List of Mississippi House Members

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Trent Kelly, current representative of Mississippi's first congressional electoral district
Bennie Thompson, current Mississippi Second Congressional District Representative
Michael Guest, current Mississippi Third Congressional District Representative
Steven Palazzo, current Mississippi Fourth Congressional District Representative

This list shows all politicians who since 1801 for the Mississippi Territory and for the later state of Mississippi to the United States House of Representatives have listened. After joining the United States , the state first had a representative in Washington . At times the number of MPs rose to eight, but since 2003 the state has only had four MPs. The election took place throughout the state until 1845 ("at large"), since then Mississippi has been divided into electoral districts. From 1861 to 1870, the state's seats remained vacant following Mississippi's secession from the Union.

Mississippi Territory Delegate (1801-1817)

Surname Term of office Political party
Narsworthy Hunter March 4, 1801 - March 11, 1802 independent
Thomas Marston Green Jr. December 6, 1802 - March 3, 1803 independent
William Lattimore March 4, 1803 - March 3, 1807 independent
George Poindexter March 4, 1807 - March 3, 1813 independent
William Lattimore March 4, 1813 - March 3, 1817 independent

1st seat (since 1817)

Surname Term of office Political party
George Poindexter December 10, 1817 - March 3, 1819 independent
Christopher Rankin March 4, 1819 - March 14, 1826 Democratic Republican
William Haile July 10, 1826 - September 12, 1828 democrat
Thomas Hinds October 21, 1828 - March 3, 1831 democrat
Franklin E. Plummer March 4, 1831 - March 3, 1835 democrat
David Dickson March 4, 1835 - July 31, 1836 National Republican Party
Samuel Jameson Gholson December 1, 1836 - February 5, 1838 democrat
Thomas Jefferson Word May 30, 1838 - March 3, 1839 Whig
Jacob Thompson March 4, 1839 - March 3, 1851 democrat
Benjamin Duke Nabers March 4, 1851 - March 3, 1853 unionist
Daniel Boone Wright March 4, 1853 - March 3, 1857 democrat
Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar March 4, 1857 - December 1860 democrat
George Emrick Harris February 23, 1870 - March 3, 1873 republican
Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar March 4, 1873 - March 3, 1877 democrat
Henry Lowndes Muldrow March 4, 1877 - March 3, 1885 democrat
John Mills Allen March 4, 1885 - March 3, 1901 democrat
Ezekiel Samuel Candler March 4, 1901 - March 3, 1921 democrat
John Elliott Rankin March 4, 1921 - January 3, 1953 democrat
Thomas Gerstle Abernethy Jan. 3, 1953 - January 3, 1973 democrat
Jamie Lloyd Whitten Jan. 3, 1973 - January 3, 1995 democrat
Roger Frederick Wicker January 4, 1995 - December 31, 2007 republican
Travis Wayne Childers May 20, 2008 - January 3, 2011 democrat
Patrick Alan Nunnelee January 3, 2011 - February 6, 2015 republican
John Trent Kelly June 2, 2015 - republican

2nd seat (since 1833)

Surname Term of office Political party
Harry Cage March 4, 1833 - March 3, 1835 democrat
John Francis Hamtramck Claiborne March 4, 1835 - February 5, 1838 democrat
Seargent Smith Prentiss May 30, 1838 - March 3, 1839 Whig
Albert Gallatin Brown March 4, 1839 - March 3, 1841 democrat
William McKendree Gwin March 4, 1841 - March 3, 1843 democrat
William Henry Hammett March 4, 1843 - March 3, 1845 democrat
Stephen Adams March 4, 1845 - March 3, 1847 democrat
Winfield Scott Featherston March 4, 1847 - March 3, 1851 democrat
John Allen Wilcox March 4, 1851 - March 3, 1853 unionist
William Taylor Sullivan Barry March 4, 1853 - March 3, 1855 democrat
Hendley Stone Bennett March 4, 1855 - March 3, 1857 democrat
Reuben Davis March 4, 1857 - January 12, 1861 democrat
Joseph Lewis Morphis February 23, 1870 - March 3, 1873 republican
Albert Richards Howe March 4, 1873 - March 3, 1875 republican
Guilford Wiley Wells March 4, 1875 - March 3, 1877 republican
Vannoy Hartrog Manning March 4, 1877 - March 3, 1883 democrat
Elza Jeffords March 4, 1883 - March 3, 1885 republican
James Bright Morgan March 4, 1885 - March 3, 1891 democrat
John Curtis Kyle March 4, 1891 - March 3, 1897 democrat
William Van Amberg Sullivan March 4, 1897 - May 31, 1898 democrat
Thomas Spight July 5, 1898 - March 3, 1911 democrat
Hubert Durrett Stephens March 4, 1911 - March 3, 1921 democrat
Bill Green Lowrey March 4, 1921 - March 3, 1929 democrat
Wall Doxey March 4, 1929 - September 28, 1941 democrat
Jamie Lloyd Whitten November 4, 1941 - January 3, 1973 democrat
David Reece Bowen Jan. 3, 1973 - January 3, 1983 democrat
William Webster Franklin January 3, 1983 - January 3, 1987 republican
Alphonso Michael Espy January 3, 1987 - January 22, 1993 democrat
Bennie G. Thompson April 13, 1993 - democrat

