New York's 25th congressional district
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The 25th Congressional District of New York is a congressional district
Congressional district
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 for the United States House of Representatives
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 that stretches from Syracuse
Syracuse, New York
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 to the northeastern suburbs of Rochester
Rochester, New York
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. The district comprises all of Onondaga
Onondaga County, New York
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 and Wayne
Wayne County, New York
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 counties, the northernmost portion of Cayuga County
Cayuga County, New York
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 and the towns of Irondequoit
Irondequoit, New York
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, Penfield
Penfield, New York
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, and Webster
Webster (town), New York
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 in Monroe County
Monroe County, New York
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. The district contains 100 miles of Lake Ontario
Lake Ontario
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 shoreline, the easternmost Finger Lakes
Finger Lakes
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 and significant portions of the Erie Canal
Erie Canal
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.

The 25th district, which has a slight Democratic tilt and is represented by Republican Ann Marie Buerkle
Ann Marie Buerkle
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 who was elected in 2010.

Components: Past and Present

The 25th District was a Westchester/Rockland seat in the 1960s covering areas now in the 17th and 18th Districts.

In the 1970s it was the lower Hudson Valley district and congruent to the present 19th District. Onondaga County was split between the 32nd District (which included rural counties east of Syracuse now in the 23rd and 24th District) and the 33rd District (which included the Finger Lakes counties in the 24th and 29th Districts).

In the 1980s, the district was centered in the Utica area (now the 24th District) and the Syracuse area was entirely in the 27th District.

Representatives

Representative Party Years District home Note
District created March 4, 1823
Samuel Lawrence
Samuel Lawrence (congressman)
Samuel Lawrence was an American politician from New York.-Life:He was the son of Jonathan Lawrence and Ruth Lawrence...

Adams-Clay DR
Democratic-Republican Party (United States)
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March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825
Charles Humphrey
Charles Humphrey
Charles Humphrey , was an American lawyer and politician who served as United States Representative from New York.-Life:...

Adams
National Republican Party (United States)
The National Republicans were a political party in the United States. During the administration of John Quincy Adams , the president's supporters were referred to as Adams Men or Anti-Jackson. When Andrew Jackson was elected President of the United States in 1828, this group went into opposition...

March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1827
David Woodcock
David Woodcock
David Woodcock was an American lawyer and politician from New York.-Life:...

Adams
National Republican Party (United States)
The National Republicans were a political party in the United States. During the administration of John Quincy Adams , the president's supporters were referred to as Adams Men or Anti-Jackson. When Andrew Jackson was elected President of the United States in 1828, this group went into opposition...

March 4, 1827 – March 3, 1829
Thomas Maxwell
Thomas Maxwell
Thomas Maxwell was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born at Tioga Point , Bradford County, Pennsylvania, Maxwell moved to Elmira , New York, in 1796....

Jacksonian March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1831
Gamaliel H. Barstow
Gamaliel H. Barstow
Gamaliel Henry Barstow was an American physician, lawyer and politician.-Life:...

Anti-Masonic March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1833
Samuel Clark
Samuel Clark
Samuel Clark was a U.S. Representative from the state of New York and a U.S. Representative from the state of Michigan....

Jacksonian March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1835
Graham H. Chapin
Graham H. Chapin
Graham Hurd Chapin was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in Salisbury, Connecticut, Chapin moved to Lyons, New York in 1817. He graduated from Yale College in 1819....

Jacksonian March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837
Samuel Birdsall
Samuel Birdsall
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Democratic
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March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839
Theron R. Strong
Theron R. Strong
Theron Rudd Strong was an American lawyer and politician from New York,-Life:...

Democratic
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March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1841
John Maynard
John Maynard
John Maynard was an American lawyer and politician from New York.-Life:...

Whig
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March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843
George O. Rathbun
George O. Rathbun
George Oscar Rathbun was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in Scipioville, near Auburn, New York, Rathbun attended the Auburn schools and was graduated from Hamilton College.He studied law....

