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Pennsylvania's 3rd congressional district

115 members have held this seat since Oct 24, 1791. Now: Dwight Evans D.

Holders
115
53 R · 37 D · 10 F · 4 J · 4 W · 2 AJ · 1 U · 1 J · 1 A · 1 IRD · 1 ID
Longest tenure
10 years
Robert A. Borski
Current
7.8 years
Dwight Evans, since Jan 3, 2019
history/seat/pa-3Every holder, newest first
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180018201840186018801900192019401960198020002020Israel Jacobs · 1791-10-24 – 1793-03-04Richard Thomas · 1795-12-07 – 1797-03-04 · FederalistRichard Thomas · 1797-05-15 – 1799-03-04 · FederalistRichard Thomas · 1799-12-02 – 1801-03-04 · FederalistJoseph Hemphill · 1801-12-07 – 1803-03-04 · FederalistIsaac Anderson · 1803-10-17 – 1805-03-04 · RepublicanIsaac Anderson · 1805-12-02 – 1807-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Hiester · 1807-10-26 – 1809-03-04 · RepublicanDaniel Hiester · 1809-05-22 – 1811-03-04 · RepublicanJoseph Lefever · 1811-11-04 – 1813-03-04 · RepublicanEdward Crouch · 1813-05-24 – 1815-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Whiteside · 1815-12-04 – 1817-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Whiteside · 1817-12-01 – 1819-03-04 · RepublicanJacob Hibshman · 1819-12-06 – 1821-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Phillips · 1821-12-03 – 1823-03-04 · FederalistDaniel H. Miller · 1823-12-01 – 1825-03-04 · JacksonianDaniel H. Miller · 1825-12-05 – 1827-03-04 · JacksonDaniel H. Miller · 1827-12-03 – 1829-03-04 · JacksonDaniel H. Miller · 1829-12-07 – 1831-03-04 · JacksonJohn Goddard Watmough · 1831-12-05 – 1833-03-04 · Anti JacksonianJohn Goddard Watmough · 1833-12-02 – 1835-03-04 · Anti JacksonianMichael Woolston Ash · 1835-12-07 – 1837-03-04 · JacksonFrancis Jacob Harper · 1837-09-04 – 1839-03-04 · DemocratCharles Naylor · 1839-12-02 – 1841-03-04 · WhigCharles Jared Ingersoll · 1841-05-31 – 1843-03-04 · DemocratJohn T. Smith · 1843-12-04 – 1845-03-04 · DemocratJohn Hull Campbell · 1845-12-01 – 1847-03-04 · AmericanCharles Brown · 1847-12-06 – 1849-03-04 · DemocratHenry Dunning Moore · 1849-12-03 – 1851-03-04 · WhigHenry Dunning Moore · 1851-12-01 – 1853-03-04 · WhigJohn Robbins · 1853-12-05 – 1855-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Millward · 1855-12-03 – 1857-03-04 · Ind. Republican-DemocratJames Landy · 1857-12-07 – 1859-03-04 · DemocratJohn Paul Verree · 1859-12-05 – 1861-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Paul Verree · 1861-07-04 – 1863-03-04 · RepublicanLeonard Myers · 1863-12-07 – 1865-03-04 · RepublicanLeonard Myers · 1865-12-04 – 1869-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Moffet · 1869-03-04 – 1871-03-04 · DemocratLeonard Myers · 1873-12-01 – 1875-03-04 · RepublicanSamuel Jackson Randall · 1875-12-06 – 1877-03-04 · DemocratSamuel Jackson Randall · 1877-10-15 – 1879-03-04 · DemocratSamuel Jackson Randall · 1879-03-18 – 1881-03-04 · DemocratSamuel Jackson Randall · 1881-12-05 – 1883-03-04 · DemocratSamuel Jackson Randall · 1883-12-03 – 1885-03-04 · DemocratSamuel Jackson Randall · 1885-12-07 – 1887-03-04 · DemocratSamuel Jackson Randall · 1887-12-05 – 1889-03-04 · DemocratSamuel Jackson Randall · 1889-12-02 – 1891-03-04 · DemocratWilliam McAleer · 1891-12-07 – 1893-03-04 · DemocratWilliam McAleer · 1893-08-07 – 1895-03-04 · Ind. DemocratFrederick Halterman · 1895-12-02 – 1897-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam McAleer · 1897-03-15 – 1899-03-04 · DemocratWilliam McAleer · 1899-12-04 – 1901-03-04 · DemocratHenry Burk · 1901-12-02 – 1903-03-04 · RepublicanHenry Burk · 1903-11-09 – 1905-03-04 · RepublicanGeorge Albert Castor · 1905-12-04 – 1907-03-04 · RepublicanJoseph Hampton Moore · 1907-12-02 – 1909-03-04 · RepublicanJoseph Hampton Moore · 1909-03-15 – 1911-03-04 · RepublicanJoseph Hampton Moore · 1911-04-04 – 1913-03-04 · RepublicanJoseph Hampton Moore · 1913-04-07 – 1915-03-04 · RepublicanJoseph Hampton Moore · 1915-12-06 – 1917-03-04 · RepublicanJoseph Hampton Moore · 1917-04-02 – 1919-03-04 · RepublicanJoseph Hampton Moore · 1919-05-19 – 1921-03-04 · RepublicanHarry Clay Ransley · 1921-04-11 – 1923-03-04 · RepublicanHarry Clay Ransley · 1923-12-03 – 1925-03-04 · RepublicanHarry Clay Ransley · 1925-12-07 – 1927-03-05 · RepublicanHarry Clay Ransley · 1927-12-05 – 1929-03-04 · RepublicanHarry Clay Ransley · 1929-04-15 – 1931-03-04 · RepublicanHarry Clay Ransley · 1931-12-07 – 1933-03-04 · RepublicanAlfred Marpole Waldron · 1933-03-09 – 1935-01-04 · RepublicanMichael Joseph Bradley · 1937-01-05 – 1943-01-04 · DemocratMichael Joseph Bradley · 1943-01-06 – 1947-01-04 · DemocratJames Aloysius Byrne · 1953-01-03 – 1959-01-04 · DemocratJames Aloysius Byrne · 1959-01-07 – 1963-01-04 · DemocratJames Aloysius Byrne · 1963-01-09 – 1967-01-04 · DemocratJames Aloysius Byrne · 1967-01-10 – 1971-01-04 · DemocratJames Aloysius Byrne · 1971-01-21 – 1973-01-04 · DemocratWilliam Joseph Green · 1975-01-14 – 1977-01-04 · DemocratRaymond Francis Lederer · 1977-01-04 – 1979-01-04 · DemocratRaymond Francis Lederer · 1979-01-15 – 1983-01-04 · DemocratRobert A. Borski · 1987-01-06 – 1997-01-04 · DemocratRobert A. Borski · 1997-01-07 – 1999-01-04 · DemocratRobert A. Borski · 1999-01-06 – 2003-01-04 · DemocratPhilip English · 2003-01-07 – 2009-01-04 · RepublicanKathleen A. Dahlkemper · 2009-01-06 – 2011-01-04 · DemocratMike Kelly · 2011-01-05 – 2015-01-04 · RepublicanMike Kelly · 2015-01-06 – 2019-01-04 · RepublicanJohn Whitehill · 1803-10-17 – 