Alabama's 3rd congressional district
Alabama's 3rd congressional district is a United States congressional district in Alabama that elects a representative to the United States House of Representatives. It is based in east central Alabama and encompasses portions of Montgomery and the entirety of Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee, Clay, Cleburne, Lee, Macon, Randolph, Russell, St. Clair, Talladega, and Tallapoosa counties.
Alabama's 3rd congressional district | |||
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Alabama's 3rd congressional district - since January 3, 2013. | |||
Representative |
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Area | 7,988 sq mi (20,690 km2) | ||
Distribution |
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Population (2016) | 709,482[2] | ||
Median income | $46,484[3] | ||
Ethnicity |
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Occupation |
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Cook PVI | R+16[4] |
The district takes in some of the city of Montgomery. Other cities in the district include Phenix City, Talladega, Tuskegee and Auburn. At the federal level, the district is fairly Republican-leaning, albeit not as strongly as many of the other districts in the state. John McCain carried the district in 2008 with 56.21% of the vote while Barack Obama clinched 43.04% of the vote.
The district is currently represented by Republican Mike Rogers and was once represented by Bob Riley, the former Governor of Alabama.
Election results from statewide races
Year | Office | Results |
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2000 | President | Bush 52 - 47% |
2004 | President | Bush 58 - 41% |
2008 | President | McCain 56 - 43% |
2012 | President | Romney 62 - 37% |
2016 | President | Trump 64 - 33% |
List of members representing the district
Member | Party | Years | Cong ress |
Electoral history | Location |
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District created | March 4, 1823 | ||||
George W. Owen | Jackson Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825 |
18th 19th 20th |
Elected in 1823. Re-elected in 1825. Re-elected in 1827. Retired. |
1823–1825 "Southern district": Autauga, Baldwin, Butler, Clark, Conecuh, Covington, Dallas, Henry, Mobile, Montgomery, Monroe, Pike, Washington, and Wilcox counties[5] |
Jacksonian | March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1829 |
1825–1833 "Southern district": Autauga, Baldwin, Blount, Butler, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington, Dale, Dallas, Henry, Mobile, Montgomery, Monroe, Pike, Washington, and Wilcox counties[6] | |||
Dixon H. Lewis |
Jacksonian | March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1833 |
21st 22nd |
Elected in 1829. Re-elected in 1831. Redistricted to the 4th district. | |
Samuel W. Mardis | Jacksonian | March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1835 |
23rd | Redistricted from the 2nd district and re-elected in 1833. [data unknown/missing] |
1833–1843 [data unknown/missing] |
Joab Lawler | Whig | March 4, 1835 – May 8, 1838 |
24th 25th |
Elected in 1835. Re-elected in 1837. Died. | |
Vacant | May 8, 1838 – September 4, 1838 |
25th | |||
George W. Crabb | Whig | September 4, 1838 – March 3, 1841 |
25th 26th |
Elected to finish Lawler's term. Re-elected in 1839. [data unknown/missing] | |
District inactive, all representatives elected at-large. | March 3, 1841 – March 4, 1843 |
27th | |||
Dixon H. Lewis |
Democratic | March 4, 1843 – April 22, 1844 |
28th | Redistricted from the at-large district and re-elected in 1843. Resigned when elected to the elected U.S. senator. |
1843–1853 [data unknown/missing] |
Vacant | April 22, 1844 – December 2, 1844 | ||||
William L. Yancey |
Democratic | December 2, 1844 – September 1, 1846 |
28th 29th |
Elected to finish Lewis's term. Re-elected in 1845. Resigned. | |
Vacant | September 1, 1846 – December 7, 1846 |
29th | |||
