List of United States Senators from Mississippi

Mississippi was admitted to the Union on December 10, 1817, and elects senators to Class 1 and Class 2. Its current senators are Republicans Thad Cochran and Roger Wicker. As of January 1, 2015, 50 people (all of them men) have served as U.S. Senators from Mississippi.

List of Senators

Class 1 Class 1 U.S. Senators belong to the electoral cycle that has recently been contested in 1994, 2000, 2006, and 2012. The next election will be in 2018.						C o n g r e s s	Class 2 Class 2 U.S. Senators belong to the electoral cycle that has recently been contested in 1996, 2002, 2008, and 2014. The next election will be in 2020.
#	Senator	Party	Years in office	Electoral history	T e r m		T e r m	Electoral history	Years in office	Party	Senator	#
1	Walter Leake	Democratic- Republican	December 10, 1817 – May 15, 1820	Elected in 1817. Resigned.	1	15th Congress	1	Elected in 1817.	December 10, 1817 – March 4, 1829	Democratic- Republican	Thomas Hill Williams	1
						16th Congress
Vacant			May 15, 1820 – August 30, 1820
2	David Holmes	Democratic- Republican	August 30, 1820 – September 25, 1825	Elected to finish Leake's term.
				Re-elected in 1821. Resigned to become Governor of Mississippi.	2	17th Congress
		Jackson Democratic- Republican				18th Congress	2	Re-elected in 1823.		Jackson Democratic- Republican
		Jacksonian				19th Congress				Jacksonian
Vacant			September 25, 1825 – September 28, 1825
3	Powhatan Ellis	Jacksonian	September 28, 1825 – January 28, 1826	Appointed to continue Holmes's term. Lost election to finish Holmes's term.
4	Thomas Buck Reed	Jacksonian	January 28, 1826 – March 4, 1827	Elected to finish Holmes's term. Lost election to full term.
5	Powhatan Ellis	Jacksonian	March 4, 1827 – July 16, 1832	Elected in 1827. Resigned to become a U.S. District Judge.	3	20th Congress
						21st Congress	3	Elected in 1828. Died.	March 4, 1829 – November 26, 1829	Jacksonian	Thomas Buck Reed	2
									November 26, 1829 – January 6, 1830	Vacant
								Elected to finish Reed's term. Died.	January 6, 1830 – July 2, 1830	Jacksonian	Robert H. Adams	3
									July 2, 1830 – October 15, 1830	Vacant
								Appointed to continue Adams's term. Elected to finish Adams's term. Lost re-election.	October 15, 1830 – March 4, 1835	Jacksonian	George Poindexter	4
						22nd Congress				Anti- Jacksonian
Vacant			July 16, 1832 – November 12, 1832
6	John Black	Jacksonian	November 12, 1832 – March 3, 1833	Appointed to finish Ellis's term.
	Vacant		March 3, 1833 – November 22, 1833	Legislature failed to elect.	4	23rd Congress
	John Black	Anti- Jacksonian.	November 22, 1833 – January 22, 1838	Elected to finish the term. Resigned.
						24th Congress	4	Elected in 1835.	March 4, 1835 – March 5, 1845	Jacksonian	Robert J. Walker	5
		Whig				25th Congress				Democratic
7	James F. Trotter	Democratic	January 22, 1838 – July 10, 1838	Appointed to continue Black's term. Resigned.
Vacant			July 10, 1838 – November 12, 1838
8	Thomas Hickman Williams	Democratic	November 12, 1838 – March 4, 1839	Appointed to continue Black's term. Elected to finish Black's term. [Data unknown/missing. You can help!].
9	John Henderson	Whig	March 4, 1839 – March 4, 1845	Elected in 1838. [Data unknown/missing. You can help!].	5	26th Congress
						27th Congress	5	Re-elected in 1841. Resigned to become U.S. Secretary of the Treasury.
						28th Congress
10	Jesse Speight	Democratic	March 4, 1845 – May 1, 1847	Elected in 1844. Died.	6	29th Congress
									March 5, 1845 – November 3, 1845	Vacant
								Appointed to continue Walker's term. Elected to finish Walker's term. [Data unknown/missing. You can help!].	November 3, 1845 – March 4, 1847	Democratic	Joseph W. Chalmers	6
						30th Congress	6	Elected in 1846 or 1847. Resigned to become Governor of Mississippi.	March 4, 1847 – January 8, 1852	Democratic	Henry S. Foote	7
Vacant			May 1, 1847 – August 10, 1847
