New York's 27th congressional district

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New York's 27th congressional district
Current Representative		Brian Higgins (D–Buffalo)
Distribution	81.54% urban, 18.46% rural
Population (2000)	654,360
Median income	$36,884
Ethnicity	90.8% White, 4.2% Black, 0.7% Asian, 4.6% Hispanic, 0.8% Native American, 0.3% other
Cook PVI	D+4

The 27th Congressional District of New York is a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives in Western New York. It includes all of Chautauqua County and the southern part of Erie County. The district contains much of the city of Buffalo and most of its eastern and southern suburbs as well as the city of Jamestown. It has been represented by Democrat Brian Higgins since 2005.

Components: past and present

2003-present:

All of Chautauqua

Part of Erie

1993-2003:

All of Genesee, Livingston, Ontario, Wayne, Wyoming

Parts of Cayuga, Erie, Monroe, Seneca

1983-1993:

All of Onondaga

Parts of Madison

1973-1983:

All of Broome, Sullivan, Tioga

Parts of Chemung, Delaware, Tompkins, Ulster

1971-1973:

All of Orange, Putnam

Parts of Dutchess, Rockland, Sullivan

1963-1971:

All of Delaware, Orange, Rockland, Sullivan

1945-1963:

All of Putnam

Parts of Westchester

1913-1945:

All of Columbia, Greene, Schoharie, Sullivan, Ulster

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Representatives

Representative	Party	Years	District home	Notes
District created		March 4, 1823
Moses Hayden	D-R	March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825	York
	Adams	March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1827
Daniel D. Barnard	Adams	March 4, 1827 – March 3, 1829
Timothy Childs	Anti-Masonic	March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1831
Frederick Whittlesey	Anti-Masonic	March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1833		redistricted to 28th district
Edward Howell	Jacksonian	March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1835
Joshua Lee	Jacksonian	March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837
John T. Andrews	Democratic	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839
Meredith Mallory	Democratic	March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1841
William M. Oliver	Democratic	March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843
Byram Green	Democratic	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845
John De Mott	Democratic	March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1847
John M. Holley	Whig	March 4, 1847 – March 8, 1848		died
vacant		March 8, 1848 – December 4, 1848
Esbon Blackmar	Whig	December 4, 1848 – March 3, 1849
William A. Sackett	Whig	March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1853
John J. Taylor	Democratic	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855
John Mason Parker	Opposition	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857
John Mason Parker	Republican	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859
Alfred Wells	Republican	March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1861
Alexander S. Diven	Republican	March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863
Robert B. Van Valkenburg	Republican	March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1865		redistricted from 28th district
Hamilton Ward	Republican	March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1871
Horace B. Smith	Republican	March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1873		redistricted to 28th district
Thomas C. Platt	Republican	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875		redistricted to 28th district
Elbridge G. Lapham	Republican	March 4, 1875 – July 29, 1881		resigned after being elected to US Senate
vacant		July 30, 1881 – November 7, 1881
James W. Wadsworth	Republican	November 8, 1881 – March 3, 1885
Sereno E. Payne	Republican	March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1887		redistricted from 26th district
Newton W. Nutting	Republican	March 4, 1887 – October 15, 1889		died
vacant		October 16, 1889 – December 2, 1889
Sereno E. Payne	Republican	December 2, 1889 – March 3, 1893		redistricted to 28th district
James J. Belden	Republican	March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895		redistricted from 25th district
Theodore L. Poole	Republican	March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1897
James J. Belden	Republican	March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1899
Michael E. Driscoll	Republican	March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1903		redistricted to 29th district
James S. Sherman	Republican	March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1909		redistricted from 25th district
Charles S. Millington	Republican	March 4, 1909 – March 3, 1911
Charles A. Talcott	Democratic	March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1913		redistricted to 33rd district
George McClellan	Democratic	March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1915
Charles B. Ward	Republican	March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1925
Harcourt J. Pratt	Republican	March 4, 1925 – March 3, 1933
Philip A. Goodwin	Republican	March 4, 1933 – June 6, 1937		died
vacant		June 7, 1937 – November 1, 1937
Lewis K. Rockefeller	Republican	November 2, 1937 – January 3, 1943
Jay LeFevre	Republican	January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1945		redistricted to 30th district
Ralph W. Gwinn	Republican	January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1959
Robert R. Barry	Republican	January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1963		redistricted to 25th district
Katharine St. George	Republican	January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1965		redistricted from 28th district
John G. Dow	Democratic	January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1969
Martin B. McKneally	Republican	January 3, 1969 – January 3, 1971
John G. Dow	Democratic	January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1973
Howard W. Robison	Republican	January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1975		redistricted from 33rd district
Matthew F. McHugh	Democratic	January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1983		redistricted to 28th district
George C. Wortley	Republican	January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1989		redistricted from 32nd district
James T. Walsh	Republican	January 3, 1989 – January 3, 1993		redistricted to 25th district
L. William Paxon	Republican	January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1999		redistricted from 31st district
Thomas M. Reynolds	Republican	January 3, 1999 – January 3, 2003		redistricted to 26th district
Jack Quinn	Republican	January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2005		redistricted from 30th district
Brian Higgins	Democratic	January 3, 2005 – present

The precursor to the district was the central Erie county seat numbered the 30th District in the 1990s. In the 1980s this area was in the 33rd District. In the 1970s it was numbered the 37th District, although certain suburban areas were in the 38th District (later the 31st). None of these districts included the Jamestown area, which had always been in the southern tier district (now the 29th district) in prior maps.

The 27th District covered the area now in the 26th District in the 1990s and the Syracuse area (now the 25th District) in the 1980s. It was the Southern Tier seat now numbered the 22nd in the 1970s. In the 1960s this district was in the lower Hudson Valley covering the area now in the 19th District.

Election results

Note that 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, hence the state electoral results contain both the party votes, and the final candidate votes (Listed as "Recap").

US House election, 2006: New York District 27
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Brian Higgins	140,027	79.3	+28.6
	Republican	Michael J. McHale	36,614	20.7	-28.6
Majority			103,413	58.5	+57.2
Turnout			176,641	100	-37.6

US House election, 2004: New York District 27
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Brian Higgins	143,332	50.7	+23.2
	Republican	Nancy A. Naples	139,558	49.3	-19.8
Majority			3,774	1.3	-40.3
Turnout			282,890	100	+62.7

US House election, 2002: New York District 27
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Jack Quinn	120,117	69.1	-0.2
	Democratic	Peter Crotty	47,811	27.5	-3.2
	Right to Life	Thomas Casey	3,586	2.1	+2.1
	Green	Albert N. LaBruna	2,405	1.4	+1.4
Majority			72,306	41.6	+3.0
Turnout			173,919	100	-23.6

US House election, 2000: New York District 27
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Thomas M. Reynolds	157,694	69.3	+12.0
	Democratic	Thomas W. Pecoraro	69,870	30.7	-12.0
Majority			87,824	38.6	+24.0
Turnout			227,564	100	+27.8

US House election, 1998: New York District 27
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Thomas M. Reynolds	102,042	57.3	-2.6
	Democratic	Bill Cook	75,978	42.7	+2.6
Majority			26,064	14.6	-5.2
Turnout			178,020	100	-25.2

US House election, 1996: New York District 27
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Bill Paxon	142,568	59.9
	Democratic	Thomas M. Fricano	95,503	40.1
Majority			47,065	19.8
Turnout			238,071	100

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
• 2004 House election data Clerk of the House of Representatives
• 2002 House election data "
• 2000 House election data "
• 1998 House election data "
• 1996 House election data "