United States congressional delegations from Mississippi
These are tables of congressional delegations from Mississippi to the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate.
United States Senate
Class 1 Senators | Congress | Class 2 Senators |
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Walter Leake (D-R) | 15th (1817–1819) |
Thomas Hill Williams (D-R) |
16th (1819–1821) | ||
David Holmes (D-R) | ||
17th (1821–1823) | ||
18th (1823–1825) | ||
David Holmes (J) | 19th (1825–1827) |
Thomas Hill Williams (J) |
Powhatan Ellis (J) | ||
Thomas Buck Reed (J) | ||
Powhatan Ellis (J) | 20th (1827–1829) | |
21st (1829–1831) |
Thomas Buck Reed (J) | |
Robert H. Adams (J) | ||
George Poindexter (J) | ||
22nd (1831–1833) |
George Poindexter (Anti-J) | |
John Black (J) | ||
John Black (AJ) | 23rd (1833–1835) | |
24th (1835–1837) |
Robert J. Walker (J) | |
John Black (W) | 25th (1837–1839) |
Robert J. Walker (D) |
James F. Trotter (D) | ||
Thomas Hickman Williams (D) | ||
John Henderson (W) | 26th (1839–1841) | |
27th (1841–1843) | ||
28th (1843–1845) | ||
Jesse Speight (D) | 29th (1845–1847) | |
Joseph W. Chalmers (D) | ||
30th (1847–1849) |
Henry Stuart Foote (D) | |
Jefferson Davis (D) | ||
31st (1849–1851) | ||
John J. McRae (D) | 32nd (1851–1853) | |
Stephen Adams (D) | Walker Brooke (W) | |
33rd (1853–1855) |
Albert G. Brown (D) | |
34th (1855–1857) | ||
Jefferson Davis (D) | 35th (1857–1859) | |
36th (1859–1861) | ||
American Civil War | American Civil War | |
37th (1861–1863) | ||
38th (1863–1865) | ||
39th (1865–1867) | ||
40th (1867–1869) | ||
41st (1869–1871) | ||
Adelbert Ames (R) | Hiram R. Revels (R) | |
42nd (1871–1873) |
James L. Alcorn (R) | |
43rd (1873–1875) | ||
Henry R. Pease (R) | ||
Blanche K. Bruce (R) | 44th (1875–1877) | |
45th (1877–1879) |
L.Q.C. Lamar (D) | |
46th (1879–1881) | ||
James Z. George (D) | 47th (1881–1883) | |
48th (1883–1885) | ||
49th (1885–1887) | ||
Edward C. Walthall (D) | ||
50th (1887–1889) | ||
51st (1889–1891) | ||
52nd (1891–1893) | ||
53rd (1893–1895) | ||
Anselm J. McLaurin (D) | ||
54th (1895–1897) |
Edward C. Walthall (D) | |
55th (1897–1899) | ||
Hernando D. Money (D) | William V. Sullivan (D) | |
56th (1899–1901) | ||
57th (1901–1903) |
Anselm J. McLaurin (D) | |
58th (1903–1905) | ||
59th (1905–1907) | ||
60th (1907–1909) | ||
61st (1909–1911) | ||
James Gordon (D) | ||
Le Roy Percy (D) | ||
John Sharp Williams (D) | 62nd (1911–1913) | |
63rd (1913–1915) |
James K. Vardaman (D) | |
64th (1915–1917) | ||
65th (1917–1919) | ||
66th (1919–1921) |
Pat Harrison (D) | |
67th (1921–1923) | ||
Hubert D. Stephens (D) | 68th (1923–1925) | |
69th (1925–1927) | ||
70th (1927–1929) | ||
71st (1929–1931) | ||
72nd (1931–1933) | ||
73rd (1933–1935) | ||
Theodore G. Bilbo (D) | 74th (1935–1937) | |
75th (1937–1939) | ||
76th (1939–1941) | ||
77th (1941–1943) | ||
James O. Eastland (D) | ||
Wall Doxey (D) | ||
78th (1943–1945) |
James O. Eastland (D) | |
79th (1945–1947) | ||
80th (1947–1949) | ||
John C. Stennis (D) | ||
81st (1949–1951) | ||
82nd (1951–1953) | ||
83rd (1953–1955) | ||
84th (1955–1957) | ||
85th (1957–1959) | ||
86th (1959–1961) | ||
87th (1961–1963) | ||
88th (1963–1965) | ||
89th (1965–1967) | ||
90th (1967–1969) | ||
91st (1969–1971) | ||
92nd (1971–1973) | ||
93rd (1973–1975) | ||
94th (1975–1977) | ||
95th (1977–1979) | ||
Thad Cochran (R) | ||
96th (1979–1981) | ||
97th (1981–1983) | ||
98th (1983–1985) | ||
99th (1985–1987) | ||
100th (1987–1989) | ||
Trent Lott (R) | 101st (1989–1991) | |
102nd (1991–1993) | ||
103rd (1993–1995) | ||
104th (1995–1997) | ||
105th (1997–1999) | ||
106th (1999–2001) | ||
107th (2001–2003) | ||
108th (2003–2005) | ||
109th (2005–2007) | ||
110th (2007–2009) | ||
Roger Wicker (R) | ||
111th (2009–2011) | ||
112th (2011–2013) | ||
113th (2013–2015) | ||
114th (2015–2017) | ||
115th (2017–2019) | ||
Cindy Hyde-Smith (R) | ||
116th (2019–2021) | ||
117th (2021–2023) |
U.S. House of Representatives
Current members
List of members, their terms in office, district boundaries, and the district political ratings according to the CPVI. The delegation has 4 members: 3 Republicans and 1 Democrat.
