Table: united states house of representatives elections , 1948
[['district', 'incumbent', 'party', 'first elected', 'result', 'candidates'], ['mississippi 1', 'john e rankin', 'democratic', '1920', 're - elected', 'john e rankin (d) unopposed'], ['mississippi 2', 'jamie l whitten', 'democratic', '1941', 're - elected', 'jamie l whitten (d) unopposed'], ['mississippi 3', 'william madison whittington', 'democratic', '1924', 're - elected', 'william madison whittington (d) unopposed'], ['mississippi 4', 'thomas abernethy', 'democratic', '1942', 're - elected', 'thomas abernethy (d) 98.4% w b smith (r) 1.6%'], ['mississippi 5', 'w arthur winstead', 'democratic', '1942', 're - elected', 'w arthur winstead (d) unopposed'], ['mississippi 6', 'william m colmer', 'democratic', '1932', 're - elected', 'william m colmer (d) unopposed']]
Statement: 5 Democratic Incumbent ran Unopposed in the 1948 Mississippi Election to the United State House Of Representative
Statement: Thomas Abernethy , the Democratic Incumbent from District 4 , defeated republican W B Smith by winning 98.4% of the vote
Statement: Thomas Abernethy and W Arthur Winstead were both First Elected to the u s House Of Representative in 1942
Statement: at the time of the 1948 Election , John E Rankin of District 1 had been serving in the u s House Of Representative for 28 year
Statement: in 1948 , 2 of the Incumbent congressman had been serving in the u s House Of Representative for less than 7 year