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Missouri's 3rd congressional district

65 members have held this seat since Dec 6, 1847. Now: Robert F. Onder, Jr. R.

Holders
65
53 D · 8 R · 2 W · 1 IRD · 1 UU
Longest tenure
10 years
Richard Andrew Gephardt
Current
21 months
Robert F. Onder, Jr., since Jan 3, 2025
history/seat/mo-3Every holder, newest first
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186018801900192019401960198020002020James Stephen Green · 1847-12-06 – 1849-03-04 · DemocratJames Stephen Green · 1849-12-03 – 1851-03-04 · DemocratJohn Gaines Miller · 1851-12-01 – 1853-03-04 · WhigJames Johnson Lindley · 1853-12-05 – 1855-03-04 · WhigJames Johnson Lindley · 1855-12-03 – 1857-03-04 · Ind. Republican-DemocratJohn Bullock Clark · 1857-12-07 – 1859-03-04 · DemocratJohn Bullock Clark · 1859-12-05 – 1861-03-04 · DemocratJohn Bullock Clark · 1861-07-04 – 1863-03-04 · DemocratJohn William Noell · 1863-12-07 – 1865-03-04 · Unconditional UnionistThomas Estes Noell · 1865-12-04 – 1869-03-04 · Republican → DemocratWilliam Henry Stone · 1873-12-01 – 1875-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Henry Stone · 1875-12-06 – 1877-03-04 · DemocratLyne Shackelford Metcalfe · 1877-10-15 – 1879-03-04 · RepublicanRichard Graham Frost · 1879-03-18 – 1881-03-04 · DemocratRichard Graham Frost · 1881-12-05 – 1883-03-04 · DemocratAlexander Monroe Dockery · 1883-12-03 – 1885-03-04 · DemocratAlexander Monroe Dockery · 1885-12-07 – 1887-03-04 · DemocratAlexander Monroe Dockery · 1887-12-05 – 1889-03-04 · DemocratAlexander Monroe Dockery · 1889-12-02 – 1891-03-04 · DemocratAlexander Monroe Dockery · 1891-12-07 – 1893-03-04 · DemocratAlexander Monroe Dockery · 1893-08-07 – 1895-03-04 · DemocratAlexander Monroe Dockery · 1895-12-02 – 1897-03-04 · DemocratAlexander Monroe Dockery · 1897-03-15 – 1899-03-04 · DemocratJohn Dougherty · 1899-12-04 – 1901-03-04 · DemocratJohn Dougherty · 1901-12-02 – 1903-03-04 · DemocratJohn Dougherty · 1903-11-09 – 1905-03-04 · DemocratFrank B. Klepper · 1905-12-04 – 1907-03-04 · RepublicanJoshua Willis Alexander · 1907-12-02 – 1909-03-04 · DemocratJoshua Willis Alexander · 1909-03-15 – 1911-03-04 · DemocratJoshua Willis Alexander · 1911-04-04 – 1913-03-04 · DemocratJoshua Willis Alexander · 1913-04-07 – 1915-03-04 · DemocratJoshua Willis Alexander · 1915-12-06 – 1917-03-04 · DemocratJoshua Willis Alexander · 1917-04-02 – 1919-03-04 · DemocratJoshua Willis Alexander · 1919-05-19 – 1921-03-04 · DemocratHenry Franklin Lawrence · 1921-04-11 – 1923-03-04 · RepublicanJacob Le Roy Milligan · 1923-12-03 – 1925-03-04 · DemocratJacob Le Roy Milligan · 1925-12-07 – 1927-03-05 · DemocratJacob Le Roy Milligan · 1927-12-05 – 1929-03-04 · DemocratJacob Le Roy Milligan · 1929-04-15 – 1931-03-04 · DemocratJacob Le Roy Milligan · 1931-12-07 – 1933-03-04 · DemocratRichard Meloan Duncan · 1935-01-03 – 1943-01-04 · DemocratWilliam Clay Cole · 1943-01-06 – 1949-01-04 · RepublicanLeonor Kretzer Sullivan · 1953-01-03 – 1959-01-04 · DemocratLeonor Kretzer Sullivan · 1959-01-07 – 1963-01-04 · DemocratLeonor Kretzer Sullivan · 1963-01-09 – 1967-01-04 · DemocratLeonor Kretzer Sullivan · 1967-01-10 – 1971-01-04 · DemocratLeonor Kretzer Sullivan · 1971-01-21 – 1975-01-04 · DemocratLeonor Kretzer Sullivan · 1975-01-14 – 1977-01-04 · DemocratRichard Andrew Gephardt · 1977-01-04 – 1979-01-04 · DemocratRichard Andrew Gephardt · 1979-01-15 – 1987-01-04 · DemocratRichard Andrew Gephardt · 1987-01-06 – 1997-01-04 · DemocratRichard Andrew Gephardt · 1997-01-07 – 1999-01-04 · DemocratRichard Andrew Gephardt · 1999-01-06 – 2003-01-04 · DemocratRichard Andrew Gephardt · 2003-01-07 – 2005-01-04 · DemocratRuss Carnahan · 2005-01-04 – 2009-01-04 · DemocratRuss Carnahan · 2009-01-06 – 2013-01-04 · DemocratBlaine Luetkemeyer · 2015-01-06 – 2025-01-04 · RepublicanWilliam Augustus Hall · 1861-07-04 – 1863-03-04 · DemocratJohn Guier Scott · 1863-12-07 – 1865-03-04 · DemocratJames Robinson McCormick · 1867-03-04 – 1873-03-04 · DemocratGustavus Sessinghaus · 1881-12-05 – 1883-03-04 · RepublicanJacob Le Roy Milligan · 1919-05-19 – 1921-03-04 · DemocratPhilip James Welch · 1949-01-03 – 1953-01-04 · DemocratBlaine Luetkemeyer · 2013-01-03 – 2015-01-04 · RepublicanRobert F. Onder, Jr. · 2025-01-03 – present · Republican
Robert F. Onder, Jr. R
Jan 3, 2025 – present · 21 months
Blaine Luetkemeyer R
Jan 6, 2015 – Jan 4, 2025 · 10 years
Blaine Luetkemeyer R
Jan 3, 2013 – Jan 4, 2015 · 2 years
Russ Carnahan D
Jan 6, 2009 – Jan 4, 2013 · 4 years
Russ Carnahan D
Jan 4, 2005 – Jan 4, 2009 · 4 years
Richard Andrew Gephardt D
Jan 7, 2003 – Jan 4, 2005 · 2 years
Richard Andrew Gephardt D
Jan 6, 1999 – Jan 4, 2003 · 4 years
Richard Andrew Gephardt D
Jan 7, 1997 – Jan 4, 1999 · 2 years
Richard Andrew Gephardt D
Jan 6, 1987 – Jan 4, 1997 · 10 years
Richard Andrew Gephardt D
Jan 15, 1979 – Jan 4, 1987 · 8 years
Richard Andrew Gephardt D
Jan 4, 1977 – Jan 4, 1979 · 2 years
Leonor Kretzer Sullivan D
Jan 14, 1975 – Jan 4, 1977 · 2 years
Leonor Kretzer Sullivan D
Jan 21, 1971 – Jan 4, 1975 · 4 years
Leonor Kretzer Sullivan D
Jan 10, 1967 – Jan 4, 1971 · 4 years
Leonor Kretzer Sullivan D
Jan 9, 1963 – Jan 4, 1967 · 4 years
Leonor Kretzer Sullivan D
Jan 7, 1959 – Jan 4, 1963 · 4 years
Leonor Kretzer Sullivan D
Jan 3, 1953 – Jan 4, 1959 · 6 years
Philip James Welch D
Jan 3, 1949 – Jan 4, 1953 · 4 years
William Clay Cole R
Jan 6, 1943 – Jan 4, 1949 · 6 years
Richard Meloan Duncan D
Jan 3, 1935 – Jan 4, 1943 · 8 years
Jacob Le Roy Milligan D
Dec 7, 1931 – Mar 4, 1933 · 15 months
