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Pennsylvania's 3rd congressional district

Current Representative		Kathy Dahlkemper (D)
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, Butler and Meadville.

The district has a slight Republican edge and elected President George W. Bush in 2000 and 2004. 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.

1 Demographics
2 History
3 List of representatives
4 Elections
5 References
6 External links

Demographics

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History

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List of representatives

The district was organized from Pennsylvania's At-large congressional district in 1791

1791-1793: One seat

Congress	Representative	Party	Years	District home	Note
2nd	Israel Jacobs	Pro-Administration	March 4, 1791 - March 3, 1793

1795-1803: One seat

The district was organized from Pennsylvania's At-large congressional district in 1795

Congress	Representative	Party	Years
4th	Richard Thomas	Federalist	March 4, 1795 - March 3, 1801
5th
6th
7th	Joseph Hemphill	Federalist	March 4, 1801 - March 3, 1803

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	Notes
8th	Joseph Hiester	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1803 - March 3, 1805	Redistricted from the 5th district
9th	Christian Lower	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1805 - December 19, 1806	died
10th 11th	Matthias Richards	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1807 - March 3, 1811
12th	Roger Davis	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1811 - March 3, 1813	Redistricted to the 2nd district
13th	John Gloninger	Federalist	March 4, 1813 - August 2, 1813	resigned after being appointed associate judge of Lebanon County
13th	Edward Crouch	Democratic-Republican	October 12, 1813 - March 3, 1815
14th 15th	John Whiteside	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1815 - March 3, 1819
16th	Jacob Hibshman	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1819 - March 3, 1821
17th	James Buchanan	Federalist	March 4, 1821 - March 3, 1823	Redistricted to the 4th district

Second seat

Congress	Representative	Party	Years	Notes
8th 9th	Isaac Anderson	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1803 - March 3, 1807
10th	John Hiester	Democratic-Republican	March 3, 1807 - March 3, 1809
11th	Daniel Hiester	Democratic-Republican	March 3, 1809 - March 3, 1811
12th	John M. Hyneman	Democratic-Republican	March 3, 1811 - March 3, 1813	Redistricted to the 7th district
13th	James Whitehill	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1813 - September 1, 1814	resigned
13th	Amos Slaymaker	Federalist	October 11, 1814 - March 3, 1815
14th 15th 16th	James M. Wallace	Democratic-Republican	October 10, 1815 - March 3, 1821	installed because Amos Ellmaker failed to qualify
17th	John Phillips	Federalist	March 4, 1821 - March 3, 1823

Third seat

Congress	Representative	Party	Years
8th 9th	John Whitehill	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1803 - March 3, 1807
10th 11th	Robert Jenkins	Federalist	March 4, 1807 - March 3, 1811
12th	Joseph Lefever	Democratic-Republican	March 3, 1811 - March 3, 1813

1823-present: One seat

The district was reorganized in 1823 to have one seat.

