To be elected governor, a person must be at least 30 years old, and must have been a citizen of the United States for twenty years and a resident of Mississippi for at least five years at the time of inauguration. The Constitution of Mississippi, ratified in 1890, calls for a four-year term for the governor. The original constitution of 1817 had only a two-year term for governor; this was expanded to four years in the 1868 constitution. The lieutenant governor is elected at the same time as the governor and serves as president of the Mississippi Senate. When the office of governor becomes vacant for any reason, the lieutenant governor becomes governor for the remainder of the term.
Since Mississippi became a state, it has had 63 governors, including 55 Democrats and 5 Republicans. The state's longest-serving governor was John M. Stone, who served two terms over ten years (his second term was extended to six years by a transitional provision in the 1890 constitution[10]). The shortest-serving governor was James Whitfield, who served 1 1⁄2 months from 1851 to 1852. The current governor is Republican Haley Barbour, who took office January 13, 2004.
Prior to 1804, parts of Mississippi were part of the state of Georgia; see List of Governors of Georgia for this period.
The southern bit of Mississippi was part of the self-proclaimed Republic of West Florida in 1810; it had only one president, Fulwar Skipwith.
Prior to then, that bit was part of the Spanish colony of West Florida; see List of Colonial Governors of Florida.
Winthrop Sargent May 7, 1798 May 25, 1801 Federalist
William C. C. Claiborne May 25, 1801 March 1, 1805 Democratic
Robert Williams March 1, 1805 March 7, 1809 Democratic
David Holmes March 7, 1809 December 10, 1817 Democratic
Haley Reeves Barbour, American Republican politician currently serving as the 63rd Governor
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