dickerson, and Travis Little, switched parties from Democratic to Republican before the 2003 session. A special election, brought on by the resignation of Democrat John White, flipped another seat when Republican Charles Walden won to succeed him before the session.
26. ^ Five representatives, Larry Baker, Jim Barnett, Herb Frierson, Frank Hamilton, and John Read, switched parties from Democratic to Republican.
27. ^ a b c d One senator switched parties from Democratic to Republican.
28. ^ Senators James Walley and Tommy Gollott switched parties from Democratic to Republican, flipping control of the chamber.
29. ^ a b c d e One representative switched parties from Democratic to Republican.
30. ^ Senators Cindy Hyde-Smith and Ezell Lee switched parties from Democratic to Republican.
31. ^ Four representatives, C. Scott Bounds, Bobby Shows, Russ Nowell, and Margaret Rogers, switched parties from Democratic to Republican between the 2010 and 2011 sessions of the legislature. After the session, Rep. Jeff Smith switched parties from Democratic to Republican to run in the general election.
32. ^ At the filing deadline for the general election, Democratic Rep. Nick Bain (District 2) switched parties to the Republicans, and Democratic Reps. Steve Holland (District 16) and Angela Cockerham (District 96) switched to become Independents;[5] Rep. Cory T. Wilson (R-73) resigned after appointment to the Mississippi Court of Appeals. His seat remained vacant until the general election in November.[6]
33. ^ After the 2019 election, two Democratic representatives left the party and registered as Independents.
34. ^ Kevin Horan switched his affiliation from Independent to Republican.
35. ^ Jon Ray Lancaster switched parties from Democratic to Republican. Shanda Yates left the Democratic party and registered as an Independent.

## References

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1. ^ "2004 Mississippi House of Representatives". Archived from the original on 2011-10-07. Retrieved 2007-07-16.
2. ^ "Rep. Sid Bondurant (R - Grenada) Switches to Mississippi Republican Party". Mississippi Politics and News - Y'all Politics. 2008-05-12.
3. ^ "Longtime Rep. Malone, of Carthage, retiring from Miss. House". WAPT. 2015-02-13.
4. ^ Gates, Jimmie E. "House votes for Republican Tullos, unseats Eaton". The Clarion-Ledger.
5. ^ Harrison, Bobby (2019-03-06). "Analysis: Republicans in strong position to hold, maybe increase, legislative majorities". Mississippi Today.
6. ^ Phil Bryant [@PhilBryantMS] (December 19, 2018). "I have appointed Cory T. Wilson to the MS Court of Appeals. He replaces Chief Judge Kenny Griffis who was appointed to serve on the MS Supreme Court beginning in February 2019. Cory has been a superb legislator for the people of Madison County and will be a wonderful judge" (Tweet) - via Twitter.

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