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/kəngrˈɛʃənəl dˈɪstrɪkt/ Listen

Congressional district

noun

A territorial division of a state; entitled to elect one member to the United States House of Representatives.

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"Congressional district" Quotes from Famous Books

... Knapp printed Letters from John Quincy Adams to his Constituents of the Twelfth Congressional District in Massachusetts, to which is added his Speech in Congress, delivered February 9, 1837, and the following stood as an introduction ...

— The Complete Works of Whittier - The Standard Library Edition with a linked Index • John Greenleaf Whittier

... was nominated by a large portion of the Democratic electors of the Lincoln Congressional District as their candidate for Congress. That district has recently shown itself to possess a decided Whig majority; and this would have been equally the case in 1836, had any other man than Mr. Cilley appeared on the Democratic side. He had likewise to contend, as in all the former scenes ...

— Biographical Sketches - (From: "Fanshawe and Other Pieces") • Nathaniel Hawthorne

Words linked to "Congressional district" : territorial dominion, district, dominion, American state, territory