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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 ...
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 ...
Starting in 1843, Mississippi's delegation was increased to four seats, still elected at-large statewide on a general ticket. After 1847, those seats were elected by representative districts. After the 1850 census, Mississippi gained a 5th seat. For the 33rd Congress, that fifth seat was elected at-large. Starting with the 34th Congress, the ...
The Mississippi Senate on Wednesday made last-minute changes to a bill aimed at redistricting the state's circuit and chancery court districts, leaving some districts with fewer judges than they ...
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 Senate is composed of 52 senators representing an equal number of constituent ...
Wicker retained his Senate seat in the subsequent 2008 special election, won full terms in 2012 and 2018, and is seeking a third full term. Primary elections took place on March 12, 2024. No Democrat has won a U.S. Senate election in Mississippi since John C. Stennis in 1982. Wicker is heavily favored by all major news organizations to win ...
The two US senate seats are elected for overlapping 6 year terms. The Class 1 senate seat was most recently contested in 2018, the Class 2 senate seat was contested in 2020. In a 2020 study, Mississippi was ranked as the 4th hardest state for citizens to vote in.
Its current senators are Republicans Cindy Hyde-Smith and Roger Wicker. As of February 2022, 51 people have served as U.S. senators from Mississippi. John C. Stennis was Mississippi's longest-serving senator (1947–1989). Mississippi last elected a Democrat in 1982, and both seats have been occupied by the Republicans since 1989.