Tennessee's At-large congressional district

Contents

List of Representatives

The district was organized after achieving statehood in 1796

1796 – 1813: One, then three seats

Tennessee began with one seat in 1796. It was apportioned two more seats in 1803. With the addition of two representatives following the 1800 Census, all three seats were elected 'General Ticket' state-wide for the 8th Congress. The 2nd and 3rd Districts connect along the Kentucky border for the 10th Congress and bulge south in the 11th.

Congress Years Seat one   Seat two   Seat three
Representative Party Electoral history Representative Party Electoral history Representative Party Electoral history
4th March 4, 1795 -
June 1, 1796		 Statehood achieved June 1, 1796
June 1, 1796 –
December 5, 1796		 Vacant
December 5, 1796 -
March 3, 1797		 Andrew Jackson Democratic-Republican Resigned after being elected to U.S. Senate
5th March 4, 1797 -
September 1797
September 1797 -
November 23, 1797		 Vacant
September 1797 -
March 3, 1799		 William C. C. Claiborne Democratic-Republican [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
6th March 4, 1799 -
March 3, 1801
7th March 4, 1801 -
March 3, 1803		 William Dickson Democratic-Republican
8th March 4, 1803 –
March 4, 1805		 William Dickson Democratic-Republican [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] George W. Campbell Democratic-Republican Retired to become judge of the Tennessee Supreme Court John Rhea Democratic-Republican Elected in the 1st district
9th March 4, 1805 –
March 4, 1807
10th March 4, 1807 –
March 4, 1809		 Jesse Wharton Democratic-Republican [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
11th March 4, 1809 –
March 4, 1811		 Pleasant Moorman Miller Democratic-Republican [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] Robert Weakley Democratic-Republican [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
12th March 4, 1811 –
March 4, 1813		 Felix Grundy Democratic-Republican Elected in the 5th district John Sevier Democratic-Republican Elected in the 2nd district

1873 – 1875: One at-large seat, among nine other districteds

Congress Years Representative Party Note
43rd March 4, 1873 -
March 3, 1875		 Horace Maynard Republican Redistricted from the 2nd district
Retired

No future at-large seats were apportioned after 1875

References

All districts: Territory At-large 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
The 10th - 13th districts are obsolete
See also: Tennessee's past & present Representatives, Senators, and Delegations, 2010 elections, 2012 elections
All U.S. districts – Apportionment – Redistricting – Gerrymandering – Maps