Pennsylvania's 3rd congressional district

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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 newcomer Mike Kelly, who currently represents the district.

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 three at-large seats on a general ticket, reduced to two seats beginning with the 1813 election.

Congress	Years	Seat A			Seat B			Seat C
		Representative	Party	Electoral history	Representative	Party	Electoral history	Representative	Party	Electoral history
8th	March 4, 1803 – March 4, 1805	Joseph Hiester	Democratic- Republican	Redistricted from the 5th district	Isaac Anderson	Democratic- Republican	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]	John Whitehill	Democratic- Republican	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
9th	March 4, 1805 – December 19, 1806	Christian Lower	Democratic- Republican	Died
	December 19, 1806 – March 4, 1807	Vacant
10th	March 4, 1807 – March 4, 1809	Matthias Richards	Democratic- Republican	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]	John Hiester	Democratic- Republican	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]	Robert Jenkins	Federalist	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
11th	March 4, 1809 – March 4, 1811				Daniel Hiester	Democratic- Republican	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
12th	March 4, 1811 – March 4, 1813	Roger Davis	Democratic- Republican	Redistricted to the 2nd district	John M. Hyneman	Democratic- Republican	Redistricted to the 7th district	Joseph Lefever	Democratic- Republican	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
13th	March 4, 1813 – August 2, 1813	John Gloninger	Federalist	Resigned after being appointed associate judge of Lebanon County	James Whitehill	Democratic- Republican	Resigned
	August 2, 1813 – September 1, 1813	Vacant
	September 1, 1813 – October 11, 1813				Vacant
	October 11, 1813 – October 12, 1813				Amos Slaymaker	Federalist	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
	October 12, 1813 – March 4, 1815	Edward Crouch	Democratic- Republican	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
14th	March 4, 1815 – October 10, 1815	John Whiteside	Democratic- Republican	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]	Vacant		Representative-elect Amos Ellmaker declined to serve
	October 10, 1815 – March 4, 1817				James M. Wallace	Democratic- Republican	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
15th	March 4, 1817 – March 4, 1819
16th	March 4, 1819 – March 4, 1821	Jacob Hibshman	Democratic- Republican	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
17th	March 4, 1821 – March 4, 1823	James Buchanan	Federalist	Redistricted to the 4th district	John Phillips	Federalist	[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 Republican	March 4, 1823 – March 4, 1825	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
19th 20th 21st		Jacksonian	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, 1837	Died
	Vacant		March 18, 1837 – June 29, 1837
	Charles 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, 1843	Redistricted 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, 1847	Not a candidate for renomination
30th	Charles Brown	Democratic	March 4, 1847 – March 4, 1849	Not a candidate for reelection
31st	Henry D. Moore	Whig	March 4, 1849 – March 4, 1853	Retired
32nd
33rd	John Robbins	Democratic	March 4, 1853 – March 4, 1855	Redistricted from Pennsylvania's 4th congressional district Retired
34th	William Millward	Opposition	March 4, 1855 – March 4, 1857	Lost re-election as a Union candidate
35th	James Landy	Democratic	March 4, 1857 – March 4, 1859	Lost re-election
36th	John P. Verree	Republican	March 4, 1859 – March 4, 1863	Retired
37th
38th	Leonard Myers	Republican	March 4, 1863 – March 4, 1869	Lost reelection but successfully contested election
39th
40th
	John Moffet	Democratic	March 4, 1869 – April 9, 1869	Election contested by Leonard Myers
41st	Leonard Myers	Republican	April 9, 1869 – March 4, 1875	Lost re-election
42nd
43rd
44th	Samuel J. Randall	Democratic	March 4, 1875 – April 13, 1890	Redistricted from Pennsylvania's 1st congressional district Died
45th
46th
47th
48th
49th
50th
51st
51st (Continued)	Vacant		April 13, 1890 – May 20, 1890
	Richard Vaux	Democratic	May 20, 1890 – March 4, 1891	Lost re-election
52nd	William McAleer	Democratic	March 4, 1891 – March 4, 1895	Lost 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, 1901	Lost re-election
56th
57th	Henry Burk	Republican	March 4, 1901 – December 5, 1903	Died
58th
	Vacant		December 5, 1903 – February 16, 1904
58th (Continued)	George A. Castor	Republican	February 16, 1904 – February 19, 1906	Died
59th
	J. Hampton Moore	Republican	November 6, 1906 – January 4, 1920	Resigned after being elected Mayor of Philadelphia
60th
61st
62nd
63rd
64th
65th
	Harry C. Ransley	Republican	November 2, 1920 – March 4, 1933	Redistricted 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, 1977	Redistricted from Pennsylvania's 5th congressional district
94th
95th	Raymond F. Lederer	Democratic	January 3, 1977 – April 29, 1981	Resigned
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, 2003	Retired
99th
100th
101st
102nd
103rd
104th
105th
106th
107th
108th	Phil English	Republican	January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2009	Redistricted from Pennsylvania's 21st congressional district Lost re-election
109th
110th
111th	Kathy Dahlkemper	Democratic	January 3, 2009 – January 3, 2011	Lost re-election
112th	Mike Kelly	Republican	January 3, 2011 – present	Incumbent

Recent elections

U.S. House election, 2000: Pennsylvania District 3
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
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
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
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
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
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

• 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

• District map