2004–2008 Mississippi Legislature
# 2004–2008 Mississippi Legislature

The last election for the Mississippi Legislature was held in November 2003, with the election winners meeting in January 2004, to begin their four year terms of office.

## Party breakdown

### Senate

| Affiliation | Affiliation | Members |
| - | - | - |
| | Democratic Party | 27 |
| | Republican Party | 25 |
| | Other $party^*$ | 0 |
| | Seat $Vacant^{**}$ | 0 |
| Total | Total | 52 |

### House of Representatives

| Affiliation | Affiliation | Members |
| - | - | - |
| | Democratic Party | 75 |
| | Republican Party | 47 |
| | Other $party^*$ | 0 |
| | Seat $Vacant^{**}$ | 0 |
| Total | Total | 122 |

## Officers

### Senate

**Presiding Officer**

| Position | Name | Party | District |
| - | - | - | - |
| President | Amy Tuck | Republican Party | n/a |
| President Pro Tempore | Travis Little | Democratic Party | 4 |

### House of Representatives

**Presiding Officer**

| Position | Name | Party | District |
| - | - | - | - |
| Speaker of the House | William J. McCoy | Democratic Party | 3 |
| Speaker Pro Tempore | Joseph Patrick Compretta | Democratic Party | 122 |

## Members of the Mississippi State Senate, 2004-2008

| District | Name | Party |
| - | - | - |
| 1 | Doug E. Davis | R |
| 2 | Bill Stone | D |
| 3 | Nickey Browning | D |
| 4 | Travis Little | D |
| 5 | J. P. Wilemon | D |
| 6 | Alan Nunnelee | R |
| 7 | Hob Bryan | D |
| 8 | Carl Jackson Gordon, Jr. | D |
| 9 | Gray Tollison | D |
| 10 | H. Nolan Mettetal | R |
| 11 | Robert L. Jackson | D |
| 12 | Johnnie E. Walls, Jr. | D |
| 13 | Willie Lee Simmons | D |
| 14 | Lydia Chassaniol | R |
| 15 | Gary Jackson | R |
| 16 | Bennie L. Turner | D |
| 17 | Terry W. Brown | R |
| 18 | Giles Ward | R |
| 19 | Merle Flowers | R |
| 20 | Lee Yancey | R |
| 21 | Kenneth W. Jones | D |
| 22 | Eugene S. Clarke | R |
| 23 | W. Briggs Hopson, III | R |
| 24 | David Lee Jordan | D |
| 25 | J. Walter Michel | R |
| 26 | John A. Horhn | D |
| 27 | Hillman Terome Frazier | D |
| 28 | Alice Varnado Harden | D |
| 29 | David Blount | D |
| 30 | Dean Kirby | R |
| 31 | Terry Clark Burton | R |
| 32 | Sampson Jackson II | D |
| 33 | Fredie Videt Carmichael | R |
| 34 | Haskins Montgomery | D |
| 35 | Perry Lee | R |
| 36 | E. Vincent Davis | D |
| 37 | Bob M. Dearing | D |
| 38 | Kelvin Butler | D |
| 39 | Cindy Hyde-Smith | D |
| 40 | Sidney Albritton | R |
| 41 | Joey Fillingane | R |
| 42 | Chris McDaniel | R |
| 43 | Tommy "Two-Dog" Dickerson | D |
| 44 | Thomas E. King Jr. | R |
| 45 | Billy Hudson | R |
| 46 | David Baria | D |
| 47 | Ezell Lee | D |
| 48 | Deborah Dawkins | D |
| 49 | William Gardner Hewes III | R |
| 50 | Thomas Arlin Gollot | R |
| 51 | Michael Watson Jr. | R |
| 52 | Tommy O. Moffatt | R |

