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The Mississippi secretary of state is an officer of Mississippi originally established under the Article IV, §14 of Mississippi Constitution of 1817, and was reestablished under Article V, §133 of the Mississippi Constitution of 1890. Several African Americans served in the office during the Reconstruction era.
Michael D. Watson Jr. (born December 22, 1977) [1] is an American politician and the incumbent Secretary of State of Mississippi. [2] A Republican, he previously represented the 51st district in the Mississippi State Senate from 2008 to 2020.
The Mississippi Legislature officially ratified the 13th Amendment in 1995, but the Secretary of State's office failed to officially notify the National Archives at that time. The oversight was identified and reported to Hosemann in 2013, who quickly submitted the appropriate documentation, making Mississippi the final state to ratify the ...
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The Mississippi State Auditor's Office has released a $2 million report identifying about $355 million in government waste. ... the Mississippi Secretary of State’s Office, White’s Auditor ...
The executive branch of Mississippi state government is composed of the governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, attorney general, state auditor, state treasurer, commissioner of agriculture and commerce, commissioner of insurance, the three-person Mississippi Public Service Commission, and the three-person Mississippi Transportation Commission.
Mississippi is one of 13 states to have a grocery tax. In comparison, neighboring states such as Arkansas, Alabama and Tennessee have grocery taxes set at 0.125%, 3% and 4%, respectively.
Edwin Lloyd Pittman (January 2, 1935 – September 25, 2024) was an American jurist and politician who served as a justice of the Supreme Court of Mississippi from 1989 to 2001 and chief justice from 2001 to 2004. He also served as the state's attorney general, secretary of state, and treasurer. [1]