Mississippi Chronicles
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- Governor/Cong Tilghman Tucker
- Sen Thomas Hickman Williams
- Cong James B Morgan
- Cong William Lake
- Cong William Taylor Sullivan Barry
- Cong Ethelbert Barksdale
- Sen John Henderson
- Governor/Cong William McWillie
- Sen/Cong Albert Gallatin Brown
- Cong John C. Kyle
- 1853 Congressional Delegation
- Governor/Cong John Anthony Quitman
- Cong John Freeman
- Cong/Senator Jefferson Davis
- Sen Thomas Hill Williams
- Cong Wiley P Harris
- Cong Hendley Bennett
- Cong Harry Cage
- Cong Henry Ellett
- Sen John Black
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 …