1988–1992 Mississippi Legislature Explained

Body:	Mississippi Legislature
Meeting Place:	Mississippi State Capitol
State:	Mississippi
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
Before:	1984–1988 Mississippi Legislature
After:	1992 Mississippi Legislature

The 1988–1992 Mississippi Legislature met in eight sessions between January 5, 1988 and January 7, 1992.^[1]

Background

Elections were held in November 1987, and members were elected to four-year terms.^[2]

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.^[3] 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.^[4] 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.^{[5] [6]} The Senate had 46 Democrats and 6 Republicans. In November 1989, a special election was held to replace Senator Gene Taylor.^[7] The election was won by Democratic Bay St. Louis mayor Victor Franckiewicz Jr.

!District!Counties Represented!Senator Name!Residence!Party!Previous Term!Year of Birth

1	DeSoto	George Guerieri	Southaven	D	1980–1988	1927
2	Benton, Marshall, Tippah	Bill Renick	Ashland	D		1953
3	Pontotoc, Tippah, Union	Pud Graham	New Albany	D	1984–1988	1936
4	Alcorn, Tishomingo	Irb Benjamin	Rienzi	D	1984–1988	1946
5	Itawamba, Prentiss, Tishomingo	John White	Baldwyn	D	1984–1988	1937
6	Lee	Roger Wicker	Tupelo	R		1951
7	Clay, Lowndes, Monroe	Hob Bryan	Amory	D	1984–1988	1952
8	Calhoun, Chickasaw, Clay, Lee	Jack Gordon	Okolona	D	1980–1988	1944
9	Calhoun, Lafayette, Yalobusha	Johnny Morgan	Oxford	D	1984–1988	1947
10	Panola, Tate	Ronnie Musgrove	Batesville	D		1956
11	Coahoma, DeSoto, Quitman, Tunica	Kenneth Williams	Clarksdale	D		1924
12	Bolivar, Coahoma	Nevin Sledge	Cleveland	D	1984–1988	1921
13	Coahoma, Sunflower	Bob Crook	Ruleville	D	1984–1988	1929
14	Carroll, Leflore	Bunky Huggins	Greenwood	D	1984–1988	1938
15	Grenada, Montgomery, Tallahatchie	John Keeton	Grenada	D	1984–1988	1923
16	Lowndes, Oktibbeha, Webster	Bill Harpole(1988–1990)^[8]	Starkville	D	1976–1988	1912
		Amy Tuck Powell(1991–1992)	Starkville^[9]	D		1963
17	Lowndes	Bill Canon	Columbus	D	1979–1988	1930
18	Choctaw, Neshoba, Winston	Terry Jordan	Philadelphia	D		1948
19	Attala, Carroll, Choctaw, Leake, Montgomery, Webster	Buddy Bond	Carthage	R	1985–1988	1932
20	Holmes, Madison, Yazoo	Bob Montgomery	Canton	D	1980–1988	1939
21	Holmes, Humphreys, Yazoo	Ollie Mohamed	Belzoni	D	1964–19721980–1988	1925
22	Humphreys, Sharkey, Sunflower, Washington, Yazoo	Hainon Miller	Greenville	D	1987–1988	1930
23	Issaquena, Warren, Washington	Robert Monty	Greenville	D		1944
24	Warren	Ken Harper	Vicksburg	D	1984–1988	1948
25	Hinds	Dick Hall	Jackson	R		1938
26	Hinds	Cy Rosenblatt	Jackson	D	1984–1988	1954
27	Hinds	Doug Anderson	Jackson	D	1980–1988	1939
28	Hinds	Alice Harden	Jackson	D		1948
29	Hinds	Wayne Burkes(1988–1989)	Clinton	D	1980–1988	1929
		Richard White(1989–1992)^[10]	Terry	R		1949/50
30	Rankin	Barbara Blanton	Brandon	R		1937
31	Lauderdale, Newton, Scott	Alan Heflin	Forest	D	1984–1988	1939
32	Kemper, Lauderdale, Noxubee	Eddie Briggs	DeKalb	D	1984–1988	1949
33	Lauderdale	Glen Deweese	Meridian	D	1976–1988	1932
34	Clarke, Jasper, Smith	Billy Thames	Mize	D	1980–1988	1944
35	Copiah, Rankin, Simpson	Rob Smith	Jackson	D	1980–1988	1951
36	Claiborne, Copiah, Hinds, Jefferson	Lynn Posey	Union Church	D		1955
37	Adams, Wilkinson	Bob M. Dearing	Natchez	D	1980–1988	1935
38	Amite, Franklin, Pike	Pat Welch	McComb	D		1947
39	Lawrence, Lincoln, Pike	W. L. Rayborn	Brookhaven	D	1980–1988	1936
40	Lamar, Marion, Pike, Walthall	Joe Stogner	Sandy Hook	D		1939
41	Covington, Jefferson Davis, Jones	Ronnie Shows(1988–1989)	Bassfield	D	1980–1988	1947
		Billy V. Harvey(1989–1992)^[11] ^[12]	Carson	D		1932
42	Jasper, Jones, Wayne	Vincent Scoper	Laurel	R	1980–1984	1933
43	George, Greene, Jackson, Wayne	Cecil Mills	Clara	D	1980–1988	1934
44	Forrest, Lamar, Perry	Jim Bean	Hattiesburg	R	1987–1988	1932
45	Forrest, Lamar	Rick Lambert	Hattiesburg	D	1980–1988	1952
46	Hancock, Harrison, Jackson	Gene Taylor(1988–1989)	Bay St. Louis	D	1984–1988	1953
		Vic Franckiewicz Jr.(1989–1992)	Bay St. Louis	D
47	Hancock, Harrison, Pearl River, Stone	Wootsie Tate	Picayune	D		1934
48	Harrison	Clyde Woodfield	Gulfport	D		1933
49	Harrison	Bob Usey	Gulfport	R	1980–1988	1940
50	Harrison	Tommy Gollott	Biloxi	D	1980–1988	1935
51	Jackson	Stephen Hale	Pascaguola	D	1984–1988	1951
52	Jackson	Claude Bilbo	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.^[13]

