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Mississippi's 1st congressional district

68 members have held this seat since Dec 1, 1817. Now: Trent Kelly R.

Holders
68
49 D · 11 R · 6 J · 1 U · 1 U
Longest tenure
11 years
Trent Kelly
Current
11 years
Trent Kelly, since Jun 9, 2015
history/seat/ms-1Every holder, newest first
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18201840186018801900192019401960198020002020George Poindexter · 1817-12-01 – 1819-03-04 · RepublicanChristopher Rankin · 1819-12-06 – 1821-03-04 · RepublicanChristopher Rankin · 1821-12-03 – 1823-03-04 · RepublicanChristopher Rankin · 1823-12-01 – 1825-03-04Christopher Rankin · 1825-12-05 – 1827-03-04 · JacksonWilliam Haile · 1827-12-03 – 1829-03-04 · JacksonThomas Hinds · 1829-12-07 – 1831-03-04 · JacksonFranklin E. Plummer · 1831-12-05 – 1833-03-04 · JacksonJacob Thompson · 1847-12-06 – 1849-03-04 · DemocratJacob Thompson · 1849-12-03 – 1851-03-04 · DemocratBenjamin Duke Nabers · 1851-12-01 – 1853-03-04 · UnionistDaniel Boone Wright · 1853-12-05 – 1855-03-04 · DemocratDaniel Boone Wright · 1855-12-03 – 1857-03-04 · DemocratLucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar · 1857-12-07 – 1859-03-04 · DemocratLucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar · 1859-12-05 – 1861-03-04 · DemocratGeorge Emrick Harris · 1869-03-04 – 1873-03-04 · RepublicanLucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar · 1873-12-01 – 1875-03-04 · DemocratLucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar · 1875-12-06 – 1877-03-04 · DemocratHenry Lowndes Muldrow · 1877-10-15 – 1879-03-04 · DemocratHenry Lowndes Muldrow · 1879-03-18 – 1881-03-04 · DemocratHenry Lowndes Muldrow · 1881-12-05 – 1883-03-04 · DemocratHenry Lowndes Muldrow · 1883-12-03 – 1885-03-04 · DemocratJohn Mills Allen · 1885-12-07 – 1887-03-04 · DemocratJohn Mills Allen · 1887-12-05 – 1889-03-04 · DemocratJohn Mills Allen · 1889-12-02 – 1891-03-04 · DemocratJohn Mills Allen · 1891-12-07 – 1893-03-04 · DemocratJohn Mills Allen · 1893-08-07 – 1895-03-04 · DemocratJohn Mills Allen · 1895-12-02 – 1897-03-04 · DemocratJohn Mills Allen · 1897-03-15 – 1899-03-04 · DemocratJohn Mills Allen · 1899-12-04 – 1901-03-04 · DemocratEzekiel Samuel Candler Jr. · 1901-12-02 – 1903-03-04 · DemocratEzekiel Samuel Candler Jr. · 1903-11-09 – 1905-03-04 · DemocratEzekiel Samuel Candler Jr. · 1905-12-04 – 1907-03-04 · DemocratEzekiel Samuel Candler Jr. · 1907-12-02 – 1909-03-04 · DemocratEzekiel Samuel Candler Jr. · 1909-03-15 – 1911-03-04 · DemocratEzekiel Samuel Candler Jr. · 1911-04-04 – 1913-03-04 · DemocratEzekiel Samuel Candler Jr. · 1913-04-07 – 1915-03-04 · DemocratEzekiel Samuel Candler Jr. · 1915-12-06 – 1917-03-04 · DemocratEzekiel Samuel Candler Jr. · 1917-04-02 – 1919-03-04 · DemocratEzekiel Samuel Candler Jr. · 1919-05-19 – 1921-03-04 · DemocratJohn Elliott Rankin · 1921-04-11 – 1923-03-04 · DemocratJohn Elliott Rankin · 1923-12-03 – 1925-03-04 · DemocratJohn Elliott Rankin · 1925-12-07 – 1927-03-05 · DemocratJohn Elliott Rankin · 1927-12-05 – 1929-03-04 · DemocratJohn Elliott Rankin · 1929-04-15 – 1931-03-04 · DemocratJohn Elliott Rankin · 1931-12-07 – 1933-03-04 · DemocratJohn Elliott Rankin · 1933-03-09 – 1943-01-04 · DemocratJohn Elliott Rankin · 1943-01-06 – 1953-01-04 · DemocratThomas Gerstle Abernethy · 1959-01-07 – 1963-01-04 · DemocratThomas Gerstle Abernethy · 1963-01-09 – 1967-01-04 · DemocratThomas Gerstle Abernethy · 1967-01-10 – 1971-01-04 · DemocratThomas Gerstle Abernethy · 1971-01-21 – 1973-01-04 · DemocratJamie Lloyd Whitten · 1975-01-14 – 1979-01-04 · DemocratJamie Lloyd Whitten · 1979-01-15 – 1987-01-04 · DemocratJamie Lloyd Whitten · 1987-01-06 – 1995-01-04 · DemocratRoger F. Wicker · 1995-01-04 – 1997-01-04 · RepublicanRoger F. Wicker · 1997-01-07 – 1999-01-04 · RepublicanRoger F. Wicker · 1999-01-06 – 2003-01-04 · RepublicanRoger F. Wicker · 2003-01-07 – 2008-01-01 · RepublicanTravis W. Childers · 2008-05-20 – 2009-01-04 · DemocratTravis W. Childers · 2009-01-06 – 2011-01-04 · DemocratAlan Nunnelee · 2011-01-05 – 2015-01-04 · RepublicanAlan Nunnelee · 2015-01-06 – 2015-02-07 · RepublicanTrent Kelly · 2015-06-09 – present · RepublicanWilliam Haile · 1825-12-05 – 1827-03-04 · JacksonThomas Hinds · 1827-12-03 – 1829-03-04 · JacksonThomas Gerstle Abernethy · 1953-01-03 – 1959-01-04 · DemocratJamie Lloyd Whitten · 1973-01-03 – 1975-01-04 · Democrat
Trent Kelly R
Jun 9, 2015 – present · 11 years
Alan Nunnelee R
Jan 6, 2015 – Feb 7, 2015 · 32 days
Alan Nunnelee R
Jan 5, 2011 – Jan 4, 2015 · 4 years
Travis W. Childers D
Jan 6, 2009 – Jan 4, 2011 · 2 years
Travis W. Childers D
May 20, 2008 – Jan 4, 2009 · 8 months
Roger F. Wicker R
Jan 7, 2003 – Jan 1, 2008 · 5 years
Roger F. Wicker R
Jan 6, 1999 – Jan 4, 2003 · 4 years
Roger F. Wicker R
Jan 7, 1997 – Jan 4, 1999 · 2 years
Roger F. Wicker R
Jan 4, 1995 – Jan 4, 1997 · 2 years
Jamie Lloyd Whitten D
Jan 6, 1987 – Jan 4, 1995 · 8 years
Jamie Lloyd Whitten D
Jan 15, 1979 – Jan 4, 1987 · 8 years
Jamie Lloyd Whitten D
Jan 14, 1975 – Jan 4, 1979 · 4 years
Jamie Lloyd Whitten D
Jan 3, 1973 – Jan 4, 1975 · 2 years
Thomas Gerstle Abernethy D
Jan 21, 1971 – Jan 4, 1973 · 23 months
Thomas Gerstle Abernethy D
Jan 10, 1967 – Jan 4, 1971 · 4 years
Thomas Gerstle Abernethy D
Jan 9, 1963 – Jan 4, 1967 · 4 years
Thomas Gerstle Abernethy D
Jan 7, 1959 – Jan 4, 1963 · 4 years
Thomas Gerstle Abernethy D
Jan 3, 1953 – Jan 4, 1959 · 6 years
John Elliott Rankin D
Jan 6, 1943 – Jan 4, 1953 · 10 years
John Elliott Rankin D
Mar 9, 1933 – Jan 4, 1943 · 9.8 years
John Elliott Rankin D
Dec 7, 1931 – Mar 4, 1933 · 15 months
John Elliott Rankin D
Apr 15, 1929 – Mar 4, 1931 · 23 months
John Elliott Rankin D
Dec 5, 1927 – Mar 4, 1929 · 15 months
John Elliott Rankin D
Dec 7, 1925 – Mar 5, 1927 · 15 months
