State: | Florida Territory |
District Number: | AL |
Member Type: | Delegate |
Representative: | N/A |
Obsolete: | yes |
Created: | 1822 |
Custom Created: | as a non-voting delegate was granted by Congress |
Eliminated: | 1845 |
Statehood Eliminated: | yes |
Years: | 1822–1845 |
Florida Territory was created on March 30, 1822, and was represented by a non-voting delegate to the United States House of Representatives until statehood was achieved on March 3, 1845. The territory's first delegate, Joseph Marion Hernández, was elected on September 30, 1822, and took his seat in Congress on January 23, 1823.
Delegate | Party | Years | Cong ress | Electoral history | |||
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District created March 30, 1822 | |||||||
Vacant | nowrap | March 30, 1822 – January 23, 1823 | |||||
align=left | Joseph M. Hernández | Democratic-Republican | nowrap | January 23, 1823 – March 3, 1823 | Elected in 1822.[1] Lost re-election. | ||
align=left | Richard K. Call | Democratic-Republican | nowrap | March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825 | Elected in 1823.[2] Retired. | ||
align=left | Joseph M. White | Jacksonian | nowrap | March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1837 | Elected in 1825.[3] Lost re-election. | ||
align=left | Charles Downing | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1841 | Retired. | ||
align=left | David Levy Yulee | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1845 | Elected U.S. senator upon statehood. | ||
District eliminated March 3, 1845 |