State: | Arkansas Territory |
District Number: | AL |
Member Type: | Delegate |
Representative: | N/A |
Obsolete: | yes |
Created: | 1819 |
Custom Created: | as a non-voting delegate was granted by Congress |
Eliminated: | 1836 |
Statehood Eliminated: | yes |
Years: | 1819–1836 |
Arkansas Territory's at-large congressional district was the congressional district for the Arkansas Territory. The Arkansas Territory was created on July 4, 1819, from a portion of the Missouri Territory. It existed until Arkansas was admitted to the Union on June 15, 1836.
Delegate | Party | Years | Cong ress | Note | |||
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District created July 4, 1819 | |||||||
Vacant | nowrap | July 4, 1819 – December 21, 1819 | |||||
align=left | James W. Bates | none | nowrap | December 21, 1819 – March 3, 1823 | Elected in 1819.[1] Re-elected in 1821.[2] Lost re-election. | ||
align=left | Henry W. Conway | none | nowrap | March 4, 1823 – November 9, 1827 | Elected in 1823.[3] Re-elected in 1825.[4] Died. | ||
Vacant | nowrap | November 9, 1827 – February 13, 1828 | |||||
align=left | Ambrose H. Sevier | Jacksonian | nowrap | February 13, 1828 – June 15, 1836 | Elected to finish Conway's term and seated February 13, 1828. Re-elected in 1829.[5] Re-elected in 1831. Re-elected in 1833. Re-elected in 1835. Seat eliminated after Arkansas achieved statehood. | ||
District eliminated June 15, 1836 |