North Dakota's 3rd congressional district is an obsolete congressional district in the state of North Dakota

North Dakota

North Dakota is a state located in the Midwestern region of the United States of America, along the Canadian border. The state is bordered by Canada to the north, Minnesota to the east, South Dakota to the south and Montana to the west. North Dakota is the 19th-largest state by area in the U.S....

 that was created by reapportionments in 1913, and eliminated by the reapportionments of the 1930 census

Census

A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...

 in 1933. The district consisted of the western part of the state, and was made up of following counties: Divide

Divide County, North Dakota

-Major highways:* U.S. Highway 85* North Dakota Highway 5* North Dakota Highway 40* North Dakota Highway 42- Places of interest :Two petroglyphs are displayed at Writing Rock State Historical Site in Writing Rock Township.-Demographics:...

, Burke

Burke County, North Dakota

-National protected areas:*Des Lacs National Wildlife Refuge *Lostwood National Wildlife Refuge -Demographics:As of the 2000 United States Census, there were 2,242 people, 1,013 households, and 680 families residing in the county. The population density was 2.0 people per square mile...

, Renville

Renville County, North Dakota

-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 2,610 people, 1,085 households, and 748 families residing in the county. The population density was 3 people per square mile . There were 1,413 housing units at an average density of 2 per square mile...

, Ward

Ward County, North Dakota

-National protected areas:*Des Lacs National Wildlife Refuge *Hiddenwood National Wildlife Refuge *Upper Souris National Wildlife Refuge -Demographics:...

, Mountrail

Mountrail County, North Dakota

-Major highways:* U.S. Highway 2* North Dakota Highway 8* North Dakota Highway 23* North Dakota Highway 31* North Dakota Highway 1804-National protected areas:*Lostwood National Wildlife Refuge *Shell Lake National Wildlife Refuge-Demographics:...

, Williams

Williams County, North Dakota

-Major highways:* U.S. Highway 2* U.S. Highway 85* North Dakota Highway 40* North Dakota Highway 50* North Dakota Highway 1804-National protected areas:* Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site * Lake Zahl National Wildlife Refuge...

, McKenzie

McKenzie County, North Dakota

-Major highways:* U.S. Highway 85* North Dakota Highway 22* North Dakota Highway 23* North Dakota Highway 58* North Dakota Highway 68* North Dakota Highway 73* North Dakota Highway 200* North Dakota Highway 1806-National protected areas:...

, McLean

McLean County, North Dakota

-Major highways:* U.S. Highway 83* North Dakota Highway 28* North Dakota Highway 37* North Dakota Highway 53* North Dakota Highway 41* North Dakota Highway 200* North Dakota Highway 1804-National protected areas:*Audubon National Wildlife Refuge...

, Dunn

Dunn County, North Dakota

-Major highways:*North Dakota Highway 8*North Dakota Highway 22*North Dakota Highway 200-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 3,600 people, 1,378 households, and 986 families residing in the county. The population density was 2 people per square mile . There were 1,965 housing units...

, Mercer

Mercer County, North Dakota

-Major highways:* North Dakota Highway 31* North Dakota Highway 48* North Dakota Highway 49* North Dakota Highway 200* North Dakota Highway 1806-Demographics:...

, Oliver

Oliver County, North Dakota

-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 2,065 people, 791 households, and 604 families residing in the county. The population density was 1/km² . There were 903 housing units at an average density of 0/km²...

, Billings

Billings County, North Dakota

-National protected areas:* Little Missouri National Grassland * Theodore Roosevelt National Park -Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 888 people, 366 households, and 255 families residing in the county. The population density was 0.79 people per square mile . There were 529 housing...

, Stark

Stark County, North Dakota

-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 22,636 people, 8,932 households, and 5,877 families residing in the county. The population density was 17 people per square mile . There were 9,722 housing units at an average density of 7 per square mile...

, Morton

Morton County, North Dakota

-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 25,303 people, 9,889 households, and 6,932 families residing in the county. The population density was 13 people per square mile . There were 10,587 housing units at an average density of 6 per square mile...

