{{Short description|Upper house of the Mississippi Legislature}} {{Use American English|date=April 2026}} {{Use mdy dates|date=December 2011}} {{Infobox legislature | background_color = {{party color|Republican Party (US)}} | name = Mississippi State Senate | legislature = Mississippi Legislature | coa_pic = Seal of Mississippi 2014.svg | session_room = 250px | house_type = Upper house | term_limits = None | new_session = January 2, 2024 | leader1_type = President | leader1 = Delbert Hosemann (R) | election1 = January 14, 2020 | leader2_type = President pro tempore | leader2 = Dean Kirby (R) | election2 = January 7, 2020 <!-- | leader3_type = Majority Leader | leader3 = ''Vacant'' | party3 = (R) | election3 = January 7, 2020 -->| leader4_type = Minority Leader | leader4 = Derrick Simmons (D) | election4 = July 31, 2017 | term_length = 4 years | authority = Article IV, Mississippi Constitution | salary = $10,000/year + per diem | members = 52 | last_election1 = November 7, 2023<br/>(52 seats) | next_election1 = November 2, 2027<br/>(52 seats) | redistricting = Legislative Control | structure1 = 250px | political_groups1 = *{{legend|#FF0000|Republican (34)}} *{{legend|#0800F5|Democratic (18)}} | meeting_place = State Senate Chamber<br/>Mississippi State Capitol<br/>Jackson, Mississippi | website = [https://www.legislature.ms.gov/legislators/senators/ Mississippi State Senate] | rules = [https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/htms/s_rules.pdf Senate Rules] }} 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 Senate is composed of 52 senators representing an equal number of constituent districts, with 56,947 people per district (2020 census). In the current legislative session, the Republican Party holds 34 seats while the Democratic Party holds 18 seats, creating a Republican trifecta in the state government.
The Senate can confirm or reject gubernatorial appointments to the state cabinet, commissions, and boards and can create and amend bills.
==Membership, terms and elections== According to the current Mississippi Constitution, the Senate is to be composed of no more than 52 members elected for four-year terms with no term limits.<ref>{{Cite constitution|article=12|section=254|polity=Mississippi|date=1890}}</ref> Districts are reapportioned to reflect population changes, and per the 2020 census, each district has about 56,947 people.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=Mississippi's Population Declined 0.2% |url=https://www.census.gov/library/stories/state-by-state/mississippi-population-change-between-census-decade.html |access-date=2024-02-10 |website=Census.gov}}</ref> To qualify for election, candidates must be at least 25 years old, a qualified elector of the state for the past four years, and be a resident of the district or county they are running to represent for the past two years.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Watson |first=Michael |title=2020-2024 Mississippi Blue Book |publisher=Mississippi Secretary of State |year=2021 |chapter=Elections |chapter-url=https://www.sos.ms.gov/content/documents/ed_pubs/pubs/BlueBook20-24/6%20Elections.pdf}}</ref> All candidates must pay either a $250 fee to their state party executive committee or to the Mississippi Secretary of State if they are running as an independent. Independent candidates must collect 50 signatures to run.<ref name=":0" /> Elections to the Senate are held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November during the state general elections.<ref>{{Cite constitution|article=4|section=102|polity=Mississippi|date=1890}}</ref>
If a vacancy occurs in the Senate before June 1, the governor must order an election within 30 days after the vacancy and give a 40-day notice to the appropriate counties where the seat is located. No special election occurs if the vacancy happens after June 1.<ref>MS Code § 23-15-851 (2013)</ref>
