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Mississippi's 4th congressional district

60 members have held this seat since Dec 6, 1847. Now: Mike Ezell R.

Holders
60
47 D · 11 R · 1 SR · 1 A
Longest tenure
10 years
Thomas Gerstle Abernethy
Current
3.8 years
Mike Ezell, since Jan 3, 2023
history/seat/ms-4Every holder, newest first
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186018801900192019401960198020002020Albert Gallatin Brown · 1847-12-06 – 1849-03-04 · DemocratAlbert Gallatin Brown · 1849-12-03 – 1851-03-04 · DemocratAlbert Gallatin Brown · 1851-12-01 – 1853-03-04 · States RightsWiley Pope Harris · 1853-12-05 – 1855-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Augustus Lake · 1855-12-03 – 1857-03-04 · AmericanOtho Robards Singleton · 1857-12-07 – 1859-03-04 · DemocratOtho Robards Singleton · 1859-12-05 – 1861-03-04 · DemocratGeorge Colin McKee · 1869-03-04 – 1873-03-04 · RepublicanJason Niles · 1873-12-01 – 1875-03-04 · RepublicanOtho Robards Singleton · 1875-12-06 – 1877-03-04 · DemocratOtho Robards Singleton · 1877-10-15 – 1879-03-04 · DemocratOtho Robards Singleton · 1879-03-18 – 1881-03-04 · DemocratOtho Robards Singleton · 1881-12-05 – 1883-03-04 · DemocratHernando De Soto Money · 1883-12-03 – 1885-03-04 · DemocratFrederick George Barry · 1885-12-07 – 1887-03-04 · DemocratFrederick George Barry · 1887-12-05 – 1889-03-04 · DemocratClarke Lewis · 1889-12-02 – 1891-03-04 · DemocratClarke Lewis · 1891-12-07 – 1893-03-04 · DemocratHernando De Soto Money · 1893-08-07 – 1895-03-04 · DemocratHernando De Soto Money · 1895-12-02 – 1897-03-04 · DemocratAndrew Fuller Fox · 1897-03-15 – 1899-03-04 · DemocratAndrew Fuller Fox · 1899-12-04 – 1901-03-04 · DemocratAndrew Fuller Fox · 1901-12-02 – 1903-03-04 · DemocratWilson Shedric Hill · 1903-11-09 – 1905-03-04 · DemocratWilson Shedric Hill · 1905-12-04 – 1907-03-04 · DemocratWilson Shedric Hill · 1907-12-02 – 1909-03-04 · DemocratThomas Upton Sisson · 1909-03-15 – 1911-03-04 · DemocratThomas Upton Sisson · 1911-04-04 – 1913-03-04 · DemocratThomas Upton Sisson · 1913-04-07 – 1915-03-04 · DemocratThomas Upton Sisson · 1915-12-06 – 1917-03-04 · DemocratThomas Upton Sisson · 1917-04-02 – 1919-03-04 · DemocratThomas Upton Sisson · 1919-05-19 – 1921-03-04 · DemocratThomas Upton Sisson · 1921-04-11 – 1923-03-04 · DemocratThomas Jefferson Busby · 1923-12-03 – 1925-03-04 · DemocratThomas Jefferson Busby · 1925-12-07 – 1927-03-05 · DemocratThomas Jefferson Busby · 1927-12-05 – 1929-03-04 · DemocratThomas Jefferson Busby · 1929-04-15 – 1931-03-04 · DemocratThomas Jefferson Busby · 1931-12-07 – 1933-03-04 · DemocratThomas Jefferson Busby · 1933-03-09 – 1935-01-04 · DemocratThomas Gerstle Abernethy · 1943-01-06 – 1953-01-04 · DemocratJohn Bell Williams · 1959-01-07 – 1963-01-04 · DemocratWilliam Arthur Winstead · 1963-01-09 – 1965-01-04 · DemocratPrentiss Lafayette Walker · 1965-01-04 – 1967-01-04 · RepublicanGillespie V. Montgomery · 1967-01-10 – 1971-01-04 · DemocratGillespie V. Montgomery · 1971-01-21 – 1973-01-04 · DemocratThad Cochran · 1975-01-14 – 1979-01-04 · RepublicanJon Clifton Hinson · 1979-01-15 – 1983-01-04 · RepublicanCharles Wayne Dowdy · 1987-01-06 – 1989-01-04 · DemocratMichael Parker · 1997-01-07 – 1999-01-04 · RepublicanRonnie Shows · 1999-01-06 – 2003-01-04 · DemocratGene Taylor · 2003-01-07 – 2009-01-04 · DemocratGene Taylor · 2009-01-06 – 2011-01-04 · DemocratSteven M. Palazzo · 2011-01-05 – 2015-01-04 · RepublicanSteven M. Palazzo · 2015-01-06 – 2023-01-04 · RepublicanAaron Lane Ford · 1935-01-03 – 1943-01-04 · DemocratJohn Bell Williams · 1953-01-03 – 1959-01-04 · DemocratThad Cochran · 1973-01-03 – 1975-01-04 · RepublicanCharles Wayne Dowdy · 1981-01-05 – 1987-01-04 · DemocratMichael Parker · 1989-01-03 – 1997-01-04 · Democrat → RepublicanMike Ezell · 2023-01-03 – present · Republican
