List of members of the 3rd Bundestag

The 3rd German Bundestag, the lower house of parliament of the Federal Republic of Germany, was elected on 15 September 1957,  and existed from 15 October 1957 to 15 October 1961. It held a total of 168 parliamentary sittings; the last sitting was on 22 August 1961.

On 22 October 1957 the Bundestag elected Konrad Adenauer as federal chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany on the fourth ballot, with 274 (+8) yes votes, 193 (+13) no votes and nine abstentions.

Presidium of the Bundestag
Marie-Elisabeth Lüders (FDP) served as Alterspräsidentin (Mother of the House), after Konrad Adenauer (CDU) who should have had this role, had rejected it, because he considered it inappropriate for the incumbent federal chancellor to serve as Alterspräsident. She presided over the first session of the 3rd Bundestag until Eugen Gerstenmaier was elected President of the Bundestag.

Carlo Schmid (SPD), Richard Jeager (CSU) and Max Becker (FDP) were elected as vice presidents of the Bundestag. They were elected almost unanimously, with only two abstentions.

Eugen Gerstenmaier was elected President of the Bundestag on the first ballot with 437 votes in favor, 54 abstentions and 3 invalid votes.

Composition of the Bundestag
The CDU/CSU (Christian Democratic Union of Germany/Christian Social Union in Bavaria) party gained the first — and to date, only — absolute majority for a single German parliamentary group in a free election. However the CDU/CDU still formed a coalition with the German Party (DP) until 1960 when nine of their 17 Bundestag members left the DP and joined the CDU. After that, the DP left the governing coalition. (Hans-Joachim von Merkatz, the Federal Minister of the Bundesrat and State Affairs, and Hans-Christoph Seebohm, the Federal Ministry for Transport, the DP members in the governing cabinet, had left in July 1960 and joined the CDU in September 1960.) The SPD won new seats as well. The FDP was the only party in the election that lost seats.

Members
This is a list of members of the 3rd Bundestag, whose members were in office from 1957 until 1961:

A

 * Ernst Achenbach, FDP
 * Annemarie Ackermann, CDU
 * Raban Adelmann, CDU
 * Konrad Adenauer, CDU
 * Heinrich Aigner, CSU
 * Luise Albertz, SPD
 * Lisa Albrecht, SPD (until 16 May 1958)
 * Jakob Altmaier, SPD
 * Wilhelm Altvater, SPD (from 22 September 1960)
 * Josef Arndgen, CDU
 * Adolf Arndt, SPD
 * Karl Arnold, CDU (until 29 June 1958)
 * Karl Atzenroth, FDP
 * Heinrich Auge, SPD

B
• Fritz Baade, SPD

• Robert Bach, SPD (from 27 October 1959)

• Harri Bading, SPD

• Fritz Baier, CDU

• Albert Baldauf, CDU

• Siegfried Balke, CSU

• Bernhard Balkenhol, CDU

• Hans Bals, SPD

• Siegfried Bärsch, SPD

• Wolfgang Bartels, CDU

• Rainer Barzel, CDU

• Hannsheinz Bauer, SPD

• Josef Bauer, CSU

• Friedrich Bauereisen, CSU

• Bernhard Bauknecht, CDU

• Rudolf Bäumer, SPD

• Valentin Baur, SPD

• Paul Bausch, CDU

• Hans Bay, SPD (from 20 December 1960)

• Helmut Bazille, SPD

• Karl Bechert, SPD

• Max Becker, FDP (until 29 July 1960)

• Curt Becker, CDU

• Josef Becker, CDU

• Walter Behrendt, SPD

• Arno Behrisch, Other

• Ernst Benda, CDU

• Franziska Bennemann, SPD

• August Berberich, CDU

• Fritz Berendsen, CDU (until 15 September 1959)

• Urich Berger, CDU

• Margarete Berger-Heise, SPD

• Karl Bergmann, SPD

• Bernhard Bergmeyer, CDU

• Karl-Wilhelm Berkhan, SPD

• August Berlin, SPD

• Anton Besold, CSU

• Emil Bettgenhäuser, SPD

• Lucie Beyer, SPD

• Willi Birkelbach, SPD

• Kurt Birrenbach, CDU

• Otto Christian Archibald von Bismarck, CDU

• Peter Blachstein, SPD

• Theodor Blank, CDU

• Paul Bleiß, SPD

• Hildegard Bleyler, CDU

• Hans Blöcker, CDU

• Irma Blohm, CDU

• Franz Blücher, DP (until 28 February 1958)

