Alabama's 3rd congressional district

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Alabama's 3rd congressional district
District map as of 2002
Current Representative		Mike Rogers (R–Anniston)
Area	7,988 mi² (20,688 km²)
Distribution	53.3% urban, 46.7% rural
Population (2000)	635,300
Median income	$30,806
Ethnicity	64.9% White, 32.2% Black, 0.6% Asian, 1.2% Hispanic, 0.3% Native American, 0.8% other
Occupation	33.1% blue collar, 51.7% white collar, 15.2% gray collar
Cook PVI	R+9

Alabama's 3rd congressional district is a U.S. congressional district in Alabama, which elects a representative to the United States House of Representatives. It encompasses Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee, Clay, Cleburne, Lee, Macon, Randolph, Russell, Talladega, and Tallapoosa counties. It also includes parts of Montgomery and Coosa 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

Election results from statewide races
Year	Office	Results
2008	President	McCain 56 - 43%
2004	President	Bush 58 - 41%

List of representatives

A visual representation of party control of Alabama's 3rd Congressional District. The district first elected a member for the 18th congress.

Congress	Years	Representative	Party	Notes
District created March 4, 1823
18th	March 4, 1823 - March 3, 1825	George W. Owen	Jacksonian D-R
19th-20th	March 4, 1825 - March 3, 1829		Jacksonian
21st-2nd	March 4, 1829 - March 3, 1833	Dixon H. Lewis		Redistricted to the 4th district
23rd	March 4, 1833 - March 3, 1835	Samuel W. Mardis		Redistricted from the 2nd district
24th-25th	March 4, 1835 - May 8, 1838	Joab Lawler	Whig	Died
25th-26th	September 4, 1838 - March 3, 1841	George W. Crabb
27th	District inactive, all representatives elected At-large on a general ticket
28th	March 4, 1843 - April 22, 1844	Dixon H. Lewis	Democratic	Redistricted from the At-large district, resigned after being elected to the US Senate
28th-29th	December 2, 1844 - September 1, 1846	William L. Yancey		Resigned
29th	December 7, 1846 - March 3, 1847	James La Fayette Cottrell
30th-33rd	March 4, 1847 - March 3, 1855	Sampson W. Harris		Redistricted to the 7th district
34th-35th	March 4, 1855 - March 3, 1859	James F. Dowdell		Redistricted from the 7th district
36th	March 4, 1859 - January 21, 1861	David Clopton		Withdrew
37th-39th	1861–1868	Civil War and Reconstruction
40th	July 21, 1868 - March 4, 1869)	Benjamin W. Norris	Republican
41st	March 4, 1869 - March 3, 1871	Robert S. Heflin
42nd	March 4, 1871 - March 3, 1873	William Handley	Democratic
43rd	March 4, 1873 - March 3, 1875	Charles Pelham	Republican
44th	March 4, 1875 - March 3, 1877	Taul Bradford	Democratic
45th	March 4, 1877 - March 3, 1879	Jeremiah N. Williams		Redistricted from the 2nd district
46th	March 4, 1879 - March 3, 1881	William J. Samford
47th-53rd	March 4, 1881 - November 5, 1894	William C. Oates		Resigned after being elected Governor
53rd-54th	November 6, 1894 - March 3, 1897	George P. Harrison
55th-63rd	March 4, 1897 - May 25, 1914	Henry D. Clayton		Resigned to accept position as a US judge for the Middle and Northern District of Alabama
63rd	June 29, 1914 - March 3, 1915	William O. Mulkey
64th-77th	March 4, 1915 - November 22, 1943	Henry B. Steagall		Died
78th-87th	March 14, 1944 - January 3, 1963	George W. Andrews		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	January 3, 1965 - December 25, 1971	George W. Andrews	Democratic	Redistricted from the At-large district, Died
92nd	April 4, 1972 - January 3, 1973	Elizabeth B. Andrews
93rd-100th	January 3, 1973 - December 25, 1988	Bill Nichols		Redistricted from the 4th district, Died
101st-104th	April 4, 1989 - January 3, 1997)	Glen Browder
105th-107th	January 3, 1997 - January 3, 2003	Bob Riley	Republican
108th-110th	January 3, 2003–Present	Mike D. Rogers

Election results

2004

Main article: U.S. House election, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican Party	Mike D. Rogers	150,411	61.2
	Democratic Party	Bill Fuller	95,240	38.8

2006

Main article: U.S. House election, 2006

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican Party	Mike D. Rogers	97,742	60
	Democratic Party	Greg Pierce	62,891	38
	Independent	Mark Layfield	3,396	2

2008

Main article: U.S. House election, 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican Party	Mike D. Rogers	150,595	53
	Democratic Party	Joshua Segall	131,014	47

2010

Main article: U.S. House election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican Party	Mike D. Rogers	117,736	59.5
	Democratic Party	Stephen Segrest	80,204	40.5

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

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