Dakota Territory's at-large congressional district is an obsolete congressional district that encompassed the entire

Dakota Territory The Territory of Dakota was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from March 2, 1861, until November 2, 1889, when the final extent of the reduced territory was split and admitted to the Union as the states of ...

prior to admission to the Union. The district elected a delegate to the

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History

Established by Congress in 1861,

comprised North and South Dakota, northern Wyoming, and most of Montana, from what had previously been the northern portion of

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. From 1861 to 1889, Dakota Territory sent a single non-voting Delegate to the

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. Over time, parts of the Territory were divided into

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, and

. On November 2, 1889, the remaining Territory was split between the new states of North Dakota and South Dakota.

List of delegates representing the district

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Bibliography

* Former congressional districts of the United States

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At-large United States congressional districts Constituencies established in 1861 1861 establishments in Dakota Territory Constituencies disestablished in 1889 1889 disestablishments in Dakota Territory {{US-Congress-stub