2012–2016 Mississippi Legislature

none February 2026 January 2025 Mississippi Legislature Mississippi State Capitol Mississippi 2012 1 6 y 2016 1 6 y 2011 Mississippi elections Mississippi State Senate 52 President Tate Reeves President pro tempore Terry W. Brown (2012–2014)Giles Ward (2015) Republican Mississippi House of Representatives 122 Speaker Phillip Gunn Republican 2008–2012 Mississippi Legislature 2016–2020 Mississippi Legislature Seal_of_Mississippi.svg State Seal Speaker pro tempore Greg SnowdenThe 2012–2016 Mississippi Legislature met in multiple sessions in the 2012-2016 term. They were from: January 3, 2012 – May 3, 2012; January 8, 2013 – April 4, 2013; April 26, 2013; June 27–28, 2013; January 7, 2014 – April 6, 2014; May 8, 2014; and January 6, 2015 – April 5, 2015.Historical and Statistical InformationPender Geoff 2015-01-06 State Sen. Giles Ward elected 'senators' senator' https://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/2015/01/06/ward-elected-senators-senator/21347845/ 2021-06-04 The Clarion-Ledger The next session, the 2016–2020 Mississippi Legislature started on January 6, 2016. Officers Senate Presiding Officer PositionNamePartyDistrictPresidentTate ReevesRepublican Partyn/a (Lieut. Gov.)President Pro TemporeTerry W. BrownDied in office on Sep. 4, 2014 noteRepublican Party17Giles WardElected on Jan 5 2015 notePender Geoff 2016-01-06 State Sen. Giles Ward elected 'senators' senator' https://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/2015/01/06/ward-elected-senators-senator/21347845/ 2024-12-29 The Clarion-Ledger en-USRepublican Party18 House of Representatives Presiding Officer PositionNamePartyDistrictSpeaker of the HousePhillip GunnRepublican Party56Speaker Pro TemporeGreg SnowdenRepublican Party83 Composition The following composition reflects the balance of power after the 2011 elections, which was the first election since Reconstruction to give a majority of seats in the State House to the Republicans.2012-2016 Mississippi Blue Book Michael Watson Secretary of state https://sos.ms.gov/communications-publications/2012-2016-mississippi-blue-book 2021-06-04 sos.ms.gov House AffiliationParty (Shading indicates majority caucus)TotalDemocraticRepublicanVacantEnd of previous legislature (2011)6755122Begin58641220July 20, 2012http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2012/may/15/woods-will-leave-miss-house-after-25-years/ Republican Thomas Woods (District 52) resigned due to medical reasons631211November 19, 2012Republican Kevin McGee (District 59) resigned due to an ethic investigation. 621202November 27, 2012Republican Bill Kinkade elected to succeed Woods.631211December 10, 2012Democrat Jason White (District 48) switched to the Republican Party.5764121January 11, 2013Republican Brent Powell elected to succeed McGee.651220January 13, 2013Democrat David Gibbs (District 36) died.561211February 4, 2013Democrat Joe Gardner (District 11) died.551202March 24, 2013Republican Jessica Upshaw (District 95) died.641193April 4, 2013Democrat Karl Gibbs elected to succeed Gibbs.561202April 26, 2013Democrat Lataisha Jackson elected to succeed Gardner.571211June 10, 2013Republican Patricia Willis elected to succeed Upshaw.651220July 1, 2013Democrats Kelvin Buck (District 5), George Flaggs, Jr. (District 55) and Billy Broomfield (District 110) all resigned when they assumed office as Mayors of Holly Springs, Vicksburg and Moss Point, respectively.541193January 2014Democrats John Faulkner (District 5), Oscar Denton (District 55) and Jeramey Anderson (District 110) are elected in the House of Representatives.571220September 15, 2014Democrat Randall Patterson of Biloxi (District 115) switched to the Republican Party.5666February 12, 2015Democrat Bennett Malone of Carthage (District 45) announced his resignation due to health problems. 