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The Mississippi 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 Senate is composed of 52 senators representing an equal number of constituent ...
Mississippi Legislature. The Mississippi Legislature is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Mississippi. The bicameral Legislature is composed of the lower Mississippi House of Representatives, with 122 members, and the upper Mississippi State Senate, with 52 members. Both representatives and senators serve four-year terms without term ...
Recorded February 10, 2020. Bennie Gordon Thompson (born January 28, 1948) is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for Mississippi's 2nd congressional district since 1993. A member of the Democratic Party, Thompson served as the chair of the Committee on Homeland Security from 2007 to 2011 and from 2019 to 2023. [1]
Roger Frederick Wicker (born July 5, 1951) 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 ...
Resigned to become a member of the secession convention of Mississippi. March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1877 Elected in 1872. Retired to run for U.S. senator. William Lattimore: March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1807 Democratic-Republican Territory: Elected in 1803. Retired. March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1817 Elected in 1813. Retired. Clarke Lewis: March 4 ...
On December 10, 1817, Mississippi was admitted into the Union as a state and sent one Representative to Congress, elected at-large statewide. After the 1830 census, Mississippi had two seats, elected statewide at-large on a general ticket. Starting in 1843, Mississippi's delegation was increased to four seats, still elected at-large statewide ...
e. Elections are held every year in the US state of Mississippi. [1] US presidential elections are held every 4 years, most recently in 2020. Elections to the House of Representatives are every 2 years, most recently in 2020. Gubernatorial elections are held every 4 years, most recently in 2019, together with general elections for all members ...
Hiram R. Revels. Hiram Rhodes Revels (September 27, 1827 [note 1] – January 16, 1901) 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 ...