Tennessee's 4th congressional district

In 1812, the State Legislature divided the state into six congressional districts. The Fourth District was made up of Smith, Sumner, Wilson, and Jackson counties.Miller, Chas. A. The Official and Political Manual of the State of Tennessee. Nashville: Marshall & Bruce, Stationers, 1890.
In the 1820 Presidential election, the 4th district went unrepresented at the Electoral College.
In 1822, the Legislature re-drew the district boundaries. The 4th district now contained Franklin, Warren, White, Fentress, Overton, and Jackson counties.
In 1832, the re-districting process removed all of the Upper Cumberland counties from the 4th district.
In the 1843 re-districting, the 4th district encompassed Coffee, Overton, Warren, Van Buren, Fentress, White, DeKalb, and Jackson counties.
In 1852 the boundaries were altered to include Jackson, Macon, Smith, DeKalb, White, Warren, Coffee, Grundy, and Van Buren counties.
In 1861, the Legislature redrew the boundaries for what were now Confederate Congressional districts, the 4th district including Anderson, Roane, Cumberland, Morgan, Scott, Fentress, Overton, Jackson, Putnam, White, Van Buren, and Warren counties.
In 1873, the Legislature's re-districting plan included Fentress, Overton, Putnam, Jackson, Clay, Macon, Smith, Trousdale, Wilson, Sumner, and Robertson counties in the 4th district.
In 1882, re-districting placed Sumner, Wilson, Macon, Trousdale, Smith, DeKalb, Clay, Jackson, Putnam, Overton, Fentress, and Pickett counties in the 4th district.
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