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U.S. Senators from Mississippi:
Name Dates of Service
Class 1
Walter Leake (R)
David Holmes (R,JR)
Powhatan Ellis (J)
Thomas B. Reed (J)
Powhatan Ellis (J)
John Black (J,AJ,W)
James F. Trotter (D)
Thomas Hickman Williams (D)
John Henderson (W)
Jesse Speight (D)
Jefferson Davis (D)
John J. McRae (D)
Stephen Adams (D)
Jefferson Davis (D)
Adelbert Ames (R)
Henry R. Pease (R)
Blanche K. Bruce (R)
James Z. George (D)
Hernando D. Money (D)
John Sharp Williams (D)
Hubert D. Stephens (D)
Theodore G. Bilbo(D)
John C. Stennis (D)
Trent Lott (R)
Roger F. Wicker (R)
1817-1820
1820-1825
1825-1826
1826-1827
1827-1832
1832-1838
1838-1838
1838-1839
1839-1845
1845-1847
1847-1851
1851-1852
1852-1857
1857-1861
1870-1874
1874-1875
1875-1881
1881-1897
1897-1911
1911-1923
1923-1935
1935-1947
1947-1989
1989-2007
2007---

Name Dates of Service
Class 2
Thomas Hill Williams (R,JR,J)
Thomas B. Reed (J)
Robert H. Adams (J)
George Poindexter (J,AJ)
Robert J. Walker (J,D)
Joseph W. Chalmers (D)
Henry Stuart Foote (D)
Walker Brooke (W)
Albert G. Brown (D)
Hiram R. Revels (R)
James L. Alcorn (R)
Lucius Q.C. Lamar (D)
Edward C. Walthall (D)
Anselm J. McLaurin (D)
Edward C. Walthall (D)
William V. Sullivan (D)
Anselm J. McLaurin (D)
James Gordon (D)
Le Roy Percy (D)
James K. Vardaman (D)
Byron P. (Pat) Harrison (D)
James O. Eastland (D)
Wall Doxey (D)
James O. Eastland (D)
Thad Cochran (R)
1817-1829
1829-1829
1830-1830
1830-1835
1835-1845
1845-1847
1847-1852
1852-1853
1854-1861
1870-1871
1871-1877
1877-1885
1885-1894
1894-1895
1895-1898
1898-1901
1901-1909
1909-1910
1910-1913
1913-1919
1919-1941
1941-1941
1941-1943
1943-1978
1978---

Senate Service
Longest Service (24 years or more):
John C. Stennis
James O. Eastland
Thad Cochran
 
Mississippi Senators Who Served in Leadership Positions
President Pro Tempore: George Poindexter, Pat Harrison, James Eastland, John C. Stennis

Majority Leader: Trent Lott

Minority Leader: Trent Lott

Democratic Caucus Chairman: Hernando D. Money

Republican Conference Chairman: Thad Cochran

Party Whips: Trent Lott

Republican Conference Secretary: Thad Cochran, Trent Lott

Standing Committee Chairs Since 1947:

Appropriations: John C. Stennis, Thad Cochran

Armed Services: John C. Stennis

Judiciary: James O. Eastland

Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Thad Cochran

Rules and Administration: Trent Lott
Mississippi Citizens Honored in the Capitol's Art Collection
Statuary: Jefferson Davis by Augustus Lukeman (Statuary Hall); James Z. George by Augustus Lukeman (Hall of Columns).

Frescos: Columbia Welcoming the South Back into the Union, Secession and Products of the North and South, both by Constantino Brumidi (Office of the Vice President).

Paintings:

Discovery of the Mississippi by De Soto by William H. Powell (Rotunda).

Blanche Kelso Bruce, by Simmie Lee Knox (Senate Wing).
 
 
  

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