Democratic
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The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...

March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1847
Harmon S. Conger
Harmon S. Conger
Harmon Sweatland Conger was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in Freeport, Cortland County, New York Conger attended the local academy at Cortland in 1833.He studied law....

Whig
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The Whig Party was a political party of the United States during the era of Jacksonian democracy. Considered integral to the Second Party System and operating from the early 1830s to the mid-1850s, the party was formed in opposition to the policies of President Andrew Jackson and his Democratic...

March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1851
Thomas Y. Howe, Jr.
Thomas Y. Howe, Jr.
Thomas Y. Howe, Jr. was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in Auburn, New York, Howe completed preparatory studies. He served as inspector of Auburn Prison 1834–1838...

Democratic
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The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...

March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853
Edwin B. Morgan Whig
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March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855
Opposition
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The Opposition Party in the United States is a label with two different applications in Congressional history, as a majority party in Congress 1854-58, and as a Third Party in the South 1858-1860....

March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857
Republican
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The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...

March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859
Martin Butterfield
Martin Butterfield
Martin Butterfield was a United States Representative from New York. Born in Westmoreland, New Hampshire, he attended the common schools and moved to Palmyra, Wayne County, New York in 1828 and engaged in the hardware business and also in the manufacture of rope and cordage...

Republican
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The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...

March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1861
Theodore M. Pomeroy Republican
Republican Party (United States)
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March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863 redistricted to 24th district
New York's 24th congressional district
The 24th Congressional District of New York includes all or parts of Broome, Cayuga, Chenango, Cortland, Herkimer, Oneida, Ontario, Otsego, Seneca, Tioga and Tompkins counties.This district is currently represented by Republican Richard L...

Daniel Morris
Daniel Morris
For the prominent nineteenth century horticulturalist please see Daniel Morris Daniel Morris was a U.S. Representative from New York during the American Civil War.-Biography:...

Republican
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The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...

March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1867
William H. Kelsey
William H. Kelsey
William Henry Kelsey was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in Smyrna, New York, Kelsey attended the common schools.He studied law.He was admitted to the bar in 1843 and commenced practice in Geneseo, New York....

Republican
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The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...

March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1871
William H. Lamport
William H. Lamport
William Henry Lamport was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in Brunswick, New York, Lamport moved with his parents to Gorham, Ontario County, in 1826.He attended the public schools.He engaged in agricultural pursuits....

Republican
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The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...

March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1873 redistricted to 26th district
New York's 26th congressional district
The 26th Congressional District of New York is a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives in Western New York. It includes all of Genesee, Livingston, and Wyoming counties, and parts of Erie, Monroe, Niagara, Orleans counties...

Clinton D. MacDougall
Clinton D. MacDougall
Clinton Dugald MacDougall was a United States Representative from New York.-Biography:Born near Glasgow, Scotland, he immigrated to Canada in 1842 with his parents, who later settled in Auburn, New York. He pursued an academic course, studied law, and engaged in banking from 1856 to 1869...

Republican
Republican Party (United States)
The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...

March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875 redistricted to 26th district
New York's 26th congressional district
The 26th Congressional District of New York is a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives in Western New York. It includes all of Genesee, Livingston, and Wyoming counties, and parts of Erie, Monroe, Niagara, Orleans counties...

Elias W. Leavenworth
Elias W. Leavenworth
Elias Warner Leavenworth was an American lawyer and politician.-Education:He attended the Hudson Academy and graduated from Yale College in 1824...

Republican
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The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...

March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877
Frank Hiscock
Frank Hiscock
Frank Hiscock was a U.S. Representative and Senator from New York.-Biography:Hiscock was born in Pompey, Onondaga County, New York, September 6, 1834. He graduated from Pompey Academy and studied law...

Republican
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The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...

March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1887 resigned after being elected to US Senate
vacant March 3, 1887 – November 8, 1887
James J. Belden
James J. Belden
James Jerome Belden was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in Fabius, New York, Belden attended the common schools.He engaged in the banking business at Syracuse, New York, in 1880....

