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Mississippi's at-large congressional district

Coordinates:32°47′01″N89°36′41″W / 32.783745°N 89.611309°W /32.783745; -89.611309
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Mississippi's at-large congressional district
Obsolete district
Created1817
1850
Eliminated1847
1855
Years active1817-1843
1853-1855

The U.S. state ofMississippi's at-large congressional district existed from December 10, 1817, when it was admitted to the Union until 1847, when representatives were elected indistricts.

Mississippi briefly elected an at-large representative from 1853 to 1855, in addition to having the rest of the delegation elected from districts.

List of representatives

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1817–1855: one seat, then two, then four, then none, then one

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Cong
ress
YearsSeat ASeat BSeat CSeat D
RepresentativePartyElectoral historyRepresentativePartyElectoral historyRepresentativePartyElectoral historyRepresentativePartyElectoral history
15thDecember 10, 1817District created
December 10, 1817 –
March 3, 1819

George Poindexter
(Woodville)
Democratic-RepublicanElected in 1817.
Retired.
No 2nd seatNo 3rd seatNo 4th seat
16thMarch 4, 1819 –
March 3, 1821
Christopher Rankin
(Natchez)
Democratic-Republican[a]Elected in 1819.
Re-elected in 1820.
Re-elected in 1822.
Re-elected in 1824.
Died.
17thMarch 4, 1821 –
March 3, 1823
18thMarch 4, 1823 –
March 3, 1825
19thMarch 4, 1825 –
March 14, 1826
Jacksonian
March 14, 1826 –
July 10, 1826
Vacant
July 10, 1826 –
March 3, 1827
William Haile
(Woodville)
JacksonianElected July 11, 1826 to finish Rankin's term and seated December 4, 1826.
Re-elected later in 1826.
Resigned.
20thMarch 4, 1827 –
July 10, 1828
July 10, 1828 –
October 21, 1828
Vacant
October 21, 1828 –
March 3, 1829

Thomas Hinds
(Greenville)
JacksonianElected October 20, 1828 to finish Haile's term and seated December 8, 1828.
Elected August 4–5, 1828 to the next term.
Retired.
21stMarch 3, 1829 –
March 3, 1831
22ndMarch 4, 1831 –
March 3, 1833
Franklin E. Plummer
(Westville)
JacksonianElected in 1830.
Re-elected in 1832.
Retired torun for U.S. senator.
23rdMarch 4, 1833 –
March 3, 1835
Harry Cage
(Woodville)
JacksonianElected in 1832.
Retired.
24thMarch 4, 1835 –
July 31, 1836

John F. H. Claiborne
(Madisonville)
JacksonianElected in 1835.
Re-elected in 1837 but election was invalidated.
David Dickson
(Jackson)
Anti-JacksonianElected in 1835.
Died.
July 31, 1836 –
January 7, 1837
Vacant
January 7, 1837 –
March 3, 1837

Samuel J. Gholson
(Athens)
JacksonianElected November 7, 1836 to finish Dickson's term and seated January 7, 1837.[1]
Re-elected in 1837 but election was invalidated.
25thMarch 4, 1837 –
July 17, 1837
VacantVacant
July 18, 1837 –
February 5, 1838

John F. H. Claiborne
(Madisonville)
DemocraticCredentials presented but election successfully contest and seat declared vacant.
Samuel J. Gholson
(Athens)
DemocraticCredentials presented but election successfully contest and seat declared vacant.
February 5, 1838 –
May 29, 1838
VacantVacant
May 29, 1838 –
March 3, 1839

Seargent S. Prentiss
(Vicksburg)
WhigElected to finish Claiborne's term.
Retired.
Thomas J. Word
(Pontotoc)
WhigElected to finish Gholson's term.
Retired.
26thMarch 4, 1839 –
March 3, 1841

Jacob Thompson
(Oxford)
DemocraticElected in 1839.
Re-elected in 1841.
Re-elected in 1843.
Re-elected in 1845.
Redistricted to the1st district.

Albert G. Brown
(Gallatin)
DemocraticElected in 1839.
Retired.
27thMarch 4, 1841 –
March 3, 1843

William M. Gwin
(Vicksburg)
DemocraticElected in 1841.
Renominated but declined.
28thMarch 4, 1843 –
March 3, 1845
William H. Hammett
(Princeton)
DemocraticElected in 1843.
Retired.
Robert W. Roberts
(Hillsboro)
DemocraticElected in 1843.
Re-elected in 1845.
Redistricted to the3rd district and lost re-election.

Tilghman Tucker
(Columbus)
DemocraticElected in 1843.
Retired.
29thMarch 4, 1845 –
June 1846

Stephen Adams
(Aberdeen)
DemocraticElected in 1845.
Retired.

Jefferson Davis
(Warrenton)
DemocraticElected in 1845.
Resigned to command regiment inMexican–American War.
June 1846 –
January 26, 1847
Vacant
January 26, 1847 –
March 3, 1847
Henry T. Ellett
(Port Gibson)
DemocraticElected to finish Davis's term.
Retired.
29thMarch 4, 1847 –
March 3, 1849
No at-large seats.
Starting with the1847 election, Mississippi elected all its representatives in districts until 1853.
31stMarch 4, 1849 –
March 3, 1851
32ndMarch 4, 1851 –
March 3, 1853
33rdMarch 4, 1853 –
March 3, 1855

William Barksdale
(Columbus)
DemocraticElected in 1853.
Redistricted to the3rd district.
In 1852, one representative was elected at-large, the remainder from districts.

Notes

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  1. ^Supported the Jackson faction in the1824 United States presidential election.

References

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  1. ^"Twenty-Fourth Congress March 4, 1835, to March 3, 1837".Clerk of the United States House of Representatives. RetrievedAugust 12, 2019.
Current districts
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
  • The at-large and 5th–8th districts are obsolete.
See also
Mississippi's past and presentrepresentatives,senators, anddelegations

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