!District!Counties Represented!Representative Name!Residence!Party!Previous Term!Year of Birth

1	Alcorn, Tishomingo	Mack L. Wadkins	Iuka	D	1980–1988	1937
2	Alcorn	Harvey Moss	Corinth	D	1984–1988	1951
3	Alcorn, Prentiss	William J. McCoy	Rienzi	D	1980–1988	1942
4	Benton, Tippah	Joe M. McElwain	Ripley	D		1941
5	Marshall	Tommy L. Woods	Byhalia	D		1933
6	DeSoto	Morris Lee Scott	Hernando	D	1984–1988	1927
7	DeSoto	John Grisham Jr.(1988–1990)	Southaven	D	1984–1988	1955
		Greg Davis(1991–1992)^[14]	Southaven			1966
8	DeSoto, Tate	Charlie Williams	Senatobia	D	1976–1988	1944
9	DeSoto, Quitman, Tunica	Clayton P. Henderson	Tunica	D	1980–1988	1954
10	Lafayette, Marshall, Panola	Harris L. Bryan	Batesville	D	1976–1988	1935
11	Panola, Quitman	Wes McIngvale	Batesville	D	1976–1988	1933
12	Lafayette	Edwin Perry	Oxford	D	1968–1988	1942
13	Benton, DeSoto, Marshall	Andy Morris	Ashland	D		1957
14	Union	John D. Pennebaker	New Albany	D	1976–1988	1943
15	Pontotoc	D. Ted Foster	Pontotoc	D		1948
16	Lee	D. Stephen Holland	Plantersville	D	1984–1988	1955
17	Lee	Eloise Scott	Tupelo	D		1932
18	Lee, Prentiss	Tim Ford	Tupelo	D	1980–1988	1951
19	Itawamba, Tishomingo	Bill Wheeler	Belmont	D		1961
20	Itawamba, Monroe	Dorlos Robinson(1988–1989)^[15]	Hamilton	D	1980–1988	1935
		Jerome Huskey(1990–1992)	Greenwood Springs
21	Itawamba, Monroe	Mike Mills	Aberdeen	D	1984–1988	1956
22	Chickasaw, Monroe	William E. Bowles	Houston	D	1984–1988	1934
23	Calhoun, Lafayette, Union, Yalobusha	Don Grist	Vardaman	D	1976–1988	1938
24	Grenada, Tallahatchie, Yalobusha	Mike Nipper	Grenada	D	1976–1988	1944
25	Carroll, Grenada, Montgomery	Billy D. Lancaster	Winona	D	1984–1988	1933
26	Bolivar, Coahoma	Aaron E. Henry	Clarksdale	D	1980–1988	1922
27	Coahoma	Delma Furniss	Rena Lara	D	1984–1988	1934
28	Bolivar	Charlie Capps Jr.	Cleveland	D	1972–1988	1925
29	Bolivar	Edward G. Jackson	Cleveland	D	1976–1988	1942
30	Quitman, Sunflower, Tallahatchie	Charles E. Waldrup	Drew	D	1987	1925
31	Sunflower	W. G. Poindexter	Inverness	D	1976–1988	1944
32	Grenada, Tallahatchie, Yalobusha	Thomas U. Reynolds	Charleston	D	1980–1988	1954
33	Leflore	James D. Green	Itta Bena	D	1984–1988	1921
34	Leflore	Joedy George	Greenwood	D		1936
35	Choctaw, Oktibbeha, Webster	Glenn D. Burdine	Mathiston	D		1930
36	Clay	H. Scott Ross	West Point	D	1984–1988	1960
37	Oktibbeha	Cecil L. Simmons	Maben	D	1972–1988	1946
38	Lowndes, Noxubee, Oktibbeha	Tyrone Ellis	Starkville	D	1980–1988	1946
39	Lowndes	Bruce J. Hanson	Columbus	D	1980–1988	1942
40	Lowndes	Terry W. Brown	Columbus	D		1950
41	Lowndes, Oktibbeha	Alfred L. Walker Jr.	Columbus	D		1935
