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    The Mississippi Legislature is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Mississippi. The bicameral Legislature is composed of the lower Mississippi House...
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    the Legislature passed a bill to repeal the sections of the Mississippi State Code which made provisions for a state flag, mandate the Mississippi Department...
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    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...
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    students. The Mississippi School for the Deaf was established by the state legislature in 1854 before the civil war. While Mississippi has been especially...
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    The Mississippi Senate is the upper house of the Mississippi Legislature, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Mississippi. The Senate, along with...
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    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...
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    The Mississippi House of Representatives is the lower house of the Mississippi Legislature, the lawmaking body of the U.S. state of Mississippi. According...
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    maintained as green space. The state legislature first met in Jackson on December 23, 1822. In 1839, the Mississippi Legislature passed the first state law in...
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  • The last election for the Mississippi Legislature was held in November 2003, with the election winners meeting in January 2004, to begin their four year...
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  • The 1916-1920 (or 84th) Mississippi Legislature met in three sessions, from January to April 1916, from September to October 1917, and from January to...
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    boundaries of the Mississippi Territory to include all of the Georgia cession. Beginning about 1808 the legislature of the Mississippi Territory held its...
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    of Mississippi. Jackson, Mississippi: State of Mississippi. p. 111. "Mike Dennis". msfame.com. Retrieved November 19, 2023. Mississippi. Legislature (January...
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    center in Jackson. It is Mississippi's oldest public university and it is the second largest by enrollment. The Mississippi Legislature chartered the university...
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    current governor is Tate Reeves. The Mississippi Legislature consists of the House of Representatives and Senate. Mississippi is one of only five states that...
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  • Legislature. In 1932, the Legislature renamed the university as Mississippi State College. In 1958 the Legislature renamed the university Mississippi...
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  • Jeremiah Joseph O'Keefe IV (category Politicians from Biloxi, Mississippi)
    O'Keefe served in the Mississippi House of Representatives. His father Jeremiah Joseph O'Keefe also served in the Mississippi Legislature. He died, at his...
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  • The Mississippi Legislature met in multiple sessions in the 2012-2016 term. They were from: January 3-May 3, 2012; January 8 - April 4, 2013; April 26...
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    clarionledger.com. Clarion Ledger. Retrieved November 4, 2020. "Mississippi Legislature 2020 Regular Session House Bill 1796". billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/...
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  • The Mississippi Legislature COVID-19 outbreak was the infection of 26 state legislators of the Mississippi Legislature with COVID-19 in the summer of 2020...
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    the county seat, was named for Powhatan Ellis, a member of the Mississippi Legislature who claimed to be a direct descendant of Pocahontas. During the...
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    University of Mississippi, the first public institution of higher education in Mississippi, began in 1844, when the Mississippi Legislature chartered the...
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    a Chickasaw, pioneers founded Oxford in 1837. In 1841, the Mississippi State Legislature selected it as the site of the state's first university, Ole...
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    Cindy Hyde-Smith (category Baptists from Mississippi)
    Mississippi Legislature. Retrieved April 2, 2022. "Override of H.B. 803 (Senate)" (PDF). Mississippi Legislature BillStatus. Mississippi Legislature....
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    office was also responsible for receiving election results. The Mississippi Legislature initially elected the holders of the office, with the first secretary...
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    in the U.S. state of Mississippi between 1945 and 1970. The museum secured $20 million in funding from the Mississippi Legislature in April 2011 after...
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  • racial discrimination. LGBT rights in Mississippi State Religious Freedom Restoration Acts Mississippi Legislature 2014 Regular Session Senate Bill 2681...
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  • New Civil Rights Movement. Retrieved April 4, 2014. Mississippi Legislature 2013 Regular Session Senate Bill 2633 Portals:  Mississippi  LGBT  Politics...
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    state legislature in Virginia. Republicans held the governor's mansion in Mississippi and expanded their control of the Louisiana state legislature and...
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    the Supreme Court was composed of judges to be elected by the Mississippi Legislature. The judges spent most of their time presiding over state superior...
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    the Civil War. Elected by the Mississippi legislature to the United States Senate as a Republican to represent Mississippi in 1870 and 1871 during the Reconstruction...
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