United States congressional delegations from Mississippi
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These are tables of congressional delegations from Mississippi to the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives.
[edit] United States Senate
| Class 1 Senators | Congress | Class 2 Senators |
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| Walter Leake (DR) | 15th (1817–1819) | Thomas Hill Williams (DR) |
| 16th (1819–1821) | ||
| David Holmes (DR) | ||
| 17th (1821–1823) | ||
| 18th (1823–1825) | ||
| 19th (1825–1827) | ||
| Powhatan Ellis (DR) | ||
| Thomas Buck Reed (DR) | ||
| Powhatan Ellis (DR) | 20th (1827–1829) | |
| 21st (1829–1831) | Thomas Buck Reed (DR) | |
| Robert H. Adams (DR) | ||
| George Poindexter (DR) | ||
| 22nd (1831–1833) | ||
| John Black (W) | ||
| 23rd (1833–1835) | ||
| 24th (1835–1837) | Robert J. Walker (DR) | |
| 25th (1837–1839) | ||
| 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 | 37th (1861–1863) | American Civil War |
| 38th (1863–1865) | ||
| 39th (1865–1867) | ||
| 40th (1867–1869) | ||
| Adelbert Ames (R) | 41st (1869–1871) | 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) |
[edit] United States House of Representatives
[edit] 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) |
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| 10th (1807–1809) |
George Poindexter |
| 11th (1809–1811) |
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| 12th (1811–1813) |
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| 13th (1813–1815) |
William Lattimore |
| 14th (1815–1817) |
[edit] 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 state-wide.
| Congress | At-large |
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| 15th (1817–1819) |
George Poindexter |
| 16th (1819–1821) |
Christopher Rankin[1] |
| 17th (1821–1823) |
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| 18th (1823–1825) |
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| 19th (1825–1827) |
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| William Haile[2] | |
| 20th (1827–1829) |
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| Thomas Hinds (D) | |
| 21st (1829–1831) |
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| 22nd (1831–1833) |
Franklin E. Plummer (J) |
[edit] 1833 - 1843: 2 seats
After the 1830 census, Mississippi had two seats, elected state-wide at-large on a general ticket.
| Congress | Elected state-wide 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) |
David Dickson[3] (W) | John Francis Hamtramck Claiborne[4] (J) |
| Samuel Jameson Gholson[4] (D) | ||
| 25th (1837–1839) |
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| Thomas Jefferson Word (W) | Seargent S. Prentiss (W) | |
| 26th (1839–1841) |
Jacob Thompson (D) | Albert G. Brown (D) |
| 27th (1841–1843) |
William M. Gwin (D)
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[edit] 1843 - 1853: 4 seats
Starting in 1843, Mississippi's delegation was increased to four seats, still elected at-large state-wide on a general ticket. After 1845, those seats were elected by representative districts.
| Congress | Elected state-wide 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 Henry Hammett (D) | Robert W. Roberts (D) | Tilghman Tucker (D) |
| District | ||||
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | |
| 29th (1845–1847) |
Jacob Thompson (D) | Stephen Adams (D) | Robert W. Roberts (D) | Jefferson Davis[5] (D) |
| Henry Thomas Ellett (D) | ||||
| 30th (1847–1849) |
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) | |
[edit] 1853 - 1873: 5 seats
| Congress | District | ||||
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| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | |
| 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[6] (D) | William Augustus Lake | John A. Quitman[7] (D) | |
| 35th (1857–1859) |
Lucius Q. C. Lamar[8] (D) | Reuben Davis[6] (D) | Otho Robards Singleton[6] (D) | ||
| John Jones McRae[6] (D) | |||||
| 36th (1859–1861) |
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| 37th (1861–1863) |
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| 38th (1863–1865) |
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| 39th (1865–1867) |
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| 40th (1867–1869) |
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| 41st (1869–1871) |
George Emrick Harris (R) | Joseph Lewish Morphis (R) | Henry W. Barry (R) | George Colin McKee (R) | Legrand Winfield Perce (R) |
| 42nd (1871–1873) |
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[edit] 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 (Independent) (R) | Hernando D. Money (D) | Otho Robards Singleton (D) | Charles E. Hooker (D) | ||
| 45th (1877–1879) |
Henry Lowndes Muldrow (D) | Van H. Manning[9] (D) | James Ronald Chalmers[10] (D) | |||
| 46th (1879–1881) |
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| 47th (1881–1883) |
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| John R. Lynch (R) | ||||||
[edit] 1883 - 1903: 7 seats
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| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | ||
| 48th (1883–1885) |
Henry Lowndes Muldrow (D) | Elza Jeffords (R) | Hernando D. Money (D) | Otho Robards Singleton (D) | Henry Smith Van Eaton (D) | Ethelbert Barksdale (D) | ||
| James Ronald Chalmers (Independent) | ||||||||
| 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[11] (D) | Andrew F. Fox (D) | William F. Love[12] (D) | Patrick Henry (D) | ||||
| Thomas Spight (D) | Frank A. McLain (D) | |||||||
| 56th (1899–1901) |
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| 57th (1901–1903) |
Ezekiel S. Candler, Jr. (D) | Patrick Stevens Henry (D) | Charles E. Hooker (D) | |||||
[edit] 1903 - 1933: 8 seats
For three decades, Mississippi had its most seats, eight.
