Wyoming Territory's at-large congressional district

Wyoming Territory's at-large congressional district is an obsolete congressional district that encompassed the area of the Wyoming Territory. After Wyoming's admission to the Union as the 44th state by act of Congress on July 10, 1890, this district was dissolved and replaced by Wyoming's at-large congressional district.

Wyoming Territory's at-large congressional district
Obsolete district
Created1869, as a non-voting delegate was granted by Congress
Eliminated1890, as a result of statehood
Years active1869–1890
Wyoming Territory (blue) with Idaho and Montana in 1868

List of delegates representing the district

On July 25, 1868, an act of Congress gave Wyoming Territory the authority to elect a Congressional delegate, although the first delegate did not take his seat until 1869.[1][2]

Delegate
(District home)
PartyYearsCong
ress
Electoral history
District established December 6, 1869

Stephen Friel Nuckolls
(Cheyenne)
DemocraticDecember 6, 1869 –
March 3, 1871
41stElected in 1869.
Retired.

William Theopilus Jones
(Cheyenne)
RepublicanMarch 4, 1871 –
March 3, 1873
42ndElected in 1870.
Lost re-election.

William Randolph Steele
(Cheyenne)
DemocraticMarch 4, 1873 –
March 3, 1877
43rd
44th
Elected in 1872.
Re-elected in 1874.
Lost re-election.

William Wellington Corlett
(Cheyenne)
RepublicanMarch 4, 1877 –
March 3, 1879
45thElected in 1876.
Retired.

Stephen Wheeler Downey
(Laramie City)
RepublicanMarch 4, 1879 –
March 3, 1881
46thElected in 1878.
Retired.

Morton Everel Post
(Cheyenne)
DemocraticMarch 4, 1881 –
March 3, 1885
47th
48th
Elected in 1880.
Re-elected in 1882.
Retired.

Joseph M. Carey
(Cheyenne)
RepublicanMarch 4, 1885 –
July 10, 1890
49th
50th
51st
Elected in 1884.
Re-elected in 1886.
Re-elected in 1888.
Retired when elected U.S. senator.
District dissolved July 10, 1890

References

43°00′N 107°30′W / 43°N 107.5°W / 43; -107.5