North Dakota's 3rd congressional district is an obsolete congressional district in the state of North Dakota that was created by reapportionments in 1913, and eliminated by the reapportionments of the 1930 census in 1933. The district consisted of the western part of the state, and was made up of following counties: Divide, Burke, Renville, Ward, Mountrail, Williams, McKenzie, McLean, Dunn, Mercer, Oliver, Billings, Stark, Morton, Hettinger, Bowman and Adams.
The seat only was only filled by two congressmen during its existence; Patrick Daniel Norton and James H. Sinclair.
List of members representing the district Member Party Years Congress Electoral history District established March 4, 1913 Patrick Daniel Norton Republican March 4, 1913 –March 3, 1919 Elected in 1912.Re-elected in 1914.Re-elected in 1916.Retired. James H. Sinclair Republican March 4, 1919 –March 3, 1933 Elected in 1918.Re-elected in 1920.Re-elected in 1922.Re-elected in 1924.Re-elected in 1926.Re-elected in 1928.Re-elected in 1930.Redistricted to the . District dissolved March 4, 1933
Election results
YearCandidatePartyVotes%1912 (63rd Congress)Patrick Daniel NortonRepublican12,93550.7Hal HalvorsenDemocratic7,30628.7Arthur LeSueurSocialist5,25420.61914 (64th Congress)Patrick Daniel NortonRepublican15,54757.1Halvor HalvorsenDemocratic7,39427.2S. GriffithSocialist3,79113.91916 (65th Congress)Patrick Daniel NortonRepublican20,39365.2Charles SimonDemocratic8,29326.5Anton KlemmensSocialist2,5868.31918 (66th Congress)James H. SinclairRepublican17,56466.2Halvor HalvorsonDemocratic8,95133.81920 (67th Congress)James H. SinclairRepublican41,40962.9R. A. JohnsonDemocratic24,46037.11922 (68th Congress)James H. SinclairRepublican33,49964.2E. J. HughesDemocratic18,67235.81924 (69th Congress)James H. SinclairRepublican37,92573.4R. A. JohnsonDemocratic13,73026.61926 (70th Congress)James H. SinclairRepublican42,92387.8Reuben H. LeavittDemocratic5,96012.21928 (71st Congress)James H. SinclairRepublican52,22084.8Reuben H. LeavittDemocratic9,33515.21930 (72nd Congress)James H. SinclairRepublican50,91777.8Reuben H. LeavittDemocratic12,29618.8Andrew OmholtCommunist2,2343.4
References
Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present Congressional Quarterly's Guide to U.S. Elections, Fourth Edition (CQ Press, 2001)