Washington's congressional districts

From the time that Washington Territory was formed in 1853, through statehood in 1889, Washington Territory elected an at-large non-voting Delegate to the United States House of Representatives.

At different times in its history, the state of Washington has also elected one or more representatives At-large statewide.

[7] After they redrew districts in 1982, a federal court threw out the map for excessive population variation.

New maps were drawn in 1983 by a five-member commission appointed by the legislature to avoid continued deadlock under a court-imposed deadline;[8] the legislature had historically often failed to redistrict.

[7] In 1983, the voters approved a ballot measure to amend the state constitution to permanently establish a redistricting commission.