Mississippi's 1st congressional district

For other uses of "MS-1", see MS-1 (disambiguation).

Mississippi's 1st congressional district
Mississippi's 1st congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
Current Representative		Trent Kelly (R–Saltillo)
Area	11,412 mi2 (29,557 km2)
Distribution	38.36% urban, 61.64% rural
Population (2006)	762,914
Median income	$35,831
Ethnicity	70.5% White, 27.2% Black, 0.5% Asian, 1.8% Hispanic, 0.3% Native American, 0.8% other
Occupation	30.4% blue collar, 56.6% white collar, 13% gray collar
Cook PVI	R+14

Mississippi's 1st congressional district is in the northeast corner of the state. It includes much of the northern portion of the state including Columbus, Oxford, Southaven, and Tupelo. One of the state's major universities, the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss), is located within the district at Oxford.

From statehood to the election of 1846, Mississippi elected representatives at-large statewide on a general ticket.

The congressional seat had recently been held by Republican Alan Nunnelee who died February 6, 2015. In the November 2010 election, Nunnelee had defeated Democratic incumbent Travis Childers, Constitutionalist Gail Giaramita, Independent Conservative Party candidate Wally Pang of Batesville, Libertarian Harold Taylor, and Reformist Barbara Dale Washer. In June 2015, Republican Trent Kelly won a special election to fill the vacant seat.

List of representatives

Representative	Party	Years	Electoral history
District created March 4, 1847
Jacob Thompson	Democratic	March 4, 1847 – March 4, 1851	Redistricted from the At-large district.
Benjamin Nabers	Unionist	March 4, 1851 – March 4, 1853	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Daniel B. Wright	Democratic	March 4, 1853 – March 4, 1857	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Lucius Q. C. Lamar	Democratic	March 4, 1857 – December, 1860	Retired to become a member of the secesson convention of Mississippi.
Civil War and Reconstruction
George E. Harris	Republican	February 23, 1870 – March 4, 1873	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Lucius Q. C. Lamar	Democratic	March 4, 1873 – March 4, 1877	Retired when elected to the U.S. Senate.
Henry Muldrow	Democratic	March 4, 1877 – March 4, 1885	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
100px John Allen	Democratic	March 4, 1885 – March 4, 1901	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
100px Ezekiel S. Candler, Jr.	Democratic	March 4, 1901 – March 4, 1921	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
John Rankin	Democratic	March 4, 1921 – January 3, 1953	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Thomas Abernethy	Democratic	January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1973	Redistricted from the 4th district. Retired.
Jamie Whitten	Democratic	January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1995	Redistricted from the 2nd district. Retired.
Roger Wicker	Republican	January 3, 1995 – December 31, 2007	Resigned when appointed U.S. Senator.
Vacant		December 31, 2007 – May 13, 2008
Travis Childers	Democratic	May 13, 2008 – January 3, 2011	First elected to finish Wicker's term. Re-elected in 2008. Lost re-election.
Alan Nunnelee	Republican	January 3, 2011 – February 6, 2015	First elected in 2010. Re-elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Died.
Vacant		February 6, 2015 – June 2, 2015
Trent Kelly	Republican	June 2, 2015 – Present	Elected to finish Nunnelee's term.

Historical district boundaries

File:MS 1st Congressional District.png

2003 - 2013

See also

• Mississippi's congressional districts
• List of United States congressional districts

References

• Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present