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Georgia's 3rd congressional district

68 members have held this seat since Mar 4, 1789. Now: Brian Jack R.

Holders
68
47 D · 12 R · 2 U · 2 W · 2 A · 1 J · 1 SR · 1 IRD
Longest tenure
8 years
Elijah Lewis Forrester
Current
21 months
Brian Jack, since Jan 3, 2025
history/seat/ga-3Every holder, newest first
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180018201840186018801900192019401960198020002020George Mathews · 1789-03-04 – 1791-03-04Francis Willis · 1791-10-24 – 1793-03-04Wiley Thompson · 1827-12-03 – 1829-03-04 · JacksonGeorge Washington Bonaparte Towns · 1845-12-01 – 1847-03-04 · DemocratJohn William Jones · 1847-12-06 – 1849-03-04 · WhigAllen Ferdinand Owen · 1849-12-03 – 1851-03-04 · WhigDavid Jackson Bailey · 1851-12-01 – 1853-03-04 · States RightsDavid Jackson Bailey · 1853-12-05 – 1855-03-04 · DemocratRobert Pleasant Trippe · 1855-12-03 – 1857-03-04 · AmericanRobert Pleasant Trippe · 1857-12-07 – 1859-03-04 · AmericanThomas Hardeman Jr. · 1859-12-05 – 1861-03-04 · Ind. Republican-DemocratWilliam Posey Edwards · 1867-03-04 – 1869-03-04 · RepublicanMarion Bethune · 1869-03-04 – 1871-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Summerfield Bigby · 1871-03-04 – 1873-03-04 · RepublicanPhilip Cook · 1873-12-01 – 1875-03-04 · DemocratPhilip Cook · 1875-12-06 – 1877-03-04 · DemocratPhilip Cook · 1877-10-15 – 1879-03-04 · DemocratPhilip Cook · 1879-03-18 – 1881-03-04 · DemocratPhilip Cook · 1881-12-05 – 1883-03-04 · DemocratCharles Frederick Crisp · 1883-12-03 – 1885-03-04 · DemocratCharles Frederick Crisp · 1885-12-07 – 1887-03-04 · DemocratCharles Frederick Crisp · 1887-12-05 – 1889-03-04 · DemocratCharles Frederick Crisp · 1889-12-02 – 1891-03-04 · DemocratCharles Frederick Crisp · 1891-12-07 – 1893-03-04 · DemocratCharles Frederick Crisp · 1893-08-07 – 1895-03-04 · DemocratCharles Frederick Crisp · 1895-12-02 – 1897-03-04 · DemocratElijah Banks Lewis · 1897-03-15 – 1899-03-04 · DemocratElijah Banks Lewis · 1899-12-04 – 1901-03-04 · DemocratElijah Banks Lewis · 1901-12-02 – 1903-03-04 · DemocratElijah Banks Lewis · 1903-11-09 – 1905-03-04 · DemocratElijah Banks Lewis · 1905-12-04 – 1907-03-04 · DemocratElijah Banks Lewis · 1907-12-02 – 1909-03-04 · DemocratDudley Mays Hughes · 1909-03-15 – 1911-03-04 · DemocratDudley Mays Hughes · 1911-04-04 – 1913-03-04 · DemocratCharles Robert Crisp · 1913-04-07 – 1915-03-04 · DemocratCharles Robert Crisp · 1915-12-06 – 1917-03-04 · DemocratCharles Robert Crisp · 1917-04-02 – 1919-03-04 · DemocratCharles Robert Crisp · 1919-05-19 – 1921-03-04 · DemocratCharles Robert Crisp · 1921-04-11 – 1923-03-04 · DemocratCharles Robert Crisp · 1923-12-03 – 1925-03-04 · DemocratCharles Robert Crisp · 1925-12-07 – 1927-03-05 · DemocratCharles Robert Crisp · 1927-12-05 – 