Illinois Territory's At-large congressional district

{{Unreferenced stub|auto=yes|date=December 2009}} [[Image:Illinoisterritory.PNG|thumb|Map of [[Illinois Territory]] 1809-1818]] '''Illinois Territory's At-large congressional district''' was a [[congressional district]] that encompassed the entire [[Illinois Territory]]. The territory was established on March 1, 1809 from portions of [[Indiana Territory]]. The district elected a non-voting [[Delegate (United States Congress)|delegate]] to the [[United States House of Representatives]]. == List of delegates== {| class=wikitable ! Delegate ! Party ! Years ! Electoral history |- | [[Shadrack Bond]] | {{dm}} | December 3, 1812 – August 2, 1813 | {{dm}} |- | [[Benjamin Stephenson]] | {{dm}} | November 14, 1814 – March 3, 1817 | {{dm}} |- | [[Nathaniel Pope]] | {{dm}} | March 4, 1817 – November 30, 1818 | {{dm}} |} ==Statehood== On April 18, 1818, Congress passed an act that enabled the people of Illinois Territory to begin the process of forming a state. As part of that act, Illinois Territory was reduced in size to the boundaries of the present state. The remainder of what had been Illinois Territory was attached to [[Michigan Territory]]. The state of [[Illinois]] was accepted into the Union on December 3, 1818. ==See also== * [[Northwest Territory's At-large congressional district]] * [[Wisconsin Territory's At-large congressional district]] * [[Michigan Territory's At-large congressional district]] * [[Minnesota Territory's At-large congressional district]] {{USCongDistStateIL}} {{Coord missing|Illinois}}