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Revels also served as Secretary of State of Mississippi from 1872 to 1873. [2] Blanche K. Bruce, also a Republican, was the 2nd African-American to serve in congress as a Mississippi Senator in 1875–1881. [3] After a biracial Populist-Republican coalition gained power in the late 1880s, the Democrats returned in force to the state government.
The Mississippi Legislature has the power to write state laws [11] and craft appropriations to fund state government. [4] All bills passed by the legislature become law unless vetoed by the governor, though the body may override the veto with the approval two-thirds of the members of each House. [25]
The governor of Mississippi is the head of government of Mississippi and the commander-in-chief of the state's military forces.The governor has a duty to enforce state laws, and the power to either approve or veto bills passed by the Mississippi Legislature, to convene the legislature at any time, and, except in cases of treason or impeachment, to grant pardons and reprieves.
The lieutenant governor of Mississippi is the second-highest ranking elected executive officer in the U.S. state of Mississippi, below the governor of Mississippi, and is the only official in the state to be a member of two branches of state government. The office of lieutenant governor was established when Mississippi became a state in 1817 ...
The Mississippi State Capitol or the “New Capitol,” has been the seat of the state’s government since it succeeded the old Mississippi State House in 1903. Located in the centrally-located state capital / capital city of Jackson, in Hinds County, it was designated as a Mississippi Landmark in 1986, and subsequently a National Historic Landmark in 2016 and earlier added to the National ...
The Mississippi State Auditor's Office has released a $2 million report identifying about $355 million in government waste. ... Grant McLaughlin covers state government for the Clarion Ledger. He ...
The governor of Mississippi is the head of government of Mississippi [2] and the commander-in-chief of the state's military forces. [2] The governor has a duty to enforce state laws, [3] and the power to either approve or veto bills passed by the Mississippi Legislature, [4] to convene the legislature at any time, [5] and, except in cases of treason or impeachment, to grant pardons and reprieves.
12th Mississippi Legislature [20] 12 January 5, 1829 February 6, 1829 13th Mississippi Legislature [21] 13 January 4, 1830 February 13, 1830 14th Mississippi Legislature [22] 14 November 15, 1830 December 16, 1830 15th Mississippi Legislature [23] 15 November 21, 1831 December 20, 1831 16th Mississippi Legislature [24] 16 January 7, 1833 March ...