Name
Party
Years of Service
Cong ress
Electoral history
District location and map
District created March 4, 1847
Winfield S. Featherston (Houston )
Democratic
March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1851
30th 31st
Elected in 1846 .Re-elected in 1848 . Lost re-election as a Southern Rights candidate.[ 6]
John A. Wilcox (Aberdeen )
Union
March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853
32nd
Elected in 1851 . Lost re-election as a Whig.
William T. S. Barry (Greenwood )
Democratic
March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855
33rd
Elected in 1853 . Retired to run for state representative .
Hendley S. Bennett (Grenada )
Democratic
March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857
34th
Elected in 1855 . Lost renomination.
Reuben Davis (Aberdeen )
Democratic
March 4, 1857 – January 12, 1861
35th 36th
Elected in 1857 .Re-elected in 1859 . Withdrew due to Civil War.
Vacant
January 12, 1861 – February 23, 1870
36th 37th 38th 39th 40th 41st
Civil War and Reconstruction
Joseph L. Morphis (Pontotoc )
Republican
February 23, 1870 – March 3, 1873
41st 42nd
Elected in 1869 to finish the term and to the next term. Lost renomination.
Albert R. Howe (Sardis )
Republican
March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875
43rd
Elected in 1872 . Lost re-election.
G. Wiley Wells (Holly Springs )
Independent Republican
March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877
44th
Elected in 1874 . Retired.
Van H. Manning (Holly Springs )
Democratic
March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1883
45th 46th 47th
Elected in 1876 .Re-elected in 1878 .Re-elected in 1880 .Re-elected in 1882 but lost contested election.
Vacant
March 4, 1883 – June 25, 1884
48th
James R. Chalmers (Sardis )
Independent
June 25, 1884 – March 3, 1885
Seated after contested election with Van H. Manning . Lost re-election.
James B. Morgan (Hernando )
Democratic
March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1891
49th 50th 51st
Elected in 1884 .Re-elected in 1886 .Re-elected in 1888 . Retired.
John C. Kyle (Sardis )
Democratic
March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1897
52nd 53rd 54th
Elected in 1890 .Re-elected in 1892 .Re-elected in 1894 . Retired.
William V. Sullivan (Oxford )
Democratic
March 4, 1897 – May 31, 1898
55th
Elected in 1896 . Resigned when appointed U.S. senator .
Vacant
May 31, 1898 – July 5, 1898
Thomas Spight (Ripley )
Democratic
July 5, 1898 – March 3, 1911
55th 56th 57th 58th 59th 60th 61st
Elected to finish Sullivan's term .Re-elected in 1898 .Re-elected in 1900 .Re-elected in 1902 .Re-elected in 1904 .Re-elected in 1906 .Re-elected in 1908 . Lost renomination.
Hubert D. Stephens (New Albany )
Democratic
March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1921
62nd 63rd 64th 65th 66th
Elected in 1910 .Re-elected in 1912 .Re-elected in 1914 .Re-elected in 1916 .Re-elected in 1918 . Retired.
Bill G. Lowrey (Blue Mountain )
Democratic
March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1929
67th 68th 69th 70th
Elected in 1920 .Re-elected in 1922 .Re-elected in 1924 .Re-elected in 1926 . Lost renomination.
Wall Doxey (Holly Springs )
Democratic
March 4, 1929 – September 28, 1941
71st 72nd 73rd 74th 75th 76th 77th
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 . Resigned when elected U.S. senator .
Vacant
September 28, 1941 – November 4, 1941
77th
Jamie Whitten (Charleston )
Democratic
November 4, 1941 – January 3, 1973
77th 78th 79th 80th 81st 82nd 83rd 84th 85th 86th 87th 88th 89th 90th 91st 92nd
Elected to finish Doxey's term .Re-elected in 1942 .Re-elected in 1944 .Re-elected in 1946 .Re-elected in 1948 .Re-elected in 1950 .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 . Redistricted to the 1st district .
David R. Bowen (Cleveland )
Democratic
January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1983
93rd 94th 95th 96th 97th
Elected in 1972 .Re-elected in 1974 .Re-elected in 1976 .Re-elected in 1978 .Re-elected in 1980 . Retired.
Webb Franklin (Greenwood )
Republican
January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1987
98th 99th
Elected in 1982 .Re-elected in 1984 . Lost re-election.
Mike Espy (Yazoo City )
Democratic
January 3, 1987 – January 22, 1993
100th 101st 102nd 103rd
Elected in 1986 .Re-elected in 1988 .Re-elected in 1990 .Re-elected in 1992 . Resigned to become U.S. Secretary of Agriculture .
Vacant
January 22, 1993 – April 13, 1993
103rd
Bennie Thompson (Bolton )
Democratic
April 13, 1993 – present
103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th 111th 112th 113th 114th 115th 116th 117th 118th
Elected to finish Espy's term .Re-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 .Re-elected in 2008 .Re-elected in 2010 .Re-elected in 2012 .Re-elected in 2014 .Re-elected in 2016 .Re-elected in 2018 .Re-elected in 2020 .Re-elected in 2022 .
2003–2013
2013–2023
2023–present