Pennsylvania's 3rd congressional district

Pennsylvania's 3rd congressional district
Pennsylvania's 3rd congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
Current Representative		Mike Kelly (R–Butler)
Distribution	58.37% urban, 41.63% rural
Population (2000)	646,311
Median income	$35,884
Ethnicity	94.4% White, 3.5% Black, 0.5% Asian, 1.3% Hispanic, 0.1% Native American, 0.1% other
Cook PVI	R+5[1]

Pennsylvania's third district is located in the northwestern part of the state and includes the cities of Erie, Sharon, Hermitage, Butler and Meadville.

The district supported President George W. Bush in 2000 and 2004 as well as John McCain in 2008. Prior to redistricting in 2002, the district was located in Northeast Philadelphia and was represented by Rep. Robert Borski. Most of the territory in the current 3rd had been the 21st District before 2002.

Kathy Dahlkemper defeated six-term Republican incumbent Phil English in 2008. She herself was defeated after only one term in 2010 by Republican Mike Kelly, who currently represents the district.

List of representatives

The district was organized from Pennsylvania's At-large congressional district in 1791

1791–1793: One seat

Congress	Representative	Party	Years	Electoral history
2nd	Israel Jacobs	Pro-Administration	March 4, 1791 – March 3, 1793	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]

1795–1823: One seat, then three, then two

The district was organized from Pennsylvania's At-large congressional district in 1795. Two additional seats were added in 1803, elected on a general ticket. One of those seats was eliminated in 1813.

Cong ess	Years		Seat A				Seat B				Seat C
			Representative	Party	Electoral history		Representative	Party	Electoral history		Representative	Party	Electoral history
4	March 4, 1795 – March 4, 1797		Richard Thomas	Federalist	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]		Second seat added in 1803				Third seat added in 1803
5	March 4, 1797 – March 4, 1799
6	March 4, 1799 – March 4, 1801
7	March 4, 1801 – March 4, 1803		Joseph Hemphill	Federalist	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
8	March 4, 1803 – March 4, 1805		Joseph Hiester	Democratic- Republican	Redistricted from the 5th district [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]		Isaac Anderson	Democratic- Republican	First elected in 1802 Re-elected in 1804 Retired		John Whitehill	Democratic- Republican	First elected in 1802 Re-elected in 1804 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
9	March 4, 1805 – December 19, 1806		Christian Lower	Democratic- Republican	Died
	December 19, 1806 – March 4, 1807		Vacant
10	March 4, 1807 – March 4, 1809		John Hiester	Democratic- Republican	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]		Matthias Richards	Democratic- Republican	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]		Robert Jenkins	Federalist	First elected in 1806 Re-elected in 1808 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
11	March 4, 1809 – March 4, 1811		Daniel Hiester	Democratic- Republican	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
12	March 4, 1811 – March 4, 1813		Roger Davis	Democratic- Republican	Redistricted to the 2nd district		John M. Hyneman	Democratic- Republican	Redistricted to the 7th district		Joseph Lefever	Democratic- Republican	First elected in 1810 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
13	March 4, 1813 – August 2, 1813		John Gloninger	Federalist	Resigned after being appointed associate judge of Lebanon County		James Whitehill	Democratic- Republican	Resigned		Third seat eliminated in 1813
	August 2, 1813 – September 1, 1813		Vacant
	September 1, 1813 – October 11, 1813						Vacant
	October 11, 1813 – October 12, 1813						Amos Slaymaker	Federalist	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
	October 12, 1813 – March 4, 1815		Edward Crouch	Democratic- Republican	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
14	March 4, 1815 – October 10, 1815		John Whiteside	Democratic- Republican	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]		Vacant		Representative-elect Amos Ellmaker declined to serve
	October 10, 1815 – March 4, 1817			James M. Wallace			Democratic- Republican	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
15	March 4, 1817 – March 4, 1819
16	March 4, 1819 – March 4, 1821		Jacob Hibshman		Democratic- Republican		[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
17	March 4, 1821 – March 4, 1823		James Buchanan	Federalist	Redistricted to the 4th district		John Phillips	Federalist	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]

1823–present: One seat

The district was reorganized in 1823 to have one seat.

