Exhibit 24

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY
              FOR EXECUTING FORM ID, FORMS 3, FORMS 4 AND FORMS 5,
                   FORM 144 AND SCHEDULE 13D AND SCHEDULE 13G

The undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints Nelson Haight, Kelly Walker and
Scott Weatherholt, with full power of substitution, as the undersigned's true
and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

     (1)  Execute for and on behalf of the undersigned a Form ID (including
          amendments thereto), or any other forms prescribed by the Securities
          and Exchange Commission, that may be necessary to obtain codes and
          passwords enabling the undersigned to make electronic filings with the
          Securities and Exchange Commission of the forms referenced in clause
          (2) below;

     (2)  Execute for and on behalf of the undersigned any (a) Form 3, Form 4
          and Form 5 (including amendments thereto) in accordance with Section
          16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
          "Exchange Act"), (b) Form 144 (including amendments thereto) and (c)
          Schedule 13D and Schedule 13G (including amendments thereto) in
          accordance with Sections 13(d) and 13(g) of the Exchange Act, but only
          to the extent each form or schedule relates to the undersigned's
          beneficial ownership of securities of Midstates Petroleum Company,
          Inc. (the "Company") or any of its subsidiaries;

     (3)  Do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned
          that may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any Form
          ID, Form 3, Form 4, Form 5, Form 144, Schedule 13D or Schedule 13G
          (including amendments thereto) and timely file the forms or schedules
          with the Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or
          quotation system, self-regulatory association or any other authority,
          and provide a copy as required by law or advisable to such persons as
          the attorney-in-fact deems appropriate; and

     (4)  Take any other action in connection with the foregoing that, in the
          opinion of the attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best
          interest of or legally required of the undersigned, it being
          understood that the documents executed by the attorney-in-fact on
          behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be
          in the form and shall contain the terms and conditions as the
          attorney-in-fact may approve in the attorney-in-fact's discretion.

The undersigned hereby grants to the attorney-in-fact full power and authority
to do and perform all and every act requisite, necessary or proper to be done in
the exercise of any of the rights and powers granted herein, as fully to all
intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present,
with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming
all that the attorney-in-fact shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of
this Power of Attorney and the rights and powers granted herein. The undersigned
acknowledges that the attorney-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the
request of the undersigned, are not assuming (nor is the Company assuming) any
of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Exchange
Act.

The undersigned agrees that the attorney-in-fact may rely entirely on
information furnished orally or in writing by or at the direction of the
undersigned to the attorney-in-fact. The undersigned also agrees to indemnify
and hold harmless the Company and the attorney-in-fact against any losses,
claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in these respects) that arise out of
or are based upon any untrue statements or omissions of necessary facts in the
information provided by or at the direction of the undersigned, or upon the lack
of timeliness in the delivery of information by or at the direction of the
undersigned, to the attorney-in fact for purposes of executing, acknowledging,
delivering or filing a Form ID, Form 3, Form 4, Form 5, Form 144, Schedule 13D
or Schedule 13G (including amendments thereto) and agrees to reimburse the
Company and the attorney-in-fact on demand for any legal or other expenses
reasonably incurred in connection with investigating or defending against any
such loss, claim, damage, liability or action.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Form ID, Form 3, Form 4, Form 5, Form
144, Schedule 13D and Schedule 13G (including amendments thereto) with respect
to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the
Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered
to the attorney-in-fact. This Power of Attorney does not revoke any other power
of attorney that the undersigned has previously granted.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be
executed as of the date written below.

/s/ Bruce H. Stover
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Signature


Bruce H. Stover
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Type or Print Name


4/24/2015
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Date