Missouri's at-large congressional district
From the state's creation August 10, 1821 until the end of the 29th United States Congress (in 1847), and also for the 73rd Congress (1933–1935), Missouri elected its members of the United States House of Representatives at-large statewide on a general ticket.
List of members representing the district
1821–1843: One seat, then two
Cong ress |
Years | Seat A | Seat B | ||||||
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Member | Party | Electoral history | Member | Party | Electoral history | ||||
17th | August 10, 1821 – March 3, 1823 |
John Scott |
Democratic-Republican | Elected early in 1820. Re-elected in 1822. Re-elected in 1824. Lost re-election. |
Second seat apportioned in 1833. | ||||
18th | March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825 |
Adams-Clay Democratic-Republican | |||||||
19th | March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1827 |
Anti-Jacksonian | |||||||
20th | March 4, 1827 – March 3, 1829 |
Edward Bates |
Anti-Jacksonian | Elected in 1826. [data unknown/missing] | |||||
21st | March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1831 |
Spencer D. Pettis | Jacksonian | [data unknown/missing] Died. | |||||
22nd | March 4, 1831 – August 28, 1831 | ||||||||
August 28. 1831 – October 31, 1831 |
Vacant | ||||||||
October 31, 1831 – March 3, 1833 |
William H. Ashley | Jacksonian | [data unknown/missing] | ||||||
23rd | March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1835 |
John Bull | Anti-Jacksonian | [data unknown/missing] | |||||
24th | March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837 |
Albert G. Harrison | Jacksonian | [data unknown/missing] Died. | |||||
25th | March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839 |
John Miller |
Democratic | [data unknown/missing] | Democratic | ||||
26th | March 4, 1839 – September 7, 1839 | ||||||||
September 7, 1839 – December 12, 1839 |
Vacant | ||||||||
December 12, 1839 – March 3, 1841 |
John Jameson |
Democratic | [data unknown/missing] | ||||||
27th | March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843 |
John C. Edwards |
Democratic | [data unknown/missing] |
1843–1847: Five seats
Congress | All seats elected at-large on a general ticket | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
28th (1843–1845) |
James B. Bowlin (D) | John Jameson (D) | James Hugh Relfe (D) | Gustavus Miller Bower (D) | James Madison Hughes (D) |
29th (1845–1847) |
Sterling Price (D) | Leonard Henly Sims (D) | John Smith Phelps (D) | ||
William McDaniel (D) |
1933–1935: Thirteen seats
Congress | All seats elected at-large on a general ticket | ||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st seat | 2nd seat | 3rd seat | 4th seat | 5th seat | 6th seat | 7th seat | 8th seat | 9th seat | 10th seat | 11th seat | 12th seat | 13th seat | |
73rd (1933–1935) |
Milton A. Romjue (D) | Ralph F. Lozier (D) | Richard M. Duncan (D) | Jacob L. Milligan (D) | Joseph B. Shannon (D) | Reuben T. Wood (D) | Clement C. Dickinson (D) | Clyde Williams (D) | Clarence Cannon (D) | Frank H. Lee (D) | James Edward Ruffin (D) | James Robert Claiborne (D) | John J. Cochran (D) |
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References
- Election Statistics 1920-present Clerk of the House of Representatives
- 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
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