## Members of the Mississippi State House of Representatives, 2004-2008

| District | Name | Party | Entered Office | Residence |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Ricky Cummings | D | 1996 | Iuka |
| 2 | Harvey Moss | D | 1984 | Corinth |
| 3 | William J. McCoy | D | 1980 | Rienzi |
| 4 | Greg Ward Jr. | D | 2000 | Ripley |
| 5 | Kelvin O. Buck | D | 2000 | Holly Springs |
| 6 | E. Forrest Hamilton | R | 2004 | Olive Branch |
| 7 | Wanda Taylor Jennings | R | 1998 | Southaven |
| 8 | Larry Baker | R | 2000 | Senatobia |
| 9 | Clara Henderson Burnett | D | 2004 | Tunica |
| 10 | Warner F. McBride | D | 1992 | Courtland |
| 11 | Joe Gardner | D | 2007 | Batesville |
| 12 | Noal Akins | R | 2004 | Oxford |
| 13 | Jack Gadd | D | 1992 | Hickory Flat |
| 14 | Margaret Ellis Rogers | D | 2004 | New Albany |
| 15 | Pat Montgomery | D | 2000 | Pontotoc |
| 16 | Steve Holland | D | 1984 | Plantersville |
| 17 | Brian Aldridge | R | 2004 | Tupelo |
| 18 | Jerry R. Turner | R | 2004 | Baldwin |
| 19 | James R. "Jamie" Franks, Jr. | D | 1996 | Mooreville |
| 20 | J. B. Markham | D | 1997 | Greenwood Springs |
| 21 | Bill Miles | D | 1996 | Fulton |
| 22 | Preston E. Sullivan | D | 2004 | Okolona |
| 23 | Jim Beckett | R | 2004 | Bruce |
| 24 | Sid Bondurant | D | 2004 | Grenada |
| 25 | John Mayo | D | 2000 | Clarksdale |
| 26 | Chuck Espy | D | 2000 | Clarksdale |
| 27 | Ferr Smith | D | 1993 | Carthage |
| 28 | David Norquist | D | 2005 | Cleveland |
| 29 | Linda F. Coleman | D | 1992 | Mound Bayou |
| 30 | Robert E. Huddleston | D | 1996 | Sumner |
| 31 | Sara Richardson Thomas | D | 1998 | Indianola |
| 32 | Willie J. Perkins, Sr. | D | 1993 | Greenwood |
| 33 | Tommy Reynolds | D | 1980 | Charleston |
| 34 | Linda Whittington | D | 2007 | Schlater |
| 35 | Dannie Reed | R | 2004 | Ackerman |
| 36 | David Gibbs | D | 1993 | West Point |
| 37 | Gary A. Chism | R | 2004 | Columbus |
| 38 | Tyrone Ellis | D | 1980 | Starkville |
| 39 | Jeffery C. Smith | D | 1992 | Columbus |
| 40 | Ted Mayhall | R | 2004 | Southaven |
| 41 | Esther M. Harrison | D | 2000 | Columbus |
| 42 | Reecy L. Dickson | D | 1993 | Macon |
| 43 | Gale Gregory | R | 2004 | Louisville |
| 44 | C. Scott Bounds | D | 2004 | Philadelphia |
| 45 | Bennett Malone | D | 1980 | Carthage |
| 46 | Bobby B. Howell | R | 1992 | Kilmichael |
| 47 | Bryant W. Clark | D | 2004 | Pickens |
| 48 | Mary Ann Stevens | D | 1981 | West |
| 49 | Willie L. Bailey | D | 1995 | Greenville |
| 50 | John W. Hines | D | 2001 | Greenville |
| 51 | Rufus E. Straughter | D | 1996 | Belzoni |
| 52 | Tommy Woods | R | 1988 | Byhalia |
| 53 | Bobby Moak | D | 1984 | Bogue Chitto |
| 54 | Dr. Chester Masterson | R | 2000 | Vicksburg |
| 55 | George Flaggs, Jr. | D | 1988 | Vicksburg |
| 56 | Philip Gunn | R | 2004 | Clinton |
| 57 | Edward Blackmon, Jr. | D | (1979–1980), 1984 | Canton |
| 58 | Rita Martinson | R | 1992 | Madison |
| 59 | Clayton Smith | R | 1998 | Brandon |
| 60 | John L. Moore | R | 1996 | Brandon |
