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.
Senator Thad Cochran (R) | Senator Roger Wicker (R) |
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) | ||
David Holmes (Jackson D-R) | 18th (1823–1825) |
Thomas Hill Williams (Jackson D-R) |
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) |
House of Representatives
Current Representatives
List of members of the Mississippian United States House delegation, their terms in office, district boundaries, and the district political ratings according to the CPVI. The delegation has a total of 4 members, including 3 Republicans and 1 Democrat.
District | Representative | Party | CPVI | Incumbency | District map |
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1st | Trent Kelly (R-Tupelo) | Republican | R+14 | June 2, 2015 – present |
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2nd | Bennie Thompson (D-Jackson) | Democratic | D+10 | April 13, 1993 – present | |
3rd | Gregg Harper (R-Jackson) | Republican | R+15 | January 3, 2009 – present | |
4th | Steven Palazzo (R-Gulfport) | Republican | R+20 | January 3, 2011 – present |
1801–1817: 1 non-voting delegate
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.
Congress | At-large |
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7th (1801–1803) |
Narsworthy Hunter |
Thomas M. Greene | |
8th (1803–1805) |
William Lattimore |
9th (1805–1807) | |
10th (1807–1809) |
George Poindexter |
11th (1809–1811) | |
12th (1811–1813) | |
13th (1813–1815) |
William Lattimore |
14th (1815–1817) |
1817–1833: 1 seat
On December 10, 1817, Mississippi was admitted into the Union as a state and sent one Representative to Congress, elected at-large statewide.
Congress | At-large |
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15th (1817–1819) |
George Poindexter (D-R) |
16th (1819–1821) |
Christopher Rankin (D-R) |
17th (1821–1823) | |
18th (1823–1825) |
Christopher Rankin (Jackson D-R) |
19th (1825–1827) |
Christopher Rankin (J)[2] |
William Haile (J)[3] | |
20th (1827–1829) | |
Thomas Hinds (J) | |
21st (1829–1831) | |
22nd (1831–1833) |
Franklin E. Plummer (J) |
1833–1843: 2 seats
After the 1830 census, Mississippi had two seats, elected statewide at-large on a general ticket.
Congress | Elected statewide at-large on a general ticket | |
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1st seat | 2nd seat | |
23rd (1833–1835) |
Franklin E. Plummer (J) | Harry Cage (J) |
24th (1835–1837) |
John F. H. Claiborne (J) | David Dickson[4] (Anti-J) |
Samuel J. Gholson (J) | ||
25th (1837–1839) |
John F. H. Claiborne[5] (D) | Samuel J. Gholson[5] (D) |
Thomas J. Word (W) | Seargent S. Prentiss (W) | |
26th (1839–1841) |
Albert G. Brown (D) | Jacob Thompson (D) |
27th (1841–1843) |
William M. Gwin (D) |
1843–1853: 4 seats
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.
Congress | Elected statewide at-large on a general ticket | |||
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1st seat | 2nd seat | 3rd seat | 4th seat | |
28th (1843–1845) |
Jacob Thompson (D) | William H. Hammett (D) | Robert W. Roberts (D) | Tilghman Tucker (D) |
29th (1845–1847) |
Stephen Adams (D) | Jefferson Davis[6] (D) | ||
Henry Thomas Ellett (D) | ||||
District | ||||
1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | |
30th (1847–1849) |
Jacob Thompson (D) | Winfield Scott Featherston (D) | Patrick Watson Tompkins (W) | Albert G. Brown (D) |
31st (1849–1851) |
William McWillie (D) | |||
32nd (1851–1853) |
Benjamin D. Nabers (U) | John A. Wilcox (U) | John D. Freeman (U) |
1853–1873: 5 seats
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.
