General ticket
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General ticket representation was a system used in the United States until 1842, by which states entitled to more than one U.S. Representative could choose to select the entire delegation at the same election on a single statewide at-large ticket, as opposed to the congressional district system where each Representative is elected separately. This helped ensure that a single party could control the entire delegation.
General ticket representation was prohibited by the 1842 Apportionment Bill and subsequent legislation, most recently in 1967 (Public Law 90-196, ).
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- Martis, Kenneth C., The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress, 1789-1989. pp 6-7, Macmillan Publishing, 1989 ISBN 0-02-920170-5.
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