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Mississippi's 2nd congressional district

57 members have held this seat since Dec 6, 1847. Now: Bennie G. Thompson D.

Holders
57
51 D · 3 R · 1 U · 1 IR · 1 I
Longest tenure
16 years
Jamie Lloyd Whitten
Current
12 years
Bennie G. Thompson, since Jan 6, 2015
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186018801900192019401960198020002020Winfield Scott Featherston · 1847-12-06 – 1849-03-04 · DemocratWinfield Scott Featherston · 1849-12-03 – 1851-03-04 · DemocratJohn A. Wilcox · 1851-12-01 – 1853-03-04 · UnionistWilliam Taylor Sullivan Barry · 1853-12-05 – 1855-03-04 · DemocratHendley Stone Bennett · 1855-12-03 – 1857-03-04 · DemocratReuben Davis · 1857-12-07 – 1859-03-04 · DemocratReuben Davis · 1859-12-05 – 1861-03-04 · DemocratJoseph Lewis Morphis · 1869-03-04 – 1873-03-04 · RepublicanAlbert Richards Howe · 1873-12-01 – 1875-03-04 · RepublicanGuilford Wiley Wells · 1875-12-06 – 1877-03-04 · Ind. RepublicanVannoy Hartrog Manning · 1877-10-15 – 1879-03-04 · DemocratVannoy Hartrog Manning · 1879-03-18 – 1881-03-04 · DemocratVannoy Hartrog Manning · 1881-12-05 – 1883-03-04 · DemocratJames Ronald Chalmers · 1883-12-03 – 1885-03-04 · IndependentJames Bright Morgan · 1885-12-07 – 1887-03-04 · DemocratJames Bright Morgan · 1887-12-05 – 1889-03-04 · DemocratJames Bright Morgan · 1889-12-02 – 1891-03-04 · DemocratJohn Curtis Kyle · 1891-12-07 – 1893-03-04 · DemocratJohn Curtis Kyle · 1893-08-07 – 1895-03-04 · DemocratJohn Curtis Kyle · 1895-12-02 – 1897-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Van Amberg Sullivan · 1897-03-15 – 1898-06-01 · DemocratThomas Spight · 1898-07-05 – 1899-03-04 · DemocratThomas Spight · 1899-12-04 – 1901-03-04 · DemocratThomas Spight · 1901-12-02 – 1903-03-04 · DemocratThomas Spight · 1903-11-09 – 1905-03-04 · DemocratThomas Spight · 1905-12-04 – 1907-03-04 · DemocratThomas Spight · 1907-12-02 – 1909-03-04 · DemocratThomas Spight · 1909-03-15 – 1911-03-04 · DemocratHubert Durrett Stephens · 1911-04-04 – 1913-03-04 · DemocratHubert Durrett Stephens · 1913-04-07 – 1915-03-04 · DemocratHubert Durrett Stephens · 1915-12-06 – 1917-03-04 · DemocratHubert Durrett Stephens · 1917-04-02 – 1919-03-04 · DemocratHubert Durrett Stephens · 1919-05-19 – 1921-03-04 · DemocratBill Green Lowrey · 1921-04-11 – 1923-03-04 · DemocratBill Green Lowrey · 1923-12-03 – 1925-03-04 · DemocratBill Green Lowrey · 1925-12-07 – 1927-03-05 · DemocratBill Green Lowrey · 1927-12-05 – 1929-03-04 · DemocratWall Doxey · 1929-04-15 – 1931-03-04 · DemocratWall Doxey · 1931-12-07 – 1933-03-04 · DemocratWall Doxey · 1933-03-09 – 1941-01-04 · DemocratJamie Lloyd Whitten · 1943-01-06 – 1959-01-04 · DemocratJamie Lloyd Whitten · 1959-01-07 – 1963-01-04 · DemocratJamie Lloyd Whitten · 1963-01-09 – 1967-01-04 · DemocratJamie Lloyd Whitten · 1967-01-10 – 1971-01-04 · DemocratJamie Lloyd Whitten · 1971-01-21 – 1973-01-04 · DemocratDavid Reece Bowen · 1975-01-14 – 1979-01-04 · DemocratDavid Reece Bowen · 1979-01-15 – 1983-01-04 · DemocratAlbert Michael Espy · 1987-01-06 – 1993-01-23 · DemocratBennie G. Thompson · 1993-04-13 – 1997-01-04 · DemocratBennie G. Thompson · 1997-01-07 – 1999-01-04 · DemocratBennie G. Thompson · 1999-01-06 – 2003-01-04 · DemocratBennie G. Thompson · 2003-01-07 – 2009-01-04 · DemocratBennie G. Thompson · 2009-01-06 – 2015-01-04 · DemocratBennie G. Thompson · 2015-01-06 – present · DemocratJamie Lloyd Whitten · 1941-01-03 – 1943-01-04 · DemocratDavid Reece Bowen · 1973-01-03 – 1975-01-04 · DemocratWilliam Webster Franklin · 1983-01-03 – 1987-01-04 · Republican
