Mississippi's 1st congressional district
Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023
Representative	Trent Kelly R–Saltillo
Area	11,412 sq mi (29,560 km2)
Distribution	61.64% rural 38.36% urban
Population (2024)	753,783[1]
Median household income	$60,524[2]
Ethnicity	64.7%White 27.2%Black 3.8%Hispanic 2.9%Two or more races 0.9%Asian 0.4% other
Occupation	56.6%White-collar 30.4%Blue-collar 13%Gray-collar
Cook PVI	R+18[3]

Mississippi's 1st congressional district is in the northeast corner of the state. It includes much of the northern portion of the state includingColumbus,Hernando,Horn Lake,Olive Branch,Oxford,Southaven,Tupelo, andWest Point. TheUniversity of Mississippi (Ole Miss) is in the district.

The district includesAlcorn,Benton,Calhoun,Chickasaw,Choctaw,Clay,DeSoto,Itawamba,Lafayette,Lee,Lowndes,Marshall,Monroe,Pontotoc,Prentiss,Tate,Tippah,Tishomingo,Union,Webster, and a portion ofOktibbeha County.

From statehood to the election of 1846, Mississippi elected representativesat-large statewide on a general ticket.

The congressional seat has been held by RepublicanTrent Kelly who won a June, 2015 special election to fill the vacant seat previously held by RepublicanAlan Nunnelee who died February 6, 2015. In the November 2010 election, Nunnelee had defeated Democratic incumbentTravis Childers, Constitutionalist Gail Giaramita, Independent Conservative Party candidate Wally Pang of Batesville, Libertarian Harold Taylor, and Reformist Barbara Dale Washer.

The 1st district includes the entirety of the following counties with the exception ofOktibbeha, which it shares with the3rd district. Oktibbeha County communities within the 1st district includeSturgis andMaben (which is partially located inWebster County).^[5]

Member	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history	District location and map
District created March 4, 1847
Jacob Thompson (Oxford)	Democratic	March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1851	30th 31st	Redistricted from theat-large district andre-elected in 1846. Re-elected in 1848. Lost re-election as aSouthern Rights candidate.[6]
Benjamin Nabers (Hickory Flat)	Union	March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853	32nd	Elected in 1851. Lost re-election as a Whig.
Daniel B. Wright (Salem)	Democratic	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1857	33rd 34th	Elected in 1853. Re-elected in 1855. Retired.
Lucius Q. C. Lamar (Abbeville)	Democratic	March 4, 1857 – December 20, 1860	35th 36th	Elected in 1857. Re-elected in 1859. Resigned to become a member of the secession convention of Mississippi.
Vacant		December 20, 1860 – February 23, 1870	36th 37th 38th 39th 40th 41st	Civil War andReconstruction
George E. Harris (Hernando)	Republican	February 23, 1870 – March 3, 1873	41st 42nd	Elected in 1869 to finish the term and to the next term. Retired.
Lucius Q. C. Lamar (Oxford)	Democratic	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1877	43rd 44th	Elected in 1872. Re-elected in 1874. Retired torun for U.S. senator.
Henry L. Muldrow (Starkville)	Democratic	March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1885	45th 46th 47th 48th	Elected in 1876. Re-elected in 1878. Re-elected in 1880. Re-elected in 1882. Retired to becomeFirst Assistant Secretary of the Interior.
John Allen (Tupelo)	Democratic	March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1901	49th 50th 51st 52nd 53rd 54th 55th 56th	Elected in 1884. Re-elected in 1886. Re-elected in 1888. Re-elected in 1890. Re-elected in 1892. Re-elected in 1894. Re-elected in 1896. Re-elected in 1898. Retired.
Ezekiel S. Candler Jr. (Corinth)	Democratic	March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1921	57th 58th 59th 60th 61st 62nd 63rd 64th 65th 66th	Elected in 1900. Re-elected in 1902. Re-elected in 1904. Re-elected in 1906. Re-elected in 1908. Re-elected in 1910. Re-elected in 1912. Re-elected in 1914. Re-elected in 1916. Re-elected in 1918. Lost renomination.
John Rankin (Tupelo)	Democratic	March 4, 1921 – January 3, 1953	67th 68th 69th 70th 71st 72nd 73rd 74th 75th 76th 77th 78th 79th 80th 81st 82nd	Elected in 1920. Re-elected in 1922. Re-elected in 1924. Re-elected in 1926. Re-elected in 1928. Re-elected in 1930. Re-elected in 1932. Re-elected in 1934. Re-elected in 1936. Re-elected in 1938. Re-elected in 1940. Re-elected in 1942. Re-elected in 1944. Re-elected in 1946. Re-elected in 1948. Re-elected in 1950. Lost renomination.
Thomas Abernethy (Okolona)	Democratic	January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1973	83rd 84th 85th 86th 87th 88th 89th 90th 91st 92nd	Redistricted from the4th district andre-elected in 1952. Re-elected in 1954. Re-elected in 1956. Re-elected in 1958. Re-elected in 1960. Re-elected in 1962. Re-elected in 1964. Re-elected in 1966. Re-elected in 1968. Re-elected in 1970. Retired.
Jamie Whitten (Charleston)	Democratic	January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1995	93rd 94th 95th 96th 97th 98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd 103rd	Redistricted from the2nd district andre-elected in 1972. Re-elected in 1974. Re-elected in 1976. Re-elected in 1978. Re-elected in 1980. Re-elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1984. Re-elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1988. Re-elected in 1990. Re-elected in 1992. Retired.
Roger Wicker (Tupelo)	Republican	January 3, 1995 – December 31, 2007	104th 105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th	Elected in 1994. Re-elected in 1996. Re-elected in 1998. Re-elected in 2000. Re-elected in 2002. Re-elected in 2004. Re-elected in 2006. Resigned after being appointedU.S. senator.
					2003–2013
Vacant		December 31, 2007 – May 13, 2008	110th
Travis Childers (Booneville)	Democratic	May 13, 2008 – January 3, 2011	110th 111th	Elected to finish Wicker's term. Re-elected in 2008. Lost re-election.
Alan Nunnelee (Tupelo)	Republican	January 3, 2011 – February 6, 2015	112th 113th 114th	Elected in 2010. Re-elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Died.
					2013–2023
Vacant		February 6, 2015 – June 2, 2015	114th
Trent Kelly (Saltillo)	Republican	June 2, 2015 – present	114th 115th 116th 117th 118th 119th	Elected to finish Nunnelee's term. Re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. Re-elected in 2022. Re-elected in 2024.
					2023–present

• Mississippi's congressional districts
• List of United States congressional districts

• Martis, Kenneth C. (1989).The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
• Martis, Kenneth C. (1982).The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
• Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present

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