Indiana's 3rd congressional district

Indiana's 3rd congressional district
Indiana's 3rd congressional district since January 3, 2023
Representative	Jim Banks R–Columbia City
Area	3,239.8 sq mi (8,391 km2)
Distribution	65.14% urban 34.86% rural
Population (2023)	764,836
Median household income	$65,351[1]
Ethnicity	80.5% White 6.7% Hispanic 6.0% Black 3.6% Two or more races 2.6% Asian 0.6% other
Cook PVI	R+18[2]

Indiana's 3rd congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Indiana. Based in Fort Wayne, the district takes in the northeastern part of the state. This district includes all of Adams, Allen, Blackford, DeKalb, Huntington, LaGrange, Noble, Steuben, Wells and Whitley counties, as well as northern Jay and northeast Kosciusko counties.

The district is currently represented by Republican Jim Banks, who succeeded fellow Republican Marlin Stutzman. Stutzman succeeded Mark Souder in a special election in 2010. Souder resigned after admitting his involvement in an affair with a married member of his congressional staff.

Congressman Marlin Stutzman announced he would not run for reelection and instead campaign for the Republican nomination to succeed retiring Senator Dan Coats. On May 12, 2015, Indiana State Senator Jim Banks announced his intention to run for Indiana's Third Congressional District.^[3] Another Indiana State Senator, Liz Brown,^[4] also announced she would seek the Republican nomination.^[5]

The district and its predecessors have typically been strongly Republican. It occasionally elected Democrats in the past, but the Democrats have not come close to winning it since 1994. Pockets of Democratic influence exist in Fort Wayne itself, which frequently elects Democratic mayors and occasionally sends Democrats to the state legislature. However, this is nowhere near enough to overcome the overwhelming Republican lean of the rest of the district.

• Fort Wayne – 265,974
• Huntington – 17,022
• New Haven – 15,583
• Auburn – 13,412
• Bluffton – 10,308
• Kendallville – 10,271

• Decatur – 9,913
• Columbia City – 9,892
• Angola – 9,340
• Huntertown – 9,141
• Garrett – 6,542
• Portland – 6,320
• Hartford City – 6,086
• Winchester – 4,843
• Ligonier – 4,568
• Berne – 4,173
• Leo-Cedarville – 3,624
• Union City – 3,454
• Ossian – 3,266
• Syracuse – 3,079
• LaGrange – 2,715
• Butler – 2,684

