New York's 17th congressional district

New York's 17th congressional district
New York's 17th congressional district since January 3, 2013
Representative
  Mondaire Jones
DNyack
Distribution
  • 98.40% urban
  • 1.60% rural
Population (2019)737,355
Median household
income
$108,449[1]
Ethnicity
Cook PVID+9[2]

New York's 17th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of New York.

Presidential election results

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Year Office Results
1992 President Clinton 75 - 19% (Bush)
1996 President Clinton 85 - 11% (Dole)
2000 President Gore 69 - 27% (W. Bush)
2004 President Kerry 67 - 33% (W. Bush)
2008 President Obama 72 - 28% (McCain)
2012 President Obama 57 - 41% (Romney)
2016 President H. Clinton 52 - 39% (Trump)
2020 President Biden 60 - 39% (Trump)

List of representatives

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1803–1833: One seat

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Representative Party Years Cong
ress
Electoral history Location
District created March 4, 1803

Oliver Phelps
Democratic-Republican March 4, 1803 –
March 3, 1805
8th Elected in 1802.
[Data unknown/missing.]
1803–1813
[Data unknown/missing.]

Silas Halsey
Democratic-Republican March 4, 1805 –
March 3, 1807
9th Elected in 1804.
Lost re-election.
John Harris Democratic-Republican March 4, 1807 –
March 3, 1809
10th Elected in 1806.
Lost re-election.
District not in use March 4, 1809 –
March 3, 1813
11th
12th

William S. Smith
Federalist March 4, 1813 –
March 3, 1815
13th Elected in 1812.
Re-elected in 1814 but did not take or claim the seat.
1813–1823
Herkimer County, except the Town of Danube; and Madison County.
Vacant March 4, 1815 –
December 13, 1815
14th

Westel Willoughby Jr.
Democratic-Republican December 13, 1815 –
March 3, 1817
Successfully contested Smith's election.
[Data unknown/missing.]

Thomas H. Hubbard
Democratic-Republican March 4, 1817 –
March 3, 1819
15th Elected in 1816.
[Data unknown/missing.]
Aaron Hackley Jr. Democratic-Republican March 4, 1819 –
March 3, 1821
16th Elected in 1818.
[Data unknown/missing.]
Vacant March 4, 1821 –
December 3, 1821
17th Elections were held in April 1821. It is unclear when results were announced or credentials issued.

Thomas H. Hubbard
Democratic-Republican December 3, 1821 –
March 3, 1823
Elected in 1821.
[Data unknown/missing.]

John W. Taylor
Democratic-Republican March 4, 1823 –
March 3, 1825
18th
19th
20th
21st
22nd
Redistricted from 11th district and re-elected in 1822.
Re-elected in 1824.
Re-elected in 1826.
Re-elected in 1828.
Re-elected in 1830.
Lost re-election.
Saratoga County
Anti-Jacksonian March 4, 1825 –
March 3, 1833

1833–1843: Two seats

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From 1833 to 1843, two seats were apportioned to the 17th district, elected at-large on a general ticket.

Representative Party Years Cong
ress
Electoral history

Samuel Beardsley
Jacksonian March 4, 1833 –
March 29, 1836
23rd
24th
Redistricted from 14th district and re-elected in 1832.
Re-elected in 1834.
Resigned to become circuit judge.
Vacant March 29, 1836 –
November 9, 1836
24th [Data unknown/missing.]
Rutger B. Miller Jacksonian November 9, 1836 –
March 3, 1837
Elected to finish Beardsley's term.
[Data unknown/missing.]

Henry A. Foster
Democratic March 4, 1837 –
March 3, 1839
25th Elected in 1836.
[Data unknown/missing.]
David P. Brewster Democratic March 4, 1839 –
March 3, 1843
26th
27th
Elected in 1838.
Re-elected in 1840.
[Data unknown/missing.]
Representative Party Years Cong
ress
Electoral history

Joel Turrill
Jacksonian March 4, 1833 –
March 3, 1837
23rd
24th
Elected in 1832.
Re-elected in 1834.
[Data unknown/missing.]

Abraham P. Grant
Democratic March 4, 1837 –
March 3, 1839
25th Elected in 1836.
[Data unknown/missing.]

John G. Floyd
Democratic March 4, 1839 –
March 3, 1843
26th
27th
Elected in 1838.
Re-elected in 1840.
[Data unknown/missing.]

