Wyoming Territory's at-large congressional district

Wyoming Territory's at-large congressional district
Obsolete district
Created	1869, as a non-voting delegate was granted by Congress
Eliminated	1890, as a result of statehood
Years active	1869–1890

Wyoming Territory (blue) with Idaho and Montana in 1868

Wyoming Territory's at-large congressional district is an obsolete congressional district that encompassed the area of the Wyoming Territory. After Wyoming's admission to the Union as the 44th state by act of Congress on July 10, 1890, this district was dissolved and replaced by Wyoming's at-large congressional district.

List of delegates representing the district

On July 25, 1868, an act of Congress gave Wyoming Territory the authority to elect a Congressional delegate, although the first delegate did not take his seat until 1869. ^{[1] [2]}

Delegate (District home)	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history
District established December 6, 1869
Stephen Friel Nuckolls (Cheyenne)	Democratic	December 6, 1869 – March 3, 1871	41st	Elected in 1869. Retired.
William Theopilus Jones (Cheyenne)	Republican	March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1873	42nd	Elected in 1870. Lost re-election.
William Randolph Steele (Cheyenne)	Democratic	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1877	43rd 44th	Elected in 1872. Re-elected in 1874. Lost re-election.
William Wellington Corlett (Cheyenne)	Republican	March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1879	45th	Elected in 1876. Retired.
Stephen Wheeler Downey (Laramie City)	Republican	March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1881	46th	Elected in 1878. Retired.
Morton Everel Post (Cheyenne)	Democratic	March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1885	47th 48th	Elected in 1880. Re-elected in 1882. Retired.
Joseph M. Carey (Cheyenne)	Republican	March 4, 1885 – July 10, 1890	49th 50th 51st	Elected in 1884. Re-elected in 1886. Re-elected in 1888. Retired when elected U.S. senator.
District dissolved July 10, 1890

Elections

Between 1869 and 1888, the Wyoming Territory elected non-voting delegates to the United States Congress from its at-large congressional district. The district was dissolved in 1890 upon Wyoming's admission to the Union.

1869

Results by county

  Nuckolls

•   50–60%
•   60–70%
•   80–90%

Democratic candidate Stephen Friel Nuckolls won the general election held on September 2, 1869. ^[3]

County		Democratic Stephen Friel Nuckolls		Republican William W. Corlett		Total
		Vote	%	Vote	%	Total	Maj.	%
Albany		515	61.68	320	38.32	835	+195	+23.35
Carbon		389	67.18	190	32.82	579	+199	+34.37
Carter		862	59.24	593	40.76	1,455	+269	+18.49
Laramie		886	55.10	722	44.90	1,608	+164	+10.20
Uinta		649	82.47	138	17.53	787	+511	+64.93
Total		3,301	62.71	1,963	37.29	5,264	+1,338	+25.42

1870

Results by county

  Jones

•   50–60%

  Wanless

•   50–60%

Republican candidate William T. Jones won the general election held on September 6, 1870. ^[3]

County		Republican William T. Jones		Republican John Wanless		Total
		Vote	%	Vote	%	Total	Maj.	%
Albany		428	53.70	369	46.30	797	+59	+7.40
Carbon		150	45.05	183	54.95	333	-33	-9.91
Laramie		401	51.28	381	48.72	782	+20	+2.56
Sweetwater		363	56.54	279	43.46	642	+84	+13.08
Uinta		327	58.92	228	41.08	555	+99	+17.84
Total		1,669	53.68	1,440	46.32	3,109	+229	+7.37

1872

Results by county

  Steele

•   50–60%
•   60–70%
•   70–80%

  Jones

•   60–70%

Democratic candidate William R. Steele defeated incumbent Republican delegate William T. Jones in the general election held on September 3, 1872. ^[3]

County		Democratic William R. Steele		Republican William T. Jones*		Total
		Vote	%	Vote	%	Total	Maj.	%
Albany		563	61.06	359	38.94	922	+204	+22.13
Carbon		261	76.76	79	23.24	340	+182	+53.53
Laramie		572	52.48	518	47.52	1,090	+54	+4.95
Sweetwater		186	31.79	399	68.21	585	-213	-36.41
Uinta		351	53.34	307	46.66	658	+44	+6.69
Total		1,933	53.77	1,662	46.23	3,595	+271	+7.54

An asterisk (*) denotes an incumbent.

