Mississippi's 1st congressional district

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

Mississippi's 1st congressional district
Current Representative		Alan Nunnelee (R–Tupelo)
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, Grenada, Oxford, Southaven, and Tupelo.

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

The congressional seat is held by Alan Nunnelee. In the November 2010 election, Alan Nunnelee 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 representatives

Name	Years of Service	Party	District Home	Notes
District created March 4, 1847
Jacob Thompson	March 4, 1847 - March 4, 1851	Democratic		Redistricted from the At-large district
Benjamin Nabers	March 4, 1851 - March 4, 1853	Unionist
Daniel B. Wright	March 4, 1853 - March 4, 1857	Democratic
Lucius Q. C. Lamar	March 4, 1857 - December, 1860	Democratic		Retired to become a member of the secesson convention of Mississippi
Civil War and Reconstruction
George E. Harris	February 23, 1870 - March 4, 1873	Republican
Lucius Q. C. Lamar	March 4, 1873 - March 4, 1877	Democratic
Henry Muldrow	March 4, 1877 - March 4, 1885	Democratic
John Allen	March 4, 1885 - March 4, 1901	Democratic
Ezekiel S. Candler, Jr.	March 4, 1901 - March 4, 1921	Democratic
John Rankin	March 4, 1921 - January 3, 1953	Democratic
Thomas Abernethy	January 3, 1953 - January 3, 1973	Democratic		Redistricted from the 4th district
Jamie Whitten	January 3, 1973 - January 3, 1995	Democratic		Redistricted from the 2nd district
Roger Wicker	January 3, 1995 - December 31, 2007	Republican		Resigned to accept appointment to U.S. Senate
Vacant	December 31, 2007 - May 13, 2008
Travis Childers	May 13, 2008 - January 3, 2011	Democratic
Alan Nunnelee	January 3, 2011 - Present	Republican		Incumbent

References

• Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company. 
• Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company. 
• Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present