1843–present: One seat

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Representative Party Years Cong
ress
Electoral history

Charles S. Benton
Democratic March 4, 1843 –
March 3, 1847
28th
29th
Elected in 1842.
Re-elected in 1844.
[Data unknown/missing.]
George Petrie Independent Democrat March 4, 1847 –
March 3, 1849
30th Elected in 1846.
[Data unknown/missing.]
Henry P. Alexander Whig March 4, 1849 –
March 3, 1851
31st Elected in 1848.
[Data unknown/missing.]

Alexander H. Buell
Democratic March 4, 1851 –
January 29, 1853
32nd Elected in 1850.
Died.
Vacant January 29, 1853 –
March 3, 1853
[Data unknown/missing.]

Bishop Perkins
Democratic March 4, 1853 –
March 3, 1855
33rd Elected in 1852.
[Data unknown/missing.]

Francis E. Spinner
Democratic March 4, 1855 –
March 3, 1857
34th
35th
36th
Elected in 1854.
Re-elected in 1856.
Re-elected in 1858.
[Data unknown/missing.]
Republican March 4, 1857 –
March 3, 1861

Socrates N. Sherman
Republican March 4, 1861 –
March 3, 1863
37th Elected in 1860.
[Data unknown/missing.]

Calvin T. Hulburd
Republican March 4, 1863 –
March 3, 1869
38th
39th
40th
Elected in 1862.
Re-elected in 1864.
Re-elected in 1866.
[Data unknown/missing.]

William A. Wheeler
Republican March 4, 1869 –
March 3, 1873
41st
42nd
Elected in 1868.
Re-elected in 1870.
Redistricted to 18th district.

Robert S. Hale
Republican March 4, 1873 –
March 3, 1875
43rd Elected in 1872.
[Data unknown/missing.]

Martin I. Townsend
Republican March 4, 1875 –
March 3, 1879
44th
45th
Elected in 1874.
Re-elected in 1876.
[Data unknown/missing.]

Walter A. Wood
Republican March 4, 1879 –
March 3, 1883
46th
47th
Elected in 1878.
Re-elected in 1880.
[Data unknown/missing.]

Henry G. Burleigh
Republican March 4, 1883 –
March 3, 1885
48th Elected in 1882.
Redistricted to 18th district

James G. Lindsley
Republican March 4, 1885 –
March 3, 1887
49th Elected in 1884.
[Data unknown/missing.]

Stephen T. Hopkins
Republican March 4, 1887 –
March 3, 1889
50th Elected in 1886.
[Data unknown/missing.]

Charles J. Knapp
Republican March 4, 1889 –
March 3, 1891
51st Elected in 1888.
[Data unknown/missing.]

Isaac N. Cox
Democratic March 4, 1891 –
March 3, 1893
52nd Elected in 1890.
[Data unknown/missing.]

Francis Marvin
Republican March 4, 1893 –
March 3, 1895
53rd Elected in 1892.
[Data unknown/missing.]

Benjamin B. Odell Jr.
Republican March 4, 1895 –
March 3, 1899
54th
55th
Elected in 1894.
Re-elected in 1896.
[Data unknown/missing.]

Arthur S. Tompkins
Republican March 4, 1899 –
March 3, 1903
56th
57th
Elected in 1898.
Re-elected in 1900.
[Data unknown/missing.]

Francis E. Shober
Democratic March 4, 1903 –
March 3, 1905
58th Elected in 1902.
[Data unknown/missing.]

William S. Bennet
Republican March 4, 1905 –
March 3, 1911
59th
60th
61st
Elected in 1904.
Re-elected in 1906.
Re-elected in 1908.
[Data unknown/missing.]

Henry George Jr.
Democratic March 4, 1911 –
March 3, 1913
62nd Elected in 1910.
Redistricted to 21st district

John F. Carew
Democratic March 4, 1913 –
March 3, 1919
63rd
64th
65th
Elected in 1912.
Re-elected in 1914.
Re-elected in 1916
Redistricted to 18th district

Herbert Pell
Democratic March 4, 1919 –
March 3, 1921
66th Elected in 1918.
[Data unknown/missing.]

Ogden L. Mills
Republican March 4, 1921 –
March 3, 1927
67th
68th
69th
Elected in 1920.
Re-elected in 1922.
Re-elected in 1924.
[Data unknown/missing.]

