Mississippi's 1st Congressional District

Mississippi's 1st Congressional District elects one member to the U.S. House of Representatives. Below is the district's current representative, the members of Congress who held this seat before, and Mississippi's two U.S. Senators.

Current Representative

Trent Kelly (Republican) currently represents Mississippi's 1st Congressional District. See Trent Kelly's full voting record and key issue positions →

District History — Past Representatives

Members of Congress who previously represented Mississippi's 1st Congressional District:

• Alan Nunnelee — Republican (until 2015)
• Travis Childers — Democrat (until 2011)
• Jamie Whitten — Democrat (until 1995)
• Thomas Abernethy — Democrat (until 1973)
• John Rankin — Democrat (until 1953)
• Ezekiel Candler — Democrat (until 1921)
• John Allen — Democrat (until 1901)
• Henry Muldrow — Democrat (until 1885)
• George Harris — Republican (until 1873)
• Daniel Wright — Democrat (until 1857)

Mississippi U.S. Senators

• Roger Wicker — Republican Senator
• Cindy Hyde-Smith — Republican Senator
• Thad Cochran — Republican Senator
• Trent Lott — Republican Senator
• John Stennis — Democrat Senator
• James Eastland — Democrat Senator
• Theodore Bilbo — Democrat Senator
• Wall Doxey — Democrat Senator
• Byron Harrison — Democrat Senator
• Hubert Stephens — Democrat Senator
• John Williams — Democrat Senator
• James Vardaman — Democrat Senator
• Le Percy — Democrat Senator
• James Gordon — Democrat Senator
• Hernando Money — Democrat Senator
• Anselm McLaurin — Democrat Senator
• William Sullivan — Democrat Senator
• Edward Walthall — Democrat Senator
• James George — Democrat Senator
• Lucius Lamar — Democrat Senator
• Blanche Bruce — Republican Senator
• James Alcorn — Republican Senator
• Adelbert Ames — Republican Senator
• Henry Pease — Republican Senator
• Hiram Revels — Republican Senator
• Albert Brown — Democrat Senator
• Jefferson Davis — Democrat Senator
• Stephen Adams — Democrat Senator
• Walker Brooke — Whig Senator
• Henry Foote — Democrat Senator
• Jesse Speight — Democrat Senator
• Joseph Chalmers — Democrat Senator
• Robert Walker — Democrat Senator
• John Henderson — Whig Senator
• James Trotter — Democrat Senator
• Thomas Williams — Democrat Senator
• John Black — Whig Senator
• George Poindexter — Jackson Senator
• Powhatan Ellis — Jackson Senator
• Robert Adams — Jackson Senator
• Thomas Reed — Senator
• Thomas Williams — Jackson Senator
• David Holmes — Republican Senator
• Walter Leake — Republican Senator

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