11	Jefferson Davis	Democratic	August 10, 1847 – September 23, 1851	Appointed to continue Speight's term. Elected in 1848 to finish Speight's term.
						31st Congress
				Re-elected in 1850. Resigned to run for Governor of Mississippi.	7	32nd Congress
Vacant			September 23, 1851 – December 1, 1851
12	John J. McRae	Democratic	December 1, 1851 – March 17, 1852	Appointed to continue Davis's term. Successor elected.
									January 8, 1852 – February 18, 1852	Vacant
								Elected to finish Foote's term. Retired.	February 18, 1852 – March 4, 1853	Whig	Walker Brooke	8
13	Stephen Adams	Democratic	March 17, 1852 – March 4, 1857	Elected to finish Davis's term. [Data unknown/missing. You can help!].
						33rd Congress	7		March 4, 1853 – January 7, 1854	Vacant
								Elected late in 1854	January 7, 1854 – January 12, 1861	Democratic	Albert G. Brown	9
						34th Congress
14	Jefferson Davis	Democratic	March 4, 1857 – January 21, 1861	Elected in 1856 or 1857. Resigned.	8	35th Congress
						36th Congress	8	Re-elected in 1859. Withdrew.
								American Civil War and Reconstruction	January 12, 1861 – February 23, 1870	Vacant
Vacant			January 21, 1861 – February 23, 1870	American Civil War and Reconstruction
						37th Congress
					9	38th Congress
						39th Congress	9
						40th Congress
					10	41st Congress
15	Adelbert Ames	Republican	February 23, 1870 – January 4, 1874	Elected in 1870 to finish vacant term. Resigned to become Governor of Mississippi.				Elected in 1870 to finish term. [Data unknown/missing. You can help!].	February 23, 1870 – March 3, 1871	Republican	Hiram Rhodes Revels	10
						42nd Congress	10		March 3, 1871 – December 1, 1871	Vacant
								Elected in 1870, but remained Governor until December 1871. [Data unknown/missing. You can help!].	December 1, 1871 – March 4, 1877	Republican	James L. Alcorn	11
						43rd Congress
Vacant			January 4, 1874 – February 3, 1874
16	Henry R. Pease	Republican	February 3, 1874 – March 4, 1875	Elected to finish Ames's term. Retired.
17	Blanche Bruce	Republican	March 4, 1875 – March 4, 1881	Elected in 1874. [Data unknown/missing. You can help!].	11	44th Congress
						45th Congress	11	Elected in 1877.	March 4, 1877 – March 6, 1885	Democratic	Lucius Q.C. Lamar	12
						46th Congress
18	James Z. George	Democratic	March 4, 1881 – August 14, 1897	Elected in 1881.	12	47th Congress
						48th Congress	12	Re-elected in 1883. Resigned.
						49th Congress
									March 6, 1885 – March 9, 1885	Vacant
								Appointed to continue Lamar's term. Elected to finish Lamar's term.	March 9, 1885 – January 24, 1894	Democratic	Edward C. Walthall	13
				Re-elected in 1887.	13	50th Congress
						51st Congress	13	Re-elected in 1889. Resigned.
						52nd Congress
				Re-elected in 1893. Died.	14	53rd Congress
									January 24, 1894 – February 7, 1894	Vacant
								Elected to finish Walthall's term. [Data unknown/missing. You can help!].	February 7, 1894 – March 4, 1895	Democratic	Anselm J. McLaurin	14
						54th Congress	14	Elected in 1895. Died.	March 4, 1895 – April 21, 1898	Democratic	Edward C. Walthall	15
						55th Congress
Vacant			August 14, 1897 – October 8, 1897
19	100px Hernando Money	Democratic	October 8, 1897 – March 4, 1911	Appointed to finish George's term.
									April 21, 1898 – May 31, 1898	Vacant
								Appointed to continue Walthall's term. Elected to finish Walthall's term. Retired.	May 31, 1898 – March 4, 1901	Democratic	William V. Sullivan	16
				Elected to full term in 1899.	15	56th Congress
						57th Congress	15	Elected in 1900.	March 4, 1901 – December 22, 1909	Democratic	Anselm J. McLaurin	17
						58th Congress
				Re-elected in 1905. Retired.	16	59th Congress
						60th Congress	16	Re-elected in 1906. Died.
						61st Congress
									December 22, 1909 – December 27, 1909	Vacant
								Appointed to continue McLaurin's term. Successor qualified.	December 27, 1909 – February 22, 1910	Democratic	James Gordon	18
