Pennsylvania's 3rd congressional district

Pennsylvania's 3rd congressional district
Pennsylvania's 3rd congressional district
	Boundaries since January 2019; below statistics, except PVI, apply to old boundaries
Representative
	Dwight Evans; D–Philadelphia
Distribution	100.00% urban; 0.00% rural;
Population (2019)	741,654
Median household; income	$49,897
Ethnicity	54% Black; 31% White; 6% Asian; 5% Hispanic; 0% Native American; 0% other;
Cook PVI	D+41

Pennsylvania's third congressional district includes several areas of the city of Philadelphia, including West Philadelphia, most of Center City, and parts of North Philadelphia. It has been represented by Democrat Dwight Evans since 2019. With a Cook Partisan Voting Index of D+41, it is the most Democratic district in the nation.

Prior to 2018, the district was located in the northwestern part of the state and included the cities of Erie, Sharon, Hermitage, Butler and Meadville. The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania redrew this district in February 2018 after ruling the previous map unconstitutional. The new third district is similar to the old second district and was heavily Democratic for the 2018 election and representation thereafter.^[2] Dwight Evans, the incumbent from the old 2nd district, ran for re-election in the new 3rd District.

The current version of the 3rd, like the old 2nd, is a heavily Democratic, black-majority district. In 2020, it gave Joe Biden 91 percent of the vote, his best showing in the nation.^[3]

History[]

From 1983 to 2003, the district was located in Northeast Pennsylvania and was represented by Rep. Robert Borski; much of that district was merged with the 13th district after the 2000 census, while the 3rd was reconfigured to take in most of the territory in the old 21st district. This version of the 3rd supported President George W. Bush in 2004 as well as John McCain in 2008, Mitt Romney in 2012 and Donald Trump in 2016.

List of members representing the district[]

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

1791–1793: One seat[]

Cong ress	Representative	Party	Years	Electoral history
2nd	Israel Jacobs	Pro-Administration	March 4, 1791 – March 3, 1793	Elected in 1791. Redistricted to the at-large district and lost re-election.

1795–1823: One seat, then three, then two[]

The district was organized from Pennsylvania's At-large congressional district in 1795. Two additional seats were added in 1803, elected on a general ticket. One of those seats was eliminated in 1813.

Cong ress	Years	Representative	Party	Electoral history	Representative	Party	Electoral history	Representative	Party	Electoral history
Cong ress	Years	Seat A			Seat B			Seat C
4th	March 4, 1795 – March 3, 1797	Richard Thomas	Federalist	Elected in 1794. Re-elected in 1796. Re-elected in 1798. Retired.	Second seat added in 1803			Third seat added in 1803
5th	March 4, 1797 – March 3, 1799
6th	March 4, 1799 – March 3, 1801
7th	March 4, 1801 – March 3, 1803	Joseph Hemphill	Federalist	Elected in 1800. Lost re-election.
8th	March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1805	Joseph Hiester	Democratic-Republican	Redistricted from the 5th district and re-elected in 1802. Retired.	Isaac Anderson	Democratic-Republican	Elected in 1802. Re-elected in 1804. Retired.	John Whitehill	Democratic-Republican	Elected in 1802. Re-elected in 1804. Lost re-election.
9th	March 4, 1805 – December 19, 1806	Christian Lower	Democratic-Republican	Elected in 1804. Died.
9th	December 19, 1806 – March 3, 1807	Vacant
10th	March 4, 1807 – March 3, 1809	John Hiester	Democratic-Republican	Elected in 1806. Retired.	Matthias Richards	Democratic-Republican	Elected in 1806. Re-elected in 1808. Retired.	Robert Jenkins	Federalist	Elected in 1806. Re-elected in 1808. Retired.
11th	March 4, 1809 – March 3, 1811	Daniel Hiester	Democratic-Republican	Re-elected in 1808. Lost re-election.	Matthias Richards	Democratic-Republican	Elected in 1806. Re-elected in 1808. Retired.	Robert Jenkins	Federalist	Elected in 1806. Re-elected in 1808. Retired.
12th	March 4, 1811 – March 3, 1813	Roger Davis	Democratic-Republican	Elected in 1810. Redistricted to the 2nd district.	John M. Hyneman	Democratic-Republican	Elected in 1810. Redistricted to the 7th district.	Joseph Lefever	Democratic-Republican	Elected in 1810. Retired.
13th	March 4, 1813 – August 2, 1813	John Gloninger	Federalist	Elected in 1812. Resigned to become associate judge of Lebanon County.	James Whitehill	Democratic-Republican	Elected in 1812. Resigned.	Third seat eliminated in 1813.
	August 2, 1813 – October 12, 1813	Vacant
	October 12, 1813 – September 1, 1814	Edward Crouch	Democratic-Republican	Elected to finish Gloninger's term. Retired.
	September 1, 1814 – October 11, 1814				Vacant
	October 11, 1814 – March 3, 1815				Amos Slaymaker	Federalist	Elected to finish Whitehill's term. Re-elected in 1814. Resigned.
14th	March 4, 1815 – July 3, 1815	John Whiteside	Democratic-Republican	Elected in 1814. Re-elected in 1816. Lost re-election.	Amos Slaymaker	Federalist
	July 3, 1815 – October 10, 1815				Vacant
	October 10, 1815 – March 3, 1817				James M. Wallace	Democratic-Republican	Elected to finish Slaymaker's term. Re-elected in 1816. Re-elected in 1818. Lost re-election.
15th	March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1819
16th	March 4, 1819 – March 3, 1821	Jacob Hibshman	Democratic-Republican	Elected in 1818. Lost re-election.
17th	March 4, 1821 – March 3, 1823	James Buchanan	Federalist	Elected in 1820. Redistricted to the 4th district.	John Phillips	Federalist	Elected in 1820. Redistricted to the 6th district and lost re-election.

