
These are tables ofcongressional delegations fromMississippi to theUnited States House of Representatives and theUnited States Senate.
The current dean of the Mississippi delegation is RepresentativeBennie Thompson(MS-2), having served in the House since 1993.
| Current U.S. senators from Mississippi | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mississippi
| Class I senator | Class II senator | ||
Roger Wicker (Senior senator) (Tupelo) | Cindy Hyde-Smith (Junior senator) (Brookhaven) | |||
| Party | Republican | Republican | ||
| Incumbent since | December 31, 2007 | April 2, 2018 | ||
| Class I senators | Congress | Class II senators | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walter Leake(DR) | 15th (1817–1819) | Thomas Hill Williams(DR) | ||
| 16th (1819–1821) | ||||
| David Holmes(DR) | ||||
| 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) | ||||
| John Black(NR) | 23rd (1833–1835) | |||
| 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) | |||
| Joseph W. Chalmers(D) | ||||
| 30th (1847–1849) | Henry S. 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 | American Civil War | |||
| 37th (1861–1863) | ||||
| 38th (1863–1865) | ||||
| 39th (1865–1867) | ||||
| 40th (1867–1869) | ||||
| 41st (1869–1871) | ||||
| Adelbert Ames(R) | Hiram R. Revels(R) | |||
| 42nd (1871–1873) | James L. Alcorn(R) | |||
| 43rd (1873–1875) | ||||
| Henry R. Pease(R) | ||||
| 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) | ||||
| 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 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) | ||||
| LeRoy 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 Eastland(D) | ||||
| Wall Doxey(D) | ||||
| 78th (1943–1945) | James 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) | ||||
| 111th (2009–2011) | ||||
| 112th (2011–2013) | ||||
| 113th (2013–2015) | ||||
| 114th (2015–2017) | ||||
| 115th (2017–2019) | ||||
| Cindy Hyde-Smith(R) | ||||
| 116th (2019–2021) | ||||
| 117th (2021–2023) | ||||
| 118th (2023–2025) | ||||
| 119th (2025–2027) | ||||
List of members, their terms in office, district boundaries, and the district political ratings according to theCPVI. The delegation has 4 members: 3Republicans and 1Democrat.
| Current U.S. representatives from Mississippi | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| District | Member (Residence)[3] | Party | Incumbent since | CPVI (2025)[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+14 | |
| 4th | Mike Ezell (Pascagoula) | Republican | January 3, 2023 | R+21 | |
On April 7, 1798, theMississippi Territory was created. Starting in 1801, the Territory sent one non-voting delegate to theU.S. House of Representatives.
| Congress | Delegate |
|---|---|
| 7th (1801–1803) | Narsworthy Hunter(DR) |
| Thomas M. Green Jr.(DR) | |
| 8th (1803–1805) | William Lattimore(DR) |
| 9th (1805–1807) | |
| 10th (1807–1809) | George Poindexter(DR) |
| 11th (1809–1811) | |
| 12th (1811–1813) | |
| 13th (1813–1815) | William Lattimore(DR) |
| 14th (1815–1817) |
On December 10, 1817, Mississippi was admitted into the Union as a state and sent one Representative to Congress, electedat-large statewide. After the1830 census, Mississippi had two seats, elected statewide at-large on ageneral 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.
| 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) | ||
| William Haile(J) | |||
| 20th(1827–1829) | |||
| Thomas Hinds(J) | |||
| 21st(1829–1831) | |||
| 22nd(1831–1833) | Franklin E. Plummer(J) | At-large seat B | |
| 23rd(1833–1835) | Harry Cage(J) | ||
| 24th(1835–1837) | J. F. H. Claiborne(J) | David C. Dickson(NR) | |
| Samuel J. Gholson(J) | |||
| 25th(1837–1839) | J. F. H. Claiborne(D)[b] | Samuel J. Gholson(D)[b] | |
| 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) | |
| Henry T. Ellett(D) |
| 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) | William McWillie(D) | |||
| 32nd(1851–1853) | Benjamin D. Nabers(U) | John Allen Wilcox(U) | John D. Freeman(U) |
| 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 | |
| John A. Quitman(D) | |||||
| 35th(1857–1859) | Lucius Q. C. Lamar(D) | Reuben Davis(D)[c] | Otho R. Singleton(D)[c] | ||
| John J. McRae(D)[c] | |||||
| 36th(1859–1861) | |||||
| American Civil War | |||||
| 37–40th (1861–1869) | |||||
| 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) | |||||
| 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) | Guilford W. Wells(IR) | Hernando Money(D) | Otho R. Singleton(D) | Charles E. Hooker(D) | ||
| 45th(1877–1879) | Henry L. Muldrow(D) | Van H. Manning(D) | James R. Chalmers(D) | |||
| 46th(1879–1881) | ||||||
| 47th(1881–1883) | ||||||
| John R. Lynch(R) |
| Congress | District | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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) |
| James R. Chalmers(I) | |||||||
| 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) | Jo Beeman(D) | |||||
| 53rd(1893–1895) | Hernando Money(D) | John Sharp Williams(D) | |||||
| 54th(1895–1897) | Walter Denny(D) | James Spencer(D) | |||||
| 55th(1897–1899) | W. V. Sullivan(D) | Andrew F. Fox(D) | William Love(D) | Patrick Henry(D) | |||
| Thomas Spight(D) | Frank A. McLain(D) | ||||||
| 56th(1899–1901) | |||||||
| 57th(1901–1903) | Ezekiel Candler(D) | Pat Henry(D) | Charles E. Hooker(D) | ||||
| 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) |
| Democratic (D) |
| Democratic-Republican (DR) |
| Jacksonian (J) |
| Know Nothing (KN) |
| National Republican (NR) |
| Republican (R) |
| Union (U) |
| Whig (W) |
| Independent (I) |