2012–2016 Mississippi Legislature

2012–2016 Mississippi Legislature
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Overview
Legislative bodyMississippi Legislature
JurisdictionMississippi,  United States
Meeting placeMississippi State Capitol
Term6 January 2012 (2012-01-06) – 6 January 2016 (2016-01-06)
Election2011 Mississippi elections
Mississippi State Senate
Members52
PresidentTate Reeves
President pro temporeTerry W. Brown (2012–2014)
Giles Ward (2015)
Party controlRepublican
Mississippi House of Representatives
Members122
SpeakerPhillip Gunn
Speaker pro temporeGreg Snowden
Party controlRepublican

The 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.[1][2] The next session, the 2016–2020 Mississippi Legislature started on January 6, 2016.[1]

Officers

Senate

Presiding Officer

Position Name Party District
President Tate Reeves Republican Party n/a (Lieut. Gov.)
President Pro Tempore Terry W. Brown[note 1] Republican Party 17
Giles Ward[note 2][3] Republican Party 18

House of Representatives

Presiding Officer

Position Name Party District
Speaker of the House Phillip Gunn Republican Party 56
Speaker Pro Tempore Greg Snowden Republican Party 83

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.[4]

House

Affiliation Party
(Shading indicates majority caucus)
 Total
Democratic Republican Vacant
End of previous legislature (2011) 67 55 122
Begin 58 64 122 0
July 20, 2012[5] 63 121 1
November 19, 2012[6] 62 120 2
November 27, 2012[7] 63 121 1
December 10, 2012[8] 57 64 121
January 11, 2013[9] 65 122 0
January 13, 2013[10] 56 121 1
February 4, 2013[11] 55 120 2
March 24, 2013[12] 64 119 3
April 4, 2013[13] 56 120 2
April 26, 2013[14] 57 121 1
June 10, 2013[15] 65 122 0
July 1, 2013[16] 54 119 3
January 2014[17] 57 122 0
September 15, 2014[18] 56 66
February 12, 2015[19] 55 121 1
April 6, 2015[20] 67 122 0
June 10, 2015[21] 54 121 1
November 5, 2015[22] 53 68
Latest voting share 43.4% 55.7%

Senate

District Name Party Residence Gender
1 Chris Massey Rep Nesbit M
2 Bill Stone Dem Holly Springs M
3 Nickey Browning Rep Pontotoc M
4 Rita Potts Parks Rep Corinth F
5 J. P. Wilemon Dem Belmont M
6 Nancy Adams Collins Rep F
7 Hob Bryan Dem Amory M
8 Russell Jolly Dem Houston M
9 Gray Tollison Rep Oxford M
10 Steve Hale Dem Senatobia M
11 Robert L. Jackson Dem Marks M
12 Derrick Simmons Dem Greenville M
13 Willie Lee Simmons Dem Cleveland M
14 Lydia Chassaniol Rep Winona F
15 Gary Jackson Rep French Camp M
16 Angela Turner Dem West Point F
17 Charles Younger Rep Columbus M
18 Giles Ward Rep Louisville M
19 David Parker Rep Olive Branch M
20 Josh Harkins Rep Flowood M
21 Kenneth Wayne Jones Dem Canton M
22 Eugene S. Clarke Rep Hollandale M
23 Briggs Hopson Rep Vicksburg M
24 David Lee Jordan Dem Greenwood M
25 Will Longwitz Rep Madison M
26 John A. Horhn Dem Jackson M
27 Hillman Terome Frazier Dem Jackson M
28 Sollie Norwood Dem Jackson M
29 David Blount Dem Jackson M
30 Dean Kirby Rep Pearl M
31 Terry Clark Burton Rep Newton M
32 Sampson Jackson II Dem Preston M
33 Videt Carmichael Rep Meridian M
34 Haskins Montgomery Dem Bay Springs M
35 Perry Lee Rep Mendenhall M
36 Albert Butler Dem Port Gibson M
37 Melanie Sojourner Rep Natchez F
38 Kelvin Butler Dem McComb M
39 Sally Doty Rep Brookhaven F
40 Angela Burks Hill Rep Picayune F
41 Joey Fillingane Rep Sumrall M
42 Chris McDaniel Rep Ellisville M
43 Phillip A. Gandy Rep Waynesboro M
44 John A. Polk Rep Hattiesburg M
45 Billy Hudson Rep Hattiesburg M
46 Philip Moran Rep Kiln M
47 Tony Smith Rep Picayune M
48 Deborah Jeanne Dawkins Dem Pass Christian F
49 Sean Tindell Rep Gulfport M
50 Thomas Arlin Gollot Rep Biloxi M
51 Michael Watson Rep Pascagoula M
52 Brice Wiggins Rep Pascagoula M

