---
type: Person
title: "Bennie G. Thompson"
description: "U.S. House of Representatives - MS-2 — Congressional District 2"
role: "U.S. House of Representatives - MS-2"
party: "D"
level: "federal"
branch: "legislative"
state: "MS"
district: "Congressional District 2"
tenure:
  start: "2025-01-03"
  current: true
election:
  next: 2026
  term_length: 2
  term_limit: "none"
ids:
  person: "16ad7bde-46d5-4723-9e4a-fe07b96f5ec1"
  office: "86d6c5fb-5cd4-4ae4-aea1-e5fde6b5a6fe"
  tenure: "92488a85-bf90-4422-96a4-8836db7658d0"
  jurisdiction: "0a748786-7f9e-4000-b980-b5b7bb580c28"
sources:
  - field: tenure
    source: "House Clerk XML 2026-06-10"
  - field: jurisdiction
    source: "Census 119th CD 500k"
confidence: official
tags: [officeholder, federal, legislative, ms]
timestamp: "2026-06-20"
---

# Bennie G. Thompson

Current U.S. House of Representatives - MS-2 (Congressional District 2).

## Sources

- tenure: House Clerk XML 2026-06-10
- jurisdiction: Census 119th CD 500k

Generated from the Atlas officeholders v2 export (2026-06-20).