List of Mississippi state legislatures

The legislature of the U.S. state of Mississippi has convened many times since statehood became effective on December 10, 1817.

Legislatures

Source for session numbers until 1965 and dates between 1942 and 2021: ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Name [5] [6]	Session number	Start date	End date	Last election
Mississippi Constitution of 1817
1st Mississippi Legislature [7]	1	October 6, 1817 [8]	February 6, 1818	September 1817 [9] [8]
2nd Mississippi Legislature	2	January 1819	February 1819
3rd Mississippi Legislature [10]	3	January 3, 1820	February 12, 1820
4th Mississippi Legislature [11]	4	January 1, 1821	February 12, 1821
5th Mississippi Legislature [12] [13]	5	November 5, 1821	November 24, 1821
	5b	June 3, 1822	June 30, 1822
6th Mississippi Legislature [14]	6	December 23, 1822	January 21, 1823
7th Mississippi Legislature [15]	7	December 22, 1823	January 23, 1824
8th Mississippi Legislature [16]	8	January 3, 1825	February 1, 1825
9th Mississippi Legislature [17]	9	January 2, 1826	January 31, 1826
10th Mississippi Legislature [18]	10	January 1, 1827	February 8, 1827
11th Mississippi Legislature [19]	11	January 7, 1828	January 30, 1828
12th Mississippi Legislature [20]	12	January 5, 1829	February 6, 1829
13th Mississippi Legislature [21]	13	January 4, 1830	February 13, 1830
14th Mississippi Legislature [22]	14	November 15, 1830	December 16, 1830
15th Mississippi Legislature [23]	15	November 21, 1831	December 20, 1831
16th Mississippi Legislature [24]	16	January 7, 1833	March 2, 1833
17th Mississippi Legslature [25] [26]	17	November 18, 1833	December 25, 1833
	18	January 19, 1835	January 30, 1835
Mississippi Constitution of 1832
1836–1838 Mississippi Legislature	19	January 1836	February 1836
	20	January 1837	January 1837
	21	April 1837	May 1837
1838–1840 Mississippi Legislature	22	January 1838	February 1838
	23	January 1839	February 1839
1840–1842 Mississippi Legislature	24	January 1840	February 1840
	25	January 1841	February 1841
1842–1844 Mississippi Legislature	26	January 1842	February 1842
	27	July 1843	July 1843
1844–1846 Mississippi Legislature	28	January 1844	February 1844
1846–1848 Mississippi Legislature	29	January 1846	March 1846
1848–1850 Mississippi Legislature	30	January 1848	March 1848
1850–1852 Mississippi Legislature	31	January 1850	March 1850
	32	November 1850	November 1850
1852–1854 Mississippi Legislature	33	January 1852	March 1852
	34	October 1852	October 1852
1854–1856 Mississippi Legislature	35	January 1854	March 1854
1856–1857 Mississippi Legislature	36	January 1856	March 1856
	37	December 1856	February 1857
1857–1859 Mississippi Legislature	38	November 1857	November 1857
	39	November 1858	December 1858
1859–1861 Mississippi Legislature	40	November 1859	February 1860
	41	November 1860	November 1860
	42	January 1861	January 1861
	43	July 1861	August 1861
1861–1863 Mississippi Legislature	44	November 1861	January 1862
	45	December 1862	January 1863
1863–1865 Mississippi Legislature	46	November 1863	December 1863