3rd seat (since 1843)

Surname Term of office Political party
Robert Whyte Roberts March 4, 1843 - March 3, 1847 democrat
Patrick Watson Tompkins March 4, 1847 - March 3, 1849 Whig
William McWillie March 4, 1849 - March 3, 1851 democrat
John D. Freeman March 4, 1851 - March 3, 1853 unionist
Otho Robards Singleton March 4, 1853 - March 3, 1855 democrat
William Barksdale March 4, 1855 - January 12, 1861 democrat
Henry W. Barry February 23, 1870 - March 3, 1875 republican
Hernando De Soto Money March 4, 1875 - March 3, 1885 democrat
Thomas Clendinen Catchings March 4, 1885 - March 3, 1901 democrat
Patrick Henry March 4, 1901 - March 3, 1903 democrat
Benjamin Grubb Humphreys March 4, 1903 - October 16, 1923 democrat
William Yerger Humphreys November 27, 1923 - March 3, 1925 democrat
William Madison Whittington March 4, 1925 - January 3, 1951 democrat
Frank Ellis Smith January 3, 1951 - November 14, 1962 democrat
John Bell Williams Jan. 3, 1963 - January 16, 1968 democrat
Charles Hudson Griffin March 12, 1968 - January 3, 1973 democrat
Gillespie V. Montgomery Jan. 3, 1973 - January 3, 1997 democrat
Charles Willis Pickering January 3, 1997 - January 3, 2009 republican
Gregory Harper January 3, 2009 - January 3, 2019 republican
Michael Patrick Guest January 3, 2019 - republican

4th seat (since 1843)

Surname Term of office Political party
Tilghman Tucker March 4, 1843 - March 3, 1845 democrat
Jefferson Davis March 4, 1845 - June 1846 democrat
Henry Thomas Ellett January 26, 1847 - March 3, 1847 democrat
Albert Gallatin Brown March 4, 1847 - March 3, 1853 democrat
Wiley Pope Harris March 4, 1853 - March 3, 1855 democrat
William Augustus Lake March 4, 1855 - March 3, 1857 American party
Otho Robards Singleton March 4, 1857 - January 12, 1861 democrat
George Colin McKee March 4, 1869 - March 3, 1873 republican
Jason Niles March 4, 1873 - March 3, 1875 republican
Otho Robards Singleton March 4, 1875 - March 3, 1887 democrat
Chapman Levy Anderson March 4, 1887 - March 3, 1891 democrat
Joseph Henry Beeman March 4, 1891 - March 3, 1893 democrat
Hernando De Soto Money March 4, 1893 - March 3, 1897 democrat
Andrew Fuller Fox March 4, 1897 - March 3, 1903 democrat
Wilson Shedric Hill March 4, 1903 - March 3, 1909 democrat
Thomas Upton Sisson March 4, 1909 - March 3, 1923 democrat
Thomas Jefferson Busby March 4, 1923 - January 3, 1935 democrat
Aaron Lane Ford January 3, 1935 - January 3, 1943 democrat
Thomas Gerstle Abernethy January 3, 1943 - January 3, 1953 democrat
John Bell Williams Jan. 3, 1953 - January 3, 1963 democrat
William Arthur Winstead Jan. 3, 1963 - January 3, 1965 democrat
Prentiss Lafayette Walker January 3, 1965 - January 3, 1967 republican
Gillespie V. Montgomery Jan. 3, 1967 - January 3, 1973 democrat
William Thad Cochran Jan. 3, 1973 - December 26, 1978 republican
Jon Clifton Hinson Jan. 3, 1979 - April 13, 1981 republican
Charles Wayne Dowdy July 7, 1981 - January 3, 1989 democrat
Michael Parker January 3, 1989 - January 3, 1999 democrat
Clifford Ronald Shows January 3, 1999 - January 3, 2003 democrat
Gary Eugene Taylor January 3, 2003 - January 3, 2011 democrat
Steven McCarty Palazzo January 3, 2011 - republican

