History / Congress

Texas's 3rd congressional district

56 members have held this seat since Mar 4, 1869. Now: Keith Self R.

Holders
56
41 D · 15 R
Longest tenure
10 years
Lindley Garrison Beckworth Sr.
Current
3.8 years
Keith Self, since Jan 3, 2023
history/seat/tx-3Every holder, newest first
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18801900192019401960198020002020William Thomas Clark · 1869-03-04 – 1873-03-04 · RepublicanDe Witt Clinton Giddings · 1873-12-01 – 1875-03-04 · DemocratJames Webb Throckmorton · 1875-12-06 – 1877-03-04 · DemocratJames Webb Throckmorton · 1877-10-15 – 1879-03-04 · DemocratOlin Wellborn · 1879-03-18 – 1881-03-04 · DemocratOlin Wellborn · 1881-12-05 – 1883-03-04 · DemocratJames Henry Jones · 1883-12-03 – 1885-03-04 · DemocratJames Henry Jones · 1885-12-07 – 1887-03-04 · DemocratConstantine Buckley Kilgore · 1887-12-05 – 1889-03-04 · DemocratConstantine Buckley Kilgore · 1889-12-02 – 1891-03-04 · DemocratConstantine Buckley Kilgore · 1891-12-07 – 1893-03-04 · DemocratConstantine Buckley Kilgore · 1893-08-07 – 1895-03-04 · DemocratCharles Henderson Yoakum · 1895-12-02 – 1897-03-04 · DemocratReese Calhoun De Graffenreid · 1897-03-15 – 1899-03-04 · DemocratReese Calhoun De Graffenreid · 1899-12-04 – 1901-03-04 · DemocratReese Calhoun De Graffenreid · 1901-12-02 – 1903-03-04 · DemocratGordon James Russell · 1903-11-09 – 1905-03-04 · DemocratGordon James Russell · 1905-12-04 – 1907-03-04 · DemocratGordon James Russell · 1907-12-02 – 1909-03-04 · DemocratRobert Maclin Lively · 1909-03-15 – 1911-03-04 · DemocratJames Young · 1911-04-04 – 1913-03-04 · DemocratJames Young · 1913-04-07 – 1915-03-04 · DemocratJames Young · 1915-12-06 – 1917-03-04 · DemocratJames Young · 1917-04-02 – 1919-03-04 · DemocratJames Young · 1919-05-19 – 1921-03-04 · DemocratMorgan Gurley Sanders · 1921-04-11 – 1923-03-04 · DemocratMorgan Gurley Sanders · 1923-12-03 – 1925-03-04 · DemocratMorgan Gurley Sanders · 1925-12-07 – 1927-03-05 · DemocratMorgan Gurley Sanders · 1927-12-05 – 1929-03-04 · DemocratMorgan Gurley Sanders · 1929-04-15 – 1931-03-04 · DemocratMorgan Gurley Sanders · 1931-12-07 – 1933-03-04 · DemocratMorgan Gurley Sanders · 1933-03-09 – 1939-01-04 · DemocratLindley Garrison Beckworth Sr. · 1943-01-06 – 1953-01-04 · DemocratLindley Garrison Beckworth Sr. · 1957-01-03 – 1959-01-04 · DemocratLindley Garrison Beckworth Sr. · 1959-01-07 – 1963-01-04 · DemocratLindley Garrison Beckworth Sr. · 1963-01-09 – 1967-01-04 · DemocratJoe Richard Pool · 1967-01-10 – 1969-01-04 · DemocratJames Mitchell Collins · 1971-01-21 – 1975-01-04 · RepublicanJames Mitchell Collins · 1975-01-14 – 1979-01-04 · RepublicanJames Mitchell Collins · 1979-01-15 – 1983-01-04 · RepublicanHarry Stephen Bartlett · 1987-01-06 – 1991-03-12 · RepublicanSam Johnson · 1991-05-18 – 1997-01-04 · RepublicanSam Johnson · 1997-01-07 – 1999-01-04 · RepublicanSam Johnson · 1999-01-06 – 2003-01-04 · RepublicanSam Johnson · 2003-01-07 – 2009-01-04 · RepublicanSam Johnson · 2009-01-06 – 2015-01-04 · RepublicanSam Johnson · 2015-01-06 – 2019-01-04 · RepublicanKeith Self · 2023-01-03 – present · RepublicanDe Witt Clinton Giddings · 1871-03-04 – 1873-03-04 · DemocratGordon James Russell · 1901-12-02 – 1903-03-04 · DemocratGordon James Russell · 1909-03-15 – 1911-03-04 · DemocratLindley Garrison Beckworth Sr. · 1939-01-03 – 1943-01-04 · DemocratBrady Preston Gentry · 1953-01-03 – 1957-01-04 · DemocratJames Mitchell Collins · 1967-01-10 – 1971-01-04 · RepublicanHarry Stephen Bartlett · 1983-01-03 – 1987-01-04 · RepublicanVan Taylor · 2019-01-03 – 2023-01-04 · Republican
