North Carolina's 3rd congressional district
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North Carolina's 3rd congressional district | ||
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North Carolina's 3rd congressional district - since January 3, 2013. | ||
Current Representative | Walter B. Jones (R–Farmville) | |
Distribution | 53.13% urban, 46.87% rural | |
Population (2000) | 749,823 | |
Median income | $44,871 | |
Ethnicity | 74% White, 20.55% Black, 1.21% Asian, 5.77% Hispanic, 0.8% Native American, 1.48% other | |
Cook PVI | R+10[1] |
North Carolina's 3rd congressional district is located on the Atlantic coast of North Carolina. It covers the Outer Banks and the counties adjacent to the Pamlico Sound.
The district is represented by Walter B. Jones, a Republican. He has been its representative since 1995. In 2008, he defeated Democrat Craig Weber for reelection, and was challenged in 2010 by former Chair of the Pitt County Democratic Party Johnny Rouse, whom he defeated by a vote of 72% to 26% (141,978 votes to 50,600). In 2012, he was challenged by Frank Palombo, the former New Bern Police Chief, for the Republican Party nomination.[2] The winner of the Republican primary then faced Marine Corps Veteran Erik Anderson in the general election.[3]
List of representatives
Representative | Party | Years | District Residence | Note | |
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Timothy Bloodworth | Anti-Administration | April 6, 1790 – March 3, 1791 | |||
John B. Ashe | Anti-Administration | March 4, 1791 – March 3, 1793 | Redistricted from the 1st district | ||
Joseph Winston | Anti-Administration | March 4, 1793 – March 3, 1795 | |||
Jesse Franklin | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1795 – March 3, 1797 | |||
Robert Williams | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1797 – March 3, 1803 | |||
William Kennedy | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1805 | |||
Thomas Blount | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1805 – March 3, 1809 | |||
William Kennedy | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1809 – March 3, 1811 | |||
Thomas Blount | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1811 – February 7, 1812 | Died eleven months and three days into 1811–13 term | ||
William Kennedy | Democratic-Republican | January 30, 1813 – March 3, 1815 | |||
James W. Clark | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1815 – March 3, 1817 | |||
Thomas H. Hall | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1823 | |||
Crawford D-R | March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825 | ||||
Richard Hines | Jacksonian | March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1827 | |||
Thomas H. Hall | Jacksonian | March 4, 1827 – March 3, 1835 | |||
Ebenezer Pettigrew | Anti-Jacksonian | March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837 | |||
Edward Stanly | Whig | March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1843 | |||
David S. Reid | Democratic | March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1847 | |||
Daniel M. Barringer | Whig | March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849 | Redistricted from the 2nd district | ||
Edmund Deberry | Whig | March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851 | |||
Alfred Dockery | Whig | March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853 | |||
William S. Ashe | Democratic | March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855 | Redistricted from the 7th district | ||
Warren Winslow | Democratic | March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1861 | |||
Civil War and Reconstruction | |||||
Oliver H. Dockery | Republican | July 13, 1868 – March 3, 1871 | |||
Alfred M. Waddell | Democratic | March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1879 | |||
Daniel L. Russell | Greenback | March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1881 | |||
John W. Shackelford | Democratic | March 4, 1881 – January 18, 1883 | Died one year, ten months and fourteen days into 1881–83 term | ||
Wharton J. Green | Democratic | March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1887 | |||
Charles W. McClammy | Democratic | March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1891 | |||
Benjamin F. Grady | Democratic | March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1895 | |||
John G. Shaw | Democratic | March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1897 | |||
John E. Fowler | Populist | March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1899 | |||
Charles R. Thomas | Democratic | March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1911 | |||
John M. Faison | Democratic | March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1915 | |||
George E. Hood | Democratic | March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1919 | |||
Samuel M. Brinson | Democratic | March 4, 1919 – April 13, 1922 | Died one year, one month and nine days into 1921–23 term | ||
Charles L. Abernethy | Democratic | November 7, 1922 – January 3, 1935 | |||
Graham A. Barden | Democratic | January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1961 | |||
David N. Henderson | Democratic | January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1977 | |||
Charles O. Whitley | Democratic | January 3, 1977 – December 31, 1986 | Resigned | ||
Martin Lancaster | Democratic | January 3, 1987 – January 3, 1995 | |||
Walter B. Jones | Republican | January 3, 1995 – Present |
Historical district boundaries
See also
References
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- Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present
- Rouse for Congress, North Carolina election results - Politics - Decision 2010 - msnbc.com
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