	47	March 1864	April 1864
	48	August 1864	August 1864
	49	February 1865	March 1865
1865–1867 Mississippi Legislature	50	October 1865	December 1865
	51	October 1866	October 1866
	52	January 1867	February 1867
Mississippi Constitution of 1868
1870–1872 Mississippi Legislature [27]	53	January 1870	July 1870
	54	January 1871	May 1871
1872–1874 Mississippi Legislature	55	January 1872	April 1872
	56	January 1873	April 1873
	57	October 1873	October 1873
1874–1876 Mississippi Legislature	58	January 1874	April 1874
	59	December 1874	December 1874
	60	January 1875	March 1875
	61	July 1875	July 1875
1876–1878 Mississippi Legislature	62	January 1876	April 1876
	63	January 1877	February 1877
1878–1880 Mississippi Legislature	64	January 1878	March 1878
1880–1882 Mississippi Legislature	65	January 1880	March 1880
1882–1884 Mississippi Legislature	66	January 1882	March 1882
1884–1886 Mississippi Legislature	67	January 1884	March 1884
1886–1888 Mississippi Legislature	68	January 1886	March 1886
1888–1890 Mississippi Legislature	69	January 1888	March 1888
1890-1892 Mississippi Legislature	70	January 1890	February 1890
Mississippi Constitution of 1890 [28]
1892–1896 Mississippi Legislature	71	January 5, 1892 (1892-01-05)	April 2, 1892 (1892-04-02)
	72	January 2, 1894 (1894-01-02)	February 10, 1894 (1894-02-10)
1896–1900 Mississippi Legislature	73	January 7, 1896 (1896-01-07)	March 24, 1896 (1896-03-24)
	74	April 27, 1896 (1896-04-27)	May 27, 1897 (1897-05-27)
	75	January 4, 1898 (1898-01-04)	February 11, 1898 (1898-02-11)
1900–1904 Mississippi Legislature	76	January 1900	March 1900
	77	January 1902	March 1902
1904–1908 Mississippi Legislature	78	January 1904	March 1904
	79	January 1906	April 1906
1908–1912 Mississippi Legislature	80	January 1908	March 1908
	81	January 1910	April 1910
	82	November 1911	November 1911
1912–1916 Mississippi Legislature	83	January 1912	March 1912
	84	June 1913	June 1913
	85	January 1914	March 1914
1916–1920 Mississippi Legislature	86	January 1916	April 1916
	87	September 1917	October 1917
	88	January 1918	March 1918
1920–1924 Mississippi Legislature	89	January 1920	April 1920
	90	January 1922	April 1922
1924–1928 Mississippi Legislature	91	January 1924	April 1924
	92	January 1926	March 1926
1928–1932 Mississippi Legislature	93	January 1928	April 1928
	94	October 1928	December 1928
	95	June 1929	September 1929
	96	January 1930	May 1930
	97	September 1931	October 1931
1932–1936 Mississippi Legislature	98	January 1932	May 1932
	99	December 1932	December 1932
	100	January 1934	April 1934
	101	October 1935	December 1935
1936–1940 Mississippi Legislature	102	January 1936	March 1936
	103	September 1936	September 1936
	104	November 1936	December 1936
	105	January 1938	April 1938
	106	July 1938	August 1938
1940–1944 Mississippi Legislature	107	January 1940	May 1940
	108	January 6, 1942	March 23, 1942
1944–1948 Mississippi Legislature	109	January 4, 1944 (1944-01-04)	March 31, 1944 (1944-03-31)
	110	November 2, 1944 (1944-11-02)	November 3, 1944 (1944-11-03)