42	Kemper, Lauderdale, Neshoba	Jerry E. Wilkerson	Daleville	D	1980–1988	1945
43	Noxubee, Winston	Bobby Moody	Louisville	D	1984–1988	1942
44	Neshoba	Shelton Bounds	Philadelphia	D		1929
45	Leake, Neshoba	Bennett Malone	Carthage	D	1980–1988	1944
46	Attala, Montgomery	Hubert S. McMillan	Kosciusko	D	1980–1988	1949
47	Holmes, Yazoo	Robert G. Clark Jr.	Lexington	ID	1968–1988	1929
48	Carroll, Holmes, Humphreys	Mary Ann Stevens	West	D	1981–1988
49	Washington	Leslie D. King	Greenville	D	1980–1988	1949
50	Washington	Ashley Hines	Greenville	D	1984–1988	1951
51	Humphreys, Washington	David M. Halbrook	Belzoni	D	1968–1988	1927
52	Washington	H. L. Merideth Jr.	Greenville	D	1960–1988	1930
53	Issaquena, Sharkey, Warren	Charles Weissinger Jr.	Rolling Fork	D		1950
54	Warren	Ed Buelow Jr.	Vicksburg	R	1976–1988	1940
55	Warren	George Flaggs Jr.	Vicksburg	D		1953
56	Yazoo	Joel Netherland	Yazoo City	R	1984–1988	1935
57	Madison	Edward Blackmon Jr.	Canton	D	1979–19801984–1988	1947
58	Madison	Don Alford	Ridgeland	D	1980–1988	1950
59	Rankin	Frances Savage	Brandon	D	1984–1988	1940
60	Rankin	Cecil McCrory	Brandon	D		1951
61	Rankin	Ray Rogers	Pearl	D	1984–1988	1931
62	Copiah, Rankin, Simpson	Mark S. Scarborough	Florence	D	1984–1988	1957
63	Hinds	Walter L. Robinson Jr.	Bolton	D	1984–1988	1947
64	Hinds	Bill Denny	Jackson	R		1930
65	Hinds	Ken Stribling	Jackson	R		1959
66	Hinds	Kane Ditto (1988–1990)^[16]	Jackson	D		1944
		Mike Gunn(1991–1992)	Jackson
67	Hinds	Hillman Terome Frazier	Jackson	D	1980–1988	1950
68	Hinds	Credell Calhoun	Jackson	D	1980–1988	1945
69	Hinds	Alyce Griffin Clarke	Jackson	D	1985–1988	1939
70	Hinds	Horace L. Buckley	Jackson	D	1976–1988	1941
71	Hinds	Dewayne Thomas	Jackson	R	1984–1988	1954
72	Hinds	John Reeves	Jackson	D	1984–1988	1957
73	Hinds	Jim Ellington	Jackson	R		1943
74	Hinds	William Hale Singletary	Clinton	D	1984–1988	1951
75	Scott	Richard L. Livingston	Pulaski	D	1972–1988	1940
76	Copiah, Hinds, Simpson	Clifford C. Britt	Wesson	D	1987	1948
77	Simpson	Brent Walker	Magee	D		1963
78	Neshoba, Newton	Raymond Comans	Decatur	D	1964–19761984–1988	1930
79	Covington, Scott, Smith	Eric C. Clark	Taylorsville	D	1980–1988	1951
80	Clarke, Jasper	Johnny W. Stringer	Montrose	D	1980–1988	1950
81	Lauderdale	Rick Fortenberry	Meridian	D	1984–1988	1946
82	Lauderdale	Charles L. Young	Meridian	D	1980–1988	1931
83	Lauderdale	Tommy Horne	Meridian	D	1972–1984	1936
84	Clarke, Lauderdale	Roy A. Dabbs	Meridian	D		1950
85	Claiborne, Jefferson	Charles B. Shepphard	Lorman	D	1980–1988	1949
86	Greene, Wayne	Joe Taylor	Waynesboro	D		1943
