Virginia's 3rd congressional district

Virginia's 3rd congressional district
Virginia's 3rd congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
Current Representative		Robert C. Scott (D–Newport News)
Population (2000)	643,476
Median income	$32,238
Ethnicity	38.6% White, 56.4% Black, 1.4% Asian, 2.6% Hispanic, 0.5% Native American, 0.3% other
Cook PVI	D+27

Virginia's third congressional district is a United States congressional district in the Commonwealth of Virginia, serving most of the majority-black precincts in the Richmond and Hampton Roads areas. It covers all of the cities of Portsmouth and Petersburg, parts of the cities of Hampton, Newport News, Norfolk, and Richmond, all of Charles City, and Surry counties and parts of Henrico and Prince George counties. The current representative is Robert C. Scott (D).

Recent election results from statewide races

Year	Office	Results
1996	President	Clinton 72 - 22%
	Senator	Warner 72 - 28%
1997	Governor	Beyer 67 - 31%
	Lieutenant Governor	Payne 66 - 28%
	Attorney General	Dolan 64 - 36%
2000	President	Gore 66 - 32%
	Senator	Robb 67 - 33%
2001	Governor	Warner 71 - 28%
	Lieutenant Governor	Kaine 73 - 26%
	Attorney General	McEachin 63 - 37%
2004	President	Kerry 66 - 33%
2008	President	Obama 76 - 24%

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.

In the 1790 census this area had a population of 66,045.

For the 1792 congressional elections the number of congressional 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. This was all of northern West Virginia except the far eastern panhandle area. The new district's 1790 population was 30,145.

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 counties of Clarke, Warren and part of Page. The new 3rd district had a population of 38,767 in 1800.

For most of the time from the end of the Civil War to 1993, the 3rd District was a relatively compact district centered around Richmond.

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.

List of representatives

Representative	Party	Term	Note
District created: March 4, 1789
Andrew Moore	Anti-Administration	March 4, 1789 – March 3, 1793	Redistricted to Virginia 2nd District
Joseph Neville	Anti-Administration	March 4, 1793 – March 3, 1795	Retired
George Jackson	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1795 – March 3, 1797	Lost re-election
James Machir	Federalist	March 4, 1797 – March 3, 1799	Lost re-election
George Jackson	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1799 – March 3, 1803	Retired
John Smith	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1815	Retired
Henry S. Tucker	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1815 – March 3, 1819	Elected Virginia State Senator
Jared Williams	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1819 – March 3, 1823	Redistricted to Virginia 17th District
William S. Archer	Crawford Republican	March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825	Lost re-election
	Jacksonian	March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1835
John W. Jones	Jacksonian	March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837	Redistricted to Virginia 6th District
	Democratic	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1843
Walter Coles	Democratic	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845	Redistricted from Virginia 6th District Retired
William M. Tredway	Democratic	March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1847	Lost re-election
Thomas S. Flournoy	Whig	March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849	Lost re-election
Thomas H. Averett	Democratic	March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1853	Lost re-election
John S. Caskie	Democratic	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1859	Redistricted from Virginia 6th District Lost re-election
Daniel C. DeJarnette, Sr.	Independent Democrat	March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1861	Resigned
Vacant		March 4, 1861 – January 27, 1870	Civil War
Charles H. Porter	Republican	January 27, 1870 – March 3, 1873	Retired
John A. Smith	Republican	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875	Lost re-election
Gilbert C. Walker	Democratic	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1879	Retired
Joseph E. Johnston	Democratic	March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1881	Retired
George D. Wise	Democratic	March 4, 1881 – April 11, 1890	Election invalidated
Edmund Waddill, Jr.	Republican	April 12, 1890 – March 3, 1891	Retired
George D. Wise	Democratic	March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1895	Retired
Tazewell Ellett	Democratic	March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1897	Lost re-election
John Lamb	Democratic	March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1913	Lost re-election
Andrew J. Montague	Democratic	March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1933	Redistricted to Virginia At-Large District
District eliminated March 4, 1933
District recreated: January 3, 1935
Andrew J. Montague	Democratic	January 3, 1935 – January 24, 1937	Died
Vacant		January 24, 1937 – November 2, 1937
David E. Satterfield, Jr.	Democratic	November 2, 1937 – February 15, 1945	Resigned
Vacant		February 15, 1945 – March 6, 1945
J. Vaughan Gary	Democratic	March 6, 1945 – January 3, 1965	Retired
David E. Satterfield III	Democratic	January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1981	Retired
Thomas J. Bliley, Jr.	Republican	January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1993	Redistricted to Virginia 7th District
Robert C. Scott	Democratic	January 3, 1993 – Present	First elected in 1992

Election results

Year	Democratic	Republican	Other
1982	John A. Waldrop, Jr.: 63,946	Thomas J. Bliley, Jr.: 92,928
1984		Thomas J. Bliley, Jr.: 169,987
1986	Kenneth E. Powell: 32,961	Thomas J. Bliley, Jr.: 74,525
1988		Thomas J. Bliley, Jr.: 187,354
1990	James A. Starke, Jr.: 36,253	Thomas J. Bliley, Jr.: 77,125
1992	Robert C. Scott: 132,432	Daniel Jenkins: 35,780
1994	Robert C. Scott: 108,532	Thomas E. Ward: 28,080
1996	Robert C. Scott: 118,603	Elsie Goodwyn Holland: 25,781
1998	Robert C. Scott: 48,129
2000	Robert C. Scott: 137,527
2002	Robert C. Scott: 87,521
2004	Robert C. Scott: 159,373	Winsome E. Sears: 70,194
2006	Robert C. Scott: 133,546
2008	Robert C. Scott: 239,911
2010	Robert C. Scott: 114,754	C. L. Smith, Jr.: 44,553
2012	Robert C. Scott: 259,199	Dean J. Longo: 58,931

Historical district boundaries

2003 - 2013

See also

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

Sources

• Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present