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 is currently represented by Republican Elise Stefanik.

"NY-21" redirects here. NY-21 may also refer to New York State Route 21.

New York's 21st congressional district
New York 's 21st congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
Representative	Elise Stefanik R–Schuylerville
Distribution	57.70% rural 42.30% urban
Population (2018 ACS est.)	701,112
Median income	$54,311[1]
Cook PVI	R+4[2]

The district is rural and includes all of Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Fulton, Hamilton, Jefferson, Lewis, St. Lawrence, Warren, and Washington counties, and parts of Herkimer and Saratoga counties. It includes the cities of Ogdensburg, Glens Falls, Plattsburgh, and Watertown. The district includes most of the Adirondack Mountains and the Thousand Islands region. It borders Vermont to the east and Canada to the north. It also includes Fort Drum of the US army.

From 2003 to 2013, the district with that number 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 21st district was located in upper Manhattan (including parts of Harlem and Washington Heights), and the Bronx.

Recent election results from presidential races

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%
2012	President	Obama 52.2 - 46.1%
2016	President	Trump 54 - 40%

List of members representing the district

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.

Cong ress	Years		Seat A				Seat B
			Representative	Party	Electoral history		Representative	Party	Electoral history
13th	March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1815		Samuel M. Hopkins	Federalist	Elected in 1812. [data unknown/missing]		Nathaniel W. Howell	Federalist	Elected in 1812. [data unknown/missing]
14th	March 4, 1815 – January 23, 1816		Micah Brooks	Democratic-Republican	Elected in 1814. [data unknown/missing]		Peter Buell Porter	Democratic-Republican	Re-elected in 1814. 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 April 30 – May 2, 1816 to finish Porter's term and seated December 2, 1816. [data unknown/missing]
15th	March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1819		Benjamin Ellicott	Democratic-Republican	Elected in 1816. [data unknown/missing]		John C. Spencer	Democratic-Republican	Elected in 1816. Retired to run for U.S. Senator
16th	March 4, 1819 – March 3, 1821		Nathaniel Allen	Democratic-Republican	Elected in 1818. Lost re-election.		Albert H. Tracy	Democratic-Republican	Elected in 1818. Redistricted to the 22nd district.