Congress | District | At-large | |||
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1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | ||
33rd (1853–1855) |
Daniel Boone Wright (D) | William T. S. Barry (D) | Otho Robards Singleton (D) | Wiley Pope Harris (D) | William Barksdale (D) |
34th (1855–1857) |
Hendley Stone Bennett (D) | William Barksdale[7] (D) | William Augustus Lake (K-N) | 5th congressional district | |
John A. Quitman[8] (D) | |||||
35th (1857–1859) |
Lucius Q. C. Lamar[9] (D) | Reuben Davis[7] (D) | Otho Robards Singleton[7] (D) | ||
John Jones McRae[7] (D) | |||||
36th (1859–1861) | |||||
American Civil War | |||||
37th (1861–1863) | |||||
38th (1863–1865) | |||||
39th (1865–1867) | |||||
40th (1867–1869) | |||||
41st (1869–1871) | |||||
George Emrick Harris (R) | Joseph Lewis Morphis (R) | Henry W. Barry (R) | George Colin McKee (R) | Legrand Winfield Perce (R) | |
42nd (1871–1873) |
1873–1883: 6 seats
Congress | District | |||||
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1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | |
43rd (1873–1875) |
Lucius Q. C. Lamar (D) | Albert Richards Howe (R) | Henry W. Barry (R) | Jason Niles (R) | George Colin McKee (R) | John R. Lynch (R) |
44th (1875–1877) |
Guilford Wiley Wells (Ind R) | Hernando D. Money (D) | Otho Robards Singleton (D) | Charles E. Hooker (D) | ||
45th (1877–1879) |
Henry Lowndes Muldrow (D) | Van H. Manning[10] (D) | James Ronald Chalmers[11] (D) | |||
46th (1879–1881) | ||||||
47th (1881–1883) | ||||||
John R. Lynch (R) |
1883–1903: 7 seats
Congress | District | |||||||
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1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | ||
48th (1883–1885) |
Henry Lowndes Muldrow (D) | James Ronald Chalmers (Ind) | Elza Jeffords (R) | Hernando D. Money (D) | Ethelbert Barksdale (D) | Henry Smith Van Eaton (D) | Otho Robards Singleton (D) | |
49th (1885–1887) |
John Mills Allen (D) | James B. Morgan (D) | Thomas C. Catchings (D) | Frederick G. Barry (D) | ||||
50th (1887–1889) |
Chapman L. Anderson (D) | T. R. Stockdale (D) | Charles E. Hooker (D) | |||||
51st (1889–1891) |
Clarke Lewis (D) | |||||||
52nd (1891–1893) |
John C. Kyle (D) | Joseph Henry Beeman (D) | ||||||
53rd (1893–1895) |
Hernando D. Money (D) | John Sharp Williams (D) | ||||||
54th (1895–1897) |
Walter McKennon Denny (D) | James G. Spencer (D) | ||||||
55th (1897–1899) |
William V. Sullivan[12] (D) | Andrew F. Fox (D) | William F. Love[13] (D) | Patrick Henry (D) | ||||
Thomas Spight (D) | Frank A. McLain (D) | |||||||
56th (1899–1901) | ||||||||
57th (1901–1903) |
Ezekiel S. Candler, Jr. (D) | Patrick Stevens Henry (D) | Charles E. Hooker (D) |
1903–1933: 8 seats
For these three decades, Mississippi had eight seats, the most it has ever been apportioned.
Congress | District | |||||||
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1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | |
58th (1903–1905) |
Ezekiel S. Candler, Jr. (D) | Thomas Spight (D) | Benjamin G. Humphreys II[14] (D) | Wilson S. Hill (D) | Adam M. Byrd (D) | Eaton J. Bowers (D) | Frank A. McLain (D) | John Sharp Williams (D) |
59th (1905–1907) | ||||||||
60th (1907–1909) | ||||||||
61st (1909–1911) |
Thomas U. Sisson (D) | William A. Dickson (D) | James W. Collier (D) | |||||
62nd (1911–1913) |
Hubert D. Stephens (D) | Samuel Andrew Witherspoon[15] (D) | Pat Harrison (D) | |||||
63rd (1913–1915) |
Percy E. Quin[16] (D) | |||||||
64th (1915–1917) | ||||||||
William Webb Venable (D) | ||||||||
65th (1917–1919) | ||||||||
66th (1919–1921) |
Paul B. Johnson, Sr. (D) | |||||||
67th (1921–1923) |
John E. Rankin (D) | Bill G. Lowrey (D) | Ross A. Collins (D) | |||||
68th (1923–1925) |
T. Jeff Busby (D) | T. Webber Wilson (D) | ||||||
William Y. Humphreys (D) | ||||||||
69th (1925–1927) |
William M. Whittington (D) | |||||||
70th (1927–1929) | ||||||||
71st (1929–1931) |
