0 an area from which a member of the US House of Representatives is elected
During the following months, Morgan County, and the congressional district to which it belonged, became a political experiment station.
Once the representative of a single Congressional district, he now represents the most populous nation of the globe.
The congressional district, as compared to the state legislative district, would thus not serve to define any particularity at all.
When voters produce divided government, it happens congressional district by congressional district or state by state.
The large congressional district forced these towns, counties, and/or parishes to join together.
Nevertheless, especially for critics of the constitution, the congressional district was neither expected nor designed to capture local interests.
But both sides also agreed that the empirical claim was false because, again, the size of the congressional district would be too large.