House

District Name Party Residence
1 Lester Carpenter Rep Burnsville
2 Nick Bain Dem Corinth
3 William Tracy Arnold Rep Booneville
4 Jody Steverson Rep Ripley
5 John Faulkner Dem Holly Springs
6 Eugene Hamilton Rep Olive Branch
7 Wanda Jennings Rep Southaven
8 Trey Lamar Rep Senatobia
9 Clara Burnett Dem Tunica
10 Nolan Mettetal Rep Sardis
11 Lataisha Jackson Dem Como
12 Brad Mayo Rep Oxford
13 Steve Massengill Rep Hickory Flat
14 Margaret Rogers Rep New Albany
15 Mac Huddleston Rep Pontotoc
16 Stephen Holland Dem Plantersville
17 Brian Aldridge Rep Tupelo
18 Jerry Turner Rep Baldwyn
19 Randy Boyd Rep Mantachie
20 Chris Brown Rep Aberdeen
21 Donnie Bell Rep Fulton
22 Preston Sullivan Dem Okolona
23 Charles Beckett Rep Bruce
24 Kevin Horan Dem Grenada
25 Gene Alday Rep Wells
26 Chuck Espy Dem Clarksdale
27 Ferr Smith Dem Carthage
28 Tommy Taylor Rep Boyle
29 Linda Coleman Dem Mound Bayou
30 Robert Huddleston Dem Sumner
31 Sara Thomas Dem Indianola
32 Willie Perkins, Sr. Dem Greenwood
33 Thomas Reynolds II Dem Charleston
34 Linda Whittington Dem Schlater
35 Joey Hood Rep Ackerman
36 Karl Gibbs Dem West Point
37 Gary Chism Rep Columbus
38 Tyrone Ellis Dem Starkville
39 Jeff Smith Rep Columbus
40 Pat Nelson Rep Southaven
41 Vacant
42 Reecy Dickson Dem Macon
43 Michael Evans Dem Philadelphia
44 C. Scott Bounds Rep Philadelphia
45 Jay Mathis[23] Rep Carthage
46 Bobby Howell Rep Kilmichael
47 Bryant Clark Dem Pickens
48 Jason White Rep West
49 Willie Bailey Dem Greenville
50 John Hines Dem Greenville
51 Rufus Straughter Dem Belzoni
52 Bill Kinkade Rep Byhalia
53 Robert Moak Dem Bogue Chitto
54 Alex Monsour Rep Vicksburg
55 Oscar Denton Dem Vicksburg
56 Philip Gunn Rep Clinton
57 Edward Blackmon, Jr. Dem Canton
58 Rita Martinson Rep Madison
59 Brent Powell Rep Brandon
60 John Moore Rep Brandon
61 Ray Rogers Rep Pearl
62 Thomas Weathersby, Sr. Rep Florence
63 Deborah Butler Dixon Dem Raymond
64 William Denny, Jr. Rep Jackson
65 Mary Coleman Dem Jackson
66 Cecil Brown Dem Jackson
67 Earle S. Banks Dem Jackson
68 Credell Calhoun Dem Jackson
69 Alyce Clarke Dem Jackson
70 James Evans Dem Jackson
71 Adrienne Wooten Dem Canton
72 Kimberly Campbell Buck Dem Jackson
73 Brad Oberhousen Dem Jackson
74 Mark Baker Rep Brandon
75 Tom Miles Dem Forest
76 Gregory Holloway, Sr. Dem Hazlehurst
77 J. Andrew Gipson Rep Braxton
78 Randy Rushing Rep Decatur
79 Blaine Eaton II Dem Taylorsville
80 Omeria Scott Dem Laurel
81 Stephen Horne Rep Meridian
82 Charles Young, Jr. Dem Meridian
83 Greg Snowden Rep Meridian
84 William Shirley Rep Quitman
85 Chuck Middleton Dem Port Gibson
86 Sherra Lane Dem Waynesboro
87 Johnny Stringer Dem Montrose
88 Gary Staples Rep Laurel
89 Bobby Shows Rep Ellisville
90 Joseph Warren Dem Mount Olive
91 Robert Evans Dem Monticello
92 Becky Currie Rep Brookhaven
93 Timmy Ladner Rep Poplarville
94 Robert Johnson III Dem Natchez
95 Patricia H. Willis Rep Diamondhead
96 Angela Cockerham Dem Magnolia
97 Sam Mims, V Rep McComb
98 David Myers Dem McComb
99 Bill Pigott Rep Tylertown
100 Ken Morgan Rep Morgantown
101 Hank Lott Rep Sumrall
102 Toby Barker Rep Hattiesburg
103 Percy Watson Dem Hattiesburg
104 Larry Byrd Rep Petal
105 Dennis DeBar Rep
106 Herbert Frierson Rep Poplarville
107 Doug McLeod Rep
108 Mark Formby Rep Picayune
109 Manly Barton Rep
110 Jeramey Anderson Dem Moss Point
111 Charles Busby Rep Pascagoula
112 John Read Rep Gautier
113 Henry Zuber III Rep Ocean Springs
114 Jeffrey S. Guice Rep Ocean Springs
115 Randall Patterson Rep Biloxi
116 Casey Eure Rep Biloxi
117 Scott DeLano Rep Biloxi
118 Greg Haney Rep Gulfport
119 Sonya Williams-Barnes Dem Gulfport
120 Richard Bennett Rep Long Beach
121 Carolyn Crawford Rep Pass Christian
122 David Baria Dem Bay 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.[24]

