1817 United States House of Representatives election in Mississippi
Elections in Mississippi |
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Mississippi was admitted as a state on December 10, 1817[1] from the western half of the former Mississippi Territory (the eastern half became Alabama Territory). It elected its first representative to Congress August 4–5, 1817.
District | Incumbent | This race | |||
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Representative | Party | First elected | Results | Candidates | |
Mississippi at-large | None (District created) | New seat. New member elected. Democratic-Republican gain. |
√ George Poindexter (Democratic-Republican) 99.8% Christopher Rankin (Democratic-Republican) 0.2% |
See also[]
- 1816 and 1817 United States House of Representatives elections
- List of United States representatives from Mississippi
References[]
- ^ "Fifteenth Congress March 4, 1817, to March 3, 1819". Office of the Historian, United States House of Representatives. Retrieved November 2, 2018 – via History.house.gov.
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