Mississippi's 2nd Congressional District

Mississippi's 2nd 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

Bennie Thompson (Democrat) currently represents Mississippi's 2nd Congressional District. See Bennie Thompson's full voting record and key issue positions →

District History — Past Representatives

Members of Congress who previously represented Mississippi's 2nd Congressional District:

• Albert Espy — Democrat (until 1993)
• William Franklin — Republican (until 1987)
• David Bowen — Democrat (until 1983)
• Bill Lowrey — Democrat (until 1929)
• Thomas Spight — Democrat (until 1911)
• John Kyle — Democrat (until 1897)
• James Morgan — Democrat (until 1891)
• James Chalmers — Independent (until 1885)
• Guilford Wells — Ind. Republican (until 1877)
• Albert Howe — Republican (until 1875)

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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