Alabama's 3rd congressional district

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Alabama's 3rd congressional district
From 2023 to 2025 From 2025 Interactive map of district boundaries
Representative	Mike Rogers R–Weaver
Area	7,988 sq mi (20,690 km2)
Distribution	50.24% urban 49.76% rural
Population (2023)	730,373[1]
Median household income	$59,741[2]
Ethnicity	65.9% White 24.5% Black 3.7% Hispanic 3.5% Two or more races 1.7% Asian 0.6% other
Occupation	51.7% White-collar 33.1% Blue-collar 15.2% Gray-collar
Cook PVI	R+19[3]

Alabama's 3rd congressional district is a United States congressional district in Alabama that elects a representative to the United States House of Representatives. It is based in east-central Alabama and encompasses Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee, Clay, Cleburne, Lee, Macon, Randolph, Russell, St. Clair, Talladega, and Tallapoosa counties, and parts of Chilton County. Cities in the district include Phenix City, Talladega, Tuskegee, and Auburn. Prior to the most recent redistricting cycle, the 3rd district had included parts of the state capital city of Montgomery in Montgomery County.

At the federal level, the district is strongly Republican-leaning, though not quite as strongly as some of the other districts in the state. John McCain carried the district in 2008 with 56.21% of the vote while Barack Obama won 43.04% of the vote.

The district is currently represented by Republican Mike Rogers and was once represented by Bob Riley, the former Governor of Alabama.

