Mississippi County is a county located in the Bootheel of the U.S. state of Missouri,with its eastern border formed by the Mississippi River. As of the 2020 census,the population was 12,577. The largest city and county seat is Charleston. The county was officially organized on February 14,1845,and was named after the Mississippi River.
Pontotoc is a city in and the county seat of Pontotoc County,Mississippi,located to the west of the larger city of Tupelo. The population was 5,640 at the 2020 census. Pontotoc is a Chickasaw word that means,“Land of the Hanging Grapes.”A section of the city largely along Main Street and Liberty Street has been designated the Pontotoc Historic District and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The Treaty of Pontotoc Site is also listed on the National Register. The Treaty of Pontotoc Creek,part of U.S. president Andrew Jackson's Indian Removal policy,ceded millions of acres of Native American lands and relocated the Chicakasaw west of the Mississippi River.
Chester Trent Lott Sr. is an American lobbyist,lawyer,author,and politician who represented Mississippi in the United States House of Representatives from 1973 to 1989 and in the United States Senate from 1989 to 2007. Lott served in numerous leadership positions in both chambers of Congress as one of the first of a wave of Republicans winning seats in Southern states that had been solidly Democratic. Later in his career,he served twice as Senate Majority Leader,and also,alternately,Senate Minority Leader. In 2003,he stepped down from the position after controversy due to his praising of Senator Strom Thurmond's 1948 segregationist Dixiecrat presidential bid.
Roger Frederick Wicker is an American attorney and politician serving as the senior United States senator from Mississippi,a seat he has held since 2007. A member of the Republican Party,Wicker was a Mississippi State Senator from 1988 to 1995 and the U.S. Representative from Mississippi's 1st congressional district from 1995 until 2007.
Hiram Rhodes Revels was an American Republican politician,minister in the African Methodist Episcopal Church,and college administrator. Born free in North Carolina,he later lived and worked in Ohio,where he voted before the Civil War. Elected by the Mississippi legislature to the United States Senate as a Republican to represent Mississippi in 1870 and 1871 during the Reconstruction era,he was the first African American to serve in either house of the U.S. Congress.
Amy Tuck is an American attorney and politician who served as the 30th Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi from 2000 to 2008. A member of the Republican Party,she was previously a member of the Mississippi State Senate. She is the second woman to be elected to statewide office in Mississippi,and the first to have been reelected. Tuck later served as the Vice President of Campus Services at Mississippi State University from 2008 to 2019.
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. The Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi serves as President of the Senate.
The Mississippi Gulf Coast,also known as Mississippi Coast,Mississippi Gulf Coast region,Coastal Mississippi,and The Coast,is the area of Mississippi along the Mississippi Sound at the northern extreme of the Gulf of Mexico.
Robert Montgomery Dearing was an American politician,educator,and businessman who served in the Mississippi Senate as a member of the Democratic Party.
Scott Thomas Wilk Sr. is an American politician who served as the California State Senate minority leader from January 20,2021 until December 5,2022. He is a Republican who previously represented the 21st district,encompassing Antelope Valley,Victor Valley,and most of the Santa Clarita Valley. Prior to his election to the Senate,he served two terms in the California State Assembly. He was also a College of the Canyons Trustee.
Melanie Sojourner is an American politician from the state of Mississippi. She served in the Mississippi State Senate,representing the 37th district. She is a member of the Republican Party.
Terry Clark Burton is an American politician. He is a Republican and former Senator,representing District 31. He also served as President Pro Tempore. He was arrested for drunk driving and did not file for reelection to the Senate.
The 2018 United States Senate election in Mississippi took place on November 6,2018,in order to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the state of Mississippi. Incumbent Republican Roger Wicker was re-elected to a second full term,defeating his Democratic challenger,David Baria.
The 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Mississippi were held on Tuesday,November 3,2020,to elect the four U.S. representatives from the U.S. state of Mississippi;one from each of the state's four congressional districts. Primaries were scheduled for March 10,2020.
Cory Todd Wilson is an American attorney and jurist serving as a U.S. circuit judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. He was appointed by President Donald Trump in 2020. A member of the Republican Party,Wilson was previously a judge on the Mississippi Court of Appeals and a member of the Mississippi House of Representatives.
The 2020 United States state legislative elections were held on November 3,2020,for 86 state legislative chambers in 44 states. Across the fifty states,approximately 65 percent of all upper house seats and 85 percent of all lower house seats were up for election. Nine legislative chambers in the five permanently-inhabited U.S. territories and the federal district of Washington,D.C. also held elections. The elections took place concurrently with several other federal,state,and local elections,including the presidential election,U.S. Senate elections,U.S. House elections,and gubernatorial elections.
Benjamin Suber is an American attorney and politician who has served in the Mississippi State Senate from the 8th district since 2020.
Jason Todd Barrett is an American politician,serving in the Mississippi State Senate from the 39th district since 2020.