1929-03-04 · DemocratCharles Robert Crisp · 1929-04-15 – 1931-03-04 · DemocratCharles Robert Crisp · 1931-12-07 – 1933-03-04 · DemocratBryant Thomas Castellow · 1933-03-09 – 1937-01-04 · DemocratStephen Pace · 1937-01-05 – 1943-01-04 · DemocratStephen Pace · 1943-01-06 – 1951-01-04 · DemocratElijah Lewis Forrester · 1959-01-07 – 1963-01-04 · DemocratElijah Lewis Forrester · 1963-01-09 – 1965-01-04 · DemocratHoward Hollis Callaway · 1965-01-04 – 1967-01-04 · RepublicanJack Thomas Brinkley · 1967-01-10 – 1971-01-04 · DemocratJack Thomas Brinkley · 1971-01-21 – 1975-01-04 · DemocratJack Thomas Brinkley · 1975-01-14 – 1979-01-04 · DemocratJack Thomas Brinkley · 1979-01-15 – 1983-01-04 · DemocratRichard Belmont Ray · 1987-01-06 – 1993-01-04 · DemocratMichael Allen Collins · 1993-01-05 – 1997-01-04 · RepublicanMichael Allen Collins · 1997-01-07 – 1999-01-04 · RepublicanMichael Allen Collins · 1999-01-06 – 2003-01-04 · RepublicanJames Marshall · 2003-01-07 – 2007-01-04 · DemocratLynn A. Westmoreland · 2007-01-04 – 2009-01-04 · RepublicanLynn A. Westmoreland · 2009-01-06 – 2015-01-04 · RepublicanLynn A. Westmoreland · 2015-01-06 – 2017-01-04 · RepublicanBrian Jack · 2025-01-03 – present · RepublicanCharles Robert Crisp · 1895-12-02 – 1897-03-04 · DemocratBryant Thomas Castellow · 1931-12-07 – 1933-03-04 · DemocratElijah Lewis Forrester · 1951-01-03 – 1959-01-04 · DemocratRichard Belmont Ray · 1983-01-03 – 1987-01-04 · DemocratA. Drew Ferguson IV · 2017-01-03 – 2025-01-04 · Republican
Brian Jack R
Jan 3, 2025 – present · 21 months
A. Drew Ferguson IV R
Jan 3, 2017 – Jan 4, 2025 · 8 years
Lynn A. Westmoreland R
Jan 6, 2015 – Jan 4, 2017 · 2 years
Lynn A. Westmoreland R
Jan 6, 2009 – Jan 4, 2015 · 6 years
Lynn A. Westmoreland R
Jan 4, 2007 – Jan 4, 2009 · 2 years
James Marshall D
Jan 7, 2003 – Jan 4, 2007 · 4 years
Michael Allen Collins R
Jan 6, 1999 – Jan 4, 2003 · 4 years
Michael Allen Collins R
Jan 7, 1997 – Jan 4, 1999 · 2 years
Michael Allen Collins R
Jan 5, 1993 – Jan 4, 1997 · 4 years
Richard Belmont Ray D
Jan 6, 1987 – Jan 4, 1993 · 6 years
Richard Belmont Ray D
Jan 3, 1983 – Jan 4, 1987 · 4 years
Jack Thomas Brinkley D
Jan 15, 1979 – Jan 4, 1983 · 4 years
Jack Thomas Brinkley D
Jan 14, 1975 – Jan 4, 1979 · 4 years
Jack Thomas Brinkley D
Jan 21, 1971 – Jan 4, 1975 · 4 years
Jack Thomas Brinkley D
Jan 10, 1967 – Jan 4, 1971 · 4 years
Howard Hollis Callaway R
Jan 4, 1965 – Jan 4, 1967 · 2 years
Elijah Lewis Forrester D
Jan 9, 1963 – Jan 4, 1965 · 2 years
Elijah Lewis Forrester D
Jan 7, 1959 – Jan 4, 1963 · 4 years
Elijah Lewis Forrester D
Jan 3, 1951 – Jan 4, 1959 · 8 years
Stephen Pace D
Jan 6, 1943 – Jan 4, 1951 · 8 years
Stephen Pace D
Jan 5, 1937 – Jan 4, 1943 · 6 years
Bryant Thomas Castellow D
Mar 9, 1933 – Jan 4, 1937 · 3.8 years
Charles Robert Crisp D
Dec 7, 1931 – Mar 4, 1933 · 15 months
