Phil Bryant

Phil Bryant
64th Governor of Mississippi
In office
January 10, 2012 – January 14, 2020
LieutenantTate Reeves
Preceded byHaley Barbour
Succeeded byTate Reeves
31st Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi
In office
January 10, 2008 – January 10, 2012
GovernorHaley Barbour
Preceded byAmy Tuck
Succeeded byTate Reeves
40th Auditor of Mississippi
In office
November 1996 – January 10, 2008
GovernorKirk Fordice
Ronnie Musgrove
Haley Barbour
Preceded bySteve Patterson
Succeeded byStacey Pickering
Member of the
Mississippi House of Representatives
from Hinds County
In office
1991–1996
Personal details
Born
Dewey Phillip Bryant

(1954-12-09) December 9, 1954 (age 69)
Moorhead, Mississippi, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
Spouse
Deborah Hays
(m. 1976)
Children2
EducationHinds Community College
University of Southern Mississippi (BA)
Mississippi College (MA)

Dewey Phillip Bryant (born December 9, 1954) is an American politician who served as the 64th governor of Mississippi from 2012 to 2020.[1][2] A member of the Republican Party, he was the 31st lieutenant governor of Mississippi from 2008 to 2012 and 40th state auditor of Mississippi from 1996 to 2008. Bryant was elected governor in 2011, defeating the Democratic nominee Mayor Johnny DuPree of Hattiesburg. He was re-elected in 2015, defeating Democratic nominee Robert Gray.

  1. ^ "Phil Bryant (b. 1954)". The Mississippi Encyclopedia. Archived from the original on December 11, 2022. Retrieved December 11, 2022.
  2. ^ "About Governor Bryant – Mississippi's 64th Governor, Phil Bryant". Governorbryant.com. January 12, 2016. Archived from the original on May 3, 2016. Retrieved April 28, 2016.