1823–present: One seat[]

The district was reorganized in 1823 to have one seat.

Representative	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history
Daniel H. Miller	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825	18th 19th 20th 21st	Elected in 1822. Re-elected in 1824. Re-elected in 1826. Re-elected in 1828. Lost re-election.
Daniel H. Miller	Jacksonian	March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1831	18th 19th 20th 21st
John G. Watmough	Anti-Jacksonian	March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1835	22nd 23rd	Elected in 1830. Re-elected in 1832. Lost re-election.
Michael W. Ash	Jacksonian	March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837	24th	Elected in 1834. Retired.
Francis J. Harper	Democratic	March 4, 1837 – March 18, 1837	25th	Elected in 1836. Died.
Vacant		March 18, 1837 – June 29, 1837	25th
Charles Naylor	Whig	June 29, 1837 – March 3, 1841	26th	Elected to finish Harper's term and seated September 4, 1837. Re-elected in 1838. [data unknown/missing]
Charles J. Ingersoll	Democratic	March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843	27th	Elected in 1840. Redistricted to the 4th district.
John T. Smith	Democratic	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845	28th	Elected in 1843. [data unknown/missing]
John H. Campbell	American	March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1847	29th	Elected in 1844. Retired.
Charles Brown	Democratic	March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849	30th	Elected in 1846. Retired.
Henry D. Moore	Whig	March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1853	31st 32nd	Elected in 1848. Re-elected in 1850. Retired.
John Robbins	Democratic	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855	33rd	Redistricted from the 4th district and re-elected in 1852. Retired.
William Millward	Opposition	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857	34th	Elected in 1854. Lost re-election as a Union candidate.
James Landy	Democratic	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859	35th	Elected in 1856. Lost re-election.
John P. Verree	Republican	March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1863	36th 37th	Elected in 1858. Re-elected in 1860. Retired.
Leonard Myers	Republican	March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1869	38th 39th 40th	Elected in 1862. Re-elected in 1864. Re-elected in 1866. .
John Moffet	Democratic	March 4, 1869 – April 9, 1869	40th	Lost contested election.
Leonard Myers	Republican	April 9, 1869 – March 3, 1875	41st 42nd 43rd	Re-elected in 1868. Re-elected in 1870. Re-elected in 1872. Lost re-election.
Samuel J. Randall	Democratic	March 4, 1875 – April 13, 1890	44th 45th 46th 47th 48th 49th 50th 51st	Redistricted from the 1st district and re-elected in 1874. Re-elected in 1876. Re-elected in 1878. Re-elected in 1880. Re-elected in 1882. Re-elected in 1884. Re-elected in 1886. Re-elected in 1888. Died.
Vacant		April 13, 1890 – May 20, 1890	51st
Richard Vaux	Democratic	May 20, 1890 – March 3, 1891	51st	Elected to finish Randall's term. Lost re-election.
William McAleer	Democratic	March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1895	52nd 53rd	Elected in 1890. Re-elected in 1892. Lost re-election.
Frederick Halterman	Republican	March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1897	54th	Elected in 1894. [data unknown/missing]
William McAleer	Democratic	March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1901	55th 56th	Elected in 1896. Re-elected in 1898. Lost re-election.
Henry Burk	Republican	March 4, 1901 – December 5, 1903	57th 58th	Elected in 1900. Re-elected in 1902. Died.
Vacant		December 5, 1903 – February 16, 1904	58th
George A. Castor	Republican	February 16, 1904 – February 19, 1906	58th 59th	Elected to finish Burk's term. Re-elected in 1904. Died.
Vacant		February 19, 1906 – November 6, 1906	59th
J. Hampton Moore	Republican	November 6, 1906 – January 4, 1920	59th 60th 61st 62nd 63rd 64th	Elected to finish Castor's term. Re-elected in 1906. Re-elected in 1908. Re-elected in 1910. Re-elected in 1912. Re-elected in 1914. Re-elected in 1916. Re-elected in 1918. Resigned to become Mayor of Philadelphia.
Harry C. Ransley	Republican	November 2, 1920 – March 3, 1933	65th 66th 67th 68th 69th 70th 71st 72nd	Elected to finish Moore's term. Re-elected in 1920. Re-elected in 1922. Re-elected in 1924. Re-elected in 1926. Re-elected in 1928. Re-elected in 1930. Redistricted to the 1st district.
Alfred M. Waldron	Republican	March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1935	73rd	Elected in 1932. [data unknown/missing]
Clare G. Fenerty	Republican	January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1937	74th	Elected in 1934. [data unknown/missing]
Michael J. Bradley	Democratic	January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1947	75th 76th 77th 78th 79th	Elected in 1936. Re-elected in 1938. Re-elected in 1940. Re-elected in 1942. Re-elected in 1944. [data unknown/missing]
Hardie Scott	Republican	January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1953	80th 81st 82nd	Elected in 1946. Re-elected in 1948. Re-elected in 1950. [data unknown/missing]
James A. Byrne	Democratic	January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1973	83rd 84th 85th 86th 87th 88th 89th 90th 91st 92nd	Elected in 1952. Re-elected in 1954. Re-elected in 1956. Re-elected in 1958. Re-elected in 1960. Re-elected in 1962. Re-elected in 1964. Re-elected in 1966. Re-elected in 1968. Re-elected in 1970. [data unknown/missing]
William J. Green III	Democratic	January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1977	93rd 94th	Redistricted from the 5th district and re-elected in 1972. Re-elected in 1974. [data unknown/missing]
Raymond Lederer	Democratic	January 3, 1977 – April 29, 1981	95th 96th 97th	Elected in 1976. Re-elected in 1978. Re-elected in 1980. Resigned.
Vacant		April 29, 1981 – July 21, 1981	97th
Joseph F. Smith	Democratic	July 21, 1981 – January 3, 1983	97th	Elected to finish Lederer's term. [data unknown/missing]
Robert A. Borski Jr.	Democratic	January 3, 1983 – January 3, 2003	98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd 103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th	Elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1984. Re-elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1988. Re-elected in 1990. Re-elected in 1992. Re-elected in 1994. Re-elected in 1996. Re-elected in 1998. Re-elected in 2000. Redistricted to the 13th district and Retired.
Phil English	Republican	January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2009	108th 109th 110th	Redistricted from the 21st district and re-elected in 2002. Re-elected in 2004. Re-elected in 2006. Lost re-election.
Kathy Dahlkemper	Democratic	January 3, 2009 – January 3, 2011	111th	Elected in 2008. Lost re-election.
Mike Kelly	Republican	January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2019	112th 113th 114th 115th	Elected in 2010. Re-elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Redistricted to the 16th district.
Dwight Evans	Democratic	January 3, 2019 – present	116th 117th	Redistricted from the 2nd district and re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020.

