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North Carolina's 3rd congressional district 
Current Representative Walter B. Jones (R–Farmville) Distribution 53.13% urban, 46.87% rural Population (2000) 619,178 Median income $37,510 Ethnicity 77.9% White, 16.8% Black, 0.9% Asian, 4.4% Hispanic, 0.4% Native American, 0.2% other Cook PVI R+16 North Carolina's 3rd congressional district is located on the Atlantic coast of North Carolina. It covers the Outer Banks and the counties adjacent to the Pamlico Sound. It also spikes inwards through Duplin, Wayne, Wilson, Nash, Craven, Carteret and Pitt counties.
The district is represented by Walter B. Jones, a Republican. He has been its representative since 1995. In 2008, he defeated Democrat Craig Weber for reelection, and was challenged in 2010 by former Chair of the Pitt County Democratic Party Johnny Rouse, whom he defeated by a vote of 72% to 26% (141,978 votes to 50,600).
List of representatives
Representative Party Years District Residence Note Timothy Bloodworth Anti-Administration April 6, 1790 – March 3, 1791 John B. Ashe Anti-Administration March 4, 1791 – March 3, 1793 Redistricted from the 1st district Joseph Winston Anti-Administration March 4, 1793 – March 3, 1795 Jesse Franklin Democratic-Republican March 4, 1795 – March 3, 1797 Robert Williams Democratic-Republican March 4, 1797 – March 3, 1803 William Kennedy Democratic-Republican March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1805 Thomas Blount Democratic-Republican March 4, 1805 – March 3, 1809 William Kennedy Democratic-Republican March 4, 1809 – March 3, 1811 Thomas Blount Democratic-Republican March 4, 1811 – February 7, 1812 Died eleven months and three days into 1811–13 term William Kennedy Democratic-Republican January 30, 1813 – March 3, 1815 James W. Clark Democratic-Republican March 4, 1815 – March 3, 1817 Thomas H. Hall Democratic-Republican March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1823 Crawford D-R March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825 Richard Hines Jacksonian March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1827 Thomas H. Hall Jacksonian March 4, 1827 – March 3, 1835 Ebenezer Pettigrew Anti-Jacksonian March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837 Edward Stanly Whig March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1843 David S. Reid Democratic March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1847 Daniel M. Barringer Whig March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849 Redistricted from the 2nd district Edmund Deberry Whig March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851 Alfred Dockery Whig March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853 William S. Ashe Democratic March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855 Redistricted from the 7th district Warren Winslow Democratic March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1861 Civil War and Reconstruction Oliver H. Dockery Republican July 13, 1868 – March 3, 1871 Alfred M. Waddell Democratic March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1879 Daniel L. Russell Greenback March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1881 John W. Shackelford Democratic March 4, 1881 – January 18, 1883 Died one year, ten months and fourteen days into 1881–83 term Wharton J. Green Democratic March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1887 Charles W. McClammy Democratic March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1891 Benjamin F. Grady Democratic March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1895 John G. Shaw Democratic March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1897 John E. Fowler Populist March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1899 Charles R. Thomas Democratic March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1911 John M. Faison Democratic March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1915 George E. Hood Democratic March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1919 Samuel M. Brinson Democratic March 4, 1919 – April 13, 1922 Died one year, one month and nine days into 1921–23 term Charles L. Abernethy Democratic November 7, 1922 – January 3, 1935 Graham A. Barden Democratic January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1961 David N. Henderson Democratic January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1977 Charles O. Whitley Democratic January 3, 1977 – December 31, 1986 Martin Lancaster Democratic January 3, 1987 – January 3, 1995 Walter B. Jones Republican January 3, 1995 – Present 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
- Rouse for Congress, North Carolina election results - Politics - Decision 2010 - msnbc.com
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See also: North Carolina's past & present Representatives, Senators, and Delegations, 2010 elections, 2012 elections
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