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.

1 Class 1
2 Class 2
3 See also

Class 1

#	Senator	Party	Years	Congress	Term	Electoral history
1	Walter Leake	Democratic- Republican	December 10, 1817– May 15, 1820	15	1	Elected in 1817 Resigned
1	Walter Leake	Democratic- Republican	December 10, 1817– May 15, 1820	16		Elected in 1817 Resigned
Vacant			May 15, 1820– August 30, 1820	16
2	David Holmes	Democratic- Republican	August 30, 1820– September 25, 1825	16 (Continued)		Elected to finish Leake's term
		Democratic- Republican		17	2	Re-elected in 1821 Resigned to become Governor of Mississippi
		Jackson Republican		18
		Jacksonian		19
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 term
4	Thomas Buck Reed	Jacksonian	January 28, 1826– March 4, 1827			Lost election to full term
5	Powhatan Ellis	Jacksonian	March 4, 1827– July 16, 1832	20	3	Elected in 1827 Resigned
				21
				22
Vacant			July 16, 1832– November 12, 1832	22
6	John Black	Jacksonian	November 12, 1832– March 3, 1833	22 (Continued)		Appointed to finish Ellis's term
	Vacant		March 3, 1833– November 22, 1833	23	4	Legislature failed to elect
	John Black	Anti- Jacksonian	November 22, 1833– January 22, 1838	23 (Continued)
		Anti- Jacksonian		24
		Whig		25
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
9	John Henderson	Whig	March 4, 1839– March 4, 1845	26	5	Elected in 1839
				27
				28
10	Jesse Speight	Democratic	March 4, 1845– May 1, 1847	29	6	Elected in 1844 Died
10	Jesse Speight	Democratic	March 4, 1845– May 1, 1847	30		Elected in 1844 Died
Vacant			May 1, 1847– August 10, 1847	30
11	Jefferson Davis	Democratic	August 10, 1847– September 23, 1851	30 (Continued)		Appointed to continue Speight's term Elected to finish Speight's term
				31
				32	7	Re-elected in 1850 Resigned to run for Governor of Mississippi
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
13	Stephen Adams	Democratic	March 17, 1852– March 4, 1857			Elected to finish Davis's term
				33
				34
14	Jefferson Davis	Democratic	March 4, 1857– January 21, 1861	35	8	Elected in 1857 Resigned
14	Jefferson Davis	Democratic	March 4, 1857– January 21, 1861	36		Elected in 1857 Resigned
Vacant			January 21, 1861– February 23, 1870	36		American Civil War and Reconstruction
				37
				38	9
				39
				40
				41	10
15	Adelbert Ames	Republican	February 23, 1870– January 4, 1874	41		Elected in 1870 to complete vacant term Resigned to become Governor of Mississippi
				42
				43
Vacant			January 4, 1874– February 3, 1874	43
16	Henry R. Pease	Republican	February 3, 1874– March 4, 1875	43 (Continued)		Elected to finish Ames's term Retired
17	Blanche Bruce	Republican	March 4, 1875– March 4, 1881	44	11	Elected in 1874
				45
				46
18	James Z. George	Democratic	March 4, 1881– August 14, 1897	47	12	Elected in 1881
				48
				49
				50	13	Re-elected in 1887
				51
				52
				53	14	Re-elected in 1893 Died
				54
				55
Vacant			August 14, 1897– October 8, 1897	55
19	Hernando Money	Democratic	October 8, 1897– March 4, 1911	55 (Continued)		Appointed to finish George's Term
				56	15	Elected to full term in 1899
				57
				58
				59	16	Re-elected in 1905 Retired
				60
				61
20	John Sharp Williams	Democratic	March 4, 1911– March 4, 1923	62	17	Elected in 1910
				63
				64
				65	18	Re-elected in 1916 Retired
				66
				67
21	Hubert D. Stephens	Democratic	March 4, 1923– January 3, 1935	68	19	Elected in 1922
				69
				70
				71	20	Re-elected in 1928 Lost renomination
				72
				73
22	Theodore G. Bilbo	Democratic	January 3, 1935– August 21, 1947	74	21	Elected in 1934
				75
				76
				77	22	Re-elected in 1940
				78
				79
				80	23	Re-elected in 1946 Died
Vacant			August 21, 1947– November 17, 1947	80
23	John C. Stennis	Democratic	November 17, 1947– January 3, 1989	80 (Continued)		Elected to finish Bilbo's term
				81
				82
				83	24	Re-elected in 1952
				84
				85
				86	25	Re-elected in 1958
				87
				88
				89	26	Re-elected in 1964
				90
				91
				92	27	Re-elected in 1970
				93
				94
				95	28	Re-elected in 1976
				96
				97
				98	29	Re-elected in 1982 Retired
				99
				100
24	Trent Lott	Republican	January 3, 1989– December 18, 2007	101	30	Elected in 1988
				102
				103
				104	31	Re-elected in 1994
				105
				106
				107	32	Re-elected in 2000
				108
				109
				110	33	Re-elected in 2006 Resigned
Vacant			December 18, 2007– December 31, 2007	110
25	Roger Wicker	Republican	December 31, 2007– Present	110 (Continued)		Appointed to continue Lott's term
				111		Elected to finish Lott's term
				112		Elected to finish Lott's term
				113	34	Re-elected in 2012
				114
				115
#	Senator	Party	Years	Congress	Term	Electoral history

