Mississippi's 1st congressional district

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.

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

Mississippi's 1st congressional district
Mississippi's 1st congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
Representative
  Trent Kelly
R–Saltillo
Area11,412 sq mi (29,560 km2)
Distribution
  • 61.64% rural
  • 38.36% urban
Population (2019)769,026[1]
Median household
income		$50,243[2]
Ethnicity
Occupation
Cook PVIR+16[3]

The district includes Alcorn, Benton, Calhoun, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Clay, DeSoto, Itawamba, Lafayette, Lee, Lowndes, Marshall, Monroe, Pontotoc, Prentiss, Tate, Tippah, Tishomingo, Union, Webster, and Winston counties and a portion of Oktibbeha County.

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

The congressional seat has been held by Republican Trent Kelly who won a June, 2015 special election to fill the vacant seat previously 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.

List of members representing the district
Member Party Years Cong
ress		 Electoral history
District created March 4, 1847

Jacob Thompson		 Democratic March 4, 1847 –
March 3, 1851		 30th
31st		 Redistricted from the at-large district and re-elected in 1846.
Re-elected in 1848.
Lost re-election.
Benjamin Nabers Unionist March 4, 1851 –
March 3, 1853		 32nd Elected in 1851.
Lost re-election.
Daniel B. Wright Democratic March 4, 1853 –
March 3, 1857		 33rd
34th		 Elected in 1853.
Re-elected in 1855.
Retired.

Lucius Q. C. Lamar		 Democratic March 4, 1857 –
December 20, 1860		 35th
36th		 Elected in 1857.
Re-elected in 1859.
Resigned to become a member of the secession convention of Mississippi.
Vacant December 1860 –
February 23, 1870		 36th
37th
38th
39th
40th
41st		 Civil War and Reconstruction

George E. Harris		 Republican February 23, 1870 –
March 3, 1873		 41st
42nd		 Elected in 1869 to finish the term and to the next term.
Retired.

Lucius Q. C. Lamar		 Democratic March 4, 1873 –
March 3, 1877		 43rd
44th		 Elected in 1872.
Re-elected in 1874.
Retired to run for U.S. senator.

Henry L. Muldrow		 Democratic March 4, 1877 –
March 3, 1885		 45th
46th
47th
48th		 Elected in 1876.
Re-elected in 1878.
Re-elected in 1880.
Re-elected in 1882.
Retired to become First Assistant Secretary of the Interior.

John Allen		 Democratic March 4, 1885 –
March 3, 1901		 49th
50th
51st
52nd
53rd
54th
55th
56th		 Elected in 1884.
Re-elected in 1886.
Re-elected in 1888.
Re-elected in 1890.
Re-elected in 1892.
Re-elected in 1894.
Re-elected in 1896.
Re-elected in 1898.
Retired.

Ezekiel S. Candler Jr.		 Democratic March 4, 1901 –
March 3, 1921		 57th
58th
59th
60th
61st
62nd
63rd
64th
65th
66th		 Elected in 1900.
Re-elected in 1902.
Re-elected in 1904.
Re-elected in 1906.
Re-elected in 1908.
Re-elected in 1910.
Re-elected in 1912.
Re-elected in 1914.
Re-elected in 1916.
Re-elected in 1918.
Lost renomination.

John Rankin		 Democratic March 4, 1921 –
January 3, 1953		 67th
68th
69th
70th
71st
72nd
73rd
74th
75th
76th
77th
78th
79th
80th
81st
82nd		 Elected in 1920.
Re-elected in 1922.
Re-elected in 1924.
Re-elected in 1926.
Re-elected in 1928.
Re-elected in 1930.
Re-elected in 1932.
Re-elected in 1934.
Re-elected in 1936.
Re-elected in 1938.
Re-elected in 1940.
Re-elected in 1942.
Re-elected in 1944.
Re-elected in 1946.
Re-elected in 1948.
Re-elected in 1950.
Lost renomination.

Thomas Abernethy		 Democratic January 3, 1953 –
January 3, 1973		 83rd
84th
85th
86th
87th
88th
89th
90th
91st
92nd		 Redistricted from the 4th district and re-elected in 1952.
Re-elected in 1954.
Re-elected in 1956.
Re-elected in 1958.
Re-elected in 1960.
Re-elected in 1962.
Re-elected in 1964.
Re-elected in 1966.
Re-elected in 1968.
Re-elected in 1970.
Retired.

Jamie Whitten		 Democratic January 3, 1973 –
January 3, 1995		 93rd
94th
95th
96th
97th
98th
99th
100th
101st
102nd
103rd		 Redistricted from the 2nd district and re-elected in 1972.
Re-elected in 1974.
Re-elected in 1976.
Re-elected in 1978.
Re-elected in 1980.
Re-elected in 1982.
Re-elected in 1984.
Re-elected in 1986.
Re-elected in 1988.
Re-elected in 1990.
Re-elected in 1992.
Retired.

