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Dakota Territory's at-large congressional district

Coordinates: 46°N 104°W / 46°N 104°W / 46; -104
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Dakota Territory, 1861-1889

Dakota Territory's at-large congressional district is an obsolete congressional district that encompassed the entire Dakota Territory prior to admission to the Union. The district elected a delegate to the United States Congress.

List of delegates representing the district

Delegate
(Residence)
Party Years Cong
ress
Electoral history

John B.S. Todd
(Yankton)
Democratic December 9, 1861 –
March 3, 1863
37th [data missing]
Lost re-election (later contested)

William Jayne
([data missing])
[data missing] March 4, 1863 –
June 17, 1864
38th Election contested by Todd.

John B.S. Todd
(Yankton)
Democratic June 17, 1864 –
March 3, 1865
[data missing]
Lost re-election.

Walter A. Burleigh
([data missing])
Republican March 4, 1865 –
March 3, 1869
39th
40th
[data missing]
Lost re-election.

Solomon Lewis Spink
(Yankton)
Republican March 4, 1869 –
March 3, 1871
41st [data missing]
Lost re-election.

Moses K. Armstrong
(Yankton)
Democratic March 4, 1871 –
March 3, 1875
42nd
43rd
[data missing]
Lost re-election.

Jefferson P. Kidder
(Vermillion)
Republican March 4, 1875 –
March 3, 1879
44th
45th
[data missing]
Lost renomination.

Granville G. Bennett
([data missing])
Republican March 4, 1879 –
March 3, 1881
46th [data missing]
Retired.

Richard F. Pettigrew
(Sioux Falls)
Republican March 4, 1881 –
March 3, 1883
47th [data missing]
Lost re-election.

John B. Raymond
(Fargo)
Republican March 4, 1883 –
March 3, 1885
48th [data missing]
Lost renomination.

Oscar S. Gifford
(Canton)
Republican March 4, 1885 –
March 3, 1889
49th
50th
[data missing]
Retired.
George A. Mathews
(Brookings)
Republican March 4, 1889 –
November 2, 1889
51st [data missing]
Statehood achieved.

46°N 104°W / 46°N 104°W / 46; -104