Nevada's at-large congressional district

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Nevada's at-large congressional district was the statewide U.S. House seat that represented all of Nevada before the state was divided into multiple congressional districts.

All labels observed (2)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (33)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former United States congressional district ⓘ
apportionedBy United States Congress ⓘ
apportionmentBasis population of Nevada ⓘ
category At-large United States congressional districts ⓘ
Former congressional districts of the United States ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
createdFollowing Nevada statehood ⓘ
electoralSystem single-member plurality ⓘ
endDate 1983 ⓘ
federal yes ⓘ
firstRepresentative Henry G. Worthington ⓘ
geographicScope statewide ⓘ
governmentalJurisdiction federal government of the United States ⓘ
hadVotingRepresentative yes ⓘ
jurisdictionType congressional district ⓘ
lastRepresentative Barbara Vucanovich ⓘ
legislativeBody United States House of Representatives ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Pacific Time Zone ⓘ
numberOfMembers 1 ⓘ
partOf Nevada's federal representation ⓘ
predecessor Nevada Territory's non-voting delegate district ⓘ
reasonForAbolition creation of multiple congressional districts in Nevada ⓘ
represented entire state of Nevada ⓘ
representedChamber lower house of the United States Congress ⓘ
representedConstituency residents of Nevada ⓘ
representedLevel federal legislative ⓘ
seatType at-large congressional district ⓘ
startDate 1863 ⓘ
state Nevada ⓘ
statehoodYearOfNevada 1864 ⓘ
status defunct ⓘ
successor Nevada's 1st congressional district ⓘ
Nevada's 2nd congressional district ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

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

Nevada's 2nd congressional district → predecessor → Nevada's at-large congressional district ⓘ
Nevada's at-large congressional district → predecessor → Nevada Territory's non-voting delegate district ⓘ
linked to: Nevada's at-large congressional district