Alabama's at-large congressional district
Alabama's at-large congressional district | |
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Obsolete district | |
Created | 1819 1841 1873 1913 1963 |
Eliminated | 1823 1843 1877 1917 1965 |
Years active | 1819-1823 1841-1843 1873-1877 1913-1917 1963-1965 |
Alabama's at-large congressional district was a
1960 census
, Alabama once again elected all of their representatives at-large.
List of members representing the district
Congress & years |
1st seat | 2nd seat | 3rd seat | 4th seat | 5th seat | 6th seat | 7th seat | 8th seat | |||||||||||||||||
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Representative | Electoral history | Representative | Electoral history | Representative | Electoral history | Representative | Electoral history | Representative | Electoral history | Representative | Electoral history | Representative | Electoral history | Representative | Electoral history | ||||||||||
District created December 14, 1819, upon achieving statehood | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
16th | 1819–1821 | John Crowell (DR-St. Stephens) | Elected late in 1819 .Retired. |
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17th | 1821–1823 | Gabriel Moore (DR-Huntsville) |
Elected in 1821. Redistricted to the 1st district. |
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District inactive March 4, 1823. Re-established March 4, 1841, with all five representatives elected at-large | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
27th | 1841–1843 | Reuben Chapman (D-Somerville) |
Redistricted from the . | George S. Houston (D-Athens) |
. | Dixon H. Lewis (D-Lowndesboro )
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Redistricted from the . | William W. Payne (D-Gainesville) |
. | ) | Elected in 1841 .Retired. |
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District inactive March 4, 1843. Two seats re-established March 4, 1873, elected at-large alongside six representatives elected in districts | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
43rd | 1873–1875 | Charles C. Sheats (R-Decatur) | Elected in 1872 .Lost re-election. |
) | Elected in 1872 .Lost re-election. |
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44th | 1875–1877 | William H. Forney (D-Jacksonville) |
. | Burwell B. Lewis (D-Tuscaloosa) | and lost re-election. | ||||||||||||||||||||
District inactive March 4, 1877. One seat re-established March 4, 1913, elected at-large alongside nine representatives elected in districts | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
63rd | 1913–1915 | John W. Abercrombie (D-Tuscaloosa )
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Re-elected in 1914 .Retired |
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64th | 1915–1917 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
District inactive March 4, 1917. Re-established January 4, 1963, with all eight representatives elected at-large | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
88th | 1963–1965 | Albert Rains (D-Gadsden) |
Redistricted from the re-elected in 1962 .Retired. |
George M. Grant (D-Troy) |
Redistricted from the and lost re-election. | George W. Andrews (D-Union Springs) |
Redistricted from the . | Kenneth A. Roberts (D-Anniston) |
Redistricted from the and lost re-election. | Armistead I. Selden Jr. (D-Greensboro) |
Redistricted from the . | George Huddleston Jr. (D-Birmingham) |
Redistricted from the and lost re-election. | Carl Elliott (D-Jasper) |
Redistricted from the and lost renomination. | Robert E. Jones Jr. (D-Scottsboro) |
Redistricted from the . | ||||||||
District inactive since January 3, 1965. |
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