Roger Wicker		 Republican January 3, 1995 –
December 31, 2007		 104th
105th
106th
107th
108th
109th
110th		 Elected in 1994.
Re-elected in 1996.
Re-elected in 1998.
Re-elected in 2000.
Re-elected in 2002.
Re-elected in 2004.
Re-elected in 2006.
Resigned to become U.S. senator.
Vacant December 31, 2007 –
May 13, 2008		 110th

Travis Childers		 Democratic May 13, 2008 –
January 3, 2011		 110th
111th		 Elected to finish Wicker's term.
Re-elected in 2008.
Lost re-election.

Alan Nunnelee		 Republican January 3, 2011 –
February 6, 2015		 112th
113th
114th		 Elected in 2010.
Re-elected in 2012.
Re-elected in 2014.
Died.
Vacant February 6, 2015 –
June 2, 2015		 114th

Trent Kelly		 Republican June 2, 2015 –
present		 114th
115th
116th
117th		 Elected to finish Nunnelee's term.
Re-elected in 2016.
Re-elected in 2018.
Re-elected in 2020.

Recent election results

2012
Mississippi's 1st congressional district, 2012 [4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Alan Nunnelee (incumbent) 186,760 60.4
Democratic Brad Morris 114,076 36.9
Libertarian Danny Bedwell 3,584 1.2
Constitution Jim R. Bourland 2,390 0.8
Reform Chris Potts 2,367 0.8
Total votes 309,177 100.0
Republican hold

2014
Mississippi's 1st congressional district, 2014[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Alan Nunnelee (incumbent) 102,622 67.9
Democratic Ron Dickey 43,713 28.9
Libertarian Danny Bedwell 3,830 2.6
Reform Lajena Walley 946 0.6
Total votes 151,111 100.0
Republican hold

2015 special election
Mississippi's 1st congressional district special general election, 2015 [6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Nonpartisan Walter Zinn 15,385 17.41
Nonpartisan Trent Kelly 14,418 16.32
Nonpartisan Mike Tagert 11,231 12.71
Nonpartisan Greg Pirkle 7,142 8.08
Nonpartisan Starner Jones 6,993 7.91
Nonpartisan Chip Mills 6,929 7.84
Nonpartisan Henry Ross 4,313 4.88
Nonpartisan Boyce Adams 4,037 4.57
Nonpartisan Nancy Adams Collins 4,006 4.53
Nonpartisan Sam Adcock 4,000 4.53
Nonpartisan Ed "Doc" Holliday 3,958 4.48
Nonpartisan Quentin Whitwell 3,124 3.56
Nonpartisan Daniel Sparks 2,828 3.20
Total votes 88,364 100.0
Mississippi's 1st congressional district special runoff election, 2015[7]
Party Candidate Votes %
Nonpartisan Trent Kelly 69,516 69.97
Nonpartisan Walter Zinn 29,831 30.03
Total votes 99,347 100
Republican hold

2016
Mississippi's 1st congressional district, 2016 [5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Trent Kelly (incumbent) 206,455 68.7
Democratic Jacob Owens 83,947 27.9
Libertarian Chase Wilson 6,181 2.1
Reform Cathy Toole 3,840 1.3
Total votes 300,123 100.0
Republican hold

2018
Mississippi's 1st congressional district, 2018
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Trent Kelly (incumbent) 158,245 66.9
Democratic Randy Wadkins 76,601 32.4
Reform Tracella Lou O'Hara Hil 1,675 0.7
Total votes 236,521 100.0
Republican hold

2020
Mississippi's 1st congressional district, 2020[8]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Trent Kelly (incumbent) 228,787 68.7
Democratic Antonia Eliason 104,008 31.3
Total votes 332,795 100.0
Republican hold

Historical district boundaries
2003 - 2013

See also

References
  1. https://www.census.gov/mycd/?st=28&cd=01
  2. https://www.census.gov/mycd/?st=28&cd=01
  3. "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
  4. "Secretary of State :: Elections". State of Mississippi Secretary of State. Archived from the original on January 1, 2013. Retrieved December 3, 2012.
  5. "Mississippi General Election 2014". Mississippi Secretary of State. November 4, 2014. Retrieved December 22, 2014.
  6. "Total Votes Reported by County for the 2015 Special Election" (PDF). Mississippi Secretary of State. Retrieved July 26, 2019.
  7. "Total Votes Reported by County for the 2015 Special Runoff Election". Mississippi Secretary of State. Retrieved July 26, 2019.
  8. "State of Mississippi OFFICIAL 2020 GENERAL ELECTION CERTIFIED RESULTS" (PDF). State of Mississippi Secretary of State. Retrieved December 28, 2020.

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