Bryant Thomas Castellow D
Dec 7, 1931 – Mar 4, 1933 · 15 months
Charles Robert Crisp D
Apr 15, 1929 – Mar 4, 1931 · 23 months
Charles Robert Crisp D
Dec 5, 1927 – Mar 4, 1929 · 15 months
Charles Robert Crisp D
Dec 7, 1925 – Mar 5, 1927 · 15 months
Charles Robert Crisp D
Dec 3, 1923 – Mar 4, 1925 · 15 months
Charles Robert Crisp D
Apr 11, 1921 – Mar 4, 1923 · 23 months
Charles Robert Crisp D
May 19, 1919 – Mar 4, 1921 · 22 months
Charles Robert Crisp D
Apr 2, 1917 – Mar 4, 1919 · 23 months
Charles Robert Crisp D
Dec 6, 1915 – Mar 4, 1917 · 15 months
Charles Robert Crisp D
Apr 7, 1913 – Mar 4, 1915 · 23 months
Dudley Mays Hughes D
Apr 4, 1911 – Mar 4, 1913 · 23 months
Dudley Mays Hughes D
Mar 15, 1909 – Mar 4, 1911 · 2 years
Elijah Banks Lewis D
Dec 2, 1907 – Mar 4, 1909 · 15 months
Elijah Banks Lewis D
Dec 4, 1905 – Mar 4, 1907 · 15 months
Elijah Banks Lewis D
Nov 9, 1903 – Mar 4, 1905 · 16 months
Elijah Banks Lewis D
Dec 2, 1901 – Mar 4, 1903 · 15 months
Elijah Banks Lewis D
Dec 4, 1899 – Mar 4, 1901 · 15 months
Elijah Banks Lewis D
Mar 15, 1897 – Mar 4, 1899 · 2 years
Charles Frederick Crisp D
Dec 2, 1895 – Mar 4, 1897 · 15 months
Charles Robert Crisp D
Dec 2, 1895 – Mar 4, 1897 · 15 months
Charles Frederick Crisp D
Aug 7, 1893 – Mar 4, 1895 · 19 months
Charles Frederick Crisp D
Dec 7, 1891 – Mar 4, 1893 · 15 months
Charles Frederick Crisp D
Dec 2, 1889 – Mar 4, 1891 · 15 months
Charles Frederick Crisp D
Dec 5, 1887 – Mar 4, 1889 · 15 months
Charles Frederick Crisp D
Dec 7, 1885 – Mar 4, 1887 · 15 months
Charles Frederick Crisp D
Dec 3, 1883 – Mar 4, 1885 · 15 months
Philip Cook D
Dec 5, 1881 – Mar 4, 1883 · 15 months
Philip Cook D
Mar 18, 1879 – Mar 4, 1881 · 2 years
Philip Cook D
Oct 15, 1877 – Mar 4, 1879 · 17 months
Philip Cook D
Dec 6, 1875 – Mar 4, 1877 · 15 months
Philip Cook D
Dec 1, 1873 – Mar 4, 1875 · 15 months
John Summerfield Bigby R
Mar 4, 1871 – Mar 4, 1873 · 2 years
Marion Bethune R
Mar 4, 1869 – Mar 4, 1871 · 2 years
William Posey Edwards R
Mar 4, 1867 – Mar 4, 1869 · 2 years
Thomas Hardeman Jr. IRD
Dec 5, 1859 – Mar 4, 1861 · 15 months
Robert Pleasant Trippe A
Dec 7, 1857 – Mar 4, 1859 · 15 months
Robert Pleasant Trippe A
Dec 3, 1855 – Mar 4, 1857 · 15 months
David Jackson Bailey D
Dec 5, 1853 – Mar 4, 1855 · 15 months
David Jackson Bailey SR
Dec 1, 1851 – Mar 4, 1853 · 15 months
Allen Ferdinand Owen W
Dec 3, 1849 – Mar 4, 1851 · 15 months
John William Jones W
Dec 6, 1847 – Mar 4, 1849 · 15 months
George Washington Bonaparte Towns D
Dec 1, 1845 – Mar 4, 1847 · 15 months
Wiley Thompson J
Dec 3, 1827 – Mar 4, 1829 · 15 months
Francis Willis
Oct 24, 1791 – Mar 4, 1793 · 16 months
George Mathews
Mar 4, 1789 – Mar 4, 1791 · 2 years

Dates are from the @unitedstates congress-legislators project. Consecutive terms of one person are merged.