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.

Delegate Party Years Congress Electoral history District established December 6, 1869 Stephen Friel Nuckolls Democratic December 6, 1869 –March 3, 1871 Elected in 1869.Retired. William Theopilus Jones Republican March 4, 1871 –March 3, 1873 Elected in 1870.Lost re-election. William Randolph Steele Democratic March 4, 1873 –March 3, 1877 Elected in 1872.Re-elected in 1874.Lost re-election. William Wellington Corlett Republican March 4, 1877 –March 3, 1879 Elected in 1876.Retired. Stephen Wheeler Downey Republican March 4, 1879 –March 3, 1881 Elected in 1878.Retired. Morton Everel Post Democratic March 4, 1881 –March 3, 1885 Elected in 1880.Re-elected in 1882.Retired. Joseph M. Carey Republican March 4, 1885 –July 10, 1890 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

Democratic candidate Stephen Friel Nuckolls won the general election held on September 2, 1869. County DemocraticStephen Friel Nuckolls RepublicanWilliam W. Corlett TotalVote%Vote%TotalMaj.% 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

Republican candidate William T. Jones won the general election held on September 6, 1870. County RepublicanWilliam T. Jones RepublicanJohn Wanless TotalVote%Vote%TotalMaj.% 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

Democratic candidate William R. Steele defeated incumbent Republican delegate William T. Jones in the general election held on September 3, 1872. County DemocraticWilliam R. Steele RepublicanWilliam T. Jones* TotalVote%Vote%TotalMaj.% Albany56361.06 35938.94922+204+22.13 Carbon26176.76 7923.24340+182+53.53 Laramie 57252.48 51847.52 1,090 +54+4.95 Sweetwater 18631.79 39968.21 585-213-36.41 Uinta 35153.3430746.66658+44+6.69 Total1,93353.771,66246.233,595+271+7.54 An asterisk (*) denotes an incumbent.

1874

Incumbent Democratic delegate William R. Steele won re-election in the general election held on September 1, 1874. County DemocraticWilliam R. Steele* RepublicanJoseph M. Carey TotalVote%Vote%TotalMaj.% Albany24666.6712333.33369+123+33.33 Carbon36356.2828243.72645+8112.56 Laramie88156.9166743.091,548+214+13.82 Sweetwater40657.0230642.98712+100+14.04 Uinta61052.6354947.371,159+61+5.26 Total2,50656.531,92743.474,433+579+13.06 An asterisk (*) denotes an incumbent.

1876

Republican candidate William W. Corlett defeated incumbent Democratic delegate William R. Steele in the general election held on November 7, 1876. County RepublicanWilliam W. Corlett DemocraticWilliam R. Steele* TotalVote%Vote%TotalMaj.% Albany1,01065.46 53334.541,543+477+30.91 Carbon52956.5240743.48936+122+13.03 Laramie1,24256.9294043.082,182+302+13.84 Sweetwater49653.9742346.03919+73+7.94 Uinta58756.23 45743.771,044+130+12.45 Total3,86458.332,76041.676,624+1,104+16.67 An asterisk (*) denotes an incumbent.

1878

Republican candidate Stephen W. Downey won the general election held on November 5, 1878. County RepublicanStephen W. Downey DemocraticE. L. Pease TotalVote%Vote%TotalMaj.% Albany1,11871.62443 28.381,561+675+43.24 Carbon65167.5331332.47964+338+35.06 Laramie1,10151.381,04248.622,143+59+2.75 Sweetwater51849.62526 50.381,044 -8 -0.77 Uinta47448.8249751.18971 -23 -2.37 Total3,86257.792,82142.216,683+1,041+15.58

1880

Democratic candidate Morton Everel Post won the general election held on November 2, 1880. County DemocraticMorton Everel Post RepublicanA. H. Swan TotalVote%Vote%TotalMaj.% Albany73744.2992755.71 1664 -190 -11.42 Carbon71752.7264347.281,360+74 +5.44 Laramie1,41654.651,17545.352,591+241+9.30 Sweetwater49448.1053351.901,027 -39 -3.80 Uinta54352.9848247.021,025+61 +5.95 Total3,90750.963,76049.047,667+147+1.92

1882

Incumbent Democratic delegate Morton Everel Post won re-election in the general election held on November 7, 1882. County DemocraticMorton Everel Post* RepublicanJohn W. Meldrum TotalVote%Vote%TotalMaj.% Albany1,20048.501,27451.502,474-74 -2.99 Carbon80549.8181150.191,616 -6 -0.37 Johnson33560.8021639.20551+119+21.60 Laramie2,161 65.31 1,148 34.693,309+1,013+30.61 Sweetwater60547.9065852.101,263 -53 -4.20 Uinta70754.3059545.701,302+112+8.60 Total5,81355.284,70244.7210,515+1,111+10.57 An asterisk (*) denotes an incumbent.

1884

Republican candidate Joseph M. Carey won the general election held on November 4, 1884. County RepublicanJoseph M. Carey DemocraticWilliam H. Holliday TotalVote%Vote%TotalMaj.% Albany1,42456.76 1,08543.242,509+339+13.51 Carbon1,02253.62884 46.381,906+138+7.24 Fremont36355.5929044.41653+73+11.18 Johnson67551.4563748.551312+38+2.90 Laramie2,44862.461,47137.543,919+977+24.93 Sweetwater65461.3541238.651,066+242+22.70 Uinta63944.1980755.81 1,446 -168 -11.62 Total7,22556.405,58643.6012,811+1,639+12.79

1886

Incumbent Republican delegate Joseph M. Carey won re-election in the general election held on November 2, 1886. County RepublicanJoseph M. Carey* DemocraticH.G. Balch DemocraticT.G. Magee Others TotalVote%Vote%Vote%Vote%TotalMaj.% Albany152499.22————120.781,536+1,512+98.44 Carbon1,03494.60——252.2934 3.111,093+1,000+91.49 Crook49557.0337142.74——20.23868+124+14.29 Fremont51380.4111518.0350.7850.78638+398+62.38 Johnson82284.8338 3.92——10911.25969+753+77.71 Laramie2,30496.89————743.112,378+2,258+94.95 Sweetwater64367.47——31032.53——953+333+34.94 Uinta92498.61————131.39937+911+97.23 Total8,25988.125245.593403.632492.669,372+7,735+82.53 An asterisk (*) denotes an incumbent.

1888

Incumbent Republican delegate Joseph M. Carey won re-election in the general election held on November 6, 1888. County RepublicanJoseph M. Carey* DemocraticCaleb P. Organ TotalVote%Vote%TotalMaj.% Albany1,58460.74 1,02439.262,608+560+21.47 Carbon1,70164.60932 35.402,633+769+29.21 Converse69653.29 61046.711,306+86+6.58 Crook65056.52500 43.481,150+150+13.04 Fremont46043.9858656.021,046 -126 -12.05 Johnson36239.5255460.48916 -192 -20.96 Laramie192852.181767 47.823695+161+4.36 Sheridan48055.1739044.83870+90+10.34 Sweetwater1,15366.00594 34.001,747+559+32.00 Uinta1,43770.5460029.462,037+837+41.09 Total10,45158.047,55741.9618,008+2894+16.07 An asterisk (*) denotes an incumbent.

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

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