Give you a statement and table with its title in Markdown format, please determine whether the statement is supported or refuted by, or is unrelated to the table. It'a binary classification problem, you should choose the answer between supported and refuted. Table cells in one row are seperated by '|', and different rows are seperated by '
'.

Table:
| 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 |
Title:
united states house of representatives elections , 1948
Statement:
at the time of the 1948 election , john e rankin of district 1 had been serving in the u s house of representatives for 28 years
Answer:
supported