Mississippi History Timeline
People, places, and events that shaped Mississippi history
10,000BCE–1518CE
1519–1797
1798-1832
1833-1865
1866-1902
1903-1928
1929-1945
1946-Present
January, 1956: James P. Coleman becomes Mississippi’s fifty-second governor
Coleman
served from 1956 to 1960.
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