Kentucky's 3rd congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Kentucky. The most regularly drawn of the Commonwealth's six congressional districts, it encompasses almost all of Louisville Metro, which, since the merger of 2003, is contiguous with Jefferson County. The far southeast reaches of Louisville Metro are part of the 4th Congressional District.
The district is currently represented by Democrat John Yarmuth.
Characteristics
This district is heavily Democratic, and is fully contained within Jefferson County, Kentucky. It has the highest percentage of African Americans in the state, who are concentrated in and near Louisville. It is a cosmopolitan, diverse district, with major businesses, health care organizations and universities.
As of September 2013, there were 518,028 registered voters: 305,121 (58.90%) Democrats, 166,271 (32.10%) Republicans, and 46,636 (9.00%) "Others". All of the "Others" included 35,209 (6.80%) unclassified Others, 10,528 (2.03%) Independents, 678 (0.13%) Libertarians, 177 (0.03%) Greens, 28 (0.0054%) Constitutionalists, 3 (0.0005%) Reforms, and 13 (0.0025%) Socialist Workers.[2][3]
Until January 1, 2006, Kentucky did not track party affiliation for registered voters who were neither Democratic nor Republican.[4] The Kentucky voter registration card does not explicitly list anything other than Democratic Party, Republican Party, or Other, with the "Other" option having a blank line and no instructions on how to register as something else.[5]
List of representatives
Representative |
Party |
Years |
District Residence |
Note |
District created
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March 4, 1803 |
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Matthew Walton |
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March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1807 |
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John Rowan |
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March 4, 1807 – March 3, 1809 |
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Henry Crist |
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March 4, 1809 – March 3, 1811 |
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Stephen Ormsby |
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March 4, 1811 – March 3, 1813 |
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75px Richard M. Johnson |
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March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1819 |
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Redistricted from the 4th district |
William Brown |
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March 4, 1819 – March 3, 1821 |
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John T. Johnson |
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March 4, 1821 – March 3, 1823 |
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Redistricted to the 5th district |
Henry Clay |
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March 3, 1823 – March 3, 1825 |
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Speaker of the House 1823 – 1825 |
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March 4, 1825 – March 6, 1825 |
Resigned after being appointed United States Secretary of State |
James Clark |
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August 1, 1825 – March 3, 1829 |
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March 4, 1829 – March 4, 1831 |
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Chilton Allan |
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March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1833 |
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Redistricted to the 10th district |
Christopher Tompkins |
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March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1835 |
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Redistricted from the 10th district |
Joseph R. Underwood |
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March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837 |
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March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1843 |
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Henry Grider |
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March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1847 |
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75px Samuel Peyton |
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March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849 |
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Finis McLean |
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March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851 |
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Presley Ewing |
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March 4, 1851 – September 27, 1854 |
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Died |
Francis Bristow |
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December 4, 1854 – March 3, 1855 |
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Warner Underwood |
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March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1859 |
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Francis Bristow |
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March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1861 |
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Henry Grider |
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March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1865 |
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March 4, 1865 – September 7, 1866 |
Died |
75px Elijah Hise |
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December 3, 1866 – May 8, 1867 |
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Died |
75px Jacob Golladay |
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December 5, 1867 – February 28, 1870 |
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Resigned |
75px Joseph H. Lewis |
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May 10, 1870 – March 3, 1873 |
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75px Charles W. Milliken |
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March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1877 |
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75px John W. Caldwell |
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March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1883 |
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John E. Halsell |
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March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1887 |
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75px W. Godfrey Hunter |
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March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1889 |
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75px Isaac Goodnight |
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March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1895 |
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75px W. Godfrey Hunter |
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March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1897 |
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John S. Rhea |
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March 4, 1897 – March 25, 1902 |
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Lost contested election |
75px J. McKenzie Moss |
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March 25, 1902 – March 3, 1903 |
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Won contested election |
John S. Rhea |
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March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1905 |
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75px James M. Richardson |
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March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1907 |
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Addison James |
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March 4, 1907 – March 3, 1909 |
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75px Robert Y. Thomas, Jr. |
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March 4, 1909 – September 3, 1925 |
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Died |
John W. Moore |
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December 26, 1925 – March 3, 1929 |
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Charles W. Roark |
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March 4, 1929 – April 5, 1929 |
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Died |
John W. Moore |
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June 1, 1929 – March 3, 1933 |
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District redistricted to at-large district |
March 4, 1933 |
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District re-established from at-large district |
January 3, 1935 |
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75px Emmet O'Neal |
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January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1947 |
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Thruston B. Morton |
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January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1953 |
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John M. Robsion, Jr. |
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January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1959 |
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75px Frank W. Burke |
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January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1963 |
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Gene Snyder |
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January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1965 |
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Charles R. Farnsley |
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January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1967 |
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75px William O. Cowger |
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January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1971 |
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Romano L. Mazzoli |
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January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1995 |
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75px Mike Ward |
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January 3, 1995 – January 3, 1997 |
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75px Anne Northup |
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January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2007 |
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John Yarmuth |
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January 3, 2007 – Present |
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Recent election results
2002
Kentucky's 3rd Congressional District Election (2002) |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
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Republican |
Anne Northup* |
118,228 |
51.61 |
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Democratic |
Jack Conway |
110,846 |
48.39 |
Total votes |
229,074 |
100.00 |
Voter turnout |
% |
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Republican hold |
2004
2006
2008
2010
2012
2014
Kentucky's 3rd Congressional District Election (2014) [6] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
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Democratic |
John Yarmuth (Incumbent) |
157,056 |
63.5 |
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Republican |
Michael MacFarlane |
87,981 |
35.6 |
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Independent |
Gregory Peter Puccetti |
2,318 |
0.9 |
Total votes |
247,355 |
100 |
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Democratic hold |
Historical district boundaries
See also
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