==Powers and process== The state legislature is constitutionally-mandated to meet for 125 days every four years at the start of a new term and 90 days in other years.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last=Watson |first=Michael |title=Mississippi Blue Book 2020-2024 |publisher=Mississippi Secretary of State |year=2021 |chapter=Legislature |chapter-url=https://www.sos.ms.gov/content/documents/ed_pubs/pubs/BlueBook20-24/8%20Legislature%20Section.pdf}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite constitution|article=4|section=36|polity=Mississippi|date=1890}}</ref> The Senate reconvenes on a yearly basis on the Tuesday after the first Monday in January.<ref name=":1" /> While the Mississippi House of Representatives can extend its sessions, the Senate cannot.<ref name=":2" />
The Senate has the authority to determine rules of its own proceedings, punish its members for disorderly behavior, and expel a member with a two-thirds vote of its membership.<ref>{{Cite constitution|article=4|section=55|polity=Mississippi|date=1890}}</ref> A majority in the Senate establishes a quorum, though less members can adjourn,<ref>{{Cite constitution|article=4|section=54|polity=Mississippi|date=1890}}</ref> though not for more than 3 days without the House's consent.<ref>{{Cite constitution|article=4|section=57|polity=Mississippi|date=1890}}</ref> Bills can originate in the Senate and must undergo three readings in each house, unless two-thirds of the house dispenses with the rules.<ref>{{Cite constitution|article=4|section=59|polity=Mississippi|date=1890}}</ref> Amendments to bills must be approved by both houses.<ref>{{Cite constitution|article=4|section=60|polity=Mississippi|date=1890}}</ref> The Senate, in conjunction with the Mississippi House of Representatives, draws and approves both congressional and district boundaries. The congressional boundaries can be vetoed by the governor, while the district boundaries, created by a joint resolution between both houses, cannot be vetoed by the governor.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2020-06-18|title=Mississippi - All About Redistricting|url=https://redistricting.lls.edu/state/mississippi/|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2021-01-20|website=All About Redistricting|publisher=Loyola Law School|language=en}}</ref>
The governor has the power to veto legislation, but legislators can override the veto with a two-thirds decision.<ref>{{Cite constitution|article=4|section=72|polity=Mississippi|date=1890}}</ref> The Senate tries all impeachments referred to it by the House of Representatives.<ref>{{Cite constitution|article=4|section=49|polity=Mississippi|date=1890}}</ref> All gubernatorial appointments are subject to approval of the Senate.<ref>Mississippi Code § 7-1-35</ref>
==Leadership== The President of the Senate is Mississippi Lieutenant Governor Delbert Hosemann, who is Republican. The President pro tempore is Republican Dean Kirby.<ref>{{cite news |date=January 7, 2020 |title=Dean Kirby elected Senate president pro tempore |url=https://www.wjtv.com/news/dean-kirby-elected-senate-president-pro-tempore/ |access-date=2020-01-18 |newspaper=WJTV |location=Jackson}}</ref> The Minority Leader is Democrat Derrick Simmons.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Criss |first=Jack |date=2022-10-10 |title=Senator Derrick Simmons |url=https://deltabusinessjournal.com/senator-derrick-simmons/ |access-date=2024-02-10 |website=Delta Business Journal |language=en-US}}</ref>
The Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi serves as the President of the Senate<ref name=":3">{{Cite constitution|article=5|section=129|polity=Mississippi|date=1890}}</ref> and has the sole ability to appoint the chairmanships or vice chairmanships of various Senate committees, regardless of party size.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Harrison |first=Bobby |date=2019-04-07 |title=Lieutenant governor's power derives from senators; lawmaker says chamber must take back its authority |url=http://mississippitoday.org/2019/04/07/lieutenant-governors-power-derives-from-senators-lawmaker-says-chamber-must-take-back-its-authority/ |access-date=2024-02-10 |website=Mississippi Today |language=en-US}}</ref> They can only cast a legislative vote if required to break a tie.<ref name=":3" /> In the absence of the lieutenant governor, the President Pro Tempore presides over the Senate.