Keith Self R
Jan 3, 2023 – present · 3.8 years
Van Taylor R
Jan 3, 2019 – Jan 4, 2023 · 4 years
Sam Johnson R
Jan 6, 2015 – Jan 4, 2019 · 4 years
Sam Johnson R
Jan 6, 2009 – Jan 4, 2015 · 6 years
Sam Johnson R
Jan 7, 2003 – Jan 4, 2009 · 6 years
Sam Johnson R
Jan 6, 1999 – Jan 4, 2003 · 4 years
Sam Johnson R
Jan 7, 1997 – Jan 4, 1999 · 2 years
Sam Johnson R
May 18, 1991 – Jan 4, 1997 · 5.6 years
Harry Stephen Bartlett R
Jan 6, 1987 – Mar 12, 1991 · 4.2 years
Harry Stephen Bartlett R
Jan 3, 1983 – Jan 4, 1987 · 4 years
James Mitchell Collins R
Jan 15, 1979 – Jan 4, 1983 · 4 years
James Mitchell Collins R
Jan 14, 1975 – Jan 4, 1979 · 4 years
James Mitchell Collins R
Jan 21, 1971 – Jan 4, 1975 · 4 years
Joe Richard Pool D
Jan 10, 1967 – Jan 4, 1969 · 2 years
James Mitchell Collins R
Jan 10, 1967 – Jan 4, 1971 · 4 years
Lindley Garrison Beckworth Sr. D
Jan 9, 1963 – Jan 4, 1967 · 4 years
Lindley Garrison Beckworth Sr. D
Jan 7, 1959 – Jan 4, 1963 · 4 years
Lindley Garrison Beckworth Sr. D
Jan 3, 1957 – Jan 4, 1959 · 2 years
Brady Preston Gentry D
Jan 3, 1953 – Jan 4, 1957 · 4 years
Lindley Garrison Beckworth Sr. D
Jan 6, 1943 – Jan 4, 1953 · 10 years
Lindley Garrison Beckworth Sr. D
Jan 3, 1939 – Jan 4, 1943 · 4 years
Morgan Gurley Sanders D
Mar 9, 1933 – Jan 4, 1939 · 5.8 years
Morgan Gurley Sanders D
Dec 7, 1931 – Mar 4, 1933 · 15 months
Morgan Gurley Sanders D
Apr 15, 1929 – Mar 4, 1931 · 23 months
Morgan Gurley Sanders D
Dec 5, 1927 – Mar 4, 1929 · 15 months
Morgan Gurley Sanders D
Dec 7, 1925 – Mar 5, 1927 · 15 months
Morgan Gurley Sanders D
Dec 3, 1923 – Mar 4, 1925 · 15 months
Morgan Gurley Sanders D
Apr 11, 1921 – Mar 4, 1923 · 23 months
James Young D
May 19, 1919 – Mar 4, 1921 · 22 months
James Young D
Apr 2, 1917 – Mar 4, 1919 · 23 months
James Young D
Dec 6, 1915 – Mar 4, 1917 · 15 months
James Young D
Apr 7, 1913 – Mar 4, 1915 · 23 months
James Young D
Apr 4, 1911 – Mar 4, 1913 · 23 months
Robert Maclin Lively D
Mar 15, 1909 – Mar 4, 1911 · 2 years
Gordon James Russell D
Mar 15, 1909 – Mar 4, 1911 · 2 years
Gordon James Russell D
Dec 2, 1907 – Mar 4, 1909 · 15 months
Gordon James Russell D
Dec 4, 1905 – Mar 4, 1907 · 15 months
Gordon James Russell D
Nov 9, 1903 – Mar 4, 1905 · 16 months
Reese Calhoun De Graffenreid D
Dec 2, 1901 – Mar 4, 1903 · 15 months
Gordon James Russell D
Dec 2, 1901 – Mar 4, 1903 · 15 months
Reese Calhoun De Graffenreid D
Dec 4, 1899 – Mar 4, 1901 · 15 months
Reese Calhoun De Graffenreid D
Mar 15, 1897 – Mar 4, 1899 · 2 years
Charles Henderson Yoakum D
Dec 2, 1895 – Mar 4, 1897 · 15 months
Constantine Buckley Kilgore D
Aug 7, 1893 – Mar 4, 1895 · 19 months
Constantine Buckley Kilgore D
Dec 7, 1891 – Mar 4, 1893 · 15 months
Constantine Buckley Kilgore D
Dec 2, 1889 – Mar 4, 1891 · 15 months
Constantine Buckley Kilgore D
Dec 5, 1887 – Mar 4, 1889 · 15 months
James Henry Jones D
Dec 7, 1885 – Mar 4, 1887 · 15 months
James Henry Jones D
Dec 3, 1883 – Mar 4, 1885 · 15 months
Olin Wellborn D
Dec 5, 1881 – Mar 4, 1883 · 15 months
Olin Wellborn D
Mar 18, 1879 – Mar 4, 1881 · 2 years
James Webb Throckmorton D
Oct 15, 1877 – Mar 4, 1879 · 17 months
James Webb Throckmorton D
Dec 6, 1875 – Mar 4, 1877 · 15 months
De Witt Clinton Giddings D
Dec 1, 1873 – Mar 4, 1875 · 15 months
De Witt Clinton Giddings D
Mar 4, 1871 – Mar 4, 1873 · 2 years
William Thomas Clark R
Mar 4, 1869 – Mar 4, 1873 · 4 years

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