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Tennessee's 3rd congressional district

79 members have held this seat since Dec 2, 1805. Now: Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann R.

Holders
79
40 D · 24 R · 6 W · 5 J · 2 J · 1 IRD · 1 U
Longest tenure
12 years
Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann
Current
12 years
Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann, since Jan 6, 2015
history/seat/tn-3Every holder, newest first
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18201840186018801900192019401960198020002020William Dickson · 1805-12-02 – 1807-03-04 · RepublicanJesse Wharton · 1807-10-26 – 1809-03-04 · RepublicanRobert Weakley · 1809-05-22 – 1811-03-04 · RepublicanFelix Grundy · 1811-11-04 – 1813-03-04 · RepublicanThomas K. Harris · 1813-05-24 – 1815-03-04 · RepublicanIsaac Thomas · 1815-12-04 – 1817-03-04 · RepublicanFrancis Jones · 1817-12-01 – 1819-03-04 · RepublicanFrancis Jones · 1819-12-06 – 1821-03-04 · RepublicanFrancis Jones · 1821-12-03 – 1823-03-04 · RepublicanJames Israel Standifer · 1823-12-01 – 1825-03-04 · JacksonianJames Coffield Mitchell · 1825-12-05 – 1827-03-04 · JacksonJames Coffield Mitchell · 1827-12-03 – 1829-03-04 · JacksonJames Israel Standifer · 1829-12-07 – 1831-03-04 · JacksonJames Israel Standifer · 1831-12-05 – 1833-03-04 · JacksonLuke Lea · 1833-12-02 – 1835-03-04 · JacksonLuke Lea · 1835-12-07 – 1837-03-04 · JacksonianJoseph Lanier Williams · 1837-09-04 – 1839-03-04 · WhigJoseph Lanier Williams · 1839-12-02 – 1841-03-04 · WhigJoseph Lanier Williams · 1841-05-31 – 1843-03-04 · WhigJulius W. Blackwell · 1843-12-04 – 1845-03-04 · DemocratJohn Hervey Crozier · 1845-12-01 – 1847-03-04 · WhigJohn Hervey Crozier · 1847-12-06 – 1849-03-04 · WhigJosiah McNair Anderson · 1849-12-03 – 1851-03-04 · WhigWilliam Montgomery Churchwell · 1851-12-01 – 1853-03-04 · DemocratSamuel Axley Smith · 1853-12-05 – 1855-03-04 · DemocratSamuel Axley Smith · 1855-12-03 – 1857-03-04 · DemocratSamuel Axley Smith · 1857-12-07 – 1859-03-04 · DemocratReese Bowen Brabson · 1859-12-05 – 1861-03-04 · Ind. Republican-DemocratGeorge Washington Bridges · 1861-07-04 – 1863-03-04 · UnionistWilliam Brickly Stokes · 1865-12-04 – 1871-03-04 · Unconditional Unionist → RepublicanAbraham Ellison Garrett · 1871-03-04 – 1873-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Crutchfield · 1873-12-01 – 1875-03-04 · RepublicanGeorge Gibbs Dibrell · 1875-12-06 – 1877-03-04 · DemocratGeorge Gibbs Dibrell · 1877-10-15 – 1879-03-04 · DemocratGeorge Gibbs Dibrell · 1879-03-18 – 1881-03-04 · DemocratGeorge Gibbs Dibrell · 1881-12-05 – 1883-03-04 · DemocratGeorge Gibbs Dibrell · 1883-12-03 – 1885-03-04 · DemocratJohn Randolph Neal · 1885-12-07 – 1887-03-04 · DemocratJohn Randolph Neal · 1887-12-05 – 1889-03-04 · DemocratHenry Clay Evans · 1889-12-02 – 1891-03-04 · RepublicanHenry Clay Snodgrass · 1891-12-07 – 1893-03-04 · DemocratHenry Clay Snodgrass · 1893-08-07 – 1895-03-04 · DemocratFoster Vincent Brown · 1895-12-02 – 1897-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Austin Moon · 1897-03-15 – 1899-03-04 · DemocratJohn Austin Moon · 1899-12-04 – 1901-03-04 · DemocratJohn Austin Moon · 1901-12-02 – 1903-03-04 · DemocratJohn Austin Moon · 1903-11-09 – 1905-03-04 · DemocratJohn Austin Moon · 1905-12-04 – 1907-03-04 · DemocratJohn Austin Moon · 1907-12-02 – 1909-03-04 · DemocratJohn Austin Moon · 1909-03-15 – 1911-03-04 · DemocratJohn Austin Moon · 1911-04-04 – 1913-03-04 · DemocratJohn Austin Moon · 1913-04-07 – 1915-03-04 · DemocratJohn Austin Moon · 1915-12-06 – 1917-03-04 · DemocratJohn Austin Moon · 1917-04-02 – 1919-03-04 · DemocratJohn Austin Moon · 1919-05-19 – 1921-03-04 · DemocratJoseph Edgar Brown · 1921-04-11 – 1923-03-04 · RepublicanSamuel Davis McReynolds · 1923-12-03 – 1925-03-04 · DemocratSamuel Davis McReynolds · 1925-12-07 – 1927-03-05 · DemocratSamuel Davis McReynolds · 1927-12-05 – 1929-03-04 · DemocratSamuel Davis McReynolds · 1929-04-15 – 1931-03-04 · DemocratSamuel Davis McReynolds · 1931-12-07 – 1933-03-04 · DemocratSamuel Davis McReynolds · 1933-03-09 – 1941-01-04 · DemocratCarey Estes Kefauver · 1943-01-06 – 1949-01-04 · DemocratJames Beriah Frazier Jr. · 1959-01-07 – 1963-01-04 · DemocratWilliam Emerson Brock III · 1963-01-09 – 1967-01-04 · RepublicanWilliam Emerson Brock III · 1967-01-10 – 1971-01-04 · RepublicanLaMar Baker · 1971-01-21 – 1975-01-04 · RepublicanMarilyn Laird Lloyd · 1975-01-14 – 1979-01-04 · DemocratMarilyn Laird Lloyd · 1979-01-15 – 1987-01-04 · DemocratMarilyn Laird Lloyd · 1987-01-06 – 1995-01-04 · DemocratZach Wamp · 1995-01-04 – 1997-01-04 · RepublicanZach Wamp · 1997-01-07 – 1999-01-04 · RepublicanZach Wamp · 1999-01-06 – 2003-01-04 · RepublicanZach Wamp · 2003-01-07 – 2009-01-04 · RepublicanZach Wamp · 2009-01-06 – 2011-01-04 · RepublicanCharles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann · 2011-01-05 – 2015-01-04 · RepublicanCharles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann · 2015-01-06 – present · RepublicanCarey Estes Kefauver · 1939-01-03 – 1943-01-04 · DemocratJames Beriah Frazier Jr. · 1949-01-03 – 1959-01-04 · Democrat
Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann R
Jan 6, 2015 – present · 12 years
Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann R
Jan 5, 2011 – Jan 4, 2015 · 4 years
Zach Wamp R
Jan 6, 2009 – Jan 4, 2011 · 2 years
Zach Wamp R
Jan 7, 2003 – Jan 4, 2009 · 6 years
Zach Wamp R
Jan 6, 1999 – Jan 4, 2003 · 4 years
Zach Wamp R
Jan 7, 1997 – Jan 4, 1999 · 2 years
Zach Wamp R
Jan 4, 1995 – Jan 4, 1997 · 2 years
Marilyn Laird Lloyd D
Jan 6, 1987 – Jan 4, 1995 · 8 years
Marilyn Laird Lloyd D
Jan 15, 1979 – Jan 4, 1987 · 8 years
Marilyn Laird Lloyd D
Jan 14, 1975 – Jan 4, 1979 · 4 years
LaMar Baker R
Jan 21, 1971 – Jan 4, 1975 · 4 years
William Emerson Brock III R
Jan 10, 1967 – Jan 4, 1971 · 4 years
William Emerson Brock III R
Jan 9, 1963 – Jan 4, 1967 · 4 years
James Beriah Frazier Jr. D
Jan 7, 1959 – Jan 4, 1963 · 4 years
James Beriah Frazier Jr. D
Jan 3, 1949 – Jan 4, 1959 · 10 years
Carey Estes Kefauver D
Jan 6, 1943 – Jan 4, 1949 · 6 years
Carey Estes Kefauver D
Jan 3, 1939 – Jan 4, 1943 · 4 years
Samuel Davis McReynolds D
Mar 9, 1933 – Jan 4, 1941 · 7.8 years
Samuel Davis McReynolds D
Dec 7, 1931 – Mar 4, 1933 · 15 months
Samuel Davis McReynolds D
Apr 15, 1929 – Mar 4, 1931 · 23 months
Samuel Davis McReynolds D
Dec 5, 1927 – Mar 4, 1929 · 15 months
Samuel Davis McReynolds D
Dec 7, 1925 – Mar 5, 1927 · 15 months
Samuel Davis McReynolds D
Dec 3, 1923 – Mar 4, 1925 · 15 months
Joseph Edgar Brown R
Apr 11, 1921 – Mar 4, 1923 · 23 months
