Mississippi Members of Congress: Congressional District Maps
The U.S constitution requires that seats in the House of Representatives are divided among the states on the basis of population (with the exception that every state is entitled to at least one representative). A decennial census determines the apportionment of seats among states, and the Mississippi Legislature redraws congressional districts after each census to create districts within the state that are equal in population.
Before becoming a state in 1817, a single, non-voting delegate represented the Mississippi Territory in Congress. The number of U.S. Representatives from Mississippi at any one time has varied from between one and eight.
These maps not only illustrate the changing boundaries of congressional districts in Mississippi, they also reflect the redrawing of county boundaries throughout the state’s history.
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Historical Maps by Date and Congress
Dec. 2, 1833 - Mar. 3, 1843: Twenty Third - Twenty Seventh Congresses
Dec. 4, 1843 - Mar. 3, 1847: Twenty Eighth - Twenty Ninth Congresses
Dec. 6, 1847 - Mar. 3,1 853: Thirtieth - Thirty-Second Congresses
Dec. 5, 1853 - Mar. 3, 1855: Thirty-Third Congress
Dec. 3, 1855 - Mar. 3, 1857: Thirty-Fourth Congress
Dec. 7, 1857 - Mar. 3, 1861: Thirty-Fifth and Thirty-Sixth Congresses
Mar. 4, 1869 - Mar. 3, 1873: Forty-First and Forty-Second Congresses
Dec. 1, 1873 - Mar. 3, 1877: Forty-Third and Forty-Fourth Congresses
Oct. 15, 1877 - Mar. 3, 1879: Forty-Fifth Congress
Dec. 3, 1883 - Mar. 3, 1903: Forty-Eighth and Fifty-Seventh Congresses
Nov. 9, 1903 - Mar. 3, 1911: Fifty-Eighth - Sixty-First Congresses
Apr. 4, 1911 - Mar. 3, 1919: Sixty-Second - Sixty-Fifth Congresses
May. 19, 1919 - Mar. 3, 1933: Sixty-Sixth - Seventy-Second Congresses
Mar. 9, 1933 - July 7, 1952: Seventy-Third - Eighty-Second Congresses
Jan. 3, 1957 - Oct. 13, 1962: Eighty-Fifth - Eighty-Seventh Congresses
Jan. 9, 1963 - Oct. 22, 1966: Eighty-Eight - Eighty-Ninth Congresses
Jan. 10, 1967 - Oct. 18, 1972: Ninetieth - Ninety-Second Congresses
Jan. 3, 1973 - Oct. 12, 1984: Ninety-Third - Ninety-Eighth Congresses
Jan. 3, 1985 - Oct. 9, 1992: Ninety-Ninth - One Hundred & Second Congresses
Jan. 5, 1993 - Dec. 9, 2004: One Hundred & Third - One Hundred & Eighth Congresses
Jan. 4, 2005 - Present: One Hundred & Ninth - One Hundred & Twelfth Congresses