Alabama's 3rd congressional district

Coordinates: 32°57′45.31″N 85°36′59.24″W / 32.9625861°N 85.6164556°W / 32.9625861; -85.6164556

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 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.

Voting

List of representatives

Congress	Representative	Party	Years	Notes
District created March 4, 1823
18th	George W. Owen	Jacksonian D-R	March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825
19th-20th		Jacksonian	March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1829
21st-22nd	Dixon H. Lewis	Jacksonian	March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1833	Redistricted to the 4th district
23rd	Samuel W. Mardis	Jacksonian	March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1835	Redistricted from the 2nd district
24th-25th	Joab Lawler	Whig	March 4, 1835 – May 8, 1838	Died
25th-26th	George W. Crabb	Whig	September 4, 1838 – March 3, 1841
27th	District inactive, all representatives elected At-large on a general ticket
28th	Dixon H. Lewis	Democratic	March 4, 1843 – April 22, 1844	Redistricted from the At-large district, resigned after being elected to the US Senate
28th-29th	William L. Yancey	Democratic	December 2, 1844 – September 1, 1846	Resigned
29th	James La Fayette Cottrell	Democratic	December 7, 1846 – March 3, 1847
30th-33rd	Sampson W. Harris	Democratic	March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1855	Redistricted to the 7th district
34th-35th	James F. Dowdell	Democratic	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1859	Redistricted from the 7th district
36th	David Clopton	Democratic	March 4, 1859 – January 21, 1861	Withdrew
37th-39th	1861–1868			Civil War and Reconstruction
40th	Benjamin W. Norris	Republican	July 21, 1868 – March 3, 1869
41st	Robert S. Heflin	Republican	March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1871
42nd	William Handley	Democratic	March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1873
43rd	Charles Pelham	Republican	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875
44th	Taul Bradford	Democratic	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877
45th	Jeremiah N. Williams	Democratic	March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1879	Redistricted from the 2nd district
46th	William J. Samford	Democratic	March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1881
47th-53rd	William C. Oates	Democratic	March 4, 1881 – November 5, 1894	Resigned after being elected Governor
53rd-54th	George Paul Harrison, Jr.	Democratic	November 6, 1894 – March 3, 1897
55th-63rd	Henry D. Clayton	Democratic	March 4, 1897 – May 25, 1914	Resigned to accept position as a US judge for the Middle and Northern District of Alabama
63rd	William O. Mulkey	Democratic	June 29, 1914 – March 3, 1915
64th-77th	Henry B. Steagall	Democratic	March 4, 1915 – November 22, 1943	Died
78th-87th	George W. Andrews	Democratic	March 14, 1944 – January 3, 1963	Redistricted to the At-large district
88th	January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1965			District inactive, all representatives elected At-large on a general ticket
89th-91st	George W. Andrews	Democratic	January 3, 1965 – December 25, 1971	Redistricted from the At-large district, Died
92nd	Elizabeth B. Andrews	Democratic	April 4, 1972 – January 3, 1973
93rd-100th	Bill Nichols	Democratic	January 3, 1973 – December 13, 1988	Redistricted from the 4th district, Died
101st-104th	Glen Browder	Democratic	April 4, 1989 – January 3, 1997
105th-107th	Bob Riley	Republican	January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2003
108th- current	Mike D. Rogers	Republican	January 3, 2003–present

Election results

2002

2004

2006

2008

2010

2012

2014

2016

Living former Members

As of February 2017, there are two former members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Alabama's 3rd congressional district that are currently living. The most recent representative to die was Elizabeth B. Andrews (1972-1973) on December 2, 2002. The most recently serving representative to die was William Flynt Nichols (1973-1988), who died in office on December 13, 1988.

Historical district boundaries

2003 - 2013

See also

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

References

• 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

• CNN coverage of the 2006 election
• CNN coverage of the 2004 election
• CNN coverage of the 2002 election
• CNN coverage of the 2000 election