551211April 6, 2015Jay Mathis won special election in District 45 a walkover to fill the vacancy. 671220June 10, 2015Democrat Esther Harrison of Columbus (District 41) died.541211November 5, 2015Democrat Jody Steverson of Ripley (District 4) switched to the Republican Party.5368Latest voting share53 122 168 122 1 Senate DistrictNamePartyResidenceGender1Chris MasseyRepNesbitM2Bill StoneDemHolly SpringsM3Nickey BrowningRepPontotocM4Rita Potts ParksRepCorinthF5J. P. WilemonDemBelmontM6Nancy Adams CollinsRepF7Hob BryanDemAmoryM8Russell JollyDemHoustonM9Gray TollisonRepOxfordM10Steve HaleDemSenatobiaM11Robert L. JacksonDemMarksM12Derrick SimmonsDemGreenvilleM13Willie Lee SimmonsDemClevelandM14Lydia ChassaniolRepWinonaF15Gary JacksonRepFrench CampM16Angela TurnerDemWest PointF17Charles YoungerRepColumbusM18Giles WardRepLouisvilleM19David ParkerRepOlive BranchM20Josh HarkinsRepFlowoodM21Kenneth Wayne JonesDemCantonM22Eugene S. ClarkeRepHollandaleM23Briggs HopsonRepVicksburgM24David Lee JordanDemGreenwoodM25Will LongwitzRepMadisonM26John A. HorhnDemJacksonM27Hillman Terome FrazierDemJacksonM28Sollie NorwoodDemJacksonM29David BlountDemJacksonM30Dean KirbyRepPearlM31Terry Clark BurtonRepNewtonM32Sampson Jackson IIDemPrestonM33Videt CarmichaelRepMeridianM34Haskins MontgomeryDemBay SpringsM35Perry LeeRepMendenhallM36Albert ButlerDemPort GibsonM37Melanie SojournerRepNatchezF38Kelvin ButlerDemMcCombM39Sally DotyRepBrookhavenF40Angela Burks HillRepPicayuneF41Joey FillinganeRepSumrallM42Chris McDanielRepEllisvilleM43Phillip A. GandyRepWaynesboroM44John A. PolkRepHattiesburgM45Billy HudsonRepHattiesburgM46Philip MoranRepKilnM47Tony SmithRepPicayuneM48Deborah Jeanne DawkinsDemPass ChristianF49Sean TindellRepGulfportM50Thomas Arlin GollotRepBiloxiM51Michael WatsonRepPascagoulaM52Brice WigginsRepPascagoulaM House DistrictNamePartyResidence1Lester CarpenterRepBurnsville2Nick BainDemCorinth3William Tracy ArnoldRepBooneville4Jody SteversonRepRipley5John Faulkner Mississippi politicianDemHolly Springs6Eugene Hamilton Eugene Hamilton (American politician)RepOlive Branch7Wanda JenningsRepSouthaven8Trey LamarRepSenatobia9Clara BurnettDemTunica10Nolan MettetalRepSardis11Lataisha JacksonDemComo12Brad MayoRepOxford13Steve MassengillRepHickory Flat14Margaret Rogers Margaret Rogers (politician)RepNew Albany15Mac HuddlestonRepPontotoc16Stephen Holland Steve Holland (politician)DemPlantersville17Brian Aldridge Brian Aldridge (politician)RepTupelo18Jerry Turner Jerry Turner (politician)RepBaldwyn19Randy Boyd Randy Boyd (politician)RepMantachie20Chris Brown Chris Brown (Mississippi politician)RepAberdeen21Donnie BellRepFulton22Preston SullivanDemOkolona23Charles Beckett Charles Beckett (Mississippi politician)RepBruce24Kevin HoranDemGrenada25Gene AldayRepWells26Chuck EspyDemClarksdale27Ferr SmithDemCarthage28Tommy Taylor Tommy Taylor (Mississippi politician)RepBoyle29Linda Coleman Linda F. ColemanDemMound Bayou30Robert HuddlestonDemSumner31Sara Thomas Sara Thomas (politician)DemIndianola32Willie Perkins, Sr.DemGreenwood33Thomas Reynolds IIDemCharleston34Linda WhittingtonDemSchlater35Joey HoodRepAckerman36Karl GibbsDemWest Point37Gary ChismRepColumbus38Tyrone Ellis Tyrone Ellis (politician)DemStarkville39Jeff Smith Jeff Smith (Mississippi politician)RepColumbus40Pat Nelson Pat Nelson (Mississippi politician)RepSouthaven41Vacant42Reecy DicksonDemMacon43Michael Evans Michael Evans (politician)DemPhiladelphia44C. Scott BoundsRepPhiladelphia45Jay MathisDue