North Carolina's 3rd congressional district

North Carolina's 3rd congressional district
North Carolina's 3rd congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
Current Representative		Walter B. Jones (R–Farmville)
Distribution	53.13% urban, 46.87% rural
Population (2000)	749,823
Median income	$44,871
Ethnicity	74% White, 20.55% Black, 1.21% Asian, 5.77% Hispanic, 0.8% Native American, 1.48% other
Cook PVI	R+10[1]

North Carolina's 3rd congressional district is located on the Atlantic coast of North Carolina. It covers the Outer Banks and the counties adjacent to the Pamlico Sound.

The district is represented by Walter B. Jones, a Republican. He has been its representative since 1995. In 2008, he defeated Democrat Craig Weber for reelection, and was challenged in 2010 by former Chair of the Pitt County Democratic Party Johnny Rouse, whom he defeated by a vote of 72% to 26% (141,978 votes to 50,600). In 2012, he was challenged by Frank Palombo, the former New Bern Police Chief, for the Republican Party nomination.^[2] The winner of the Republican primary then faced Marine Corps Veteran Erik Anderson in the general election.^[3]

List of representatives

Representative	Party	Years	District Residence	Note
Timothy Bloodworth	Anti-Administration	April 6, 1790 – March 3, 1791
John B. Ashe	Anti-Administration	March 4, 1791 – March 3, 1793		Redistricted from the 1st district
Joseph Winston	Anti-Administration	March 4, 1793 – March 3, 1795
Jesse Franklin	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1795 – March 3, 1797
Robert Williams	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1797 – March 3, 1803
William Kennedy	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1805
Thomas Blount	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1805 – March 3, 1809
William Kennedy	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1809 – March 3, 1811
Thomas Blount	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1811 – February 7, 1812		Died eleven months and three days into 1811–13 term
William Kennedy	Democratic-Republican	January 30, 1813 – March 3, 1815
James W. Clark	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1815 – March 3, 1817
Thomas H. Hall	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1823
	Crawford D-R	March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825
Richard Hines	Jacksonian	March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1827
Thomas H. Hall	Jacksonian	March 4, 1827 – March 3, 1835
Ebenezer Pettigrew	Anti-Jacksonian	March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837
Edward Stanly	Whig	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1843
David S. Reid	Democratic	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1847
Daniel M. Barringer	Whig	March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849		Redistricted from the 2nd district
Edmund Deberry	Whig	March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851
Alfred Dockery	Whig	March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853
William S. Ashe	Democratic	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855		Redistricted from the 7th district
Warren Winslow	Democratic	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1861
Civil War and Reconstruction
Oliver H. Dockery	Republican	July 13, 1868 – March 3, 1871
Alfred M. Waddell	Democratic	March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1879
Daniel L. Russell	Greenback	March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1881
John W. Shackelford	Democratic	March 4, 1881 – January 18, 1883		Died one year, ten months and fourteen days into 1881–83 term
Wharton J. Green	Democratic	March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1887
Charles W. McClammy	Democratic	March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1891
Benjamin F. Grady	Democratic	March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1895
John G. Shaw	Democratic	March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1897
John E. Fowler	Populist	March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1899
Charles R. Thomas	Democratic	March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1911
John M. Faison	Democratic	March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1915
George E. Hood	Democratic	March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1919
Samuel M. Brinson	Democratic	March 4, 1919 – April 13, 1922		Died one year, one month and nine days into 1921–23 term
Charles L. Abernethy	Democratic	November 7, 1922 – January 3, 1935
Graham A. Barden	Democratic	January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1961
David N. Henderson	Democratic	January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1977
Charles O. Whitley	Democratic	January 3, 1977 – December 31, 1986		Resigned
Martin Lancaster	Democratic	January 3, 1987 – January 3, 1995
Walter B. Jones	Republican	January 3, 1995 – Present

Historical district boundaries

2003 - 2013

See also

• North Carolina's congressional districts
• List of United States congressional districts

References

1. "Partisan Voting Index Districts of the 113th Congress: 2004 & 2008" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. 2012. Retrieved 2013-01-10.
2. "Former New Bern police chief seeks House seat". Kinston Free Press. January 17, 2012. Retrieved January 30, 2012.
3. "Pitt County political rallies set". 2012-03-17.

• Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
• Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
• Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present
• Rouse for Congress, North Carolina election results - Politics - Decision 2010 - msnbc.com

Coordinates: 35°24′20″N 76°37′47″W / 35.40556°N 76.62972°W