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New York's 27th congressional district

U.S. House district for New York

U.S. House district for New York

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stateNew York
district number27
obsoleteyes
years1823–2023

New York’s 27th congressional district was a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives in western New York. It included all of Orleans, Genesee, Wyoming, and Livingston counties and parts of Erie, Monroe, Niagara, and Ontario counties. The district contained most of the eastern and southern suburbs of Buffalo, most of the southern suburbs of Rochester, as well as large rural areas to the east and south. The seat was last occupied by Republican Chris Jacobs, who won a special election on June 23, 2020. Previously, it had been vacant from October 1, 2019, when Republican incumbent Chris Collins resigned after pleading guilty to charges of insider trading.

History

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.

The district became obsolete following the 2020 United States census. Following the reapportionment process after the 2020 census, New York came just 89 people short of retaining its 27th congressional district. The 435th seat instead went to Minnesota. The district was eliminated after the 2022 midterm elections. Most of its territory close to Buffalo was merged with the 23rd district, while the portion close to Rochester joined the 24th district.

Election results from statewide races

YearOfficeResults
2008PresidentMcCain 54% - 44%
2012PresidentRomney 55% - 43%
SenateGillibrand 56% - 43%
2016PresidentTrump 59% - 35%
SenateSchumer 55% - 43%
2018SenateFarley 53% - 47%
GovernorMolinaro 60% - 34%
Attorney GeneralWofford 61% - 36%
2020PresidentTrump 57% - 41%

