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Virginia's third congressional district is a United States congressional district in the commonwealth of Virginia. It covers the counties of New Kent, Charles City, Prince George, Surry, and all or part of the Cities of Richmond, Hampton, Newport News, Portsmouth and Norfolk. The current representative is Robert C. Scott (D).
[edit] Historical composition of the district
In 1788 Virginia's 3rd Congressional District consisted of all of modern Virginia including and west of the counties of Carroll, Floyd, Roanoke, Botetourt, Augusta and Rockingham. It also included what is today Pendleton County, West Virginia and also about the southern third of West Virginia which in 1788 was all Greenbrier County. This area that is today about 48 counties and 13 independent cities was in 1788 only nine counties.[1]
In the 1790 census this area had a population of 66,045.[2]
For the 1792 congressional elections the number of congresional districts in Virginia rose from 10 to 19. The only county that remained in the third district was Pendleton County. Harrison, Randolph, Hardy, Hampshire, Monongalia and Ohio Counties, all now in West Virginia were also in the district.[3] This was all of northern West Virginia except the far eastern panhandle area. The new district's 1790 population was 30,145.[4]
The 1800 Census lead to another increase in Virginia's congressional districts in 1802. The third district was again moved, this time to what was then Frederick and Shenandoah Counties in Virginia, which besides those counties also included the modern couties of Clarke, Warren and part of Page.[5] The new 3rd district had a population of 38,767 in 1800.[6]
The district's current configuration dates to 1993, when the Justice Department ordered Virginia to create a majority-minority district. At that time, portions of the old 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th districts were combined to create a new 3rd District. Some minor changes were made as a result of a 1997 federal court decision that the old 3rd was an unconstitutional racial gerrymander, but its boundaries have been largely unchanged since 1993.
[edit] Representatives
| Representative |
Lived |
Party |
Term |
Note |
| District created: March 4, 1789 |
| Andrew Moore |
(1752-1821) |
Anti-Administration |
March 4, 1789 - March 3, 1793 |
Re-elected in VA-2 |
| Joseph Neville |
(1730-1819) |
Anti-Administration |
March 4, 1793 - March 3, 1795 |
Retired |
| George Jackson |
(1757-1837) |
Democratic-Republican |
March 4, 1795 - March 3, 1797 |
Defeated |
| James Machir |
(.......-1827) |
Federalist |
March 4, 1797 - March 3, 1799 |
Defeated |
George Jackson
(2nd time) |
(1757-1837) |
Democratic-Republican |
March 4, 1799 - March 3, 1803 |
Retired |
| John Smith |
(1750-1836) |
Democratic-Republican |
March 4, 1803 - March 3, 1815 |
Retired |
| Henry S. Tucker |
(1780-1848) |
Democratic-Republican |
March 4, 1815 - March 3, 1819 |
Became a state senator |
| Jared Williams |
(1766-1831) |
Democratic-Republican |
March 4, 1819 - March 3, 1823 |
Re-elected in VA-17 |
| William S. Archer |
(1789-1855) |
Crawford Republican |
March 4, 1823 - March 3, 1825 |
|
| Jackson Republican |
March 4, 1825 - March 3, 1829 |
|
| Jacksonian |
March 4, 1829 - March 3, 1833 |
|
| Democratic |
March 4, 1833 - March 3, 1835 |
Defeated |
| John W. Jones |
(1791-1848) |
Democratic |
March 4, 1841 - March 3, 1843 |
Re-elected in VA-6 |
| Walter Coles |
(1790-1857) |
Democratic |
March 4, 1843 - March 3, 1845 |
Retired |
| William M. Tredway |
(1807-1891) |
Democratic |
March 4, 1845 - March 3, 1847 |
Defeated |
| Thomas S. Flournoy |
(1811-1883) |
Whig |
March 4, 1847 - March 3, 1849 |
Defeated |
| Thomas H. Averett |
(1800-1855) |
Democratic |
March 4, 1849 - March 3, 1853 |
Defeated |
| John S. Caskie |
(1821-1869) |
Democratic |
March 4, 1853 - March 3, 1859 |
Defeated |
| Daniel C. DeJarnette, Sr. |
(1822-1881) |
Independent Democratic |
March 4, 1859 - March 3, 1861 |
Resigned |
| Representation during the Civil War |
| Union District |
| Vacant |
March 4, 1861 - March 18, 1865 |
|
| Confederate District |
| James Lyons |
(1801-1882) |
Independent |
February 18, 1862 - February 17, 1864 |
Retired |
| Williams C. Wickham |
(1820-1888) |
Independent |
February 18, 1864 - March 18, 1865 |
C.S.A. House adjourned |
| Restoration of the Union |
| Representation inactive |
March 18, 1865 - January 25, 1870 |
Readmission to the Union |
| Vacant |
January 26, 1870 |
Representative seated |
| Charles H. Porter |
(1833-1897) |
Republican |
January 27, 1870 - March 3, 1873 |
Retired |
| John A. Smith |
(1847-1892) |
Republican |
March 4, 1873 - March 3, 1875 |
Defeated |
| Gilbert C. Walker |
(1833-1885) |
Democratic |
March 4, 1875 - March 3, 1879 |
Retired |
| Joseph E. Johnston |
(1807-1891) |
Democratic |
March 4, 1879 - March 3, 1881 |
Retired |
| George D. Wise |
(1831-1898) |
Democratic |
March 4, 1881 - April 11, 1890 |
Election successfully contested |
| Edmund Waddill, Jr. |
(1855-1931) |
Republican |
April 12, 1890 - March 3, 1891 |
Retired |
George D. Wise
(2nd time) |
(1831-1898) |
Democratic |
March 4, 1891 - March 3, 1895 |
Retired |
| Tazewell Ellett |
(1856-1914) |
Democratic |
March 4, 1895 - March 3, 1897 |
Defeated |
| John Lamb |
(1840-1924) |
Democratic |
March 4, 1897 - March 3, 1913 |
Defeated |
| Andrew J. Montague |
(1862-1937) |
Democratic |
March 4, 1913 - March 3, 1933 |
Re-elected in VA-AL |
| State using at-large format |
March 4, 1933 - January 3, 1935 |
|
Andrew J. Montague
(2nd time) |
(1862-1937) |
Democratic |
March 4, 1935 - January 24, 1937 |
Died in office |
| Vacant |
January 24, 1937 - November 2, 1937 |
|
| David E. Satterfield, Jr. |
(1894-1946) |
Democratic |
November 2, 1937 - February 15, 1945 |
Resigned to public life |
| Vacant |
February 15, 1945 - March 6, 1945 |
Special election March 6, 1945 |
| J. Vaughan Gary |
(1892-1973) |
Democratic |
March 6, 1945 - January 3, 1965 |
Retired |
| David E. Satterfield III |
(b. 1920) |
Democratic |
January 3, 1965 - January 3, 1981 |
Retired |
| Thomas J. Bliley, Jr. |
(b. 1932) |
Republican |
January 3, 1981 - January 3, 1993 |
Reelected in VA-7 |
| Robert C. Scott |
(b. 1947) |
Democratic |
January 3, 1993 - Current |
|
[edit] Sources
- ^ Parsons, Stanley B, William W. Beach and Dan Hermann. United States Congressional Districts 1788-1841. (Westport: Greenwood Press, 1978) p. 29
- ^ Parsons. Congressional Districts. p. 28
- ^ Parsons. Congresional Districts. p. 71
- ^ Parsons. Congresional Districts. p. 70
- ^ Parsons. Congressional Districts. p. 129
- ^ Parsons. Congressional Districts. p. 128