Cong ress	Representative	Party	Years	Electoral history
18	Daniel H. Miller	Jacksonian Republican	March 4, 1823 – March 4, 1825	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
19 20 21		Jacksonian	March 4, 1825 – March 4, 1831	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
22	John G. Watmough	Anti-Jacksonian	March 4, 1831 – March 4, 1835	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
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24	Michael W. Ash	Jacksonian	March 4, 1835 – March 4, 1837	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
25	Francis J. Harper	Democratic	March 4, 1837 – March 18, 1837	Died
	Vacant		March 18, 1837 – June 29, 1837
	Charles Naylor	Whig	June 29, 1837 – March 4, 1841	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
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27	Charles J. Ingersoll	Democratic	March 4, 1841 – March 4, 1843	Redistricted to Pennsylvania's 4th congressional district
28	John T. Smith	Democratic	March 4, 1843 – March 4, 1845	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
29	John H. Campbell	American	March 4, 1845 – March 4, 1847	Not a candidate for renomination
30	Charles Brown	Democratic	March 4, 1847 – March 4, 1849	Not a candidate for reelection
31	Henry D. Moore	Whig	March 4, 1849 – March 4, 1853	Retired
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33	John Robbins	Democratic	March 4, 1853 – March 4, 1855	Redistricted from Pennsylvania's 4th congressional district Retired
34	William Millward	Opposition	March 4, 1855 – March 4, 1857	Lost re-election as a Union candidate
35	James Landy	Democratic	March 4, 1857 – March 4, 1859	Lost re-election
36	John P. Verree	Republican	March 4, 1859 – March 4, 1863	Retired
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38	Leonard Myers	Republican	March 4, 1863 – March 4, 1869	Lost reelection but successfully contested election
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	John Moffet	Democratic	March 4, 1869 – April 9, 1869	Election contested by Leonard Myers
41	Leonard Myers	Republican	April 9, 1869 – March 4, 1875	Lost re-election
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44	Samuel J. Randall	Democratic	March 4, 1875 – April 13, 1890	Redistricted from Pennsylvania's 1st congressional district Died
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51	Vacant		April 13, 1890 – May 20, 1890
	Richard Vaux	Democratic	May 20, 1890 – March 4, 1891	Lost re-election
52	William McAleer	Democratic	March 4, 1891 – March 4, 1895	Lost re-election
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54	Frederick Halterman	Republican	March 4, 1895 – March 4, 1897	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
55	William McAleer	Democratic	March 4, 1897 – March 4, 1901	Lost re-election
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57	Henry Burk	Republican	March 4, 1901 – December 5, 1903	Died
58
	Vacant		December 5, 1903 – February 16, 1904
58	George A. Castor	Republican	February 16, 1904 – February 19, 1906	Died
59
	Vacant		February 19, 1906 – November 6, 1906
59	J. Hampton Moore	Republican	November 6, 1906 – January 4, 1920	Resigned after being elected Mayor of Philadelphia
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	Harry C. Ransley	Republican	November 2, 1920 – March 4, 1933	Redistricted to Pennsylvania's 1st congressional district
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73	Alfred M. Waldron	Republican	March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1935	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
74	Clare G. Fenerty	Republican	January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1937	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
75	Michael J. Bradley	Democratic	January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1947	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
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80	Hardie Scott	Republican	January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1953	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
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83	James A. Byrne	Democratic	January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1973	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
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93	William J. Green, III	Democratic	January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1977	Redistricted from Pennsylvania's 5th congressional district
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95	Raymond F. Lederer	Democratic	January 3, 1977 – April 29, 1981	Resigned
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	Vacant		April 29, 1981 – January 3, 1983
	Joseph F. Smith	Democratic	July 21, 1981 – January 3, 1983	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
98	Robert A. Borski, Jr.	Democratic	January 3, 1983 – January 3, 2003	Retired
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108	Phil English	Republican	January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2009	Redistricted from Pennsylvania's 21st congressional district and re-elected here in 2002 Re-elected in 2004 Re-elected in 2006 Lost re-election
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111	Kathy Dahlkemper	Democratic	January 3, 2009 – January 3, 2011	Elected in 2008 Lost re-election
112	Mike Kelly	Republican	January 3, 2011 – present	First elected in 2010 Re-elected in 2012 Re-elected in 2014
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Recent elections

