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