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Mississippi House of Representatives Mississippi State Legislature Type Type Lower house Term limits None New session started January 4, 2011 Leadership Speaker of the House To be determined, (R)
since November 2011Speaker pro Tempore TBA, (R)
since November 2011Majority Leader TBA, (R)
since November 2011Minority Leader TBA, (D)
since November 2011Structure Members 122 Political groups Democratic Party (58)
Republican Party (64)Length of term 4 years Authority Article IV, Mississippi Constitution Salary $10,000/year + per diem Elections Last election November 8, 2011
(122 seats)Next election November 5, 2015
(122 seats)Redistricting Legislative Control Meeting place House of Representatives Chamber
Mississippi State Capitol
Jackson, MississippiWebsite Mississippi State Legislature The Mississippi House of Representatives is the lower house of the Mississippi Legislature, the lawmaking body of the U.S. state of Mississippi.
According to the state constitution of 1890, this body is to comprise no more than 122 members elected for four-year terms (Art. 4, Sec. 34). To qualify as a member of the house candidates must (a) be at least 21 years old, (b) have been a resident of Mississippi for at least four years, and (c) have resided in the district in which he/she is running for at least two years (Art. 4, Sec. 41, Secs. 44 and 45). Current state law provides for the maximum number of members. Elections are held the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November.
The Constitution also specifies that the legislature shall meet for 125 days every four years and 90 days in all other years (Art 4, Sec. 36).
The House also has the duty under the Mississippi Constitution to select the Governor of Mississippi if no candidate receives more than 50% of the vote. This has occurred only one time, in 1999 when Ronnie Musgrove was selected (Musgrove had the most votes statewide, but fell a fraction of a point shy of a majority).
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.[1]
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Composition
Affiliation Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)Total Democratic Republican Vacant End of previous legislature (2011) 67 55 122 Beginning session, 2012 58 64 122 Latest voting share 47.5% 52.4% Current members
District Name Party Residence 1 Lester Carpenter Rep Burnsville 2 Nick Bain Dem Corinth 3 William "Tracy" Arnold Rep Booneville 4 Jody Steverson Dem Tippah 5 Kelvin Buck Dem Holly Springs 6 Eugene Hamilton Rep Olive Branch 7 Wanda Jennings Rep Southaven 8 Terry Lamar Rep Senatobia 9 Clara Burnett Dem Tunica 10 Nolan Mettetal Rep Sardis 11 Joe Gardner Dem Batesville 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 Baldwin 19 Randy Boyd Rep Mantachic 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 W.E. Alday Rep Wells 26 Chuck Espy Dem Clarksdale 27 Ferr Smith Dem Carthage 28 Tommy Taylor Rep 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 David Gibbs Dem West Point 37 Gary Chism Rep Columbus 38 Tyrone Ellis Dem Starkville 39 Jeffrey Smith Rep Columbus 40 Pat Nelson Rep Southaven 41 Esther Harrison Dem Columbus 42 Reecy Dickson Dem Macon 43 Michael Evans Dem Philadelphia 44 C. Scott Bounds Rep Philadelphia 45 Bennett Malone Dem Carthage 46 Bobby Howell Rep Kilmichael 47 Bryant Clark Dem Pickens 48 Jason White Dem ? 49 Willie Bailey Dem Greenville 50 John Hines Dem Greenville 51 Rufus Straughter Dem Belzoni 52 Thomas Woods Rep Byhalia 53 Robert Moak Dem Bogue Chitto 54 Alex Monsour Rep Vicksburg 55 George Flaggs, Jr. Dem Vicksburg 56 Philip Gunn Rep Clinton 57 Edward Blackmon, Jr. Dem Canton 58 Rita Martinson Rep Madison 59 Kevin McGee Rep Brandon 60 John Moore Rep Brandon 61 Ray Rogers Rep Pearl 62 Thomas Weathersby, Sr. Rep Florence 63 Deborah Butler Dixon Dem 64 William Denny, Jr. Rep Jackson 65 Mary Coleman Dem Jackson 66 Cecil Brown Dem Jackson 67 Earle 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 Jim Ellington Rep Raymond 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 79 Blaine Eaton II Dem Taylorville 80 Omeria Scott Dem Laurel 81 Stephen Horne Dem Meridian 82 Charles Young Dem Meridian 83 Greg Snowden Rep Meridian 84 William Shirley Rep 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 94 Robert Johnson III Dem Natchez 95 Jessica Upshaw 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 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 Billy Broomfield Dem Moss Point 111 Charles Busby Rep 112 John Read Rep Gaultier 113 Henry Zuber III Rep Ocean Springs 114 Jeffrey S. Guice Rep Ocean Springs 115 Randall Patterson Dem Biloxi 116 Casey Eure Rep Biloxi 117 Scott DeLano Rep Biloxi 118 Greg Haney Rep Gulfport 119 Sonya Williams-Barnes Dem 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.[2]
See also
References
- ^ "GOP takes Miss. House for 1st time in years". Boston.Com. 2011-11-14. http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2011/11/14/gop_takes_miss_house_for_1st_time_in_years/.