1821–present: One seat

Representative	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history	Counties represented
Vacant		March 4, 1821 – December 3, 1821		Elections were held in April 1821. It is unclear when results were announced or credentials issued.	Chenango and Broome counties.
Elijah Spencer	Democratic-Republican	December 3, 1821 – March 3, 1823	17th	Elected in 1821. [data unknown/missing]
Lot Clark	Crawford Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825	18th	Elected in 1822 [data unknown/missing]	1823–1833 Chenango and Broome counties
Elias Whitmore	Anti-Jacksonian	March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1827	19th	[data unknown/missing]
John C. Clark	Jacksonian	March 4, 1827 – March 3, 1829	20th	[data unknown/missing]
Robert Monell	Jacksonian	March 4, 1829 – February 21, 1831	21st	[data unknown/missing] 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	22nd	[data unknown/missing]
Henry Mitchell	Jacksonian	March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1835	23rd	[data unknown/missing]	[data unknown/missing]
William Mason	Jacksonian	March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837	24th	[data unknown/missing]
John C. Clark	Democratic	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839	25th	[data unknown/missing]
John C. Clark	Whig	March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1843	26th 27th	reelected as a Whig
Jeremiah E. Cary	Democratic	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845	28th	[data unknown/missing]	[data unknown/missing]
Charles Goodyear	Democratic	March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1847	29th	[data unknown/missing]
George A. Starkweather	Democratic	March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849	30th	[data unknown/missing]
Hiram Walden	Democratic	March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851	31st	[data unknown/missing]
William W. Snow	Democratic	March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853	32nd	[data unknown/missing]
Henry Bennett	Whig	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855	33rd 34th 35th	Redistricted from the 22nd district. Lost re-election.	[data unknown/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	36th 37th	[data unknown/missing]
Francis Kernan	Democratic	March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1865	38th	[data unknown/missing]	[data unknown/missing]
Roscoe Conkling	Republican	March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1867	39th	[data unknown/missing] Resigned after election to US Senate
Vacant		March 4, 1867 – November 29, 1867
Alexander H. Bailey	Republican	November 30, 1867 – March 3, 1871	40th 41st	[data unknown/missing]
Ellis H. Roberts	Republican	March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1873	42nd	[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to the 22nd district.
Clinton L. Merriam	Republican	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875	43rd	Redistricted from the 20th district.	[data unknown/missing]
Samuel F. Miller	Republican	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877	44th	[data unknown/missing]
Solomon Bundy	Republican	March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1879	45th	[data unknown/missing]
David Wilber	Republican	March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1881	46th	[data unknown/missing]
Ferris Jacobs Jr.	Republican	March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1883	47th	[data unknown/missing]
George W. Ray	Republican	March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885	48th	[data unknown/missing]	[data unknown/missing]
Frederick A. Johnson	Republican	March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1887	49th	Redistricted from the 18th district.
John H. Moffitt	Republican	March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1891	50th 51st	[data unknown/missing]
John M. Wever	Republican	March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893	52nd	[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to the 23rd district.
Simon J. Schermerhorn	Democratic	March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895	53rd	[data unknown/missing]	[data unknown/missing]
David F. Wilber	Republican	March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1899	54th 55th	[data unknown/missing]
John K. Stewart	Republican	March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1903	56th 57th	All of Columbia, Dutchess, Greene and Putnam counties
John H. Ketcham	Republican	March 4, 1903 – November 4, 1906	58th 59th	Redistricted from the 18th district. Died.
Vacant		November 5, 1906 – March 3, 1907
Samuel McMillan	Republican	March 4, 1907 – March 3, 1909	60th	[data unknown/missing]
Hamilton Fish II	Republican	March 4, 1909 – March 3, 1911	61st	[data unknown/missing]
Richard E. Connell	Democratic	March 4, 1911 – October 30, 1912	62nd	[data unknown/missing] Died.
Vacant		October 31, 1912 – March 3, 1913
Henry George Jr.	Democratic	March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1915	63rd	Redistricted from the 17th district.	Parts of New York
G. Murray Hulbert	Democratic	March 4, 1915 – January 1, 1918	64th 65th	[data unknown/missing] 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	65th 66th	[data unknown/missing]
Martin C. Ansorge	Republican	March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1923	67th	[data unknown/missing]
Royal H. Weller	Democratic	March 4, 1923 – March 1, 1929	68th 69th 70th	[data unknown/missing] Died.
Vacant		March 2, 1929 – November 4, 1929
Joseph A. Gavagan	Democratic	November 5, 1929 – December 30, 1943	71st 72nd 73rd 74th 75th 76th 77th 78th	[data unknown/missing] 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	78th 79th	[data unknown/missing]
Jacob K. Javits	Republican	January 3, 1947 – December 31, 1954	80th 81st 82nd 83rd	[data unknown/missing] 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	84th 85th 86th 87th	[data unknown/missing]
James C. Healey	Democratic	January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1965	88th	Redistricted from the 22nd district.	Parts of Bronx
James H. Scheuer	Democratic	January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1971	89th 90th 91st 92nd	[data unknown/missing]
		January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1973			Parts of Bronx, Manhattan, Queens
Herman Badillo	Democratic	January 3, 1973 – December 31, 1977	93rd 94th 95th	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	95th 96th 97th	Elected to finish Badillo's term. Redistricted to the 18th district.
Hamilton Fish IV	Republican	January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1993	98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd	Redistricted from the 25th district. Redistricted to the 19th district.	All of Putnam; Parts of Dutchess, Orange, Westchester
Mike McNulty	Democratic	January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2003	103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th	Redistricted from the 23rd district. Retired.	All of Albany, Schenectady; Parts of Montgomery, Rensselaer, Saratoga
		January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2009			All of Albany, Montgomery, Schenectady, Schoharie; Parts of Fulton, Rensselaer, Saratoga
Paul Tonko	Democratic	January 3, 2009 – January 3, 2013	111th 112th	Elected in 2008. Re-elected in 2010. Redistricted to the 20th district.
Bill Owens	Democratic	January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2015	113th	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 – Present	114th 115th 116th	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
Margin of victory			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
Margin of victory			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
Margin of victory			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
Margin of victory			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
Margin of victory			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
Margin of victory			120,852	56.4	+14.8
Turnout			214,356	100	-21.8

U.S. House of Representatives election, 2008: New York's 21st district[3][4]

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
Margin of victory			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
Margin of victory			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	Matt Doheny	121,646	45.3	+2.2
	Green	Donald L. Hassig	4,174	1.6	+1.6
Margin of victory			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
Margin of victory			43,086	23.7	+21.9
Turnout			181,558	100	-32.5

U.S. House of Representatives election, 2016: New York's 21st district

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Republican	Elise Stefanik	177,886	65.3	+12.3
	Democratic	Mike Derrick	82,161	30.2	+0.9
	Green	Matthew J. Funiciello	12,452	4.6	-6
Margin of victory			95,725	35.1	+11.4
Turnout			272,499	100	+50.1

U.S. House of Representatives election, 2018: New York's 21st district

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Republican	Elise Stefanik	131,981	56.1	-9.2
	Democratic	Tedra Cobb	99,791	42.4	+12.2
	Green	Lynn Kahn	3,437	1.5	-3.1
Margin of victory			32,190	13.7	-61
Turnout			235,209	100	-13.7

Historical district boundaries

2003 - 2013

See also

• List of United States congressional districts
• New York's congressional districts
• United States congressional delegations from New York

References

Inline references

1. https://www.census.gov/mycd/?st=36&cd=21
2. "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
3. Stanforth, Lauren; Carol DeMare (November 5, 2008). "Tonko cruises to win in 21st Congressional District". Times Union (Albany). Retrieved 2008-12-06.
4. 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