united states house of representatives elections , 1948 

Statements about this table:
5 democratic incumbent run unopposed in the 1948 mississippi election to the united state house of representative
thomas abernethy , the democratic incumbent from district 4 , defeat republican w b smith by win 98.4% of the vote
thomas abernethy and w arthur winstead be both first elect to the u s house of representative in 1942
at the time of the 1948 election , john e rankin of district 1 have be serve in the u s house of representative for 28 year
district
incumbent
party
first elected
mississippi 1
john e rankin
democratic
1920
mississippi 2
jamie l whitten
democratic
1941
mississippi 3
william madison whittington
democratic
1924
mississippi 4
thomas abernethy
democratic
1942
mississippi 5
w arthur winstead
democratic
1942
mississippi 6
william m colmer
democratic
1932
district
result
candidates
mississippi 1
re - elected
john e rankin (d) unopposed
mississippi 2
re - elected
jamie l whitten (d) unopposed
mississippi 3
re - elected
william madison whittington (d) unopposed
mississippi 4
re - elected
thomas abernethy (d) 98.4% w b smith (r) 1.6%
mississippi 5
re - elected
w arthur winstead (d) unopposed
mississippi 6
re - elected
william m colmer (d) unopposed