List of members representing the district

MemberPartyYearsCong
ressElectoral historyDistrict location (counties)
District established March 4, 1823
Moses Hayden
(York)Democratic-RepublicannowrapMarch 4, 1823 –
March 3, 1825Elected in 1822.
Re-elected in 1824.
1823–1833
Anti-JacksoniannowrapMarch 4, 1825 –
March 3, 1827
[[File:D. D. Barnard.jpg100px]]
Daniel D. Barnard
(Rochester)Anti-JacksoniannowrapMarch 4, 1827 –
March 3, 1829Elected in 1826.
Lost re-election.
Timothy Childs
(Rochester)Anti-MasonicnowrapMarch 4, 1829 –
March 3, 1831Elected in 1828.
Frederick Whittlesey
(Rochester)Anti-MasonicnowrapMarch 4, 1831 –
March 3, 1833Elected in 1830.
Redistricted to the .
Edward Howell
(Bath)JacksoniannowrapMarch 4, 1833 –
March 3, 1835Elected in 1832
1833–1843
Joshua Lee
(Penn Yan)JacksoniannowrapMarch 4, 1835 –
March 3, 1837Elected in 1834.
John T. Andrews
(North Reading)DemocraticnowrapMarch 4, 1837 –
March 3, 1839Elected in 1836.
Meredith Mallory
(Hammondsport)DemocraticnowrapMarch 4, 1839 –
March 3, 1841Elected in 1838.
William M. Oliver
(Penn Yan)DemocraticnowrapMarch 4, 1841 –
March 3, 1843Elected in 1840.
Byram Green
(Sodus)DemocraticnowrapMarch 4, 1843 –
March 3, 1845Elected in 1842.
1843–1853
[[File:John De Mott.jpg100px]]
John De Mott
(Lodi)DemocraticnowrapMarch 4, 1845 –
March 3, 1847Elected in 1844.
John M. Holley
(Lyons)WhignowrapMarch 4, 1847 –
March 8, 1848Elected in 1846.
Died.
VacantnowrapMarch 8, 1848 –
November 7, 1848
Esbon Blackmar
(Newark)WhignowrapNovember 7, 1848 –
March 3, 1849Elected to finish Holley's term.
[[File:William A. Sackett (New York Congressman).jpg100px]]
William A. Sackett
(Seneca Falls)WhignowrapMarch 4, 1849 –
March 3, 1853Elected in 1848.
Re-elected in 1850.
[[File:John James Taylor.jpg100px]]
John J. Taylor
(Owego)DemocraticnowrapMarch 4, 1853 –
March 3, 1855Elected in 1852.
1853–1863
[[File:John Mason Parker.jpg100px]]
John Mason Parker
(Owego)OppositionnowrapMarch 4, 1855 –
March 3, 1857Elected in 1854.
Re-elected in 1856.
RepublicannowrapMarch 4, 1857 –
March 3, 1859
Alfred Wells
(Ithaca)RepublicannowrapMarch 4, 1859 –
March 3, 1861Elected in 1858.
[[File:Alexander S. Diven.jpg100px]]
Alexander S. Diven
(Elmira)RepublicannowrapMarch 4, 1861 –
March 3, 1863Elected in 1860.
[[File:RBVan Valkenburgh.jpg100px]]
Robert B. Van Valkenburgh
(Bath)RepublicannowrapMarch 4, 1863 –
March 3, 1865Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1862.
1863–1873
[[File:Hamilton Ward Sr..jpg100px]]
Hamilton Ward
(Belmont)RepublicannowrapMarch 4, 1865 –
March 3, 1871Elected in 1864.
Re-elected in 1866.
Re-elected in 1868.
[[File:Horace Boardman Smith.jpg100px]]
Horace B. Smith
(Elmira)RepublicannowrapMarch 4, 1871 –
March 3, 1873Elected in 1870.
Redistricted to the .
[[File:Thomas C. Platt cph.3f06256.jpg100px]]
Thomas C. Platt
(Owego)RepublicannowrapMarch 4, 1873 –
March 3, 1875Elected in 1872.
Redistricted to the .1873–1883
[[File:Elbridge G. Lapham - Brady-Handy.jpg100px]]
Elbridge G. Lapham
(Canandaigua)RepublicannowrapMarch 4, 1875 –
July 29, 1881Elected in 1874.
Re-elected in 1876.
Re-elected in 1878.
Re-elected in 1880.
Resigned when elected U.S. Senator.
VacantnowrapJuly 30, 1881 –
November 7, 1881
[[File:James Wolcott Wadsworth.jpg100px]]
James W. Wadsworth
(Geneseo)RepublicanNovember 8, 1881 –
March 3, 1885Elected to finish Lapham's term.
Re-elected in 1882.
1883–1893
[[File:SerenoEPayne.jpg100px]]
Sereno E. Payne
(Auburn)RepublicannowrapMarch 4, 1885 –
March 3, 1887Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1884.
[[File:Newton W. Nutting 2.jpg100px]]