1805-03-04 · RepublicanChristian Lower · 1805-12-02 – 1807-03-04 · RepublicanRobert Jenkins · 1807-10-26 – 1809-03-04 · FederalistRobert Jenkins · 1809-05-22 – 1811-03-04 · FederalistRoger Davis · 1811-11-04 – 1813-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Gloninger · 1813-05-24 – 1815-03-04 · FederalistJames M. Wallace · 1815-12-04 – 1817-03-04 · RepublicanJames M. Wallace · 1817-12-01 – 1819-03-04 · RepublicanJames M. Wallace · 1819-12-06 – 1821-03-04 · RepublicanJames Buchanan · 1821-12-03 – 1823-03-04 · FederalistCharles Naylor · 1837-09-04 – 1839-03-04 · WhigLeonard Myers · 1869-03-04 – 1873-03-04 · RepublicanRichard Vaux · 1889-12-02 – 1891-03-04 · DemocratGeorge Albert Castor · 1903-11-09 – 1905-03-04 · RepublicanJoseph Hampton Moore · 1905-12-04 – 1907-03-04 · RepublicanHarry Clay Ransley · 1919-05-19 – 1921-03-04 · RepublicanClare Gerald Fenerty · 1935-01-03 – 1937-01-04 · RepublicanHardie Scott · 1947-01-03 – 1953-01-04 · RepublicanWilliam Joseph Green · 1973-01-03 – 1975-01-04 · DemocratJoseph Francis Smith · 1981-01-05 – 1983-01-04 · DemocratDwight Evans · 2019-01-03 – present · DemocratJoseph Hiester · 1803-10-17 – 1805-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Whitehill · 1805-12-02 – 1807-03-04 · RepublicanMatthias Richards · 1807-10-26 – 1809-03-04 · RepublicanMatthias Richards · 1809-05-22 – 1811-03-04 · RepublicanJohn M. Hyneman · 1811-11-04 – 1813-03-04 · RepublicanAmos Slaymaker · 1813-05-24 – 1815-03-04 · FederalistRobert A. Borski · 1983-01-03 – 1987-01-04 · DemocratJames Whitehill · 1813-05-24 – 1815-03-04 · Republican
Dwight Evans D
Jan 3, 2019 – present · 7.8 years
Mike Kelly R
Jan 6, 2015 – Jan 4, 2019 · 4 years
Mike Kelly R
Jan 5, 2011 – Jan 4, 2015 · 4 years
Kathleen A. Dahlkemper D
Jan 6, 2009 – Jan 4, 2011 · 2 years
Philip English R
Jan 7, 2003 – Jan 4, 2009 · 6 years
Robert A. Borski D
Jan 6, 1999 – Jan 4, 2003 · 4 years
Robert A. Borski D
Jan 7, 1997 – Jan 4, 1999 · 2 years
Robert A. Borski D
Jan 6, 1987 – Jan 4, 1997 · 10 years
Robert A. Borski D
Jan 3, 1983 – Jan 4, 1987 · 4 years
Joseph Francis Smith D
Jan 5, 1981 – Jan 4, 1983 · 2 years
Raymond Francis Lederer D
Jan 15, 1979 – Jan 4, 1983 · 4 years
Raymond Francis Lederer D
Jan 4, 1977 – Jan 4, 1979 · 2 years
William Joseph Green D
Jan 14, 1975 – Jan 4, 1977 · 2 years
William Joseph Green D
Jan 3, 1973 – Jan 4, 1975 · 2 years
James Aloysius Byrne D
Jan 21, 1971 – Jan 4, 1973 · 23 months
James Aloysius Byrne D
Jan 10, 1967 – Jan 4, 1971 · 4 years
James Aloysius Byrne D
Jan 9, 1963 – Jan 4, 1967 · 4 years
James Aloysius Byrne D
Jan 7, 1959 – Jan 4, 1963 · 4 years
James Aloysius Byrne D
Jan 3, 1953 – Jan 4, 1959 · 6 years
Hardie Scott R
Jan 3, 1947 – Jan 4, 1953 · 6 years
Michael Joseph Bradley D