| 61 | Ray Rogers | R | 1984 | Pearl |
| 62 | Tom Weathersby | R | 1992 | Florence |
| 63 | Walter L. Robinson | D | 1984 | Bolton |
| 64 | William C. Denny, Jr. | R | 1988 | Jackson |
| 65 | Mary H. Coleman | D | 1994 | Jackson |
| 66 | Cecil Brown | D | 2000 | Jackson |
| 67 | Earle S. Banks | D | 1993 | Jackson |
| 68 | Credell Calhoun | D | 1980–1992; 2004–2020 | Jackson |
| 69 | Alyce Griffin Clarke | D | 1985 | Jackson |
| 70 | James "Jim" Evans | D | 1992 | Jackson |
| 71 | John Reeves | R | 1984 | Jackson |
| 72 | Erik Fleming | D | 1999 | Jackson |
| 73 | Jim Ellington | R | 1988 | Raymond |
| 74 | Mark Baker | R | 2004 | Brandon |
| 75 | Tracy Arinder | D | 2004 | Morton |
| 76 | Greg Holloway, Sr. | D | 2000 | Hazlehurst |
| 77 | Clint Rotenberry | R | 1992 | Mendenhall |
| 78 | Billy R. Nicholson | D | 2000 | Little Rock |
| 79 | Blaine "Bo" Eaton | D | 1996 | Taylorsville |
| 80 | Omeria Scott | D | 1993 | Laurel |
| 81 | Steve Horne | R | 2004 | Meridian |
| 82 | Charles Young | D | 1980 | Meridian |
| 83 | Greg Snowden | R | 2000 | Meridian |
| 84 | Eric Robinson | R | 1993 | Mississippi |
| 85 | America "Chuck" Middleton | D | 1996 | Mississippi |
| 86 | Sherra Hillman Lane | D | 2005 | Waynesboro |
| 87 | Johnny W. Stringer | D | 1980 | Montrose |
| 88 | Gary V. Staples | R | 1988–1992; 2004–present | Laurel |
| 89 | Bobby Shows | D | 1992 | Ellisville |
| 90 | J. L. Warren | D | 1980 | Mount Olive |
| 91 | Joey Hudson | D | 1996 | Monticello |
| 92 | Jim C. Barnett, M.D. | R | 1992 | Brookhaven |
| 93 | Dirk Dedeaux | D | 1996 | Perkinston |
| 94 | Robert L. Johnson, III | D | 2004 | Natchez |
| 95 | Jessica Sibley Upshaw | R | 2004 | Diamondhead |
| 96 | Angela Cockerham | D | 2005 | Magnolia |
| 97 | Sam C. Mims, V | R | 2004 | McComb |
| 98 | David W. Myers | D | 1996 | McComb |
| 99 | Robert E. Vince | D | 1980–2000, 2004 | Sandy Hook |
| 100 | Ken Morgan | R | 2007 | Morgantown |
| 101 | Harvey Fillingane | R | 2007 | Hattiesburg |
| 102 | Lee Jarrell Davis | R | 1992 | Hattiesburg |
| 103 | Percy W. Watson | D | 1980 | Hattiesburg |
| 104 | Mike Lott | R | 2000 | Petal |
| 105 | J. Shaun Walley | D | 2005 | Leakesville |
| 106 | Herb Frierson | R | 1992 | Poplarville |
| 107 | Deryk Parker | D | 2004 | Lucedale |
| 108 | Mark Formby | R | 1993 | Picayune |
| 109 | Frank Hamilton | R | 1992 | Hurley |
| 110 | Billy Broomfield | D | 1992 | Moss Point |
| 111 | Carmel Wells-Smith | R | 1993 | Pascagoula |
| 112 | John O. Read | R | 1993 | Gaultier |
| 113 | H.B. "Hank" Zuber, III | R | 2000 | Ocean Springs |
| 114 | Danny Guice, Jr. | R | 1984 | Ocean Springs |
| 115 | Randall H. Patterson | D | 2004 | Biloxi |
| 116 | Steven Palazzo | R | 2007 | Biloxi |
| 117 | Michael W. Janus | R | 1996 | Biloxi |
| 118 | Roger Ishee | R | 1998 | Gulfport |
| 119 | Frances Fredericks | D | 1990 | Gulfport |
| 120 | James C. Simpson, Jr. | R | 1995 | Gulfport |
| 121 | Diane C. Peranich | D | 1988 | Pass Christian |
| 122 | J. P. Compretta | D | (1976–1984), 1988 | Bay St. Louis |