Mike Ezell R
Jan 3, 2023 – present · 3.8 years
Steven M. Palazzo R
Jan 6, 2015 – Jan 4, 2023 · 8 years
Steven M. Palazzo R
Jan 5, 2011 – Jan 4, 2015 · 4 years
Gene Taylor D
Jan 6, 2009 – Jan 4, 2011 · 2 years
Gene Taylor D
Jan 7, 2003 – Jan 4, 2009 · 6 years
Ronnie Shows D
Jan 6, 1999 – Jan 4, 2003 · 4 years
Michael Parker R
Jan 7, 1997 – Jan 4, 1999 · 2 years
Michael Parker D→R
Jan 3, 1989 – Jan 4, 1997 · 8 years
Charles Wayne Dowdy D
Jan 6, 1987 – Jan 4, 1989 · 2 years
Charles Wayne Dowdy D
Jan 5, 1981 – Jan 4, 1987 · 6 years
Jon Clifton Hinson R
Jan 15, 1979 – Jan 4, 1983 · 4 years
Thad Cochran R
Jan 14, 1975 – Jan 4, 1979 · 4 years
Thad Cochran R
Jan 3, 1973 – Jan 4, 1975 · 2 years
Gillespie V. Montgomery D
Jan 21, 1971 – Jan 4, 1973 · 23 months
Gillespie V. Montgomery D
Jan 10, 1967 – Jan 4, 1971 · 4 years
Prentiss Lafayette Walker R
Jan 4, 1965 – Jan 4, 1967 · 2 years
William Arthur Winstead D
Jan 9, 1963 – Jan 4, 1965 · 2 years
John Bell Williams D
Jan 7, 1959 – Jan 4, 1963 · 4 years
John Bell Williams D
Jan 3, 1953 – Jan 4, 1959 · 6 years
Thomas Gerstle Abernethy D
Jan 6, 1943 – Jan 4, 1953 · 10 years
Aaron Lane Ford D
Jan 3, 1935 – Jan 4, 1943 · 8 years
Thomas Jefferson Busby D
Mar 9, 1933 – Jan 4, 1935 · 22 months
Thomas Jefferson Busby D
Dec 7, 1931 – Mar 4, 1933 · 15 months
Thomas Jefferson Busby D
Apr 15, 1929 – Mar 4, 1931 · 23 months
Thomas Jefferson Busby D
Dec 5, 1927 – Mar 4, 1929 · 15 months
Thomas Jefferson Busby D
Dec 7, 1925 – Mar 5, 1927 · 15 months
Thomas Jefferson Busby D
Dec 3, 1923 – Mar 4, 1925 · 15 months
Thomas Upton Sisson D
Apr 11, 1921 – Mar 4, 1923 · 23 months
Thomas Upton Sisson D
May 19, 1919 – Mar 4, 1921 · 22 months
Thomas Upton Sisson D
Apr 2, 1917 – Mar 4, 1919 · 23 months
Thomas Upton Sisson D
Dec 6, 1915 – Mar 4, 1917 · 15 months
Thomas Upton Sisson D
Apr 7, 1913 – Mar 4, 1915 · 23 months
Thomas Upton Sisson D
Apr 4, 1911 – Mar 4, 1913 · 23 months
Thomas Upton Sisson D
Mar 15, 1909 – Mar 4, 1911 · 2 years
Wilson Shedric Hill D
Dec 2, 1907 – Mar 4, 1909 · 15 months
Wilson Shedric Hill D
Dec 4, 1905 – Mar 4, 1907 · 15 months
Wilson Shedric Hill D
Nov 9, 1903 – Mar 4, 1905 · 16 months
Andrew Fuller Fox D
Dec 2, 1901 – Mar 4, 1903 · 15 months
Andrew Fuller Fox D
Dec 4, 1899 – Mar 4, 1901 · 15 months
Andrew Fuller Fox D
Mar 15, 1897 – Mar 4, 1899 · 2 years
Hernando De Soto Money D
Dec 2, 1895 – Mar 4, 1897 · 15 months
Hernando De Soto Money D
Aug 7, 1893 – Mar 4, 1895 · 19 months
Clarke Lewis D
Dec 7, 1891 – Mar 4, 1893 · 15 months
Clarke Lewis D
Dec 2, 1889 – Mar 4, 1891 · 15 months
Frederick George Barry D
Dec 5, 1887 – Mar 4, 1889 · 15 months
Frederick George Barry D
Dec 7, 1885 – Mar 4, 1887 · 15 months
Hernando De Soto Money D
Dec 3, 1883 – Mar 4, 1885 · 15 months
Otho Robards Singleton D
Dec 5, 1881 – Mar 4, 1883 · 15 months
Otho Robards Singleton D
Mar 18, 1879 – Mar 4, 1881 · 2 years
Otho Robards Singleton D
Oct 15, 1877 – Mar 4, 1879 · 17 months
Otho Robards Singleton D
Dec 6, 1875 – Mar 4, 1877 · 15 months
Jason Niles R
Dec 1, 1873 – Mar 4, 1875 · 15 months
George Colin McKee R
Mar 4, 1869 – Mar 4, 1873 · 4 years
Otho Robards Singleton D
Dec 5, 1859 – Mar 4, 1861 · 15 months
Otho Robards Singleton D
Dec 7, 1857 – Mar 4, 1859 · 15 months
William Augustus Lake A
Dec 3, 1855 – Mar 4, 1857 · 15 months
Wiley Pope Harris D
Dec 5, 1853 – Mar 4, 1855 · 15 months
Albert Gallatin Brown SR
Dec 1, 1851 – Mar 4, 1853 · 15 months
Albert Gallatin Brown D
Dec 3, 1849 – Mar 4, 1851 · 15 months
Albert Gallatin Brown D
Dec 6, 1847 – Mar 4, 1849 · 15 months

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