• Ernst von Bodelschwingh, CDU

• Franz Böhm, CDU

• Holger Börner, SPD

• Peter Wilhelm Brand, CDU

• Aenne Brauksiepe, CDU

• Julyus Brecht, SPD

• Heinrich von Brentano, CDU

• Wilhelm Brese, CDU

• Else Brökelschen, CDU

• Josef Brönner, CDU (until 21 January 1958)

• Valentin Brück, CDU

• Johannes Brüns, CDU (from 26 October 1959 until 28 November 1960)

• August Bruse, SPD

• Gerd Bucerius, CDU

• Ewald Bucher, FDP

• Karl August Bühler, CDU

• Fritz Burgbacher, CDU

• Alfred Burgemeister, CDU

• Fritz Büttner, SPD

C

 * Johannes Caspers, CDU
 * Adolf Cillien, CDU (until 29 April 1960)
 * Kurt Conrad, SPD (until 20 July 1959)
 * Hermann Conring, CDU
 * Fritz Corterier, SPD
 * Johann Cramer, SPD
 * Herbert Czaja, CDU

D

 * Rolf Dahlgrün, FDP
 * Thomas Dehler, FDP
 * Heinrich Deist, SPD
 * Hans Demmelmeier, CSU
 * Arved Deringer, CDU
 * Georg Dewald, SPD
 * Hermann Diebäcker, CDU
 * Bruno Diekmann, SPD
 * Anton Diel, SPD (until 6 April 1959)
 * Jakob Diel, CDU
 * Emmy Diemer-Nicolaus, FDP
 * Stefan Dittrich, CSU
 * Clara Döhring, SPD
 * Werner Dollinger, CSU
 * Wilhelm Dopatka, SPD
 * Wolfgang Döring, FDP
 * Otto Dowidat, FDP
 * Hans Drachsler, CSU
 * Heinrich Draeger, CDU
 * August Dresbach, CDU
 * Wilhelm Dröscher, SPD
 * Hermann Dürr, FDP

E

 * Anton Eberhard, FDP (from 4 November 1959)
 * Walter Eckhardt, CSU (from 27 December 1957)
 * Hermann Ehren, CDU
 * Ernst Theodor Eichelbaum, CDU
 * Elfriede Eilers, SPD
 * Jan Eilers, FDP
 * Otto Eisenmann, FDP
 * Alexander Elbrächter, CDU
 * Ernst Engelbrecht-Greve, CDU
 * Margarete Engländer, CDU
 * Arthur Enk, CDU
 * Hermann A. Eplée, CDU (from 8 September 1958)
 * Ludwig Erhard, CDU
 * Fritz Erler, SPD
 * Fritz Eschmann, SPD
 * Franz Etzel, CDU
 * Peter Etzenbach, CDU
 * August-Martin Euler, DP (until 10 September 1958)
 * Bert Even, CDU
 * Johannes Even, CDU

F

 * Walter Faller, SPD
 * Josef Felder, SPD
 * Otto Freiherr von Feury, CSU (until 10 December 1957)
 * Hermann Finckh, CDU
 * Erwin Folger, SPD (from 19 May 1958)
 * Egon Franke, SPD
 * Ludwig Franz, CSU
 * Jakob Franzen, CDU
 * Günter Frede, SPD
 * Heinz Frehsee, SPD
 * Alfred Frenzel, SPD (until 4 November 1960)
 * Martin Frey, CDU
 * Ferdinand Friedensburg, CDU
 * Lotte Friese-Korn, FDP
 * Gerhard Fritz, CDU
 * Friedrich Fritz, CDU
 * Gustav Fuchs, CSU
 * Friedrich Funk, CSU
 * Hans Furler, CDU

G
• Mathilde Gantenberg, CDU

• Walter Gaßmann, CDU

• Gustav-Adolf Gedat, CDU

• Albrecht Gehring, CDU

• Hans Geiger, SPD

• Hugo Geiger, CSU

• Ingeborg Geisendörfer, CSU

• Robert Geritzmann, SPD

• Heinrich Gerns, CDU

• Eugen Gerstenmaier, CDU

• Heinrich Gewandt, CDU

• Paul Gibbert, CDU

• Christian Giencke, CDU

• Fritz Glahn, FDP (until 2 November 1959)