John Elliott Rankin D
Dec 3, 1923 – Mar 4, 1925 · 15 months
John Elliott Rankin D
Apr 11, 1921 – Mar 4, 1923 · 23 months
Ezekiel Samuel Candler Jr. D
May 19, 1919 – Mar 4, 1921 · 22 months
Ezekiel Samuel Candler Jr. D
Apr 2, 1917 – Mar 4, 1919 · 23 months
Ezekiel Samuel Candler Jr. D
Dec 6, 1915 – Mar 4, 1917 · 15 months
Ezekiel Samuel Candler Jr. D
Apr 7, 1913 – Mar 4, 1915 · 23 months
Ezekiel Samuel Candler Jr. D
Apr 4, 1911 – Mar 4, 1913 · 23 months
Ezekiel Samuel Candler Jr. D
Mar 15, 1909 – Mar 4, 1911 · 2 years
Ezekiel Samuel Candler Jr. D
Dec 2, 1907 – Mar 4, 1909 · 15 months
Ezekiel Samuel Candler Jr. D
Dec 4, 1905 – Mar 4, 1907 · 15 months
Ezekiel Samuel Candler Jr. D
Nov 9, 1903 – Mar 4, 1905 · 16 months
Ezekiel Samuel Candler Jr. D
Dec 2, 1901 – Mar 4, 1903 · 15 months
John Mills Allen D
Dec 4, 1899 – Mar 4, 1901 · 15 months
John Mills Allen D
Mar 15, 1897 – Mar 4, 1899 · 2 years
John Mills Allen D
Dec 2, 1895 – Mar 4, 1897 · 15 months
John Mills Allen D
Aug 7, 1893 – Mar 4, 1895 · 19 months
John Mills Allen D
Dec 7, 1891 – Mar 4, 1893 · 15 months
John Mills Allen D
Dec 2, 1889 – Mar 4, 1891 · 15 months
John Mills Allen D
Dec 5, 1887 – Mar 4, 1889 · 15 months
John Mills Allen D
Dec 7, 1885 – Mar 4, 1887 · 15 months
Henry Lowndes Muldrow D
Dec 3, 1883 – Mar 4, 1885 · 15 months
Henry Lowndes Muldrow D
Dec 5, 1881 – Mar 4, 1883 · 15 months
Henry Lowndes Muldrow D
Mar 18, 1879 – Mar 4, 1881 · 2 years
Henry Lowndes Muldrow D
Oct 15, 1877 – Mar 4, 1879 · 17 months
Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D
Dec 6, 1875 – Mar 4, 1877 · 15 months
Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D
Dec 1, 1873 – Mar 4, 1875 · 15 months
George Emrick Harris R
Mar 4, 1869 – Mar 4, 1873 · 4 years
Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D
Dec 5, 1859 – Mar 4, 1861 · 15 months
Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D
Dec 7, 1857 – Mar 4, 1859 · 15 months
Daniel Boone Wright D
Dec 3, 1855 – Mar 4, 1857 · 15 months
Daniel Boone Wright D
Dec 5, 1853 – Mar 4, 1855 · 15 months
Benjamin Duke Nabers U
Dec 1, 1851 – Mar 4, 1853 · 15 months
Jacob Thompson D
Dec 3, 1849 – Mar 4, 1851 · 15 months
Jacob Thompson D
Dec 6, 1847 – Mar 4, 1849 · 15 months
Franklin E. Plummer J
Dec 5, 1831 – Mar 4, 1833 · 15 months
Thomas Hinds J
Dec 7, 1829 – Mar 4, 1831 · 15 months
William Haile J
Dec 3, 1827 – Mar 4, 1829 · 15 months
Thomas Hinds J
Dec 3, 1827 – Mar 4, 1829 · 15 months
Christopher Rankin J
Dec 5, 1825 – Mar 4, 1827 · 15 months
William Haile J
Dec 5, 1825 – Mar 4, 1827 · 15 months
Christopher Rankin
Dec 1, 1823 – Mar 4, 1825 · 15 months
Christopher Rankin R
Dec 3, 1821 – Mar 4, 1823 · 15 months
Christopher Rankin R
Dec 6, 1819 – Mar 4, 1821 · 15 months
George Poindexter R
Dec 1, 1817 – Mar 4, 1819 · 15 months

Dates are from the @unitedstates congress-legislators project. Consecutive terms of one person are merged.