District of Columbia at-large congressional district

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The District of Columbia at-large congressional district is the non-voting U.S. House of Representatives seat that represents the entire federal district of Washington, D.C.

All labels observed (5)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf congressional district ⓘ
non-voting congressional district ⓘ
ballotLabel Delegate for the District of Columbia ⓘ
canIntroduceLegislation yes ⓘ
canServeOnCommittees yes ⓘ
canVoteInCommittee yes ⓘ
canVoteOnHouseFloor no ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
createdBy District of Columbia Delegate Act ⓘ
Public Law 91-405 ⓘ
currentRepresentative Eleanor Holmes Norton ⓘ
currentRepresentativeParty Democratic Party ⓘ
currentRepresentativeResidence Washington, D.C. ⓘ
districtFormat single at-large district ⓘ
electionCycle every even-numbered year ⓘ
electsShadowRepresentativeSeparately yes ⓘ
electsShadowSenatorsSeparately yes ⓘ
firstCongressRepresented 92nd United States Congress ⓘ
firstDelegateSeated Eleanor Holmes Norton ⓘ
firstElectionHeld 1971 ⓘ
geographicCoverage entire District of Columbia ⓘ
governingLawJurisdiction federal law of the United States ⓘ
hasAdvocacyFocus D.C. statehood ⓘ
voting rights for D.C. residents ⓘ
hasCapitalCity Washington, D.C. ⓘ
hasElectorate residents of the District of Columbia ⓘ
hasFullFloorVotingRights no ⓘ
hasNoElectoralCollegeAllocationFromSeat yes ⓘ
hasNoElectoralVoteInHouse yes ⓘ
hasNonVotingStatusSetBy U.S. Constitution and federal statute ⓘ
hasNoVotingSenators yes ⓘ
hasRepresentativeTitle Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives ⓘ
hasShadowSenatorsAssociated yes ⓘ
hasVotingStatus non-voting delegate ⓘ
isComparableTo non-voting delegates from U.S. territories ⓘ
isFederalDistrictRepresentation yes ⓘ
isNonStateRepresentation yes ⓘ
isPartOf federal representation structure of the United States ⓘ
isSubjectToApportionment no ⓘ
isUniqueFeature only non-state with a House delegate representing a federal district ⓘ
legallyEstablished 1970 ⓘ
legislativeBody United States House of Representatives ⓘ
numberOfHouseSeats 1 ⓘ
officeTermLength 2 years ⓘ
represents District of Columbia ⓘ
Washington, D.C. ⓘ
seatType at-large congressional district ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Capitol Hill neighborhood → locatedInCongressionalDistrict → District of Columbia at-large congressional district ⓘ
Eleanor Holmes Norton → electoral district → District of Columbia at-large congressional district ⓘ
Office of the Delegate of the District of Columbia → isDistinctFrom → District of Columbia at-large councilmember ⓘ
linked to: District of Columbia at-large congressional district
Office of the Delegate of the District of Columbia → hasElectoralDistrict → District of Columbia at-large congressional district ⓘ
Office of the Delegate of the District of Columbia → hasConstituencyLabel → District of Columbia at-large ⓘ
linked to: District of Columbia at-large congressional district
1998 United States House of Representatives elections → tookPlaceIn → District of Columbia (non-voting delegate) ⓘ
linked to: District of Columbia at-large congressional district
2024 United States House of Representatives elections → includesElectionsIn → District of Columbia (non‑voting delegate) ⓘ
linked to: District of Columbia at-large congressional district
Manor Park → locatedInCongressionalDistrict → District of Columbia at-large congressional district ⓘ