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.

List of representatives

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

References

• 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