Kansas's 3rd congressional district facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Kansas's 3rd congressional district
Kansas's 3rd congressional district – since January 3, 2013.
Representative	Sharice Davids D–Shawnee
Distribution	94.65% urban 5.35% rural
Population (2000)	672,124
Median income	$74,120
Ethnicity	82.7% White 8.9% Black 2.6% Asian 6.8% Hispanic 0.7% Native American 1.2% other
Cook PVI	R+4

Kansas's 3rd congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Kansas. Located in eastern Kansas, the district encompasses all of Wyandotte and Johnson counties and parts of Miami county. The district includes the heart of the Kansas side of the Kansas City metropolitan area, including Kansas City, Overland Park, Lenexa, Shawnee, Spring Hill, DeSoto and Olathe.

The district is currently represented by Democrat Sharice Davids, who was first elected in 2018, defeating Republican incumbent Kevin Yoder.

List of members representing the district

District created March 4, 1875.

       Democratic (5)        Populist (3)        Republican (16)

Representative	Party	Years	Cong ress	District home	Electoral history
William Ripley Brown	Republican	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877	44th	Emporia	Lost renomination
Thomas Ryan	Republican	March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1885		Topeka	Redistricted to 4th district.
Bishop W. Perkins	Republican	March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1891		Parsons	Redistricted from at-large district.
Benjamin H. Clover	Populist	March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893	52nd	Douglass	[data missing]
Thomas J. Hudson	Populist	March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895	53rd	Fredonia	[data missing]
Snyder S. Kirkpatrick	Republican	March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1897	54th	Fredonia	[data missing]
Edwin R. Ridgely	Populist	March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1901		Girard	[data missing]
Alfred M. Jackson	Democratic	March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1903	57th	Winfield	[data missing]
Philip P. Campbell	Republican	March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1923		Pittsburg	[data missing]
William H. Sproul	Republican	March 4, 1923 – March 3, 1931		Sedan	[data missing]
Harold C. McGugin	Republican	March 4, 1931 – January 3, 1935		Coffeyville	[data missing]
Edward W. Patterson	Democratic	January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1939		Pittsburg	[data missing]
Thomas D. Winter	Republican	January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1947		Girard	[data missing]
Herbert A. Meyer	Republican	January 3, 1947 – October 2, 1950		Independence	Died.
Vacant		October 2, 1950 – November 7, 1950		[data missing]	[data missing]
Myron V. George	Republican	November 7, 1950 – January 3, 1959		Altamont	[data missing]
Denver D. Hargis	Democratic	January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1961	86th	Coffeyville	[data missing]
Walter Lewis McVey Jr.	Republican	January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1963	87th	Independence	[data missing]
Robert Fred Ellsworth	Republican	January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1967		Lawrence	Redistricted from the 2nd district.
Larry Winn	Republican	January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1985		Prairie Village	[data missing]
Jan Meyers	Republican	January 3, 1985 – January 3, 1997		Overland Park	[data missing]
Vince Snowbarger	Republican	January 3, 1997 –January 3, 1999	105th	Olathe	[data missing]
Dennis Moore	Democratic	January 3, 1999 – January 3, 2011		Lenexa	[data missing]
Kevin Yoder	Republican	January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2019		Overland Park	Lost re-election.
Sharice Davids	Democratic	January 3, 2019 – Present		Roeland Park	Elected in 2018.

Election results from presidential races

Recent Election Results

2002

2004

2006

2008

2010

2012

2014

2016

2018

Historical district boundaries

2003 – 2013

Related pages

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

See also

In Spanish: 3.º distrito congresional de Kansas para niños