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These are tables of congressional delegations from Mississippi to the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives.

Contents 1 United States Senate 2 Delegates from Mississippi Territory 3 United States House of Representatives 3.1 Footnotes 4 Key

See also: List of United States Senators from Mississippi

Class 1 Senators	Congress	Class 2 Senators
Walter Leake (D-R)	15th (1817–1819)	Thomas Hill Williams (D-R)
	16th (1819–1821)
David Holmes (D-R)
	17th (1821–1823)
	18th (1823–1825)
	19th (1825–1827)
Powhatan Ellis (D-R)
Thomas B. Reed (D-R)
Powhatan Ellis (D-R)	20th (1827–1829)
	21st (1829–1831)	Thomas B. Reed (D-R)
		Robert H. Adams (D-R)
		George Poindexter (D-R)
	22nd (1831–1833)
John Black (W)
	23rd (1833–1835)
	24th (1835–1837)	Robert J. Walker (D-R)
	25th (1837–1839)
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 Stuart Foote (D)
Jefferson Davis (D)
	31st (1849–1851)
John J. McRae (D)	32nd (1851–1853)
Stephen Adams (D)		Walter Brooke (W)
	33rd (1853–1855)	Albert G. Brown (D)
	34th (1855–1857)
Jefferson Davis (D)	35th (1857–1859)
	36th (1859–1861)
American Civil War	37th (1861–1863)	American Civil War
	38th (1863–1865)
	39th (1865–1867)
	40th (1867–1869)
Adelbert Ames (R)	41st (1869–1871)	Hiram R. Revels (R)
	42nd (1871–1873)	James L. Alcorn (R)
	43rd (1873–1875)
Henry R. Pease (R)
Blanche K. Bruce (R)	44th (1875–1877)
	45th (1877–1879)	L.Q.C. 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 D. 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)
		Le Roy 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 O. Eastland (D)
		Wall Doxey (D)
	78th (1943–1945)	James O. 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)

On April 7, 1798, the Mississippi Territory was created.

Delegate	Years	Party
Narsworthy Hunter	March 4, 1801 – March 11, 1802	none
Thomas M. Greene	December 6, 1802 – March 3, 1803	none
William Lattimore	March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1807	none
George Poindexter	March 4, 1807 – March 3, 1813	none
William Lattimore	March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1817	none

The area of Mississippi Territory was increased in 1804 and again in 1812. On December 10, 1817, Mississippi was admitted into the Union as a state and Alabama Territory to the east was spun off.

