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.

The current dean of the Mississippi delegation is Representative Bennie Thompson (MS-2), having served in the House since 1993.

United States Senate

Current U.S. senators from Mississippi

Mississippi

CPVI (2022):^[2]
R+11

Class I senator

Class II senator

Roger Wicker
(Senior senator)
(Tupelo)

Cindy Hyde-Smith
(Junior senator)
(Brookhaven)

Party

Republican

Incumbent since

December 31, 2007

April 9, 2018

Class I senators	Congress
Walter Leake (DR)	15th (1817–1819)	Thomas Hill Williams (DR)
Walter Leake (DR)	16th (1819–1821)
David Holmes (DR)	16th (1819–1821)
	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 (NR)
John Black (J)	22nd (1831–1833)
John Black (NR)	23rd (1833–1835)
John Black (NR)	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)
	29th (1845–1847)	Joseph W. Chalmers (D)
	30th (1847–1849)	Henry S. Foote (D)
Jefferson Davis (D)	30th (1847–1849)
Jefferson Davis (D)	31st (1849–1851)
John J. McRae (D)	32nd (1851–1853)
Stephen Adams (D)	32nd (1851–1853)	Walker Brooke (W)
	33rd (1853–1855)	Albert G. Brown (D)
	34th (1855–1857)
Jefferson Davis (D)	35th (1857–1859)
Jefferson Davis (D)	36th (1859–1861)
American Civil War	36th (1859–1861)	American Civil War
	37th (1861–1863)
	38th (1863–1865)
	39th (1865–1867)
	40th (1867–1869)
	41st (1869–1871)
Adelbert Ames (R)	41st (1869–1871)	Hiram R. Revels (R)
	42nd (1871–1873)	James L. Alcorn (R)
	43rd (1873–1875)
Henry R. Pease (R)	43rd (1873–1875)
Blanche Bruce (R)	44th (1875–1877)
	45th (1877–1879)	Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar (D)
	46th (1879–1881)
James Z. George (D)	47th (1881–1883)
	48th (1883–1885)
	49th (1885–1887)
	49th (1885–1887)	Edward C. Walthall (D)
	50th (1887–1889)
	51st (1889–1891)
	52nd (1891–1893)
	53rd (1893–1895)
	53rd (1893–1895)	Anselm J. McLaurin (D)
	54th (1895–1897)	Edward C. Walthall (D)
	55th (1897–1899)	Edward C. Walthall (D)
Hernando Money (D)	55th (1897–1899)	William V. Sullivan (D)
	56th (1899–1901)	William V. Sullivan (D)
	57th (1901–1903)	Anselm J. McLaurin (D)
	58th (1903–1905)
	59th (1905–1907)
	60th (1907–1909)
	61st (1909–1911)
		James Gordon (D)
		LeRoy Percy (D)
John Sharp Williams (D)	62nd (1911–1913)	LeRoy Percy (D)
	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 Eastland (D)
		Wall Doxey (D)
	78th (1943–1945)	James Eastland (D)
	79th (1945–1947)
	80th (1947–1949)
John C. Stennis (D)	80th (1947–1949)
	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)
	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)	110th (2007–2009)
	111th (2009–2011)
	112th (2011–2013)
	113th (2013–2015)
	114th (2015–2017)
	115th (2017–2019)
	115th (2017–2019)	Cindy Hyde-Smith (R)
	116th (2019–2021)
	117th (2021–2023)
	118th (2023–2025)

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.

Current U.S. representatives from Mississippi
District	Member (Residence)^[3]	Party	Incumbent since	CPVI (2022)^[4]	District map
1st	Trent Kelly (Saltillo)	Republican	June 2, 2015	R+18
2nd	Bennie Thompson (Bolton)	Democratic	April 13, 1993	D+11
3rd	Michael Guest (Brandon)	Republican	January 3, 2019	R+15
4th	Mike Ezell (Pascagoula)	Republican	January 3, 2023	R+22

Mississippi Territory

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	Delegate
7th (1801–1803)	Narsworthy Hunter (DR)
7th (1801–1803)	Thomas M. Green Jr. (DR)
8th (1803–1805)	William Lattimore (DR)
9th (1805–1807)	William Lattimore (DR)
10th (1807–1809)	George Poindexter (DR)
11th (1809–1811)
12th (1811–1813)
13th (1813–1815)	William Lattimore (DR)
14th (1815–1817)	William Lattimore (DR)

State of Mississippi

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.