William W. Cohen
Democratic March 4, 1927 –
March 3, 1929
70th Elected in 1926.
[Data unknown/missing.]

Ruth B. Pratt
Republican March 4, 1929 –
March 3, 1933
71st
72nd
Elected in 1928.
Re-elected in 1930.
[Data unknown/missing.]

Theodore A. Peyser
Democratic March 4, 1933 –
August 8, 1937
73rd
74th
75th
Elected in 1932.
Re-elected in 1934.
Re-elected in 1936.
Died.
Vacant August 8, 1937 –
November 2, 1937
75th [Data unknown/missing.]

Bruce F. Barton
Republican November 2, 1937 –
January 3, 1941
75th
76th
Elected to finish Peyser's term.
Re-elected in 1938.
[Data unknown/missing.]

Kenneth F. Simpson
Republican January 3, 1941 –
January 25, 1941
77th Elected in 1940.
Died.
Vacant January 29, 1941 –
March 11, 1941
[Data unknown/missing.]

Joseph C. Baldwin
Republican March 11, 1941 –
January 3, 1947
77th
78th
79th
Elected to finish Simpson's term.
Re-elected in 1942.
Re-elected in 1944.
[Data unknown/missing.]

Frederic R. Coudert Jr.
Republican January 3, 1947 –
January 3, 1959
80th
81st
82nd
83rd
84th
85th
Elected in 1946.
Re-elected in 1948.
Re-elected in 1950.
Re-elected in 1952.
Re-elected in 1954.
Re-elected in 1956.
[Data unknown/missing.]

John V. Lindsay
Republican January 3, 1959 –
December 31, 1965
86th
87th
88th
89th
Elected in 1958.
Re-elected in 1960.
Re-elected in 1962.
Re-elected in 1964.
Resigned after being elected as Mayor of New York City.
Vacant January 1, 1966 –
February 7, 1966
89th [Data unknown/missing.]

Theodore R. Kupferman
Republican February 8, 1966 –
January 3, 1969
89th
90th
Elected to finish Lindsay's term.
Re-elected in 1966.
[Data unknown/missing.]

Ed Koch
Democratic January 3, 1969 –
January 3, 1973
91st
92nd
Elected in 1968.
Re-elected in 1970.
Redistricted to 18th district

John M. Murphy
Democratic January 3, 1973 –
January 3, 1981
93rd
94th
95th
96th
Redistricted from 16th district and re-elected in 1972.
Re-elected in 1974.
Re-elected in 1976.
Re-elected in 1978.
[Data unknown/missing.]

Guy Molinari
Republican January 3, 1981 –
January 3, 1983
97th Elected in 1980.
Redistricted to 14th district

Ted Weiss
Democratic January 3, 1983 –
September 14, 1992
98th
99th
100th
101st
102nd
Redistricted from 20th district and re-elected in 1982.
Re-elected in 1984.
Re-elected in 1986.
Re-elected in 1988.
Re-elected in 1990.
Died.
Vacant September 15, 1992 –
November 2, 1992
102nd [Data unknown/missing.]

Jerry Nadler
Democratic November 3, 1992 –
January 3, 1993
Elected to finish Weiss's term.
Redistricted to 8th district

Eliot Engel
Democratic January 3, 1993 –
January 3, 2013
103rd
104th
105th
106th
107th
108th
109th
110th
111th
112th
Redistricted from the 19th district and re-elected in 1992.
Re-elected in 1994.
Re-elected in 1996.
Re-elected in 1998.
Re-elected in 2000.
Re-elected in 2002.
Re-elected in 2004.
Re-elected in 2006.
Re-elected in 2008.
Re-elected in 2010.
Redistricted to the 16th district.

Nita Lowey
Democratic January 3, 2013 –
January 3, 2021
113th
114th
115th
116th
Redistricted from the 18th district and re-elected in 2012.
Re-elected in 2014.
Re-elected in 2016.
Re-elected in 2018.
Retired.

Mondaire Jones
Democratic January 3, 2021 –
Present
Presentth Elected in 2020.

References

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  1. "My Congressional District".
  2. "Introducing the 2021 Cook Political Report Partisan Voter Index". The Cook Political Report. April 15, 2021. Retrieved April 15, 2021.