Elections to the Mississippi House of Representatives were held on November 8, 1967, to elect 122 candidates to serve a four-year term in the 1968–1972 session of the Mississippi Legislature. All three Republican state legislators, including two in the House, lost re-election to Democratic nominees, and Democrats lost one seat to Black independent candidate Robert G. Clark Jr. in Holmes County whose candidacy was supported by the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, which targeted three seats in the legislature. Clark became the first Black state legislator in the state since the Reconstruction Era. This election was the first to take place since federal courts reapportioned the state legislative maps, reducing the number of House districts to fifty-two after overturning a plan instituted by the Legislature in 1966.
This election took place alongside races for governor and for the state senate.
Candidates elected
The following candidates were returned at the 1967 election (women in Italics, Blacks in Bold):
District 1 (Alcorn and Tishomingo) Post 1: Clyde Burns, Route 1, Glenn Post 2: W. A. Stevens, Corinth District 2 (Prentiss) George Estell, Baldwyn District 3 (Tippah and Union) Post 1: Edgar Stephens, New Albany Post 2: Leland Grisham, Ripley District 4 (Benton, DeSoto and Marshall) Post 1: Gladys Slayden, Holly Springs Post 2: Dudley Bridgforth, Hernando Post 3: T. M. Stone, Potts Camp District 5 (Tate) W. E. Callicott, Senatobia District 6 (Tunica) Sterling Seabrook, Tunica District 7 (Coahoma and Quitman) Post 1: Malcolm Mabry, Dublin Post 2: Kenneth Williams, Clarksdale Post 3: Ney Gore, Marks Post 4: Harry E. Neblett, Jonestown District 8 (Lafayette and Panola) Post 1: Edwin Perry, Oxford Post 2: Todd McCullough, Pope Post 3: Hubert Finnie, Courtland District 9 (Pontotoc) De Van Dallas, Pontotoc District 10 (Itawamba and Lee) Post 1: Robert M. Webb Jr., Saltillo Post 2: A. C. Lambert, Tupelo Post 3: Jerry Wilburn, Mantachie District 11 (Monroe) Post 1: Charles Allen, Amory Post 2: H. Redman Mitchell, Amory District 12 (Chickasaw) James H. Blue, Houston District 13 (Calhoun) George Swindoll, Calhoun City District 14 (Tallahatchie and Yalobusha) Post 1: George Payne Cossar, Charleston Post 2: Oscar P. Mackey, Water Valley District 15 (Leflore and Sunflower) Post 1: Charles Deaton, Greenwood Post 2: Estes McDaniel, Greenwood Post 3: O. B. Bennett, Sunflower Post 4: Clyde Wood, Moorhead Post 5: Hugh Arant, Ruleville District 16 (Bolivar) Post 1: J. A. Thigpen, Cleveland Post 2: Dana Moore, Cleveland Post 3: John Pearson, Rosedale District 17 (Issaquena, Sharkey and Washington) Post 1: Frank Carlton, Greenville Post 2: Douglas Abraham, Greenville Post 3: H. L. Merideth, Greenville Post 4: Hainon Miller, Greenville Post 5: C. B. Newman, Valley Park District 18 (Humphreys) David Halbrook, Belzoni District 19 (Holmes and Yazoo) Post 1: Robert G. Clark Jr., Ebenezer (Independent/MFDP) Post 2: Tommy Campbell, III, Yazoo City Post 3: Hervey Hicks, Benton District 20 (Grenada and Montgomery) Post 1: E. L. Boteler, Grenada Post 2: Gary Moore, Winona District 21 (Attala and Carroll) Post 1: Alton Massey, Kosciusko Post 2: Clarence Pierce, Vaiden District 22 (Choctaw