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U.S. Senate seat, Mississippi (class 2)

39 members have held this seat since Dec 1, 1817. Now: Cindy Hyde-Smith R.

Holders
39
25 D · 9 R · 3 J · 1 U · 1 W
Longest tenure
24 years
James Oliver Eastland
Current
8.5 years
Cindy Hyde-Smith, since Apr 9, 2018
history/seat/ms-sen-2Every holder, newest first
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18201840186018801900192019401960198020002020Thomas Hill Williams · 1817-12-01 – 1823-03-04 · RepublicanThomas Hill Williams · 1823-12-01 – 1829-03-04 · JacksonThomas Buck Reed · 1829-12-07 – 1830-01-01Robert Huntington Adams · 1830-01-01 – 1831-03-04 · JacksonRobert John Walker · 1835-12-07 – 1841-03-04 · DemocratRobert John Walker · 1841-05-31 – 1846-01-01 · DemocratHenry Stuart Foote · 1847-12-06 – 1853-03-04 · DemocratAlbert Gallatin Brown · 1854-01-01 – 1859-03-04 · DemocratAlbert Gallatin Brown · 1859-12-05 – 1862-01-01 · DemocratHiram Rhodes Revels · 1870-01-01 – 1871-03-04 · RepublicanJames Lusk Alcorn · 1871-03-04 – 1877-03-04 · RepublicanLucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar · 1877-10-15 – 1883-03-04 · DemocratLucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar · 1883-12-03 – 1886-01-01 · DemocratEdward Cary Walthall · 1889-12-02 – 1895-03-04 · DemocratEdward Cary Walthall · 1895-12-02 – 1899-03-04 · DemocratAnselm Joseph McLaurin · 1901-12-02 – 1907-03-04 · DemocratAnselm Joseph McLaurin · 1907-12-02 – 1909-12-23 · DemocratJames Gordon · 1909-12-27 – 1910-02-23 · DemocratLe Roy Percy · 1910-02-23 – 1913-03-04 · DemocratJames Kimble Vardaman · 1913-04-07 – 1919-03-04 · DemocratByron Patton Harrison · 1919-05-19 – 1925-03-04 · DemocratByron Patton Harrison · 1925-12-07 – 1931-03-04 · DemocratByron Patton Harrison · 1931-12-07 – 1941-06-23 · DemocratJames Oliver Eastland · 1941-06-30 – 1941-09-29 · DemocratWall Doxey · 1941-09-29 – 1943-01-03 · DemocratJames Oliver Eastland · 1943-01-06 – 1967-01-04 · DemocratJames Oliver Eastland · 1967-01-10 – 1979-01-04 · DemocratThad Cochran · 1979-01-15 – 1997-01-04 · RepublicanThad Cochran · 1997-01-07 – 2003-01-04 · RepublicanThad Cochran · 2003-01-07 – 2009-01-04 · RepublicanThad Cochran · 2009-01-06 – 2015-01-04 · RepublicanThad Cochran · 2015-01-06 – 2018-04-02 · RepublicanCindy Hyde-Smith · 2018-04-09 – present · RepublicanGeorge Poindexter · 1830-01-01 – 1835-03-04 · JacksonJoseph Williams Chalmers · 1845-12-01 – 1847-03-04 · DemocratWalker Brooke · 1852-01-01 – 1853-03-04 · WhigEdward Cary Walthall · 1885-12-07 – 1889-03-04 · DemocratAnselm Joseph McLaurin · 1894-01-01 – 1895-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Van Amberg Sullivan · 1898-05-31 – 1901-03-04 · Democrat
Cindy Hyde-Smith R
Apr 9, 2018 – present · 8.5 years
Thad Cochran R
Jan 6, 2015 – Apr 2, 2018 · 3.2 years
Thad Cochran R
Jan 6, 2009 – Jan 4, 2015 · 6 years
Thad Cochran R
Jan 7, 2003 – Jan 4, 2009 · 6 years
Thad Cochran R
Jan 7, 1997 – Jan 4, 2003 · 6 years
Thad Cochran R
Jan 15, 1979 – Jan 4, 1997 · 18 years
James Oliver Eastland D
Jan 10, 1967 – Jan 4, 1979 · 12 years
James Oliver Eastland D
Jan 6, 1943 – Jan 4, 1967 · 24 years
Wall Doxey D
Sep 29, 1941 – Jan 3, 1943 · 15 months
James Oliver Eastland D
Jun 30, 1941 – Sep 29, 1941 · 3 months
Byron Patton Harrison D
Dec 7, 1931 – Jun 23, 1941 · 9.5 years
Byron Patton Harrison D
Dec 7, 1925 – Mar 4, 1931 · 5.2 years
Byron Patton Harrison D
May 19, 1919 – Mar 4, 1925 · 5.8 years
James Kimble Vardaman D
Apr 7, 1913 – Mar 4, 1919 · 5.9 years
Le Roy Percy D
Feb 23, 1910 – Mar 4, 1913 · 3 years
James Gordon D
Dec 27, 1909 – Feb 23, 1910 · 2 months
Anselm Joseph McLaurin D
Dec 2, 1907 – Dec 23, 1909 · 2.1 years
Anselm Joseph McLaurin D
Dec 2, 1901 – Mar 4, 1907 · 5.3 years
William Van Amberg Sullivan D
May 31, 1898 – Mar 4, 1901 · 2.8 years
Edward Cary Walthall D
Dec 2, 1895 – Mar 4, 1899 · 3.3 years
Anselm Joseph McLaurin D
Jan 1, 1894 – Mar 4, 1895 · 14 months
Edward Cary Walthall D
Dec 2, 1889 – Mar 4, 1895 · 5.3 years
Edward Cary Walthall D
Dec 7, 1885 – Mar 4, 1889 · 3.2 years
Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D
Dec 3, 1883 – Jan 1, 1886 · 2.1 years
Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D
Oct 15, 1877 – Mar 4, 1883 · 5.4 years
James Lusk Alcorn R
Mar 4, 1871 – Mar 4, 1877 · 6 years
Hiram Rhodes Revels R
Jan 1, 1870 – Mar 4, 1871 · 14 months
Albert Gallatin Brown D
Dec 5, 1859 – Jan 1, 1862 · 2.1 years
Albert Gallatin Brown D
Jan 1, 1854 – Mar 4, 1859 · 5.2 years
Walker Brooke W
Jan 1, 1852 – Mar 4, 1853 · 14 months
Henry Stuart Foote D
Dec 6, 1847 – Mar 4, 1853 · 5.2 years
Joseph Williams Chalmers D
Dec 1, 1845 – Mar 4, 1847 · 15 months
Robert John Walker D
May 31, 1841 – Jan 1, 1846 · 4.6 years
Robert John Walker D
Dec 7, 1835 – Mar 4, 1841 · 5.2 years
Robert Huntington Adams J
Jan 1, 1830 – Mar 4, 1831 · 14 months
George Poindexter J
Jan 1, 1830 – Mar 4, 1835 · 5.2 years
Thomas Buck Reed
Dec 7, 1829 – Jan 1, 1830 · 25 days
Thomas Hill Williams J
Dec 1, 1823 – Mar 4, 1829 · 5.3 years
Thomas Hill Williams R
Dec 1, 1817 – Mar 4, 1823 · 5.3 years

Dates are from the @unitedstates congress-legislators project. Consecutive terms of one person are merged.