---
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"
represents: "us/states/ms/districts/02"
committees:
  - name: "House Committee on Homeland Security"
    role: "ranking-member"
    body: "us/bodies/house/committees/homeland-security"
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"
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  bioguide: "T000193"
sources:
  - field: tenure
    source: "House Clerk XML 2026-06-10"
  - field: jurisdiction
    source: "Census 119th CD 500k"
  - field: roles
    source: "congress-legislators (unitedstates project)"
confidence: official
tags: [officeholder, federal, legislative, ms]
timestamp: "2026-07-04"
---

# Bennie G. Thompson

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

Represents [Congressional District 2](/us/states/ms/districts/02.md).

## Committees

- [House Committee on Homeland Security](/us/bodies/house/committees/homeland-security.md) — **ranking-member**

## Sources

- tenure: House Clerk XML 2026-06-10
- jurisdiction: Census 119th CD 500k
- roles: congress-legislators (unitedstates project)

Generated from the Atlas officeholders v3 export (2026-07-04).