Bennie G. Thompson D
Jan 6, 2015 – present · 12 years
Bennie G. Thompson D
Jan 6, 2009 – Jan 4, 2015 · 6 years
Bennie G. Thompson D
Jan 7, 2003 – Jan 4, 2009 · 6 years
Bennie G. Thompson D
Jan 6, 1999 – Jan 4, 2003 · 4 years
Bennie G. Thompson D
Jan 7, 1997 – Jan 4, 1999 · 2 years
Bennie G. Thompson D
Apr 13, 1993 – Jan 4, 1997 · 3.7 years
Albert Michael Espy D
Jan 6, 1987 – Jan 23, 1993 · 6 years
William Webster Franklin R
Jan 3, 1983 – Jan 4, 1987 · 4 years
David Reece Bowen D
Jan 15, 1979 – Jan 4, 1983 · 4 years
David Reece Bowen D
Jan 14, 1975 – Jan 4, 1979 · 4 years
David Reece Bowen D
Jan 3, 1973 – Jan 4, 1975 · 2 years
Jamie Lloyd Whitten D
Jan 21, 1971 – Jan 4, 1973 · 23 months
Jamie Lloyd Whitten D
Jan 10, 1967 – Jan 4, 1971 · 4 years
Jamie Lloyd Whitten D
Jan 9, 1963 – Jan 4, 1967 · 4 years
Jamie Lloyd Whitten D
Jan 7, 1959 – Jan 4, 1963 · 4 years
Jamie Lloyd Whitten D
Jan 6, 1943 – Jan 4, 1959 · 16 years
Jamie Lloyd Whitten D
Jan 3, 1941 – Jan 4, 1943 · 2 years
Wall Doxey D
Mar 9, 1933 – Jan 4, 1941 · 7.8 years
Wall Doxey D
Dec 7, 1931 – Mar 4, 1933 · 15 months
Wall Doxey D
Apr 15, 1929 – Mar 4, 1931 · 23 months
Bill Green Lowrey D
Dec 5, 1927 – Mar 4, 1929 · 15 months
Bill Green Lowrey D
Dec 7, 1925 – Mar 5, 1927 · 15 months
Bill Green Lowrey D
Dec 3, 1923 – Mar 4, 1925 · 15 months
Bill Green Lowrey D
Apr 11, 1921 – Mar 4, 1923 · 23 months
Hubert Durrett Stephens D
May 19, 1919 – Mar 4, 1921 · 22 months
Hubert Durrett Stephens D
Apr 2, 1917 – Mar 4, 1919 · 23 months
Hubert Durrett Stephens D
Dec 6, 1915 – Mar 4, 1917 · 15 months
Hubert Durrett Stephens D
Apr 7, 1913 – Mar 4, 1915 · 23 months
Hubert Durrett Stephens D
Apr 4, 1911 – Mar 4, 1913 · 23 months
Thomas Spight D
Mar 15, 1909 – Mar 4, 1911 · 2 years
Thomas Spight D
Dec 2, 1907 – Mar 4, 1909 · 15 months
Thomas Spight D
Dec 4, 1905 – Mar 4, 1907 · 15 months
Thomas Spight D
Nov 9, 1903 – Mar 4, 1905 · 16 months
Thomas Spight D
Dec 2, 1901 – Mar 4, 1903 · 15 months
Thomas Spight D
Dec 4, 1899 – Mar 4, 1901 · 15 months
Thomas Spight D
Jul 5, 1898 – Mar 4, 1899 · 8 months
William Van Amberg Sullivan D
Mar 15, 1897 – Jun 1, 1898 · 15 months
John Curtis Kyle D
Dec 2, 1895 – Mar 4, 1897 · 15 months
John Curtis Kyle D
Aug 7, 1893 – Mar 4, 1895 · 19 months
John Curtis Kyle D
Dec 7, 1891 – Mar 4, 1893 · 15 months
James Bright Morgan D
Dec 2, 1889 – Mar 4, 1891 · 15 months
James Bright Morgan D
Dec 5, 1887 – Mar 4, 1889 · 15 months
James Bright Morgan D
Dec 7, 1885 – Mar 4, 1887 · 15 months
James Ronald Chalmers I
Dec 3, 1883 – Mar 4, 1885 · 15 months
Vannoy Hartrog Manning D
Dec 5, 1881 – Mar 4, 1883 · 15 months
Vannoy Hartrog Manning D
Mar 18, 1879 – Mar 4, 1881 · 2 years
Vannoy Hartrog Manning D
Oct 15, 1877 – Mar 4, 1879 · 17 months
Guilford Wiley Wells IR
Dec 6, 1875 – Mar 4, 1877 · 15 months
Albert Richards Howe R
Dec 1, 1873 – Mar 4, 1875 · 15 months
Joseph Lewis Morphis R
Mar 4, 1869 – Mar 4, 1873 · 4 years
Reuben Davis D
Dec 5, 1859 – Mar 4, 1861 · 15 months
Reuben Davis D
Dec 7, 1857 – Mar 4, 1859 · 15 months
Hendley Stone Bennett D
Dec 3, 1855 – Mar 4, 1857 · 15 months
William Taylor Sullivan Barry D
Dec 5, 1853 – Mar 4, 1855 · 15 months
John A. Wilcox U
Dec 1, 1851 – Mar 4, 1853 · 15 months
Winfield Scott Featherston D
Dec 3, 1849 – Mar 4, 1851 · 15 months
Winfield Scott Featherston D
Dec 6, 1847 – Mar 4, 1849 · 15 months

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