Mississippi's 3rd congressional district

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Mississippi's 3rd congressional district
Mississippi's 3rd congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
Current Representative Gregg Harper (RPearl)
Area 12,185.28 mi2 (31,559.73 km2)
Distribution 40.33% urban, 59.67% rural
Population (2000) 711,115
Median income $31,907
Ethnicity 64.2% White, 33.3% Black, 0.6% Asian, 1.2% Hispanic, 0.9% Native American, 0.2% other
Cook PVI R+15[1]

Mississippi's 3rd congressional district (MS-3) covers central portions of state and stretches from the Louisiana border in the west to the Alabama border in the east.

Large cities in the district include Meridian, Starkville, Pearl, and Natchez. The Rankin County portion of the city of Jackson is in the third district. The district includes the state's largest college and land-grant university, Mississippi State University in Starkville.

From statehood to the election of 1846, Mississippi elected representatives at-large statewide on a general ticket. This district has been redefined based on changes in statewide population.

Its current representative is Republican Gregg Harper.

List of representatives

Name Years of Service Party District Home Notes
District created March 4, 1847
No image.svg Patrick Watson Tompkins March 4, 1847 - March 3, 1849 Whig
75px William McWillie December 3, 1849 - March 3, 1851 Democratic
No image.svg John D. Freeman March 4, 1851 - March 3, 1853 Unionist
75px Otho Robards Singleton March 4, 1853 - March 3, 1855 Democratic
75px William Barksdale March 4, 1855 - January 12, 1861 Democratic Redistricted from the At-large district, Withdrew
Civil War and Reconstruction
75px Henry Barry February 23, 1870 - March 3, 1875 Republican
75px Hernando D. Money March 4, 1875 - March 3, 1883 Democratic Redistricted to the 4th district
No image.svg Elza Jeffords March 4, 1883 - March 3, 1885 Republican
No image.svg Thomas C. Catchings March 4, 1885 - March 3, 1901 Democratic
No image.svg Patrick Stevens Henry March 4, 1901 - March 3, 1903 Democratic
No image.svg Benjamin G. Humphreys II March 4, 1903 - October 16, 1923 Democratic Died
Vacant October 16, 1923 - November 27, 1923
No image.svg William Y. Humphreys November 27, 1923 - March 3, 1925 Democratic
No image.svg William M. Whittington March 4, 1925 - January 3, 1951 Democratic
No image.svg Frank E. Smith January 3, 1951 - November 14, 1962 Democratic Resigned after being appointed as a member of the Board of Directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority
Vacant November 14, 1962 - January 3, 1963
75px John Bell Williams January 3, 1963 - January 16, 1968 Democratic Redistricted from the 4th district, Resigned after being elected Governor of Mississippi
Vacant January 16, 1968 - March 12, 1968
75px Charles Hudson Griffin March 12, 1968 - January 3, 1973 Democratic
Sonnyvmontgomery.jpg Sonny Montgomery January 3, 1973 - January 3, 1997 Democratic Redistricted from the 4th district
75px Chip Pickering January 3, 1997 - January 3, 2009 Republican
75px Gregg Harper January 3, 2009 - Present Republican Incumbent

Historical district boundaries

See also

References

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