New York's 21st congressional district

New York's 21st congressional district
New York's 21st congressional district
	New York 's 21st congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
Representative	Elise Stefanik; R–Willsboro
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The 21st Congressional District of New York is a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives that is currently represented by Republican Elise Stefanik.

It includes all or parts of Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Fulton, Hamilton, Herkimer, Jefferson, Lewis, Saratoga, St. Lawrence, Warren, and Washington counties. It includes the cities of Ogdensburg, Plattsburgh and Watertown. The district includes most of the Adirondack Mountains and the Thousand Islands region. It borders Vermont to the east.

From 2003 to 2013, the district contained most of the Capital District of New York. It included all or parts of Albany, Fulton, Montgomery, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady, and Schoharie counties. It contained the cities of Albany, Schenectady, Troy, Amsterdam, Cohoes, Watervliet, Gloversville and Johnstown. Up until 1980, the district was located in upper Manhattan (including parts of Harlem and Washington Heights), and the Bronx.

Voting

Election results from presidential races (current lines)
Year	Office	Results
2008	President	Obama 52 - 47%
2012	President	Obama 52.2 - 46.1%

Election results from presidential races (old lines)
Year	Office	Results
1992	President	Clinton 48 - 34%
1996	President	Clinton 57 - 30%
2000	President	Gore 56 - 39%
2004	President	Kerry 55 - 43%
2008	President	Obama 58 - 40%

List of representatives

1813–1821: Two seats

From the creation of the district in 1813 to 1821, two seats were apportioned, elected at-large on a general ticket.

Congress	Years	Seat A			Seat B
Congress	Years	Representative	Party	Electoral history	Representative	Party	Electoral history
13	March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1815	Samuel M. Hopkins	Federalist	[data missing]	Nathaniel W. Howell	Federalist	[data missing]
14	March 4, 1815 – January 23, 1816	Micah Brooks	Democratic-Republican	[data missing]	Peter Buell Porter	Democratic-Republican	Resigned to become a commissioner under the Treaty of Ghent
	January 23, 1816 – December 2, 1816				vacant
	December 2, 1816 – March 3, 1817				Archibald S. Clarke	Democratic-Republican	Elected to finish Porter's term [data missing]
15	March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1819	Benjamin Ellicott	Democratic-Republican	[data missing]	John C. Spencer	Democratic-Republican	Retired to run for U.S. Senate
16	March 4, 1819 – March 3, 1821	Nathaniel Allen	Democratic-Republican	[data missing]	Albert H. Tracy	Democratic-Republican	Redistricted to 22nd district

