1988–1992 Mississippi Legislature
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{{Infobox legislative term
| body = Mississippi Legislature
| meeting_place = Mississippi State Capitol
| state = Mississippi
| term_start = {{Start date|1988|1|5|df=y}}
| term_end = {{End date|1992|1|7|df=y}}
| country = {{US}}
| election = 1987 Mississippi elections
| chamber1 = Mississippi State Senate
| membership1 = 52
| chamber1_leader1_type = President
| chamber1_leader1 = Brad Dye
| chamber1_leader2_type = President pro tempore
| chamber1_leader2 = Glen Deweese
| control1 = Democratic
| chamber2 = Mississippi House of Representatives
| membership2 = 122
| chamber2_leader1_type = Speaker
| chamber2_leader1 = Tim Ford
| control2 = Democratic
| session1_start = {{Start date|1988|1|5|df=y}}
| session1_end = {{End date|1988|5|8|df=y}}
| session2_start = {{Start date|1988|8|10|df=y}}
| session2_end = {{End date|1988|8|16|df=y}}
| session3_start = {{Start date|1989|1|3|df=y}}
| session3_end = {{End date|1989|4|10|df=y}}
| before = 1984–1988 Mississippi Legislature
| after = 1992 Mississippi Legislature
| session4_start = {{Start date|1989|4|17|df=y}}
| session4_end = {{End date|1989|4|19|df=y}}
| session5_start = {{Start date|1990|1|2|df=y}}
| session5_end = {{End date|1990|4|14|df=y}}
| session6_start = {{Start date|1990|6|18|df=y}}
| session6_end = {{End date|1990|6|30|df=y}}
| session7_start = {{Start date|1991|1|8|df=y}}
| session7_end = {{End date|1991|5|6|df=y}}
| session8_start = {{Start date|1991|12|18|df=y}}
| session8_end = {{End date|1991|12|20|df=y}}
}}The 1988–1992 Mississippi Legislature met in eight sessions between January 5, 1988 and January 7, 1992.{{Cite book |title=Mississippi Legislature 1988 Handbook |year=1988 |pages=2–13, 21–45}}
Background
Elections were held in November 1987, and members were elected to four-year terms.{{Cite news |date=1987-11-05 |title=Mississippi House 1988 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/clarion-ledger-mississippi-house-1988/154605177/ |access-date=2024-09-04 |work=Clarion-Ledger |pages=5}}
Officers
= Senate =
As Lieutenant Governor, Brad Dye served as President of the Senate. Glen Deweese, senator from the 33rd District, served as President pro tempore of the Senate.{{Cite web |title=senate/1988-92Senate.tif - Senate (1980-2016) |url=https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/composites/legislature/senate/detail/16677 |access-date=2024-09-03 |website=da.mdah.ms.gov |language=en}} Non-senators Charles H. Griffin and Charles Ravencraft served as the Senate's Secretary and Sergeant-at-Arms, respectively.
= House =
Tim Ford, from the 18th District, served as Speaker of the House.{{Cite web |title=house/1988-92.tif - House of Representatives (1948-2016) |url=https://da.mdah.ms.gov/series/composites/legislature/house-of-representatives/detail/16668#dtop |access-date=2024-09-03 |website=da.mdah.ms.gov |language=en}} Cecil L. Simmons, from the 37th District, served as Speaker pro Tempore. Non-representatives Charles J. Jackson Jr. served as Clerk, and Johnny Palmer served as Sergeant-at-Arms.
Senate
The Senate had 52 members, each from a different district.{{Cite news |date=1991-09-15 |title=Voter's Guide: The Senate (1988-1992) Part 1 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/clarion-ledger-voters-guide-the-senate/111567449/ |access-date=2024-09-04 |work=Clarion-Ledger |pages=97}}{{Cite news |date=1991-09-15 |title=Voter's Guide: The Senate (1988-1992) Part 2 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/clarion-ledger-voters-guide-the-senate/111567517/ |access-date=2024-09-04 |work=Clarion-Ledger |pages=100}} The Senate had 46 Democrats and 6 Republicans. In November 1989, a special election was held to replace Senator Gene Taylor.{{Cite web |date=1995-12-06 |title=Vic Franckiewicz moves to Louisiana |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/sun-herald-vic-franckiewicz-moves-to-lou/159639310/ |access-date=2024-11-24 |website=Newspapers.com |language=en-US}} The election was won by Democratic Bay St. Louis mayor Victor Franckiewicz Jr.
