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Mississippi's at-large congressional district 
Summary
The U.S. state of Mississippi's at-large congressional district existed from December 10, 1817, when it was admitted to the Union until 1847, when representatives were elected in districts.
| Mississippi's at-large congressional district | |
|---|---|
| Obsolete district | |
| Created | 1817 1850 |
| Eliminated | 1847 1855 |
| Years active | 1817-1843 1853-1855 |
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 edit
1817–1855: one seat, then two, then four, then none, then one edit
| Cong ress |
Years | Seat A | Seat B | Seat C | Seat D | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Representative | Party | Electoral history | Representative | Party | Electoral history | Representative | Party | Electoral history | Representative | Party | Electoral history | ||||||
| 15th | December 10, 1817 | District created | |||||||||||||||
| December 10, 1817 – March 3, 1819 |
 George Poindexter (Woodville) |
Democratic-Republican | Elected in 1817. Retired. |
No 2nd seat | No 3rd seat | No 4th seat | |||||||||||
| 16th | March 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. | |||||||||||||
| 17th | March 4, 1821 – March 3, 1823 | ||||||||||||||||
| 18th | March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825 | ||||||||||||||||
| 19th | March 4, 1825 – March 14, 1826 |
Jacksonian | |||||||||||||||
| March 14, 1826 – July 10, 1826 |
Vacant | ||||||||||||||||
| July 10, 1826 – March 3, 1827 |
William Haile (Woodville) |
Jacksonian | Elected July 11, 1826 to finish Rankin's term and seated December 4, 1826. Re-elected later in 1826. Resigned. | ||||||||||||||
| 20th | March 4, 1827 – July 10, 1828 | ||||||||||||||||
| July 10, 1828 – October 21, 1828 |
Vacant | ||||||||||||||||
| October 21, 1828 – March 3, 1829 |
 Thomas Hinds (Greenville) |
Jacksonian | Elected October 20, 1828 to finish Haile's term and seated December 8, 1828. Elected August 4–5, 1828 to the next term. Retired. | ||||||||||||||
| 21st | March 3, 1829 – March 3, 1831 | ||||||||||||||||
| 22nd | March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1833 |
Franklin E. Plummer (Westville) |
Jacksonian | Elected in 1830. Re-elected in 1832. Retired to run for U.S. senator. | |||||||||||||
| 23rd | March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1835 |
Harry Cage (Woodville) |
Jacksonian | Elected in 1832. Retired. | |||||||||||||
| 24th | March 4, 1835 – July 31, 1836 |
 John F. H. Claiborne (Madisonville) |
Jacksonian | Elected in 1835. Re-elected in 1837 but election was invalidated. |
David Dickson (Jackson) |
Anti-Jacksonian | Elected in 1835. Died. | ||||||||||
| July 31, 1836 – January 7, 1837 |
Vacant | ||||||||||||||||
| January 7, 1837 – March 3, 1837 |
 Samuel J. Gholson (Athens) |
Jacksonian | Elected November 7, 1836 to finish Dickson's term and seated January 7, 1837.[1] Re-elected in 1837 but election was invalidated. | ||||||||||||||
| 25th | March 4, 1837 – July 17, 1837 |
Vacant | Vacant | ||||||||||||||
| July 18, 1837 – February 5, 1838 |
John F. H. Claiborne (Madisonville) |
Democratic | Credentials presented but election successfully contest and seat declared vacant. | Samuel J. Gholson (Athens) |
Democratic | Credentials presented but election successfully contest and seat declared vacant. | |||||||||||
| February 5, 1838 – May 29, 1838 |
Vacant | Vacant | |||||||||||||||
| May 29, 1838 – March 3, 1839 |
 Seargent S. Prentiss (Vicksburg) |
Whig | Elected to finish Claiborne's term. Retired. |
 Thomas J. Word(Pontotoc) |
Whig | Elected to finish Gholson's term. Retired. | |||||||||||
| 26th | March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1841 |
 Jacob Thompson (Oxford) |
Democratic | Elected in 1839. Re-elected in 1841. Re-elected in 1843. Re-elected in 1845. Redistricted to the 1st district. |
 Albert G. Brown (Gallatin) |
Democratic | Elected in 1839. Retired. | ||||||||||
| 27th | March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843 |
 William M. Gwin (Vicksburg) |
Democratic | Elected in 1841. Renominated but declined. | |||||||||||||
| 28th | March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845 |
William H. Hammett (Princeton) |
Democratic | Elected in 1843. Retired. |
Robert W. Roberts (Hillsboro) |
Democratic | Elected in 1843. Re-elected in 1845. Redistricted to the 3rd district and lost re-election.. |
 Tilghman Tucker (Columbus) |
Democratic | Elected in 1843. Retired. | |||||||
| 29th | March 4, 1845 – June 1846 |
 Stephen Adams (Aberdeen) |
Democratic | Elected in 1845. Retired. |
 Jefferson Davis (Warrenton) |
Democratic | Elected in 1845. Resigned to command regiment in Mexican–American War. | ||||||||||
| June 1846 – January 26, 1847 |
Vacant | ||||||||||||||||
| January 26, 1847 – March 3, 1847 |
Henry T. Ellett (Port Gibson) |
Democratic | Elected to finish Davis's term. Retired. | ||||||||||||||
| 29th | March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849 |
No at-large seats. Starting with the 1847 election, Mississippi elected all its representatives in districts until 1853. | |||||||||||||||
| 31st | March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851 | ||||||||||||||||
| 32nd | March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853 | ||||||||||||||||
| 33rd | March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855 |
 William Barksdale (Columbus) |
Democratic | Elected in 1853. Redistricted to the 3rd district. |
In 1852, one representative was elected at-large, the remainder from districts. | ||||||||||||
Notes edit
- ^ Supported the Jackson faction in the 1824 United States presidential election.
References edit
- ^ "Twenty-Fourth Congress March 4, 1835, to March 3, 1837". Clerk of the United States House of Representatives. Retrieved August 12, 2019.
- 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
- "Our Campaigns - United States - Mississippi - MS - At Large". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
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