Newton W. Nutting
(Oswego)RepublicannowrapMarch 4, 1887 –
October 15, 1889Elected in 1886.
Re-elected in 1888
Died.
VacantnowrapOctober 16, 1889 –
December 2, 1889
[[File:SerenoEPayne.jpg100px]]
Sereno E. Payne
(Auburn)RepublicannowrapDecember 2, 1889 –
March 3, 1893Elected to finish Nutting's term.
Re-elected in 1890.
Redistricted to the .
[[File:James J. Belden.jpg100px]]
James J. Belden
(Syracuse)RepublicannowrapMarch 4, 1893 –
March 3, 1895Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1892.
1893–1903
[[File:TheodoreLPoole.jpg100px]]
Theodore L. Poole
(Syracuse)RepublicannowrapMarch 4, 1895 –
March 3, 1897Elected in 1894.
[[File:James J. Belden.jpg100px]]
James J. Belden
(Syracuse)RepublicannowrapMarch 4, 1897 –
March 3, 1899Elected in 1896.
[[File:MichaelEDriscoll.jpg100px]]
Michael E. Driscoll
(Syracuse)RepublicannowrapMarch 4, 1899 –
March 3, 1903Elected in 1898.
Re-elected in 1900.
Redistricted to the .
[[File:James Schoolcraft Sherman.jpg100px]]
James S. Sherman
(Utica)RepublicannowrapMarch 4, 1903 –
March 3, 1909Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1902.
Re-elected in 1904.
Re-elected in 1906.
1903–1913
[[File:Charles S. Millington.jpg100px]]
Charles S. Millington
(Herkimer)RepublicannowrapMarch 4, 1909 –
March 3, 1911Elected in 1908.
[[File:Charles A. Talcott.jpg100px]]
Charles A. Talcott
(Utica)DemocraticnowrapMarch 4, 1911 –
March 3, 1913Elected in 1910.
Redistricted to the .
[[File:George McClellan (Chatham).jpg100px]]
George McClellan
(Chatham)DemocraticnowrapMarch 4, 1913 –
March 3, 1915Elected in 1912.
Lost re-election.1913–1945
All of Columbia, Greene, Schoharie, Sullivan, Ulster
[[File:Charles B. Ward.jpg100px]]
Charles B. Ward
(Debruce)RepublicannowrapMarch 4, 1915 –
March 3, 1925Elected in 1914.
Re-elected in 1916.
Re-elected in 1918.
Re-elected in 1920.
Re-elected in 1922.
Retired.
[[File:HarcourtJPratt.jpg100px]]
Harcourt J. Pratt
(Highland)RepublicannowrapMarch 4, 1925 –
March 3, 1933Elected in 1924.
Re-elected in 1926.
Re-elected in 1928.
Re-elected in 1930.
Retired.
[[File:Philip A. Goodwin.jpg100px]]
Philip A. Goodwin
(Coxsackie)RepublicannowrapMarch 4, 1933 –
June 6, 1937Elected in 1932.
Re-elected in 1934.
Re-elected in 1936.
Died.
VacantnowrapJune 7, 1937 –
November 1, 1937
[[File:LewisKRockefeller.jpg100px]]
Lewis K. Rockefeller
(Chatham)RepublicannowrapNovember 2, 1937 –
January 3, 1943Elected to finish Goodwin's term.
Re-elected in 1938.
Re-elected in 1940.
Retired.
[[File:Jay LeFevre.jpg100px]]
Jay LeFevre
(New Paltz)RepublicannowrapJanuary 3, 1943 –
January 3, 1945Elected in 1942.
Redistricted to the .
[[File:Ralph W. Gwinn.jpg100px]]
Ralph W. Gwinn
(Bronxville)RepublicannowrapJanuary 3, 1945 –
January 3, 1959Elected in 1944.
Re-elected in 1946.
Re-elected in 1948.
Re-elected in 1950.
Re-elected in 1952.
Re-elected in 1954.
Re-elected in 1956.
Retired.1945–1963
All of Putnam, parts of Westchester
[[File:Robert R Barry.jpg100px]]
Robert R. Barry
(Yonkers)RepublicannowrapJanuary 3, 1959 –
January 3, 1963Elected in 1958.
Re-elected in 1960.
Redistricted to the .
[[File:Katharine Price Collier St. George.jpg100px]]
Katharine St. George
(Tuxedo Park)RepublicannowrapJanuary 3, 1963 –
January 3, 1965Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1962.
Lost re-election.1963–1971
All of Delaware, Orange, Rockland, Sullivan
[[File:John G. Dow.jpg100px]]
John G. Dow
(Grand View)DemocraticnowrapJanuary 3, 1965 –
January 3, 1969Elected in 1964.
Re-elected in 1966.
Lost re-election.
[[File:Martin McKneally.jpg100px]]