Republican
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The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...

November 8, 1887 – March 3, 1893 redistricted to 27th district
New York's 27th congressional district
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...

James S. Sherman
James S. Sherman
James Schoolcraft Sherman was a United States Representative from New York and the 27th Vice President of the United States . He was a member of the Baldwin, Hoar, and Sherman families.-Early life:...

Republican
Republican Party (United States)
The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...

March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1903 redistricted to 27th district
New York's 27th congressional district
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...

Lucius N. Littauer
Lucius N. Littauer
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Republican
Republican Party (United States)
The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...

March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1907 redistricted from 22nd district
New York's 22nd congressional district
The 22nd Congressional District of New York is a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives that includes all or parts of Broome, Delaware, Dutchess, Orange, Sullivan, Tioga, Tompkins, and Ulster counties. It includes the cities of Binghamton, Ithaca, Kingston,...

Cyrus Durey
Cyrus Durey
Cyrus Durey was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in Caroga, New York, Durey attended the common schools and Johnstown Academy.He was supervisor's clerk.Supervisor of Caroga in 1889 and 1890....

Republican
Republican Party (United States)
The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...

March 4, 1907 – March 3, 1911
Theron Akin
Theron Akin
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Progressive Republican
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The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...

March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1913
Benjamin I. Taylor
Benjamin I. Taylor
Benjamin Irving Taylor was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in New York City, Taylor attended public schools and graduated from high school in New Rochelle, New York. He earned a degree from Columbia Law School in New York City in 1899...

Democratic
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March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1915
James W. Husted Republican
Republican Party (United States)
The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...

March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1923
J. Mayhew Wainwright
J. Mayhew Wainwright
Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright was a U.S. Representative from New York.-Biography:Born in New York City, Wainwright was graduated from Columbia College and Columbia School of Political Science in 1884, and from Columbia Law School in 1886. He was admitted to the bar the same year and practiced in New...

Republican
Republican Party (United States)
The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...

March 4, 1923 – March 3, 1931
Charles D. Millard
Charles D. Millard
Charles Dunsmore Millard was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from New York....

Republican
Republican Party (United States)
The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...

March 4, 1931 – September 29, 1937 resigned after being elected surrogate of Westchester County
Westchester County, New York
Westchester County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. Westchester covers an area of and has a population of 949,113 according to the 2010 Census, residing in 45 municipalities...

vacant September 29, 1937 – November 2, 1937
Ralph A. Gamble
Ralph A. Gamble
Ralph Abernethy Gamble was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from New York.Gamble was born in Yankton, South Dakota. He graduated from Princeton University in 1909, George Washington University Law School in 1911 and from Columbia Law School in 1912. He was a member...

Republican
Republican Party (United States)
The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...

November 2, 1937 – January 3, 1945 redistricted to 28th district
New York's 28th congressional district
The 28th district of New York is a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives in northwest New York. The district is based in Rochester, Buffalo, and Niagara Falls, and includes parts of Erie, Monroe, Niagara and Orleans Counties; its easternmost point is in Fairport at...

Charles A. Buckley
Charles A. Buckley
Charles Anthony Buckley was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from New York....

Democratic
Democratic Party (United States)
The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...

January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1953 redistricted from 23rd district
New York's 23rd congressional district
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...

, redistricted to 24th district
New York's 24th congressional district
The 24th Congressional District of New York includes all or parts of Broome, Cayuga, Chenango, Cortland, Herkimer, Oneida, Ontario, Otsego, Seneca, Tioga and Tompkins counties.This district is currently represented by Republican Richard L...

Paul A. Fino
Paul A. Fino
Paul Albert Fino was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from New York....

Republican
Republican Party (United States)
The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...

January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1963 redistricted to 24th district
New York's 24th congressional district
The 24th Congressional District of New York includes all or parts of Broome, Cayuga, Chenango, Cortland, Herkimer, Oneida, Ontario, Otsego, Seneca, Tioga and Tompkins counties.This district is currently represented by Republican Richard L...

