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 | wall doxey | democratic | 1928 | re - elected | wall doxey (d) unopposed |
| mississippi 3 | william madison whittington | democratic | 1924 | re - elected | william madison whittington (d) unopposed |
| mississippi 4 | aaron l ford | democratic | 1934 | re - elected | aaron l ford (d) unopposed |
| mississippi 5 | ross a collins | democratic | 1936 | re - elected | ross a collins (d) unopposed |
| mississippi 6 | william m colmer | democratic | 1932 | re - elected | william m colmer (d) unopposed |
Title:
united states house of representatives elections , 1940
Statement:
wall doxey was first elected before william madison whittington
Answer:
refuted