Martin B. McKneally
(Newburgh)RepublicannowrapJanuary 3, 1969 –
January 3, 1971Elected in 1968.
Lost re-election.
[[File:John G. Dow.jpg100px]]
John G. Dow
(Grand View)DemocraticnowrapJanuary 3, 1971 –
January 3, 1973Elected in 1970.
Redistricted to the and lost re-election.1971–1973
All of Orange, Putnam, parts of Dutchess, Rockland, Sullivan
[[File:Howard W. Robison, 1959.jpg100px]]
Howard W. Robison
(Candor)RepublicannowrapJanuary 3, 1973 –
January 3, 1975Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1972.
Retired.1973–1983
All of Broome, Sullivan, Tioga, parts of Chemung, Delaware, Tompkins, Ulster
[[File:MatthewMcHugh.png100px]]
Matthew F. McHugh
(Ithaca)DemocraticnowrapJanuary 3, 1975 –
January 3, 1983Elected in 1974.
Re-elected in 1976.
Re-elected in 1978.
Re-elected in 1980.
Redistricted to the .
[[File:George C Wortley.png100px]]
George C. Wortley
(Fayetteville)RepublicannowrapJanuary 3, 1983 –
January 3, 1989Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1982.
Re-elected in 1984.
Re-elected in 1986.
Retired.1983–1993
All of Onondaga, parts of Madison
[[File:James T. Walsh, official photo portrait, color.jpg100px]]
James T. Walsh
(Syracuse)RepublicannowrapJanuary 3, 1989 –
January 3, 1993Elected in 1988.
Re-elected in 1990.
Redistricted to the .
[[File:Bill Paxon.jpg100px]]
Bill Paxon
(Williamsville)RepublicannowrapJanuary 3, 1993 –
January 3, 1999Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1992.
Re-elected in 1994.
Re-elected in 1996.
Retired.1993–2003
All of Genesee, Livingston, Ontario, Wayne, Wyoming, parts of Cayuga, Erie, Monroe, Seneca
[[File:Thomas Reynolds.jpg100px]]
Thomas M. Reynolds
(Springville)RepublicannowrapJanuary 3, 1999 –
January 3, 2003Elected in 1998.
Re-elected in 2000.
Redistricted to the .
[[File:Jack Quinn.jpg100px]]
Jack Quinn
(Hamburg)RepublicannowrapJanuary 3, 2003 –
January 3, 2005Redistricted from the and re-elected in 2002.
Retired.2003–2013
[[File:New York District 27 109th US Congress.png300px]]
All of Chautauqua, part of Erie
[[File:Brian Higgins.jpg100px]]
Brian Higgins
(Buffalo)DemocraticnowrapJanuary 3, 2005 –
January 3, 2013Elected in 2004.
Re-elected in 2006.
Re-elected in 2008.
Re-elected in 2010.
Redistricted to the .
[[File:Chris Collins, Official Portrait, 113th Congress.jpg100px]]
Chris Collins
(Clarence)RepublicannowrapJanuary 3, 2013 –
October 1, 2019Elected in 2012.
Re-elected in 2014.
Re-elected in 2016.
Re-elected in 2018.
Resigned.2013–2023
[[File:New York US Congressional District 27 (since 2013).tif300px]]
All of Orleans, Genesee, Wyoming, Livingston, parts of Erie, Monroe, Niagara, Ontario
VacantnowrapOctober 1, 2019 –
July 21, 2020
[[File:Chris Jacobs 117th Congress.jpeg100px]]
Chris Jacobs
(Orchard Park)RepublicannowrapJuly 21, 2020 –
January 3, 2023Elected to finish Collins's term.
Re-elected in 2020.
Redistricted to the and then retired.
District dissolved January 3, 2023

Election results

In New York State electoral politics there are numerous minor parties at various points on the political spectrum. Certain parties would 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").

References

References

  1. McKinley, Jesse. (June 24, 2020). "Republicans Retain House Seat in Special Election in Western N.Y.". The New York Times.
  2. (2020-07-21). "NY Republican Chris Jacobs sworn in as newest House member".
  3. Orden, Erica. (September 30, 2019). "Rep. Chris Collins to resign amid plans to plead guilty in insider trading case". [[CNN]].
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