Member	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history	Location
District created March 4, 1823
John Test (Brookville)	Democratic- Republican	March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825	18th 19th	Elected in 1822. Re-elected in 1824. Lost re-election.	1823 – 1833 Dearborn, Decatur, Fayette, Franklin, Henry, Randolph, Ripley, Rush, Switzerland, Union, and Wayne
	Anti- Jacksonian	March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1827
Oliver H. Smith (Connersville)	Jacksonian	March 4, 1827 – March 3, 1829	20th	Elected in 1826. Retired.
John Test (Lawrenceburg)	Anti- Jacksonian	March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1831	21st	Elected in 1828. Lost re-election.
Johnathan McCarty (Connersville)	Jacksonian	March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1833	22nd	Elected in 1831. Redistricted to the 5th district.
John Carr (Charlestown)	Jacksonian	March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1837	23rd 24th	Redistricted from the 2nd district and re-elected in 1833. Re-elected in 1835. Retired.	1833 – 1843 [data missing]
William Graham (Vallonia)	Whig	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839	25th	Elected in 1837. Lost re-election.
John Carr (Charlestown)	Democratic	March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1841	26th	Elected in 1839. Lost re-election.
Joseph L. White (Madison)	Whig	March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843	27th	Elected in 1841. Redistricted to the 2nd district and lost re-election.
Thomas Smith (Versailles)	Democratic	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1847	28th 29th	Elected in 1843. Re-elected in 1845. Retired.	1843 – 1853 [data missing]
John L. Robinson (Rushville)	Democratic	March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1853	30th 31st 32nd	Elected in 1847. Re-elected in 1849. Re-elected in 1851. Retired.
Cyrus L. Dunham (Salem)	Democratic	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855	33rd	Redistricted from the 2nd district and re-elected in 1852. Lost re-election.	1853 – 1863 [data missing]
George G. Dunn (Bedford)	People's	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857	34th	Elected in 1854. Retired.
James Hughes (Bloomington)	Democratic	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859	35th	Elected in 1856. Lost re-election.
William M. Dunn (Madison)	Republican	March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1863	36th 37th	Elected in 1858. Re-elected in 1860. Lost re-election.
Henry W. Harrington (Madison)	Democratic	March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1865	38th	Elected in 1862. Lost re-election.	1863 – 1873 [data missing]
Ralph Hill (Columbus)	Republican	March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1867	39th	Elected in 1864. Retired.
Morton C. Hunter (Bloomington)	Republican	March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1869	40th	Elected in 1866. Retired.
William S. Holman (Aurora)	Democratic	March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1875	41st 42nd 43rd	Redistricted from the 4th district and re-elected in 1868. Re-elected in 1870. Re-elected in 1872. Redistricted to the 5th district.
1873 – 1883 [data missing]
	Michael C. Kerr (New Albany)	Democratic	March 4, 1875 – August 19, 1876	44th	Elected in 1874. Died.
	Vacant		August 19, 1876 – December 5, 1876
	Nathan T. Carr (Columbus)	Democratic	December 5, 1876 – March 3, 1877		Elected to finish Kerr's term. Was not candidate for full term.
	George A. Bicknell (New Albany)	Democratic	March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1881	45th 46th	Elected in 1876. Re-elected in 1878. Lost renomination.
	Strother M. Stockslager (Corydon)	Democratic	March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1885	47th 48th	Elected in 1880. Re-elected in 1882. Lost renomination.
1883 – 1893 [data missing]
	Jonas G. Howard (Jeffersonville)	Democratic	March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1889	49th 50th	Elected in 1884. Re-elected in 1886. Lost renomination.
	Jason B. Brown (Seymour)	Democratic	March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1895	51st 52nd 53rd	Elected in 1888. Re-elected in 1890. Re-elected in 1892. Lost renomination.
1893 – 1903 [data missing]
	Robert J. Tracewell (Corydon)	Republican	March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1897	54th	Elected in 1894. Lost re-election.
	William T. Zenor (Corydon)	Democratic	March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1907	55th 56th 57th 58th 59th	Elected in 1896. Re-elected in 1898. Re-elected in 1900. Re-elected in 1902. Re-elected in 1904. Retired.
1903 – 1913 [data missing]
	William E. Cox (Jasper)	Democratic	March 4, 1907 – March 3, 1919	60th 61st 62nd 63rd 64th 65th	Elected in 1906. Re-elected in 1908. Re-elected in 1910. Re-elected in 1912. Re-elected in 1914. Re-elected in 1916. Lost re-election.
1913 – 1923 [data missing]
	James W. Dunbar (New Albany)	Republican	March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1923	66th 67th	Elected in 1918. Re-elected in 1920. Retired.
Frank Gardner (Scottsburg)	Democratic	March 4, 1923 – March 3, 1929	68th 69th 70th	Elected in 1922. Re-elected in 1924. Re-elected in 1926. Lost re-election.	1923 – 1933 [data missing]
James W. Dunbar (New Albany)	Republican	March 4, 1929 – March 3, 1931	71st	Elected in 1928. Lost re-election.
Eugene B. Crowe (Bedford)	Democratic	March 4, 1931 – March 3, 1933	72nd	Elected in 1930. Redistricted to the 9th district.
Samuel B. Pettengill (South Bend)	Democratic	March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1939	73rd 74th 75th	Redistricted from the 13th district and re-elected in 1932. Re-elected in 1934. Re-elected in 1936. Retired.	1933 – 1943 [data missing]
Robert A. Grant (South Bend)	Republican	January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1949	76th 77th 78th 79th 80th	Elected in 1938. Re-elected in 1940. Re-elected in 1942. Re-elected in 1944. Re-elected in 1946. Lost re-election.
1943 – 1953 [data missing]
	Thurman C. Crook (South Bend)	Democratic	January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1951	81st	Elected in 1948. Lost re-election.
	Shepard Crumpacker (South Bend)	Republican	January 3, 1951 – January 3, 1957	82nd 83rd 84th	Elected in 1950. Re-elected in 1952. Re-elected in 1954. Retired.
1953 – 1963 [data missing]
	F. Jay Nimtz (South Bend)	Republican	January 3, 1957 – January 3, 1959	85th	Elected in 1956. Lost re-election.
	John Brademas (South Bend)	Democratic	January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1981	86th 87th 88th 89th 90th 91st 92nd 93rd 94th 95th 96th	Elected in 1958. Re-elected in 1960. Re-elected in 1962. Re-elected in 1964. Re-elected in 1966. Re-elected in 1968. Re-elected in 1970. Re-elected in 1972. Re-elected in 1974. Re-elected in 1976. Re-elected in 1978. Lost re-election.
1963 – 1973 [data missing]
1973 – 1983 [data missing]
	John P. Hiler (La Porte)	Republican	January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1991	97th 98th 99th 100th 101st	Elected in 1980. Re-elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1984. Re-elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1988. Lost re-election.
1983 – 1993 [data missing]
	Tim Roemer (South Bend)	Democratic	January 3, 1991 – January 3, 2003	102nd 103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th	Elected in 1990. Re-elected in 1992. Re-elected in 1994. Re-elected in 1996. Re-elected in 1998. Re-elected in 2000. Retired.
1993 – 2003 [data missing]
Mark Souder (Fort Wayne)	Republican	January 3, 2003 – May 21, 2010	108th 109th 110th 111th	Redistricted from the 4th district and re-elected in 2002. Re-elected in 2004. Re-elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Resigned.	2003 – 2013 [data missing]
Vacant		May 21, 2010 – November 16, 2010	111th
Marlin Stutzman (Howe)	Republican	November 16, 2010 – January 3, 2017	111th 112th 113th 114th	Elected to finish Souder's term. Elected to full term in 2010. Re-elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Retired to run for U.S. Senator.
					2013 – 2023
Jim Banks (Columbia City)	Republican	January 3, 2017 – present	115th 116th 117th 118th	Elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. Re-elected in 2022. Retiring at end of term to run for U.S. Senator.
					2023 – present
Marlin Stutzman (elect) (Howe)	Republican	January 3, 2025		Elected in 2024.