Wall Doxey (D) | Robert S. Hall (D) | ||||||
72nd (1931–1933) | ||||||||
Lawrence Russell Ellzey (D) |
1933–1953: 7 seats
Congress | District | ||||||
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1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | |
73rd (1933–1935) |
John E. Rankin (D) | Wall Doxey[17] (D) | William M. Whittington (D) | T. Jeff Busby (D) | Ross A. Collins (D) | William M. Colmer (D) | Lawrence Russell Ellzey (D) |
74th (1935–1937) |
Aaron L. Ford (D) | Aubert C. Dunn (D) | Dan R. McGehee (D) | ||||
75th (1937–1939) |
Ross A. Collins (D) | ||||||
76th (1939–1941) | |||||||
77th (1941–1943) | |||||||
Jamie L. Whitten (D) | |||||||
78th (1943–1945) |
Thomas G. Abernethy (D) | W. Arthur Winstead (D) | |||||
79th (1945–1947) | |||||||
80th (1947–1949) |
John B. Williams (D) | ||||||
81st (1949–1951) | |||||||
82nd (1951–1953) |
Frank E. Smith (D) |
1953–1963: 6 seats
Congress | District | |||||
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1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | |
83rd (1953–1955) |
Thomas G. Abernethy (D) | Jamie L. Whitten (D) | Frank E. Smith (D) | John B. Williams (D) | W. Arthur Winstead (D) | William M. Colmer (D) |
84th (1955–1957) | ||||||
85th (1957–1959) | ||||||
86th (1959–1961) | ||||||
87th (1961–1963) |
1963–2003: 5 seats
Congress | District | ||||
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1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | |
88th (1963–1965) |
Thomas G. Abernethy (D) | Jamie L. Whitten (D) | John B. Williams[18] (D) | W. Arthur Winstead (D) | William M. Colmer (D) |
89th (1965–1967) |
Prentiss Walker (R) | ||||
90th (1967–1969) |
Sonny Montgomery (D) | ||||
Charles H. Griffin (D) | |||||
91st (1969–1971) | |||||
92nd (1971–1973) | |||||
93rd (1973–1975) |
Jamie L. Whitten (D) | David R. Bowen (D) | Sonny Montgomery (D) | Thad Cochran (R) | Trent Lott (R) |
94th (1975–1977) | |||||
95th (1977–1979) | |||||
96th (1979–1981) |
Jon Hinson[19] (R) | ||||
97th (1981–1983) | |||||
Wayne Dowdy (D) | |||||
98th (1983–1985) |
William W. Franklin (R) | ||||
99th (1985–1987) | |||||
100th (1987–1989) |
Mike Espy[20] (D) | ||||
101st (1989–1991) |
Mike Parker (D) | Larkin I. Smith[21] (R) | |||
Gene Taylor[21] (D) | |||||
102nd (1991–1993) | |||||
103rd (1993–1995) | |||||
Bennie G. Thompson[20] (D) | |||||
104th (1995–1997) |
Roger Wicker (R) | Mike Parker (R) | |||
105th (1997–1999) |
Chip Pickering (R) | ||||
106th (1999–2001) |
Ronnie Shows (D) | ||||
107th (2001–2003) |
2003–present: 4 seats
Congress | District | |||
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1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | |
108th (2003–2005) |
Roger Wicker[22] (R) | Bennie G. Thompson (D) | Chip Pickering (R) | Gene Taylor (D) |
109th (2005–2007) | ||||
110th (2007–2009) | ||||
Travis Childers (D) | ||||
111th (2009–2011) |
Gregg Harper (R) | |||
112th (2011–2013) |
Alan Nunnelee[23] (R) | Steven Palazzo (R) | ||
113th (2013–2015) | ||||
114th (2015–2017) | ||||
Trent Kelly[23] (R) |
Living former U.S. Senators from Mississippi
As of April 2015, there is one living former U.S. Senator from Mississippi.
Senator | Term of office | Class | Date of birth (and age) |
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Trent Lott | 1989–2007 | 1 | October 9, 1941 |
Key
See also
References
- ↑ "The national atlas". nationalatlas.gov. Retrieved February 2, 2014.
- ↑ Christopher Rankin died March 14, 1826.
- ↑ William Haile resigned September 12, 1828.
- ↑ David Dickinson died July 31, 1836.
- 1 2 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.
- 1 2 3 4 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.
- 1 2 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.
- 1 2 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.
- 1 2 Alan Nunnelee (R) died February 6, 2015. Trent Kelly (R) was elected June 2, 2015, to finish Nunnelee's term.