Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Congressional Districts

The Congressional Apportionment bill which passed the General Assembly on the last night of the session divides the state into six Districts, as follows:

1st – Lee, Van Buren, Davis, Jefferson, Henry, Des Moines, Louisa and Washington.

2d – Muscatine, Cedar, Scot, Clinton, Jackson, Jones and Lynn.

3d – Dubuque, Delaware, Buchanan, Clayton, Fayette, Bremer, Chickasaw, Floyd, Mitchell, Howard, Winneshiek and Allamakee.

4th – Benton, Tama, Jasper, Poweshiek, Iowa, Johnson, Keokuk, Mahaska, Marion, Monroe, Wapello and Appanoose.

5th – Wayne, Decater, Ringgold, Taylor, Page, Fremont, Mills, Montgomery, Adams, Union, Clark, Lucas, Warren, Madison, Adair, Cass Pottawattamie, Harrison, Shelby, Audubon, Guthrie, Dallas and Polk.

6th – Marshall, Story, Boone, Greene, Carroll, Crawford, Monona, Woodbury, Ida, Sac, Calhoun, Webster, Hamilton, Hardin, Grundy, Blackhawk, Butler, Franklin, Wright, Humbolt, Pocahontas, Buena Vista, Cherokee, Plymouth, Sioux, O’Brien, Clay, Palo Alto, Kossuth, Hancock, Winnebago, Worth, Cerro Gordo, Emmett, Dickinson, Osceola, and Buncome. – {State Register

– Published in the Burlington Weekly Hawk-Eye, Burlington, Iowa, Saturday April 19, 1862

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