Jan 6, 1943 – Jan 4, 1947 · 4 years
Michael Joseph Bradley D
Jan 5, 1937 – Jan 4, 1943 · 6 years
Clare Gerald Fenerty R
Jan 3, 1935 – Jan 4, 1937 · 2 years
Alfred Marpole Waldron R
Mar 9, 1933 – Jan 4, 1935 · 22 months
Harry Clay Ransley R
Dec 7, 1931 – Mar 4, 1933 · 15 months
Harry Clay Ransley R
Apr 15, 1929 – Mar 4, 1931 · 23 months
Harry Clay Ransley R
Dec 5, 1927 – Mar 4, 1929 · 15 months
Harry Clay Ransley R
Dec 7, 1925 – Mar 5, 1927 · 15 months
Harry Clay Ransley R
Dec 3, 1923 – Mar 4, 1925 · 15 months
Harry Clay Ransley R
Apr 11, 1921 – Mar 4, 1923 · 23 months
Joseph Hampton Moore R
May 19, 1919 – Mar 4, 1921 · 22 months
Harry Clay Ransley R
May 19, 1919 – Mar 4, 1921 · 22 months
Joseph Hampton Moore R
Apr 2, 1917 – Mar 4, 1919 · 23 months
Joseph Hampton Moore R
Dec 6, 1915 – Mar 4, 1917 · 15 months
Joseph Hampton Moore R
Apr 7, 1913 – Mar 4, 1915 · 23 months
Joseph Hampton Moore R
Apr 4, 1911 – Mar 4, 1913 · 23 months
Joseph Hampton Moore R
Mar 15, 1909 – Mar 4, 1911 · 2 years
Joseph Hampton Moore R
Dec 2, 1907 – Mar 4, 1909 · 15 months
George Albert Castor R
Dec 4, 1905 – Mar 4, 1907 · 15 months
Joseph Hampton Moore R
Dec 4, 1905 – Mar 4, 1907 · 15 months
Henry Burk R
Nov 9, 1903 – Mar 4, 1905 · 16 months
George Albert Castor R
Nov 9, 1903 – Mar 4, 1905 · 16 months
Henry Burk R
Dec 2, 1901 – Mar 4, 1903 · 15 months
William McAleer D
Dec 4, 1899 – Mar 4, 1901 · 15 months
William McAleer D
Mar 15, 1897 – Mar 4, 1899 · 2 years
Frederick Halterman R
Dec 2, 1895 – Mar 4, 1897 · 15 months
William McAleer ID
Aug 7, 1893 – Mar 4, 1895 · 19 months
William McAleer D
Dec 7, 1891 – Mar 4, 1893 · 15 months
Samuel Jackson Randall D
Dec 2, 1889 – Mar 4, 1891 · 15 months
Richard Vaux D
Dec 2, 1889 – Mar 4, 1891 · 15 months
Samuel Jackson Randall D
Dec 5, 1887 – Mar 4, 1889 · 15 months
Samuel Jackson Randall D
Dec 7, 1885 – Mar 4, 1887 · 15 months
Samuel Jackson Randall D
Dec 3, 1883 – Mar 4, 1885 · 15 months
Samuel Jackson Randall D
Dec 5, 1881 – Mar 4, 1883 · 15 months
Samuel Jackson Randall D
Mar 18, 1879 – Mar 4, 1881 · 2 years
Samuel Jackson Randall D
Oct 15, 1877 – Mar 4, 1879 · 17 months
Samuel Jackson Randall D
Dec 6, 1875 – Mar 4, 1877 · 15 months
Leonard Myers R
Dec 1, 1873 – Mar 4, 1875 · 15 months
John Moffet D
Mar 4, 1869 – Mar 4, 1871 · 2 years
Leonard Myers R
Mar 4, 1869 – Mar 4, 1873 · 4 years
Leonard Myers R
Dec 4, 1865 – Mar 4, 1869 · 3.2 years
Leonard Myers R
Dec 7, 1863 – Mar 4, 1865 · 15 months
John Paul Verree R
Jul 4, 1861 – Mar 4, 1863 · 20 months
John Paul Verree R
Dec 5, 1859 – Mar 4, 1861 · 15 months
James Landy D
Dec 7, 1857 – Mar 4, 1859 · 15 months
William Millward IRD
Dec 3, 1855 – Mar 4, 1857 · 15 months
John Robbins D
Dec 5, 1853 – Mar 4, 1855 · 15 months
Henry Dunning Moore W