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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[13] (D) | Wilson S. Hill (D) | Adam M. Byrd (D) | Eaton J. Bowers (D) | Frank A. McLain (D) | John Sharp Williams (D) |
| 59th (1905–1907) |
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| 60th (1907–1909) |
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| 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[14] (D) | Pat Harrison (D) | |||||
| 63rd (1913–1915) |
Percy E. Quin[15] (D) | |||||||
| 64th (1915–1917) |
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| William Webb Venable (D) | ||||||||
| 65th (1917–1919) |
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| 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) |
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| 71st (1929–1931) |
Wall Doxey (D) | Robert S. Hall (D) | ||||||
| 72nd (1931–1933) |
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| Lawrence Russell Ellzey (D) | ||||||||
[edit] 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[16] (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) |
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| 77th (1941–1943) |
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| Jamie L. Whitten (D) | |||||||
| 78th (1943–1945) |
Thomas G. Abernethy (D) | W. Arthur Winstead (D) | |||||
| 79th (1945–1947) |
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| 80th (1947–1949) |
John B. Williams (D) | ||||||
| 81st (1949–1951) |
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| 82nd (1951–1953) |
Frank E. Smith (D) | ||||||
[edit] 1953 - 1963: 6 seats
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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) |
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| 85th (1957–1959) |
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| 86th (1959–1961) |
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| 87th (1961–1963) |
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[edit] 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[17] (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) |
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| 92nd (1971–1973) |
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| 93rd (1973–1975) |
Jamie L. Whitten (D) | David R. Bowen (D) | Sonny Montgomery (D) | Thad Cochran (R) | Trent Lott (R) |
| 94th (1975–1977) |
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| 95th (1977–1979) |
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| 96th (1979–1981) |
Jon Hinson[18] (R) | ||||
| 97th (1981–1983) |
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| Wayne Dowdy (D) | |||||
| 98th (1983–1985) |
William W. Franklin (R) | ||||
| 99th (1985–1987) |
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| 100th (1987–1989) |
Mike Espy[19] (D) | ||||
| 101st (1989–1991) |
Mike Parker (D) | Larkin I. Smith[20] (R) | |||
| Gene Taylor (D) | |||||
| 102nd (1991–1993) |
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| 103rd (1993–1995) |
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| Bennie G. Thompson (D) | |||||
| 104th (1995–1997) |
Roger F. Wicker (R) | Mike Parker (R) | |||
| 105th (1997–1999) |
Chip Pickering (R) | ||||
| 106th (1999–2001) |
Ronnie Shows (D) | ||||
| 107th (2001–2003) |
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[edit] 2003 - present: 4 seats
| Congress | District | |||
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| 108th (2003–2005) |
Roger Wicker[21] (R) | Bennie G. Thompson (D) | Chip Pickering (R) | Gene Taylor (D) |
| 109th (2005–2007) |
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| 110th (2007–2009) |
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| Travis Childers (D) |
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[edit] Notes
- ^ Christopher Rankin died March 14, 1826.
- ^ William Haile resigned September 12, 1828.
- ^ David Dickinson died July 31, 1836.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ a b c d 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 as he was appointed to the 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 as he was elected to the Senate in a special election.
- ^ John B. Williams resigned January 16, 1968 as he was elected Governor of Mississippi.
- ^ Jon Hinson resigned April 13, 1981.
- ^ Mike Espy resigned January 22, 1993 as he was appointed U.S. Secretary of Agriculture.
- ^ Larkin I. Smith died August 13, 1989.
- ^ Roger Wicker resigned on December 31, 2007 as he was appointed to the U.S. Senate.
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