| Governor's Name | State | Time in Office | Party |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gov. Phil Bryant | Mississippi |
2012 - 2016 2016 - 2020 |
Republican |
| Gov. Haley Barbour | Mississippi |
2004 - 2012 |
Republican |
| Gov. David Ronald “Ronnie” Musgrove | Mississippi |
2000 - 2004 |
Democratic |
| Gov. Daniel Kirkwood Fordice | Mississippi |
1992 - 2000 |
Republican |
| Gov. Raymond Edwin Mabus | Mississippi |
1988 - 1992 |
Democratic |
| Gov. William A. Allain | Mississippi |
1984 - 1988 |
Democratic |
| Gov. William Forrest Winter | Mississippi |
1980 - 1984 |
Democratic |
| Gov. Charles Clifton Finch | Mississippi |
1976 - 1980 |
Democratic |
| Gov. William Lowe Waller | Mississippi |
1972 - 1976 |
Democratic |
| Gov. John Bell Williams | Mississippi |
1968 - 1972 |
Democratic |
| Gov. Paul B. Johnson Jr. | Mississippi |
1964 - 1968 |
Democratic |
| Gov. Ross Robert Barnett | Mississippi |
1960 - 1964 |
Democratic |
| Gov. James Plemon Coleman | Mississippi |
1956 - 1960 |
Democratic |
| Gov. Fielding Lewis Wright | Mississippi |
1946 - 1952 |
Democratic |
| Gov. Thomas Lowry Bailey | Mississippi |
1944 - 1946 |
Democratic |
| Gov. Dennis Herron Murphree | Mississippi |
1943 - 1944 1927 - 1928 |
Democratic |
| Gov. Paul Burney Johnson, Sr. | Mississippi |
1940 - 1943 |
Democratic |
| Gov. Hugh Lawson White | Mississippi |
1936 - 1940 |
Democratic |
| Gov. Martin Sennet Conner | Mississippi |
1932 - 1936 |
Democratic |
| Gov. Theodore Gilmore Bilbo | Mississippi |
1928 - 1932 1916 - 1920 |
Democratic |
| Gov. Henry Lewis Whitfield | Mississippi |
1924 - 1927 |
Democratic |
| Gov. Lee Maurice Russell | Mississippi |
1920 - 1924 |
Democratic |
| Gov. Earl Leroy Brewer | Mississippi |
1912 - 1916 |
Democratic |
| Gov. Edmond Favor Noel | Mississippi |
1908 - 1912 |
Democratic |
| Gov. James Vardaman | Mississippi |
1904 - 1908 |
Democratic |
| Gov. Andrew Houston Longino | Mississippi |
1900 - 1904 |
Democratic |
| Gov. Anselm McLaurin | Mississippi |
1896 - 1900 |
Democratic |
| Gov. John Marshall Stone | Mississippi |
1890 - 1896 1876 - 1882 |
Democratic |
| Gov. Robert Lowry | Mississippi |
1882 - 1890 |
Democratic |
| Gov. Adelbert Ames | Mississippi |
1874 - 1876 1868 - 1870 |
Military (1st term), Republican |
| Gov. Ridgley Ceylon Powers | Mississippi |
1871 - 1874 |
|
| Gov. James Lusk Alcorn | Mississippi |
1870 - 1871 |
Republican |
| Gov. Benjamin Grubb Humphreys | Mississippi |
1865 - 1868 |
Democratic |
| Gov. William Lewis Sharkey | Mississippi |
1865 - 1865 |
Professional |
| Gov. Charles Clark | Mississippi |
1863 - 1865 |
Democratic |
| Gov. William McWillie | Mississippi |
1857 - 1859 |
Democratic |
| Gov. John Jones McRae | Mississippi |
1854 - 1857 |
Democratic |
| Gov. John Jones Pettus | Mississippi |
1854 - 1854 |
Democratic |
| Gov. Henry Stuart Foote | Mississippi |
1852 - 1854 |
Union-Democratic |
| Gov. James Whitfield | Mississippi |
1851 - 1852 |
Democratic |
| Gov. John Isaac Guion | Mississippi |
1851 - 1851 |
Democratic |
| Gov. John Anthony Quitman | Mississippi |
1849 - 1851 1835 - 1836 |
Democratic |
| Gov. Joseph W. Matthews | Mississippi |
1848 - 1850 |
Democratic |
| Gov. Albert Gallatin Brown | Mississippi |
1844 - 1848 |
Democratic |
| Gov. Tilghman Mayfield Tucker | Mississippi |
1842 - 1844 |
Democratic |
| Gov. Alexander Gallatin Mcnutt | Mississippi |
1838 - 1842 |
Democratic |
| Gov. Charles Lynch | Mississippi |
1836 - 1838 1833 - 1833 |
Democratic, later a Whig |
| Gov. Hiram George Runnels | Mississippi |
1833 - 1835 |
Democratic |
| Gov. Abram Marshall Scott | Mississippi |
1832 - 1833 |
Democratic |
| Gov. Gerard Chittocque Brandon | Mississippi |
1826 - 1832 1825 - 1826 |
|
| Gov. Walter Leake | Mississippi |
1822 - 1825 |
Democratic |
| Gov. George Poindexter | Mississippi |
1820 - 1822 |
Democratic |
| Gov. David Holmes | Mississippi |
1817 - 1820 |
Democratic |
