U.S. Senators from Mississippi, 1817-2018(May beincomplete!) WalterLeake 1817-20ThomasH. Williams 1817-29DavidHolmes 1820-25PowhatanEllis 1825-26ThomasBuck Reed 1826-27PowhatanEllis 1827-32ThomasBuck Reed 1829RobertH. Adams 1830GeorgePoindexter 1830-35JohnBlack 1832-33JohnBlack 1833-38RobertJ. Walker 1835-45JamesFisher Trotter 1838ThomasHickman Williams 1838-39JohnHenderson 1839-45JesseSpeight 1845-47JosephW. Chalmers 1845-47HenryS. Foote 1847-52JeffersonDavis 1847-51JohnJones McRae 1851-52WalkerBrooke 1852-53StephenAdams 1852-57AlbertG. Brown 1854-61JeffersonDavis 1857-61AdelbertAmes 1870-74HiramRhodes Revels 1870-71JamesL. Alcorn 1871-77HenryRoberts Pease 1874-75BlancheK. Bruce 1875-81LuciusQ. C. Lamar 1877-85JamesZ. George 1881-97EdwardC. Walthall 1885-94A.J. McLaurin 1894-95EdwardC. Walthall 1895-98HernandoD. Money 1897-1911WilliamV. Sullivan 1898-1901A.J. McLaurin 1901-09JamesGordon 1909-10LeRoy Percy 1910-13JohnSharp Williams 1911-23JamesK. Vardaman 1913-19PatHarrison 1919-41HubertD. Stephens 1923-35TheodoreG. Bilbo 1935-47JamesO. Eastland 1941WallDoxey 1941-43JamesO. Eastland 1943-79JohnC. Stennis 1947-89ThadCochran 1979-2018TrentLott 1989- Events and Candidates(may be incomplete!)
1829 Nov 26:ThomasBuck Reed, died in office. 1830 Jul 2:RobertH. Adams, died in office. 1838 Jan 22:JohnBlack, resigned. 1845 Mar 5:RobertJ. Walker, resigned. 1847 May 1:JesseSpeight, died in office. 1865:WinfieldScott Featherston, defeated. 1897 Aug 14:JamesZ. George, died in office. 1898 Apr 21:EdwardC. Walthall, died in office. 1909 Dec 22:A.J. McLaurin, died in office. 1916 Nov 7:JohnSharp Williams (Dem), elected unopposed. 1918 Nov 5:PatHarrison (Dem), elected;SumnerW. Rose (Socialist), defeated. 1922 Nov 7:HubertD. Stephens (Dem), elected;JohnH. Cook (Rep), defeated;SumnerW. Rose (Socialist), defeated. 1924 Nov 4:PatHarrison (Dem), elected unopposed. 1928 Nov 6:HubertD. Stephens (Dem), elected unopposed. 1930 Nov 4:PatHarrison (Dem), elected unopposed. 1934:RossA. Collins (Dem), defeated in primary. 1934 Nov 6:TheodoreG. Bilbo (Dem), elected unopposed. 1936 Nov 3:PatHarrison (Dem), elected unopposed. 1940 Nov 5:TheodoreG. Bilbo (Dem), elected unopposed. 1941 Jun 22:PatHarrison, died in office. 1942 Nov 3:JamesO. Eastland (Dem), elected unopposed. 1946 Nov 5:TheodoreG. Bilbo (Dem), elected unopposed. 1947 Aug 21:TheodoreG. Bilbo, died in office. 1947 Nov 4:JohnC. Stennis (Dem), elected;WilliamM. Colmer (Dem), defeated;ForrestB. Jackson (Dem), defeated;PaulB. Johnson, Jr. (Dem), defeated;JohnE. Rankin (Dem), defeated;RossA. Collins (Dem), defeated. 1948 Nov 2:JamesO. Eastland (Dem), elected unopposed. 1952 Nov 4:JohnC. Stennis (Dem), elected unopposed. 1954 Nov 2:JamesO. Eastland (Dem), elected;JamesA. White (Rep), defeated. 1958 Nov 4:JohnC. Stennis (Dem), elected unopposed. 1960 Nov 8:JamesO. Eastland (Dem), elected;JoeA. Moore (Rep), defeated. 1964:FannieLou Hamer, defeated. 1964 Nov 3:JohnC. Stennis (Dem), elected unopposed. 1966 Nov 8:JamesO. Eastland (Dem), elected;PrentissWalker (Rep), defeated;CliftonR. Whitley (Ind), defeated. 1970 Nov 3:JohnC. Stennis (Dem), elected;WilliamRichard Thompson (Ind), defeated. 1972 Nov 7:JamesO. Eastland (Dem), elected;GilCarmichael (Rep), defeated;PrentissWalker (Ind), defeated;C.L. McKinley (Ind), defeated. 1976 Nov 2:JohnC. Stennis (Dem), elected unopposed. 1978:CliffFinch (Dem), defeated in primary. 1978 Nov 7:ThadCochran (Rep), elected;MauriceDantin (Dem), defeated;CharlesEvers (Ind), defeated;HenryJ. Kirksey (Ind), defeated. 1982 Nov 2:JohnC. Stennis (Dem), elected;HaleyBarbour (Rep), defeated. 1984 Nov 6:ThadCochran (Rep), elected;WilliamF. Winter (Dem), defeated. 1988 Nov 8:TrentLott (Rep), elected;WayneDowdy (Dem), defeated. 1990 Nov 6:ThadCochran (Rep), elected unopposed. 1994 Nov 8:TrentLott (Rep), elected;KenHarper (Dem), defeated. 1996 Nov 5:ThadCochran (Rep), elected;JamesW. Hunt (Dem), defeated;TedC. Weill (Independence), defeated. 2000 Nov 7:TrentLott (Rep), elected;TroyD. Brown, Sr. (Dem), defeated;JimGiles (Ind), defeated;LewisNapper (Libertarian), defeated;ShawnO'Hara (Reform), defeated. 2002 Nov 5:ThadCochran (Rep), elected;ShawnO'Hara (Reform), defeated. 2018 Apr 1:ThadCochran, resigned. | |