Washington's at-large congressional district

At different times in its history, Washington elected one or more U.S. Representatives at-large statewide.

From statehood in 1889 until 1909, Washington elected all of its U.S. representatives statewide. In 1909, Washington was divided into congressional districts for purposes of electing representatives.

Following the 1950 Census, Washington was granted a seventh seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, but the state legislature was unable to agree on a plan to create a geographic district for the seat until 1957, so the seat was filled by a representative elected statewide.^[1]

From statehood in 1889 to 1893, Washington elected one representative at-large statewide.

From 1893 to 1903, Washington elected two representatives at-large statewide, then added a third seat in 1903. The third seat at large continued until 1909, when all representatives were elected from districts.

From 1913 to 1915, Washington elected two representatives at-large statewide, with the remaining three representatives elected from districts.

From 1953 to 1959, Washington elected one representative at-large statewide, with the remaining six representatives elected from districts.

After 1959, all representatives were elected from districts.

List of representatives

Congress	Years	Seat A				Seat B				Seat C
		Representative	Party	Electoral history		Representative	Party	Electoral history		Representative	Party	Electoral history
51	November 20, 1889 – March 3, 1891	John L. Wilson	Republican	Resigned after being elected to the US Senate		Seat added in 1893				Seat added in 1903
52	March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893
53	March 4, 1893 – February 18, 1895		William H. Doolittle			Republican	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
	February 18, 1895 – March 3, 1895	Vacant
54	March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1897	Samuel C. Hyde	Republican	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
55	March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1899	William C. Jones	Silver Republican	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]		J. Hamilton Lewis	Democratic	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
56	March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1901	Wesley L. Jones	Republican	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]		Francis W. Cushman	Republican	Re-elected in the 2nd district
57	March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1903
58	March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1905		William Humphrey				Republican			Re-elected in the 1st district
59	March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1907
60	March 4, 1907 – March 3, 1909
61–62	March 4, 1909 – March 3, 1913	Seat eliminated				Seat eliminated				Seat eliminated
63	March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1915	James W. Bryan	Progressive	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]		Jacob Falconer	Progressive	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
64–82	March 4, 1916 – January 2, 1953	Seat eliminated				Seat eliminated
83	January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1957	Donald H. Magnuson	Democratic	Re-elected in the 7th district
84	January 3, 1955 – January 3, 1957
85	January 3, 1957 – January 3, 1959

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