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The Republican Party asked Hammerschmidt to run for 3rd congressional district.<ref name="AKencyc"/> He won the election with 53 percent of the vote, defeating 22-year incumbent [[Jim Trimble]]<ref name="AKencyc"/> and becoming the first Republican member of [[United States Congress|Congress]] since [[Reconstruction]].<ref name="Advocate"/><ref>[http://ualrpublicradio.org/post/former-congressman-john-paul-hammerschmidt-dies-92#stream/0 Former Congressman John Paul Hammerschmidt Dies At 92]. ''ualrpublicradio.org'' (from ''AP''). April 1, 2015. Retrieved November 4, 2016.</ref> In that same election, [[Winthrop Rockefeller]] was elected as the first Republican governor of Arkansas since Reconstruction.

The Republican Party asked Hammerschmidt to run for 3rd congressional district.<ref name="AKencyc"/> He won the election with 53 percent of the vote, defeating 22-year incumbent [[Jim Trimble]]<ref name="AKencyc"/> and becoming the first Republican member of [[United States Congress|Congress]] since [[Reconstruction]].<ref name="Advocate"/><ref>[http://ualrpublicradio.org/post/former-congressman-john-paul-hammerschmidt-dies-92#stream/0 Former Congressman John Paul Hammerschmidt Dies At 92]. ''ualrpublicradio.org'' (from ''AP''). April 1, 2015. Retrieved November 4, 2016.</ref> In that same election, [[Winthrop Rockefeller]] was elected as the first Republican governor of Arkansas since Reconstruction.

Hammerschmidt faced Democrat [[Bill Clinton]] in the 1974 election. It was a close election due to the [[Watergate scandal]] and Clinton's charisma.<ref name="AKencyc"/><ref name="NYT">Roberts, Sam (April 2, 2015). [http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/03/us/politics/john-paul-hammerschmidt-congressman-who-defeated-clinton-dies-at-92.html?_r=0 John Paul Hammerschmidt, 92, Dies; Congressman Defeated Clinton]. ''The New York Times''. Retrieved November 4, 2016.</ref> Hammerschmidt won the election with 52 percent of the vote, a narrower margin than usual for him.<ref name="NYT"/>

Hammerschmidt faced Democrat [[Bill Clinton]] in the 1974 election. It was a close election due to the [[Watergate scandal]] and Clinton's charisma.<ref name="AKencyc"/><ref name="NYT">Roberts, Sam (April 2, 2015). [https://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/03/us/politics/john-paul-hammerschmidt-congressman-who-defeated-clinton-dies-at-92.html?_r=0 John Paul Hammerschmidt, 92, Dies; Congressman Defeated Clinton]. ''The New York Times''. Retrieved November 4, 2016.</ref> Hammerschmidt won the election with 52 percent of the vote, a narrower margin than usual for him.<ref name="NYT"/>

His arguably most well-known accomplishment in Washington was successfully sponsoring a bill making the Buffalo River the first national river in the U.S.<ref name="AKencyc"/><ref name="Advocate"/>

His arguably most well-known accomplishment in Washington was successfully sponsoring a bill making the Buffalo River the first national river in the U.S.<ref name="AKencyc"/><ref name="Advocate"/>