See also: List of United States Representatives from Mississippi

Congress	District
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th
15th* (1817–1819)	George Poindexter
16th* (1819–1821)	Christopher Rankin1
17th* (1821–1823)
18th* (1823–1825)
19th* (1825–1827)
	William Haile2
20th* (1827–1829)
	Thomas Hinds
21st* (1829–1831)
22nd* (1831–1833)	Franklin E. Plummer
23rd* (1833–1835)		Harry Cage
24th* (1835–1837)	David Dickinson3	John Francis Hamtramck Claiborne 4
	Samuel Jameson Gholson4
25th* (1837–1839)
	Thomas Jefferson Word	Seargent S. Prentiss
26th* (1839–1841)	Jacob Thompson	Albert G. Brown
27th* (1841–1843)		William M. Gwin
28th* (1843–1845)		William Henry Hammett	Robert W. Roberts	Tilgham Mayfield Tucker
'29th*' (1845–1847)		Stephen Adams		Jefferson Davis5
				Henry Thomas Ellett
30th (1847–1849)		Winfield Scott Featherston	Patrick Watson Tompkins	Albert G. Brown
31st (1849–1851)			William McWillie
32nd (1851–1853)	Benjamin D. Nabers	John A. Wilcox	John D. Freeman
33rd (1853–1855)	Daniel Boone Wright	William T. S. Barry	Otho Robards Singleton	Wiley Pope Harris	William Barksdale**
34th (1855–1857)		Hendley Stone Bennett	William Barksdale7	William Augustus Lake	John A. Quitman6
35th (1857–1859)	Lucius Q. C. Lamar7	Reuben Davis7		Otho Robards Singleton7
					John Jones McRae7
36th (1859–1861)
37th (1861–1863)	American Civil War
38th (1863–1865)
39th (1865–1867)
40th (1867–1869)
41st (1869–1871)	George Emrick Harris	Joseph Lewish Morphis	Henry W. Barry	George Colin McKee	Legrand Winfield Perce
42nd (1871–1873)
43rd (1873–1875)	Lucius Q. C. Lamar	Albert Richards Howe		Jason Niles	George Colin McKee	John R. Lynch
44th (1875–1877)		Guilford Wiley Wells (Independent)	Hernando D. Money	Otho Robards Singleton	Charles E. Hooker
45th (1877–1879)	Henry Lowndes Muldrow	Van H. Manning9				James Ronald Chalmers8
46th (1879–1881)
47th (1881–1883)
						John R. Lynch
48th (1883–1885)			Elza Jeffords	Hernando D. Money	Otho Robards Singleton	Henry Smith Van Eaton	Ethelbert Barksdale
		James Ronald Chalmers (Independent)
49th (1885–1887)	John Mills Allen	James B. Morgan	Thomas C. Catchings	Frederick G. Barry
50th (1887–1889)					Chapman L. Anderson	T. R. Stockdale	Charles E. Hooker
51st (1889–1891)				Clarke Lewis
52nd (1891–1893)		John C. Kyle			Joseph Henry Beeman
53rd (1893–1895)				Hernando D. Money	John Sharp Williams
54th (1895–1897)						Walter McKeenon Denny	James G. Spencer
55th (1897–1899)		William V. Sullivan10		Andrew F. Fox		William F. Love11	Patrick Henry
		Thomas Spright				Frank A. McLain
56th (1899–1901)
57th (1901–1903)	Ezekiel S. Candler, Jr.		Patrick Stevens Henry				Charles E. Hooker
58th (1903–1905)			Benjamin G. Humphreys13	Wilson S. Hill	Adam M. Byrd	Eaton J. Bowers	Frank A. McLain	John Sharp Williams
59th (1905–1907)
60th (1907–1909)
61st (1909–1911)				Thomas U. Sisson			William A. Dickson	James W. Collier
62nd (1911–1913)		Hubert D. Stephens			Samuel Andrew Witherspoon12	Pat Harrison
63rd (1913–1915)							Percy E. Quin14
64th (1915–1917)
					William Webb Venable
65th (1917–1919)
66th (1919–1921)						Paul B. Johnson
67th (1921–1923)	John E. Rankin	Bill G. Lowrey			Ross A. Collins
68th (1923–1925)				T. Jeff Busby		T. Webber Wilson
			William Yerger Humphreys
69th (1925–1927)			William M. Whittington
70th (1927–1929)
71st (1929–1931)		Wall Doxey15				Robert S. Hall
72nd (1931–1933)
							Lawrence Russell Ellzey
73rd (1933–1935)						William M. Colmer
74th (1935–1937)				Aaron L. Ford	Aubert C. Dunn		Dan R. McGehee
75th (1937–1939)					Ross A. Collins
76th (1939–1941)
77th (1941–1943)
		Jamie L. Whitten
78th (1943–1945)				Thomas G. Abernethy	W. Arthur Winstead
79th (1945–1947)
80th (1947–1949)							John B. Williams
81st (1949–1951)
82nd (1951–1953)			Frank Smith
83rd (1953–1955)	Thomas G. Abernethy			John B. Williams
84th (1955–1957)
85th (1957–1959)
86th (1959–1961)
87th (1961–1963)
88th (1963–1965)			John B. Williams16	W. Arthur Winstead	William M. Colmer
89th (1965–1967)				Prentiss Walker
90th (1967–1969)				Sonny Montgomery
			Charles H. Griffin
91st (1969–1971)
92nd (1971–1973)
93rd (1973–1975)	Jamie L. Whitten	David R. Bowen	Sonny Montgomery	Thad Cochran	Trent Lott
94th (1975–1977)
95th (1977–1979)
96th (1979–1981)				Jon Hinson17
97th (1981–1983)
				Wayne Dowdy
98th (1983–1985)		William W. Franklin
99th (1985–1987)
100th (1987–1989)		Mike Espy19
101st (1989–1991)				Mike Parker	Larkin I. Smith18
					Gene Taylor
102nd (1991–1993)
103rd (1993–1995)
		Bennie G. Thompson
104th (1995–1997)	Roger F. Wicker			Mike Parker
105th (1997–1999)			Charles Pickering Jr.
106th (1999–2001)				Ronnie Shows
107th (2001–2003)
108th (2003–2005)				Gene Taylor
109th (2005–2007)
110th (2007–2009)

Note: * designates those Congresses in which representatives were elected from the state at large, rather than by district. ** designates a congressman who was elected at-large after districts were in place.