Member	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history	Location
District created March 4, 1823
George Washington Owen (Claiborne)	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825	18th 19th 20th	Elected in 1823. Re-elected in 1825. Re-elected in 1827. Retired.	1823–1825 "Southern district": Autauga, Baldwin, Butler, Clark, Conecuh, Covington, Dallas, Henry, Mobile, Montgomery, Monroe, Pike, Washington, and Wilcox counties[4]
	Jacksonian	March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1829			1825–1833 "Southern district": Autauga, Baldwin, Blount, Butler, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington, Dale, Dallas, Henry, Mobile, Montgomery, Monroe, Pike, Washington, and Wilcox counties[5]
Dixon Hall Lewis (Montgomery)	Jacksonian	March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1833	21st 22nd	Elected in 1829. Re-elected in 1831. Redistricted to the 4th district.
Samuel Wright Mardis (Montevallo)	Jacksonian	March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1835	23rd	Redistricted from the 2nd district and re-elected in 1833. Retired.	1833–1841 [data missing]
Joab Lawler (Mardisville)	Whig	March 4, 1835 – May 8, 1838	24th 25th	Elected in 1835. Re-elected in 1837. Died.
Vacant		May 8, 1838 – September 4, 1838	25th
George Whitfield Crabb (Tuscaloosa)	Whig	September 4, 1838 – March 3, 1841	25th 26th	Elected to finish Lawler's term. Re-elected in 1839. Redistricted to the at-large district and lost re-election.
District inactive		March 3, 1841 – March 4, 1843	27th	All representatives elected at-large.
Dixon Hall Lewis (Lowndesboro)	Democratic	March 4, 1843 – April 22, 1844	28th	Redistricted from the at-large district and re-elected in 1843. Resigned when appointed U.S. senator.	1843–1853 [data missing]
Vacant		April 22, 1844 – December 2, 1844
William Lowndes Yancey (Wetumpka)	Democratic	December 2, 1844 – September 1, 1846	28th 29th	Elected to finish Lewis's term. Re-elected in 1845. Resigned.
Vacant		September 1, 1846 – December 7, 1846	29th
James La Fayette Cottrell (Hayneville)	Democratic	December 7, 1846 – March 3, 1847		Elected to finish Yancey's term. Retired.
Sampson Willis Harris (Wetumpka)	Democratic	March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1855	30th 31st 32nd 33rd	Elected in 1847. Re-elected in 1849. Re-elected in 1851. Re-elected in 1853. Redistricted to the 7th district.
		1853–1861 [data missing]
James Ferguson Dowdell (Chambers)	Democratic		March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1859	34th 35th	Redistricted from the 7th district and re-elected in 1855. Re-elected in 1857. Retired.
David Clopton (Tuskegee)	Democratic		March 4, 1859 – January 21, 1861	36th	Elected in 1859. Withdrew due to Civil War.
Vacant		January 21, 1861 – July 21, 1868	36th 37th 38th 39th 40th	Civil War and Reconstruction
Benjamin White Norris (Elmore)	Republican	July 21, 1868 – March 3, 1869	40th	Elected for partial term in 1868. Lost re-election.	1868–1873 [data missing]
Robert Stell Heflin (Opelika)	Republican	March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1871	41st	Elected in 1868. Retired.
William Anderson Handley (Roanoke)	Democratic	March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1873	42nd	Elected in 1870. Retired.
Charles Pelham (Talladega)	Republican	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875	43rd	Elected in 1872. Retired.	1873–1883 [data missing]
Taul Bradford (Talladega)	Democratic	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877	44th	Elected in 1874. Retired.
Jeremiah Norman Williams (Clayton)	Democratic	March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1879	45th	Redistricted from the 2nd district and re-elected in 1876. Retired.
William J. Samford (Opelika)	Democratic	March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1881	46th	Elected in 1878. Retired.
William C. Oates (Abbeville)	Democratic	March 4, 1881 – November 5, 1894	47th 48th 49th 50th 51st 52nd 53rd	Elected in 1880. Re-elected in 1882. Re-elected in 1884. Re-elected in 1886. Re-elected in 1888. Re-elected in 1890. Re-elected in 1892. Retired to run for governor and resigned when elected.
					1883–1893 [data missing]
George Paul Harrison Jr. (Opelika)	Democratic	November 6, 1894 – March 3, 1897	53rd 54th	Elected to finish Oates's term. Also elected to the next full term. Retired.
					1893–1903 [data missing]
Henry De Lamar Clayton Jr. (Eufaula)	Democratic	March 4, 1897 – May 25, 1914	55th 56th 57th 58th 59th 60th 61st 62nd 63rd	Elected in 1896. Re-elected in 1898. Re-elected in 1900. Re-elected in 1902. Re-elected in 1904. Re-elected in 1906. Re-elected in 1908. Re-elected in 1910. Re-elected in 1912. Resigned to become U.S. Judge for the Middle and Northern District of Alabama.
					1913–1933 [data missing]
Vacant		May 25, 1914 – June 29, 1914	63rd
William Oscar Mulkey (Geneva)	Democratic	June 29, 1914 – March 3, 1915		Elected to finish Clayton's term. Retired.
Henry B. Steagall (Ozark)	Democratic	March 4, 1915 – November 22, 1943	64th 65th 66th 67th 68th 69th 70th 71st 72nd 73rd 74th 75th 76th 77th	Elected in 1914. Re-elected in 1916. Re-elected in 1918. Re-elected in 1920. Re-elected in 1922. Re-elected in 1924. Re-elected in 1926. Re-elected in 1928. Re-elected in 1930. Re-elected in 1932. Re-elected in 1934. Re-elected in 1936. Re-elected in 1938. Re-elected in 1940. Re-elected in 1942. Died.
					1943–1953 [data missing]
Vacant		November 22, 1943 – March 14, 1944	78th
George W. Andrews (Union Springs)	Democratic	March 14, 1944 – January 3, 1963	78th 79th 80th 81st 82nd 83rd 84th 85th 86th 87th	Elected to finish Steagall's term. Re-elected in 1944. Re-elected in 1946. Re-elected in 1948. Re-elected in 1950. Re-elected in 1952. Re-elected in 1954. Re-elected in 1956. Re-elected in 1958. Re-elected in 1960. Redistricted to the at-large district.
					1953–1963 [data missing]
District inactive		January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1965	88th	All representatives elected at-large.
George W. Andrews (Union Springs)	Democratic	January 3, 1965 – December 25, 1971	89th 90th 91st 92nd	Redistricted from the at-large district and re-elected in 1964. Re-elected in 1966. Re-elected in 1968. Re-elected in 1970. Died.	1965–1973 [data missing]
Vacant		December 25, 1971 – April 4, 1972	92nd
Elizabeth B. Andrews (Union Springs)	Democratic	April 4, 1972 – January 3, 1973		Elected to finish her husband's term. Retired.
Bill Nichols (Sylacauga)	Democratic	January 3, 1973 – December 13, 1988	93rd 94th 95th 96th 97th 98th 99th 100th	Redistricted from the 4th district and re-elected in 1972. Re-elected in 1974. Re-elected in 1976. Re-elected in 1978. Re-elected in 1980. Re-elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1984. Re-elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1988 but died before next term began.	1973–1983 [data missing]
					1983–1993 [data missing]
Vacant		December 13, 1988 – April 4, 1989	100th 101st
Glen Browder (Jacksonville)	Democratic	April 4, 1989 – January 3, 1997	101st 102nd 103rd 104th	Elected to finish Nichols's term. Re-elected in 1990. Re-elected in 1992. Re-elected in 1994. Retired to run for U.S. Senator.
					1993–2003 [data missing]
Bob Riley (Ashland)	Republican	January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2003	105th 106th 107th	Elected in 1996. Re-elected in 1998. Re-elected in 2000. Retired to run for Governor of Alabama.
Mike Rogers (Weaver)	Republican	January 3, 2003 – present	108th 109th 110th 111th 112th 113th 114th 115th 116th 117th 118th	Elected in 2002. Re-elected in 2004. Re-elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Re-elected in 2010. Re-elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. Re-elected in 2022. Re-elected in 2024.	2003–2013
					2013–2023
					2023–2025
					2025–present

These are the results from the previous eleven election cycles in Alabama's 3rd district.^[6]

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

Specific

General

• 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
• "Our Campaigns - Container Detail Page". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved September 22, 2020.

• Fox News coverage of the 2024 election