State: | Orleans Territory |
District Number: | AL |
Member Type: | Delegate |
Representative: | N/A |
Obsolete: | yes |
Created: | 1806 |
Custom Created: | as a non-voting delegate was granted by Congress |
Eliminated: | 1812 |
Custom Eliminated: | as a result of statehood as Louisiana |
Years: | 1806–1812 |
The Territory of Orleans was the name given to most of what is now the state of Louisiana (excluding that portion of the state which is west of the Sabine River). From 1806 until 1811, the Territory sent one non-voting Delegate (an "at-large" delegate) to the United States House of Representatives.[1]
Delegate | Party | Years | Cong ress | Electoral history | ||
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District created | ||||||
align=left | Daniel Clark | nowrap | December 1, 1806 – March 3, 1809 | Elected August 1, 1806 to finish the term. Re-elected September 10, 1806 to the next term. Lost renomination. | ||
align=left | Julien de Lallande Poydras | nowrap | March 4, 1809 – March 3, 1811 | Elected in 1808. | ||
Vacant | nowrap | March 3, 1811 – April 29, 1812 | No election was held in 1810, in anticipation of Louisiana statehood. Allan B. Magruder and Eligius Fromentin meanwhile served as "agents" in the U.S. House.[2] | |||
District eliminated |