Belzoni is a city in Humphreys County,Mississippi,United States,in the Mississippi Delta region,on the Yazoo River. The population was 2,235 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Humphreys County. It was named for the 19th-century Italian archaeologist/explorer Giovanni Battista Belzoni.
David Ronald Musgrove is an American lawyer and politician who served as the 62nd governor of Mississippi from 2000 to 2004. A Democrat,he previously served as the 29th lieutenant governor of Mississippi from 1996 to 2000. He was the Democratic nominee in the 2008 special election for one of Mississippi's seats in the United States Senate,losing to incumbent Senator Roger Wicker. Musgrove is a principal at a public affairs consulting firm,Politics. In 2014,he became founding partner of a new law firm in Jackson,Mississippi,Musgrove/Smith Law. As of 2024,he is the most recent Democrat to hold the office of Governor of Mississippi.
Daniel Kirkwood "Kirk" Fordice Jr. was an American politician and businessman who served as the 61st governor of Mississippi from 1992 to 2000. He was the first Republican governor of the state since Reconstruction,and the state's first governor elected to two consecutive four-year terms.
Raymond Edwin Mabus Jr. is an American politician and lawyer. A member of the Democratic Party,he served as the 75th United States Secretary of the Navy from 2009 to 2017. Mabus previously served as the State auditor of Mississippi from 1984 to 1988,as the 60th governor of Mississippi from 1988 to 1992,and as the United States ambassador to Saudi Arabia from 1994 to 1996.
The Mississippi State Senate is the upper house of the Mississippi Legislature,the state legislature of the U.S. state of Mississippi. The Senate,along with the lower Mississippi House of Representatives,convenes at the Mississippi State Capitol in Jackson.
Eddie Jerome Briggs is an American politician and lawyer. After service in the Mississippi State Senate,Briggs was the 28th Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi,a position which he held from 1992 to 1996. He was the first Republican to have held the office of lieutenant governor of Mississippi since Reconstruction.
Eric Charles Clark is an American politician and academic who served as the Secretary of State of Mississippi from 1996 to 2008.
Thomas Arlin Gollott is a businessman and former state legislator in Mississippi. A Democrat,he served as a member of the Mississippi House of Representatives and Mississippi Senate before becoming a Republican in 2007. He represented the 50th District from 1980 to 2020. He had served continuously in the Mississippi Legislature from 1968,when he sat as a state representative,which he served until his election as state senator in 1979. He had been a Democrat until 2007,when he switched his affiliation to Republican. In September 2017,he became the longest-serving member of the Mississippi Legislature in history. He retired from the Senate in 2020,after deciding not to run for another term.
Ethel Wright Mohamed was an American artist,best known for her embroidered scenes of country life. She is sometimes compared to "Grandma Moses," both for her folk art style of illustration and her late start as an artist.
The 1995 Mississippi gubernatorial election took place on November 7,1995 to elect the Governor of Mississippi. Incumbent Republican Kirk Fordice won reelection to a second term. This is the last time that a gubernatorial nominee and a lieutenant gubernatorial nominee of different political parties were elected governor and lieutenant governor in Mississippi.
Glen Sennett Deweese was an American convenience store owner and Democratic politician. He was a member of the Mississippi State Senate from 1976 to 1992,and its president pro tempore from 1986 to 1992.
Ellis Barkett Bodron was an American lawyer and Democratic Party politician who served in the Mississippi State Senate from 1952 to 1984 and in the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1948 to 1952. He was blind.
William Brooks Alexander Jr. was an American attorney,farmer,and politician. He was a member of the Mississippi State Senate from 1960 to 1984,and its president pro tempore from 1976 to 1984.
Thomas Norman Brooks was an American farmer and Democratic politician. He was a member of the Mississippi Legislature almost continuously from 1952 to 1985,when he was convicted and jailed for influence peddling. He also was the president pro tempore of the Mississippi State Senate from 1984 to his incarceration.
William Green Poindexter III is an American politician. He is a former member of the Mississippi House of Representatives,serving from 1976 to 1993.
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.
William Gwin Kiger was an American physician and Democratic politician. He represented the 12th District in the Mississippi State Senate from 1892 to 1904 and from 1920 to 1932,and served as the Senate's President Pro Tempore in 1902.
Winfred Cooper "Chubby" Adams was an American politician in Mississippi. He served in the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1924 to 1926 and in the Mississippi State Senate from 1928 to 1936. He served as the Senate's President Pro Tempore from 1932 to 1936
John Lawrence Hebron Jr. was an American lawyer and Democratic politician. He represented Washington County in the Mississippi State Senate from 1904 to 1912 and from 1928 to 1936 and was its President Pro Tempore from 1908 to 1912.
