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List of United States Senators from Mississippi


Mississippi was admitted to the Union on December 10, 1817, and elects senators to Class 1 and Class 2. Its current senators are Republicans Thad Cochran and Roger Wicker. As of January 1, 2015, 50 people (all of them men) have served as U.S. Senators from Mississippi.

Class 1

Class 1 U.S. Senators belong to the electoral cycle that has recently been contested in 1994, 2000, 2006, and 2012. The next election will be in 2018.

Class 2

Class 2 U.S. Senators belong to the electoral cycle that has recently been contested in 1996, 2002, 2008, and 2014. The next election will be in 2020.

As of April 2015, there is one former U.S. Senator from Mississippi who is currently living. The most recent senator to die was John C. Stennis of Class 1 (1947-1989) on April 23, 1995. The most recent Class 2 senator to die was James Eastland (1941, 1943-1978) on February 19, 1986.


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