Congress	Representative	Party	Years	District home	Notes
18th	Daniel H. Miller	Jacksonian DR	March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825
19th 20th 21st	Daniel H. Miller	Jacksonian	March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1831
22nd	John G. Watmough	Anti-Jacksonian	March 4, 1831 - March 3, 1835
23rd	John G. Watmough	Anti-Jacksonian	March 4, 1831 - March 3, 1835
24th	Michael W. Ash	Jacksonian	March 4, 1835 - March 3, 1837
25th	Francis J. Harper	Democrat	March 4, 1837 - March 18, 1837		Died before the assembling of Congress
25th	Charles Naylor	Whig	June 29, 1837 - March 3, 1841
26th	Charles Naylor	Whig	June 29, 1837 - March 3, 1841
27th	Charles J. Ingersoll	Democrat	March 4, 1841 - March 3, 1843	Philadelphia	Moved to Pennsylvania's 4th congressional district
28th	John T. Smith	Democrat	March 4, 1843 - March 3, 1845	Philadelphia
29th	John H. Campbell	American	March 4, 1845 - March 3, 1847	Philadelphia	Not a candidate for renomination
30th	Charles Brown	Democrat	March 4, 1847 - March 3, 1849	Philadelphia	Not a candidate for reelection
31st	Henry D. Moore	Whig	March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1853	Philadelphia	Not a candidate for reelection
32nd	Henry D. Moore	Whig	March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1853	Philadelphia	Not a candidate for reelection
33rd	John Robbins	Democrat	March 4, 1853 - March 3, 1855	Philadelphia	Moved from Pennsylvania's 4th congressional district, Declined to be a candidate for renomination
34th	William Millward	Opposition	March 4, 1855 - March 3, 1857	Philadelphia	Unsuccessful as the Union candidate for reelection
35th	James Landy	Democrat	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859	Philadelphia	Unsuccessful candidate for reelection
36th	John P. Verree	Republican	March 4, 1859 - March 3, 1863	Philadelphia	Declined to be a candidate for renomination
37th	John P. Verree	Republican	March 4, 1859 - March 3, 1863	Philadelphia	Declined to be a candidate for renomination
38th	Leonard Myers	Republican	March 4, 1863 - March 3, 1869	Philadelphia	Lost reelection but successfully contested election
39th
40th
40th	John Moffet	Democrat	March 4, 1869 - April 9, 1869	Philadelphia	Election contested by Leonard Myers
41st	Leonard Myers	Republican	April 9, 1869 - March 3, 1875	Philadelphia	Unsuccessful candidate for reelection
42nd
43rd
44th	Samuel J. Randall	Democrat	March 4, 1875 – April 13, 1890	Philadelphia	Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1877 to 1881, Moved from Pennsylvania's 1st congressional district, Died
45th
46th
47th
48th
49th
50th
51st
51st	Richard Vaux	Democrat	May 20, 1890 - March 3, 1891	Philadelphia	Unsuccessful candidate for reelection
52nd	William McAleer	Democrat	March 4, 1891 - March 3, 1895	Philadelphia	Unsuccessful candidate for reelection
53rd	William McAleer	Democrat	March 4, 1891 - March 3, 1895	Philadelphia	Unsuccessful candidate for reelection
54th	Frederick Halterman	Republican	March 4, 1895 - March 3, 1897	Philadelphia
55th	William McAleer	Democrat	March 4, 1897 - March 3, 1901	Philadelphia	Unsuccessful candidate for reelection
56th	William McAleer	Democrat	March 4, 1897 - March 3, 1901	Philadelphia	Unsuccessful candidate for reelection
57th	Henry Burk	Republican	March 4, 1901 - December 5, 1903	Philadelphia	Died
58th
58th	George A. Castor	Republican	February 16, 1904 - February 19, 1906	Philadelphia	Died
59th	George A. Castor	Republican	February 16, 1904 - February 19, 1906	Philadelphia	Died
59th	J. Hampton Moore	Republican	November 6, 1906 - January 4, 1920	Philadelphia	Resigned after being elected Mayor of Philadelphia
60th
61st
62nd
63rd
64th
65th
65th	Harry C. Ransley	Republican	November 2, 1920 - March 3, 1933	Philadelphia	Moved to Pennsylvania's 1st congressional district
66th
67th
68th
69th
70th
70st
72nd
73rd	Alfred M. Waldron	Republican	March 4, 1933 - January 3, 1935	Philadelphia
74th	Clare G. Fenerty	Republican	January 3, 1935 - January 3, 1937	Philadelphia
75th	Michael J. Bradley	Democrat	January 3, 1937 - January 3, 1947	Philadelphia
76th
77th
78th
79th
80th	Hardie Scott	Republican	January 3, 1947 - January 3, 1953	Philadelphia
81st
83nd
83rd	James A. Byrne	Democrat	January 3, 1953 - January 3, 1973	Philadelphia
84th
85th
86th
87th
88th
89th
90th
91st
92nd
93rd	William J. Green, III	Democrat	January 3, 1973 January 3, 1977	Philadelphia	Moved from Pennsylvania's 5th congressional district
94th	William J. Green, III	Democrat	January 3, 1973 January 3, 1977	Philadelphia	Moved from Pennsylvania's 5th congressional district
95th	Raymond F. Lederer	Democrat	January 3, 1977 - April 29, 1981	Philadelphia	Resigned
96th	Raymond F. Lederer	Democrat	January 3, 1977 - April 29, 1981	Philadelphia	Resigned
97th	Joseph F. Smith	Democrat	July 21, 1981 - January 3, 1983	Philadelphia
98th	Robert A. Borski, Jr.	Democrat	January 3, 1983 - January 3, 2003	Philadelphia	Did not run in 2002. District moved to current location
99th
100th
101st
102nd
103rd
104th
105th
106th
107th
108th	Phil English	Republican	January 3, 2003 - January 3, 2009	Erie	Moved from Pennsylvania's 21st congressional district, Defeated for re-election
109th
110th
111th	Kathy Dahlkemper	Democrat	January 3, 2009 - present	Erie

Elections

U.S. House election, 2004: Pennsylvania District 3^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Steve Porter	110,684	39.9
	Republican	Phil English	166,580	60.0
Turnout			277,264

U.S. House elections, 2006: Pennsylvania District 3^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Steve Porter	82,317	42.0
	Republican	Phil English	104,820	53.6
	Constitution	Timothy Hagberg	8,418	4.3
Turnout			195,555

U.S. House election, 2008: Pennsylvania District 3^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Kathy Dahlkemper	141,110	51.5
	Republican	Phil English	132,461	48.4
Turnout			273,571

References

^ "Elections Results". CNN. 2004. http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/results/state/#PA. Retrieved November 5, 2008.
^ "Elections Results". CNN. 2006. http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2006/pages/results/states/PA. Retrieved November 9, 2006.
^ "Elections Results". CNN. 2008. http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/results/state/#PA. Retrieved November 6, 2008.

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

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