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Pennsylvania's 3rd congressional district Current Representative Mike Kelly (R–Butler) Distribution 58.37% urban, 41.63% rural Population (2000) 646,311 Median income $35,884 Ethnicity 94.4% White, 3.5% Black, 0.5% Asian, 1.3% Hispanic, 0.1% Native American, 0.1% other Cook PVI R+3 Pennsylvania's third district is located in the northwestern part of the state and includes the cities of Erie, Sharon, Hermitage, Butler and Meadville.
The district has a Republican edge and supported President George W. Bush in 2000 and 2004 as well as John McCain in 2008. Prior to redistricting in 2002, the district was located in Northeast Philadelphia and was represented by Rep. Robert Borski.
Kathy Dahlkemper defeated six-term Republican incumbent Phil English in 2008. She herself was defeated after only one term in 2010 by Republican newcomerMike Kelly, who currently represents the district.
Contents
Demographics
History
List of representatives
The district was organized from Pennsylvania's At-large congressional district in 1791
1791-1793: One seat
Congress Representative Party Years Electoral history 2nd Israel Jacobs
Pro-Administration March 4, 1791 –
March 3, 1793[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] 1795-1803: One seat
The district was organized from Pennsylvania's At-large congressional district in 1795
Congress Representative Party Years Electoral history 4th Richard Thomas
Federalist March 4, 1795 –
March 4, 1801[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] 5th 6th 7th Joseph Hemphill
Federalist March 4, 1801 –
March 4, 1803[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] 1803-1823: Three seats, then two
The district was reorganized in 1803 to have 3 At-large seats on a general ticket, reduced to 2 seats beginning with the 1813 election.
First seat
Congress Representative Party Years Electoral history 8th Joseph Hiester
Democratic-
RepublicanMarch 4, 1803 –
March 4, 1805Redistricted from the 5th district 9th Christian Lower
Democratic-
RepublicanMarch 4, 1805 –
December 19, 1806Died Vacant December 19, 1806 –
March 4, 180710th
11thMatthias Richards
Democratic-
RepublicanMarch 4, 1807 –
March 4, 1811[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] 12th Roger Davis
Democratic-
RepublicanMarch 4, 1811 –
March 4, 1813Redistricted to the 2nd district 13th John Gloninger
Federalist March 4, 1813 –
August 2, 1813Resigned after being appointed associate judge of Lebanon County Vacant August 2, 1813 –
October 12, 1813Edward Crouch
Democratic-
RepublicanOctober 12, 1813 –
March 4, 1815[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] 14th
15thJohn Whiteside
Democratic-
RepublicanMarch 4, 1815 –
March 4, 1819[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] 16th Jacob Hibshman
Democratic-
RepublicanMarch 4, 1819 –
March 4, 1821[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] 17th James Buchanan
Federalist March 4, 1821 –
March 4, 1823Redistricted to the 4th district Second seat
Congress Representative Party Years Electoral history 8th
9thIsaac Anderson
Democratic-
RepublicanMarch 4, 1803 –
March 4, 1807[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] 10th John Hiester
Democratic-
RepublicanMarch 4, 1807 –
March 4, 1809[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] 11th Daniel Hiester
Democratic-
RepublicanMarch 4, 1809 –
March 4, 1811[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] 12th John M. Hyneman
Democratic-
RepublicanMarch 4, 1811 –
March 4, 1813Redistricted to the 7th district 13th James Whitehill
Democratic-
RepublicanMarch 4, 1813 –
September 1, 1814Resigned Vacant September 1, 1814 –
October 11, 1814Amos Slaymaker
Federalist October 11, 1814 –
March 4, 1815[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] 14th
15th
16thJames M. Wallace
Democratic-
RepublicanOctober 10, 1815 –
March 4, 1821installed because Amos Ellmaker failed to qualify 17th John Phillips
Federalist March 4, 1821 –
March 4, 1823[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] Third seat
Congress Representative Party Years Electoral history 8th
9thJohn Whitehill
Democratic-
RepublicanMarch 4, 1803 –
March 4, 1807[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] 10th
11thRobert Jenkins
Federalist March 4, 1807 –
March 4, 1811[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] 12th Joseph Lefever
Democratic-
RepublicanMarch 4, 1811 –
March 4, 1813[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] 1823-present: One seat
The district was reorganized in 1823 to have one seat.
