New York's 34th congressional district

New York's 34th congressional district was a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives in New York. It was created in 1843 as a result of the 1840 census, eliminated after the 1850 census, and then re-created in 1885 due to the 1880 census. It was eliminated most recently as a result of the 1990 census. It was last represented by Amo Houghton who was redistricted into the 31st district.

New York's 34th congressional district
Obsolete district
Created	1840 1875
Eliminated	1850 1990
Years active	1843–1853 1885–1993

"NY-34" redirects here. The term may also refer to New York State Route 34.

Past components

1983–1993:

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

Parts of Cattaraugus, Tompkins

1973–1983:

All of Wayne

Parts of Monroe

1971–1973:

All of Cayuga, Ontario, Schuyler, Seneca, Yates

Parts of Livingston, Onondaga, Oswego, Tompkins

1963–1971:

All of Onondaga

1953–1963:

All of Herkimer, Madison, Oneida

1945–1953:

All of Franklin, Herkimer, Jefferson, Lewis, St. Lawrence

1913–1945:

All of Broome, Chenango, Delaware, Otsego

1885–1913:

All of Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua

List of members representing the district

Member	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history
District established March 4, 1843
Washington Hunt (Lockport)	Whig	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1849	28th 29th 30th	Elected in 1842. Re-elected in 1844. Re-elected in 1846. Retired.
Lorenzo Burrows (Albion)	Whig	March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1853	31st 32nd	Elected in 1848. Re-elected in 1850. [data missing]
District dissolved March 4, 1853
District re-established March 4, 1885
Walter L. Sessions (Jamestown)	Republican	March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1887	49th	Elected in 1884. Lost re-election.
William G. Laidlaw (Ellicottville)	Republican	March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1891	50th 51st	Elected in 1886. Re-elected in 1888. [data missing]
Warren B. Hooker (Fredonia)	Republican	March 4, 1891 – November 10, 1898	52nd 53rd 54th 55th	Elected in 1890. Re-elected in 1892. Re-elected in 1894. Re-elected in 1896. Re-elected in 1898. Resigned when appointed justice of New York Supreme Court.
Vacant		November 11, 1898 – November 6, 1899	55th 56th
Edward B. Vreeland (Salamanca)	Republican	November 7, 1899 – March 3, 1903	56th 57th	Elected to finish Hooker's term. Re-elected in 1900. Redistricted to the 37th district.
James Wolcott Wadsworth (Geneseo)	Republican	March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1907	58th 59th	Redistricted from the 30th district and re-elected in 1902. Re-elected in 1904. Lost re-election
Peter A. Porter (Niagara Falls)	Independent Republican	March 4, 1907 – March 3, 1909	60th	Elected in 1906. Retired.
James S. Simmons (Niagara Falls)	Republican	March 4, 1909 – March 3, 1913	61st 62nd	Elected in 1908. Re-elected in 1910. Lost re-election.
George W. Fairchild (Oneonta)	Republican	March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1919	63rd 64th 65th	Redistricted from the 24th district and re-elected in 1912. Re-elected in 1914. Re-elected in 1916. [data missing]
William H. Hill (Johnson City)	Republican	March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1921	66th	Elected in 1918. Retired.
John D. Clarke (Fraser)	Republican	March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1925	67th 68th	Elected in 1920. Re-elected in 1922. Lost re-election.
Harold S. Tolley (Binghamton)	Republican	March 4, 1925 – March 3, 1927	69th	Elected in 1924. Lost renomination
John D. Clarke (Fraser)	Republican	March 4, 1927 – November 5, 1933	70th 71st 72nd 73rd	Elected in 1926. Re-elected in 1928. Re-elected in 1930. Re-elected in 1932. Died.
Vacant		November 6, 1933 – December 27, 1933	73rd
Marian W. Clarke (Fraser)	Republican	December 28, 1933 – January 3, 1935		Elected to finish her husband's term. Retired.
Bert Lord (Afton)	Republican	January 3, 1935 – May 24, 1939	74th 75th 76th	Elected in 1934. Re-elected in 1936. Re-elected in 1938. Died.
Vacant		May 25, 1939 – November 6, 1939	76th
Edwin Arthur Hall (Binghamton)	Republican	November 7, 1939 – January 3, 1945	76th 77th 78th	Elected to finish Lord's term. Re-elected in 1940. Re-elected in 1942. Redistricted to the 37th district.
Clarence E. Kilburn (Malone)	Republican	January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1953	79th 80th 81st 82nd	Redistricted from the 31st district and re-elected in 1944. Re-elected in 1946. Re-elected in 1948. Re-elected in 1950. Redistricted to the 33rd district.
William R. Williams (Cassville)	Republican	January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1959	83rd 84th 85th	Redistricted from the 35th district and re-elected in 1952. Re-elected in 1954. Re-elected in 1956. [data missing]
Alexander Pirnie (Utica)	Republican	January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1963	86th 87th	Elected in 1958. Re-elected in 1960. Redistricted to the 32nd district.
R. Walter Riehlman (Tully)	Republican	January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1965	88th	Redistricted from the 35th district and re-elected in 1962. [data missing]
James M. Hanley (Syracuse)	Democratic	January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1971	89th 90th 91st	Elected in 1964. Re-elected in 1966. Re-elected in 1968. Redistricted to the 35th district.
John H. Terry (Syracuse)	Republican	January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1973	92nd	Elected in 1970. Retired.
Frank Horton (Rochester)	Republican	January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1983	93rd 94th 95th 96th 97th	Redistricted from the 36th district and re-elected in 1972. Re-elected in 1974. Re-elected in 1976. Re-elected in 1978. Re-elected in 1980. Redistricted to the 29th district.
Stan Lundine (Jamestown)	Democratic	January 3, 1983 – December 31, 1986	98th 99th	Redistricted from the 39th district and re-elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1984. Retired to run for Lieutenant Governor of New York and resigned when elected.
Vacant		December 31, 1986 – January 3, 1987	99th
Amo Houghton (Corning)	Republican	January 3, 1987 – January 3, 1993	100th 101st 102nd	Elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1988. Re-elected in 1990. Redistricted to the 31st district.
District dissolved January 3, 1993

Recent election results

The following chart shows historic election results.