class="wikitable"
|+ !District !Counties Represented !Senator Name !Residence !Party !Previous Term !Year of Birth |
1
|DeSoto |Southaven |D |1980–1988 |1927 |
2
|Benton, Marshall, Tippah |Ashland |D | |1953 |
3
|Pontotoc, Tippah, Union |New Albany |D |1984–1988 |1936 |
4
|Alcorn, Tishomingo |Rienzi |D |1984–1988 |1946 |
5
|Itawamba, Prentiss, Tishomingo |Baldwyn |D |1984–1988 |1937 |
6
|Lee |Tupelo |R | |1951 |
7
|Clay, Lowndes, Monroe |Amory |D |1984–1988 |1952 |
8
|Calhoun, Chickasaw, Clay, Lee |Okolona |D |1980–1988 |1944 |
9
|Calhoun, Lafayette, Yalobusha |Oxford |D |1984–1988 |1947 |
10
|Panola, Tate |Batesville |D | |1956 |
11
|Coahoma, DeSoto, Quitman, Tunica |Clarksdale |D | |1924 |
12
|Bolivar, Coahoma |Cleveland |D |1984–1988 |1921 |
13
|Coahoma, Sunflower |Ruleville |D |1984–1988 |1929 |
14
|Carroll, Leflore |Greenwood |D |1984–1988 |1938 |
15
|Grenada, Montgomery, Tallahatchie |Grenada |D |1984–1988 |1923 |
rowspan="2" |16
| rowspan="2" |Lowndes, Oktibbeha, Webster |Starkville |D |1976–1988 |1912 |
Amy Tuck Powell
|D | |1963 |
17
|Lowndes |Columbus |D |1979–1988 |1930 |
18
|Choctaw, Neshoba, Winston |Philadelphia |D | |1948 |
19
|Attala, Carroll, Choctaw, Leake, Montgomery, Webster |Carthage |R |1985–1988 |1932 |
20
|Holmes, Madison, Yazoo |Canton |D |1980–1988 |1939 |
21
|Holmes, Humphreys, Yazoo |Belzoni |D |1964–1972 1980–1988 |1925 |
22
|Humphreys, Sharkey, Sunflower, Washington, Yazoo |Greenville |D |1987–1988 |1930 |
23
|Issaquena, Warren, Washington |Greenville |D | |1944 |
24
|Warren |Vicksburg |D |1984–1988 |1948 |
25
|Hinds |Jackson |R | |1938 |
26
|Hinds |Jackson |D |1984–1988 |1954 |
27
|Hinds |Jackson |D |1980–1988 |1939 |
28
|Hinds |Jackson |D | |1948 |
rowspan="2" |29
| rowspan="2" |Hinds (1988–1989) |Clinton |D |1980–1988 |1929 |
Richard White
(1989–1992){{Cite web |date=1989-05-03 |title=Terry businessman wins state Senate seat |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/clarion-ledger-terry-businessman-wins-st/159639410/ |access-date=2024-11-24 |website=Newspapers.com |language=en-US}} |Terry |R | |
30
|Rankin |Brandon |R | |1937 |
31
|Lauderdale, Newton, Scott |Forest |D |1984–1988 |1939 |
32
|Kemper, Lauderdale, Noxubee |DeKalb |D |1984–1988 |1949 |
33
|Lauderdale |Meridian |D |1976–1988 |1932 |
34
|Clarke, Jasper, Smith |Mize |D |1980–1988 |1944 |
35
|Copiah, Rankin, Simpson |Jackson |D |1980–1988 |1951 |
36
|Claiborne, Copiah, Hinds, Jefferson |Union Church |D | |1955 |
37
|Adams, Wilkinson |Natchez |D |1980–1988 |1935 |
38
|Amite, Franklin, Pike |McComb |D | |1947 |
39
|Lawrence, Lincoln, Pike |Brookhaven |D |1980–1988 |1936 |
40
|Lamar, Marion, Pike, Walthall |Sandy Hook |D | |1939 |
rowspan="2" |41
| rowspan="2" |Covington, Jefferson Davis, Jones (1988–1989) |Bassfield |D |1980–1988 |1947 |
Billy V. Harvey
