New York's 29th congressional district
The Twenty-ninth district of New York is an obsolete congressional district for the United States House of Representatives which most recently included a portion of the Appalachian mountains in New York known as the "Southern Tier." It was most recently represented by Tom Reed. This district number became obsolete for the 113th Congress in 2013 as a result of the 2010 Census. Most of the former 29th district remained intact and was to be renumbered as the 23rd district.
Voting
Election results from presidential races | ||
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Year | Office | Results |
1992 | President | Clinton 40 - 33% |
1996 | President | Clinton 51 - 35% |
2000 | President | Bush 53 - 43% |
2004 | President | Bush 56 - 42% |
2008 | President | McCain 51 - 48% |
Components: past and present
The 29th District was centered in Buffalo and Niagara Falls in the 1990s (represented by John LaFalce); that district was dismantled and parceled out to the present 27th and 28th Districts. In the 1980s this district was centered in suburban Rochester. During the 1970s the district was congruent to the present upper Hudson Valley 20th District.
The far southern tier district was numbered the 31st District in the 1990s and the 34th District in the 1980s, when Amo Houghton represented it. During the 1970s this area was primarily in the 39th District. Prior versions of this district included Chautauqua county; suburban Rochester had never been in a southern tier district until the 2002 remap. The result was that the district changed from a "packed" Republican district to a "cracked" district. The 2008 elections reversed the crack, meaning that the heavily Democratic and suburban Monroe County votes were able to swing the district in their favor, leaving most of the rest of the expansive district out of influence, though not without help from an unexplained vote shift in Cattaraugus County. Former Corning Mayor Tom Reed, a Republican, was sworn in on Nov. 18, 2010 to fill out the term of Democrat Eric Massa, who resigned. Reed was elected to a full two-year term in the 112th Congress.
1913–1945:
- All of Saratoga, Warren, Washington
- Parts of Rensselaer
1945–1953:
1953–1963:
1963–1969:
- All of Albany, Schenectady
- Parts of Rensselaer
1969–1971:
- All of Albany, Schenectady
1971–1973:
- All of Schenectady
- Parts of Albany, Montgomery
1973–1983:
- All of Greene, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Warren, Washington
- Parts of Albany, Columbia, Essex
1983–1993:
1993–2003:
2003–2013:
List of representatives
Representative | Party | Years | Electoral history |
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District created | March 4, 1823 | ||
Isaac Wilson | Democratic- Republican |
March 4, 1823 – January 7, 1824 |
Elected in 1822 Lost election contest |
Parmenio Adams | Adams-Clay Republican |
January 7, 1824 – March 3, 1825 |
Won election contest [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
Adams | March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1827 | ||
David Ellicott Evans | Jacksonian | March 4, 1827 – May 2, 1827 |
Elected in 1826 Resigned |
Vacant | May 3, 1827 – December 3, 1827 | ||
Phineas L. Tracy | Adams | December 3, 1827 – March 3, 1829 |
Elected in special election [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
Anti- Masonic |
March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1833 | ||
George W. Lay | Anti- Masonic |
March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1835 |
First elected in 1832 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
Anti- Jacksonian |
March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837 | ||
William Patterson | Whig | March 4, 1837 – August 14, 1838 |
Elected in 1836 Died |
Vacant | August 14, 1838 – November 6, 1838 | ||
Harvey Putnam | Whig | November 7, 1838 – March 3, 1839 |
Elected to finish Patterson's term [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
Seth M. Gates | Whig | March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1843 |
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
Charles H. Carroll | Whig | March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1847 |
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
Robert L. Rose | Whig | March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1851 |
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
Jerediah Horsford | Whig | March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853 |
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
Azariah Boody | Whig | March 4, 1853 – October, 1853 |
Resigned |
Vacant | October 1853 – November 7, 1853 | ||
Davis Carpenter | Whig | November 8, 1853 – March 3, 1855 |
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
John Williams | Democratic | March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857 |
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
Samuel G. Andrews | Republican | March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859 |
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
Alfred Ely | Republican | March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1863 |
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
Augustus Frank | Republican | March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1865 |
Redistricted from the 30th district [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
Burt Van Horn | Republican | March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1869 |
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
John Fisher | Republican | March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1871 |
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
Seth Wakeman | Republican | March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1873 |
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
Freeman Clarke | Republican | March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875 |
Redistricted from the 28th district [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
Charles C.B. Walker | Democratic | March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877 |
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
John N. Hungerford | Republican | March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1879 |
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
David P. Richardson | Republican | March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1883 |
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
John Arnot, Jr. | Democratic | March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885 |
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] Redistricted to the 28th district |