<ref>{{Cite constitution|article=4|section=39|polity=Mississippi|date=1890}}</ref> The President Pro Tempore is elected by a majority of senators present, with following elections for the senate secretary, seargent-at-arms, and a doorkeeper.<ref>MS Code § 5-1-15 (2013)</ref> The President Pro Tempore chairs the Senate Rules Committee, oversees the day-to-day operations of the Senate staff, and assumes the responsibilities of the president in their absence.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Harrison |first=Bobby |date=2024-01-02 |title=Dean Kirby elected to second term as Senate's second-in-command |url=http://mississippitoday.org/2024/01/02/dean-kirby-elected-pro-tem/ |access-date=2024-02-10 |website=Mississippi Today |language=en-US}}</ref>
==Party composition==
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=== History === {{See also|Political party strength in Mississippi}} Following the 2003 general elections, the Democratic Party retained their majority in the Senate until a party switch by Democratic Senator James "Shannon" Walley of Leakesville in January 2007 placed the chamber's party composition at 26 Republicans to 26 Democrats.<ref>{{Cite web |date=January 15, 2007 |title=Leakesville state rep switches parties |url=https://www.wdam.com/story/5927175/leakesville-state-rep-switches-parties |access-date=2024-02-10 |website=WDAM |language=en}}</ref> However, because Lieutenant Governor Amy Tuck was a Republican, this gave Republicans control of the Senate for the first time since Reconstruction and a de facto majority.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Pender |first=Geoff |date=January 12, 2007 |title=State Senate numbers are equal: GOP, Dems even after Walley switch |work=The Sun Herald |pages=2}}</ref> In the 2007 general elections, Democrats won back control of the chamber;<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Taggart |first1=Andy |last2=Nash |first2=Jere |date=November 11, 2007 |title=The 2008 Mississippi Legislature: Is it 'back to the future?' |work=Clarion-Ledger |pages=59}}</ref> however party switches from Senators Nolan Mettetal in February 2008 and Cindy Hyde-Smith in December 2010 once again gave the Republicans a de facto majority, with Lieutenant Governor Phil Bryant holding the tiebreaker vote.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2008-01-30 |title=State Sen. Mettetal joins Republican Party |url=https://www.natchezdemocrat.com/2008/01/30/state-sen-mettetal-joins-republican-party/ |access-date=2024-02-10 |website=The Natchez Democrat |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=2010-12-29 |title=Sen. Hyde-Smith joins Republicans |url=https://www.dailyleader.com/2010/12/28/sen-hyde-smith-joins-republicans/ |access-date=2024-02-10 |website=Daily Leader |language=en}}</ref> After another party switch in February 2011 from Ezell Lee, the Republicans expanded their majority to 27–24, with one vacancy.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Farrell |first=David A. |date=February 25, 2011 |title=Lee switches parties |work=The Picayune Item |pages=1, 3}}</ref>
Republicans continued to expand this majority with the 2011 general elections, where they pushed their majority to 30–22;<ref name=":7">{{Cite news |last=Amy |first=Jeff |date=November 11, 2011 |title=Speaker's race gears up with House balance unclear |work=The Vicksburg Post |pages=3 |agency=Associated Press}}</ref> however a party switch from Gray Tollison in November 2011 and Nickey Browning in March 2013 further expanded this to a 32–20 majority.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Pender |first=Geoff |date=March 27, 2013 |title=State Sen. Browning switches to Republiacn Party |work=Clarion-Ledger |pages=B3}}</ref><ref name=":7" /> This gave Republicans a supermajority for tax bills and bond issuances.