New York's 23rd congressional district
New York's 23rd congressional district | |
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Population (2000) | 654,360 |
Median household income | 35,434 |
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Cook PVI | R+1 |
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The 23rd Congressional District of New York is New York's northernmost congressional district for the United States House of Representatives. The district includes all or parts of Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Fulton, Hamilton, Jefferson, Lewis, Madison, Oneida, Oswego and St. Lawrence counties. It includes the cities of Ogdensburg, Oswego, Plattsburgh and Watertown. The district includes most of the Adirondack Mountains and the Thousand Islands region. It borders Canada to the north and Vermont to the east.
It is currently represented by Democrat Bill Owens of Plattsburgh.
The special election for this seat in November 2009 gained national attention when several national Republican leaders endorsed Conservative candidate Doug Hoffman over Republican nominee Dede Scozzafava. A few days before the election Scozzafava dropped out and endorsed Democrat Bill Owens, who went on to win the seat with a 48.7% plurality.
Due to redistricting, the new 23rd District will replace the old 29th District and includes Tompkins County.
Voting
Election results from presidential races | ||
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Year | Office | Results |
1992 | President | Bush 40 - 37% |
1996 | President | Clinton 46 - 39% |
2000 | President | Bush 49 - 47% |
2004 | President | Bush 51 - 47% |
2008 | President | Obama 52 - 47% |
Components: past and present
- 1913–1919
- Parts of Manhattan
- 1919–1969
- Parts of The Bronx
- 1969–1971
- Parts of The Bronx, Manhattan
- 1971–1973
- Parts of The Bronx
- 1973–1983
- Parts of The Bronx, Westchester
- 1983–1993
- All of Albany, Schenectady
- Parts of Montgomery, Rensselaer
- 1993–2003
- All of Chenango, Madison, Oneida, Otsego
- Parts of Broome, Delaware, Herkimer, Montgomery, Schoharie
- 2003–present
- All of Clinton, Franklin, Hamilton, Jefferson, Lewis, Madison, Oswego, St. Lawrence
- Parts of Essex, Fulton, Oneida
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Various New York districts have been numbered "23" over the years, including areas in New York City and various parts of upstate New York.
Representatives
1823 - 1833: one seat
Years | Representative | Party | Electoral history |
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March 4, 1823 | District created | ||
March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825 |
Elisha Litchfield | Crawford Democratic- Republican |
Redistricted from the 19th district and re-elected here in 1822 [data missing] |
March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1827 |
Luther Badger | Adams | Elected in 1824 [data missing] |
March 4, 1827 – March 3, 1831 |
Jonas Earll, Jr. | Jacksonian | First elected in 1826 Re-elected in 1828 [data missing] |
March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1833 |
Freeborn G. Jewett | Jacksonian | Elected in 1830 [data missing] |
1833 - 1843: Two seats
From 1833 to 1843, two seats were apportioned, elected on a general ticket.
