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Michigan's 3rd congressional district

70 members have held this seat since Dec 4, 1843. Now: Hillary J. Scholten D.

Holders
70
57 R · 10 D · 1 W · 1 IRD · 1 L
Longest tenure
12 years
Paul Werntz Shafer
Current
3.8 years
Hillary J. Scholten, since Jan 3, 2023
history/seat/mi-3Every holder, newest first
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186018801900192019401960198020002020James Bennett Hunt · 1843-12-04 – 1845-03-04 · DemocratJames Bennett Hunt · 1845-12-01 – 1847-03-04 · DemocratKinsley Scott Bingham · 1847-12-06 – 1849-03-04 · DemocratKinsley Scott Bingham · 1849-12-03 – 1851-03-04 · DemocratJames Lockwood Conger · 1851-12-01 – 1853-03-04 · WhigSamuel Clark · 1853-12-05 – 1855-03-04 · DemocratDavid Safford Walbridge · 1855-12-03 – 1857-03-04 · Ind. Republican-DemocratDavid Safford Walbridge · 1857-12-07 – 1859-03-04 · RepublicanFrancis William Kellogg · 1859-12-05 – 1861-03-04 · RepublicanFrancis William Kellogg · 1861-07-04 – 1863-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Wesley Longyear · 1863-12-07 – 1865-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Wesley Longyear · 1865-12-04 – 1867-03-04 · RepublicanAustin Blair · 1867-03-04 – 1873-03-04 · RepublicanGeorge Willard · 1873-12-01 – 1875-03-04 · RepublicanGeorge Willard · 1875-12-06 – 1877-03-04 · RepublicanJonas Hartzell McGowan · 1877-10-15 – 1879-03-04 · RepublicanJonas Hartzell McGowan · 1879-03-18 – 1881-03-04 · RepublicanEdward Samuel Lacey · 1881-12-05 – 1883-03-04 · RepublicanEdward Samuel Lacey · 1883-12-03 – 1885-03-04 · RepublicanJames O’Donnell · 1885-12-07 – 1887-03-04 · RepublicanJames O’Donnell · 1887-12-05 – 1889-03-04 · RepublicanJames O’Donnell · 1889-12-02 – 1891-03-04 · RepublicanJames O’Donnell · 1891-12-07 – 1893-03-04 · RepublicanJulius Caesar Burrows · 1893-08-07 – 1895-03-04 · RepublicanAlfred Milnes · 1895-12-02 – 1897-03-04 · RepublicanAlbert May Todd · 1897-03-15 – 1899-03-04 · DemocratWashington Gardner · 1899-12-04 – 1901-03-04 · RepublicanWashington Gardner · 1901-12-02 – 1903-03-04 · RepublicanWashington Gardner · 1903-11-09 – 1905-03-04 · RepublicanWashington Gardner · 1905-12-04 – 1907-03-04 · RepublicanWashington Gardner · 1907-12-02 – 1909-03-04 · RepublicanWashington Gardner · 1909-03-15 – 1911-03-04 · RepublicanJohn M. C. Smith · 1911-04-04 – 1913-03-04 · RepublicanJohn M. C. Smith · 1913-04-07 – 1915-03-04 · RepublicanJohn M. C. Smith · 1915-12-06 – 1917-03-04 · RepublicanJohn M. C. Smith · 1917-04-02 – 1919-03-04 · RepublicanJohn M. C. Smith · 1919-05-19 – 1921-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Horace Frankhauser · 1921-04-11 – 1923-03-04 · RepublicanJohn M. C. Smith · 1923-12-03 – 1925-03-04 · RepublicanArthur Bruce Williams · 1925-12-07 – 1927-03-05 · RepublicanJoseph Lawrence Hooper · 1927-12-05 – 1929-03-04 · RepublicanJoseph Lawrence Hooper · 1929-04-15 – 1931-03-04 · RepublicanJoseph Lawrence Hooper · 1931-12-07 – 1933-03-04 · RepublicanJoseph Lawrence Hooper · 1933-03-09 – 1935-01-04 · RepublicanPaul Werntz Shafer · 1937-01-05 – 1943-01-04 · RepublicanPaul Werntz Shafer · 1943-01-06 – 1955-01-04 · RepublicanAugust Edgar Johansen · 1955-01-05 – 1959-01-04 · RepublicanAugust Edgar Johansen · 1959-01-07 – 1963-01-04 · RepublicanAugust Edgar Johansen · 1963-01-09 – 1965-01-04 · RepublicanPaul Harold Todd Jr. · 1965-01-04 – 1967-01-04 · DemocratGarry Eldridge Brown · 1967-01-10 – 1971-01-04 · RepublicanGarry Eldridge Brown · 1971-01-21 – 1975-01-04 · RepublicanGarry Eldridge Brown · 1975-01-14 – 1979-01-04 · RepublicanHoward Eliot Wolpe III · 1979-01-15 – 1987-01-04 · DemocratHoward Eliot Wolpe III · 1987-01-06 – 1993-01-04 · DemocratPaul B. Henry · 1993-01-05 – 1993-08-01 · RepublicanVernon J. Ehlers · 1993-12-07 – 1997-01-04 · RepublicanVernon J. Ehlers · 1997-01-07 – 1999-01-04 · RepublicanVernon J. Ehlers · 1999-01-06 – 2003-01-04 · RepublicanVernon J. Ehlers · 2003-01-07 – 2009-01-04 · RepublicanVernon J. Ehlers · 2009-01-06 – 2011-01-04 · RepublicanJustin Amash · 2011-01-05 – 2015-01-04 · RepublicanJustin Amash · 2015-01-06 – 2021-01-04 · Republican → Independent → LibertarianHillary J. Scholten · 2023-01-03 – present · DemocratJohn M. C. Smith · 1921-04-11 – 1923-03-04 · RepublicanArthur Bruce Williams · 1923-12-03 – 1925-03-04 · RepublicanJoseph Lawrence Hooper · 1925-12-07 – 1927-03-05 · RepublicanHenry Mahlon Kimball · 1935-01-03 – 1937-01-04 · RepublicanPeter Meijer · 2021-01-03 – 2023-01-04 · RepublicanVerner Wright Main · 1935-01-03 – 1937-01-04 · Republican
Hillary J. Scholten D
Jan 3, 2023 – present · 3.8 years
Peter Meijer R
Jan 3, 2021 – Jan 4, 2023 · 2 years
Justin Amash R→I→L
Jan 6, 2015 – Jan 4, 2021 · 6 years
Justin Amash R
Jan 5, 2011 – Jan 4, 2015 · 4 years
Vernon J. Ehlers R
Jan 6, 2009 – Jan 4, 2011 · 2 years
Vernon J. Ehlers R
Jan 7, 2003 – Jan 4, 2009 · 6 years
Vernon J. Ehlers R
Jan 6, 1999 – Jan 4, 2003 · 4 years
Vernon J. Ehlers R
Jan 7, 1997 – Jan 4, 1999 · 2 years
Vernon J. Ehlers R
Dec 7, 1993 – Jan 4, 1997 · 3.1 years
Paul B. Henry R
Jan 5, 1993 – Aug 1, 1993 · 7 months
Howard Eliot Wolpe III D
Jan 6, 1987 – Jan 4, 1993 · 6 years
Howard Eliot Wolpe III D
Jan 15, 1979 – Jan 4, 1987 · 8 years
Garry Eldridge Brown R
Jan 14, 1975 – Jan 4, 1979 · 4 years
Garry Eldridge Brown R
Jan 21, 1971 – Jan 4, 1975 · 4 years
Garry Eldridge Brown R
Jan 10, 1967 – Jan 4, 1971 · 4 years
Paul Harold Todd Jr. D
Jan 4, 1965 – Jan 4, 1967 · 2 years
August Edgar Johansen R
Jan 9, 1963 – Jan 4, 1965 · 2 years
August Edgar Johansen R
Jan 7, 1959 – Jan 4, 1963 · 4 years
August Edgar Johansen R
Jan 5, 1955 – Jan 4, 1959 · 4 years
Paul Werntz Shafer R
Jan 6, 1943 – Jan 4, 1955 · 12 years
Paul Werntz Shafer R
Jan 5, 1937 – Jan 4, 1943 · 6 years
Henry Mahlon Kimball R
Jan 3, 1935 – Jan 4, 1937 · 2 years
