James Kimble Vardaman was an American politician from the U.S. state of Mississippi. A Democrat,he served as the Governor of Mississippi from 1904 to 1908 and then represented Mississippi in the United States Senate from 1913 to 1919.
William Dorsey Jelks was an American newspaper editor,publisher,and politician who served as the 32nd Governor of Alabama from 1901 to 1907. As Lieutenant Governor of Alabama,he also served as acting governor between December 1 and December 26,1900,when Governor William J. Samford was out-of-state seeking medical treatment.
Lee Maurice Russell was an American politician from Mississippi.
John Jones Pettus was an American politician,lawyer,and slave owner who served as the 23rd Governor of Mississippi,from 1859 to 1863. Before being elected in his own right to full gubernatorial terms in 1859 and 1861,he served as acting governor from January 5 to 10,1854,following the resignation of Henry S. Foote. A member of the Democratic Party,Pettus had previously been a Mississippi state representative,a member and president of the Mississippi State Senate. He strongly supported Mississippi's secession from the United States in 1861 and sought cooperation with the Confederate States of America.
The lieutenant governor of Mississippi is the second-highest ranking elected executive officer in the U.S. state of Mississippi,below the governor of Mississippi,and is the only official in the state to be a member of two branches of state government. The office of lieutenant governor was established when Mississippi became a state in 1817,abolished for a few decades in the first half of the 19th century,and restored later in the century. The lieutenant governor serves a four-year term with a two consecutive term limit. The current lieutenant governor is Delbert Hosemann,a Republican,who has held the office since 2020.
The lieutenant governor of Kentucky was created under the state's second constitution,which was ratified in 1799. The inaugural officeholder was Alexander Scott Bullitt,who took office in 1800 following his election to serve under James Garrard in 1799. The lieutenant governor becomes governor of Kentucky under circumstances similar to those under which the vice president of the United States assumes the presidency. The current lieutenant governor is Democrat Jacqueline Coleman,who has been office since December 10,2019.
John White Stevenson was the 25th governor of Kentucky and represented the state in both houses of the U.S. Congress. The son of former Speaker of the House and U.S. diplomat Andrew Stevenson,John Stevenson graduated from the University of Virginia in 1832 and studied law under his cousin,future Congressman Willoughby Newton. After briefly practicing law in Mississippi,he relocated to Covington,Kentucky,and was elected county attorney. After serving in the Kentucky legislature,he was chosen as a delegate to the state's third constitutional convention in 1849 and was one of three commissioners charged with revising its code of laws,a task finished in 1854. A Democrat,he was elected to two consecutive terms in the U.S. House of Representatives where he supported several proposed compromises to avert the Civil War and blamed the Radical Republicans for their failure.
William Madison Whittington was an American politician from Mississippi. Whittington was a Representative to the 69th United States Congress in 1925,and the twelve succeeding Congresses as a Democrat. In Congress,his nickname was "Mr. Flood Control."
David C. Dickson Jr. was a state legislator,Mississippi Secretary of State,Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi and a U.S. Representative from Mississippi.
Carrie Belle Kearney was an American temperance reformer,suffragist,teacher,white supremacist,and the first woman elected to the Mississippi State Senate. A Democrat,she served in the state senate in 1924 and 1926. She lived in Flora,Mississippi,and represented Madison County.
Elias Alford Rowan was a longtime Mississippi state legislator from Copiah County in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
William Henry Sims was a lawyer,Confederate officer,and Democratic politician from Mississippi. He was the state's lieutenant governor from 1878 to 1882.
Alexander Warner was an American Union Army officer,banker,planter,and Republican politician. He was the 15th Secretary of State of Mississippi,the 44th State Treasurer of Connecticut,and a member of the Kansas House of Representatives.
Clarence Budney Greaves was an American lawyer and Democratic member of the Mississippi state legislature in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He represented the Mississippi's 18th senatorial district in the Mississippi Senate from 1896 to 1900 and from 1912 to 1920,and represented Madison County in the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1904 to 1908.
Joseph Atkins Baker was a Democratic member of the Mississippi State Senate,representing Mississippi's 12th senatorial district,from 1916 to 1920.
John Prentiss Carter was an American politician. He served in both houses of the Mississippi Legislature and was the Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi from 1904 to 1908.
James Thomas Harrison was an American lawyer and Democratic politician. He served in both houses of the Mississippi Legislature and was the Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi from 1900 to 1904. He was also the President Pro Tempore of the Mississippi State Senate from 1896 to 1900.
James Henry Jones was an American politician and lawyer. He served in both houses of the Mississippi Legislature and was the Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi from 1896 to 1900. He also was an officer in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.
William Beauregard Roberts was an American Democratic politician,lawyer,planter,and banker. A resident of Rosedale,Mississippi,he represented Bolivar County in the Mississippi State Senate for six consecutive terms,from 1920 to his death in 1940. He was the Senate's President Pro Tempore for two stints in 1931 and 1940 and also served as the Acting Governor of Mississippi in December 1931.
Harry Battley Greaves was an American lawyer and Democratic politician. He represented Madison County in the Mississippi State Senate from 1902 to 1908 and in the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1894 to 1896.