Dec 1, 1851 – Mar 4, 1853 · 15 months
Henry Dunning Moore W
Dec 3, 1849 – Mar 4, 1851 · 15 months
Charles Brown D
Dec 6, 1847 – Mar 4, 1849 · 15 months
John Hull Campbell A
Dec 1, 1845 – Mar 4, 1847 · 15 months
John T. Smith D
Dec 4, 1843 – Mar 4, 1845 · 15 months
Charles Jared Ingersoll D
May 31, 1841 – Mar 4, 1843 · 21 months
Charles Naylor W
Dec 2, 1839 – Mar 4, 1841 · 15 months
Francis Jacob Harper D
Sep 4, 1837 – Mar 4, 1839 · 18 months
Charles Naylor W
Sep 4, 1837 – Mar 4, 1839 · 18 months
Michael Woolston Ash J
Dec 7, 1835 – Mar 4, 1837 · 15 months
John Goddard Watmough AJ
Dec 2, 1833 – Mar 4, 1835 · 15 months
John Goddard Watmough AJ
Dec 5, 1831 – Mar 4, 1833 · 15 months
Daniel H. Miller J
Dec 7, 1829 – Mar 4, 1831 · 15 months
Daniel H. Miller J
Dec 3, 1827 – Mar 4, 1829 · 15 months
Daniel H. Miller J
Dec 5, 1825 – Mar 4, 1827 · 15 months
Daniel H. Miller J
Dec 1, 1823 – Mar 4, 1825 · 15 months
John Phillips F
Dec 3, 1821 – Mar 4, 1823 · 15 months
James Buchanan F
Dec 3, 1821 – Mar 4, 1823 · 15 months
Jacob Hibshman R
Dec 6, 1819 – Mar 4, 1821 · 15 months
James M. Wallace R
Dec 6, 1819 – Mar 4, 1821 · 15 months
John Whiteside R
Dec 1, 1817 – Mar 4, 1819 · 15 months
James M. Wallace R
Dec 1, 1817 – Mar 4, 1819 · 15 months
John Whiteside R
Dec 4, 1815 – Mar 4, 1817 · 15 months
James M. Wallace R
Dec 4, 1815 – Mar 4, 1817 · 15 months
Edward Crouch R
May 24, 1813 – Mar 4, 1815 · 21 months
John Gloninger F
May 24, 1813 – Mar 4, 1815 · 21 months
Amos Slaymaker F
May 24, 1813 – Mar 4, 1815 · 21 months
James Whitehill R
May 24, 1813 – Mar 4, 1815 · 21 months
Joseph Lefever R
Nov 4, 1811 – Mar 4, 1813 · 16 months
Roger Davis R
Nov 4, 1811 – Mar 4, 1813 · 16 months
John M. Hyneman R
Nov 4, 1811 – Mar 4, 1813 · 16 months
Daniel Hiester R
May 22, 1809 – Mar 4, 1811 · 21 months
Robert Jenkins F
May 22, 1809 – Mar 4, 1811 · 21 months
Matthias Richards R
May 22, 1809 – Mar 4, 1811 · 21 months
John Hiester R
Oct 26, 1807 – Mar 4, 1809 · 16 months
Robert Jenkins F
Oct 26, 1807 – Mar 4, 1809 · 16 months
Matthias Richards R
Oct 26, 1807 – Mar 4, 1809 · 16 months
Isaac Anderson R
Dec 2, 1805 – Mar 4, 1807 · 15 months
Christian Lower R
Dec 2, 1805 – Mar 4, 1807 · 15 months
John Whitehill R
Dec 2, 1805 – Mar 4, 1807 · 15 months
Isaac Anderson R
Oct 17, 1803 – Mar 4, 1805 · 17 months
John Whitehill R
Oct 17, 1803 – Mar 4, 1805 · 17 months
Joseph Hiester R
Oct 17, 1803 – Mar 4, 1805 · 17 months
Joseph Hemphill F
Dec 7, 1801 – Mar 4, 1803 · 15 months
Richard Thomas F
Dec 2, 1799 – Mar 4, 1801 · 15 months
Richard Thomas F
May 15, 1797 – Mar 4, 1799 · 22 months
Richard Thomas F
Dec 7, 1795 – Mar 4, 1797 · 15 months
Israel Jacobs
Oct 24, 1791 – Mar 4, 1793 · 16 months

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