(1989–1992){{Cite news |date=1991-09-15 |title=Voter's Guide: The Senate (1988-1992) Part 1 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/clarion-ledger-voters-guide-the-senate/111567449/ |access-date=2024-09-04 |work=Clarion-Ledger |pages=97}}{{Cite news |date=2006-03-03 |title=Longtime state Sen. Billy Harvey dies at 73 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/clarion-ledger-longtime-state-sen-billy/49404438/ |access-date=2024-09-04 |work=Clarion-Ledger |pages=9}} |D | |1932 |
42
|Jasper, Jones, Wayne |Laurel |R |1980–1984 |1933 |
43
|George, Greene, Jackson, Wayne |Clara |D |1980–1988 |1934 |
44
|Forrest, Lamar, Perry |Hattiesburg |R |1987–1988 |1932 |
45
|Forrest, Lamar |Hattiesburg |D |1980–1988 |1952 |
rowspan="2" |46
| rowspan="2" |Hancock, Harrison, Jackson (1988–1989) |Bay St. Louis |D |1984–1988 |1953 |
Vic Franckiewicz Jr.
|D | | |
47
|Hancock, Harrison, Pearl River, Stone |Picayune |D | |1934 |
48
|Harrison |Gulfport |D | |1933 |
49
|Harrison |Gulfport |R |1980–1988 |1940 |
50
|Harrison |Biloxi |D |1980–1988 |1935 |
51
|Jackson |Pascaguola |D |1984–1988 |1951 |
52
|Jackson |Pascaguola |D | |1941 |
House
The House had 122 members, each from a different district. At the start of the 1988 session, House had 113 Democrats and 9 Republicans. On April 11, 1990, four representatives (Guice, Holston, Ely, and Endt) switched from the Democratic to the Republican Party.{{Cite news |date=2024-03-04 |title=4 LEGISLATORS IN MISSISSIPPI JUMP TO GOP |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1990/04/10/4-legislators-in-mississippi-jump-to-gop/7432dabe-d48a-48a1-a557-7ab012b127c5/ |access-date=2024-09-04 |work=Washington Post |language=en-US |issn=0190-8286}}
class="wikitable"
|+ !District !Counties Represented !Representative Name !Residence !Party !Previous Term !Year of Birth |
1
|Alcorn, Tishomingo |Iuka |D |1980–1988 |1937 |
2
|Alcorn |Corinth |D |1984–1988 |1951 |
3
|Alcorn, Prentiss |Rienzi |D |1980–1988 |1942 |
4
|Benton, Tippah |Ripley |D | |1941 |
5
|Marshall |Byhalia |D | |1933 |
6
|DeSoto |Hernando |D |1984–1988 |1927 |
rowspan="2" |7
| rowspan="2" |DeSoto (1988–1990) |Southaven |D |1984–1988 |1955 |
Greg Davis
|Southaven | | |1966 |
8
|DeSoto, Tate |Senatobia |D |1976–1988 |1944 |
9
|DeSoto, Quitman, Tunica |Tunica |D |1980–1988 |1954 |
10
|Lafayette, Marshall, Panola |Batesville |D |1976–1988 |1935 |
11
|Panola, Quitman |Batesville |D |1976–1988 |1933 |
12
|Lafayette |Oxford |D |1968–1988 |1942 |
13
|Benton, DeSoto, Marshall |Ashland |D | |1957 |
14
|Union |New Albany |D |1976–1988 |1943 |
15
|Pontotoc |Pontotoc |D | |1948 |
16
|Lee |Plantersville |D |1984–1988 |1955 |
17
|Lee |Tupelo |D | |1932 |
18
|Lee, Prentiss |D |1980–1988 |1951 |
19
|Itawamba, Tishomingo |Belmont |D | |1961 |
rowspan="2" |20
