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, 1851: James Whitfield becomes Mississippi’s eighteenth governor
Whitfield
served from
1851 to 1852.
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1851