87	Jones	Gus Townsend	Laurel	D	1980–1988	1932
88	Jones	Gary Staples	Laurel	D		1940
89	Jones	D. R. "Dick" Anderson	Ellisville	D	1984–1988	1924
90	Covington, Jefferson Davis	J. L. Warren	Mt. Olive	D	1980–1988	1952
91	Jefferson Davis, Lawrence	Jimmy W. Tyrone	Monticello	D		1947
92	Lincoln	Robert D. Underwood	Brookhaven	D	1987–1988	1956
93	Amite, Franklin, Jefferson, Lincoln	Bobby Moak	Bogue Chitto	D	1984–1988	1958
94	Adams, Franklin	Barney Schoby	Natchez	D	1980–1988	1940
95	Adams	R. Ayres Haxton	Natchez	D		1948
96	Amite, Pike, Wilkinson	David L. Green	Gloster	D	1980–1988	1951
97	Pike	Thomas H. Walman	McComb	D	1976–1988	1943
98	Pike, Walthall	Clem M. Nettles	Jayess	D		1930
99	Lamar, Marion, Walthall	Robert E. Vince	Sandy Hook	D	1980–1988	1930
100	Marion	Miriam Simmons	Columbia	D		1928
101	Forrest, Lamar	Carl Parker	Sumrall	R		1923
102	Forrest	J. B. Van Slyke Jr.	Hattiesburg	D	1984–1988	1942
103	Forrest	Percy W. Watson	Hattiesburg	D	1980–1988	1951
104	Forrest	William Harold Jones	Petal	D	1980–1988	1952
105	George, Greene, Perry	Dorthy Cole	Richton	D		1933
106	Hancock, Harrison, Pearl River, Stone	Curtis Holston	Poplarville	D (1988–1990)R (1990–1992)	1984–1988	1939
107	George, Stone	Percy L. Maples	Lucedale	D	1982–1988	1938
108	Pearl River	Ezell Lee	Picayune	D		1933
109	Jackson	Frank Ely	Hurley	D (1988–1990)R (1990–1992)	1985–1988	1924
110	Jackson	William Mitchell Ellerby Sr.	Moss Point	D	1984–1988	1946
111	Jackson	Curt Hebert Jr.	Pascaguola	R		1962
112	Jackson	Raymond Vecchio	Gautier	D	1985–1988	1933
113	Jackson	Alvin C. Endt	Ocean Springs	D (1988–1990)R (1990–1992)	1984–1988	1933
114	Harrison, Jackson	Daniel D. Guice Jr.	Ocean Springs	D (1988–1990)R (1990–1992)	1984–1988	1953
115	Jackson	Ed Ryan	Biloxi	D		1939
116	Harrison	Oliver Diaz	Biloxi	R		1959
117	Harrison	Glenn E. Endris	Biloxi	D	1972–1988	1938
118	Harrison	Bob Short	Gulfport	D	1984–1988	1946
119	Harrison	Isiah Fredericks(1988–1990)^[17]	Gulfport	D	1980–1988	1930
		Frances Fredericks(1991–1992)	Gulfport	D		1935
120	Harrison	James C. Simpson	Long Beach	D	1964–1988	1930
121	Harrison	Diane C. Peranich	Pass Christian	D		1940
122	Hancock	J. P. Compretta	Bay St. Louis	D	1976–1984	1945

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2. News: 1987-11-05 . Mississippi House 1988 . 2024-09-04 . Clarion-Ledger . 5.
3. Web site: senate/1988-92Senate.tif - Senate (1980-2016) . 2024-09-03 . da.mdah.ms.gov . en.
4. Web site: house/1988-92.tif - House of Representatives (1948-2016) . 2024-09-03 . da.mdah.ms.gov . en.
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