| rowspan="2" |Itawamba, Monroe |Hamilton |D |1980–1988 |1935 |
Jerome Huskey
|Greenwood Springs | | |{{Birth based on age as of date|53|1990|2|15|noage=1|slash=yes}} |
21
|Itawamba, Monroe |Aberdeen |D |1984–1988 |1956 |
22
|Chickasaw, Monroe |Houston |D |1984–1988 |1934 |
23
|Calhoun, Lafayette, Union, Yalobusha |Vardaman |D |1976–1988 |1938 |
24
|Grenada, Tallahatchie, Yalobusha |Grenada |D |1976–1988 |1944 |
25
|Carroll, Grenada, Montgomery |Winona |D |1984–1988 |1933 |
26
|Bolivar, Coahoma |Clarksdale |D |1980–1988 |1922 |
27
|Coahoma |Rena Lara |D |1984–1988 |1934 |
28
|Bolivar |Cleveland |D |1972–1988 |1925 |
29
|Bolivar |Cleveland |D |1976–1988 |1942 |
30
|Quitman, Sunflower, Tallahatchie |Drew |D |1987 |1925 |
31
|Sunflower |Inverness |D |1976–1988 |1944 |
32
|Grenada, Tallahatchie, Yalobusha |Charleston |D |1980–1988 |1954 |
33
|Leflore |Itta Bena |D |1984–1988 |1921 |
34
|Leflore |Greenwood |D | |1936 |
35
|Choctaw, Oktibbeha, Webster |Mathiston |D | |1930 |
36
|Clay |West Point |D |1984–1988 |1960 |
37
|Oktibbeha |Maben |D |1972–1988 |1946 |
38
|Lowndes, Noxubee, Oktibbeha |Starkville |D |1980–1988 |1946 |
39
|Lowndes |Columbus |D |1980–1988 |1942 |
40
|Lowndes |Columbus |D | |1950 |
41
|Lowndes, Oktibbeha |Columbus |D | |1935 |
42
|Kemper, Lauderdale, Neshoba |Daleville |D |1980–1988 |1945 |
43
|Noxubee, Winston |Louisville |D |1984–1988 |1942 |
44
|Neshoba |Philadelphia |D | |1929 |
45
|Leake, Neshoba |Carthage |D |1980–1988 |1944 |
46
|Attala, Montgomery |Kosciusko |D |1980–1988 |1949 |
47
|Holmes, Yazoo |Lexington |ID |1968–1988 |1929 |
48
|Carroll, Holmes, Humphreys |West |D |1981–1988 | |
49
|Washington |Greenville |D |1980–1988 |1949 |
50
|Washington |Greenville |D |1984–1988 |1951 |
51
|Humphreys, Washington |Belzoni |D |1968–1988 |1927 |
52
|Washington |Greenville |D |1960–1988 |1930 |
53
|Issaquena, Sharkey, Warren |Rolling Fork |D | |1950 |
54
|Warren |Vicksburg |R |1976–1988 |1940 |
55
|Warren |Vicksburg |D | |1953 |
56
|Yazoo |Yazoo City |R |1984–1988 |1935 |
57
|Madison |Canton |D |1979–1980 1984–1988 |1947 |
58
|Madison |Ridgeland |D |1980–1988 |1950 |
59
|Rankin |Brandon |D |1984–1988 |1940 |
60
|Rankin |Brandon |D | |1951 |
61
|Rankin |Pearl |D |1984–1988 |1931 |
62
|Copiah, Rankin, Simpson |Florence |D |1984–1988 |1957 |
63
|Hinds |Bolton |D |1984–1988 |1947 |
64
|Hinds |Jackson |R | |1930 |
65
|Hinds |Jackson |R | |1959 |
rowspan="2" |66
| rowspan="2" |Hinds |Kane Ditto (1988–1990){{Cite book |last=Bowers |first=James R. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EQhkwJvA3jwC |title=Governing Middle-sized Cities: Studies in Mayoral Leadership |last2=Rich |first2=Wilbur C. |date=2000 |publisher=Lynne Rienner Publishers |isbn=978-1-55587-870-2 |pages=17 |language=en}} |Jackson |D | |1944 |
Mike Gunn
|Jackson | | | |
67