• Alfred Gleisner, SPD (until 17 March 1959)

• Franz Gleissner, CSU

• Hermann Glüsing, CDU

• Josef Gockeln, CDU (until 6 December 1958)

• Wilhelm Goldhagen, CDU

• Wilhelm Gontrum, CDU

• Hermann Mathias Görgen, CSU

• Karl Gossel, CDU

• Leo Gottesleben, CDU

• Hermann Götz, CDU

• Carlo Graaff, FDP (until 8 May 1959)

• Johann Baptist Gradl, CDU

• Otto Heinrich Greve, SPD

• Wilhelm Gülich, SPD (until 15 April 1960)

• Bernhard Günther, CDU

• Karl Theodor Freiherr von und zu Guttenberg, CSU

H
• Hermann Haage, SPD

• Karl Hackethal, CDU

• Karl Hahn, CDU

• Dietrich Hahne, CDU (from 7 December 1959)

• Heinrich Hamacher, SPD

• Fritz von Haniel-Niethammer, CSU

• Hermann Hansing, SPD

• Walter Harm, SPD (until 22 September 1961)

• Johann Harnischfeger, CDU

• Herbert Hauffe, SPD

• Hugo Hauser, CDU (from 11 March 1960)

• Erwin Häussler, CDU

• Bruno Heck, CDU

• Johann Karl Heide, SPD

• Rudolf-Ernst Heiland, SPD

• Gustav Heinemann, SPD

• Fritz Heinrich, SPD (until 7 March 1959)

• Martin Heix, CDU

• Josef Hellenbrock, SPD

• Fritz Hellwig, CDU (until 30 November 1959)

• Georg Graf Henckel von Donnersmarck, CSU (from 5 September 1959)

• Luise Herklotz, SPD

• Hans Hermsdorf, SPD

• Karl Herold, SPD

• Carl Hesberg, CDU

• Clemens Hesemann, CDU

• Hellmuth Heye, CDU

• Anton Hilbert, CDU

• Hermann Höcherl, CSU

• Wilhelm Höck, CDU

• Heinrich Höcker, SPD

• Heinrich Höfler, CDU

• Egon Höhmann, SPD

• Franz Höhne, SPD

• Ernst Holla, CDU

• Matthias Hoogen, CDU

• Fritz Wilhelm Hörauf, SPD

• Peter Horn, CDU

• Viktor Hoven, FDP

• Elinor Hubert, SPD

• Karl Hübner, FDV (Gast der CDU/CSU-Fraktion, ab 1 January 1959 CDU)

• Josef Hufnagel, SPD

• Eugen Huth, CDU

• Lambert Huys, CDU

I

 * Joseph Illerhaus, CDU
 * Wolfgang Imle, FDP (from 29 June 1960)
 * Hans Iven, SPD

J

 * Werner Jacobi, SPD
 * Peter Jacobs, SPD
 * Richard Jaeger, CSU
 * Hans Jahn, SPD (until 10 July 1960)
 * Artur Jahn, CDU
 * Gerhard Jahn, SPD
 * Wenzel Jaksch, SPD
 * Pascual Jordan, CDU
 * Johann Peter Josten, CDU
 * Hans-Jürgen Junghans, SPD
 * Hubert Jungherz, SPD (from 19 January 1960)
 * Nikolaus Jürgensen, SPD

K
• Hellmut Kalbitzer, SPD

• Margot Kalinke, CDU

• Karl Kanka, CDU

• Hans Katzer, CDU

• Irma Keilhack, SPD

• Ernst Keller, FDP

• Emil Kemmer, CSU

• Friedrich Kempfler, CSU

• Alma Kettig, SPD

• Dietrich Keuning, SPD

• Kurt Georg Kiesinger, CDU (until 19 February 1959)

• Arthur Killat, SPD (from 19 March 1959)

• Georg Richard Kinat, Other

• Liesel Kipp-Kaule, SPD

• Peterheinrich Kirchhoff, CDU

• Gerhard Kisters, CDU (from 21 September 1959)

• Wolfgang Klausner, CSU (until 17 April 1958)