- ^ Brown, Jennifer Jacob. "State Rep. Nicholson switches parties" Meridian Star February 26, 2009
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- Lester Carpenter (R)
- Harvey Moss (D)
- William McCoy (D)
- Greg Ward (D)
- Kelvin Buck (D)
- Eugene Hamilton (R)
- Wanda Jennings (R)
- Larry Baker (R)
- Clara Burnett (D)
- Warner McBride (D)
- Joe Gardner (D)
- Noal Akins (R)
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- Mac Huddleston (R)
- Stephen Holland (D)
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- John Mayo (D)
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- S. David Norquist (D)
- Linda Coleman (D)
- Robert Huddleston (D)
- Sara Thomas (D)
- Willie Perkins, Sr. (D)
- Thomas Reynolds II (D)
- Linda Whittington (D)
- Dannie Reed (R)
- David Gibbs (D)
- Gary Chism (R)
- Tyrone Ellis (D)
- Jeff Smith (R)
- W.T. Mayhall, Jr. (R)
- Esther Harrison (D)
- Reecy Dickson (D)
- Russ Nowell (R)
- Scott Bounds (D)
- Bennett Malone (D)
- Bobby Howell (R)
- Bryant Clark (D)
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- Thomas Woods (R)
- Robert Moak (D)
- Alex Monsour (R)
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- Thomas Weathersby (R)
- Walter Robinson, Jr. (D)
- William Denny, Jr. (R)
- Mary Coleman (D)
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- Alyce Clarke (D)
- James Evans (D)
- Adrienne Wooten (D)
- Kimberly Campbell Buck (D)
- James Ellington (R)
- Mark Baker (R)
- Tracy Arinder (D)
- Gregory Holloway (D)
- Andrew Gipson (R)
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- Blaine Eaton II (D)
- Omeria Scott (D)
- Stephen Horne (R)
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- Joseph Warren (D)
- Robert Evans (D)
- Becky Currie (R)
- Dirk Dedeaux (D)
- Robert Johnson III (D)
- Jessica Upshaw (R)
- Angela Cockerham (D)
- Sam Mims V (R)
- David Myers (D)
- Bill Pigott (R)
- Ken Morgan (R)
- Harvey Fillingane (R)
- Toby Barker (R)
- Percy Watson (D)
- Larry Byrd (R)
- J. Shaun Walley (D)
- Herbert Frierson (R)
- Deryk Parker (D)
- Mark Formby (R)
- Frank Hamilton (R)
- Billy Broomfield (D)
- Brandon Jones (D)
- John Read (R)
- Henry Zuber III (R)
- Jeffrey S. Guice (R)
- Randall Patterson (D)
- Casey Eure (R)
- Scott DeLano (R)
- Roger Ishee (R)
- Frances Fredericks (D)
- Richard Bennett (R)
- Diane Peranich (D)
- J. P. Compretta (D)
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