Ira Davenport | Republican | March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1889 |
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
John Raines | Republican | March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1893 |
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
Charles W. Gillet | Republican | March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1903 |
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] Redistricted to the 33rd district |
Michael E. Driscoll | Republican | March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1913 |
Redistricted from 27th district |
James S. Parker | Republican | March 4, 1913 – December 19, 1933 |
Died |
Vacant | December 19, 1933 – January 29, 1934 | ||
William D. Thomas | Republican | January 30, 1934 – May 17, 1936 |
Elected to finish Parker's term Died |
Vacant | May 18, 1936 – January 3, 1937 | ||
E. Harold Cluett | Republican | January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1943 |
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
Dean P. Taylor | Republican | January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1945 |
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] Redistricted to the 33rd district |
Augustus W. Bennet | Republican | January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1947 |
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
Katharine St. George | Republican | January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1953 |
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] Redistricted to the 28th district |
J. Ernest Wharton | Republican | January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1963 |
Redistricted from the 30th district Redistricted to the 28th district |
Leo W. O'Brien | Democratic | January 3, 1963 – December 30, 1966 |
Redistricted from 30th district Resigned |
Vacant | December 31, 1966 – January 2, 1967 | ||
Daniel E. Button | Republican | January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1971 |
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
Samuel S. Stratton | Democratic | January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1973 |
Redistricted from the 35th district Redistricted to the 28th district |
Carleton J. King | Republican | January 3, 1973 – December 31, 1974 |
Redistricted from the 30th district Resigned |
Vacant | January 1, 1975 – January 2, 1975 | ||
Edward W. Pattison | Democratic | January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1979 |
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
Gerald B.H. Solomon | Republican | January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1983 |
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] Redistricted to the 24th district |
Frank Horton | Republican | January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1993 |
Redistricted from the 34th district [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
John J. LaFalce | Democratic | January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2003 |
Redistricted from the 32nd district [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
Amo Houghton | Republican | January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2005 |
Redistricted from the 31st district Retired |
Randy Kuhl | Republican | January 3, 2005 – January 3, 2009 |
First elected in 2004 Re-elected in 2006 Lost re-election |
Eric Massa | Democratic | January 3, 2009 – March 8, 2010 |
Elected in 2008 Resigned |
Vacant | March 8, 2010 – November 18, 2010 | ||
Tom Reed | Republican | November 18, 2010 – January 3, 2013 |
Elected to finish Massa's term, and Elected to the next term in 2010 Redistricted to the 23rd district |
District eliminated | January 3, 2013 |
Recent election results
Following are the results of the elections of 1996 through 2008.
In New York State electoral politics there are numerous minor parties at various points on the political spectrum. Certain parties will invariably endorse either the Republican or Democratic candidate for every office. Therefore the state electoral results contain both the party votes, and the final candidate votes (Listed as "Recap").
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Democratic | John J. LaFalce | 132,317 | 62.0 | ||
Republican | David B. Callard | 81,135 | 38.0 | ||
Majority | 51,182 | 24.0 | |||
Turnout | 213,452 | 100 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Democratic | John J. LaFalce | 97,235 | 57.0 | -5.0 | |
Republican | Chris Collins | 56,443 | 40.7 | +2.7 | |
Right to Life | David E. Denzel | 3,813 | 2.2 | +2.2 | |
Majority | 27,754 | 16.3 | +7.7 | ||
Turnout | 170,529 | 100 | -20.1 | ||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Democratic | John J. LaFalce | 128,328 | 61.3 | +4.3 | |
Republican | Brett M. Sommer | 81,159 | 38.7 | -2.0 | |
Majority | 47,169 | 22.5 | +6.2 | ||
Turnout | 209,487 | 100 | +22.8 | ||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Republican | Amo Houghton | 127,657 | 73.1 | +34.4 | |
Democratic | Kisun J. Peters | 37,128 | 21.3 | -40.0 | |
Right to Life | Wendy M. Johnson | 5,836 | 3.3 | +3.3 | |
Green | Rachel Treichler | 4,010 | 2.3 | +2.3 | |
Majority | 90,529 | 51.8 | +29.3 | ||
Turnout | 174,631 | 100 | -16.6 | ||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Republican | Randy Kuhl | 136,883 | 50.7 | -22.4 | |
Democratic | Samara Barend | 110,241 | 40.8 | +19.5 | |
Conservative | Mark W. Assini | 17,272 | 6.4 | +6.4 | |
Independence | John Ciampoli | 5,819 | 2.2 | +2.2 | |
Majority | 26,642 | 9.9 | -41.9 | ||
Turnout | 270,215 | 100 | +54.7 | ||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Republican | Randy Kuhl | 106,077 | 51.5 | +0.8 | |
Democratic | Eric Massa | 100,044 | 48.5 | +7.7 | |
Majority | 6,033 | 2.9 | -7.0 | ||
Turnout | 206,121 | 100 | -23.7 | ||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Democratic | Eric Massa | 140,529 | 51.0 | +2.5 | |
Republican | Randy Kuhl | 135,199 | 49.0 | -2.5 | |
Majority | 5,330 | 1.9 | -1.0 | ||
Turnout | 275,728 | 100 | +33.8 | ||
See also
References
- Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
- Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
- Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present
- New York State Board of Elections 2008 Election Results
- 2006 Election Statistics (House), Clerk of the House of Representatives
- 2006 House election data
- 2004 House election data
- 2002 House election data
- 2000 House election data
- 1998 House election data
- 1996 House election data
External links
- All about New York's 29th Congressional District, via Fighting29th.com