1821–present: One seat

Representative	Party	Years	Note	Counties represented
Vacant		March 4, 1821 – December 3, 1821	The elections were held in April 1821, after the congressional term had already begun. It is not clear when the result was announced or the credentials were issued.	[data missing]
Elijah Spencer	Democratic- Republican	December 3, 1821 – March 3, 1823	[data missing]	[data missing]
Lot Clark	Crawford Democratic- Republican	March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825	[data missing]	[data missing]
Elias Whitmore	Adams	March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1827	[data missing]
John C. Clark	Jacksonian	March 4, 1827 – March 3, 1829	[data missing]
Robert Monell	Jacksonian	March 4, 1829 – February 21, 1831	Resigned to become Judge of the Sixth State Circuit Court
Vacant		February 22, 1831 – March 3, 1831
John A. Collier	Anti-Masonic	March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1833	[data missing]
Henry Mitchell	Jacksonian	March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1835	[data missing]	[data missing]
William Mason	Jacksonian	March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837	[data missing]
John C. Clark	Democratic	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839	[data missing]
John C. Clark	Whig	March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1843	reelected as a Whig
Jeremiah E. Cary	Democratic	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845	[data missing]	[data missing]
Charles Goodyear	Democratic	March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1847	[data missing]
George A. Starkweather	Democratic	March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849	[data missing]
Hiram Walden	Democratic	March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851	[data missing]
William W. Snow	Democratic	March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853	[data missing]
Henry Bennett	Whig	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855	Redistricted from the 22nd district Lost re-election	[data missing]
	Opposition	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857
	Republican	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859
R. Holland Duell	Republican	March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1863	[data missing]
Francis Kernan	Democratic	March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1865	[data missing]	[data missing]
Roscoe Conkling	Republican	March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1867	Resigned after election to US Senate
Vacant		March 4, 1867 – November 29, 1867
Alexander H. Bailey	Republican	November 30, 1867 – March 3, 1871	[data missing]
Ellis H. Roberts	Republican	March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1873	Redistricted to the 22nd district
Clinton L. Merriam	Republican	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875	Redistricted from the 20th district	[data missing]
Samuel F. Miller	Republican	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877	[data missing]
Solomon Bundy	Republican	March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1879	[data missing]
David Wilber	Republican	March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1881	[data missing]
Ferris Jacobs, Jr.	Republican	March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1883	[data missing]
George W. Ray	Republican	March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885	[data missing]	[data missing]
Frederick A. Johnson	Republican	March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1887	Redistricted from the 18th district
John H. Moffitt	Republican	March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1891	[data missing]
John M. Wever	Republican	March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893	Redistricted to the 23rd district
Simon J. Schermerhorn	Democratic	March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895	[data missing]	[data missing]
David F. Wilber	Republican	March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1899	[data missing]
John K. Stewart	Republican	March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1903	All of Columbia, Dutchess, Greene and Putnam counties
John H. Ketcham	Republican	March 4, 1903 – November 4, 1906	Redistricted from the 18th district Died
Vacant		November 5, 1906 – March 3, 1907
Samuel McMillan	Republican	March 4, 1907 – March 3, 1909	[data missing]
Hamilton Fish II	Republican	March 4, 1909 – March 3, 1911	[data missing]
Richard E. Connell	Democratic	March 4, 1911 – October 30, 1912	died
Vacant		October 31, 1912 – March 3, 1913
Henry George, Jr.	Democratic	March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1915	Redistricted from the 17th district	Parts of New York
G. Murray Hulbert	Democratic	March 4, 1915 – January 1, 1918	Resigned to become Commissioner of Docks and Director of the Port of New York City
Vacant		January 2, 1918 – March 5 1918
Jerome F. Donovan	Democratic	March 5, 1918 – March 3, 1921	[data missing]
Martin C. Ansorge	Republican	March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1923	[data missing]
Royal H. Weller	Democratic	March 4, 1923 – March 1, 1929	Died
Vacant		March 2, 1929 – November 4, 1929
Joseph A. Gavagan	Democratic	November 5, 1929 – December 30, 1943	Resigned after being elected justice of New York Supreme Court
Vacant		December 31, 1943 – February 28, 1944
James H. Torrens	Democratic	February 29, 1944 – January 3, 1947	[data missing]
Jacob K. Javits	Republican	January 3, 1947 – December 31, 1954	Resigned after being elected as New York State Attorney General
Vacant		January 1, 1955 – January 2, 1955
Herbert Zelenko	Democratic	January 3, 1955 – January 3, 1963	[data missing]
James C. Healey	Democratic	January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1965	Redistricted from the 22nd district	Parts of Bronx
James H. Scheuer	Democratic	January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1971	[data missing]	Parts of Bronx
James H. Scheuer	Democratic	January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1973	[data missing]	Parts of Bronx, Manhattan, Queens
Herman Badillo	Democratic	January 3, 1973 – December 31, 1977	Redistricted from the 22nd district Resigned to become Deputy Mayor of New York City	Parts of Bronx
Vacant		January 1, 1978 – February 20, 1978
Robert Garcia	Democratic	February 21, 1978 – January 3, 1983	Redistricted to the 18th district
Hamilton Fish IV	Republican	January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1993	Redistricted from the 25th district Redistricted to the 19th district	All of Putnam; Parts of Dutchess, Orange, Westchester
Michael R. McNulty	Democratic	January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2003	Redistricted from the 23rd district Retired	All of Albany, Schenectady; Parts of Montgomery, Rensselaer, Saratoga
Michael R. McNulty	Democratic	January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2009	Redistricted from the 23rd district Retired	All of Albany, Montgomery, Schenectady, Schoharie; Parts of Fulton, Rensselaer, Saratoga
Paul Tonko	Democratic	January 3, 2009 – January 3, 2013	First elected in 2008 Re-elected in 2010 Redistricted to the 20th district
Bill Owens	Democratic	January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2015	Redistricted from the 23rd district, Re-elected in 2012 Retired	All of Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Fulton, Hamilton, Jefferson, Lewis, St. Lawrence, Warren, Washington; Parts of Herkimer, Saratoga
Elise Stefanik	Republican	January 3, 2015 –	First elected in 2014

Recent election results

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").

