United States House of Representatives, Texas District 3

Texas District 3 of the United States House of Representatives is a Congressional district that serves an area north and northeast of Dallas. It encompasses a large portion of Collin County including McKinney, Plano and parts of Dallas County including parts of Richardson and Garland. As of the 2000 census, District 3 represents 651,620 people who are predominantly Caucasian (76.7%) and middle-to-upper-class (median family income is US$74,314, compared to $50,046 nationwide). The current Representative from District 3 is Sam Johnson and has been since 1991.

Representatives from Texas District 3

Please note that U.S. Congressional District borders are periodically redrawn and some District Residence locations may no longer be in the 3rd District.

Name	Took Office	Left Office	Party	District Residence
William Thomas Clark	1869	1872	Republican	Galveston
De Witt Clinton Giddings	1872	1875	Democrat	Brenham
James Throckmorton	1875	1879	Democrat	McKinney
Olin Wellborn	1879	1883	Democrat	Dallas
James Henry Jones	1883	1887	Democrat	Henderson
Constantine B. Kilgore	1887	1895	Democrat	Wills Point
Charles Henderson Yoakum	1895	1897	Democrat	Greenville
Reese Calhoun DeGraffenreid	1897	1902*	Democrat	Longview
Gordon J. Russell	1902	1910	Democrat	Tyler
Robert M. Lively	1910	1911	Democrat	Canton
James Young	1911	1921	Democrat	Kaufman
Morgan G. Sanders	1921	1939	Democrat	Canton
Lindley Beckworth	1939	1953	Democrat	Gilmer
Brady Preston Gentry	1953	1957	Democrat	Tyler
Lindley Beckworth	1957	1967	Democrat	Gilmer
Joe Pool	1967	1968*	Democrat	Dallas
James M. Collins	1968	1983	Republican	Dallas
Steve Bartlett	1983	1991	Republican	Dallas
Sam Johnson	1991	currently serving	Republican	Plano

(*)Died in office.

Categories: Congressional districts of Texas

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