, Hettinger

Hettinger County, North Dakota

-Major highways:* North Dakota Highway 8* North Dakota Highway 21* North Dakota Highway 22-Demographics:As of the 2000 Census, there were 2,715 people, 1,152 households, and 778 families residing in the county. The population density was 2.4 people per square mile . There were 1,419 housing units...

, Bowman

Bowman County, North Dakota

-Major highways:* U.S. Highway 12* U.S. Highway 85* North Dakota Highway 67-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 3,242 people, 1,358 households, and 890 families residing in the county. The population density was 3 people per square mile . There were 1,596 housing units at an average...

 and Adams

Adams County, North Dakota

As of the census of 2000, there were 2,593 people, 1,121 households, and 725 families residing in the county. The population density was 2.6 people per square mile . There were 1,416 housing units at an average density of 1.4 per square mile...

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The seat only was only filled by two congressmen during its existence; Patrick Daniel Norton

Patrick Daniel Norton

Patrick Daniel Norton was a U.S. Representative from North Dakota with the Republican Party.Born in Ishpeming, Michigan, Norton moved with his parents to Ramsey County, North Dakota in 1883 where he attended public schools. He graduated from the University of North Dakota in 1897, and studied law...

 and James H. Sinclair

James H. Sinclair

James Herbert Sinclair was a U.S. Republican politician.He was born near St. Marys, Ontario, Canada and moved to North Dakota in 1883...

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List of representatives

Delegate	Party	Years	District home	Notes
District created		March 4, 1913
Patrick Daniel Norton Patrick Daniel Norton Patrick Daniel Norton was a U.S. Representative from North Dakota with the Republican Party.Born in Ishpeming, Michigan, Norton moved with his parents to Ramsey County, North Dakota in 1883 where he attended public schools. He graduated from the University of North Dakota in 1897, and studied law...	Republican Republican Party (United States) The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...	March 4, 1913 – March 4, 1919
James H. Sinclair James H. Sinclair James Herbert Sinclair was a U.S. Republican politician.He was born near St. Marys, Ontario, Canada and moved to North Dakota in 1883...	Republican Republican Party (United States) The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...	March 4, 1919 – March 4, 1933
District eliminated		March 4, 1933