Robert R. Barry
Robert R. Barry
Robert Raymond Barry was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from New York.Barry was born in Omaha, Nebraska. He attended Hamilton College from 1933 until 1936. During World War II he worked in the office of the Undersecretary of the Navy...

Republican
Republican Party (United States)
The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...

January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1965 redistricted from 27th district
New York's 27th congressional district
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...

Richard Ottinger
Richard Ottinger
Richard Ottinger is an American politician of the Democratic Party, a former member of the United States House of Representatives, and a legal educator.-Early years:...

Democratic
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The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...

January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1971
Peter A. Peyser
Peter A. Peyser
Peter A. Peyser was a United States Representative from New York, serving from 1971 to 1977 as a Republican and from 1979 to 1983 as a Democrat.-Early life:He was born in Cedarhurst, Long Island and grew up there and in Manhattan...

Republican
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The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...

January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1973 redistricted to 23rd district
New York's 23rd congressional district
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...

Hamilton Fish IV
Hamilton Fish IV
See Hamilton Fish for others with the same nameHamilton Fish, Jr. was a Republican politician best known as a member of the U.S. Congressional Delegation from New York....

Republican
Republican Party (United States)
The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...

January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1983 redistricted from 28th district
New York's 28th congressional district
The 28th district of New York is a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives in northwest New York. The district is based in Rochester, Buffalo, and Niagara Falls, and includes parts of Erie, Monroe, Niagara and Orleans Counties; its easternmost point is in Fairport at...

, redistricted to 21st district
New York's 21st congressional district
The 21st Congressional District of New York is a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives that contains most of the Capital District of New York. It includes all or parts of Albany, Fulton, Montgomery, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady, and Schoharie counties...

Sherwood Boehlert
Sherwood Boehlert
Sherwood "Sherry" Louis Boehlert is a retired American politician from New York. He represented upstate New York in the United States House of Representatives from 1983 until 2007. Boehlert, a Republican, was considered to be a member of the party's moderate wing. In 2003, Utica Union Station was...

Republican
Republican Party (United States)
The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...

January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1993 redistricted to 23rd district
New York's 23rd congressional district
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...

James T. Walsh
James T. Walsh
James Thomas "Jim" Walsh is an American Republican politician from Syracuse, New York. In 2009, he retired after representing a portion of Central New York, that is now known as the state's 25th Congressional District, in the United States House of Representatives for twenty years.-Early...

Republican
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The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...

January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2009 redistricted from 27th district
New York's 27th congressional district
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...

Dan Maffei
Dan Maffei
Daniel Benjamin "Dan" Maffei is a former U.S. Representative for , serving from 2009 until 2011, and currently a senior adviser at law firm Manatt, Phelps & Phillips. He is seeking the Democratic nomination to run for his old seat in 2012.-Early life, education and career:Maffei was born in...

Democratic
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The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...

January 6, 2009 – January 3, 2011
Ann Marie Buerkle
Ann Marie Buerkle
Ann Marie Buerkle is the U.S. Representative for , elected in 2010 in an upset of incumbent Dan Maffei. She is a member of the Republican Party.-Early life and career:...

Republican
Republican Party (United States)
The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...

January 3, 2011 – Present Incumbent
Incumbent
The incumbent, in politics, is the existing holder of a political office. This term is usually used in reference to elections, in which races can often be defined as being between an incumbent and non-incumbent. For example, in the 2004 United States presidential election, George W...


Election results

In New York State electoral politics, the state allows Electoral fusion
Electoral fusion
Electoral fusion is an arrangement where two or more political parties on a ballot list the same candidate, pooling the votes for that candidate...

, with numerous minor parties at various points on the political spectrum that typically endorse either the Republican or Democratic candidate for an office. Hence the state electoral results contain both the party votes, and the final candidate votes (Listed as "Recap").
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