District | Member Residence |
Party | Tenure | CPVI | District map |
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1st | Trent Kelly (Tupelo) |
Republican | since June 2, 2015 | R+14 | |
2nd | Bennie Thompson (Jackson) |
Democratic | since April 13, 1993 | D+14 | |
3rd | Michael Guest (Brandon) |
Republican | since January 3, 2019 | R+15 | |
4th | Steven Palazzo (Gulfport) |
Republican | since January 3, 2011 | R+20 |
All members
On April 7, 1798, the Mississippi Territory was created. Starting in 1801, the Territory sent one non-voting delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives. On December 10, 1817, Mississippi was admitted into the Union as a state and sent one Representative to Congress, elected at-large statewide. After the 1830 census, Mississippi had two seats, elected statewide at-large on a general ticket. Starting in 1843, Mississippi's delegation was increased to four seats, still elected at-large statewide on a general ticket. After 1847, those seats were elected by representative districts. After the 1850 census, Mississippi gained a 5th seat. For the 33rd Congress, that fifth seat was elected at-large. Starting with the 34th Congress, the new seat was apportioned as a fifth district.
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References
- Supported the Jackson faction in the 1824 United States presidential election.
- "The national atlas". nationalatlas.gov. Archived from the original on February 22, 2014. Retrieved February 2, 2014.
- Christopher Rankin died March 14, 1826.
- William Haile resigned September 12, 1828.
- David Dickinson died July 31, 1836.
- Claibourne's and Gholson's elections in 1836 were contested due to election irregularities. The House set aside both contests, and vacated both seats February 5, 1838.
- Jefferson Davis resigned in June 1846 to enlist in the Mexican–American War.
- William Barksdale, Reuben Davis, Otho Robards Singleton and John Jones McRae all resigned on January 12, 1861 upon Mississippi's secession.
- John A. Quitman died July 17, 1858.
- Lucius Q. C. Lamar resigned in December 1860 to support the growing secession movement.
- James Ronald Chalmers successfully contested the election of Van H. Manning.
- John R. Lynch successfully contested the election of James Ronald Chalmers.
- William V. Sullivan resigned May 31, 1898 when appointed to the U.S. Senate.
- William F. Love died October 16, 1898.
- Benjamin G. Humphreys II died October 16, 1923.
- Samuel A. Witherspoon died November 24, 1915.
- Percy E. Quin died February 4, 1932.
- Wall Doxey resigned September 23, 1941 when elected to the U.S. Senate.
- John B. Williams resigned January 16, 1968 to become Governor of Mississippi.
- Jon Hinson resigned April 13, 1981.
- Mike Espy resigned January 22, 1993, when appointed U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, and Bennie G. Thompson was elected April 13, 1993, to finish his term.
- Larkin I. Smith died August 13, 1989, and Gene Taylor was elected October 17, 1989, to finish his term.
- Roger Wicker resigned December 31, 2007, when appointed to the U.S. Senate, and Travis Childers (D) was elected May 13, 2008, to finish his term..
- Alan Nunnelee (R) died February 6, 2015, and Trent Kelly (R) was elected June 2, 2015, to finish his term.