New Orleans and Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Shreveport (Pascagoula) Thomas Naum James (1925–2010), cardiologist (Amory) Politicians Thomas Abernethy (1903–1998), U.S. representative (Eupora) Robert H. Adams (1792–1830), U.S. senator (Natchez) James L. Alcorn (1816–1894), governor, U.S. senator (Friars Point) William Allain (1928–2013), governor (Washington) John Mills Allen (1846–1917), U.S. representative (Tishomingo County) Apuckshunubbee (c. 1740–1824), Choctaw chief Haley Barbour (born 1947), governor (Yazoo City) Ethelbert Barksdale (1824–1893), U.S. representative, Confederate congressman (Jackson) William Barksdale (1821–1863), U.S. congressman (Jackson) Ross Barnett (1898–1987), governor (Standing Pine) Cheri Barry (born c. 1955), mayor (Meridian) Marion Barry (1936–2014), Washington, D.C. mayor (Itta Bena) Theodore G. Bilbo (1877–1947), governor and U.S. senator (Poplarville) Marsha Blackburn (born 1952), U.S. representative from Tennessee (Laurel) Hale Boggs (1914–1972), U.S. representative from Louisiana, House majority leader (Long Beach) Mary Booze (1877–1948), first African-American woman to sit on the Republican National Committee (Mound Bayou) David R. Bowen (born 1932), U.S. representative (Houston) Walker Brooke (1813–1869), U.S. senator (Vicksburg) Blanche Bruce (1841–1898), U.S. senator Ezekiel S. Candler Jr. (1862–1944), U.S. representative (Corinth) Joseph W. Chalmers (1806–1853), U.S. senator (Holly Springs) Travis W. Childers (born 1958), U.S. representative (Booneville) John Claiborne (1809–1884), U.S. representative (Natchez) Bryant Clark (born 1975), state representative, son of Robert G. Clark Jr. (Jackson) Robert G. Clark Jr. (born 1928), state representative, speaker pro tempore (Ebenezer) Thad Cochran (1937–2019), U.S. senator (Pontotoc) James P. Coleman (1914–1991), governor (Ackerman) Jacqueline Y. Collins (born 1949), Illinois state senator (McComb) Ross A. Collins (1880–1968), U.S. representative (Collinsville) William M. Colmer (1890–1980), U.S. representative (Moss Point) Greg Davis (born 1966), mayor (Southaven) Jefferson Davis (1808–1889), U.S. senator and president of the Confederate States (Warren County) Wayne Dowdy (born 1943), chairman of the Mississippi Democratic Party (Magnolia) Brad Dye (1933–2018), lieutenant governor (Charleston) James Eastland (1904–1986), U.S. senator (Sunflower) Ronnie Edwards (1952–2016), Louisiana state representative (Woodville) Mike Espy (born 1953), U.S. secretary of agriculture (Yazoo City) Robert C. Farrell (born 1936), Los Angeles city councilman (Natchez) Erik R. Fleming (born 1965), state representative (Clinton) Mary E. Flowers (born 1951), Illinois state representative (Inverness) Tim Ford (1951–2015), speaker of Mississippi House of Representatives (Tupelo) Kirk Fordice (1934–2004), governor (Vicksburg) Webb Franklin (born 1941), U.S. representative (Greenwood) Evelyn Gandy (1920–2007), lieutenant governor (Hattiesburg James Z. George (1826–1897), U.S. senator (Carrollton) Charles H. Griffin (1926–1989), U.S. representative (Utica) Gregg Harper (born 1956), U.S. representative (Jackson) Pat Harrison (1881–1941), U.S. representative (Crystal Springs) Patrick Henry (1843–1930),