The

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, or the Territory South of the River Ohio was organized May 26, 1790. A month later,

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was sworn in to represent it as Congressman from

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's defunct 5th district, which was exactly the same area. It received a non-voting delegate briefly from 1794 to 1796, and was then organized to form the State of

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on June 1, 1796.

List of delegates representing the district

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Former congressional districts of the United States

List of delegates representing the district

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