Mississippi's 6th congressional district

Mississippi's 6th congressional district existed from 1873 to 1963. It was created after the United States 1870 census and abolished following the 1960 census, due to changes in population.

Boundaries

The 6th congressional district boundaries included all of Covington, Forrest, George, Greene, Hancock, Harrison, Jackson, Jefferson Davis, Lamar, Lawrence, Marion, Pearl River, Perry, Simpson and Wayne County. It also included the eastern portion of modern Walthall County (included as part of Marion County at that time) and all of modern Stone County (included as part of Harrison County at that time).[1]

List of members representing the district

District created March 4, 1873

Member	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history
John R. Lynch	Republican	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1877	43rd 44th	[data unknown/missing]
James Ronald Chalmers	Democratic	March 4, 1877 – April 29, 1882	45th 46th 47th	Lost contested election
John R. Lynch	Republican	April 29, 1882 – March 3, 1883	47th	Won contested election
Henry Smith Van Eaton	Democratic	March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1887	48th 49th	[data unknown/missing]
T.R. Stockdale	Democratic	March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1895	50th 51st 52nd 53rd	[data unknown/missing]
Walter McKennon Denny	Democratic	March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1897	54th	[data unknown/missing]
William F. Love	Democratic	March 4, 1897 – October 16, 1898	55th	[data unknown/missing] Died.
Frank A. McLain	Democratic	December 12, 1898 – March 3, 1903	55th 56th 57th	[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to the 7th district.
Eaton J. Bowers	Democratic	March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1911	58th 59th 60th 61st	[data unknown/missing]
Pat Harrison	Democratic	March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1919	62nd 63rd 64th 65th	[data unknown/missing]
Paul B. Johnson Sr.	Democratic	March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1923	66th 67th	[data unknown/missing]
T. Webber Wilson	Democratic	March 4, 1923 – March 3, 1929	68th 69th 70th	[data unknown/missing]
Robert S. Hall	Democratic	March 4, 1929 – March 3, 1933	71st 72nd	[data unknown/missing]
William M. Colmer	Democratic	March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1963	73rd 74th 75th 76th 77th 78th 79th 80th 81st 82nd 83rd 84th 85th 86th	[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to the 5th district.

District inactive since January 3, 1963

References

1. "Sixty-Second to Sixty-Fifth Congresses". The University of Mississippi Library. The University of Mississippi. Retrieved 25 April 2020.

• 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