	111	January 8, 1946	April 10, 1946 (1946-04-10)
	112	March 4, 1947	March 15, 1947 (1947-03-15)
	113	November 12, 1947 (1947-11-12)	November 15, 1947 (1947-11-15)
1948–1952 Mississippi Legislature	114	January 6, 1948	April 14, 1948
	115	November 14, 1949	December 17, 1949
	116	January 3, 1950	April 20, 1950
1952–1956 Mississippi Legislature	117	January 8, 1952	April 17, 1952
	118	November 3, 1953	December 28, 1953
	119	January 5, 1954	May 6, 1954
	120	September 7, 1954	September 30, 1954
	121	January 11, 1955	April 7, 1955
1956–1960 Mississippi Legislature [29]	122	January 3, 1956	April 6, 1956
	123	November 5, 1957	December 14, 1957
	124	January 7, 1958	May 10, 1958
	125	December 2, 1959	December 24, 1959
1960–1964 Mississippi Legislature	126	January 5, 1960	May 11, 1960
	127	August 23, 1961	August 25, 1961
	128	October 17, 1961	October 21, 1961
	129	January 2, 1962	June 2, 1962
	130	September 18, 1962	October 6, 1962
	131	November 13, 1962	December 21, 1962
	132	February 25, 1963	March 2, 1963
1964–1968 Mississippi Legislature	133	January 7, 1964	June 12, 1964
	134	June 23, 1964	July 15, 1964
	135	June 14, 1965	July 10, 1965
		January 4, 1966 (1966-01-04)	June 17, 1966 (1966-06-17)
		November 9, 1966 (1966-11-09)	January 6, 1967 (1967-01-06)
		June 20, 1967 (1967-06-20)	June 30, 1967 (1967-06-30)
1968–1972 Mississippi Legislature [30]		January 2, 1968 (1968-01-02)	August 9, 1968 (1968-08-09)
		July 22, 1969 (1969-07-22)	October 11, 1969 (1969-10-11)
		January 6, 1970 (1970-01-06)	April 6, 1970 (1970-04-06)
		January 5, 1971 (1971-01-05)	April 5, 1971 (1971-04-05)
1972–1976 Mississippi Legislature		January 4, 1972 (1972-01-04)	May 9, 1972 (1972-05-09)
		January 2, 1973 (1973-01-02)	April 1973 (1973-04)
		January 8, 1974 (1974-01-08)	April 7, 1974 (1974-04-07)
		January 7, 1975 (1975-01-07)	April 6, 1975 (1975-04-06)
1976–1980 Mississippi Legislature		January 6, 1976 (1976-01-06)	May 9, 1976 (1976-05-09)
		June 18, 1976 (1976-06-18)	June 20, 1976 (1976-06-20)
		January 4, 1977 (1977-01-04)	April 3, 1977 (1977-04-03)
		August 12, 1977 (1977-08-12)	August 13, 1977 (1977-08-13)
		January 3, 1978 (1978-01-03)	April 7, 1978 (1978-04-07)
		January 2, 1979 (1979-01-02)	April 1, 1979 (1979-04-01)
		May 1, 1979 (1979-05-01)	May 3, 1979 (1979-05-03)
1980–1984 Mississippi Legislature		January 8, 1980 (1980-01-08) [31]	May 11, 1980 (1980-05-11)
		January 6, 1981 (1981-01-06)	April 8, 1981 (1981-04-08)
		August 25, 1981 (1981-08-25)	August 27, 1981 (1981-08-27)
		January 5, 1982 (1982-01-05)	April 10, 1982 (1982-04-10)
		December 6, 1982 (1982-12-06)	December 21, 1982 (1982-12-21)
		January 4, 1983 (1983-01-04)	April 21, 1983 (1983-04-21)
		June 24, 1983 (1983-06-24)	June 24, 1983 (1983-06-24)
		November 16, 1983 (1983-11-16)	November 19, 1983 (1983-11-19)
1984–1988 Mississippi Legislature		January 3, 1984 (1984-01-03) [31]	May 15, 1984 (1984-05-15)
		June 25, 1984 (1984-06-25)	June 27, 1984 (1984-06-27)
		January 8, 1985 (1985-01-08)	April 11, 1985 (1985-04-11)
