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1956-1960 ²²

• J.P. Coleman, governor - chairman, ex-officio
• Carroll Gartin, lt. governor - vice-chairman, ex-officio
• Joe T. Patterson, attorney general, ex-officio
• Walter Sillers, speaker of the House of Representatives, ex-officio
• George J. Thornton, Kosciusko
• W. S. Henley, Hazelhurst
• Hugh N. Clayton, New Albany
• Sen. Earl Evans, Canton
• Sen. William G. Burgin, Jr., Columbus
• Rep. Joe W. Hopkins, Clarksdale
• Rep. George Payne Cossar, Charleston
• Rep. William H. Johnson, Jr., Decatur

1960-1964

• Ross R. Barnett, governor - chairman, ex-officio
• Paul B. Johnson, Jr., lt. governor - vice chairman, ex-officio
• Walter Sillers, speaker of the House of Representatives, ex-officio
• Joe T. Patterson, attorney general, ex-officio
• Tom Watkins, Jackson
• Jess Stockstill, Picayune
• Aubrey Bell, Greenwood
• Sen. Herman B. DeCell, Yazoo City
• Sen. Earl Evans, Canton
• Rep. William H. Johnson, Jr., Decatur
• Rep. Wilburn Hooker, Lexington
• Rep. Joe Moss, Raymond

1964-1968

• Paul B. Johnson, Jr., governor - chairman, ex-officio
• Carroll Gartin, president of the Senate, vice chairman, ex-officio
• Walter Sillers, speaker of the House of Representatives, ex-officio
• Joe T. Patterson, attorney general, ex-officio
• Edward J. Currier, Sr., Hattiesburg
• Semmes Luckett, Clarksdale
• Sen. Herman DeCell, Yazoo City
• Sen. Hayden Campbell, Jackson
• Rep. Kenneth O. Williams, Clarksdale
• Rep. Horace Harned, Starkville
• Rep. Joe Moss, Raymond

1968-1972

• John Bell Williams, governor - chairman ex-officio
• Charles Sullivan, lt. governor - vice chairman, ex-officio
• John Junkin, ex-officio speaker of the House of Representatives, Ex-Offico
• A. F. Summer, attorney general, ex-officio
• O. J. Bori, Vicksburg
• Karl Kepper, Hattiesburg
• Rep. Horace H. Harned, Jr. Starkville
• Rep. J. Lonnie Smith, Poplarville
• Rep. W. H. Jolly, Columbus
• Rep. Betty Jane Long, Meridian
• Sen. Perrin Purvis, Tupelo
• Sen. Herman DeCell, Yazoo City

1972-1976

• William Waller, governor - chairman, ex-officio
• William Winter, lt. governor - vice chairman, ex-officio
• John Junkin, speaker of the House of Representatives, ex-officio
• A. F. Summer, attorney general, ex-officio
• Dan Martin, Brandon
• H. Ted Lambert, Monticello
• J. R. Parker, Tupelo
• Sen. William C. Butler
• Sen. Perrin Purvis
• Rep. DeVan Dallas
• Rep. Tommy A. Thorne
• Rep. Jerry Wilburn