List of lieutenant governors of Mississippi

This is a list of lieutenant governors of Mississippi.

List[]

Parties

No party Democratic Republican

Lieutenant governors (1817–1832)[]

Lt. Governor	Term	Party
Duncan Stewart	1817–1820
James Patton	1820–1822
David Dickson	1822–1824
Gerard C. Brandon	1824–1826*
Abram M. Scott	1828–1832	Democrat
Fountain Winston	1832–1832

Presidents of the Senate[]

The Office of Lieutenant Governor was abolished by the Constitution of 1832, and the duties of President of the Senate were incorporated into a separate office.

Senate President	Term	Party
Charles Lynch	1833–1834	Democrat
	1834–1836
	1836–1837
Alexander G. McNutt	1837–1838	Democrat
A. L. Bingaman	1838–1840
	1840–1842
Jesse Speight	1842–1843
	1843–1844
Jesse Speight	1844–1846
	1846–1848
	1848–1850
John Isaac Guion	1850-1851	Democrat
James Whitfield	1852–1854	Democrat
John J. Pettus	1854–1858	Democrat
James Drane	1858–1865
	1865–1869

Lieutenant governors (1870–present)[]

The Constitution of 1868 re-established the Office of Lieutenant Governor. This office also re-assumed the duties of President of the Senate.

Lt. Governor	Term	Governor(s) served under	Party
Ridgley C. Powers	1870–1871	James L. Alcorn	Republican
Alexander K. Davis	1871–1876	Ridgley C. Powers Adelbert Ames	Republican
John M. Stone	1876–1878	Adelbert Ames himself	Democrat
William H. Sims	1878–1882	John M. Stone	Democrat
	1882–1890	Robert Lowry	Democrat
	1890–1896	John M. Stone	Democrat
	1896–1900	Anselm J. McLaurin	Democrat
	1900–1904	Andrew H. Longino	Democrat
	1904–1908	James K. Vardaman	Democrat
Luther Manship	1908–1912	Edmond Noel	Democrat
Theodore G. Bilbo	1912–1916	Earl L. Brewer	Democrat
Lee Maurice Russell	1916–1920	Theodore G. Bilbo	Democrat
Homer Casteel	1920–1924	Lee M. Russell	Democrat
Dennis Murphree	1924–1927	Henry L. Whitfield	Democrat
	1928–1932	Theodore G. Bilbo	Democrat
Dennis Murphree	1932–1936	Martin Sennet Conner	Democrat
Jacob Buehler Snider	1936–1940	Hugh L. White	Democrat
Dennis Murphree	1940–1943	Paul B. Johnson Sr.	Democrat
Fielding L. Wright	1944–1946	Thomas L. Bailey	Democrat
Sam Lumpkin	1948–1952	Fielding L. Wright	Democrat
Carroll Gartin	1952–1960	Hugh L. White James P. Coleman	Democrat
Paul B. Johnson, Jr.	1960–1964	Ross Barnett	Democrat
Carroll Gartin	1964–1966	Paul B. Johnson Jr.	Democrat
Charles L. Sullivan	1968–1972	John Bell Williams	Democrat
William F. Winter	1972–1976	William Waller	Democrat
Evelyn Gandy	1976–1980	Cliff Finch	Democrat
Brad Dye	1980–1992	William Winter William Allain Ray Mabus	Democrat
Eddie Briggs	1992–1996	Kirk Fordice	Republican
Ronnie Musgrove	1996–2000	Kirk Fordice	Republican
Amy Tuck	2000–2002	Ronnie Musgrove	Democrat
Amy Tuck	2002–2008	Ronnie Musgrove (Democratic) Haley Barbour (Republican)	Republican¹
Phil Bryant	2008–2012	Haley Barbour	Republican
Tate Reeves	2012–2020	Phil Bryant	Republican
Delbert Hosemann	2020–present	Tate Reeves	Republican

1. Amy Tuck switched to the Republican Party in December 2002.

Living former lieutenant governors of Mississippi[]

As of December 2020, there are five former lieutenant governors of Mississippi who are currently living at this time, the oldest lieutenant governor of Mississippi being Eddie Briggs (served 1992–1996, born 1949). The most recent death of a former lieutenant governor of Mississippi was that of William F. Winter (served 1972–1976, born 1923) on December 18, 2020. The most recently serving former lieutenant governor of Mississippi to die was Brad Dye (served 1980–1992, born 1933) on July 1, 2018.

Lt. Governor	Lt. gubernatorial term	Date of birth (and age)
Eddie Briggs	1992–1996	(1949-10-14) October 14, 1949 (age 71)
Ronnie Musgrove	1996–2000	(1956-07-29) July 29, 1956 (age 65)
Amy Tuck	2000–2008	(1963-07-08) July 8, 1963 (age 58)
Phil Bryant	2008–2012	(1954-12-09) December 9, 1954 (age 66)
Tate Reeves	2012–2020	(1974-06-05) June 5, 1974 (age 47)

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