James La Fayette Cottrell | Democratic | December 7, 1846 – March 3, 1847 |
Elected to finish Yancey's term. [data unknown/missing] | ||
Sampson W. Harris | Democratic | March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1855 |
30th 31st 32nd 33rd |
Elected in 1847. Re-elected in 1849. Re-elected in 1851. Re-elected in 1853. Redistricted to the 7th district. | |
1853–1863 [data unknown/missing] | |||||
James F. Dowdell |
Democratic | March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1859 |
34th 35th |
Redistricted from the 7th district and re-elected in 1855. Re-elected in 1857. [data unknown/missing] | |
David Clopton | Democratic | March 4, 1859 – January 21, 1861 |
36th | Elected in 1859. Withdrew. | |
Vacant | January 21, 1861 – July 21, 1868 |
36th 37th 38th 39th 40th |
Civil War and Reconstruction | ||
1863–1873 [data unknown/missing] | |||||
Benjamin W. Norris |
Republican | July 21, 1868 – March 3, 1869 |
40th | Elected for partial term in 1868. [data unknown/missing] | |
Robert S. Heflin |
Republican | March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1871 |
41st | Elected in 1868. [data unknown/missing] | |
William Handley |
Democratic | March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1873 |
42nd | Elected in 1870. [data unknown/missing] | |
Charles Pelham | Republican | March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875 |
43rd | Elected in 1872. [data unknown/missing] |
1873–1883 [data unknown/missing] |
Taul Bradford | Democratic | March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877 |
44th | Elected in 1874. [data unknown/missing] | |
Jeremiah N. Williams |
Democratic | March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1879 |
45th | Redistricted from the 2nd district and re-elected in 1876. [data unknown/missing] | |
William J. Samford |
Democratic | March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1881 |
46th | Elected in 1878. [data unknown/missing] | |
William C. Oates |
Democratic | March 4, 1881 – November 5, 1894 |
47th 48th 49th 50th 51st 52nd 53rd |
Elected in 1880. Re-elected in 1882. Re-elected in 1884. Re-elected in 1886. Re-elected in 1888. Re-elected in 1890. Re-elected in 1892. Resigned when elected Governor of Alabama. | |
1883–1893 [data unknown/missing] | |||||
George Paul Harrison Jr. |
Democratic | November 6, 1894 – March 3, 1897 |
53rd 54th |
Elected to finish Oates's term. Re-elected in 1894. [data unknown/missing] | |
1893–1903 [data unknown/missing] | |||||
Henry D. Clayton |
Democratic | March 4, 1897 – May 25, 1914 |
55th 56th 57th 58th 59th 60th 61st 62nd 63rd |
Elected in 1896. Re-elected in 1898. Re-elected in 1900. Re-elected in 1902. Re-elected in 1904. Re-elected in 1906. Re-elected in 1908. Re-elected in 1910. Re-elected in 1912. Resigned to become U.S. Judge for the Middle and Northern District of Alabama. | |
1913–1933 [data unknown/missing] | |||||
Vacant | May 25, 1914 – June 29, 1914 |
63rd | |||
William O. Mulkey | Democratic | June 29, 1914 – March 3, 1915 |
Elected to finish Clayton's term. [data unknown/missing] | ||
Henry B. Steagall |
Democratic | March 4, 1915 – November 22, 1943 |
64th 65th 66th 67th 68th 69th 70th 71st 72nd 73rd 74th 75th 76th 77th |
Elected in 1914. Re-elected in 1916. Re-elected in 1918. Re-elected in 1920. Re-elected in 1922. Re-elected in 1924. Re-elected in 1926. Re-elected in 1928. Re-elected in 1930. Re-elected in 1932. Re-elected in 1934. Re-elected in 1936. Re-elected in 1938. Re-elected in 1940. Re-elected in 1942. Died. | |
1943–1953 [data unknown/missing] | |||||
Vacant | November 22, 1943 – March 14, 1944 |
78th | |||
George W. Andrews |
Democratic | March 14, 1944 – January 3, 1963 |
78th 79th 80th 81st 82nd 83rd 84th 85th 86th 87th |
Elected to finish Steagall's term. Re-elected in 1944. Re-elected in 1946. Re-elected in 1948. Re-elected in 1950. Re-elected in 1952. Re-elected in 1954. Re-elected in 1956. Re-elected in 1958. Re-elected in 1960. Redistricted to the at-large district. | |
