Mississippi's 1st congressional district

Mississippi's 1st congressional district
Mississippi's 1st congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
Current Representative Trent Kelly (R–Saltillo)
Area 11,412 sq mi (29,560 km2)
Distribution
  • 38.36% urban
  • 61.64% rural
Population (2006) 762,914
Median income 35,831
Ethnicity
Occupation
Cook PVI R+16[1]

Mississippi's 1st congressional district is in the northeast corner of the state. It includes much of the northern portion of the state including Columbus, Oxford, Southaven, and Tupelo. One of the state's major universities, the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss), is located within the district at Oxford.

The district includes Alcorn, Benton, Calhoun, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Clay, DeSoto, Itawamba, Lafayette, Lee, Lowndes, Marshall, Monroe, Pontotoc, Prentiss, Tate, Tippah, Tishomingo, Union, Webster, and Winston counties and a portion of Oktibbeha County.

From statehood to the election of 1846, Mississippi elected representatives at-large statewide on a general ticket.

The congressional seat has been held by Republican Trent Kelly who won a June, 2015 special election to fill the vacant seat previously held by Republican Alan Nunnelee who died February 6, 2015. In the November 2010 election, Nunnelee had defeated Democratic incumbent Travis Childers, Constitutionalist Gail Giaramita, Independent Conservative Party candidate Wally Pang of Batesville, Libertarian Harold Taylor, and Reformist Barbara Dale Washer.

List of representatives

Representative Party Years Electoral history
District created March 4, 1847
Jacob Thompson Democratic March 4, 1847 –
March 3, 1851		 Redistricted from the At-large district.
Benjamin Nabers Unionist March 4, 1851 –
March 3, 1853		 [Data unknown/missing.]
Daniel B. Wright Democratic March 4, 1853 –
March 3, 1857		 [Data unknown/missing.]
Lucius Q. C. Lamar Democratic March 4, 1857 –
December, 1860		 Retired to become a member of the secession convention of Mississippi.
Civil War and Reconstruction
George E. Harris Republican February 23, 1870 –
March 3, 1873		 [Data unknown/missing.]
Lucius Q. C. Lamar Democratic March 4, 1873 –
March 3, 1877		 Retired when elected to the U.S. Senate.
Henry L. Muldrow Democratic March 4, 1877 –
March 3, 1885		 First elected in 1876.
Re-elected in 1878.
Re-elected in 1880.
Re-elected in 1882.
John Allen Democratic March 4, 1885 –
March 3, 1901		 [Data unknown/missing.]
Ezekiel S. Candler, Jr. Democratic March 4, 1901 –
March 3, 1921		 [Data unknown/missing.]
John Rankin Democratic March 4, 1921 –
January 3, 1953		 Defeated by Thomas Abernethy after 1952 redistricting.
Thomas Abernethy Democratic January 3, 1953 –
January 3, 1973		 Redistricted from the 4th district.
Retired.
Jamie Whitten Democratic January 3, 1973 –
January 3, 1995		 Redistricted from the 2nd district.
Retired.
Roger Wicker Republican January 3, 1995 –
December 31, 2007		 Resigned when appointed U.S. Senator.
Vacant December 31, 2007 –
May 13, 2008
Travis Childers Democratic May 13, 2008 –
January 3, 2011		 First elected to finish Wicker's term.
Re-elected in 2008.
Lost re-election.
Alan Nunnelee Republican January 3, 2011 –
February 6, 2015		 First elected in 2010.
Re-elected in 2012.
Re-elected in 2014.
Died.
Vacant February 6, 2015 –
June 2, 2015
Trent Kelly Republican June 2, 2015 –
Present		 First elected to finish Nunnelee's term.
Re-elected in 2016.

Historical district boundaries

2003 - 2013

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
  • 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

Coordinates: 34°11′51″N 89°00′13″W / 34.19750°N 89.00361°W / 34.19750; -89.00361

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