Washington's 3rd congressional district

The Third Congressional District of Washington encompasses the southernmost portion of Western Washington, from Olympia south to the Columbia River. It includes the counties of Lewis, Pacific, Wahkiakum, Cowlitz, and Clark, and the majority of Thurston and Skamania counties. Since 1999, the Third has been represented in the U.S. House of Representatives by Brian Baird, a Democrat from Vancouver.

Established after the 1900 census, the Third District was represented by Democrats for most of the latter half of the 20th century, until Rep. Jolene Unsoeld was defeated by maverick Republican Linda Smith as part of the Republican Revolution of 1994. Smith retired after two terms and was succeeded by Baird.

[edit] Representatives

Representative	Party	Term
Miles Poindexter	Republican	1909 – 1911
William L. La Follette	Republican	1911 – 1915
Albert Johnson	Republican	1915 – 1933
Martin Fernard Smith	Democratic	1933 – 1943
Fred Barthold Norman	Republican	1943 – 1945
Charles Raymon Savage	Democratic	1945 – 1947
Fred Barthold Norman	Republican	1947 – 1947
Russell Vernon Mack	Republican	1947 – 1960
Julia Caroline Butler Hansen	Democratic	1960 – 1974
Don Leroy Bonker	Democratic	1975 – 1989
Jolene Unsoeld	Democratic	1989 – 1995
Linda Smith	Republican	1995 – 1999
Brian Baird	Democratic	1999 – present

Washington's congressional districts
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