and Webster) W. B. Meek, Eupora District 23 (Clay) Wyndell Carty, West Point District 24 (Lowndes and Oktibbeha) Post 1: Ben Owen, Columbus Post 2: Cline Gilliam, Columbus Post 3: Horace Harned, Starkville Post 4: Thomas McCrary, Columbus District 25 (Winston) Charles Stewart, Louisville District 26 (Noxubee) C. T. Crabtree, Macon District 27 (Kemper and Neshoba) Post 1: Marvin B. Henley, Philadelphia Post 2: Helen McDade, DeKalb District 28 (Leake) James H. Turner, Carthage District 29 (Madison) Post 1: P. L. Hughes, Madison Post 2: Milton Case, Canton District 30 (Hinds) Post 1: Russell Davis, Jackson Post 2: Fred J. Lotterhos Jr., Jackson Post 3: Sutton Marks, Jackson Post 4: Ralph Sowell, Raymond Post 5: Robert Ferguson, Raymond Post 6: Horace Lester, Jackson Post 7: Stephen Beach, Jackson Post 8: Joe Moss, Raymond Post 9: Charles Mitchell, Jackson Post 10: Emmett Owens, Jackson District 31 (Claiborne and Warren) Post 1: Donald M. Cross, Vicksburg Post 2: H. L. McKnight, Vicksburg Post 3: Robert L. Vaughan, Port Gibson District 32 (Rankin) Post 1: James Morrow, Brandon Post 2: Carroll Kennedy, Brandon District 33 (Scott and Smith) Post 1: E. B. Livingston, Morton Post 2: Daniel Harvey, Magee District 34 (Newton) Raymond Comans, Decatur District 35 (Lauderdale) Post 1: Ed Jolly, Collinsville Post 2: Dan Johnson, Meridian Post 3: Betty Jane Long, Meridian Post 4: John Perkins, Meridian District 36 (Clarke) R. H. Donald Jr., Quitman District 37 (Jasper) W. T. Ruffin, Bay Springs District 38 (Jefferson Davis and Simpson) Post 1: Jack Warren, D'Lo Post 2: Kirby Thompson, Prentiss District 39 (Copiah and Lawrence) Post 1: R. E. Anderson, Wesson Post 2: Harold Fortenberry, Monticello District 40 (Jefferson and Lincoln) Post 1: Clark Reeves, Bogue Chitto Post 2: Tullius Brady, Brookhaven District 41 (Adams) Post 1: John R. Junkin, Natchez Post 2: J. Walter Brown, Natchez District 42 (Amite, Franklin and Wilkinson) Post 1: Homer L. Smith, Liberty Post 2: James A. Robertson Jr., Liberty District 43 (Pike) Post 1: George S. Carruth, Summit Post 2: William S. Guy, McComb District 44 (Marion and Walthall) Post 1: Vasco Singley, Columbia Post 2: Neil Smith, Tylertown District 45 (Covington and Jones) Post 1: John Neill, Laurel Post 2: James Liston Shows, Soso Post 3: Estus Graham, Ellisville Post 4: Ralph Herrin, Collins District 46 (Forrest and Lamar) Post 1: Stone Barefield, Hattiesburg Post 2: Rex Jones, Hattiesburg Post 3: Robert L. Lennon, Hattiesburg Post 4: Mack Graham, Sumrall District 47 (Wayne) Rab Sanderson, Waynesboro District 48 (Greene and Perry) Henry L. Jones, Richton District 49 (George and Stone) W. A. Wilkerson, Benndale District 50 (Hancock and Pearl River) Post 1: Lonnie Smith, Poplarville Post 2: Walter Phillips, Bay St. Louis District 51 (Harrison) Post 1: Jim True, Long Beach Post 2: Tommy Gollott, Biloxi Post 3: Clyde Woodfield, Mississippi City Post 4: C. L. Bullock, Gulfport Post 5: Eldon L. Bolton, Biloxi Post 6: James C. Simpson, Pass Christian Post 7: William A. Tisdale, Biloxi District 52 (Jackson) Post 1: N. C. Everett, Moss Point Post 2: Marby Penton, Ocean Springs Post 3: Ted Millette, Pascagoula
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