As of 2013.

• 5 Blackford County exists in both the 3rd and 5th congressional districts. One city, Montpelier, exists in the 3rd congressional district; and one city, Hartford City, exists in the 5th congressional district. One township, Harrison, exists in the 3rd congressional district; and three townships, Washington, Licking, and Jackson, exist in the 5th congressional district.
• 64 Kosciusko County exists in both the 2nd and 3rd congressional districts. Half of one city, Warsaw, exists in the 2nd and 3rd congressional districts; twelve townships, Clay, Etna, Franklin, Harrison, Jefferson, Lake, Plain, Prairie, Scott, Seward, Turkey Creek, Van Buren exist in the 2nd congressional district; and three townships, Jackson, Washington, and Wayne, exist in the 3rd congressional district. They are partitioned by Indiana S 1000 W35, North 200W and West 700N.

(2010 census)

• Fort Wayne – 253,691
• New Haven – 15,709
• Huntington – 17,391
• Wabash – 10,666
• Warsaw – 13,559
• Auburn – 13,086

(2010 census)

• Berne – 3,999
• Decatur – 9,405
• Huntertown – 4,810
• Leo-Cedarville – 3,603
• Hartford City – 6,220
• Butler, DeKalb County, Indiana – 2,684
• Garett, DeKalb County, Indiana – 6,286
• Grant Township – 3,245
• Jackson Township – 3,064
• Portland – 6,161
• LaGrange – 2,625
• Kendallville – 9,862
• Ligonier – 4,405
• Angola – 8,612
• Bluffton – 9,897
• Ossian – 3,289
• Columbia City – 8,750

• Indiana's congressional districts
• List of United States congressional districts

• 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

• Rep. Jim Banks's official House of Representatives website

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