New York's 29th congressional district

The 29th congressional district of New York is an obsolete congressional district for the United States House of Representatives which most recently included a portion of the Appalachian mountains in New York known as the "Southern Tier." It was most recently represented by Tom Reed. This district number became obsolete for the 113th Congress in 2013 as a result of the 2010 Census. Most of the former 29th district remained intact and was to be renumbered as the 23rd district.

The district from 2003 to 2013

Voting

Election results from presidential races
Year	Office	Results
1992	President	Clinton 40 - 33%
1996	President	Clinton 51 - 35%
2000	President	Bush 53 - 43%
2004	President	Bush 56 - 42%
2008	President	McCain 51 - 48%

Components

The 29th district was centered in Buffalo and Niagara Falls in the 1990s (represented by John LaFalce); that district was dismantled and parceled out to the present 27th and 28th Districts. In the 1980s this district was centered in suburban Rochester. During the 1970s the district was congruent to the present upper Hudson Valley 20th District.

The far southern tier district was numbered the 31st District in the 1990s and the 34th District in the 1980s, when Amo Houghton represented it. During the 1970s this area was primarily in the 39th District. Prior versions of this district included Chautauqua county; suburban Rochester had never been in a southern tier district until the 2002 remap. The result was that the district changed from a "packed" Republican district to a "cracked" district. The 2008 elections reversed the crack, meaning that the heavily Democratic and suburban Monroe County votes were able to swing the district in their favor, leaving most of the rest of the expansive district out of influence, though not without help from an unexplained vote shift in Cattaraugus County. Former Corning Mayor Tom Reed, a Republican, was sworn in on Nov. 18, 2010 to fill out the term of Democrat Eric Massa, who resigned. Reed was elected to a full two-year term in the 112th Congress.

1913–1945:

All of Saratoga, Warren, Washington

Parts of Rensselaer

1945–1953:

All of Delaware, Orange, Rockland, Sullivan

1953–1963:

All of Columbia, Dutchess, Greene, Schoharie, Ulster

1963–1969:

All of Albany, Schenectady

Parts of Rensselaer

1969–1971:

All of Albany, Schenectady

1971–1973:

All of Schenectady

Parts of Albany, Montgomery

1973–1983:

All of Greene, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Warren, Washington

Parts of Albany, Columbia, Essex

1983–1993:

All of Cayuga, Oswego, Seneca, Wayne

Parts of Monroe, Oneida

1993–2003:

All of Niagara, Orleans

Parts of Erie, Monroe

2003–2013:

All of Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chemung, Schuyler, Steuben, Yates