1817–1847: at-large elections

Congress	At-large seat A
15th (1817–1819)	George Poindexter (DR)
16th (1819–1821)	Christopher Rankin (DR)^[a]
17th (1821–1823)
18th (1823–1825)
19th (1825–1827)	Christopher Rankin (J)
19th (1825–1827)	William Haile (J)
20th (1827–1829)	William Haile (J)
20th (1827–1829)	Thomas Hinds (J)
21st (1829–1831)	Thomas Hinds (J)
22nd (1831–1833)	Franklin E. Plummer (J)	At-large seat B
23rd (1833–1835)	Franklin E. Plummer (J)	Harry Cage (J)
24th (1835–1837)	J. F. H. Claiborne (J)	David C. Dickson (NR)
24th (1835–1837)	J. F. H. Claiborne (J)	Samuel J. Gholson (J)
25th (1837–1839)	J. F. H. Claiborne (D)^[b]	Samuel J. Gholson (D)^[b]
25th (1837–1839)	Seargent S. Prentiss (W)	Thomas J. Word (W)
26th (1839–1841)	Jacob Thompson (D)	Albert G. Brown (D)
27th (1841–1843)		William M. Gwin (D)	At-large seat C	At-large seat D
28th (1843–1845)		William H. Hammett (D)	Robert W. Roberts (D)	Tilghman Tucker (D)
29th (1845–1847)		Stephen Adams (D)		Jefferson Davis (D)
29th (1845–1847)		Stephen Adams (D)		Henry T. Ellett (D)

1847–1853: 4 seats

Congress	1st district	2nd district	3rd district	4th district
30th (1847–1849)	Jacob Thompson (D)	Winfield S. Featherston (D)	Patrick W. Tompkins (W)	Albert G. Brown (D)
31st (1849–1851)	Jacob Thompson (D)	Winfield S. Featherston (D)	William McWillie (D)
32nd (1851–1853)	Benjamin D. Nabers (U)	John Allen Wilcox (U)	John D. Freeman (U)

1853–1873: 5 seats

Congress	1st district	2nd district	3rd district	4th district	At-large
33rd (1853–1855)	Daniel B. Wright (D)	William S. Barry (D)	Otho R. Singleton (D)	Wiley P. Harris (D)	William Barksdale (D)
34th (1855–1857)		Hendley S. Bennett (D)	William Barksdale (D)^[c]	William A. Lake (KN)	5th district
34th (1855–1857)		Hendley S. Bennett (D)		William A. Lake (KN)	John A. Quitman (D)
35th (1857–1859)	Lucius Q. C. Lamar (D)	Reuben Davis (D)^[c]		Otho R. Singleton (D)^[c]	John A. Quitman (D)
35th (1857–1859)					John J. McRae (D)^[c]
36th (1859–1861)					John J. McRae (D)^[c]
36th (1859–1861)	American Civil War
37–40th (1861–1869)
41st (1869–1871)
41st (1869–1871)	George E. Harris (R)	Joseph L. Morphis (R)	Henry W. Barry (R)	George C. McKee (R)	Legrand W. Perce (R)
42nd (1871–1873)	George E. Harris (R)	Joseph L. Morphis (R)	Henry W. Barry (R)	George C. McKee (R)	Legrand W. Perce (R)

1873–1883: 6 seats

Congress	1st district	2nd district	3rd district	4th district	5th district	6th district
43rd (1873–1875)	Lucius Q. C. Lamar (D)	Albert R. Howe (R)	Henry W. Barry (R)	Jason Niles (R)	George C. McKee (R)	John R. Lynch (R)
44th (1875–1877)	Lucius Q. C. Lamar (D)	Guilford W. Wells (IR)	Hernando Money (D)	Otho R. Singleton (D)	Charles E. Hooker (D)	John R. Lynch (R)
45th (1877–1879)	Henry L. Muldrow (D)	Van H. Manning (D)				James R. Chalmers (D)
46th (1879–1881)
47th (1881–1883)
47th (1881–1883)						John R. Lynch (R)

1883–1903: 7 seats

Congress	District
Congress	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th
48th (1883–1885)	Henry L. Muldrow (D)	Van H. Manning (D)	Elza Jeffords (R)	Hernando Money (D)	Ethelbert Barksdale (D)	Henry Smith Van Eaton (D)	Otho R. Singleton (D)
48th (1883–1885)	Henry L. Muldrow (D)	James R. Chalmers (I)	Elza Jeffords (R)	Hernando Money (D)
49th (1885–1887)	John Mills Allen (D)	James B. Morgan (D)	Thomas C. Catchings (D)	Frederick G. Barry (D)
50th (1887–1889)				Frederick G. Barry (D)	Chapman L. Anderson (D)	T. R. Stockdale (D)	Charles E. Hooker (D)
51st (1889–1891)				Clarke Lewis (D)	Chapman L. Anderson (D)
52nd (1891–1893)		John C. Kyle (D)		Clarke Lewis (D)	Jo Beeman (D)
53rd (1893–1895)				Hernando Money (D)	John Sharp Williams (D)
54th (1895–1897)				Hernando Money (D)		Walter Denny (D)	James Spencer (D)
55th (1897–1899)		W. V. Sullivan (D)		Andrew F. Fox (D)		William Love (D)	Patrick Henry (D)
55th (1897–1899)		Thomas Spight (D)				Frank A. McLain (D)
56th (1899–1901)
57th (1901–1903)	Ezekiel Candler (D)		Pat Henry (D)				Charles E. Hooker (D)