Congress | Years | Seat A | Seat B | |||||
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Representative | Party | Electoral history | Representative | Party | Electoral history | |||
23rd | March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1835 |
William K. Fuller | Jacksonian | Elected in 1832 | William Taylor | Jacksonian | Elected in 1832 | |
24th | March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837 |
Re-elected in 1834 [data missing] |
Re-elected in 1834 | |||||
25th | March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839 |
Bennet Bicknell | Democratic | Elected in 1836 [data missing] |
Democratic | Re-elected in 1836 [data missing] | ||
26th | March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1841 |
Nehemiah H. Earll | Democratic | Elected in 1838 Lost re-election |
Edward Rogers | Democratic | Elected in 1838 [data missing] | |
27th | March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843 |
Victory Birdseye | Whig | Elected in 1840 Retired |
A. Lawrence Foster | Whig | Elected in 1840 [data missing] |
1843 - present: one seat
Years | Representative | Party | Electoral history | |
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March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845 |
Orville Robinson | Democratic | [data missing] | |
March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1847 |
William J. Hough | Democratic | [data missing] | |
March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1851 |
William Duer | Whig | [data missing] | |
March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853 |
Leander Babcock | Democratic | [data missing] | |
March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855 |
Caleb Lyon | Independent | [data missing] | |
March 4, 1855 – February 27, 1857 |
William A. Gilbert | Opposition | Resigned | |
February 27, 1857 – March 4, 1857 |
Vacant | |||
March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1861 |
Charles B. Hoard | Republican | [data missing] | |
March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863 |
Ambrose W. Clark | Republican | Redistricted to the 20th district | |
March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1865 |
Thomas Treadwell Davis | Unionist | [data missing] | |
March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1867 |
Republican | [data missing] | ||
March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1871 |
Dennis McCarthy | Republican | [data missing] | |
March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1873 |
R. Holland Duell | Republican | Redistricted to the 24th district | |
March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875 |
William E. Lansing | Republican | Redistricted from the 22nd district [data missing] | |
March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877 |
Scott Lord | Democratic | [data missing] | |
March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1879 |
William J. Bacon | Republican | [data missing] | |
March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1883 |
Cyrus D. Prescott | Republican | [data missing] | |
March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1887 |
John T. Spriggs | Democratic | [data missing] | |
March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1891 |
James S. Sherman | Republican | [data missing] | |
March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893 |
Henry W. Bentley | Democratic | [data missing] | |
March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895 |
John M. Wever | Republican | Redistricted from the 21st district [data missing] | |
March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1899 |
Wallace T. Foote, Jr. | Republican | [data missing] | |
March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1903 |
Louis W. Emerson | Republican | [data missing] | |
March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1911 |
George N. Southwick | Republican | Redistricted from the 20th district [data missing] | |
March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1913 |
Henry S. De Forest | Republican | [data missing] | |
March 4, 1913 – May 3, 1915 |
Joseph A. Goulden | Democratic | Died | |
May 3, 1915 – November 2, 1915 |
Vacant | |||
November 2, 1915 – March 3, 1917 |
William S. Bennet | Republican | [data missing] | |
March 4, 1917 – March 4, 1919 |
Daniel C. Oliver | Democratic | [data missing] | |
March 4, 1919 – March 4, 1921 |
Richard F. McKiniry | Democratic | [data missing] | |
March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1923 |
Albert B. Rossdale | Republican | [data missing] | |
March 4, 1923 – June 18, 1934 |
Frank A. Oliver | Democratic | Resigned after being appointed justice of the Court of Special Sessions | |
June 18, 1934 – January 3, 1935 |
Vacant | |||
January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1945 |
Charles A. Buckley | Democratic | Redistricted to the 25th district | |
January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1951 |
Walter A. Lynch | Democratic | Redistricted from the 22nd district [data missing] | |
January 3, 1951 – January 3, 1953 |
Sidney A. Fine | Democratic | Redistricted to the 22nd district | |
January 3, 1953 – December 31, 1959 |
