United States congressional delegations from Mississippi
Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates
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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Template:Big
|
Class I senator | Class II senator | |||
 Roger Wicker Template:Small Template:Small |
.jpg) Cindy Hyde-Smith Template:Small Template:Small | ||||
| Party | Template:Party shading/Text/Republican | Template:Party shading/Text/Republican | |||
| Incumbent since | December 31, 2007 | April 2, 2018 | |||
{{#invoke:Labelled list hatnote|labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}} Template:Sticky header
U.S. House of Representatives
{{#invoke:Labelled list hatnote|labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}}
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. {{#section:Mississippi's congressional districts|Current representatives}}
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 | Template:Ushr |
|---|---|
| Template:USCongressOrdinal (1801–1803) | Template:Party cell| Narsworthy Hunter (DR) |
| Template:Party cell| Thomas M. Green Jr. (DR) | |
| Template:USCongressOrdinal (1803–1805) | rowspan=2 Template:Party cell| William Lattimore (DR) |
| Template:USCongressOrdinal (1805–1807) | |
| Template:USCongressOrdinal (1807–1809) | rowspan=3 Template:Party cell| George Poindexter (DR) |
| Template:USCongressOrdinal (1809–1811) | |
| Template:USCongressOrdinal (1811–1813) | |
| Template:USCongressOrdinal (1813–1815) | rowspan=2 Template:Party cell| William Lattimore (DR) |
| Template:USCongressOrdinal (1815–1817) |
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
1847–1853: 4 seats
1853–1873: 5 seats
1873–1883: 6 seats
| Congress | Template:Ushr | Template:Ushr | Template:Ushr | Template:Ushr | Template:Ushr | Template:Ushr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Template:USCongressOrdinal Template:Nowrap | rowspan=2 Template:Party cell | Lucius Q. C. Lamar (D) |
Template:Party cell | Albert R. Howe (R) | Template:Party cell | Henry W. Barry (R) |
Template:Party cell | Jason Niles (R) | Template:Party cell | George C. McKee (R) |
rowspan=2 Template:Party cell | John R. Lynch (R) |
| Template:USCongressOrdinal Template:Nowrap | Template:Party cell | Guilford W. Wells (IR) | rowspan=5 Template:Party cell | Hernando Money (D) |
rowspan=5 Template:Party cell | Otho R. Singleton (D) |
rowspan=5 Template:Party cell | Charles E. Hooker (D) | ||
| Template:USCongressOrdinal Template:Nowrap | rowspan=4 Template:Party cell | Henry L. Muldrow (D) |
rowspan=4 Template:Party cell | Van H. Manning (D) | rowspan=3 Template:Party cell | James R. Chalmers (D) | |||
| Template:USCongressOrdinal Template:Nowrap | ||||||
| Template:USCongressOrdinal Template:Nowrap | ||||||
| Template:Party cell | John R. Lynch (R) |
1883–1903: 7 seats
1903–1953: 8, then 7 seats
1953–1963: 6 seats
| Congress | Template:Ushr | Template:Ushr | Template:Ushr | Template:Ushr | Template:Ushr | Template:Ushr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Template:USCongressOrdinal Template:Nowrap | rowspan="5" Template:Party cell | Thomas Abernethy (D) |
rowspan="5" Template:Party cell | Jamie Whitten (D) |
rowspan="5" Template:Party cell | Frank Ellis Smith (D) |
rowspan=5 Template:Party cell | John Bell Williams (D) |
rowspan="5" Template:Party cell | Arthur Winstead (D) |
rowspan="5" Template:Party cell | William M. Colmer (D) |
| Template:USCongressOrdinal Template:Nowrap | ||||||
| Template:USCongressOrdinal Template:Nowrap | ||||||
| Template:USCongressOrdinal Template:Nowrap | ||||||
| Template:USCongressOrdinal Template:Nowrap |
1963–present: 5, then 4 seats
Key
See also
- List of United States congressional districts
- Mississippi's congressional districts
- Political party strength in Mississippi
References
Template:Notelist Template:Reflist
Template:MS-FedRep Template:US state navigation box Template:U.S. congressional delegations