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UNITED STATES SENATE See Also: List of United States Senators from Mississippi DELEGATES FROM MISSISSIPPI TERRITORY On April 7 , 1798 , the Mississippi Territory was created. The area of Mississippi Territory was increased in 1804 and again in 1812. On December 10 , 1817 , Mississippi was admitted into the Union as a state and Alabama Territory to the east was spun off. UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES See Also: List of United States Representatives from Mississippi Footnotes 1 Christopher Rankin died March 14 , 1826 . 2 William Haile resigned September 12 , 1828 . 3 David Dickinson died July 31 , 1836 . 4 Representatives Claibourne's and Gholson's elections of 1836 were contested due to election irregularities. The House set aside both contests, and vacated both seats February 5 , 1838 . 5 Jefferson Davis resigned in June 1846 to enlist in the Mexican-American War . 6 John A. Quitman died July 17 , 1858 . 7 Lucius Q. C. Lamar resigned in December 1860 to support the growing secession movement; William Barksdale , Reuben Davis , Otho Robards Singleton and John Jones McRae all resigned on January 12 , 1861 upon Mississippi's secession. 8 John R. Lynch successfully contested the election of James Ronald Chalmers . 9 James Ronald Chalmers successfully contested the election of Van H. Manning . 10 William V. Sullivan resigned May 31 , 1898 as he was appointed to the Senate. 11 William F. Love died October 16 , 1898 . 12 Samuel A. Witherspoon died November 24 , 1915 . 13 Benjamin G. Humphreys II died October 16 , 1923 . 14 Percy E. Quin died February 4 , 1932 . 15 Wall Doxey resigned September 23 , 1941 as he was elected to the Senate in a special election. 16 John B. Williams resigned January 16 , 1968 as he was elected Governor Of Mississippi . 17 Jon Hinson resigned April 13 , 1981 . 18 Larkin I. Smith died August 13 , 1989 . 19 Mike Espy resigned January 22 , 1993 as he was appointed U.S. Secretary Of Agriculture . KEY |
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