Speaker of the Mississippi House of Representatives

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Speaker of the Mississippi House of Representatives

Speakers:

  • Thomas A. Barnes
  • Edward Turner (judge)
  • B. R. Grayson
  • Gerard Brandon
  • Cowles Mead
  • I. R. Nicholson
  • C. B. Greene
  • W. L. Sharkey
  • Joseph Dunbar (politician)
  • M. P. Degrafenreid
  • David Pembel
  • Adam Lewis Bingaman
  • John Irvin (politician)
  • William Vannerson
  • J. W. King
  • Jesse Speight
  • James Alexander Ventress
  • Robert W. Roberts
  • J. L. Totten
  • James Whitfield (Mississippi politician)
  • John J. McRae
  • Hiram Cassedy
  • William S. Barry
  • James L. Autry
  • Josiah Abigail Patterson Campbell
  • William A. Lake
  • J. P. Scales
  • Lock E. Houston
  • Samuel J. Gholson
  • Freeman E. Franklin
  • Henry Waterman Warren
  • Hugh McQueen Street
  • Isaac Shadd
  • Hugh McQueen Street
  • William Alexander Percy (politician)




https://www.sos.ms.gov/content/documents/ed_pubs/pubs/BlueBook20-24/14%20Historical%20and%20Statistical%20Info.pdf

The House has elected a speaker 61 times since 1817:[2][3]

Name County/District Term of service
Thomas Barnes Claiborne 1817–1819
Edward Turner Adam 1819–1821
Beverly R. Grayson Adams 1821–1822
Gerard C. Brandon Wilkinson 1822–1823
Cowles Mead Jefferson 1823–1827
I. R. Nicholson Copiah 1827–1829
C. B. Greene Adams 1829–1830
W. L. Sharkey Warren 1830–1831
Joseph Dunbar Jefferson 1831–1832
M. F. Degrafenreid[4] Wilkinson 1832–1833
David Pembel Adams 1833–1834
A. L. Bingaman Adams 1834–1836
John Irvin Carroll 1836–1837
William Vannerson Lawrence 1837–1838
J. W. King Rankin 1838–1840
Jesse Speight Lowndes 1840–1841
James A. Ventress Wilkinson 1841–1842
Robert W. Roberts Scott 1842–1844
J. L. Totten Marshall 1844–1846
James Whitfield Lowndes 1846–1848
John J. McRae Clarke 1848–1852
William S. Patton Lauderdale 1852–1854
Hiram Cassedy Franklin 1854–1856
William S. Barry Lowndes 1856–1858
James L. Autry Marshall 1858–1859
J. A. P. Campbell Attala 1859–1861
William A. Lake Warren 1861–1862
J. P. Scales Carroll 1862–1863
Lock E. Houston Monroe 1863–1865
Samuel J. Gholson Monroe 1865–1866
F. E. Franklin Yazoo 1870 (died during his term as speaker)
Henry Waterman Warren Leake 1871–1872
John R. Lynch Adams 1872–1873
Hugh M. Street Prentiss 1873–1874
Isaac D. Shadd Warren 1874–1876
Hugh M. Street Prentiss 1876–1878
William A. Percy Washington 1878–1880
Benjamin F. Johns Amite 1880–1882
W. H. H. Tison Lee 1882
William M. Inge Alcorn 1884–1886
Jacob H. Sharp Lowndes 1886–1888
Charles B. Mitchell Pontotoc 1888–1890
James S. Madison Noxubee 1890–1892
Hugh M. Street Lauderdale 1892–1894
J. K. Vardaman Leflore 1894–1896
James F. McCool Attala 1896–1900
A. J. Russell Lauderdale 1900–1902
Emmet Thomas Washington 1904–1908
Hugh M. Street Lauderdale 1908–1912
Hillrie M. Quin Hinds 1912–1916
Mike Conner Covington 1916–1924
Thomas L. Bailey 1924–1936
Horace Stansel Sunflower 1936–1936
Fielding L. Wright 1936–1940
Samuel Lumpkin Lee 1940–1944
Walter Sillers Jr. Bolivar 1944–1966
John R. Junkin Adams 1966–1976
Buddie Newman 1976–1988
Tim Ford 18 1988–2004
William J. McCoy 3 2004–2012
Philip Gunn 56 2012–Present


References

  1. ^ https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57720174/house-speaker-junkin-dies/
  2. ^ Rowland, Dunbar (1917). The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi. Department of Archives and History. pp. 187–188.
  3. ^ https://www.sos.ms.gov/content/documents/ed_pubs/pubs/BlueBook16-20/16%20Historical%20and%20Statistical%20Info%20Section%20707-738.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  4. ^ https://cite.case.law/tenn/82/385/