From the 33rd Congress through the 36th Congress, Kansas Territory elected a non-voting delegate to the United States House of Representatives.[1]
Kansas Territory's at-large congressional district | |||
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Obsolete district | |||
Delegate |
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Created | 1854, as a non-voting delegate was granted by Congress | ||
Eliminated | 1861, as a result of statehood | ||
Years active | 1854–1861 |
Delegate (District home) |
Party | Years | Cong ress |
Electoral history |
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![]() John Wilkins Whitfield (Doniphan) |
Democratic | December 20, 1854 – August 1, 1856 |
33rd 34th |
Elected in 1854. Seat was declared vacant. |
Vacant | August 2, 1856 – December 8, 1856 |
34th | ||
![]() John Wilkins Whitfield (Doniphan) |
Democratic | December 9, 1856 – March 3, 1857 |
34th | Elected to finish his own term.[2] Retired. |
![]() Marcus Junius Parrott (Leavenworth) |
Republican | March 4, 1857 – January 29, 1861 |
35th 36th |
Elected in 1856 or 1857.[lower-alpha 1][3] Re-elected in 1858 or 1859.[lower-alpha 1][4] Kansas admitted as a state. |
Kansas's congressional districts | |
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