Recent elections[]

U.S. House election, 2000: Pennsylvania District 3^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Robert A. Borski Jr. (incumbent)	130,528	68.8%
	Republican	Charles F. Dougherty	59,343	31.3%
Total votes			189,871	100.0%
	Democratic hold

U.S. House election, 2002: Pennsylvania District 3^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Phil English	116,763	77.7%
	Green		33,554	22.3%
Total votes			150,317	100.0%
	Republican hold

U.S. House election, 2004: Pennsylvania District 3^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Phil English (incumbent)	166,580	60.1%
	Democratic		110,684	39.9%
Total votes			277,264	100.0%
	Republican hold

U.S. House elections in Pennsylvania, 2006: Pennsylvania District 3^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Phil English (incumbent)	108,525	53.6%
	Democratic		85,110	42.1%
	Constitution		8,706	4.3%
Total votes			202,341	100.0%
	Republican hold

U.S. House election, 2008: Pennsylvania District 3^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Kathy Dahlkemper	146,846	51.2%
	Republican	Phil English (incumbent)	139,757	48.8%
Total votes			286,603	100.0%
	Democratic gain from Republican

U.S. House election, 2010: Pennsylvania District 3^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mike Kelly	109,909	55.7%
	Democratic	Kathy Dahlkemper (incumbent)	88,924	44.3%
Total votes			197,320	100.0%
	Republican gain from Democratic

U.S. House election, 2012: Pennsylvania District 3^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mike Kelly (incumbent)	165,826	54.82%
	Democratic		123,933	40.97%
	Independent		12,755	4.22%
Total votes			302,514	100.0%
	Republican hold

