From December 28, 1846, to March 3, 1847, the new state of Iowa was represented in the United States House of Representatives by two representatives who had been elected on a statewide basis, rather than by districts.
This unusual situation enabled Iowa to be represented in the Twenty-ninth United States Congress from the date that it joined the Union (and before the First Iowa General Assembly took office, apportioned the state into two geographic districts, and the voters in those districts elected their representatives).[1] The two at-large representatives, Shepherd Leffler and Serranus Clinton Hastings, had been elected in 1846, in anticipation of statehood.
iowa, large, congressional, district, from, december, 1846, march, 1847, state, iowa, represented, united, states, house, representatives, representatives, been, elected, statewide, basis, rather, than, districts, iowa, largeth, congressional, districtobsolete. From December 28 1846 to March 3 1847 the new state of Iowa was represented in the United States House of Representatives by two representatives who had been elected on a statewide basis rather than by districts Iowa s at largeth congressional districtObsolete districtCreated1816Eliminated1820Years active1816 1823This article includes a list of general references but it lacks sufficient corresponding inline citations Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations September 2011 Learn how and when to remove this template message This unusual situation enabled Iowa to be represented in the Twenty ninth United States Congress from the date that it joined the Union and before the First Iowa General Assembly took office apportioned the state into two geographic districts and the voters in those districts elected their representatives 1 The two at large representatives Shepherd Leffler and Serranus Clinton Hastings had been elected in 1846 in anticipation of statehood This temporary solution ended in 1847 By the time that the Thirtieth United States Congress was sworn in in December 1847 the General Assembly had divided the state s counties into two districts which in August 1847 had elected their own representatives William Thompson in Iowa s 1st congressional district and Leffler in Iowa s 2nd congressional district 1 Before statehood Iowa Territory had a single delegate to the U S House who was also elected on an at large basis List of members of the House from the district editYears Congress Seat A Seat BRepresentative Party Electoral history Representative Party Electoral historyDecember 28 1846 March 3 1847 29th nbsp Serranus Clinton Hastings Bloomington Democratic Elected in 1846 New state Retired nbsp Shepherd Leffler Burlington Democratic Elected in 1846 New state Redistricted to the 2nd district See also editIowa s congressional districtsReferences edit a b Louis B Schmidt History of Congressional Elections of Iowa Iowa Journal of History and Politics 10 pp 463 485 500 Oct 1912 Martis Kenneth C 1989 The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress New York Macmillan Publishing Company Martis Kenneth C 1982 The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts New York Macmillan Publishing Company Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774 present Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774 present 42 N 93 W 42 N 93 W 42 93 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Iowa 27s at large congressional district amp oldid 1169765029, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
