Michigan Territory's at-large congressional district

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Michigan Territory between 1818 and 1833. Showing extent of the at-large congressional district for the majority of time prior to Michigan's statehood.

Michigan Territory's at-large congressional district is an obsolete congressional district that encompassed the area of the Michigan Territory prior to admitting Michigan to the Union. The territory was established on June 30, 1805, from Indiana Territory. In 1819, the territory was given the authority to elect a congressional delegate until statehood in 1837.

List of delegates representing the district

Delegate Party Term Cong
ress
Electoral history

William Woodbridge
[data missing] October 28, 1819 –
August 9, 1820
16th Elected October 28, 1819 and seated March 2, 1820.
Resigned due to family illness.
Vacant August 9, 1820 –
November 20, 1820

Solomon Sibley
[data missing] November 20, 1820 –
March 3, 1823
16th
17th
Elected to finish Woodbridge's term.[1]
Re-elected in 1821.[2]
Retired.

Gabriel Richard
[data missing] March 4, 1823 –
March 3, 1825
18th Elected in 1823.
Lost re-election.
Austin Eli Wing [data missing] March 4, 1825 –
March 3, 1829
19th
20th
[data missing]

John Biddle
[data missing] March 4, 1829 –
February 21, 1831
21st [data missing]
Resigned.
Vacant February 21, 1831 –
March 3, 1831
Austin Eli Wing [data missing] March 4, 1831 –
March 3, 1833
22nd

Lucius Lyon
Democratic March 4, 1833 –
March 3, 1835
23rd [data missing]
Retired.

George Wallace Jones
Democratic March 4, 1835 –
June 15, 1836
24th [data missing]
Seated as the delegate from Wisconsin Territory in December 1836. Deciding a contested election in December 1838, the House Committee on Elections determined that his service as delegate from Michigan Territory ended June 15, 1836.[3]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ "A New Nation Votes". elections.lib.tufts.edu.
  2. ^ "A New Nation Votes". elections.lib.tufts.edu.
  3. ^ Hinds 1907, pp. 369–370.

References