John Austin Moon D
May 19, 1919 – Mar 4, 1921 · 22 months
John Austin Moon D
Apr 2, 1917 – Mar 4, 1919 · 23 months
John Austin Moon D
Dec 6, 1915 – Mar 4, 1917 · 15 months
John Austin Moon D
Apr 7, 1913 – Mar 4, 1915 · 23 months
John Austin Moon D
Apr 4, 1911 – Mar 4, 1913 · 23 months
John Austin Moon D
Mar 15, 1909 – Mar 4, 1911 · 2 years
John Austin Moon D
Dec 2, 1907 – Mar 4, 1909 · 15 months
John Austin Moon D
Dec 4, 1905 – Mar 4, 1907 · 15 months
John Austin Moon D
Nov 9, 1903 – Mar 4, 1905 · 16 months
John Austin Moon D
Dec 2, 1901 – Mar 4, 1903 · 15 months
John Austin Moon D
Dec 4, 1899 – Mar 4, 1901 · 15 months
John Austin Moon D
Mar 15, 1897 – Mar 4, 1899 · 2 years
Foster Vincent Brown R
Dec 2, 1895 – Mar 4, 1897 · 15 months
Henry Clay Snodgrass D
Aug 7, 1893 – Mar 4, 1895 · 19 months
Henry Clay Snodgrass D
Dec 7, 1891 – Mar 4, 1893 · 15 months
Henry Clay Evans R
Dec 2, 1889 – Mar 4, 1891 · 15 months
John Randolph Neal D
Dec 5, 1887 – Mar 4, 1889 · 15 months
John Randolph Neal D
Dec 7, 1885 – Mar 4, 1887 · 15 months
George Gibbs Dibrell D
Dec 3, 1883 – Mar 4, 1885 · 15 months
George Gibbs Dibrell D
Dec 5, 1881 – Mar 4, 1883 · 15 months
George Gibbs Dibrell D
Mar 18, 1879 – Mar 4, 1881 · 2 years
George Gibbs Dibrell D
Oct 15, 1877 – Mar 4, 1879 · 17 months
George Gibbs Dibrell D
Dec 6, 1875 – Mar 4, 1877 · 15 months
William Crutchfield R
Dec 1, 1873 – Mar 4, 1875 · 15 months
Abraham Ellison Garrett D
Mar 4, 1871 – Mar 4, 1873 · 2 years
William Brickly Stokes UU→R
Dec 4, 1865 – Mar 4, 1871 · 5.2 years
George Washington Bridges U
Jul 4, 1861 – Mar 4, 1863 · 20 months
Reese Bowen Brabson IRD
Dec 5, 1859 – Mar 4, 1861 · 15 months
Samuel Axley Smith D
Dec 7, 1857 – Mar 4, 1859 · 15 months
Samuel Axley Smith D
Dec 3, 1855 – Mar 4, 1857 · 15 months
Samuel Axley Smith D
Dec 5, 1853 – Mar 4, 1855 · 15 months
William Montgomery Churchwell D
Dec 1, 1851 – Mar 4, 1853 · 15 months
Josiah McNair Anderson W
Dec 3, 1849 – Mar 4, 1851 · 15 months
John Hervey Crozier W
Dec 6, 1847 – Mar 4, 1849 · 15 months
John Hervey Crozier W
Dec 1, 1845 – Mar 4, 1847 · 15 months
Julius W. Blackwell D
Dec 4, 1843 – Mar 4, 1845 · 15 months
Joseph Lanier Williams W
May 31, 1841 – Mar 4, 1843 · 21 months
Joseph Lanier Williams W
Dec 2, 1839 – Mar 4, 1841 · 15 months
Joseph Lanier Williams W
Sep 4, 1837 – Mar 4, 1839 · 18 months
Luke Lea J
Dec 7, 1835 – Mar 4, 1837 · 15 months
Luke Lea J
Dec 2, 1833 – Mar 4, 1835 · 15 months
James Israel Standifer J
Dec 5, 1831 – Mar 4, 1833 · 15 months
James Israel Standifer J
Dec 7, 1829 – Mar 4, 1831 · 15 months
James Coffield Mitchell J
Dec 3, 1827 – Mar 4, 1829 · 15 months
James Coffield Mitchell J
Dec 5, 1825 – Mar 4, 1827 · 15 months
James Israel Standifer J
Dec 1, 1823 – Mar 4, 1825 · 15 months
Francis Jones R
Dec 3, 1821 – Mar 4, 1823 · 15 months
Francis Jones R
Dec 6, 1819 – Mar 4, 1821 · 15 months
Francis Jones R
Dec 1, 1817 – Mar 4, 1819 · 15 months
Isaac Thomas R
Dec 4, 1815 – Mar 4, 1817 · 15 months
Thomas K. Harris R
May 24, 1813 – Mar 4, 1815 · 21 months
Felix Grundy R
Nov 4, 1811 – Mar 4, 1813 · 16 months
Robert Weakley R
May 22, 1809 – Mar 4, 1811 · 21 months
Jesse Wharton R
Oct 26, 1807 – Mar 4, 1809 · 16 months
William Dickson R
Dec 2, 1805 – Mar 4, 1807 · 15 months

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