Michigan's 3rd congressional district

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United States House of Representatives, Michigan District 3 is a United States Congressional district in Western Michigan. It consists of the counties of Barry and Ionia counties, all except the northwest portion of Kent.

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[edit] Representatives

Representative Party Years Congress
James B. Hunt Democrat 1843-1847 28th-29th
Kinsley S. Bingham Democrat 1847-1851 30th-31st
James L. Conger Whig 1851-1853 32nd
Samuel Clark Democrat 1853-1855 33rd
David S. Walbridge Republican 1855-1859 34th-35th
Francis William Kellogg Republican 1859-1863 36th-37th
John W. Longyear Republican 1863-1867 38th-39th
Austin Blair Republican 1867-1873 40th-42nd
George Willard Republican 1873-1877 43rd-44th
Jonas H. McGowan Republican 1877-1881 45th-46th
Edward S. Lacey Republican 1881-1885 47th-48th
James O'Donnell Republican 1885-1893 49th-52nd
Julius C. Burrows [1] Republican 1893-1895 53rd
Alfred Milnes [1] Republican 1895-1897 54th
Albert M. Todd [2] Democratic 1897-1899 55th
Washington Gardner Republican 1901-1911 56th-61st
John M. C. Smith Republican 1911-1921 62nd-66th
William H. Frankhauser [3] Republican 1921 67th
John M. C. Smith [3] [4] Republican 1921-1923 67th-68th
Arthur B. Williams [4] [5] Republican 1923-1925 68th-69th
Joseph L. Hooper [5] [6] Republican 1925-1935 69th-73rd
Henry M. Kimball [7] Republican 1935 74th
Verner Main [7] Republican 1935-1937 74th
Paul W. Shafer [8] Republican 1937-1954 75th-83rd
August E. Johansen Republican 1955-1965 84th-88th
Paul H. Todd, Jr. Republican 1965-1967 89th
Garry Brown Republican 1967-1979 90th-95th
Howard Wolpe Democratic 1979-1993 96th-102nd
Paul B. Henry [9] Republican 1993 103rd
Vern Ehlers [9] Republican 1993-present 103rd-110th

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ a b Julius C. Burrows was re-elected to the U.S House of Representatives for the 54th Congress in the general election of November 1894. The Michigan Legislature elected Burrows to the U.S. Senate on January 16, 1895 to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Francis B. Stockbridge (succeeding John Patton, Jr. who had been appointed as an interim replacement by Michigan Governor John T. Rich); Alfred Milnes was elected in a special election on April 18, 1895, to fill vacancy in the House.
  2. ^ In 1896, Albert M. Todd and Ferdinand Brucker were elected on the Democratic Peoples Union Silver ticket, a union of elements from the Democratic Party and Populist Party. They were seated as part of the Democratic Party in Congress.
  3. ^ a b William H. Frankhauser died May 9, 1921; John M. C. Smith was elected June 28, 1921, to fill the vacancy.
  4. ^ a b John M. C. Smith died March 23, 1923; Arthur B. Williams elected June 19, 1923, to fill the vacancy.
  5. ^ a b Arthur B. Williams died May 1, 1925; Joseph L. Hooper was elected August 18, 1925, to fill vacancy.
  6. ^ Joseph L. Hooper died February 22, 1934; the vacancy was not filled.
  7. ^ a b Henry M. Kimball died October 19, 1935; Verner W. Main was elected to fill the vacancy, assuming office on December 17, 1935.
  8. ^ Paul W. Shafer died August 17, 1954. No replacement was elected to fill the vacancy.
  9. ^ a b Paul B. Henry died on July 31, 1993; Vernon J. Ehlers was elected in a special election to fill the vacancy, assuming office on December 7, 1993.

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