U.S. House election, 2000: Pennsylvania District 3[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Robert A. Borski, Jr.	130,528	68.8
	Republican	Charles F. Dougherty	59,343	31.3
Total votes			189,871	100.0
	Democratic hold

U.S. House election, 2002: Pennsylvania District 3[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Phil English	116,763	77.7
	Green	Anndrea M. Benson	33,554	22.3
Total votes			150,317	100.0
	Republican hold

U.S. House election, 2004: Pennsylvania District 3[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Phil English	166,580	60.1
	Democratic	Steven Porter	110,684	39.9
Total votes			277,264	100.0
	Republican hold

U.S. House elections, 2006: Pennsylvania District 3[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Phil English	108,525	53.6
	Democratic	Steven Porter	85,110	42.1
	Constitution	Timothy Hagberg	8,706	4.3
Total votes			202,341	100.0
	Republican hold

U.S. House election, 2008: Pennsylvania District 3[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Kathy Dahlkemper	146,846	51.2
	Republican	Phil English	139,757	48.8
Total votes			286,603	100.0
	Democratic gain from Republican

U.S. House election, 2010: Pennsylvania District 3[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mike Kelly	109,909	55.7
	Democratic	Kathy Dahlkemper	88,924	44.3
Total votes			197,320	100.0
	Republican gain from Democratic

U.S. House election, 2012: Pennsylvania District 3[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mike Kelly	165,826	54.82
	Democratic	Missa Eaton	123,933	40.97
	Independent	Steven Porter	12,755	4.22
Total votes			302,514	100.0
	Republican hold

U.S. House election, 2014: Pennsylvania District 3[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mike Kelly	113,859	60.63
	Democratic	Daniel Lavallee	73,931	39.37
Total votes			187,790	100.0
	Republican hold

Historical district boundaries

2005 - 2013

See also

• List of United States congressional districts
• Pennsylvania's congressional districts

References

1. "Partisan Voting Index Districts of the 113th Congress: 2004 & 2008" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. 2012. Retrieved 2013-01-10.
2. "2000 General Election". Elections Information. Pennsylvania Department of State. November 7, 2000. Retrieved October 21, 2010.
3. "2002 General Election". Elections Information. Pennsylvania Department of State. November 5, 2002. Retrieved October 21, 2010.
4. "2004 General Election". Elections Information. Pennsylvania Department of State. November 2, 2004. Retrieved October 21, 2010.
5. "2006 General Election". Elections Information. Pennsylvania Department of State. November 7, 2006. Retrieved October 21, 2010.
6. "2008 General Election". Elections Information. Pennsylvania Department of State. November 4, 2008. Retrieved October 21, 2010.
7. "2010 General Election". Elections Information. Pennsylvania Department of State. November 2, 2010. Retrieved December 29, 2010.
8. "2012 General Election". Elections Information. Pennsylvania Department of State. November 6, 2008. Retrieved May 29, 2015.
9. "2014 General Election". Elections Information. Pennsylvania Department of State. November 4, 2008. Retrieved May 29, 2015.

• Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
• Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
• Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present

External links

• District map
• Congressional redistricting in Pennsylvania

Coordinates: 41°24′27″N 80°00′13″W / 41.40750°N 80.00361°W