Dakota Territory's at-large congressional district
Dakota Territory's at-large congressional district is an obsolete congressional district that encompassed the entire Dakota Territory prior to admission to the Union. The district elected a delegate to the United States Congress.
Image: JBS Todd
Image: JBS Todd
Image: Walter A. Burleigh (Dakota Territory Congressman)
Image: Solomon L. Spink Brady Handy
The Territory of Dakota was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from March 2, 1861, until November 2, 1889, when the final extent of the reduced territory was split and admitted to the Union as the states of North and South Dakota.
Historical coat of arms of the Dakota Territory, illustrated in 1876