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| Southwest Territory's at-large congressional district | |
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| Obsolete district | |
| Created | 1794, as a non-voting delegate was granted by Congress |
| Eliminated | 1796, as a result of statehood as Tennessee |
| Years active | 1794–1796 |
The Southwest Territory, or the Territory South of the River Ohio was organized May 26, 1790. A month later, John Sevier was sworn in to represent it as Congressman from North Carolina's defunct 5th district, which was exactly the same area. It received a non-voting delegate briefly from 1794 to 1796, and was then organized to form the State of Tennessee on June 1, 1796.