| State: | Mississippi |
| District Number: | AL |
| Obsolete: | yes |
| Created: | 1817 1850 |
| Eliminated: | 1847 1855 |
| Years: | 1817-1843 1853-1855 |
| Population Year: | 1830 1850 |
The U.S. state of Mississippi's at-large congressional district existed from December 10, 1817, when it was admitted to the Union until 1847, when representatives were elected in districts.
Mississippi briefly elected an at-large representative from 1853 to 1855, in addition to having the rest of the delegation elected from districts.
| Cong ress | Years | Seat A | Seat B | Seat C | Seat D | |||||||||||||||
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| Representative | Party | Electoral history | Representative | Party | Electoral history | Representative | Party | Electoral history | Representative | Party | Electoral history | |||||||||
| nowrap | December 10, 1817 | District created | ||||||||||||||||||
| nowrap | December 10, 1817 – March 3, 1819 | align=left | George Poindexter | Democratic-Republican | Elected in 1817. Retired. | No 2nd seat | No 3rd seat | No 4th seat | ||||||||||||
| nowrap | March 4, 1819 – March 3, 1821 | Christopher Rankin | Democratic-Republican | Elected in 1819. Re-elected in 1820. Re-elected in 1822. Re-elected in 1824. Died. | ||||||||||||||||
| nowrap | March 4, 1821 – March 3, 1823 | |||||||||||||||||||
| nowrap | March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825 | |||||||||||||||||||
| nowrap | March 4, 1825 – March 14, 1826 | Jacksonian | ||||||||||||||||||
| nowrap | March 14, 1826 – July 10, 1826 | Vacant | ||||||||||||||||||
| nowrap | July 10, 1826 – March 3, 1827 | William Haile | Jacksonian | Elected July 11, 1826 to finish Rankin's term and seated December 4, 1826. Re-elected later in 1826. Resigned. | ||||||||||||||||
| nowrap | March 4, 1827 – July 10, 1828 | |||||||||||||||||||
| nowrap | July 10, 1828 – October 21, 1828 | Vacant | ||||||||||||||||||
| nowrap | October 21, 1828 – March 3, 1829 | Thomas Hinds | Jacksonian | Elected October 20, 1828 to finish Haile's term and seated December 8, 1828. Elected August 4–5, 1828 to the next term. Retired. | ||||||||||||||||
| nowrap | March 3, 1829 – March 3, 1831 | |||||||||||||||||||
| nowrap | March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1833 | Franklin E. Plummer | Jacksonian | Elected in 1830. Re-elected in 1832. Retired to run for U.S. senator. | ||||||||||||||||
| nowrap | March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1835 | align=left | Harry Cage | Jacksonian | Elected in 1832. Retired. | |||||||||||||||
| nowrap | March 4, 1835 – July 31, 1836 | align=left rowspan=3 | John F. H. Claiborne | Jacksonian | Elected in 1835. Re-elected in 1837 but election was invalidated. | align=left | David Dickson | Anti-Jacksonian | Elected in 1835. Died. | |||||||||||
| nowrap | July 31, 1836 – January 7, 1837 | Vacant | ||||||||||||||||||
| nowrap | January 7, 1837 – March 3, 1837 | align=left | Samuel J. Gholson | Jacksonian | Elected November 7, 1836 to finish Dickson's term and seated January 7, 1837.[1] Re-elected in 1837 but election was invalidated. | |||||||||||||||
| nowrap | March 4, 1837 – July 17, 1837 | Vacant | Vacant | |||||||||||||||||
| nowrap | July 18, 1837 – February 5, 1838 | align=left | John F. H. Claiborne | Democratic | Credentials presented but election successfully contest and seat declared vacant. | align=left | Samuel J. Gholson | Democratic | Credentials presented but election successfully contest and seat declared vacant. | |||||||||||
| nowrap | February 5, 1838 – May 29, 1838 | Vacant | Vacant | |||||||||||||||||
| nowrap | May 29, 1838 – March 3, 1839 | align=left | Seargent S. Prentiss | Whig | Elected to finish Claiborne's term. Retired. | align=left | Thomas J. Word | Whig | Elected to finish Gholson's term. Retired. | |||||||||||
| nowrap | March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1841 | align=left rowspan=6 | Jacob Thompson | Democratic | Elected in 1839. Re-elected in 1841. Re-elected in 1843. Re-elected in 1845. Redistricted to the . | align=left | Albert G. Brown | Democratic | Elected in 1839. Retired. | |||||||||||
| nowrap | March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843 | align=left | William M. Gwin | Democratic | Elected in 1841. Renominated but declined. | |||||||||||||||
| nowrap | March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845 | align=left | William H. Hammett | Democratic | Elected in 1843. Retired. | Robert W. Roberts | Democratic | Elected in 1843. Re-elected in 1845. Redistricted to the and lost re-election.. | align=left | Tilghman Tucker | Democratic | Elected in 1843. Retired. | ||||||||
| nowrap | March 4, 1845 – June 1846 | Stephen Adams | Democratic | Elected in 1845. Retired. | align=left | Jefferson Davis | Democratic | Elected in 1845. Resigned to command regiment in Mexican–American War. | ||||||||||||
| nowrap | June 1846 – January 26, 1847 | Vacant | ||||||||||||||||||
| nowrap | January 26, 1847 – March 3, 1847 | align=left | Henry T. Ellett | Democratic | Elected to finish Davis's term. Retired. | |||||||||||||||
| nowrap | March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849 | No at-large seats. Starting with the 1847 election, Mississippi elected all its representatives in districts until 1853. | ||||||||||||||||||
| nowrap | March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851 | |||||||||||||||||||
| nowrap | March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853 | |||||||||||||||||||
| nowrap | March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855 | align=left | William Barksdale | Democratic | Elected in 1853. Redistricted to the . | In 1852, one representative was elected at-large, the remainder from districts. | ||||||||||||||