Elections - Historical Notes

The following is a listing of acts for Crockett County which affected the elective process, but which have been superseded or repealed.  They are listed here for historical and reference purposes.  Also referenced below are acts which repeal prior law without providing new substantive provisions.

1. Acts of 1851-52, Chapter 196, divided Tennessee into ten (10) U. S. Congressional Districts, but did not assign Crockett County, newly created, to any district.  The Act provided for the people in any new county to vote with the people in the old county from which their county was taken in statewide elections and Federal elections until the next apportionment of representation in the General Assembly.
2. Acts of 1851-52, Chapter 197, divided Tennessee into Congressional Districts and provided for people in new counties to vote in the County from which their County was taken until the next apportionment.
3. Acts of 1872 (Ex. Sess.), Chapter 7, divided the State into nine (9) U. S. Congressional Districts.  Crockett County composed the Eighth Congressional District along with Madison, Haywood, Lauderdale, Dyer, Gibson, Weakley, Obion and Lake counties.
4. Public Acts of 1873, Chapter 27, apportioned the State into ten (10) Congressional Districts.  Weakley, Obion, Lake, Dyer, Gibson, Haywood, Tipton, Lauderdale and Crockett counties composed the Ninth U. S. Congressional District.
5. Public Acts of 1881 (Ex. Sess.), Chapter 6, apportioned the State into Senatorial and Representative Districts for election of individuals to the General Assembly.  The Act provided for Crockett County to elect one (1) Representative separately.  Crockett composed the Thirteenth Senatorial District.
6. Public Acts of 1882 (Ex. Sess.), Chapter 27, reapportioned the State into ten (10) U. S. Congressional Districts.  The Ninth District was composed of Weakley, Gibson, Haywood, Lauderdale, Dyer, Obion, Lake and Crockett counties.
7. Public Acts of 1890 (Ex. Sess.), Chapter 25, was a statewide law which required registration of voters in counties, towns, cities and civil districts having the populations set forth in the Act.  The Act authorized the Governor to appoint three (3) Commissioners of Registration who would in turn appoint Registrars.  The duties and powers for the Registrars and the Commissioners of Registration were prescribed in the Act.
8. Acts of 1891 (Ex. Sess.), Chapter 10, apportioned Tennessee into Senatorial and Representative Districts.  The Act provided for Crockett County to elect one (1) Representative and for Crockett County to compose the Twenty-Ninth Senatorial District with Gibson County.
9. Acts of 1899, Chapter 325, ratified an election held by the Sheriff of Crockett County in the town of Gadsden, wherein the municipal  officers of said town were elected.
10. Public Acts of 1901, Chapter 109, divided the State into ten (10) U. S. Congressional Districts.  The Ninth District was composed of Gibson, Weakley, Obion, Lake, Dyer, Lauderdale, Haywood and Crockett counties.
11. Public Acts of 1901, Chapter 122, apportioned the State into representative and Senatorial Districts. Crockett County composed the Twenty-Ninth Senatorial District along with Dyer and Lauderdale counties.  Crockett County would elect one (1) Representative to the General Assembly.
12. Private Acts of 1921, Chapter 751, amended Public Acts of 1890  (Ex. Sess.), Chapter 25, above, by exempting Crockett County from the provisions of the 1890 Act which had provided for the registration of voters before they could vote in counties having certain populations.