¹ Christopher Rankin died in office on March 14, 1826.
² William Haile resigned September 12, 1828.
³ Davod Dickinson died in office July 31, 1836.
⁴ Representatives Claibourne's and Gholson's elections of 1836 were contested due to election irregularities. The House set aside both contests, and vacated both seats February 5, 1838.
⁵ Jefferson Davis resigned in June of 1846 to enlist for duty in the Mexican-American War.
⁶ John A. Quitman died in office July 17, 1858.
⁷ Lucius Q. C. Lamar resigned in December of 1860 to support the growing secession movement; William Barksdale, Reuben Davis, Otho Robards Singleton and John Jones McRae all resigned on January 12, 1861 upon Mississippi's secession.
⁸ John R. Lynch successfully contested the election of James Ronald Chalmers.
⁹ James Ronald Chalmers successfully contested the election of Van H. Manning.
¹⁰ William V. Sullivan resigned May 31, 1898 as he was appointed to the Senate.
¹¹ William F. Love died in office October 16, 1898.
¹² Samuel A. Witherspoon died in office November 24, 1915.
¹³ Benjamin G. Humpreys died in office October 16, 1923.
¹⁴ Percy E. Quin died in office February 4, 1932.
¹⁵ Wall Doxey resigned September 23, 1941 as he was elected to the Senate in a special election.
¹⁶ John B. Williams resigned January 16, 1968 as he was elected Governor of Mississippi.
¹⁷ Jon Hinson resigned April 13, 1981.
¹⁸ Larkin I. Smith died in office August 13, 1989.
¹⁹ Mike Espy resigned January 22, 1993 as he was appointed Secretary of Agriculture under President Clinton.

This is a key to party colors for U.S. Senators and Members of the U.S. House of Representatives:
American (Know-Nothing) (K-N) Anti-Administration (Anti-Admin) Anti-Jacksonian (Anti-J)/ Adams-Clay Republican (Ad-Clay)/ National Republican Anti-Masonic (Anti-M) Democratic (D) Democratic-Republican (D-R) Farmer-Labor (FL)	Federalist (F) Free Soil (FS) Free Silver (FSv) Greenback (GB) Independent / Unaffiliated or changed during term Jacksonian (J) Non-Partisan League (NPL)	Opposition (O) Populist (Pop) Pro-Administration (Pro-Admin) Progressive (Prog) Readjuster (Rea) Republican (R) Unionist (U) Whig (W)

Mississippi's current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators: Thad Cochran (R), Trent Lott (R) Representative(s): Roger Wicker (R), Bennie Thompson (D), Charles Pickering, Jr. (R), Gene Taylor (D) All delegations: Alabama • Alaska • Arizona • Arkansas • California • Colorado • Connecticut • Delaware • Florida • Georgia • Hawaii • Idaho • Illinois • Indiana • Iowa • Kansas • Kentucky • Louisiana • Maine • Maryland • Massachusetts • Michigan • Minnesota • Mississippi • Missouri • Montana • Nebraska • Nevada • New Hampshire • New Jersey • New Mexico • New York • North Carolina • North Dakota • Ohio • Oklahoma • Oregon • Pennsylvania • Rhode Island • South Carolina • South Dakota • Tennessee • Texas • Utah • Vermont • Virginia • Washington • West Virginia • Wisconsin • Wyoming — American Samoa • District of Columbia • Guam • Puerto Rico • U.S. Virgin Islands

Lists of United States congressional delegations (lists of House members, lists of Senators)

Alabama (H S) • Alaska (H S) • Arizona (H S) • Arkansas (H S) • California (H S) • Colorado (H S) • Connecticut (H S) • Delaware (H S) • Florida (H S) • Georgia (H S) • Hawaii (H S) • Idaho (H S) • Illinois (H S) • Indiana (H S) • Iowa (H S) • Kansas (H S) • Kentucky (H S) • Louisiana (H S) • Maine (H S) • Maryland (H S) • Massachusetts (H S) • Michigan (H S) • Minnesota (H S) • Mississippi (H S) • Missouri (H S) • Montana (H S) • Nebraska (H S) • Nevada (H S) • New Hampshire (H S) • New Jersey (H S) • New Mexico (H S) • New York (H S) • North Carolina (H S) • North Dakota (H S) • Ohio (H S) • Oklahoma (H S) • Oregon (H S) • Pennsylvania (H S) • Rhode Island (H S) • South Carolina (H S) • South Dakota (H S) • Tennessee (H S) • Texas (H S) • Utah (H S) • Vermont (H S) • Virginia (H S) • Washington (H S) • West Virginia (H S) • Wisconsin (H S) • Wyoming (H S) American Samoa • District of Columbia • Guam • Puerto Rico • Virgin Islands (Obsolete: Dakota Territory • Northwest Territory • Orleans Territory • Philippines)