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Salter |first=Sid |date=November 13, 2011 |title=Guard changes at Capitol |work=The Picayune Item |pages=4}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=November 6, 2025 |title=Mississippi Democrats appear to break Republican supermajority in state Senate |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2025/11/06/mississippi-democrats-appear-to-break-republican-supermajority-in-state-senate-00639455 |access-date=January 10, 2026 |website=POLITICO |language=en |quote=In Mississippi, a three-fifths majority of the House and Senate is needed to pass tax bills or issue bonds to borrow money. A two-thirds majority in both chambers is needed to approve proposed amendments to the state constitution and override a veto from the governor. |agency=Associated Press}}</ref> Republicans sought to continue to grow their majority in the 2015 general elections, and while initial assessments assumed they had expanded it,<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=November 5, 2015 |title=How it all shook out |url=https://magnoliatribune.com/2015/11/04/how_it_all_shook_out/ |access-date=January 10, 2026 |website=Magnolia Tribune |language=en-US}}</ref> the margin remained the same.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Pettus |first=Emily Wagster |date=January 19, 2016 |title=Mississippi Senate confirms Dearing |work=Clarion-Ledger |pages=3}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Pender |first=Geoff |date=November 5, 2015 |title=Legislature turns deeper shade of red |url=https://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/2015/11/04/legislature-gop-majority/75151030/?gnt-cfr=1&gca-cat=p&gca-uir=true&gca-epti=z115438d00----v115438d--54--b--54--&gca-ft=85&gca-ds=sophi |work=Clarion-Ledger}}</ref> In late 2017, they picked up a seat following Bill Stone's retirement, increasing their majority to 33–19.<ref>{{Cite news |date=November 30, 2017 |title=Republicans win two runoffs for state legislative seats |work=Clarion-Ledger |pages=6}}</ref> Four years later, Republicans picked up three seats in the 2019 general elections, creating a 36–16 veto-proof supermajority.<ref name=":5" /><ref>{{Cite news |last=Harrison |first=Bobby |date=November 8, 2019 |title=Democrats now control nothing statewide in Miss. govt. |work=The Greenwood Commonwealth |pages=12}}</ref>
Republicans maintained their 36–16 supermajority in the 2023 general elections.<ref>{{Cite news |date=November 7, 2023 |title=Mississippi Election Results |url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/11/07/us/elections/results-mississippi.html |access-date=January 10, 2026 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> However, the map used in the 2023 elections was later overturned by a federal court because it violated Voting Rights Act by trying to dilute Black representation.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Harrison |first=Heather |date=April 16, 2025 |title=Court: New Mississippi Senate Map Still Dilutes Black Voting |url=https://www.mississippifreepress.org/new-mississippi-senate-map-still-doesnt-give-black-desoto-county-residents-enough-voting-power-court-rules/ |access-date=January 10, 2026 |website=Mississippi Free Press |language=en-US}}</ref> As a result, a new map was eventually drawn, and special elections were ordered for November 2025.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Harrison |first=Heather |date=May 16, 2025 |title=Court Approves Lawmakers’ Redrawn Mississippi Senate District Map |url=https://www.mississippifreepress.org/court-approves-lawmakers-redrawn-mississippi-senate-district-map/ |access-date=January 10, 2026 |website=Mississippi Free Press |language=en-US}}</ref> Democrats picked up two seats in the 2025 special elections and broke the Republican supermajority for the first time since 2019.<ref name=":5" />
As of 2026, the Mississippi Senate has 34 Republican members and 18 Democratic members.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-11-07 |title=Mississippi Election Results |url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/11/07/us/elections/results-mississippi.html |access-date=2024-02-10 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
