William Forrest Winter was an American attorney and politician who served as 58th governor of Mississippi from 1980 to 1984. A member of the Democratic Party, he also served as the lieutenant governor, state treasurer, state tax collector, and in the Mississippi House of Representatives.
Winter as Mississippi State Tax Collector, ca. 1961
Winter as Lieutenant Governor ca. 1973
Plaque at the Mississippi State Capitol honoring Winter's and his wife's contributions to public education
Winter at the 2014 Neshoba County Fair
Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi
The lieutenant governor of Mississippi is the second-highest ranking elected executive officer in the U.S. state of Mississippi, below the governor of Mississippi, and is the only official in the state to be a member of two branches of state government. The office of lieutenant governor was established when Mississippi became a state in 1817, abolished for a few decades in the first half of the 19th century, and restored later in the century. The lieutenant governor serves a four-year term with a two consecutive term limit. The current lieutenant governor is Delbert Hosemann, a Republican, who has held the office since 2020.
Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi
The lieutenant governor keeps an office in the Mississippi State Capitol.
