John Bell Williams was an American Democratic politician who represented Mississippi in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1947 to 1968 and served as the 55th governor of Mississippi from 1968 to 1972.
The Mississippi Republican Party is the Mississippi state affiliate of the United States Republican Party. The party chairman is Frank Bordeaux, and the party is based in Jackson, Mississippi. The original Republican Party of Mississippi was founded following the American Civil War, and the current incarnation of the Mississippi Republican Party was founded in 1956. The party would grow in popularity after the 1964 Civil Rights Act and is currently the dominant party in the state.
Ralph Hindman Doxey is an attorney and a Republican politician in the Mississippi Senate who represented the 2nd district which encompasses Benton, Marshall and Tippah counties from 2004 to 2008.
The Government of Mississippi is the government of the U.S. state of Mississippi. Power in Mississippi's government is distributed by the state's Constitution between the executive and legislative branches. The state's current governor is Tate Reeves. The Mississippi Legislature consists of the House of Representatives and Senate. Mississippi is one of only five states that elects its state officials in odd numbered years. Mississippi holds elections for these offices every four years in the years preceding Presidential election years. Thus, the last year when Mississippi elected a Governor was 2019, and the next gubernatorial election will occur in 2023.
William J. McCoy was an American farmer and Democratic politician from Rienzi, Mississippi. He was the Speaker of the House of Representatives of the State of Mississippi.
Percy Willis Watson is an American politician. He is a member of the Mississippi House of Representatives from the 103rd District, being first elected in 1980. He is a member of the Democratic party.
Betty Jane Long is an American politician and attorney who served in the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1956 to 1984. A member of the Democratic Party, she was one of few women legislators in Mississippi during her time in the House. She chaired several committees and subcommittees, including a subcommittee on the Equal Rights Amendment, which she opposed. After her retirement from the House, Long was appointed to a committee that drafted a proposal for a new Constitution of Mississippi.
Seelig Bartell "Bushie" Wise was a Republican member of the Mississippi State Senate, representing the 11th district, from 1964 to 1968. He was the first Republican Mississippi state senator since Reconstruction.
John Cobb Lauderdale was an American teacher, farmer, and Democratic politician. He was a member of the Mississippi legislature in the early-to-mid 20th century.
John Alexander Yeager was an American lawyer and Democratic politician. He represented Lamar County in the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1916 to 1932.
James Anthony Morrow Sr. was an American Democratic politician. He was a member of the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1936 to 1944.
Howard Dyer Jr. was an American lawyer and politician. He was a member of the Mississippi State Senate from 1976 to 1986 and a member of the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1940 to 1944.
Otis Bee Bennett was an American politician and farmer. He was a member of the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1968 to 1976.
Clyde Everett "Pete" Wood was an American politician and teacher. He was a member of the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1968 to 1976.
Charles M. Deaton was an American politician from Leflore County, Mississippi. He was a member of the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1960 to 1980, and a gubernatorial candidate in 1980.
Estes Cruden "Mac" McDaniel was an American politician from Mississippi. He was a Democratic member of the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1964 to 1972.
Merle Franklin Palmer was a state legislator and judge in Mississippi. He served in the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1960 to 1964 and the Mississippi Senate from 1964 to 1970, when he was appointed to the State Circuit Court. He served as president pro tempore of the Mississippi Senate and was acting governor of the state for part of January 1968.
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.
