From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Minnesota's 3rd congressional district Minnesota's 3rd congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
Representative Area 468[ 1] sq mi (1,210 km2 ) Distribution Population (2016) 709,906[ 3] Median household income $84,689 Ethnicity Cook PVI D+1[ 4]
External image THIS govtrack.us MAP , is a useful representation of the 3rd CD's borders, based on Google Maps.
Minnesota's 3rd congressional district encompasses the suburbs of Hennepin County to the north, west, and south of Minneapolis . With blue collar Brooklyn Park and Coon Rapids to the north-east, middle-income Bloomington to the south, and higher-income Eden Prairie , Edina , Maple Grove , Plymouth , Minnetonka , and Wayzata to the West with Champlin , it features a mixed characteristic. Republican Erik Paulsen currently represents the district in the U.S. House of Representatives , having been elected in 2008.
Presidential election voting
List of representatives
Congress
Representative
Party
Years
Notes
District created
March 4, 1873
43rd
John Thomas Averill
Republican
March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875
Retired
44th
William Smith King
Republican
March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877
Retired
45th
Jacob Henry Stewart
Republican
March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1879
Retired
46th
47th
William Drew Washburn
Republican
March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1883
Redistricted to the 4th district
48th
49th
Horace Burton Strait
Republican
March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1887
Lost reelection
50th
John Lewis MacDonald
Democratic
March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1889
Lost reelection
51st
Darwin Scott Hall
Republican
March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1891
Lost reelection
52nd
53rd
Osee Matson Hall
Democratic
March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1895
Lost reelection
54th
55th
56th
57th
Joel Prescott Heatwole
Republican
March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1903
Retired
58th
59th
60th
61st
62nd
63rd
64th
65th
66th
67th
68th
Charles Russell Davis
Republican
March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1925
Lost renomination
69th
70th
71st
72nd
August Herman Andresen
Republican
March 4, 1925 – March 3, 1933
Lost reelection
73rd
March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1935
District inactive, all representatives elected At-large on a general ticket
74th
Ernest Lundeen
Farmer-Labor
January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1937
Ran for U.S. Senate (successful )
75th
Henry George Teigan
Farmer-Labor
January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1939
Lost reelection
76th
John Grant Alexander
Republican
January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1941
Lost renomination
77th
78th
Richard Pillsbury Gale
Republican
January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1945
Lost reelection
79th
William James Gallagher
DFL
January 3, 1945 – August 13, 1946
Died
Vacant
August 13, 1946 – January 3, 1947
80th
George Edward MacKinnon
Republican
January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1949
Lost reelection
81st
82nd
83rd
84th
85th
86th
Roy William Wier
DFL
January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1961
Lost reelection
87th
88th
89th
90th
91st
Clark MacGregor
Republican
January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1971
Ran for U.S. Senate (unsuccessful )
92nd
93rd
94th
95th
96th
97th
98th
99th
100th
101st
William Eldridge Frenzel
Republican
January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1991
Retired
102nd
103rd
104th
105th
106th
107th
108th
109th
110th
James Marvin Ramstad
Republican
January 3, 1991 – January 3, 2009
Retired
111th
112th
113th
114th
115th
Erik Philip Paulsen
Republican
January 3, 2009 – present
Incumbent
Elections
This section needs to be updated . Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information. (March 2016 )
2016
2014
2012
2010
2008
2006
2004
Historical district boundaries
2003 - 2013
See also
References
44°59′45″N 93°31′43″W / 44.99583°N 93.52861°W / 44.99583; -93.52861