Tennessee's 3rd congressional district

In 1812, the State Legislature divided the state into six congressional districts. The Third District was made up of Anderson, Campbell, Roane, Rhea, Bledsoe, Overton, White, Warren, and Franklin counties.Miller, Chas. A. The Official and Political Manual of the State of Tennessee. Nashville: Marshall & Bruce, Stationers, 1890.
David Campbell represented the 3rd district in the Electoral College for the 1820 Presidential election. He cast his ballot for James Monroe for President, and Daniel D. Tompkins for Vice President.
In 1822, the Legislature re-drew the district boundaries, leaving the Upper Cumberland region out of the 3rd district. It was composed of Campbell, Anderson, Morgan, Roane, Rhea, Bledsoe, Marion, Hamilton, McMinn, and Monroe counties.
In 1865, the Legislature included the counties of Meigs, Rhea, Hamilton, Marion, Grundy, Bledsoe, Van Buren, Sequatchie, Warren, White, Smith, Cumberland, Putnam, Jackson, Macon, Overton, DeKalb, and Fentress in the 3rd district.
In 1872, the Legislature's re-districting plan included Blount, Loudon, Roane, Monroe, McMinn, Meigs, Rhea, Polk, Bradley, James, Hamilton, Marion, Sequatchie, Bledsoe, Grundy, Van Buren, and Warren counties in the 3rd district. However, the very next year the Legislature re-drew the boundaries again, this time including Polk, McMinn, Rhea, Meigs, Bradley, James, Hamilton, Marion, Grundy, Sequatchie, Bledsoe, Van Buren, White, Warren, DeKalb, Cannon, and Cumberland counties.
In 1882, re-districting placed Monroe, Polk, Bradley, Warren, Hamilton, James, McMinn, Bledsoe, Sequatchie, Marion, Grundy, Van Buren, and White counties in the 3rd district. An 1883 act also placed Cumberland, Rhea, and Meigs counties in the 3rd, as they had been left out of the previous years's re-districting plan.
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