Isidore Dollinger | Democratic | Redistricted from the 24th district Resigned | |
January 1, 1960 – March 7, 1960 |
Vacant | |||
March 8, 1960 – January 3, 1963 |
Jacob H. Gilbert | Democratic | Redistricted to the 22nd district | |
January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1965 |
Charles A. Buckley | Democratic | Redistricted from the 24th district [data missing] | |
January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1973 |
Jonathan B. Bingham | Democratic | Redistricted to the 22nd district | |
January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1977 |
Peter A. Peyser | Republican | Redistricted from the 25th district [data missing] | |
January 3, 1977 – January 3, 1979 |
Bruce F. Caputo | Republican | [data missing] | |
January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1983 |
Peter A. Peyser | Democratic | [data missing] | |
January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1989 |
Samuel S. Stratton | Democratic | Redistricted from the 28th district [data missing] | |
January 3, 1989 – January 3, 1993 |
Michael R. McNulty | Democratic | Redistricted to the 21st district | |
January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2003 |
Sherwood Boehlert | Republican | Redistricted from the 25th district Redistricted to the 24th district | |
January 3, 2003 – September 21, 2009 |
John M. McHugh | Republican | Redistricted from the 24th district Resigned to become U.S. Secretary of the Army | |
September 21, 2009 – November 3, 2009 |
Vacant | See New York's 23rd congressional district special election, 2009 | ||
November 3, 2009 – Present |
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Democratic | First elected to finish McHugh's term United States House of Representatives elections in New York, 2010|Re-elected in 2010]] |
Recent election results
In New York, there are numerous minor parties at various points on the political spectrum. Certain parties often 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.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Sherwood Boehlert | 124,626 | 64.3 | ||
Democratic | Bruce W. Hapanowicz | 50,436 | 26.0 | ||
Independence | Thomas E. Loughlin, Jr. | 10,835 | 5.6 | ||
Right to Life | William Tapley | 7,790 | 4.0 | ||
Majority | 74,190 | 38.3 | |||
Turnout | 193,687 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Sherwood Boehlert | 111,242 | 80.8 | +16.5 | |
Conservative | David Vickers | 26,493 | 19.2 | +19.2 | |
Majority | 84,749 | 61.5 | +23.2 | ||
Turnout | 137,735 | −28.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Sherwood Boehlert | 124,132 | 60.5 | −20.3 | |
Conservative | David Vickers | 42,854 | 20.9 | +1.7 | |
Democratic | Richard W. Englebrecht | 38,049 | 18.6 | +18.6 | |
Majority | 81,278 | 39.6 | −21.9 | ||
Turnout | 205,535 | +48.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | John M. McHugh | 124,682 | 100 | +39.5 | |
Majority | 124,682 | 100 | +61.4 | ||
Turnout | 124,682 | −39.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | John M. McHugh | 160,079 | 70.7 | −29.3 | |
Democratic | Robert J. Johnson | 66,448 | 29.3 | +29.3 | |
Majority | 93,631 | 41.3 | −59.7 | ||
Turnout | 226,527 | +81.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | John M. McHugh | 106,781 | 63.1 | −7.6 | |
Democratic | Robert J. Johnson | 62,318 | 36.9 | +7.6 | |
Majority | 44,463 | 26.3 | −15.0 | ||
Turnout | 169,099 | −25.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | John M. McHugh | 129,991 | 65.3 | +2.2 | |
Democratic | Michael P. Oot | 69,112 | 34.7 | −2.2 | |
Majority | 60,879 | 30.6 | |||
Turnout | 199,103 | +17.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Bill Owens | 73,137 | 48.3 | +14.0 | |
Conservative | Doug Hoffman | 69,553 | 46.0 | +25.1 (2000) | |
Republican | Dede Scozzafava (withdrew, but still on the ballot)[1] |
8,582 | 5.7 | −59.6 | |
Majority | 3,584 | 2.4 | −28.2 | ||
Turnout | 151,272 | −24.0 |
Scozzafava dropped out of the race just prior to the election and endorsed Democrat Bill Owens. The results were not certified by the New York State Board of Elections until December 15, 2009.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Bill Owens | 82,232 | 47.5 | −0.8 | |
Republican | Matthew Doheny | 80,237 | 46.4 | +40.7 | |
Conservative | Doug Hoffman | 10,507 | 6.1 | −39.9 | |
Majority | 1,995 | 1.2 | −1.2 | ||
Turnout | 172,976 | +14.3 |
In most of the geographic area that now makes up NY-23, Owens is the first Democrat to be elected since the 19th century. The district has only been in its current form since 2003, due to repeated reapportioning and the renumbering of districts. A large portion of the district—including the largest city, Watertown—has not been represented by a Democrat since the 1850s. In parts of the current 23rd district, for example Franklin county, the last non-Republican representative was a Whig, George A. Simmons, elected in 1852 in what was then NY-16. [2]
References
- ^ Associated Press (October 31, 2009). "Republican in State House Race Suspends Campaign". New York Times. [dead link]
- ^ "The Amazing Political History of NY-23". Swing State Project. June 6, 2009.
Sources
- Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
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