List of first ladies of Mississippi

The First Lady of the U.S. state of Mississippi is a role held by the wife of the Governor of Mississippi. Mississippi has never had a female governor.

The Musgroves announced they were divorcing and she was leaving the governor's mansion with their children. ^[1]

The Mabuses also divorced. ^[2]

	Picture	Name	When	Spouse of
1				David Holmes
2		Agatha Ball Chinn Poindexter [3]	1820–1822	George Poindexter
3				Walter Leake
4		Betsy Stanton Chambers (second wife after Margaret Chambers Brandon)		Gerard Brandon
5				David Holmes
6				Gerard Brandon
7				Abram M. Scott
8				Charles Lynch
9				Hiram Runnels
10		Eliza Turner Quitman [4]		John A. Quitman
11				Charles Lynch
12		Elizabeth Lewis Cameron McNutt, widow of his law partner		Alexander G. McNutt
13				Tilghman Tucker
14		Roberta Y. Brown (Roberta Eugenia Young Brown)		Albert G. Brown, his second wife after first died
15				Joseph W. Matthews
16				John A. Quitman
17				John Isaac Guion
18				James Whitfield
19				Henry S. Foote
20		Susan Hewell Pettus		John J. Pettus
21				John J. McRae
22				William McWillie
23				John J. Pettus
24				Charles Clark
25				William L. Sharkey
26				Benjamin G. Humphreys
27		Blanche Butler Ames	1868-1870	Adelbert Ames
28		Amelia Walton (Glover) Alcorn		James L. Alcorn
29				Ridgley C. Powers
30			1874–1876	Adelbert Ames
31		Mary G. Coman Stone		John Marshall Stone
32				Robert Lowry
33				John Marshall Stone
34				Anselm J. McLaurin
35		Marion Buckley Longino [5]		Andrew H. Longino
36				James K. Vardaman
37				Edmond Noel
38				Earl L. Brewer
39		Linda Gaddy Bedgood Bilbo [6] [7]		Theodore G. Bilbo
40				Lee M. Russell
41				Henry L. Whitfield
42				Dennis Murphree
43				Theodore G. Bilbo
44				Martin Sennet Conner
45				Hugh L. White
46				Paul B. Johnson Sr.
47				Dennis Murphree
48				Thomas L. Bailey
49				Fielding L. Wright
48				Hugh L. White
49				James P. Coleman
50				Ross Barnett
51				Paul B. Johnson Jr.
52		Nellah Massey Bailey	1944 - 1946	Thomas L. Bailey
52		Nan Kelley Wright [8] [9]		Fielding L. Wright
51		Judith Wier Sugg White		Hugh L. White
52		Margaret Coleman		James P. Coleman
53		Mary Pearl Crawford Barnett		Ross Barnett
54		Dorothy Power Johnson [10]		Paul B. Johnson Jr.
55				John Bell Williams
56		Ava Carroll Waller	1972 - 1976	Bill Waller
57		Zelma Finch [11] [12]		Cliff Finch
58		Elise Varner Winter [13]	1980 - 1984	William F. Winter
59		Divorced		William Allain
60		Julie Hines Mabus [14]		Ray Mabus
61		Pat Fordice	1992 - 1999	Kirk Fordice
62		Melanie Musgrove [15]		Ronnie Musgrove
63		Marsha Barbour	2004 - 2012	Haley Barbour
64		Deborah (Hays) Bryant [16]		Phil Bryant [17]
65		Elee Williams Reeves [18]		Tate Reeves

See also

• List of governors of Mississippi

References

1. https://da.mdah.ms.gov/musgrove/pdfs/3174.pdf
2. https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/ms-supreme-court/1439583.html
3. "Letter to the Editor for May 20". NewsAdvance.com. May 19, 2021.
4. "Quitman Family Papers, 1784-1978". finding-aids.lib.unc.edu.
5. "NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM" (PDF). www.apps.mdah.ms.gov. Retrieved November 6, 2023.
6. https://vicksburgnews.com/mrs-bilbo-and-mississippi-politics/
7. https://mississippiencyclopedia.org/entries/theodore-gilmore-bilbo/
8. Capace, Nancy (January 1, 2001). Encyclopedia of Mississippi. Somerset Publishers, Inc. ISBN   9780403096039 – via Google Books.
9. "Wright, Nannie Kelley | Briggs Lawrence County Public Library". www.briggslibrary.com.
10. "Johnson, Dorothy (Dot) Power | University of Southern Mississippi McCain Library & Archives". specialcollections.usm.edu.
11. Staff Report (July 12, 2007). "Former first lady Zelma Finch dead at 81". Picayune Item.
12. "Former Mississippi Gov. Charles C. 'Cliff' Finch dies - UPI Archives". UPI.
13. Hathorn, Taylor McKay (July 19, 2021). "Former First Lady Elise Winter Dies at 95 After Life of Work for Equity, Acceptance, Compassion".
14. "MABUS v. MABUS (2003) | FindLaw".
15. "Melody Bruce Musgrove, wife of former Governor, dies". MPB — Mississippi Public Broadcasting.
16. Bonner, Elizabeth (April 5, 2016). "Meet Mississippi First Lady Deborah Bryant". Southern Lady Magazine
17. "Deborah Bryant". National Governors Association
18. "Elee Reeves". National Governors Association