								Elected to finish McLaurin's term. Lost nomination to full term.	February 23, 1910 – March 4, 1913	Democratic	LeRoy Percy	19
20	John Sharp Williams	Democratic	March 4, 1911 – March 4, 1923	Elected in 1910.	17	62nd Congress
						63rd Congress	17	Elected in 1912. Lost renomination.	March 4, 1913 – March 4, 1919	Democratic	James K. Vardaman	20
						64th Congress
				Re-elected in 1916. Retired.	18	65th Congress
						66th Congress	18	Elected in 1918.	March 5, 1919 – June 22, 1941	Democratic	Pat Harrison	21
						67th Congress
21	Hubert D. Stephens	Democratic	March 4, 1923 – January 3, 1935	Elected in 1922.	19	68th Congress
						69th Congress	19	Re-elected in 1924.
						70th Congress
				Re-elected in 1928. Lost renomination.	20	71st Congress
						72nd Congress	20	Re-elected in 1930.
						73rd Congress
22	Theodore G. Bilbo	Democratic	January 3, 1935 – August 21, 1947	Elected in 1934.	21	74th Congress
						75th Congress	21	Re-elected in 1936. Died.
						76th Congress
				Re-elected in 1940.	22	77th Congress
									June 22, 1941 – June 30, 1941	Vacant
								Appointed to continue Harrison's term. Retired when successor elected.	June 30, 1941 – September 28, 1941	Democratic	James Eastland	22
								Elected to finish Harrison's term. Lost nomination to full term.	September 29, 1941 – January 3, 1943	Democratic	Wall Doxey	23
						78th Congress	22	Elected in 1942.	January 3, 1943 – December 27, 1978	Democratic	James Eastland	24
						79th Congress
				Re-elected in 1946. Died.	23	80th Congress
Vacant			August 21, 1947 – November 17, 1947
23	John C. Stennis	Democratic	November 17, 1947 – January 3, 1989	Elected to finish Bilbo's term.
						81st Congress	23	Re-elected in 1948.
						82nd Congress
				Re-elected in 1952.	24	83rd Congress
						84th Congress	24	Re-elected in 1954.
						85th Congress
				Re-elected in 1958.	25	86th Congress
						87th Congress	25	Re-elected in 1960.
						88th Congress
				Re-elected in 1964.	26	89th Congress
						90th Congress	26	Re-elected in 1966.
						91st Congress
				Re-elected in 1970.	27	92nd Congress
						93rd Congress	27	Re-elected in 1972. Retired, and resigned early to give successor preferential seniority.
						94th Congress
				Re-elected in 1976.	28	95th Congress
								Appointed early to finish Eastland's term, having already been elected to the next term.	December 27, 1978 – Present	Republican	Thad Cochran	25
						96th Congress	28	Elected in 1978.
						97th Congress
				Re-elected in 1982. Retired.	29	98th Congress
						99th Congress	29	Re-elected in 1984.
						100th Congress
24	Trent Lott	Republican	January 3, 1989 – December 18, 2007	Elected in 1988.	30	101st Congress
						102nd Congress	30	Re-elected in 1990.
						103rd Congress
				Re-elected in 1994.	31	104th Congress
						105th Congress	31	Re-elected in 1996.
						106th Congress
				Re-elected in 2000.	32	107th Congress
						108th Congress	32	Re-elected in 2002.
						109th Congress
				Re-elected in 2006. Resigned.	33	110th Congress
Vacant			December 18, 2007 – December 31, 2007
25	Roger Wicker	Republican	December 31, 2007 – Present	Appointed to continue Lott's term.
				Elected to finish Lott's term.		111th Congress	33	Re-elected in 2008.
						112th Congress
				Re-elected in 2012.	34	113th Congress
						114th Congress	34	Re-elected in 2014.
						115th Congress
To be determined in the 2018 election.					35	116th Congress
						117th Congress	35	To be determined in the 2020 election.
#	Senator	Party	Years in office	Electoral history	T e r m		T e r m	Electoral history	Years in office	Party	Senator	#
Class 1							Class 2

Living former U.S. Senators from Mississippi

As of April 2015, there is one former U.S. Senator from Mississippi who is currently living.

Senator	Term of office	Class	Date of birth (and age)
Trent Lott	1989–2007	1	(1941-10-09) October 9, 1941

See also

• List of United States Representatives from Mississippi
• United States congressional delegations from Mississippi