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The Governor of Mississippi is the head of the executive branch of Mississippi's state government〔 and the commander-in-chief of the state's military forces.〔 The governor has a duty to enforce state laws,〔MS Const. art. V, § 123.〕 and the power to either approve or veto bills passed by the Mississippi Legislature,〔MS Const. art. IV, § 72.〕 to convene the legislature at any time,〔MS Const. art. V, § 121.〕 and, except in cases of treason or impeachment, to grant pardons and reprieves.〔MS Const. art. V, § 124.〕 To be elected governor, a person must be at least 30 years old, and must have been a citizen of the United States for twenty years and a resident of Mississippi for at least five years at the time of inauguration.〔MS Const. art. V, § 117.〕 The Constitution of Mississippi, ratified in 1890, calls for a four-year term for the governor. He may be reelected once.〔MS Const. art. V, § 116.〕 The original constitution of 1817 had only a two-year term for governor; this was expanded to four years in the 1868 constitution.〔MS Const. (1817) art. IV, § 1; MS Const. (1832) art. V, § 1; MS Const. (1868) art. V, § 1.〕 The lieutenant governor is elected at the same time as the governor and serves as president of the Mississippi Senate.〔MS Const. art. V, § 128–129.〕 When the office of governor becomes vacant for any reason, the lieutenant governor becomes governor for the remainder of the term.〔MS Const. art. V, § 131.〕 Since Mississippi became a state, it has had 64 governors, including 55 Democrats and 5 Republicans. Democrats dominated after retaking control of the state legislature; they passed a constitution in 1890 that disfranchised most African Americans, excluding them from the political system for nearly 70 years, and made it a one-party state. The state's longest-serving governor was John M. Stone, who served two terms over ten years (his second term was extended to six years by a transitional provision in the 1890 constitution〔). The shortest-serving governor was James Whitfield, who served months from 1851 to 1852. The current governor is Republican Phil Bryant, who took office January 10, 2012. == Governors of Mississippi Territory, 1798–1817 == *Prior to 1804, when the United States acquired it in the Louisiana Purchase, parts of Mississippi were part of the state of Georgia; see List of Governors of Georgia for this period. *In 1810 the southern bit of Mississippi was part of the self-proclaimed and short-lived Republic of West Florida. It had one president, Fulwar Skipwith. *Prior to proclaiming itself as a republic, this bit was part of the overall territory of West Florida; see List of Colonial Governors of Florida. ; Parties 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「List of Governors of Mississippi」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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