Christopher Rankin

Christopher Rankin
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Mississippi's at-large district
In office
March 4, 1819 – March 14, 1826
Preceded byGeorge Poindexter
Succeeded byWilliam Haile
Chairman of the United States House Committee on Natural Resources
In office
1821–1826
Preceded byRichard Clough Anderson, Jr.
Succeeded byJohn Scott
Personal details
Born1788 (1788)
Washington County, Pennsylvania, U.S.
DiedMarch 14, 1826(1826-03-14) (aged 37–38)
Washington D.C., U.S.
Resting placeCongressional Cemetery
Political partyDemocratic-Republican
Other political
affiliations
Jacksonian

Christopher Rankin (1788 – March 14, 1826) was an attorney and politician from Pennsylvania, who moved to the Mississippi Territory in 1809. He was a delegate to the state constitutional convention in 1817, and was later elected as a U.S. representative for several terms, serving from 1819 to 1826.