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The First Lady of the U.S. state of Mississippi is a role held by the wife of the Governor of Mississippi. Mississippi has never had a female governor.

Picture Name When Spouse of
1 David Holmes
2 Agatha Ball Chinn Poindexter[1] 1820–1822 George Poindexter
3 Walter Leake
4 Betsy Stanton Chambers (second wife after Margaret Chambers Brandon) Gerard Brandon
5 David Holmes
6 Gerard Brandon
7 Abram M. Scott
8 Charles Lynch
9 Hiram Runnels
10 Eliza Turner Quitman[2] John A. Quitman
11 Charles Lynch
12 Elizabeth Lewis Cameron McNutt, widow of his law partner Alexander G. McNutt
13 Tilghman Tucker
14 Roberta Y. Brown (Roberta Eugenia Young Brown) Albert G. Brown, his second wife after first died
15 Joseph W. Matthews
16 John A. Quitman
17 John Isaac Guion
18 James Whitfield
19 Henry S. Foote
20 Susan Hewell Pettus John J. Pettus
21 John J. McRae
22 William McWillie
23 John J. Pettus
24 Charles Clark
25 William L. Sharkey
26 Benjamin G. Humphreys
27 Blanche Butler Ames 1868-1870 Adelbert Ames
28 Amelia Walton (Glover) Alcorn James L. Alcorn
29 Ridgley C. Powers
30 1874–1876 Adelbert Ames
31 Mary G. Coman Stone John Marshall Stone
32 Robert Lowry
33 John Marshall Stone
34 Anselm J. McLaurin
35 Marion Buckley Longino[3] Andrew H. Longino
36 James K. Vardaman
37 Edmond Noel
38 Earl L. Brewer
39 Linda Gaddy Bedgood Bilbo[4][5] Theodore G. Bilbo
40 Lee M. Russell
41 Henry L. Whitfield
42 Dennis Murphree
43 Theodore G. Bilbo
44 Martin Sennet Conner
45 Hugh L. White
46 Paul B. Johnson Sr.
47 Dennis Murphree
48 Thomas L. Bailey
49 Fielding L. Wright
48 Hugh L. White
49 James P. Coleman
50 Ross Barnett
51 Paul B. Johnson Jr.
52 Nellah Massey Bailey 1944 - 1946 Thomas L. Bailey
52 Nan Kelley Wright[6][7] Fielding L. Wright
51 Judith Wier Sugg White Hugh L. White
52 Margaret Coleman James P. Coleman
53 Mary Pearl Crawford Barnett Ross Barnett
54 Dorothy Power Johnson[8] Paul B. Johnson Jr.
55 John Bell Williams
56 Ava Carroll Waller 1972 - 1976 Bill Waller
57 Zelma Finch[9][10] Cliff Finch
58 Elise Varner Winter[11] 1980 - 1984 William F. Winter
59 Divorced William Allain
60 Julie Hines Mabus[12] Ray Mabus
61 Pat Fordice 1992 - 1999 Kirk Fordice
62 Melanie Musgrove[13] Ronnie Musgrove
63 Marsha Barbour 2004 - 2012 Haley Barbour
64 Deborah (Hays) Bryant[14] Phil Bryant[15]
65 Elee Williams Reeves[16] Tate Reeves

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References

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  1. ^ "Letter to the Editor for May 20". NewsAdvance.com. May 19, 2021.
  2. ^ "Quitman Family Papers, 1784-1978". finding-aids.lib.unc.edu.
  3. ^ "NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM" (PDF). www.apps.mdah.ms.gov. Retrieved 2023-11-06.
  4. ^ https://vicksburgnews.com/mrs-bilbo-and-mississippi-politics/
  5. ^ https://mississippiencyclopedia.org/entries/theodore-gilmore-bilbo/
  6. ^ Capace, Nancy (January 1, 2001). Encyclopedia of Mississippi. Somerset Publishers, Inc. ISBN 9780403096039 – via Google Books.
  7. ^ "Wright, Nannie Kelley | Briggs Lawrence County Public Library". www.briggslibrary.com.
  8. ^ "Johnson, Dorothy (Dot) Power | University of Southern Mississippi McCain Library & Archives". specialcollections.usm.edu.
  9. ^ Staff Report (July 12, 2007). "Former first lady Zelma Finch dead at 81". Picayune Item.
  10. ^ "Former Mississippi Gov. Charles C. 'Cliff' Finch dies - UPI Archives". UPI.
  11. ^ Hathorn, Taylor McKay (July 19, 2021). "Former First Lady Elise Winter Dies at 95 After Life of Work for Equity, Acceptance, Compassion".
  12. ^ "MABUS v. MABUS (2003) | FindLaw".
  13. ^ "Melody Bruce Musgrove, wife of former Governor, dies". MPB — Mississippi Public Broadcasting.
  14. ^ Bonner, Elizabeth (April 5, 2016). "Meet Mississippi First Lady Deborah Bryant". Southern Lady Magazine
  15. ^ "Deborah Bryant". National Governors Association
  16. ^ "Elee Reeves". National Governors Association
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