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The Mississippi Legislature is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Mississippi. The bicameral Legislature is composed of the lower Mississippi House of Representatives, with 122 members, and the upper Mississippi State Senate, with 52 members. Both representatives and senators serve four-year terms without term limits. The Legislature ...
County Party Lifespan Richard Abbay: 1900–1904 Tunica Democratic 1838–1919 F. M. Abbott: 1870–1874 Chickasaw, Monroe Republican 1843–1908 Walter P. Abbott: 1920–1924 Adams Democratic 1887–1967 Joel M. Acker: 1846 1854–1856 Monroe Democratic 1815–1892 Benjamin C. Adams: 1900–1904 Yalobusha, Grenada Democratic 1847–1906
Mississippi admitted to the Union on December 10, 1817: 1817–1873 ... State Legislature United States Congress Electoral votes; Governor Lt. Governor Secretary
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.
Article 4, Section 36 of the Mississippi Constitution specifies that the state legislature must meet for 125 days every four years and 90 days in other years. The Mississippi House of Representatives 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. [1]
This was the reason the Democratic Party dominated state and federal elections in Mississippi into the 1960s. From 1876 to 1980, Mississippi was essentially a one-party state, electing Democratic governors, federal representatives, and most state officials. When Mississippi's constitution passed a Supreme Court challenge in Williams v.
Mississippi state senators (3 C, 122 P) Pages in category "Members of the Mississippi Legislature" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total.