Election results

Year	Candidate	Party	Votes	%
1912 (63rd Congress 63rd United States Congress - House of Representatives:*Democratic : 291 *Republican : 134*Progressive : 9*Independent : 1TOTAL members: 435-Senate:*President of the Senate: Thomas R. Marshall*President pro tempore: James P. Clarke-Senate:... )	Patrick Daniel Norton Patrick Daniel Norton Patrick Daniel Norton was a U.S. Representative from North Dakota with the Republican Party.Born in Ishpeming, Michigan, Norton moved with his parents to Ramsey County, North Dakota in 1883 where he attended public schools. He graduated from the University of North Dakota in 1897, and studied law...	R	12,935	50.7
	Hal Halvorsen	D	7,306	28.7
	Arthur Leseuer	SOC Socialist Party of America The Socialist Party of America was a multi-tendency democratic-socialist political party in the United States, formed in 1901 by a merger between the three-year-old Social Democratic Party of America and disaffected elements of the Socialist Labor Party which had split from the main organization...	5,254	20.6
1914 (64th Congress 64th United States Congress The Sixty-fourth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, DC from March 4, 1915 to March 4, 1917, during the third and fourth... )	Patrick Daniel Norton Patrick Daniel Norton Patrick Daniel Norton was a U.S. Representative from North Dakota with the Republican Party.Born in Ishpeming, Michigan, Norton moved with his parents to Ramsey County, North Dakota in 1883 where he attended public schools. He graduated from the University of North Dakota in 1897, and studied law...	R	15,547	57.1
	Halvor Halvorsen	D	7,394	27.2
	S. Griffith	SOC Socialist Party of America The Socialist Party of America was a multi-tendency democratic-socialist political party in the United States, formed in 1901 by a merger between the three-year-old Social Democratic Party of America and disaffected elements of the Socialist Labor Party which had split from the main organization...	3,791	13.9
1916 (65th Congress 65th United States Congress The Sixty-fifth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, DC from March 4, 1917 to March 4, 1919, during the fourth and fifth... )	Patrick Daniel Norton Patrick Daniel Norton Patrick Daniel Norton was a U.S. Representative from North Dakota with the Republican Party.Born in Ishpeming, Michigan, Norton moved with his parents to Ramsey County, North Dakota in 1883 where he attended public schools. He graduated from the University of North Dakota in 1897, and studied law...	R	20,393	65.2
	Charles Simon	D	8,293	26.5
	Anton Klemmens	SOC Socialist Party of America The Socialist Party of America was a multi-tendency democratic-socialist political party in the United States, formed in 1901 by a merger between the three-year-old Social Democratic Party of America and disaffected elements of the Socialist Labor Party which had split from the main organization...	2,586	8.3
1918 (66th Congress 66th United States Congress The Sixty-sixth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, comprising the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, DC from March 4, 1919 to March 4, 1921, during the last two years of... )	James H. Sinclair James H. Sinclair James Herbert Sinclair was a U.S. Republican politician.He was born near St. Marys, Ontario, Canada and moved to North Dakota in 1883...	R	17,564	66.2
	Halvor Halvorson	D	8,951	33.8
1920 (67th Congress 67th United States Congress The Sixty-seventh United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1921 to March 4, 1923, during the first two years... )	James H. Sinclair James H. Sinclair James Herbert Sinclair was a U.S. Republican politician.He was born near St. Marys, Ontario, Canada and moved to North Dakota in 1883...	R	41,409	62.9
	R.H. Johnson	D & I Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	24,460	37.1
1922 United States House election, 1922 The U.S. House election, 1922 was an election for the United States House of Representatives in 1922 which occurred in the middle of President Warren G. Harding's term....  (68th Congress 68th United States Congress The Sixty-eighth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1923 to March 4, 1925, during the last months of... )	James H. Sinclair James H. Sinclair James Herbert Sinclair was a U.S. Republican politician.He was born near St. Marys, Ontario, Canada and moved to North Dakota in 1883...	R	33,499	64.2
	E.J. Hughes	I Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do... R	18,672	35.8
1924 (69th Congress 69th United States Congress The Sixty-ninth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1925 to March 4, 1927, during the third and fourth... )	James H. Sinclair James H. Sinclair James Herbert Sinclair was a U.S. Republican politician.He was born near St. Marys, Ontario, Canada and moved to North Dakota in 1883...	R	37,925	73.4
	R.A. Johnson	D	13,730	26.6
1926 United States House election, 1926 The U.S. House election, 1926 was an election for the United States House of Representatives in 1926 which occurred in the middle of President Calvin Coolidge's second term....  (70th Congress 70th United States Congress The Seventieth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1927 to March 3, 1929, during the last two years of... )	James H. Sinclair James H. Sinclair James Herbert Sinclair was a U.S. Republican politician.He was born near St. Marys, Ontario, Canada and moved to North Dakota in 1883...	R	42,923	87.8
	Reuben H. Leavitt	D	5,960	12.2
1928 (71st Congress 71st United States Congress The Seventy-first United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1929 to March 4, 1931, during the first two years... )	James H. Sinclair James H. Sinclair James Herbert Sinclair was a U.S. Republican politician.He was born near St. Marys, Ontario, Canada and moved to North Dakota in 1883...	R	52,220	84.8
	Reuben H. Leavitt	D	9,335	15.2
1930 (72nd Congress 72nd United States Congress The Seventy-second United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1931 to March 4, 1933, during the last two years... )	James H. Sinclair James H. Sinclair James Herbert Sinclair was a U.S. Republican politician.He was born near St. Marys, Ontario, Canada and moved to North Dakota in 1883...	R	50,917	77.8
	Reuben H. Leavitt	D	12,296	18.8