US GOVERNMENT OFFICE

7-May-1798	25-May-1801	Winthrop Sargent	(b. 1753, d. 1820, Federalist)
25-May-1801	1-Mar-1805	William Charles Coles Claiborne	(b. 1775, d. 1817, Democrat)
1-Mar-1805	7-Mar-1809	Robert Williams	(b. 1773, d. 1855, Democrat)
7-Mar-1809	5-Jan-1820	David Holmes	(1st time, b. 1769, d. 1832, Democrat)
5-Jan-1820	7-Jan-1822	George Poindexter	(b. 1779, d. 1853, Democrat)
7-Jan-1822	17-Nov-1825	Walter Leake	(b. 1762, d. 1825, Democrat)
17-Nov-1825	7-Jan-1826	Gerard Chittocque Brandon	(acting, 1st time, b. 1788, d. 1850, Democrat)
7-Jan-1826	25-Jul-1826	David Holmes	(2nd time, Democrat)
25-Jul-1826	9-Jan-1832	Gerard Chittocque Brandon	(2nd time, Democrat)
9-Jan-1832	12-Jul-1833	Abram Marshall Scott	(b. 1785, d. 1833, Democrat)
12-Jul-1833	20-Nov-1833	Charles Lynch	(acting, 1st time, b. 1783, d. 1853, Democrat)
20-Nov-1833	3-Dec-1835	Hiram George Runnels	(b. 1796, d. 1857, Democrat)
3-Dec-1835	7-Jan-1836	John A. Quitman	(acting, 1st time, b. 1798, d. 1858, Whig)
7-Jan-1836	8-Jan-1838	Charles Lynch	(2nd time, Democrat)
8-Jan-1838	10-Jan-1842	Alexander Gallatin McNutt	(b. 1802, d. 1848, Democrat)
10-Jan-1842	10-Jan-1844	Tilgham Mayfield Tucker	(b. 1802, d. 1859, Democrat)
10-Jan-1844	10-Jan-1848	Albert Gallatin Brown	(b. 1813, d. 1880, Democrat)
10-Jan-1848	10-Jan-1850	Joseph W. Matthews	(b. 1812, d. 1862, Democrat)
10-Jan-1850	3-Feb-1851	John A. Quitman	(2nd time, Democrat)
3-Feb-1851	24-Nov-1851	John Isaac Guion	(acting, b. 1802, d. 1855, Democrat)
24-Nov-1851	10-Jan-1852	James Whitfield	(acting, b. 1791, d. 1875, Democrat)
10-Jan-1852	5-Jan-1854	Henry Stuart Foote	(b. 1804, d. 1880, Union-Democrat)
5-Jan-1854	10-Jan-1854	John Jones Pettus	(acting, 1st time, b. 1813, d. 1867, Democrat)
10-Jan-1854	16-Nov-1857	John J. McRae	(b. 1815, d. 1861, Democrat)
16-Nov-1857	21-Nov-1859	William McWillie	(b. 1795, d. 1869, Democrat)
21-Nov-1859	16-Nov-1863	John Jones Pettus	(2nd time, Democrat)
16-Nov-1863	13-Jun-1865	Charles Clark	(b. 1810, d. 1877, Democrat)
13-Jun-1865	16-Oct-1865	William Lewis Sharkey	(acting, b. 1798, d. 1873, Whig)
16-Oct-1865	15-Jun-1868	Benjamin Grubb Humphreys	(b. 1808, d. 1882, Democrat)
15-Jun-1868	10-Mar-1870	Adelbert Ames	(Military Governor, 1st time, b. 1835, d. 1933, Mil)
10-Mar-1870	30-Nov-1871	James Lusk Alcorn	(b. 1816, d. 1894, Republican)
30-Nov-1871	4-Jan-1874	Ridgley Ceylon Powers	(b. 1836, d. 1912, Republican)
4-Jan-1874	20-Mar-1876	Adelbert Ames	(2nd time, Republican)
20-Mar-1876	9-Jan-1882	John Marshall Stone	(1st time, b. 1830, d. 1900, Democrat)
9-Jan-1882	13-Jan-1890	Robert Lowry	(b. 1830, d. 1910, Democrat)
13-Jan-1890	20-Jan-1896	John Marshall Stone	(2nd time, Democrat)
20-Jan-1896	16-Jan-1900	Anselm Joseph McLaurin	(b. 1848, d. 1909, Democrat)
16-Jan-1900	19-Jan-1904	Andrew Houston Longino	(b. 1855, d. 1942, Democrat)
19-Jan-1904	21-Jan-1908	James K. Vardaman	(b. 1861, d. 1930, Democrat)
21-Jan-1908	16-Jan-1912	Edmund Favor Noel	(b. 1856, d. 1927, Democrat)
16-Jan-1912	18-Jan-1916	Earl LeRoy Brewer	(b. 1869, d. 1942, Democrat)
18-Jan-1916	18-Jan-1920	Theodore Bilbo	(1st time, b. 1877, d. 1947, Democrat)
18-Jan-1920	18-Jan-1924	Lee Maurice Russell	(b. 1875, d. 1943, Democrat)
18-Jan-1924	18-Mar-1927	Henry Lewis Whitfield	(b. 1868, d. 1927, Democrat)
18-Mar-1927	16-Jan-1928	Herron Dennis Murphree	(1st time, b. 1886, d. 1949, Democrat)
16-Jan-1928	19-Jan-1932	Theodore Bilbo	(2nd time, Democrat)
19-Jan-1932	21-Jan-1936	Martin Sennett Conner	(b. 1891, d. 1950, Democrat)
21-Jan-1936	16-Jan-1940	Hugh Lawson White	(1st time, b. 1881, d. 1965, Democrat)
16-Jan-1940	26-Dec-1943	Paul B. Johnson, Sr.	(b. 1880, d. 1943, Democrat)
26-Dec-1943	18-Jan-1944	Herron Dennis Murphree	(2nd time, Democrat)
18-Jan-1944	2-Nov-1946	Thomas Lowry Bailey	(b. 1888, d. 1946, Democrat)
2-Nov-1946	22-Jan-1952	Fielding Lewis Wright	(b. 1895, d. 1956, Democrat)
22-Jan-1952	17-Jan-1956	Hugh Lawson White	(2nd time, Democrat)
17-Jan-1956	19-Jan-1960	J. P. Coleman	(b. 1914, d. 1991, Democrat)
19-Jan-1960	21-Jan-1964	Ross R. Barnett	(b. 1898, d. 1987, Democrat)
21-Jan-1964	16-Jan-1968	Paul B. Johnson, Jr.	(b. 1916, d. 1985, Democrat)
16-Jan-1968	18-Jan-1972	John Bell Williams	(b. 1918, d. 1983, Democrat)
18-Jan-1972	20-Jan-1976	William Lowe Waller	(b. 1926, Democrat)
20-Jan-1976	22-Jan-1980	Cliff Finch	(b. 1927, d. 1986, Democrat)
22-Jan-1980	10-Jan-1984	William Winter	(b. 1923, Democrat)
10-Jan-1984	12-Jan-1988	William Allain	(b. 1928, Democrat)
12-Jan-1988	14-Jan-1992	Ray Mabus	(b. 1948, Democrat)
14-Jan-1992	11-Jan-2000	Kirk Fordice	(b. 1934, d. 2004, Republican)
11-Jan-2000	13-Jan-2004	Ronnie Musgrove	(b. 1956, Democrat)
13-Jan-2004	10-Jan-2012	Haley Barbour	(b. 1947, Republican)
10-Jan-2012	--	Phil Bryant	(b. 1954, Republican)

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