U.S. House election, 2014: Pennsylvania District 3^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mike Kelly (incumbent)	113,859	60.63%
	Democratic		73,931	39.37%
Total votes			187,790	100.0%
	Republican hold

U.S. House election, 2016: Pennsylvania District 3
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mike Kelly (incumbent)	244,893	100%
Total votes			244,893	100.0%
	Republican hold

U.S. House election, 2018: Pennsylvania District 3
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Dwight Evans	287,610	93.4%
	Republican	Bryan E. Leib	20,387	6.6%
Total votes			307,997	100.0%
	Democratic hold

U.S. House election, 2020: Pennsylvania District 3
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Dwight Evans (incumbent)	341,708	91.0
	Republican	Michael Harvey	33,671	9.0
Total votes			375,379	100.0
	Democratic hold

Historical district boundaries[]

2003–2013
2013–2019

References[]

^ "New Pennsylvania Map Is a Major Boost for Democrats". The Cook Political Report. February 20, 2017. Retrieved February 21, 2017.
^ Cohn, Nate; Bloch, Matthew; Quealy, Kevin (February 19, 2018). "The New Pennsylvania House Districts Are In. We Review the Mapmakers' Choices". The Upshot. The New York Times. Retrieved February 20, 2018.
^ David Nir (February 19, 2021). "With polarization at a peak, the number of House 'crossover districts' is at its lowest in a century". Daily Kos.
^ "2000 General Election". Elections Information. Pennsylvania Department of State. November 7, 2000. Archived from the original on January 30, 2012. Retrieved October 21, 2010.
^ "2002 General Election". Elections Information. Pennsylvania Department of State. November 5, 2002. Archived from the original on October 30, 2008. Retrieved October 21, 2010.
^ "2004 General Election". Elections Information. Pennsylvania Department of State. November 2, 2004. Archived from the original on May 22, 2008. Retrieved October 21, 2010.
^ "2006 General Election". Elections Information. Pennsylvania Department of State. November 7, 2006. Archived from the original on November 27, 2008. Retrieved October 21, 2010.
^ "2008 General Election". Elections Information. Pennsylvania Department of State. November 4, 2008. Archived from the original on December 8, 2008. Retrieved October 21, 2010.
^ "2010 General Election". Elections Information. Pennsylvania Department of State. November 2, 2010. Archived from the original on November 6, 2010. Retrieved December 29, 2010.
^ "2012 General Election". Elections Information. Pennsylvania Department of State. November 6, 2008. Retrieved May 29, 2015.
^ "2014 General Election". Elections Information. Pennsylvania Department of State. November 4, 2008. Archived from the original on February 15, 2015. Retrieved May 29, 2015.

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[]

U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Indiana's 3rd congressional district	Home district of the Speaker of the House December 4, 1876 – March 4, 1881	Succeeded by Ohio's 8th congressional district

Coordinates: 41°24′27″N 80°00′13″W / 41.40750°N 80.00361°W / 41.40750; -80.00361

[Cook-1] "New Pennsylvania Map Is a Major Boost for Democrats". The Cook Political Report. February 20, 2017. Retrieved February 21, 2017.

[new-2] Cohn, Nate; Bloch, Matthew; Quealy, Kevin (February 19, 2018). "The New Pennsylvania House Districts Are In. We Review the Mapmakers' Choices". The Upshot. The New York Times. Retrieved February 20, 2018.

[3] David Nir (February 19, 2021). "With polarization at a peak, the number of House 'crossover districts' is at its lowest in a century". Daily Kos.

[4] "2000 General Election". Elections Information. Pennsylvania Department of State. November 7, 2000. Archived from the original on January 30, 2012. Retrieved October 21, 2010.

[5] "2002 General Election". Elections Information. Pennsylvania Department of State. November 5, 2002. Archived from the original on October 30, 2008. Retrieved October 21, 2010.

[6] "2004 General Election". Elections Information. Pennsylvania Department of State. November 2, 2004. Archived from the original on May 22, 2008. Retrieved October 21, 2010.

[7] "2006 General Election". Elections Information. Pennsylvania Department of State. November 7, 2006. Archived from the original on November 27, 2008. Retrieved October 21, 2010.

[8] "2008 General Election". Elections Information. Pennsylvania Department of State. November 4, 2008. Archived from the original on December 8, 2008. Retrieved October 21, 2010.

[9] "2010 General Election". Elections Information. Pennsylvania Department of State. November 2, 2010. Archived from the original on November 6, 2010. Retrieved December 29, 2010.

[10] "2012 General Election". Elections Information. Pennsylvania Department of State. November 6, 2008. Retrieved May 29, 2015.

[11] "2014 General Election". Elections Information. Pennsylvania Department of State. November 4, 2008. Archived from the original on February 15, 2015. Retrieved May 29, 2015.

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