U.S. House of Representatives election, 1996: New York's 21st district
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Michael R. McNulty	158,491	66.1
	Republican	Nancy Norman	64,471	26.9
	Liberal	Lee H. Wasserman	16,794	7.0
Majority			94,020	39.2
Turnout			239,756	100

U.S. House of Representatives election, 1998: New York's 21st district
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Michael R. McNulty	146,729	74.2	+8.1
	Republican	Lauren Ayers	50,931	25.8	−1.1
Majority			95,798	48.5	+9.3
Turnout			197,660	100	−17.6

U.S. House of Representatives election, 2000: New York's 21st district
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Michael R. McNulty	175,339	74.4	+0.2
	Republican	Thomas G. Pillsworth	60,333	25.6	−0.2
Majority			115,006	48.8	+0.3
Turnout			235,672	100	+19.2

U.S. House of Representatives election, 2002: New York's 21st district
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Michael R. McNulty	161,329	75.1	+0.7
	Republican	Charles B. Rosenstein	53,525	24.9	−0.7
Majority			107,804	50.2	+1.4
Turnout			214,854	100	−8.8

U.S. House of Representatives election, 2004: New York's 21st district
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Michael R. McNulty	194,033	70.8	−4.3
	Republican	Warren Redlich	80,121	29.2	+4.3
Majority			113,912	41.6	−8.6
Turnout			274,154	100	+27.6

U.S. House of Representatives election, 2006: New York's 21st district
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Michael R. McNulty	167,604	78.2	+7.4
	Republican	Warren Redlich	46,752	21.8	−7.4
Majority			120,852	56.4	+14.8
Turnout			214,356	100	−21.8

U.S. House of Representatives election, 2008: New York's 21st district^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Paul D. Tonko	105,313	61.8	−16.4
	Republican	Jim Burhmaster	57,086	35.4	+13.6
	Independence	Philip Steck	5,025	2.8	+2.8
Majority			43,202	23.6	−32.8
Turnout			167,424	100	−12.9

U.S. House of Representatives election, 2010: New York's 21st district
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Paul D. Tonko	124,889	56.9	−4.9
	Republican	Theodore J. Danz, Jr.	85,752	43.1	+7.7
Majority			39,137	13.8	−9.8
Turnout			219,425	100	+31.1

U.S. House of Representatives election, 2012: New York's 21st district
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Bill Owens	126,631	47.1	−9.8
	Republican	Matthew A. Doheny	121,646	45.3	+2.2
	Green	Donald L. Hassig	4,174	1.6	+1.6
Majority			4,985	1.8	−12
Turnout			268,784	100	+22.5

U.S. House of Representatives election, 2014: New York's 21st district
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Elise Stefanik	96,226	53	+7.7
	Democratic	Aaron G. Woolf	53,140	29.3	−17.8
	Green	Matthew J. Funiciello	19,238	10.6	+9
Majority			43,086	23.7	+21.9
Turnout			181,558	100	−32.5

Historical district boundaries

References

Inline references

^ Stanforth, Lauren; Carol DeMare (November 5, 2008). "Tonko cruises to win in 21st Congressional District". Times Union (Albany). Retrieved 2008-12-06.
^ Neuman, William (November 5, 2008). "Election Results 2008: New York". The New York Times. Retrieved 2008-12-06.

Bibliography

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
OpenSecrets.org-21st Congressional District candidates 2008 campaign contributions for each candidate
2014 election data
2012 election data
2010 election data
2004 House election data Clerk of the House of Representatives
2002 House election data Clerk of the House of Representatives
2000 House election data Clerk of the House of Representatives
1998 House election data Clerk of the House of Representatives
1996 House election data Clerk of the House of Representatives

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[1] Stanforth, Lauren; Carol DeMare (November 5, 2008). "Tonko cruises to win in 21st Congressional District". Times Union (Albany). Retrieved 2008-12-06.

[2] Neuman, William (November 5, 2008). "Election Results 2008: New York". The New York Times. Retrieved 2008-12-06.

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