Minnesota's At-large Congressional District
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through 37th Congresses,
Minnesota Minnesota ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Upper Midwestern region of the United States. It is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Manitoba and Ontario to the north and east and by the U.S. states of Wisconsin to the east, Iowa to the so ...
elected its two members of the
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at-large statewide on a
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. Minnesota then elected a member (considered the 10th seat) to an at-large seat 1913-1915, with the remaining nine representatives elected in districts. Minnesota elected all its members at large for the
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, ending the practice two years later.


List of members representing the district


1858-1863: two seats


1913–1915: one seat

Elected statewide as the 10th Representative


1933–1935: nine seats

Elected statewide at-large on a
general ticket The general ticket or party block voting (PBV), is a type of block voting in which voters opt for a party or a team of candidates, and the highest-polling party/team becomes the winner and receives 100% of the seats for this multi-member distric ...
.


References

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Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present
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