		January 7, 1986 (1986-01-07)	April 15, 1986 (1986-04-15)
		May 28, 1986 (1986-05-28)	June 1, 1986 (1986-06-01)
		January 6, 1987 (1987-01-06)	April 5, 1987 (1987-04-05)
		August 27, 1987 (1987-08-27)	August 29, 1987 (1987-08-29)
1988–1992 Mississippi Legislature		January 5, 1988 (1988-01-05) [31]	May 8, 1988 (1988-05-08)
		August 10, 1988 (1988-08-10)	August 16, 1988 (1988-08-16)
		January 3, 1989 (1989-01-03)	April 10, 1989 (1989-04-10)
		April 17, 1989 (1989-04-17)	April 19, 1989 (1989-04-19)
		January 2, 1990 (1990-01-02)	April 14, 1990 (1990-04-14)
		June 18, 1990 (1990-06-18)	June 30, 1990 (1990-06-30)
		January 8, 1991 (1991-01-08)	May 6, 1991 (1991-05-06)
		December 18, 1991 (1991-12-18)	December 20, 1991 (1991-12-20)
1992 Mississippi Legislature		January 7, 1992 (1992-01-07)	May 12, 1992 (1992-05-12)
		September 16, 1992 (1992-09-16)	September 16, 1992 (1992-09-16)
1993–1996 Mississippi Legislature		January 5, 1993 (1993-01-05) [31]	April 4, 1993 (1993-04-04)
		January 4, 1994 (1994-01-04)	April 3, 1994 (1994-04-03)
		August 15, 1994 (1994-08-15)	August 23, 1994 (1994-08-23)
		January 3, 1995 (1995-01-03)	April 11, 1995 (1995-04-11)
1996–2000 Mississippi Legislature [32] [33]		January 2, 1996 (1996-01-02)	April 19, 1996 (1996-04-19)
		July 11, 1996 (1996-07-11)	July 11, 1996 (1996-07-11)
		October 11, 1996 (1996-10-11)	October 11, 1996 (1996-10-11)
		January 7, 1997 (1997-01-07)	April 10, 1997 (1997-04-10)
		April 23, 1997 (1997-04-23)	April 23, 1997 (1997-04-23)
		January 6, 1998 (1998-01-06)	April 5, 1998 (1998-04-05)
		January 4, 1999 (1999-01-04)	April 4, 1999 (1999-04-04)
		July 22, 1999 (1999-07-22)	July 22, 1999 (1999-07-22)
2000–2004 Mississippi Legislature [33] [34]		January 4, 2000 (2000-01-04)	May 7, 2000 (2000-05-07)
		June 29, 2000 (2000-06-29)	June 29, 2000 (2000-06-29)
		August 28, 2000 (2000-08-28)	August 28, 2000 (2000-08-28)
		August 30, 2000 (2000-08-30)	August 30, 2000 (2000-08-30)
		November 6, 2000 (2000-11-06)	November 6, 2000 (2000-11-06)
		January 2, 2001 (2001-01-02)	March 30, 2000 (2000-03-30)
		July 23, 2001 (2001-07-23)	July 23, 2001 (2001-07-23)
		November 1, 2001 (2001-11-01)	November 7, 2001 (2001-11-07)
		January 8, 2002 (2002-01-08)	April 12, 2002 (2002-04-12)
		June 21, 2002 (2002-06-21)	June 21, 2002 (2002-06-21)
		July 30, 2002 (2002-07-30)	July 30, 2002 (2002-07-30)
		September 5, 2002 (2002-09-05)	November 26, 2002 (2002-11-26)
		January 7, 2003 (2003-01-07)	April 16, 2003 (2003-04-16)
2004–2008 Mississippi Legislature		January 6, 2004 (2004-01-06)	May 9, 2004 (2004-05-09)	2003 Mississippi elections
		May 19, 2004 (2004-05-19)	June 30, 2004 (2004-06-30)
		November 8, 2004 (2004-11-08)	November 22, 2004 (2004-11-22)
		January 4, 2005 (2005-01-04)	April 5, 2005 (2005-04-05)
		March 12, 2005 (2005-03-12)	March 13, 2005 (2005-03-13)
		May 18, 2005 (2005-05-18)	May 27, 2005 (2005-05-27)
		June 28, 2005 (2005-06-28)	July 2, 2005 (2005-07-02)
		July 15, 2005 (2005-07-15)	July 15, 2005 (2005-07-15)
		January 3, 2006 (2006-01-03)	April 25, 2006 (2006-04-25)
