Mississippi's at-large congressional district

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

List of representatives

1817-1855: One seat, then two, then four, then none, then one

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
15	December 10, 1817		District created
	December 10, 1817 – March 3, 1819		George Poindexter	Democratic-Republican	Elected in 1817 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]		No 2nd seat				No 3rd seat				No 4th seat
16	March 4, 1819 – March 3, 1821		Christopher Rankin	Democratic-Republican	Elected in 1818
17	March 4, 1821 – March 3, 1823			Re-elected in 1820
18	March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825			Jacksonian Republican	Re-elected in 1822
19	March 4, 1825 – March 14, 1826			Jacksonian	Re-elected in 1824 Died
	March 14, 1826 – July 10, 1826		Vacant
	July 10, 1826 – March 3, 1827		William Haile	Jacksonian	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] Resigned
20	March 4, 1827 – July 10, 1828
	July 10, 1828 – October 21, 1828		Vacant
	October 21, 1828 – March 3, 1829		Thomas Hinds	Jacksonian	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
21	March 3, 1829 – March 3, 1831
22	March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1833		Franklin E. Plummer	Jacksonian	Elected in 1829
23	March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1835			Re-elected in 1832 Retired to run for U.S. Senate	Harry Cage		Jacksonian	Elected in 1832
24	March 4, 1835 – July 31, 1836		John F. H. Claiborne	Jacksonian	Elected in 1834		David Dickson	Anti-Jacksonian	Elected in 1834 Died
	July 31, 1836 – December 1, 1836			Vacant
	December 1, 1836 – March 3, 1837			Samuel J. Gholson	Jacksonian
25	March 4, 1837 – July 17, 1837		Vacant			Vacant
	July 18, 1837 – February 5, 1838		John F. H. Claiborne	Democratic	Failure to elect, seat declared vacant	Samuel J. Gholson	Democratic	Faiure to elect, seat declared vacant
	February 5, 1838 – May 29, 1838		Vacant			Vacant
	May 29, 1838 – March 3, 1839		Thomas J. Word	Whig		Seargent S. Prentiss	Whig
26	March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1841		Jacob Thompson	Democratic	Elected in 1838	Albert G. Brown	Democratic	Elected in 1838
27	March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843			Re-elected in 1840	William M. Gwin	Democratic	Elected in 1840
28	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845			Re-elected in 1842	William H. Hammett	Democratic	Elected in 1842	Robert W. Roberts	Democratic		Elected in 1842	Tilghman Tucker	Democratic		Elected in 1842
29	March 4, 1845 – June 1846			Re-elected in 1844 Redistricted to the 1st district	Stephen Adams	Democratic	Elected in 1844		Re-elected in 1844		Jefferson Davis	Democratic	Elected in 1844 Resigned to command regiment in Mexican–American War
	June 1846 – January 26, 1847					Vacant
	January 26, 1847 – March 3, 1847					Henry T. Ellett	Democratic	Elected in 1846
29	March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849		No at-large seats. Starting with the 1846 election, Mississippi elected all its representatives in districts until 1853.
31	March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851
32	March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853
33	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855		William Barksdale	Democratic	Redistricted to the 3rd district	In 1852, one representative was elected at-large, the remainder from districts.

References

• 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