to Bennett Malone's retirement on February 12, a special election was called for District 45, which was won by Jay Mathis by acclimation, changing the party holding the seat from Democrat to Republican. RepCarthage46Bobby HowellRepKilmichael47Bryant ClarkDemPickens48Jason White Jason White (politician)RepWest49Willie BaileyDemGreenville50John Hines John Hines (Mississippi politician)DemGreenville51Rufus StraughterDemBelzoni52Bill KinkadeRepByhalia53Robert MoakDemBogue Chitto54Alex MonsourRepVicksburg55Oscar DentonDemVicksburg56Philip GunnRepClinton57Edward Blackmon, Jr.DemCanton58Rita MartinsonRepMadison59Brent PowellRepBrandon60John Moore John Moore (Mississippi politician)RepBrandon61Ray Rogers Ray Rogers (politician)RepPearl62Thomas Weathersby, Sr.RepFlorence63Deborah Butler DixonDemRaymond64William Denny, Jr.RepJackson65Mary Coleman Mary Coleman (Mississippi politician)DemJackson66Cecil Brown Cecil Brown (Mississippi politician)DemJackson67Earle S. BanksDemJackson68Credell CalhounDemJackson69Alyce ClarkeDemJackson70James Evans James Evans (Mississippi politician)DemJackson71Adrienne WootenDemCanton72Kimberly Campbell BuckDemJackson73Brad OberhousenDemJackson74Mark Baker Mark Baker (Mississippi politician)RepBrandon75Tom Miles Tom Miles (Mississippi politician)DemForest76Gregory Holloway, Sr.DemHazlehurst77J. Andrew GipsonRepBraxton78Randy RushingRepDecatur79Blaine Eaton IIDemTaylorsville80Omeria ScottDemLaurel81Stephen HorneRepMeridian82Charles Young, Jr.DemMeridian83Greg SnowdenRepMeridian84William Shirley William Shirley (Mississippi politician)RepQuitman85Chuck MiddletonDemPort Gibson86Sherra LaneDemWaynesboro87Johnny StringerDemMontrose88Gary StaplesRepLaurel89Bobby ShowsRepEllisville90Joseph Warren Joseph Warren (Mississippi politician)DemMount Olive91Robert Evans Robert Evans (Mississippi politician)DemMonticello92Becky CurrieRepBrookhaven93Timmy LadnerRepPoplarville94Robert Johnson IIIDemNatchez95Patricia H. Willis 1RepDiamondhead96Angela CockerhamDemMagnolia97Sam Mims, VRepMcComb98David Myers David Myers (Mississippi politician)DemMcComb99Bill PigottRepTylertown100Ken Morgan Ken Morgan (politician)RepMorgantown101Hank LottRepSumrall102Toby BarkerRepHattiesburg103Percy Watson Percy Watson (politician)DemHattiesburg104Larry Byrd Larry Byrd (politician)RepPetal105Dennis DeBarRep106Herbert FriersonRepPoplarville107Doug McLeod Doug McLeod (Mississippi politician)Rep108Mark FormbyRepPicayune109Manly BartonRep110Jeramey AndersonDemMoss Point111Charles Busby Charles Busby (politician)RepPascagoula112John Read John Read (Mississippi politician)RepGautier113Henry Zuber IIIRepOcean Springs114Jeffrey S. GuiceRepOcean Springs115Randall PattersonRepBiloxi116Casey EureRepBiloxi117Scott DeLanoRepBiloxi118Greg HaneyRepGulfport119Sonya Williams-BarnesDemGulfport120Richard Bennett Richard Bennett (Mississippi politician)RepLong Beach121Carolyn CrawfordRepPass Christian122David BariaDemBay St. Louis With the February 2009 party switch of Billy Nicholson from Democrat to Republican, the composition became 73 Democrats and 49 Republicans. This also meant that for the first time in the history of Mississippi, the majority of the Democratic members of the House were African-Americans.Brown, Jennifer Jacob. "State Rep. Nicholson switches parties" Meridian Star February 26, 2009 Notes References Category:Mississippi legislative sessions Category:2012 in Mississippi Category:2013 in Mississippi Category:2014 in Mississippi Category:2015 in Mississippi Category:2012 U.S. legislative sessions Category:2013 U.S. legislative sessions Category:2014 U.S. legislative sessions Category:2015 U.S. legislative sessions