Alabama's 3rd congressional district

Alabama's 3rd congressional district
	Alabama's 3rd congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
	Mike Rogers; R–Anniston
Area	7,988 sq mi (20,690 km2)
Distribution	50.24% urban[1]; 49.76% rural;
Population (2016)	709,482[2]
Median income	$46,484[3]
Ethnicity	69.46% white; 26.25% black; 3.03% Hispanic; 1.95% Asian; 0.29% Native American;
Occupation	51.7% White-collar; 33.1% Blue-collar; 15.2% Gray-collar;
Cook PVI	R+16[4]

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.

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
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
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]
George W. Owen	Jacksonian	March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1829	18th 19th 20th		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	28th
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	29th	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.
Sampson W. Harris	1853–1863 [data unknown/missing]		30th 31st 32nd 33rd
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
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.
William C. Oates	Democratic	March 4, 1881 – November 5, 1894	47th 48th 49th 50th 51st 52nd 53rd		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]	1883–1893 [data unknown/missing]
George Paul Harrison Jr.	Democratic	November 6, 1894 – March 3, 1897	53rd 54th		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.	1893–1903 [data unknown/missing]
Henry D. Clayton	Democratic	March 4, 1897 – May 25, 1914	55th 56th 57th 58th 59th 60th 61st 62nd 63rd		1913–1933 [data unknown/missing]
Vacant		May 25, 1914 – June 29, 1914	63rd
William O. Mulkey	Democratic	June 29, 1914 – March 3, 1915	63rd	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.
Henry B. Steagall	Democratic	March 4, 1915 – November 22, 1943			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.
George W. Andrews	Democratic	March 14, 1944 – January 3, 1963	78th 79th 80th 81st 82nd 83rd 84th 85th 86th 87th		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	92nd	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]
Bill Nichols	Democratic	January 3, 1973 – December 13, 1988	93rd 94th 95th 96th 97th 98th 99th 100th		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.
Glen Browder	Democratic	April 4, 1989 – January 3, 1997	101st 102nd 103rd 104th		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.	1993–2003 [data unknown/missing]
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
Mike D. Rogers	Republican	January 3, 2003 – present	108th 109th 110th 111th 112th 113th 114th 115th 116th		2013–present

Recent election results

2006

2006 Alabama's 3rd congressional district election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	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

2008 Alabama's 3rd congressional district election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	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

2010 Alabama's 3rd congressional district election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mike Rogers (Incumbent)	117,698	59.49%
	Democratic	Steve Segrest	80,155	40.51%
Total votes			197,853	100%
	Republican hold

2012

2012 Alabama's 3rd congressional district election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mike Rogers (Incumbent)	174,986	64.12%
	Democratic	John Andrew Harris	97,910	35.88%
Total votes			272,896	100%
	Republican hold

2014

2014 Alabama's 3rd congressional district election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	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

2016 Alabama's 3rd congressional district election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	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

2018 Alabama's 3rd congressional district election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	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

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