Question about Illinois...

[FloridaRepublican]

This has bothered me for quite a while now.

From 1912-1940, Illinois had 29 electoral votes. And everyone knows # of Senators (always 2) plus # of Representatives equals the total electoral votes of that state. But never in the history of Illinois has it had more than 26 congressional districts, and 26 was the number of Representatives it had at the time. Meaning that there was an extra electoral vote given to it... Am I missing something?

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Was one of the Reps elected at-large?

[FloridaRepublican]

Was one of the Reps elected at-large?

Yeah, I saw that as a very good possibility, but I've never been quite sure.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Daniel Weldy (S) 1.4%
Illinois At-large seat A Richard Yates, Jr. Republican 1918 Re-elected Richard Yates, Jr. (R) 33.1% (Seat A)
William E. Mason (R) 32.8% (Seat B)
William Murphy (D) 14.0%
C. S. Schneider (D) 13.7%
Frank Hall (S) 1.6%
John Hubert (S) 1.6%
Gifford Ernest (FL) 1.2%
Robert Weber (FL) 1.2%
Margaret Wintringer (Proh) 0.5%
W. W. Jones (Proh) 0.2%
Henry Schilling (Soc-Lab) 0.1%
F. K. Kuchenbecker (Soc-Lab) 0.1%
Henry Neil (I) 0.0%
Illinois At-large seat B William E. Mason Republican 1916 Re-elected

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections,_1920#Illinois



Illinois At-large Emily T. Douglas Democratic 1944 Lost re-election
Republican gain William Stratton (R) 55.1%
Emily T. Douglas (D) 44.5%
Elizabeth Stephens Carr (Proh) 0.4%

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections,_1946

[freepcrusher]

Illinois redrew their congressional boundaries in 1947... for the first time since 1901.

[RI]

Was one of the Reps elected at-large?

Yes.