Washington Territory's at-large congressional district

Until statehood in 1889, Washington Territory elected a non-voting Delegate to the United States House of Representatives, at-large.

List of delegates

Congress	Delegate	Party	Years
District created			April 12, 1854
33rd	Columbia Lancaster	Democratic	April 12, 1854 – March 3, 1855
34th	James Patton Anderson	Democratic	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857
35th	Isaac Ingalls Stevens	Democratic	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1861
36th	Isaac Ingalls Stevens		March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1861
37th	William H. Wallace	Republican	March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863
38th	George Edward Cole	Democratic	March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1865
39th	Arthur Armstrong Denny	Republican	March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1867
40th	Alvan Flanders	Republican	March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1869
41st	Selucius Garfielde	Republican	March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1873
42nd	Selucius Garfielde		March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1873
43rd	Obadiah Benton McFadden	Democratic	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875
44th	Orange Jacobs	Republican	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1879
45th	Orange Jacobs		March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1879
46th	Thomas Hurley Brents	Republican	March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1885
47th
48th
49th	Charles Stewart Voorhees	Democratic	March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1889
50th	Charles Stewart Voorhees		March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1889
51st	John B. Allen	Republican	March 4, 1889 – November 11, 1889
District eliminated			November 11, 1889

References

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

Washington's congressional districts

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