Notes

  1. ^ Died in office on Sep. 4, 2014
  2. ^ Elected on Jan 5 2015

References

  1. ^ a b Historical and Statistical Information
  2. ^ Pender, Geoff (January 6, 2015). "State Sen. Giles Ward elected 'senators' senator'". The Clarion-Ledger. Retrieved June 4, 2021.
  3. ^ Pender, Geoff (January 6, 2016). "State Sen. Giles Ward elected 'senators' senator'". The Clarion-Ledger. Retrieved December 29, 2024.
  4. ^ "2012-2016 Mississippi Blue Book | Michael Watson Secretary of state". sos.ms.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2021.
  5. ^ "Republican Thomas Woods (District 52) resigned due to medical reasons".
  6. ^ Republican Kevin McGee (District 59) resigned due to an ethic investigation. [1]
  7. ^ Republican Bill Kinkade elected to succeed Woods.
  8. ^ Democrat Jason White (District 48) switched to the Republican Party.
  9. ^ Republican Brent Powell elected to succeed McGee.
  10. ^ Democrat David Gibbs (District 36) died.
  11. ^ Democrat Joe Gardner (District 11) died.
  12. ^ Republican Jessica Upshaw (District 95) died.
  13. ^ Democrat Karl Gibbs elected to succeed Gibbs.
  14. ^ Democrat Lataisha Jackson elected to succeed Gardner.
  15. ^ Republican Patricia Willis elected to succeed Upshaw.
  16. ^ Democrats 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.
  17. ^ Democrats John Faulkner (District 5), Oscar Denton (District 55) and Jeramey Anderson (District 110) are elected in the House of Representatives.
  18. ^ Democrat Randall Patterson of Biloxi (District 115) switched to the Republican Party.
  19. ^ Democrat Bennett Malone of Carthage (District 45) announced his resignation due to health problems. [2]
  20. ^ Jay Mathis won special election in District 45 a walkover to fill the vacancy. [3]
  21. ^ Democrat Esther Harrison of Columbus (District 41) died.
  22. ^ Democrat Jody Steverson of Ripley (District 4) switched to the Republican Party.
  23. ^ Due 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. [4] [5]
  24. ^ Brown, Jennifer Jacob. "State Rep. Nicholson switches parties" Meridian Star February 26, 2009