		August 24, 2006 (2006-08-24)	September 13, 2006 (2006-09-13)
		October 5, 2006 (2006-10-05)	October 5, 2006 (2006-10-05)
		January 2, 2007 (2007-01-02)	April 25, 2007 (2007-04-25)
		April 27, 2007 (2007-04-27)	May 18, 2007 (2007-05-18)
2008–2012 Mississippi Legislature [33]		January 8, 2008 (2008-01-08) [31]	May 12, 2008 (2008-05-12)	2007 Mississippi elections
		May 21, 2008 (2008-05-21)	August 21, 2008 (2008-08-21)
		January 6, 2009 (2009-01-06)	June 3, 2009 (2009-06-03)
		May 7, 2009 (2009-05-07)	May 7, 2009 (2009-05-07)
		June 2, 2009 (2009-06-02)	June 30, 2009 (2009-06-30)
		July 10, 2009 (2009-07-10)	July 10, 2009 (2009-07-10)
		January 5, 2010 (2010-01-05)	April 28, 2010 (2010-04-28)
		January 4, 2011 (2011-01-04)	April 7, 2011 (2011-04-07)
2012–2016 Mississippi Legislature		January 3, 2012 (2012-01-03) [31]	May 3, 2012 (2012-05-03)	November 2011 [35]
		January 8, 2013 (2013-01-08)	April 4, 2013 (2013-04-04)
		April 26, 2013 (2013-04-26)	April 26, 2013 (2013-04-26)
		June 27, 2013 (2013-06-27)	June 27, 2013 (2013-06-27)
		January 7, 2014 (2014-01-07)	April 6, 2014 (2014-04-06)
		April 2, 2014 (2014-04-02)	April 2, 2014 (2014-04-02)
		May 8, 2014 (2014-05-08)	May 8, 2014 (2014-05-08)
		January 6, 2015 (2015-01-06)	April 5, 2015 (2015-04-05)
2016–2020 Mississippi Legislature [36] [33]		January 5, 2016 (2016-01-05)	April 24, 2016 (2016-04-24)	November 2015 [35]
		February 4, 2016 (2016-02-04)	February 4, 2016 (2016-02-04)
		June 28, 2016 (2016-06-28)	June 29, 2016 (2016-06-29)
		January 3, 2017 (2017-01-03)	April 2, 2017 (2017-04-02)
		January 2, 2018 (2018-01-02)	March 28, 2018 (2018-03-28)
		August 23, 2018 (2018-08-23)	August 23, 2018 (2018-08-23)
		January 8, 2019 (2019-01-08)	March 29, 2019 (2019-03-29)
2020–2024 Mississippi Legislature [37] [33]		January 7, 2020 (2020-01-07)	October 10, 2020 (2020-10-10)	November 2019 [35]
		January 5, 2021 (2021-01-05)	April 1, 2021 (2021-04-01)
2024–2028 Mississippi Legislature		January 2024		November 2023: [35] House, Senate

See also

• List of former members of the Mississippi State Senate
• List of speakers of the Mississippi House of Representatives
• List of presidents pro tempore of the Mississippi State Senate
• List of governors of Mississippi
• Politics of Mississippi
• Elections in Mississippi
• Mississippi State Capitol
• Historical outline of Mississippi
• Lists of United States state legislative sessions

References

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Further reading

• Dunbar Rowland (1917), "Members of the Mississippi Legislature 1817-1917", Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi (Centennial ed.), p. 190

External links

• Mississippi Department of Archives and History. Mississippi Legislature
• Digital Public Library of America. Assorted materials related to Mississippi Legislature
• Internet Archive. Assorted items related to Mississippi Legislature
• "Guide to Law Online: U.S. Mississippi: Legislative", guides.loc.gov, Washington DC: Library of Congress