|Hinds |Jackson |D |1980–1988 |1950 |
68
|Hinds |Jackson |D |1980–1988 |1945 |
69
|Hinds |Jackson |D |1985–1988 |1939 |
70
|Hinds |Jackson |D |1976–1988 |1941 |
71
|Hinds |Jackson |R |1984–1988 |1954 |
72
|Hinds |Jackson |D |1984–1988 |1957 |
73
|Hinds |Jackson |R | |1943 |
74
|Hinds |Clinton |D |1984–1988 |1951 |
75
|Scott |Pulaski |D |1972–1988 |1940 |
76
|Copiah, Hinds, Simpson |Wesson |D |1987 |1948 |
77
|Simpson |Magee |D | |1963 |
78
|Neshoba, Newton |Decatur |D |1964–1976 1984–1988 |1930 |
79
|Covington, Scott, Smith |Taylorsville |D |1980–1988 |1951 |
80
|Clarke, Jasper |Montrose |D |1980–1988 |1950 |
81
|Lauderdale |Meridian |D |1984–1988 |1946 |
82
|Lauderdale |Meridian |D |1980–1988 |1931 |
83
|Lauderdale |Meridian |D |1972–1984 |1936 |
84
|Clarke, Lauderdale |Meridian |D | |1950 |
85
|Claiborne, Jefferson |Lorman |D |1980–1988 |1949 |
86
|Greene, Wayne |Waynesboro |D | |1943 |
87
|Jones |Laurel |D |1980–1988 |1932 |
88
|Jones |Laurel |D | |1940 |
89
|Jones |D |1984–1988 |1924 |
90
|Covington, Jefferson Davis |Mt. Olive |D |1980–1988 |1952 |
91
|Jefferson Davis, Lawrence |Monticello |D | |1947 |
92
|Lincoln |Brookhaven |D |1987–1988 |1956 |
93
|Amite, Franklin, Jefferson, Lincoln |Bogue Chitto |D |1984–1988 |1958 |
94
|Adams, Franklin |Natchez |D |1980–1988 |1940 |
95
|Adams |Natchez |D | |1948 |
96
|Amite, Pike, Wilkinson |Gloster |D |1980–1988 |1951 |
97
|Pike |McComb |D |1976–1988 |1943 |
98
|Pike, Walthall |Jayess |D | |1930 |
99
|Lamar, Marion, Walthall |Sandy Hook |D |1980–1988 |1930 |
100
|Marion |Columbia |D | |1928 |
101
|Forrest, Lamar |Sumrall |R | |1923 |
102
|Forrest |Hattiesburg |D |1984–1988 |1942 |
103
|Forrest |Hattiesburg |D |1980–1988 |1951 |
104
|Forrest |Petal |D |1980–1988 |1952 |
105
|George, Greene, Perry |Richton |D | |1933 |
106
|Hancock, Harrison, Pearl River, Stone |Poplarville |D (1988–1990) R (1990–1992) |1984–1988 |1939 |
107
|George, Stone |Lucedale |D |1982–1988 |1938 |
108
|Pearl River |Picayune |D | |1933 |
109
|Jackson |Hurley |D (1988–1990) R (1990–1992) |1985–1988 |1924 |
110
|Jackson |Moss Point |D |1984–1988 |1946 |
111
|Jackson |Pascaguola |R | |1962 |
112
|Jackson |Gautier |D |1985–1988 |1933 |
113
|Jackson |Ocean Springs |D (1988–1990) R (1990–1992) |1984–1988 |1933 |
114
|Harrison, Jackson |Ocean Springs |D (1988–1990) R (1990–1992) |1984–1988 |1953 |
115
|Jackson |Biloxi |D | |1939 |
116
|Harrison |Biloxi |R | |1959 |
117
|Harrison |Biloxi |D |1972–1988 |1938 |
118
|Harrison |Gulfport |D |1984–1988 |1946 |
rowspan="2" |119
| rowspan="2" |Harrison |Gulfport |D |1980–1988 |1930 |
Frances Fredericks
|Gulfport |D | |1935 |
120
|Harrison |Long Beach |D |1964–1988 |1930 |
121
|Harrison |Pass Christian |D | |1940 |
122
|Hancock |Bay St. Louis |D |1976–1984 |1945 |
References
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