1874

Results by county

  Steele

•   50–60%
•   60–70%

Incumbent Democratic delegate William R. Steele won re-election in the general election held on September 1, 1874. ^[3]

County		Democratic William R. Steele*		Republican Joseph M. Carey		Total
		Vote	%	Vote	%	Total	Maj.	%
Albany		246	66.67	123	33.33	369	+123	+33.33
Carbon		363	56.28	282	43.72	645	+81	12.56
Laramie		881	56.91	667	43.09	1,548	+214	+13.82
Sweetwater		406	57.02	306	42.98	712	+100	+14.04
Uinta		610	52.63	549	47.37	1,159	+61	+5.26
Total		2,506	56.53	1,927	43.47	4,433	+579	+13.06

An asterisk (*) denotes an incumbent.

1876

Results by county

  Corlett

•   50–60%
•   60–70%

  No votes

Republican candidate William W. Corlett defeated incumbent Democratic delegate William R. Steele in the general election held on November 7, 1876. ^[3]

County		Republican William W. Corlett		Democratic William R. Steele*		Total
		Vote	%	Vote	%	Total	Maj.	%
Albany		1,010	65.46	533	34.54	1,543	+477	+30.91
Carbon		529	56.52	407	43.48	936	+122	+13.03
Laramie		1,242	56.92	940	43.08	2,182	+302	+13.84
Sweetwater		496	53.97	423	46.03	919	+73	+7.94
Uinta		587	56.23	457	43.77	1,044	+130	+12.45
Total		3,864	58.33	2,760	41.67	6,624	+1,104	+16.67

An asterisk (*) denotes an incumbent.

1878

Results by county

  Downey

•   50–60%
•   60–70%
•   70–80%

  Pease

•   50–60%

  No votes

Republican candidate Stephen W. Downey won the general election held on November 5, 1878. ^[3]

County		Republican Stephen W. Downey		Democratic E. L. Pease		Total
		Vote	%	Vote	%	Total	Maj.	%
Albany		1,118	71.62	443	28.38	1,561	+675	+43.24
Carbon		651	67.53	313	32.47	964	+338	+35.06
Laramie		1,101	51.38	1,042	48.62	2,143	+59	+2.75
Sweetwater		518	49.62	526	50.38	1,044	-8	-0.77
Uinta		474	48.82	497	51.18	971	-23	-2.37
Total		3,862	57.79	2,821	42.21	6,683	+1,041	+15.58

1880

Results by county

  Post

•   50–60%

  Swan

•   50–60%

  No votes

Democratic candidate Morton Everel Post won the general election held on November 2, 1880. ^[3]

County		Democratic Morton Everel Post		Republican A. H. Swan		Total
		Vote	%	Vote	%	Total	Maj.	%
Albany		737	44.29	927	55.71	1664	-190	-11.42
Carbon		717	52.72	643	47.28	1,360	+74	+5.44
Laramie		1,416	54.65	1,175	45.35	2,591	+241	+9.30
Sweetwater		494	48.10	533	51.90	1,027	-39	-3.80
Uinta		543	52.98	482	47.02	1,025	+61	+5.95
Total		3,907	50.96	3,760	49.04	7,667	+147	+1.92

1882

Results by county

  Post

•   50–60%
•   60–70%

  Meldrum

•   50–60%

  No votes

Incumbent Democratic delegate Morton Everel Post won re-election in the general election held on November 7, 1882. ^[3]

County		Democratic Morton Everel Post*		Republican John W. Meldrum		Total
		Vote	%	Vote	%	Total	Maj.	%
Albany		1,200	48.50	1,274	51.50	2,474	-74	-2.99
Carbon		805	49.81	811	50.19	1,616	-6	-0.37
Johnson		335	60.80	216	39.20	551	+119	+21.60
Laramie		2,161	65.31	1,148	34.69	3,309	+1,013	+30.61
Sweetwater		605	47.90	658	52.10	1,263	-53	-4.20
Uinta		707	54.30	595	45.70	1,302	+112	+8.60
Total		5,813	55.28	4,702	44.72	10,515	+1,111	+10.57

An asterisk (*) denotes an incumbent.

