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

1817-1847: One seat, then two, then four

Congress	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	Democratic-Republican	Elected in 1817 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
16th	March 4, 1819 – March 3, 1821	Christopher Rankin	Democratic-Republican	Elected in 1818
17th	March 4, 1821 – March 3, 1823			Re-elected in 1820
18th	March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825		Jacksonian Republican	Re-elected in 1822
19th	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
20th	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!]
21st	March 3, 1829 – March 3, 1831
22nd	March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1833	Franklin E. Plummer	Jacksonian	Elected in 1830
23rd	March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1835			Re-elected in 1832 Retired to run for U.S. Senate		Harry Cage	Jacksonian	Elected in 1832
24th	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
25th	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 30, 1838	Vacant				Vacant
	May 30, 1838 – March 3, 1839	Thomas J. Word	Whig			Seargent S. Prentiss	Whig
26th	March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1841	Albert G. Brown	Democratic	Elected in 1838		Jacob Thompson	Democratic	Elected in 1838
27th	March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843	William M. Gwin	Democratic	Elected in 1840				Re-elected in 1840
28th	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845	William H. Hammett	Democratic	Elected in 1842				Re-elected in 1842		Robert W. Roberts	Democratic	Elected in 1842		Tilghman Tucker	Democratic	Elected in 1842
29th	March 4, 1845 – June 1846	Stephen Adams	Democratic	Elected in 1844				Re-elected in 1844 Redistricted to the 1st district				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

1847 – 1853: No seats

After 1846 election, Mississippi elected all its representatives in districts until 1853.

1853 – 1855: One seat

In 1853, one representative was elected at-large, the remainder from districts.

Name	Years of service	Party	Notes
William Barksdale	March 4, 1853 - March 3, 1855	Democratic	Redistricted to the 3rd district
District inactive March 3, 1855 - present

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