==Members of the Mississippi Senate (2024–2028)== {|class="wikitable sortable" |- !District !Name !Party !Start !Counties |- |1 |{{#invoke:sort|name|Michael|McLendon}} |{{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep |2020 |DeSoto, Tate |- |2 |{{#invoke:sort|name|Theresa|Gillespie Isom}} |{{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem |2026 |DeSoto, Tunica |- |3 |{{#invoke:sort|name|Kathy|Chism}} |{{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep |2020 |Benton, Marshall, Pontotoc, Prentiss, Union |- |4 |{{#invoke:sort|name|Rita|Potts Parks}} |{{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep |2012 |Alcorn, Tippah |- |5 |{{#invoke:sort|name|Daniel|Sparks|dab=politician}} |{{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep |2020 |Itawamba, Prentiss, Tishomingo |- |6 |{{#invoke:sort|name|Chad|McMahan}} |{{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep |2016 |Lee |- |7 |{{#invoke:sort|name|Hob|Bryan}} |{{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem |1984 |Itawamba, Lee, Monroe |- |8 |{{#invoke:sort|name|Benjamin|Suber}} |{{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep |2020 |Calhoun, Chickasaw, Lafayette, Pontotoc, Yalobusha |- |9 |{{#invoke:sort|name|Nicole|Akins Boyd}} |{{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep |2020 |Lafayette, Panola |- |10 |{{#invoke:sort|name|Neil|Whaley}} |{{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep |2018 |Lafayette, Marshall, Tate, Union |- |11 |{{#invoke:sort|name|Reginald|Jackson|dab=Mississippi politician}} |{{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem |2024 |Coahoma, DeSoto, Quitman, Tate, Tunica |- |12 |{{#invoke:sort|name|Derrick|Simmons}} |{{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem |2011 |Bolivar, Coahoma, Washington |- |13 |{{#invoke:sort|name|Sarita|Simmons}} |{{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem |2020 |Bolivar, Sunflower, Tallahatchie |- |14 |{{#invoke:sort|name|Lydia|Chassaniol}} |{{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep |2007 |Attala, Carroll, Grenada, Leflore, Montgomery |- |15 |{{#invoke:sort|name|Bart|Williams|dab=politician}} |{{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep |2020 |Choctaw, Montgomery, Oktibbeha, Webster |- |16 |{{#invoke:sort|name|Angela|Turner-Ford}} |{{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem |2013 |Clay, Lowndes, Noxubee, Oktibbeha |- |17 |{{#invoke:sort|name|Charles|Younger}} |{{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep |2014 |Lowndes, Monroe, Oktibbeha |- |18 |{{#invoke:sort|name|Lane|Taylor|dab=politician}} |{{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep |2025 |Leake, Neshoba, Winston |- |19 |{{#invoke:sort|name|Kevin|Blackwell|dab=politician}} |{{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep |2016 |DeSoto |- |20 |{{#invoke:sort|name|Josh|Harkins}} |{{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep |2012 |Rankin |- |21 |{{#invoke:sort|name|Bradford|Blackmon}} |{{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem |2024 |Attala, Holmes, Leake, Madison |- |22 |{{#invoke:sort|name|Joseph C.|Thomas}}{{efn |Thomas previously served in the state senate from 2004–2008.}} |{{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem |2020 |Humphreys, Madison, Sharkey, Yazoo |- |23 |{{#invoke:sort|name|Briggs|Hopson}} |{{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep |2008 |Issaquena, Madison, Warren, Yazoo |- |24 |{{#invoke:sort|name|Justin|Pope|dab=politician}} |{{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem |2026 |Leflore, Panola, Tallahatchie |- |25 |{{#invoke:sort|name|J. Walter|Michel}}{{efn |Michel previously served in the state senate from 1999–2011.}} |{{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep |2016 |Hinds, Madison |- |26 |{{#invoke:sort|name|Kamesha|Mumford}} |{{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem |2026 |Hinds, Madison |- |27 |{{#invoke:sort|name|Hillman Terome|Frazier}} |{{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem |1993 |Hinds |- |28 |{{#invoke:sort|name|Sollie|Norwood}} |{{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem |2013 |Hinds |- |29 |{{#invoke:sort|name|David|Blount}} |{{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem |2008 |Hinds |- |30 |{{#invoke:sort|name|Dean|Kirby}} |{{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep |1992 |Rankin |- |31 |{{#invoke:sort|name|Tyler|McCaughn}} |{{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep |2020 |Lauderdale, Newton, Rankin, Scott |- |32 |{{#invoke:sort|name|Rod|Hickman}} |{{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem |2021 |Kemper, Lauderdale, Noxubee, Winston |- |33 |{{#invoke:sort|name|Jeff|Tate|dab=politician}} |{{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep |2020 |Clarke, Lauderdale |- |34 |{{#invoke:sort|name|Juan|Barnett}} |{{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem |2016 |Covington, Jasper, Jones |- |35 |{{#invoke:sort|name|Andy|Berry}} |{{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep |2024 |Copiah, Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Simpson |- |36 |{{#invoke:sort|name|Brian|Rhodes|dab=politician}} |{{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep |2024 |Rankin, Smith |- |37 |{{#invoke:sort|name|Albert|Butler}}{{efn |Butler represented in the 36th district from 2010–2024.}} |{{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem |2010 |Adams, Claiborne, Copiah, Franklin, Hinds, Jefferson |- |38 |{{#invoke:sort|name|Gary|Brumfield}} |{{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem |2024 |Adams, Amite, Pike, Walthall, Wilkinson |- |39 |{{#invoke:sort|name|Jason|Barrett|dab=Mississippi politician}} |{{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep |2020 |Amite, Franklin, Lawrence, Lincoln, Pike |- |40 |{{#invoke:sort|name|Angela|Burks Hill}} |{{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep |2012 |Pearl River, Stone |- |41 |{{#invoke:sort|name|Joey|Fillingane}} |{{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep |2007 |Covington, Lamar, Marion, Walthall |- |42 |{{#invoke:sort|name|Don|Hartness}} |{{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep |2026 |Forrest, Jones |- |43 |{{#invoke:sort|name|Dennis|DeBar}} |{{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep |2016 |George, Greene, Wayne |- |44 |{{#invoke:sort|name|Chris|Johnson|dab=Mississippi politician}} |{{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep |2020 |Forrest, Lamar, Perry |- |45 |{{#invoke:sort|name|Johnny|DuPree}} |{{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem |2026 |Forrest |- |46 |{{#invoke:sort|name|Philman|Ladner}} |{{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep |2024 |Hancock, Harrison |- |47 |{{#invoke:sort|name|Mike|Seymour|dab=Mississippi politician}} |{{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep |2016 |Harrison, Jackson, Stone |- |48 |{{#invoke:sort|name|Mike|Thompson|dab=Mississippi politician}} |{{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep |2020 |Hancock, Harrison |- |49 |{{#invoke:sort|name|Joel|Carter}} |{{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep |2018 |Harrison |- |50 |{{#invoke:sort|name|Scott|DeLano}} |{{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep |2020 |Harrison |- |51 |{{#invoke:sort|name|Jeremy|England|dab=politician}} |{{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep |2020 |Jackson |- |52 |{{#invoke:sort|name|Brice|Wiggins}} |{{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep |2012 |Jackson |}
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== List of presidents pro tempore == Since 1833 the Senate has had 55 Presidents pro tempore:<ref>{{Cite book |last=Watson |first=Michael |url=https://sos.ms.gov/communications-publications/2020-2024-mississippi-blue-book |title=2020-2024 Statistical Register |publisher=Mississippi Secretary of State |year=2021 |chapter=Historical and Statistical Information |chapter-url=https://www.sos.ms.gov/content/documents/ed_pubs/pubs/BlueBook20-24/14%20Historical%20and%20Statistical%20Info.pdf}}</ref> {| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: center" ! ! colspan="2" |Name !County/District ! class="unsortable" |Term of service |- |1 |170x170px |Charles Lynch | |1833–1834 |- |2 |125x125px |Parmenas Briscoe |Claiborne |1834–1836 |- |3 |125x125px |William Van Norman<ref>{{Cite book |last=Senate |first=Mississippi Legislature |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sttKAQAAMAAJ |title=Journal |date=1836 |pages=10 |language=en}}</ref> |Amite |1836–1837 |- |4 |158x158px |Alexander McNutt | |1837–1838 |- |5 |173x173px |Adam Lewis Bingaman | |1838–1840 |- |6 |125x125px |George Baldwin Augustus |Noxubee |1840–1842 |- |7 |144x144px |Jesse Speight | |1842–1843 |- |8 |125x125px |George T. Swann | |1846–1848 |- |9 |125x125px |Dabney Lipscomb |Lowndes |1848–1851 |- |10 |151x151px |James Whitfield | |1851–1854 |- |11 |138x138px |John J. Pettus | |1854–1858 |- |12 |125x125px |James Drane | |1858–1865 |- |13 |227x227px |John M. Simonton | |1865–1869 |- |14 |125x125px |William M. Hancock |9th |1870–1872 |- |15 |162x162px |Joseph Bennett |11th |1872–1874 |- |16 |172x172px |Finis H. Little |22nd |1874–1875 |- |17 |142x142px |John Marshall Stone | |1875–1876 |- |18 |181x181px |William H. Sims |Lowndes, Oktibbeha, Clay |1876–1878 |- |19 |167x167px |Reuben O. Reynolds |Monroe, Chickasaw |1878–1888 |- |20 |167x167px |J. P. Walker |20th (Lauderdale) |1888–1890 |- |21 |161x161px |Robert Aaron Dean |7th |1890–1896 |- |22 |164x164px |James T. Harrison |25th |1896–1900 |- |23 |159x159px |John R. Dinsmore |16th |1900 |- |24 |162x162px |William Gwin Kiger<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |title=Journal of the Senate of the State of Mississippi ... 1902. |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015068102683 |access-date=2024-08-16 |website=HathiTrust |pages=55–56 |language=en}}</ref> |12th |1902–1904 |- |25 |165x165px |E. H. Moore |30th |1904–1908 |- |26 |165x165px |John L. Hebron Jr. |29th |1908–1912 |- |27 |164x164px |Albert C. Anderson |36th |1912–1916 |- |28 |168x168px |Carroll Kendrick |37th |1916–1920 |- |29 |167x167px |John Fatheree |3rd |1920–1922 |- |30 |168x168px |Fred B. Smith<ref>{{Cite book |last=Rowland |first=Dunbar |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wdafrDtUhE0C |title=The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi, 1920-24 |date=1923 |publisher=Hederman bros. |pages=102 |language=en}}</ref> |36th |1922–1924 |- |31 |168x168px |Mark Perrin Lowrey Love |42nd |1924–1928 |- |32 |167x167px |Homer Casteel<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Mississippi. Legislature |date=1928-01-01 |title=Hand book : biographical data of members of Senate and House, personnel of standing committees [1928] |url=https://egrove.olemiss.edu/sta_leghb/1 |journal=Mississippi Legislature Hand Books}}</ref> |18th |1928–1932 |- |33 |167x167px |W. C. Adams |37th |1932–1936 |- |34 |189x189px |John Culkin |12th |1936–1940 |- |35 |165x165px |W. B. Roberts |30th |1940 |- |36 |155x155px |Oscar O. Wolfe Jr. |30th |1941–1952 |- |37 |166x166px |James Orville Clark |37th |1952–1956 |- |38 |166x166px |Earl Evans Jr. |18th |1956–1960 |- |39 |157x157px |George Yarbrough | |1960–1968 |- |40 |152x152px |Merle F. Palmer | |1968–1971 |- |41 |168x168px |Marion Smith |30th |1971–1972 |- |42 |168x168px |B. G. Perry | |1972–1976 |- |43 |156x156px |William B. Alexander |12th |1976–1984 |- |44 |156x156px |Thomas Norman Brooks | |1984–1985 |- |45 |156x156px |Glen Deweese |33rd |1986–1992 |- |46 |167x167px |Ollie Mohamed |21st |1992–1994 |- |47 |125x125px |Pud Graham | |1994–1996 |- |48 |164x164px |Tommy Gollott |50th |1996–2000 |- |49 |125x125px |Travis Little | |2000–2008 |- |50 |158x158px |Billy Hewes | |2008–2012 |- |51 |125x125px |Terry W. Brown | |2012–2015 |- |52 |125x125px |Giles Ward |18th |2015–2016 |- |53 |125x125px |Terry C. Burton |31st |2016–2019 |- |54 |125x125px |Gray Tollison |9th |2019–2020 |- |55 |165x165px |Dean Kirby |30th |2020–Present |}
==See also== *Mississippi State Capitol *Mississippi Legislature *Mississippi House of Representatives *List of former members of the Mississippi State Senate *List of Mississippi state legislatures
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==External links== *[http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/ Mississippi Legislature] *[http://www.vote-smart.org/official_state_legislator.php?type=office&state_id=MS&criteria=upper State Senate of Mississippi] at Project Vote Smart *{{Ballotpedia|Mississippi_State_Senate}}
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