Georgia at-large congressional district

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The Georgia at-large congressional district was a former United States House of Representatives district in which the entire state of Georgia was represented as a single constituency rather than being divided into multiple districts.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States congressional district
appliesToChamber lower house of the United States Congress
appliesToJurisdiction Georgia NERFINISHED
category At-large United States congressional districts
Former congressional districts of the United States
Georgia (U.S. state) congressional districts NERFINISHED
constituencyType single statewide district
country United States of America
surface form: United States
countrySubdivision U.S. state
districtFormat single-member at-large district
electoralSystem plurality voting
electorateType at-large
elects members of the United States House of Representatives
federalGovernmentLevel federal
governmentalJurisdiction United States federal government NERFINISHED
hasCapital Atlanta NERFINISHED
hasLanguage English
hasVoters residents of Georgia eligible to vote in federal elections
isElectoralDistrictFor federal legislative representation
isPartOf Georgia congressional delegation NERFINISHED
United States Congress NERFINISHED
legislativeBody United States House of Representatives
locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone
partOfElectoralSystem U.S. House districting system
replaces multiple geographically based districts in Georgia (in at-large periods)
represented state of Georgia NERFINISHED
representedArea entire state of Georgia
scope statewide
state Georgia
status former congressional district
subdivisionType congressional district
usesLawSystem common law

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William Schley representedDistrict Georgia at-large congressional district
George Rockingham Gilmer represented Georgia at-large congressional district
this entity surface form: Georgia's at-large congressional district