---
type: Person
title: "Oscar Denton"
description: "MS House District 55 — MS State House of Representatives District 55"
role: "MS House District 55"
party: "D"
level: "state"
branch: "legislative"
state: "MS"
district: "MS State House of Representatives District 55"
represents: "us/states/ms/districts/house/55"
tenure:
  start: "2013-11-29"
  current: true
election:
  term_length: 2
  term_limit: "varies"
ids:
  person: "0b5c6b45-5d6b-488e-ae01-ffc15acad426"
  office: "ac94b27e-d046-4036-bbf0-efcb22caac47"
  tenure: "0e8004d1-62a9-4b8f-ac21-7fe237c38704"
  jurisdiction: "bc740a56-f009-417d-a641-e9298d9dbfab"
sources:
  - field: tenure
    source: "OpenStates YAML via GitHub 2026-06-20"
  - field: jurisdiction
    source: "SLDL (Census 2025)"
confidence: official
tags: [officeholder, state, legislative, ms]
timestamp: "2026-07-04"
---

# Oscar Denton

Current MS House District 55 (MS State House of Representatives District 55).

Represents [MS State House of Representatives District 55](/us/states/ms/districts/house/55.md).

## Sources

- tenure: OpenStates YAML via GitHub 2026-06-20
- jurisdiction: SLDL (Census 2025)

Generated from the Atlas officeholders v3 export (2026-07-04).