Pennsylvania's 3rd congressional district

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. According to the Cook PVI, it is the 3rd most Democratic district in all of the US.

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[1]

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 district 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. Most of the territory in the 2003–2019 3rd district had been the 21st district before 2002.

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		Seat A				Seat B				Seat C
			Representative	Party	Electoral history		Representative	Party	Electoral history		Representative	Party	Electoral history
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.
	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.
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.
	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.
	Jacksonian	March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1831
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
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	[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to the 4th district.
John T. Smith	Democratic	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845	28th	[data unknown/missing]
John H. Campbell	American	March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1847	29th	[data unknown/missing] Retired.
Charles Brown	Democratic	March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849	30th	[data unknown/missing] Retired.
Henry D. Moore	Whig	March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1853	31st 32nd	[data unknown/missing] Retired.
John Robbins	Democratic	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855	33rd	Redistricted from the 4th district. Retired.
William Millward	Opposition	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857	34th	[data unknown/missing] Lost re-election as a Union candidate.
James Landy	Democratic	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859	35th	[data unknown/missing] Lost re-election.
John P. Verree	Republican	March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1863	36th 37th	[data unknown/missing][data unknown/missing] Retired.
Leonard Myers	Republican	March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1869	38th 39th 40th	[data unknown/missing] Lost re-election but successfully contested election.
John Moffet	Democratic	March 4, 1869 – April 9, 1869	40th	Election contested by Leonard Myers
Leonard Myers	Republican	April 9, 1869 – March 3, 1875	41st 42nd 43rd	[data unknown/missing] 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. Died.
Vacant		April 13, 1890 – May 20, 1890	51st
Richard Vaux	Democratic	May 20, 1890 – March 3, 1891		[data unknown/missing] Lost re-election.
William McAleer	Democratic	March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1895	52nd 53rd	[data unknown/missing] Lost re-election.
Frederick Halterman	Republican	March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1897	54th	[data unknown/missing]
William McAleer	Democratic	March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1901	55th 56th	[data unknown/missing] Lost re-election.
Henry Burk	Republican	March 4, 1901 – December 5, 1903	57th 58th	[data unknown/missing] Died.
Vacant		December 5, 1903 – February 16, 1904	58th
George A. Castor	Republican	February 16, 1904 – February 19, 1906	58th 59th	[data unknown/missing] 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	[data unknown/missing] Resigned to become Mayor of Philadelphia.
Harry C. Ransley	Republican	November 2, 1920 – March 3, 1933	65th 66th 67th 68th 69th 70th 71st 72nd	[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to the 1st district.
Alfred M. Waldron	Republican	March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1935	73rd	[data unknown/missing]
Clare G. Fenerty	Republican	January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1937	74th	[data unknown/missing]
Michael J. Bradley	Democratic	January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1947	75th 76th 77th 78th 79th	[data unknown/missing]
Hardie Scott	Republican	January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1953	80th 81st 82nd	[data unknown/missing]
James A. Byrne	Democratic	January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1973	83rd 84th 85th 86th 87th 88th 89th 90th 91st 92nd	[data unknown/missing]
William J. Green III	Democratic	January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1977	93rd 94th	Redistricted from the 5th district.
Raymond Lederer	Democratic	January 3, 1977 – April 29, 1981	95th 96th 97th	[data unknown/missing] Resigned.
Vacant		April 29, 1981 – July 21, 1981	97th
Joseph F. Smith	Democratic	July 21, 1981 – January 3, 1983		[data unknown/missing]
Robert A. Borski Jr.	Democratic	January 3, 1983 – January 3, 2003	98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd 103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th	[data unknown/missing] 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[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Robert A. Borski Jr.	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[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Phil English	116,763	77.7%
	Green	Anndrea M. Benson	33,554	22.3%
Total votes			150,317	100.0%
	Republican hold

U.S. House election, 2004: Pennsylvania District 3[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Phil English	166,580	60.1%
	Democratic	Steven Porter	110,684	39.9%
Total votes			277,264	100.0%
	Republican hold

U.S. House elections in Pennsylvania, 2006: Pennsylvania District 3[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Phil English	108,525	53.6%
	Democratic	Steven Porter	85,110	42.1%
	Constitution	Timothy Hagberg	8,706	4.3%
Total votes			202,341	100.0%
	Republican hold

U.S. House election, 2008: Pennsylvania District 3[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Kathy Dahlkemper	146,846	51.2%
	Republican	Phil English	139,757	48.8%
Total votes			286,603	100.0%
	Democratic gain from Republican

U.S. House election, 2010: Pennsylvania District 3[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mike Kelly	109,909	55.7%
	Democratic	Kathy Dahlkemper	88,924	44.3%
Total votes			197,320	100.0%
	Republican gain from Democratic

U.S. House election, 2012: Pennsylvania District 3[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mike Kelly	165,826	54.82%
	Democratic	Missa Eaton	123,933	40.97%
	Independent	Steven Porter	12,755	4.22%
Total votes			302,514	100.0%
	Republican hold

U.S. House election, 2014: Pennsylvania District 3[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mike Kelly	113,859	60.63%
	Democratic	Daniel Lavallee	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	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

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  2003–2013
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  2013–2019

See also

• List of United States congressional districts
• Pennsylvania's congressional districts

References

1. "New Pennsylvania Map Is a Major Boost for Democrats". The Cook Political Report. February 20, 2017. Retrieved February 21, 2017.
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. "2000 General Election". Elections Information. Pennsylvania Department of State. November 7, 2000. Archived from the original on January 30, 2012. Retrieved October 21, 2010.
4. "2002 General Election". Elections Information. Pennsylvania Department of State. November 5, 2002. Archived from the original on October 30, 2008. Retrieved October 21, 2010.
5. "2004 General Election". Elections Information. Pennsylvania Department of State. November 2, 2004. Archived from the original on May 22, 2008. Retrieved October 21, 2010.
6. "2006 General Election". Elections Information. Pennsylvania Department of State. November 7, 2006. Archived from the original on November 27, 2008. Retrieved October 21, 2010.
7. "2008 General Election". Elections Information. Pennsylvania Department of State. November 4, 2008. Archived from the original on December 8, 2008. Retrieved October 21, 2010.
8. "2010 General Election". Elections Information. Pennsylvania Department of State. November 2, 2010. Archived from the original on November 6, 2010. Retrieved December 29, 2010.
9. "2012 General Election". Elections Information. Pennsylvania Department of State. November 6, 2008. Retrieved May 29, 2015.
10. "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

• District map
• Congressional redistricting in Pennsylvania