• Elfriede Klemmert, CDU

• Georg Kliesing, CDU

• Ludwig Knobloch, CDU

• Friedrich Knorr, CSU

• Hermann Koch (politician), CDU

• Jakob Koenen, SPD

• Otto Köhler, FDP (until 27 June 1960)

• Oswald Adolph Kohut, FDP

• Willy Könen, SPD

• Wilhelm Königswarter, SPD

• Hermann Kopf, CDU

• Lisa Korspeter, SPD

• Waldemar Kraft, CDU

• Angelo Kramel, CSU

• Karl Krammig, CDU

• Edith Krappe, SPD

• Friedrich Kraus, SPD

• Reinhold Kreitmeyer, FDP

• Gerhard Kreyssig, SPD

• Herbert Kriedemann, SPD

• Ludwig Kroll, CDU

• Heinrich Krone, CDU

• Georg Krug, CSU

• Caspar Krüger, CDU (from 15 December 1958)

• Hans Krüger, CDU

• Edeltraud Kuchtner, CSU

• Knut von Kühlmann-Stumm, FDP (from 8 August 1960)

• Walter Kühlthau, CDU

• Heinz Kühn, SPD

• Walther Kühn, FDP

• August Kunst, CDU

• Ernst Kuntscher, CDU

• Johannes Kunze, CDU (until 11 October 1959)

• Georg Kurlbaum, SPD

L
• Georg Lang, CSU

• Erwin Lange, SPD

• Wilhelm Lantermann, SPD

• Hans Lautenschlager, SPD (from 9 November 1960)

• Georg Leber, SPD

• Albert Leicht, CDU

• Walter Leiske, CDU

• Ernst Lemmer, CDU

• Aloys Lenz, CDU

• Hans Lenz, FDP

• Franz Lenze, CDU

• Gottfried Leonhard, CDU

• Josef Lermer, CSU

• Edmund Leukert, CSU (from 21 April 1958)

• Paul Leverkuehn, CDU (until 1 March 1960)

• Hanns-Gero von Lindeiner, CDU (from 8 September 1959)

• Heinrich Lindenberg, CDU

• Hermann Lindrath, CDU (until 27 February 1960)

• Fritz Logemann, FDP

• Ulrich Lohmar, SPD

• Walter Löhr, CDU

• Heinrich Lübke, CDU (until 2 September 1959)

• Johannes Lücke, SPD

• Paul Lücke, CDU

• Hans August Lücker, CSU

• Marie-Elisabeth Lüders, FDP

• Adolf Ludwig, SPD

• Wilhelm Adam Lulay, CDU (from 23 February 1959)

• Karl-Heinz Lünenstraß, SPD

M
• Ernst Majonica, CDU

• Georg Baron Manteuffel-Szoege, CSU

• Robert Margulies, FDP

• Berthold Martin, CDU

• Franz Marx, SPD

• Heinz Matthes, Other (GDP)

• Kurt Mattick, SPD

• Oskar Matzner, SPD

• Eugen Maucher, CDU (from 30 January 1958)

• Adolf Mauk, FDP

• Agnes Katharina Maxsein, CDU

• Reinhold Mayer, FDP (until 30 September 1959)

• Friedrich Mayer, SPD (until 14 December 1960)

• Josef Mayer, CDU

• Hans Meis, CDU (from 2 July 1958)

• Karl Meitmann, SPD

• Wilhelm Mellies, SPD (until 19 May 1958)

• Linus Memmel, CSU

• Erich Mende, FDP

• Theodor Mengelkamp, CDU

• Josef Menke, CDU

• Fritz Mensing, CDU

• Walter Menzel, SPD

• Hans-Joachim von Merkatz, CDU

• Hans Merten, SPD

• Rudolf Metter, SPD

• Ludwig Metzger, SPD

• Erich Meyer, SPD

• Ernst Wilhelm Meyer, SPD

• Philipp Meyer, CSU

• Emmy Meyer-Laule, SPD

• Franz Meyers, CDU (until 4 September 1958)

• Josef Mick, CDU

• Herwart Miessner, FDP (from 21 May 1959)

• Wolfgang Mischnick, FDP

• Karl Mommer, SPD

• Richard Muckermann, CDU

• Klaus Freiherr von Mühlen, FDP (from 6 October 1959)