1953–1963 [data unknown/missing] | |||||
District inactive, all representatives elected at-large. | January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1965 |
88th | |||
George W. Andrews |
Democratic | January 3, 1965 – December 25, 1971 |
89th 90th 91st 92nd |
Redistricted from the at-large district and re-elected in 1964. Re-elected in 1966. Re-elected in 1968. Re-elected in 1970. Died. |
1965–1973 [data unknown/missing] |
Vacant | December 25, 1971 – April 4, 1972 |
92nd | |||
Elizabeth B. Andrews |
Democratic | April 4, 1972 – January 3, 1973 |
Elected to finish her husband's term. Retired. | ||
Bill Nichols |
Democratic | January 3, 1973 – December 13, 1988 |
93rd 94th 95th 96th 97th 98th 99th 100th |
Redistricted from the 4th district and re-elected in 1972. Re-elected in 1974. Re-elected in 1976. Re-elected in 1978. Re-elected in 1980. Re-elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1984. Re-elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1988. Died. |
1973–1983 [data unknown/missing] |
1983–1993 [data unknown/missing] | |||||
Vacant | December 13, 1988 – April 4, 1989 |
100th 101st | |||
Glen Browder |
Democratic | April 4, 1989 – January 3, 1997 |
101st 102nd 103rd 104th |
Elected to finish Nichols's term. Re-elected in 1990. Re-elected in 1992. Re-elected in 1994. Retired to run for U.S. senator. | |
1993–2003 [data unknown/missing] | |||||
Bob Riley |
Republican | January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2003 |
105th 106th 107th |
Elected in 1996. Re-elected in 1998. Re-elected in 2000. Retired to run for Governor of Alabama. | |
Mike D. Rogers |
Republican | January 3, 2003 – present |
108th 109th 110th 111th 112th 113th 114th 115th 116th |
Elected in 2002. Re-elected in 2004. Re-elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Re-elected in 2010. Re-elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. |
2003–2013 |
2013–present |
Recent election results
2006
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Mike Rogers (Incumbent) | 98,257 | 59.44% | |
Democratic | Greg Pierce | 63,559 | 38.45% | |
Independent | Mark Layfield | 3,414 | 2.07% | |
Write-in | 71 | 0.04% | ||
Total votes | 165,301 | 100% | ||
Republican hold | ||||
2008
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Mike Rogers (Incumbent) | 142,708 | 54.03% | |
Democratic | Joshua Segall | 121,080 | 45.84% | |
Write-in | 332 | 0.13% | ||
Total votes | 264,120 | 100% | ||
Republican hold | ||||
2010
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Mike Rogers (Incumbent) | 117,698 | 59.49% | |
Democratic | Steve Segrest | 80,155 | 40.51% | |
Total votes | 197,853 | 100% | ||
Republican hold | ||||
2012
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Mike Rogers (Incumbent) | 174,986 | 64.12% | |
Democratic | John Andrew Harris | 97,910 | 35.88% | |
Total votes | 272,896 | 100% | ||
Republican hold |
2014
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Mike Rogers (Incumbent) | 103,558 | 66.12% | |
Democratic | Jesse Smith | 52,816 | 33.72% | |
Write-in | 246 | 0.16% | ||
Total votes | 156,620 | 100% | ||
Republican hold |
2016
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Mike Rogers (Incumbent) | 192,164 | 66.93% | |
Democratic | Jesse Smith | 94,549 | 32.93% | |
Write-in | 391 | 0.14% | ||
Total votes | 287,104 | 100% | ||
Republican hold |
2018
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Mike Rogers (Incumbent) | 147,770 | 63.72% | |
Democratic | Mallory Hagan | 83,996 | 36.22% | |
Write-in | 149 | 0.06% | ||
Total votes | 231,915 | 100% | ||
Republican hold | ||||
References
- https://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/cd_state.html
- https://www.census.gov/mycd/?st=01&cd=03
- https://www.census.gov/mycd/?st=01&cd=03
- "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
- https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/6395w7883
- https://elections.lib.tufts.edu/catalog/6t053g65s
- 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