Verner Wright Main R
Jan 3, 1935 – Jan 4, 1937 · 2 years
Joseph Lawrence Hooper R
Mar 9, 1933 – Jan 4, 1935 · 22 months
Joseph Lawrence Hooper R
Dec 7, 1931 – Mar 4, 1933 · 15 months
Joseph Lawrence Hooper R
Apr 15, 1929 – Mar 4, 1931 · 23 months
Joseph Lawrence Hooper R
Dec 5, 1927 – Mar 4, 1929 · 15 months
Arthur Bruce Williams R
Dec 7, 1925 – Mar 5, 1927 · 15 months
Joseph Lawrence Hooper R
Dec 7, 1925 – Mar 5, 1927 · 15 months
John M. C. Smith R
Dec 3, 1923 – Mar 4, 1925 · 15 months
Arthur Bruce Williams R
Dec 3, 1923 – Mar 4, 1925 · 15 months
William Horace Frankhauser R
Apr 11, 1921 – Mar 4, 1923 · 23 months
John M. C. Smith R
Apr 11, 1921 – Mar 4, 1923 · 23 months
John M. C. Smith R
May 19, 1919 – Mar 4, 1921 · 22 months
John M. C. Smith R
Apr 2, 1917 – Mar 4, 1919 · 23 months
John M. C. Smith R
Dec 6, 1915 – Mar 4, 1917 · 15 months
John M. C. Smith R
Apr 7, 1913 – Mar 4, 1915 · 23 months
John M. C. Smith R
Apr 4, 1911 – Mar 4, 1913 · 23 months
Washington Gardner R
Mar 15, 1909 – Mar 4, 1911 · 2 years
Washington Gardner R
Dec 2, 1907 – Mar 4, 1909 · 15 months
Washington Gardner R
Dec 4, 1905 – Mar 4, 1907 · 15 months
Washington Gardner R
Nov 9, 1903 – Mar 4, 1905 · 16 months
Washington Gardner R
Dec 2, 1901 – Mar 4, 1903 · 15 months
Washington Gardner R
Dec 4, 1899 – Mar 4, 1901 · 15 months
Albert May Todd D
Mar 15, 1897 – Mar 4, 1899 · 2 years
Alfred Milnes R
Dec 2, 1895 – Mar 4, 1897 · 15 months
Julius Caesar Burrows R
Aug 7, 1893 – Mar 4, 1895 · 19 months
James O’Donnell R
Dec 7, 1891 – Mar 4, 1893 · 15 months
James O’Donnell R
Dec 2, 1889 – Mar 4, 1891 · 15 months
James O’Donnell R
Dec 5, 1887 – Mar 4, 1889 · 15 months
James O’Donnell R
Dec 7, 1885 – Mar 4, 1887 · 15 months
Edward Samuel Lacey R
Dec 3, 1883 – Mar 4, 1885 · 15 months
Edward Samuel Lacey R
Dec 5, 1881 – Mar 4, 1883 · 15 months
Jonas Hartzell McGowan R
Mar 18, 1879 – Mar 4, 1881 · 2 years
Jonas Hartzell McGowan R
Oct 15, 1877 – Mar 4, 1879 · 17 months
George Willard R
Dec 6, 1875 – Mar 4, 1877 · 15 months
George Willard R
Dec 1, 1873 – Mar 4, 1875 · 15 months
Austin Blair R
Mar 4, 1867 – Mar 4, 1873 · 6 years
John Wesley Longyear R
Dec 4, 1865 – Mar 4, 1867 · 15 months
John Wesley Longyear R
Dec 7, 1863 – Mar 4, 1865 · 15 months
Francis William Kellogg R
Jul 4, 1861 – Mar 4, 1863 · 20 months
Francis William Kellogg R
Dec 5, 1859 – Mar 4, 1861 · 15 months
David Safford Walbridge R
Dec 7, 1857 – Mar 4, 1859 · 15 months
David Safford Walbridge IRD
Dec 3, 1855 – Mar 4, 1857 · 15 months
Samuel Clark D
Dec 5, 1853 – Mar 4, 1855 · 15 months
James Lockwood Conger W
Dec 1, 1851 – Mar 4, 1853 · 15 months
Kinsley Scott Bingham D
Dec 3, 1849 – Mar 4, 1851 · 15 months
Kinsley Scott Bingham D
Dec 6, 1847 – Mar 4, 1849 · 15 months
James Bennett Hunt D
Dec 1, 1845 – Mar 4, 1847 · 15 months
James Bennett Hunt D
Dec 4, 1843 – Mar 4, 1845 · 15 months

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