Michigan Territory's at-large congressional district

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.

Michigan Territory's at-large congressional district
Obsolete district
Created	1819, as a non-voting delegate was granted by Congress
Eliminated	1837, as a result of statehood
Years active	1819–1837

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

List of delegates representing the district

Delegate	Party	Term	Cong ress	Electoral history
William Woodbridge	Democratic-Republican^[1]	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	Federalist^[2]^[3]	November 20, 1820 – March 3, 1823	16th 17th	Elected to finish Woodbridge's term.^[4] Re-elected in 1821.^[5] Retired.
Gabriel Richard	Independent^[6]	March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825	18th	Elected in 1823. Lost re-election.
Austin Eli Wing	Anti-Jacksonian^[7]	March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1829	19th 20th	Elected in 1824. Re– elected in 1826. Retired.
John Biddle	Jacksonian^[8]	March 4, 1829 – February 21, 1831	21st	Elected in 1828. Retired and resigned before next term.
Vacant		February 21, 1831 – March 3, 1831
Austin Eli Wing	Anti-Jacksonian^[7]	March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1833	22nd	Elected in 1830. Retired.
Lucius Lyon	Jacksonian^[9]	March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1835	23rd	Elected in 1832. Retired.
George Wallace Jones	Jacksonian^[10]	March 4, 1835 – June 15, 1836	24th	Elected in 1834. 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.^[11]

See also

• Northwest Territory's at-large congressional district
• Illinois Territory's at-large congressional district
• Indiana Territory's at-large congressional district
• Wisconsin Territory's at-large congressional district
• Minnesota Territory's at-large congressional district

Notes

1. Formisano, Ronald P. (1971). The Birth of Mass Political Parties: Michigan, 1827-1861. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. p. 65. ISBN 978-1-4008-6844-5 – via Google Books.
2. Burton, Clarence M., ed. (1922). The City of Detroit Michigan 1701-1922. Vol. I. Chicago, IL: S. J. Calrke Publishing Company. p. 277 – via Google Books.
3. Gilman, Rhoda R. (2004). Henry Hastings Sibley: Divided Heart. Saint Paul, MN: Minnesota Historical Society Press. p. 17. ISBN 978-0-8735-1484-2 – via Google Books.
4. "A New Nation Votes". elections.lib.tufts.edu.
5. "A New Nation Votes". elections.lib.tufts.edu.
6. Ross, Robert Budd (1907). The Early Bench and Bar of Detroit from 1805 to the End of 1850. Detroit, MI: Richard P. Joy and Clarence M. Burton. p. 9 – via Google Books.
7. Formisano, p. 69.
8. Bradley, Cyrus P. (April 1, 1906). "Journal of Cyrus P. Bradley". Ohio Archaeological and History Quarterly. Columbus, OH: Ohio Archaeological and Historical Society. p. 256 – via Google Books.
9. Congressional Quarterly's Desk Reference on American Government. Washington, DC: CQ Press. 1995. p. 137. ISBN 978-0-8718-7956-1 – via Google Books.
10. Rodolf, Theodore (1900). "Pioneering in Wisconsin Lead Region". Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin. Vol. XV. Madison, WI: Democrat Printing Company. p. 359 – via Google Books.
11. Hinds 1907, pp. 369–370.

References

• Hinds, Asher C. (1907), Hinds' Precedents of the House of Representatives, vol. 1, Government Printing Office, retrieved 2019-10-16
• "Our Campaigns - United States - Territory of Michigan - MI Territorial Delegate". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved 2021-01-07.