district succeeded death_place death_date predecessor birth_place successor party article_title office preceded birth_date order term_start state term_end name
1st 2nd roger wicker david r. bowen oxford , mississippi 9 september 1995 george h. mahon cascilla , mississippi john dingell democratic jamie l. whitten
 dean of the united states house of representatives thomas abernethy wall doxey 18 april 1910 42nd january 4 , 1941 3 , 1979 january 3 , 1973 november mississippi mississippi january 3 , 1973 3 , 1995 january 3 , 1995 january jamie l. whitten
jamie l. whitten

jamie lloyd whitten -lrb- april 18 , 1910september 9 , 1995 -rrb- was an american politician and member of the democratic who represented mississippi in the united states house of representatives from 1941 to 1995 .
he was at the time of his departure the longest serving u.s. representative ever -lrb- since surpassed by john dingell -rrb- and the second-longest serving member of congress ever -lrb- since surpassed by dingell , robert byrd and daniel inouye -rrb- .
