1817 United States House of Representatives election in Mississippi explained

Mississippi was admitted as a state on December 10, 1817^[1] from the western half of the former Mississippi Territory (the eastern half became Alabama Territory). It elected its first representative to Congress August 4–5, 1817.

See also

• 1816 and 1817 United States House of Representatives elections
• List of United States representatives from Mississippi

Notes and References

1. Web site: Fifteenth Congress March 4, 1817, to March 3, 1819 . November 2, 2018 . Office of the Historian, United States House of Representatives . History.house.gov .