State: | Northwest Territory |
District Number: | AL |
Member Type: | Delegate |
Representative: | N/A |
Obsolete: | yes |
Created: | 1798 |
Custom Created: | as a non-voting delegate was granted by Congress |
Eliminated: | 1803 |
Custom Eliminated: | as a result of statehood as Ohio |
Years: | 1798–1803 |
In 1798, the Northwest Territory became eligible to send a non-voting delegate to the U.S. Congress.The Assembly elected this representative.
Delegate | Party | Years | Cong ress | Electoral history | ||||
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align=left | William Henry Harrison | None | nowrap | March 4, 1799 – May 14, 1800 | Elected October 3, 1799.[1] Resigned to become Governor of Indiana Territory. | |||
Vacant | nowrap | May 14, 1800 – November 24, 1800 | ||||||
align=left | William McMillan | Federalist | nowrap | November 24, 1800 – March 3, 1801 | Elected November 6, 1800, to finish Harrison's term.[2] Retired. | |||
align=left | Paul Fearing | Federalist | nowrap | March 4, 1801 – March 3, 1803 | Elected November 6, 1800.[3] District eliminated. |
The Northwest Territory was reduced to the size of Ohio when the Indiana Territory was created on July 4, 1800. The Northwest Territory went out of existence when Ohio was admitted as a state on March 1, 1803.