5th seat (1853-2003)

Surname Term of office Political party
William Barksdale March 4, 1853 - March 3, 1855 democrat
John Anthony Quitman March 4, 1855 - July 17, 1858 democrat
John Jones McRae December 7, 1858 - January 12, 1861 democrat
Legrand Winfield Perce February 23, 1870 - March 3, 1873 republican
George Colin McKee March 4, 1873 - March 3, 1875 republican
Charles Edward Hooker March 4, 1875 - March 3, 1883 democrat
Henry Smith Van Eaton March 4, 1883 - March 3, 1887 democrat
Thomas Ringland Stockdale March 4, 1887 - March 3, 1895 democrat
Walter McKennon Denny March 4, 1895 - March 3, 1897 democrat
William Franklin Love March 4, 1897 - October 16, 1898 democrat
Frank Alexander McLain December 12, 1898 - March 3, 1903 democrat
Adam Monroe Byrd March 4, 1903 - March 3, 1911 democrat
Samuel Andrew Witherspoon March 4, 1911 - November 24, 1915 democrat
William Webb Venable January 4, 1916 - March 3, 1921 democrat
Ross Alexander Collins March 4, 1921 - January 3, 1935 democrat
Aubert Culberson Dunn January 3, 1935 - January 3, 1937 democrat
Ross Alexander Collins January 3, 1937 - January 3, 1943 democrat
William Arthur Winstead January 3, 1943 - January 3, 1963 democrat
William Meyers Colmer Jan. 3, 1963 - January 3, 1973 democrat
Chester Trent Lott Jan. 3, 1973 - January 3, 1989 republican
Larkin I. Smith January 3, 1989 - August 13, 1989 republican
Gary Eugene Taylor October 17, 1989 - January 3, 2003 democrat

6th seat (1873–1963)

Surname Term of office Political party
John Roy Lynch March 4, 1873 - March 3, 1877 republican
James Ronald Chalmers March 4, 1877 - April 29, 1882 democrat
John Roy Lynch April 29, 1882 - March 3, 1883 republican
Ethelbert Barksdale March 4, 1883 - March 3, 1887 democrat
Charles Edward Hooker March 4, 1887 - March 3, 1895 democrat
James Grafton Spencer March 4, 1895 - March 3, 1897 democrat
Patrick Henry March 4, 1897 - March 3, 1901 democrat
Charles Edward Hooker March 4, 1901 - March 3, 1903 democrat
Eaton Jackson Bowers March 4, 1903 - March 3, 1911 democrat
Byron Patton Harrison March 4, 1911 - March 3, 1919 democrat
Paul Burney Johnson March 4, 1919 - March 3, 1923 democrat
Thomas Webber Wilson March 4, 1923 - March 3, 1929 democrat
Robert Samuel Hall March 4, 1929 - March 3, 1933 democrat
William Meyers Colmer March 3, 1933 - January 3, 1963 democrat

7th seat (1883–1953)

Surname Term of office Political party
James Ronald Chalmers June 25, 1884 - March 3, 1885 More independent
Frederick George Barry March 4, 1885 - March 3, 1889 democrat
Clarke Lewis March 4, 1889 - March 3, 1893 democrat
John Sharp Williams March 4, 1893 - March 3, 1903 democrat
Frank Alexander McLain March 4, 1903 - March 3, 1909 democrat
William Alexander Dickson March 4, 1909 - March 3, 1913 democrat
Percy Edwards Quin March 4, 1813 - February 4, 1932 democrat
Lawrence Russell Ellzey March 15, 1932 - January 3, 1935 democrat
Daniel Rayford McGehee January 3, 1935 - January 3, 1947 democrat
John Bell Williams January 3, 1947 - January 3, 1953 democrat

8th seat (1903–1933)

Surname Term of office Political party
John Sharp Williams March 4, 1903 - March 3, 1909 democrat
James William Collier March 4, 1909 - March 3, 1933 democrat

See also

Web links

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