Jacob Le Roy Milligan D
Apr 15, 1929 – Mar 4, 1931 · 23 months
Jacob Le Roy Milligan D
Dec 5, 1927 – Mar 4, 1929 · 15 months
Jacob Le Roy Milligan D
Dec 7, 1925 – Mar 5, 1927 · 15 months
Jacob Le Roy Milligan D
Dec 3, 1923 – Mar 4, 1925 · 15 months
Henry Franklin Lawrence R
Apr 11, 1921 – Mar 4, 1923 · 23 months
Joshua Willis Alexander D
May 19, 1919 – Mar 4, 1921 · 22 months
Jacob Le Roy Milligan D
May 19, 1919 – Mar 4, 1921 · 22 months
Joshua Willis Alexander D
Apr 2, 1917 – Mar 4, 1919 · 23 months
Joshua Willis Alexander D
Dec 6, 1915 – Mar 4, 1917 · 15 months
Joshua Willis Alexander D
Apr 7, 1913 – Mar 4, 1915 · 23 months
Joshua Willis Alexander D
Apr 4, 1911 – Mar 4, 1913 · 23 months
Joshua Willis Alexander D
Mar 15, 1909 – Mar 4, 1911 · 2 years
Joshua Willis Alexander D
Dec 2, 1907 – Mar 4, 1909 · 15 months
Frank B. Klepper R
Dec 4, 1905 – Mar 4, 1907 · 15 months
John Dougherty D
Nov 9, 1903 – Mar 4, 1905 · 16 months
John Dougherty D
Dec 2, 1901 – Mar 4, 1903 · 15 months
John Dougherty D
Dec 4, 1899 – Mar 4, 1901 · 15 months
Alexander Monroe Dockery D
Mar 15, 1897 – Mar 4, 1899 · 2 years
Alexander Monroe Dockery D
Dec 2, 1895 – Mar 4, 1897 · 15 months
Alexander Monroe Dockery D
Aug 7, 1893 – Mar 4, 1895 · 19 months
Alexander Monroe Dockery D
Dec 7, 1891 – Mar 4, 1893 · 15 months
Alexander Monroe Dockery D
Dec 2, 1889 – Mar 4, 1891 · 15 months
Alexander Monroe Dockery D
Dec 5, 1887 – Mar 4, 1889 · 15 months
Alexander Monroe Dockery D
Dec 7, 1885 – Mar 4, 1887 · 15 months
Alexander Monroe Dockery D
Dec 3, 1883 – Mar 4, 1885 · 15 months
Richard Graham Frost D
Dec 5, 1881 – Mar 4, 1883 · 15 months
Gustavus Sessinghaus R
Dec 5, 1881 – Mar 4, 1883 · 15 months
Richard Graham Frost D
Mar 18, 1879 – Mar 4, 1881 · 2 years
Lyne Shackelford Metcalfe R
Oct 15, 1877 – Mar 4, 1879 · 17 months
William Henry Stone D
Dec 6, 1875 – Mar 4, 1877 · 15 months
William Henry Stone D
Dec 1, 1873 – Mar 4, 1875 · 15 months
James Robinson McCormick D
Mar 4, 1867 – Mar 4, 1873 · 6 years
Thomas Estes Noell R→D
Dec 4, 1865 – Mar 4, 1869 · 3.2 years
John William Noell UU
Dec 7, 1863 – Mar 4, 1865 · 15 months
John Guier Scott D
Dec 7, 1863 – Mar 4, 1865 · 15 months
John Bullock Clark D
Jul 4, 1861 – Mar 4, 1863 · 20 months
William Augustus Hall D
Jul 4, 1861 – Mar 4, 1863 · 20 months
John Bullock Clark D
Dec 5, 1859 – Mar 4, 1861 · 15 months
John Bullock Clark D
Dec 7, 1857 – Mar 4, 1859 · 15 months
James Johnson Lindley IRD
Dec 3, 1855 – Mar 4, 1857 · 15 months
James Johnson Lindley W
Dec 5, 1853 – Mar 4, 1855 · 15 months
John Gaines Miller W
Dec 1, 1851 – Mar 4, 1853 · 15 months
James Stephen Green D
Dec 3, 1849 – Mar 4, 1851 · 15 months
James Stephen Green D
Dec 6, 1847 – Mar 4, 1849 · 15 months

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