Congress Representative Party Years Electoral history 18th Daniel H. Miller
Jacksonian
RepublicanMarch 4, 1823 –
March 4, 1825[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] 19th
20th
21stJacksonian
March 4, 1825 –
March 4, 1831[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] 22nd John G. Watmough
Anti-Jacksonian March 4, 1831 –
March 4, 1835[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] 23rd 24th Michael W. Ash
Jacksonian March 4, 1835 –
March 4, 1837[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] 25th Francis J. Harper
Democratic March 4, 1837 –
March 18, 1837Died Vacant March 18, 1837 –
June 29, 1837Charles Naylor
Whig June 29, 1837 –
March 4, 1841[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] 26th 27th Charles J. Ingersoll
Democratic March 4, 1841 –
March 4, 1843Redistricted to Pennsylvania's 4th congressional district 28th John T. Smith
Democratic March 4, 1843 –
March 4, 1845[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] 29th John H. Campbell
American March 4, 1845 –
March 4, 1847Not a candidate for renomination 30th Charles Brown
Democratic March 4, 1847 –
March 4, 1849Not a candidate for reelection 31st Henry D. Moore
Whig March 4, 1849 –
March 4, 1853Retired 32nd 33rd John Robbins
Democratic March 4, 1853 –
March 4, 1855Redistricted from Pennsylvania's 4th congressional district
Retired34th William Millward
Opposition March 4, 1855 –
March 4, 1857Lost re-election as a Union candidate 35th James Landy
Democratic March 4, 1857 –
March 4, 1859Lost re-election 36th John P. Verree
Republican March 4, 1859 –
March 4, 1863Retired 37th 38th Leonard Myers
Republican March 4, 1863 –
March 4, 1869Lost reelection but successfully contested election 39th 40th John Moffet
Democratic March 4, 1869 –
April 9, 1869Election contested by Leonard Myers 41st Leonard Myers
Republican April 9, 1869 –
March 4, 1875Lost re-election 42nd 43rd 44th Samuel J. Randall
Democratic March 4, 1875 –
April 13, 1890Redistricted from Pennsylvania's 1st congressional district
Died45th 46th 47th 48th 49th 50th 51st 51st
(Continued)Vacant April 13, 1890 –
May 20, 1890Richard Vaux
Democratic May 20, 1890 –
March 4, 1891Lost re-election 52nd William McAleer
Democratic March 4, 1891 –
March 4, 1895Lost re-election 53rd 54th Frederick Halterman
Republican March 4, 1895 –
March 4, 1897[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] 55th William McAleer
Democratic March 4, 1897 –
March 4, 1901Lost re-election 56th 57th Henry Burk
Republican March 4, 1901 –
December 5, 1903Died 58th 58th
(Continued)Vacant December 5, 1903 –
February 16, 1904George A. Castor
Republican February 16, 1904 –
February 19, 1906Died 59th J. Hampton Moore
Republican November 6, 1906 –
January 4, 1920Resigned after being elected Mayor of Philadelphia 60th 61st 62nd 63rd 64th 65th Harry C. Ransley
Republican November 2, 1920 –
March 4, 1933Redistricted to Pennsylvania's 1st congressional district 66th 67th 68th 69th 70th 70st 72nd 73rd Alfred M. Waldron
Republican March 4, 1933 –
January 3, 1935[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] 74th Clare G. Fenerty
Republican January 3, 1935 –
January 3, 1937[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] 75th Michael J. Bradley
Democratic January 3, 1937 –
January 3, 1947[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] 76th 77th 78th 79th 80th Hardie Scott
Republican January 3, 1947 –
January 3, 1953[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] 81st 83nd 83rd James A. Byrne
Democratic January 3, 1953 –
January 3, 1973[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] 84th 85th 86th 87th 88th 89th 90th 91st 92nd 93rd William J. Green, III
Democratic January 3, 1973 –
January 3, 1977Redistricted from Pennsylvania's 5th congressional district 94th 95th Raymond F. Lederer
Democratic January 3, 1977 –
April 29, 1981Resigned 96th 97th Joseph F. Smith
Democratic July 21, 1981 –
January 3, 1983[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] 98th Robert A. Borski, Jr.
Democratic January 3, 1983 –
January 3, 2003Retired 99th 100th 101st 102nd 103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th 108th Phil English
Republican January 3, 2003 –
January 3, 2009Redistricted from Pennsylvania's 21st congressional district
Lost re-election109th 110th 111th Kathy Dahlkemper
Democratic January 3, 2009 –
January 3, 2011Lost re-election 112th Mike Kelly
Republican January 3, 2011 –
presentIncumbent Elections
U.S. House election, 2000: Pennsylvania District 3[1] Party Candidate Votes Percentage Democratic Robert A. Borski, Jr. 130,528 68.8% Republican Charles F. Dougherty 59,343 31.3% Totals 189,871 100.0% Democratic hold U.S. House election, 2002: Pennsylvania District 3[2] Party Candidate Votes Percentage Republican Phil English 116,763 77.7% Green Anndrea M. Benson 33,554 22.3% Totals 150,317 100.0% Republican hold U.S. House election, 2004: Pennsylvania District 3[3] Party Candidate Votes Percentage Republican Phil English 166,580 60.1% Democratic Steven Porter 110,684 39.9% Totals 277,264 100.0% Republican hold U.S. House elections, 2006: Pennsylvania District 3[4] Party Candidate Votes Percentage Republican Phil English 108,525 53.6% Democratic Steven Porter 85,110 42.1% Constitution Timothy Hagberg 8,706 4.3% Totals 202,341 100.0% Republican hold U.S. House election, 2008: Pennsylvania District 3[5] Party Candidate Votes Percentage Democratic Kathy Dahlkemper 146,846 51.2% Republican Phil English 139,757 48.8% Totals 286,603 100.0% Democratic gain from Republican U.S. House election, 2010: Pennsylvania District 3[6] Party Candidate Votes Percentage Republican Mike Kelly 109,909 55.7% Democratic Kathy Dahlkemper 88,924 44.3% Totals 197,320 100.0% Republican gain from Democratic References
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