1884

Results by county

  Carey

•   50–60%
•   60–70%

  Holliday

•   50–60%

  No votes

Republican candidate Joseph M. Carey won the general election held on November 4, 1884. ^[3]

County		Republican Joseph M. Carey		Democratic William H. Holliday		Total
		Vote	%	Vote	%	Total	Maj.	%
Albany		1,424	56.76	1,085	43.24	2,509	+339	+13.51
Carbon		1,022	53.62	884	46.38	1,906	+138	+7.24
Fremont		363	55.59	290	44.41	653	+73	+11.18
Johnson		675	51.45	637	48.55	1312	+38	+2.90
Laramie		2,448	62.46	1,471	37.54	3,919	+977	+24.93
Sweetwater		654	61.35	412	38.65	1,066	+242	+22.70
Uinta		639	44.19	807	55.81	1,446	-168	-11.62
Total		7,225	56.40	5,586	43.60	12,811	+1,639	+12.79

1886

Results by county

  Carey

•   50–60%
•   60–70%
•   80–90%
•   90–100%

  No votes

Incumbent Republican delegate Joseph M. Carey won re-election in the general election held on November 2, 1886. ^[3]

County		Republican Joseph M. Carey*		Democratic H.G. Balch		Democratic T.G. Magee		Others		Total
		Vote	%	Vote	%	Vote	%	Vote	%	Total	Maj.	%
Albany		1524	99.22	—	—	—	—	12	0.78	1,536	+1,512	+98.44
Carbon		1,034	94.60	—	—	25	2.29	34	3.11	1,093	+1,000	+91.49
Crook		495	57.03	371	42.74	—	—	2	0.23	868	+124	+14.29
Fremont		513	80.41	115	18.03	5	0.78	5	0.78	638	+398	+62.38
Johnson		822	84.83	38	3.92	—	—	109	11.25	969	+753	+77.71
Laramie		2,304	96.89	—	—	—	—	74	3.11	2,378	+2,258	+94.95
Sweetwater		643	67.47	—	—	310	32.53	—	—	953	+333	+34.94
Uinta		924	98.61	—	—	—	—	13	1.39	937	+911	+97.23
Total		8,259	88.12	524	5.59	340	3.63	249	2.66	9,372	+7,735	+82.53

An asterisk (*) denotes an incumbent.

1888

Results by county

  Carey

•   50–60%
•   60–70%
•   70–80%

  Organ

•   50–60%
•   60–70%

  No votes

Incumbent Republican delegate Joseph M. Carey won re-election in the general election held on November 6, 1888. ^[3]

County		Republican Joseph M. Carey*		Democratic Caleb P. Organ		Total
		Vote	%	Vote	%	Total	Maj.	%
Albany		1,584	60.74	1,024	39.26	2,608	+560	+21.47
Carbon		1,701	64.60	932	35.40	2,633	+769	+29.21
Converse		696	53.29	610	46.71	1,306	+86	+6.58
Crook		650	56.52	500	43.48	1,150	+150	+13.04
Fremont		460	43.98	586	56.02	1,046	-126	-12.05
Johnson		362	39.52	554	60.48	916	-192	-20.96
Laramie		1928	52.18	1767	47.82	3695	+161	+4.36
Sheridan		480	55.17	390	44.83	870	+90	+10.34
Sweetwater		1,153	66.00	594	34.00	1,747	+559	+32.00
Uinta		1,437	70.54	600	29.46	2,037	+837	+41.09
Total		10,451	58.04	7,557	41.96	18,008	+2894	+16.07

An asterisk (*) denotes an incumbent.

See also

• Elections in Wyoming
• List of United States House of Representatives elections (1856–present)

References

1. "Biographical Directory of the United States Congress". United States Congress. Archived from the original on April 23, 2010. Retrieved April 15, 2010.
2. "House History". Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives. Retrieved April 15, 2010.
3. Cole Trenholm, Virginia (August 1974). Wyoming Blue Book One (PDF) (First ed.). Cheyenne, Wyoming: yoming State Archives and Historical Department. pp. 288–291. Retrieved December 21, 2024.

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