Mississippi Chronicles
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1852 and 1854 Congressional District Elections
For the Congressional Elections of 1852, Mississippi gained one more seat in Congress because of an increase in population taken from the 1850 Census. That took us from four Congressmen to five. However the Legislature was unable to meet to draw up the districts in time for the election so the fifth Congressman ran at large across the whole state …