• Franz Mühlenberg, CDU

• Hans Müller, SPD

• Karl Müller, SPD

• Willy Müller, SPD

• Ernst Müller-Hermann, CDU

• Oskar Munzinger, SPD (from 20 April 1959 until 1 October 1959)

• Leonhard Murr, FDP

• Franzjosef Müser, CDU

N

 * Friederike Nadig, SPD
 * Peter Nellen, SPD
 * Kurt Neubauer, SPD
 * August Neuburger, CDU
 * Franz Neumann, SPD
 * Wilhelm Nieberg, CDU
 * Alois Niederalt, CSU
 * Maria Niggemeyer, CDU

O

 * Theodor Oberländer, CDU
 * Willy Odenthal, SPD
 * Josef Oesterle, CSU (until 31 August 1959)
 * Richard Oetzel, CDU
 * Erich Ollenhauer, SPD

P

 * Maria Pannhoff, CDU
 * Ernst Paul, SPD
 * Georg Pelster, CDU
 * Ernst Pernoll, CDU (until 15 July 1959)
 * Georg Peters, SPD
 * Robert Pferdmenges, CDU
 * Walter Pflaumbaum, CDU
 * Gerhard Philipp, CDU
 * Carl Pietscher, CDU
 * Elisabeth Pitz-Savelsberg, CDU
 * Kurt Pohle, SPD
 * Heinz Pöhler, SPD
 * Ludwig Preiß, CDU
 * Carl Prennel, SPD
 * Victor-Emanuel Preusker, CDU
 * Moritz-Ernst Priebe, SPD
 * Wilhelm Probst, CDU
 * Maria Probst, CSU
 * Werner Pusch, SPD
 * Severin Fritz Pütz, SPD

R
• Willy Max Rademacher, FDP

• Egon Wilhelm Ramms, FDP

• Hugo Rasch, SPD (until 15 September 1960)

• Will Rasner, CDU

• Ludwig Ratzel, SPD (until 21 June 1960)

• Rudolf Recktenwald, SPD (from 11 August 1959 until 20 October 1959)

• Karl Regling, SPD

• Luise Rehling, CDU

• Reinhold Rehs, SPD

• Carl Reinhard, CDU

• Eckhard Reith, CDU

• Wilhelm Reitz, SPD

• Richard Reitzner, SPD

• Annemarie Renger, SPD

• Hans Richarts, CDU

• Clemens Riedel, CDU

• Hugo Rimmelspacher, SPD (from 27 June 1960)

• Georg Ripken, CDU (from 10 March 1958)

• Heinrich Georg Ritzel, SPD

• Ernst Rodiek, SPD (from 15 July 1960)

• Helmut Rohde, SPD

• Dietrich Rollmann, CDU (from 7 March 1960)

• Josef Rommerskirchen, CDU (from 12 December 1960)

• Julie Rösch, CDU

• Josef Rösing, CDU

• Hans-Carl Rüdel, CDU

• Margarete Rudoll, SPD

• Thomas Ruf, CDU

• Heinrich-Wilhelm Ruhnke, SPD

• Franz Ruland, CSU

• Wolfgang Rutschke, FDP

S
• Heinrich Sander, FDP

• Friedrich Schäfer, SPD

• Fritz Schäffer, CSU

• Marta Schanzenbach, SPD

• Hugo Scharnberg, CDU

• Ernst Scharnowski, SPD

• Walter Scheel, FDP

• Ernst Schellenberg, SPD

• Heinrich Scheppmann, CDU

• Josef Scheuren, SPD (from 20 March 1959)

• Heinrich Schild, CDU

• Albrecht Schlee, CSU

• Josef Schlick, CDU

• Alfred Schliestedt, SPD (from 29 September 1961)

• Carlo Schmid, SPD

• Helmut Schmidt, SPD

• Martin Schmidt, SPD

• Otto Schmidt, CDU

• Cläre Schmitt, CDU

• Hermann Schmitt-Vockenhausen, SPD

• Kurt Schmücker, CDU

• Ludwig Schneider, CDU (from 10 September 1958)

• Herbert Schneider, Other (GDP)

• Georg Schneider (politician, born 1892), CDU

• Heinrich Schneider, FDP

• Erwin Schoettle, SPD

• Helmuth Schranz, Other (GDP)