1903–1953: 8, then 7 seats

Congress	District
Congress	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th
58th (1903–1905)	Ezekiel Candler (D)	Thomas Spight (D)	Benjamin G. Humphreys (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 Collier (D)
62nd (1911–1913)		Hubert D. Stephens (D)			Samuel A. Witherspooon (D)	Pat Harrison (D)	William A. Dickson (D)
63rd (1913–1915)							Percy Quin (D)
64th (1915–1917)
64th (1915–1917)					William W. 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)	Paul B. Johnson Sr. (D)
68th (1923–1925)				T. Jeff Busby (D)		T. Webber Wilson (D)
68th (1923–1925)			W. Y. Humphreys (D)
69th (1925–1927)			William Madison Whittington (D)
70th (1927–1929)
71st (1929–1931)		Wall Doxey (D)				Robert S. Hall (D)
72nd (1931–1933)
72nd (1931–1933)							Lawrence R. Ellzey (D)
73rd (1933–1935)						William M. Colmer (D)	Lawrence R. 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)
77th (1941–1943)		Jamie Whitten (D)
78th (1943–1945)				Thomas Abernethy (D)	Arthur Winstead (D)
79th (1945–1947)
80th (1947–1949)							John Bell Williams (D)
81st (1949–1951)
82nd (1951–1953)			Frank E. Smith (D)

1953–1963: 6 seats

Congress	1st district	2nd district	3rd district	4th district	5th district	6th district
83rd (1953–1955)	Thomas Abernethy (D)	Jamie Whitten (D)	Frank Ellis Smith (D)	John Bell Williams (D)	Arthur Winstead (D)	William M. Colmer (D)
84th (1955–1957)
85th (1957–1959)
86th (1959–1961)
87th (1961–1963)

1963–present: 5, then 4 seats

Congress	1st district	2nd district	3rd district	4th district	5th district
88th (1963–1965)	Thomas Abernethy (D)	Jamie Whitten (D)	John Bell Williams (D)	Arthur Winstead (D)	William M. Colmer (D)
89th (1965–1967)				Prentiss Walker (R)
90th (1967–1969)				Sonny Montgomery (D)
90th (1967–1969)			Charles H. Griffin (D)
91st (1969–1971)
92nd (1971–1973)
93rd (1973–1975)	Jamie 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 (R)
97th (1981–1983)				Jon Hinson (R)
97th (1981–1983)				Wayne Dowdy (D)
98th (1983–1985)		Webb Franklin (R)
99th (1985–1987)		Webb Franklin (R)
100th (1987–1989)		Mike Espy (D)
101st (1989–1991)				Michael Parker (D)	Larkin I. Smith (R)
101st (1989–1991)					Gene Taylor (D)
102nd (1991–1993)
103rd (1993–1995)
103rd (1993–1995)		Bennie Thompson (D)
104th (1995–1997)	Roger Wicker (R)			Michael Parker (R)
105th (1997–1999)			Chip Pickering (R)	Michael Parker (R)
106th (1999–2001)				Ronnie Shows (D)
107th (2001–2003)				Ronnie Shows (D)
108th (2003–2005)				Gene Taylor (D)	seat eliminated
109th (2005–2007)
110th (2007–2009)
110th (2007–2009)	Travis Childers (D)
111th (2009–2011)	Travis Childers (D)		Gregg Harper (R)
112th (2011–2013)	Alan Nunnelee (R)			Steven Palazzo (R)
113th (2013–2015)
114th (2015–2017)
114th (2015–2017)	Trent Kelly (R)
115th (2017–2019)
116th (2019–2021)			Michael Guest (R)
117th (2021–2023)
118th (2023–2025)				Mike Ezell (R)

Key

Democratic (D)
Democratic-Republican (DR)
Jacksonian (J)
Know Nothing (KN)
National Republican (NR)
Republican (R)
Union (U)
Whig (W)
Independent (I)

References

^ Supported the Jackson faction in the 1824 United States presidential election.
^ ^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.
^ ^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.

^ "The national atlas". nationalatlas.gov. Archived from the original on February 22, 2014. Retrieved February 2, 2014.
^ "2022 Cook PVI: State Map and List". Cook Political Report. Retrieved 2023-01-07.
^ "Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives". clerk.house.gov. Retrieved 2022-01-06.
^ "2022 Cook PVI: District Map and List". Cook Political Report. Retrieved 2023-01-07.

[Jackson-5] Supported the Jackson faction in the 1824 United States presidential election.

[25th_Congress-6] 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.

[secession-7] William Barksdale, Reuben Davis, Otho Robards Singleton and John Jones McRae all resigned on January 12, 1861, upon Mississippi's secession.

[1] "The national atlas". nationalatlas.gov. Archived from the original on February 22, 2014. Retrieved February 2, 2014.

[2] "2022 Cook PVI: State Map and List". Cook Political Report. Retrieved 2023-01-07.

[3] "Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives". clerk.house.gov. Retrieved 2022-01-06.

[4] "2022 Cook PVI: District Map and List". Cook Political Report. Retrieved 2023-01-07.

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