Class 2

#	Senator	Party	Years	Congress	Term	Electoral history
1	Thomas Hill Williams	Democratic- Republican	December 10, 1817– March 4, 1829	15	1	Elected in 1817
				16
				17
		Jackson Republican		18	2	Re-elected in 1823
		Jacksonian		19
		Jacksonian		20
2	Thomas Buck Reed	Jacksonian	March 4, 1829– November 26, 1829	21	2	Elected in 1829 Died
Vacant			November 26, 1829– January 6, 1830
3	Robert H. Adams	Jacksonian	January 6, 1830– July 2, 1830			Elected to finish Reed's term Died
Vacant			July 2, 1830– October 15, 1830
4	George Poindexter	Jacksonian	October 15, 1830– March 4, 1835			Appointed to continue Adams's term Elected to finish Adams's term Lost re-election
		Anti- Jacksonian		22
		Anti- Jacksonian		23
5	Robert J. Walker	Democratic	March 4, 1835– March 5, 1845	24	3	Elected in 1835
				25
				26
				27	4	Re-elected in 1841 Resigned to become U.S. Secretary of the Treasury
				28
				29
Vacant			March 5, 1845– November 3, 1845	29
6	Joseph W. Chalmers	Democratic	November 3, 1845– March 4, 1847	29 (Continued)		Appointed to continue Walker's term Elected to finish Walker's term
7	Henry S. Foote	Democratic	March 4, 1847– January 8, 1852	30	5	Elected in 1847 Resigned to become Governor of Mississippi
				31
				32
Vacant			January 8, 1852– February 18, 1852	32
8	Walker Brooke	Whig	February 18, 1852– March 4, 1853	32 (Continued)		Elected to finish Foote's term Retired
Vacant			March 4, 1853– January 7, 1854	33	6
9	Albert G. Brown	Democratic	January 7, 1854– January 12, 1861	33		Elected late in 1854
				34
				35
				36	7	Re-elected in 1859 Withdrew
Vacant			January 12, 1861– February 23, 1870	36		American Civil War and Reconstruction
				37
				38
				39	8
				40
				41
10	Hiram Rhodes Revels	Republican	February 23, 1870– March 3, 1871	41		Elected to finish term
Vacant			March 3, 1871– December 1, 1871	42	9
11	James L. Alcorn	Republican	December 1, 1871– March 4, 1877	42		Elected in 1871, but remained Governor until December 1871
				43
				44
12	Lucius Q.C. Lamar	Democratic	March 4, 1877– March 6, 1885	45	10	Elected in 1877
				46
				47
				48	11	Re-elected in 1883 Resigned
				49
Vacant			March 6, 1885– March 9, 1885	49
13	Edward C. Walthall	Democratic	March 9, 1885– January 24, 1894	49 (Continued)		Appointed to continue Lamar's term Elected to finish Lamar's term
				50
				51	12	Re-elected in 1889 Resigned
				52
				53
Vacant			January 24, 1894– February 7, 1894	53
14	Anselm J. McLaurin	Democratic	February 7, 1894– March 4, 1895	53 (Continued)		Elected to finish Walthall's term
15	Edward C. Walthall	Democratic	March 4, 1895– April 21, 1898	54	13	Elected in 1895 Died
15	Edward C. Walthall	Democratic	March 4, 1895– April 21, 1898	55		Elected in 1895 Died
Vacant			April 21, 1898– May 31, 1898	55
16	William V. Sullivan	Democratic	May 31, 1898– March 4, 1901	55 (Continued)		Appointed to continue Walthall's term Elected to finish Walthall's term Retired
16	William V. Sullivan	Democratic	May 31, 1898– March 4, 1901	56
17	Anselm J. McLaurin	Democratic	March 4, 1901– December 22, 1909	57	14	Elected in 1900
				58
				59
				60	15	Re-elected in 1906 Died
				61
Vacant			December 22, 1909– December 27, 1909
18	James Gordon	Democratic	December 27, 1909– February 22, 1910			Appointed to continue McLaurin's term Successor qualified
19	LeRoy Percy	Democratic	February 23, 1910– March 4, 1913			Elected to finish McLaurin's term Lost nomination to full term
19	LeRoy Percy	Democratic	February 23, 1910– March 4, 1913	62
20	James K. Vardaman	Democratic	March 4, 1913– March 4, 1919	63	16	Elected in 1912 Lost renomination
				64
				65
21	Pat Harrison	Democratic	March 5, 1919– June 22, 1941	66	17	Elected in 1918
				67
				68
				69	18	Re-elected in 1924
				70
				71
				72	19	Re-elected in 1930
				73
				74
				75	20	Re-elected in 1936 Died
				76
				77
Vacant			June 22, 1941– June 30, 1941
22	James Eastland	Democratic	June 30, 1941– September 28, 1941			Appointed to continue Harrison's term Retired when successor elected
23	Wall Doxey	Democratic	September 29, 1941– January 3, 1943			Elected to finish Harrison's term Lost nomination to full term
24	James Eastland	Democratic	January 3, 1943– December 27, 1978	78	21	Elected in 1942
				79
				80
				81	22	Re-elected in 1948
				82
				83
				84	23	Re-elected in 1954
				85
				86
				87	24	Re-elected in 1960
				88
				89
				90	25	Re-elected in 1966
				91
				92
				93	26	Re-elected in 1972 Retired, and resigned early to give successor preferential seniority
				94
				95
25	Thad Cochran	Republican	December 27, 1978– Present	95		Appointed early to finish Eastland's term, having already been elected to the next term
				96	27	Elected in 1978
				97
				98
				99	28	Re-elected in 1984
				100
				101
				102	29	Re-elected in 1990
				103
				104
				105	30	Re-elected in 1996
				106
				107
				108	31	Re-elected in 2002
				109
				110
				111	32	Re-elected in 2008
				112
				113
				114	33	Re-elected in 2014
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