Delaware's 2nd congressional district
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The Delaware 2nd at-large district of the United States House of Representatives was a Congressional district that included the entire state of Delaware. This district has been obsolete since the reapportionment after the 1820 census.
[edit] History
Delaware has always had only one U.S. Representative, except for 10 years between 1813 and 1823, when there was a second U.S. Representative. This person was elected state-wide, at-large, on the same ballot as the first U.S. Representative. The two candidates with the highest number of votes were elected.
While Delaware was represented by two U.S. Representative, the method of election was known as the general ticket. A general ticket means that the entire delegation, in this case two representatives, were selected at the same election on a single state-wide ticket. This helped to ensure that a single party could control the entire delegation. This practice was prohibited in the 1842 Apportionment Bill.
- See also: General ticket
[edit] References
- Martin, Roger A. (1995). Memoirs of the Senate. Newark, DE: Roger A. Martin.
- Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress, 1789-1989. Macmillan Publishing. ISBN 0-02-920170-5.
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