Parts of Monroe, Ontario

List of members representing the district

Member	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history
District created		March 4, 1823
Isaac Wilson	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1823 – January 7, 1824	18th	Elected in 1822. Lost election contest
Parmenio Adams	Adams-Clay Republican	January 7, 1824 – March 3, 1825	18th 19th	Won election contest [data unknown/missing]
Parmenio Adams	Anti-Jacksonian	March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1827	18th 19th	Won election contest [data unknown/missing]
David Ellicott Evans	Jacksonian	March 4, 1827 – May 2, 1827	20th	Elected in 1826. Resigned.
Vacant		May 3, 1827 – December 3, 1827
Phineas L. Tracy	Anti-Jacksonian	December 3, 1827 – March 3, 1829	20th 21st 22nd	Elected in special election [data unknown/missing]
Phineas L. Tracy	Anti-Masonic	March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1833	20th 21st 22nd	Elected in special election [data unknown/missing]
George W. Lay	Anti-Masonic	March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1835	23rd 24th	Elected in 1832. [data unknown/missing]
George W. Lay	Anti-Jacksonian	March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837	23rd 24th	Elected in 1832. [data unknown/missing]
William Patterson	Whig	March 4, 1837 – August 14, 1838	25th	Elected in 1836. Died.
Vacant		August 14, 1838 – November 6, 1838
Harvey Putnam	Whig	November 7, 1838 – March 3, 1839	25th	Elected to finish Patterson's term [data unknown/missing]
Seth M. Gates	Whig	March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1843	26th 27th	[data unknown/missing]
Charles H. Carroll	Whig	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1847	28th 29th	[data unknown/missing]
Robert L. Rose	Whig	March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1851	30th 31st	[data unknown/missing]
Jerediah Horsford	Whig	March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853	32nd	[data unknown/missing]
Azariah Boody	Whig	March 4, 1853 – October, 1853	33rd	[data unknown/missing] Resigned.
Vacant		October 1853 – November 7, 1853
Davis Carpenter	Whig	November 8, 1853 – March 3, 1855	33rd	[data unknown/missing]
John Williams	Democratic	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857	34th	[data unknown/missing]
Samuel G. Andrews	Republican	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859	35th	[data unknown/missing]
Alfred Ely	Republican	March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1863	36th 37th	[data unknown/missing]
Augustus Frank	Republican	March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1865	38th	Redistricted from the 30th district. [data unknown/missing]
Burt Van Horn	Republican	March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1869	39th 40th	[data unknown/missing]
John Fisher	Republican	March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1871	41st	[data unknown/missing]
Seth Wakeman	Republican	March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1873	42nd	[data unknown/missing]
Freeman Clarke	Republican	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875	43rd	Redistricted from the 28th district. [data unknown/missing]
Charles C.B. Walker	Democratic	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877	44th	[data unknown/missing]
John N. Hungerford	Republican	March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1879	45th	[data unknown/missing]
David P. Richardson	Republican	March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1883	46th 47th	[data unknown/missing]
John Arnot Jr.	Democratic	March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885	48th	[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to the 28th district.
Ira Davenport	Republican	March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1889	49th 50th	[data unknown/missing]
John Raines	Republican	March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1893	51st 52nd	[data unknown/missing]
Charles W. Gillet	Republican	March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1903	53rd 54th 55th 56th 57th	[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to the 33rd district.
Michael E. Driscoll	Republican	March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1913	58th 59th 60th 61st 62nd	Redistricted from the 27th district. [data unknown/missing]
James S. Parker	Republican	March 4, 1913 – December 19, 1933	63rd 64th 65th 66th 67th 68th 69th 70th 71st 72nd 73rd	[data unknown/missing] Died.
Vacant		December 19, 1933 – January 29, 1934
William D. Thomas	Republican	January 30, 1934 – May 17, 1936	73rd 74th	Elected to finish Parker's term Died.
Vacant		May 18, 1936 – January 3, 1937
E. Harold Cluett	Republican	January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1943	75th 76th 77th	[data unknown/missing]
Dean P. Taylor	Republican	January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1945	78th	[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to the 33rd district.
Augustus W. Bennet	Republican	January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1947	79th	[data unknown/missing]
Katharine St. George	Republican	January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1953	80th 81st 82nd	[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to the 28th district.
J. Ernest Wharton	Republican	January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1963	83rd 84th 85th 86th 87th	Redistricted from the 30th district. Redistricted to the 28th district.
Leo W. O'Brien	Democratic	January 3, 1963 – December 30, 1966	88th 89th	Redistricted from the 30th district. Resigned.
Vacant		December 31, 1966 – January 2, 1967
Daniel E. Button	Republican	January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1971	90th 91st	[data unknown/missing]
Samuel S. Stratton	Democratic	January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1973	92nd	Redistricted from the 35th district. Redistricted to the 28th district.
Carleton J. King	Republican	January 3, 1973 – December 31, 1974	93rd	Redistricted from the 30th district. Resigned.
Vacant		January 1, 1975 – January 2, 1975
Edward W. Pattison	Democratic	January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1979	94th 95th	[data unknown/missing]
Gerald Solomon	Republican	January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1983	96th 97th	[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to the 24th district.
Frank Horton	Republican	January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1993	98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd	Redistricted from the 34th district. [data unknown/missing]
John J. LaFalce	Democratic	January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2003	103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th	Redistricted from the 32nd district. [data unknown/missing]
Amo Houghton	Republican	January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2005	108th	Redistricted from the 31st district. Retired.
Randy Kuhl	Republican	January 3, 2005 – January 3, 2009	109th 110th	Elected in 2004. Re-elected in 2006. Lost re-election.
Eric Massa	Democratic	January 3, 2009 – March 8, 2010	111th	Elected in 2008. Resigned.
Vacant		March 8, 2010 – November 18, 2010
Tom Reed	Republican	November 18, 2010 – January 3, 2013	111th 112th	Elected to finish Massa's term, and Elected to the next term in 2010. Redistricted to the 23rd district.
District eliminated		January 3, 2013

Recent election results

Following are the results of the elections of 1996 through 2008.

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. Therefore, the state electoral results contain both the party votes, and the final candidate votes (Listed as "Recap").

US House election, 1996: New York District 29
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John J. LaFalce	132,317	62.0
	Republican	David B. Callard	81,135	38.0
Majority			51,182	24.0
Turnout			213,452	100

US House election, 1998: New York District 29
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Democratic	John J. LaFalce	97,235	57.0	-5.0
	Republican	Chris Collins	56,443	40.7	+2.7
	Right to Life	David E. Denzel	3,813	2.2	+2.2
Majority			27,754	16.3	+7.7
Turnout			170,529	100	-20.1

US House election, 2000: New York District 29
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Democratic	John J. LaFalce	128,328	61.3	+4.3
	Republican	Brett M. Sommer	81,159	38.7	-2.0
Majority			47,169	22.5	+6.2
Turnout			209,487	100	+22.8

US House election, 2002: New York District 29
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Republican	Amo Houghton	127,657	73.1	+34.4
	Democratic	Kisun J. Peters	37,128	21.3	-40.0
	Right to Life	Wendy M. Johnson	5,836	3.3	+3.3
	Green	Rachel Treichler	4,010	2.3	+2.3
Majority			90,529	51.8	+29.3
Turnout			174,631	100	-16.6

US House election, 2004: New York District 29
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Republican	Randy Kuhl	136,883	50.7	-22.4
	Democratic	Samara Barend	110,241	40.8	+19.5
	Conservative	Mark W. Assini	17,272	6.4	+6.4
	Independence	John Ciampoli	5,819	2.2	+2.2
Majority			26,642	9.9	-41.9
Turnout			270,215	100	+54.7

US House election, 2006: New York District 29
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Republican	Randy Kuhl	106,077	51.5	+0.8
	Democratic	Eric Massa	100,044	48.5	+7.7
Majority			6,033	2.9	-7.0
Turnout			206,121	100	-23.7

US House election, 2008: New York District 29
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Democratic	Eric Massa	140,529	51.0	+2.5
	Republican	Randy Kuhl	135,199	49.0	-2.5
Majority			5,330	1.9	-1.0
Turnout			275,728	100	+33.8

References

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
New York State Board of Elections 2008 Election Results
2006 Election Statistics (House), Clerk of the House of Representatives
2006 House election data
2004 House election data
2002 House election data
2000 House election data
1998 House election data
1996 House election data

External links

All about New York's 29th Congressional District, via Fighting29th.com

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