Year	Democratic	Republican	Other
1920	Charles R. Seymour: 21,496	Y John D. Clarke: 52,809	Arthur Breckenridge (Socialist): 1,386
1922	Clayton L. Wheeler: 23,323	Y John D. Clarke (Incumbent): 40,902	Arthur Breckenridge (Socialist): 1,018
1924	Charles R. Seymour: 24,800	Y Harold S. Tolley: 61,547	William M. Boyd (Socialist): 1,979
1926	Bernard J. McGuire: 20,792	Y John D. Clarke: 52,363
1928	William W. Lampman: 32,925	Y John D. Clarke (Incumbent): 80,531
1930	James F. Byrne: 23,968	Y John D. Clarke (Incumbent): 51,460
1932	Charles R. Seymour: 44,174	Y John D. Clarke (Incumbent): 58,735	Leon Ray Steenburg (Law Preservation): 6,676 Pierre De Nio (Socialist): 718
1934	Charles C. Flaesch: 32,075	Y Bert Lord: 50,528	Pierre De Nio (Socialist): 1,159 Mathew J. Maxian (Communist): 248
1936	John T. Buckley: 47,857	Y Bert Lord (Incumbent): 75,580	Merle A. Wilson (Socialist): 1,241
1938	John V. Johnson: 35,456	Y Bert Lord (Incumbent): 67,330	Merle A. Wilson (Socialist): 305
1940	Donald W. Kramer: 41,027	Y Edwin A. Hall (Incumbent): 93,990	William Livings (American Labor): 2,563
1942	Arthur J. Ruland: 33,276	Y Edwin A. Hall (Incumbent): 53,762	Charles F. Doherty (American Labor): 1,444
1944	John D. Van Kennen: 44,557	Y Clarence E. Kilburn (Incumbent): 75,532
1946	William G. Houk: 22,368	Y Clarence E. Kilburn (Incumbent): 64,217	Carl H. Bogardus (American Labor): 1,384
1948	Francis K. Purcell: 43,777	Y Clarence E. Kilburn (Incumbent): 70,715	Raymond Bull (American Labor): 2,083
1950	Mildred McGill: 32,446	Y Clarence E. Kilburn (Incumbent): 67,739	Carl H. Bogardus (American Labor): 1,290
1952	Charles Ray Wilson: 65,080	Y William R. Williams (Incumbent): 97,488	Anthony Blasting (Liberal): 2,797 Michael A. Jimenez (American Labor): 315
1954	Vernon E. Olin: 53,112	Y William R. Williams (Incumbent): 77,659	Marcia Daz Butler (American Labor): 174
1956	Edwin L. Slusarczyk: 70,837	Y William R. Williams (Incumbent): 95,681
1958	Edwin L. Slusarczyk: 68,271	Y Alexander Pirnie: 70,482
1960	Edwin L. Slusarczyk: 79,153	Y Alexander Pirnie (Incumbent): 98,063
1962	Lee Alexander: 67,149	Y R. Walter Riehlman (Incumbent): 84,780	John Arneson (Liberal): 2,860
1964	Y James M. Hanley: 96,219	R. Walter Riehlman (Incumbent): 91,697
1966	Y James M. Hanley (Incumbent): 90,044	Stewart F. Hancock Jr.: 62,559	Benjamin K. Souler (Conservative): 5,903 Norman Balabanian (Liberal): 4,900
1968	Y James M. Hanley (Incumbent): 96,520	David V. O'Brien: 82,333	Francis H. Aspinwall (Conservative): 6,988 Aubrey D. Tussing (Liberal): 2,282
1970	Neal P. McCurn: 60,452	Y John H. Terry: 88,786
1972	Jack Rubens: 46,509	Y Frank Horton (Incumbent): 142,803	Richard E. Lusink (Conservative): 5,603 Rafael Martinez (Liberal): 3,088
1974	Irene Gossin: 45,408	Y Frank Horton (Incumbent): 105,585	J. Warren McGee (Conservative): 4,309 Virginia Tadio (Liberal): 1,063
1976	William C. Larsen: 58,247	Y Frank Horton (Incumbent): 126,566	Thomas D. Cook (Conservative): 7,383
1978	Y Frank Horton (Incumbent): 60,704	Y Frank Horton (Incumbent): 62,081	Leo J. Kesselring (Conservative): 18,127
1980	James Toole: 37,883	Y Frank Horton (Incumbent): 133,278	Clyde O. Benoy (Conservative): 5,829 William Bastuk (Right to Life): 3,178 David D. Hoesly (Libertarian): 2,627
1982	Y Stan Lundine (Incumbent): 99,502	James J. Snyder Sr.: 63,972	Genevieve F. Ronan (Right to Life): 1,806
1984	Y Stan Lundine (Incumbent): 110,902	Jill Houghton Emery: 91,016	Carol L. Fisher (Right to Life): 2,560
1986	Larry M. Himelein: 56,898	Y Amo Houghton: 85,856
1988		Y Amo Houghton (Incumbent): 131,078	Ian Kelly Woodward (Liberal): 4,797
1990	Joseph P. Leahey: 37,421	Y Amo Houghton (Incumbent): 89,831	Nevin K. Eklund (Liberal): 1,807

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
• Election Statistics 1920–present Clerk of the House of Representatives