• Nikolaus Schreiner, SPD (until 31 August 1958)

• Gerhard Schröder, CDU

• Kurt Schröder, SPD

• Richard Schröter, SPD

• Fritz-Rudolf Schultz, FDP

• Hubert Schulze-Pellengahr, CDU

• Josef Schüttler, CDU

• Hans Schütz, CSU

• Klaus Schütz, SPD

• Werner Schwarz, CDU

• Elisabeth Schwarzhaupt, CDU

• Hermann Schwörer, CDU (from 21 October 1958)

• Hans-Christoph Seebohm, CDU

• Roland Seffrin, CDU

• Max Seidel, SPD

• Franz Seidl, CSU

• Max Seither, SPD

• Elfriede Seppi, SPD (from 13 October 1959)

• Günther Serres, CDU

• Walter Seuffert, SPD

• Franz Seume, SPD

• Theodor Siebel, CDU

• J Hermann Siemer, CDU

• Karl Simpfendörfer, CDU

• Emil Solke, CDU

• August Spies, CDU

• Josef Spies, CSU

• Kurt Spitzmüller, FDP

• Willy Stahl, FDP

• Wolfgang Stammberger, FDP

• Heinz Starke, FDP

• Robert Stauch, CDU

• Josef Stecker, CDU

• Viktoria Steinbiß, CDU

• Willy Steinmetz, CDU

• Carl Stenger, SPD

• Georg Stierle, SPD

• Georg Stiller, CSU

• Josef Stingl, CDU

• Gerhard Stoltenberg, CDU

• Anton Storch, CDU

• Friedrich-Karl Storm, CDU

• Leo Storm, CDU

• Heinrich Sträter, SPD

• Franz Josef Strauß, CSU

• Otto Striebeck, SPD (from 27 May 1958)

• Käte Strobel, SPD

• Detlef Struve, CDU

• Richard Stücklen, CSU

• Gustav Sühler, CSU

T

 * Richard Tamblé, SPD (from 25 April 1960)
 * Theodor Teriete, CDU
 * Emil Theil, SPD (from 6 March 1960)
 * Hanns Theis, SPD
 * Peter Tobaben, CDU
 * Hans Toussaint, CDU

U

 * Franz Xaver Unertl, CSU

V

 * Franz Varelmann, CDU
 * Max Vehar, CDU
 * Elisabeth Vietje, CDU (from 6 May 1960)
 * Rudolf Vogel, CDU
 * Karl-Heinz Vogt, CSU

W
• Gerhard Wacher, CSU

• Friedrich Wilhelm Wagner, SPD

• Eduard Wahl, CDU

• Otto Walpert, SPD (until 12 January 1960)

• Fritz Walter, FDP

• Fritz Weber, FDP

• Helene Weber, CDU

• Karl Weber, CDU

• Heinz Wegener, SPD

• Heinrich Wehking, CDU

• Herbert Wehner, SPD

• Philipp Wehr, SPD (until 20 February 1960)

• August Weimer, CDU

• Otto Weinkamm, CSU

• Erwin Welke, SPD

• Heinrich Welslau, SPD

• Emmi Welter, CDU

• Ernst Weltner, SPD

• Helmut Wendelborn, CDU

• Friedrich Werber, CDU

• Rudolf Werner, CDU (from 24 July 1959)

• Helene Wessel, SPD

• Karl Wienand, SPD

• Karl Wieninger, CSU

• Werner Wilhelm, SPD (from 5 September 1958)

• Hans Wilhelmi, CDU

• Rudolf Will, FDP

• Friedrich Wilhelm Willeke, CDU

• Heinrich Windelen, CDU

• Bernhard Winkelheide, CDU

• Friedrich Winter, CSU

• Hans-Jürgen Wischnewski, SPD

• Franz Wittmann, CSU

• Kurt Wittmer-Eigenbrodt, CDU

• Karl Wittrock, SPD

• Herbert Wolff, CDU (until 15 October 1958)

• Jeanette Wolff, SPD

• Josef Worms, CDU

• Franz-Josef Wuermeling, CDU

• Heinrich Wullenhaupt, CDU

Z

 * Alois Zimmer, CDU
 * Friedrich Zimmermann, CSU
 * Siegfried Zoglmann, FDP
 * Ernst Zühlke, SPD