New York's 17th congressional district

New York's 17th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of New York.

New York's 17th congressional district
New York's 17th congressional district since January 3, 2013
Representative	Mondaire Jones D–Nyack
Distribution	98.40% urban 1.60% rural
Population (2019)	737,355
Median household income	$108,449[1]
Ethnicity	58.58% White 22.39% Hispanic 10.71% Black 5.65% Asian 2.42% other 0.25% Native American
Cook PVI	D+9[2]

Presidential election results

Year	Office	Results
1992	President	Clinton 75 - 19% (Bush)
1996	President	Clinton 85 - 11% (Dole)
2000	President	Gore 69 - 27% (W. Bush)
2004	President	Kerry 67 - 33% (W. Bush)
2008	President	Obama 72 - 28% (McCain)
2012	President	Obama 57 - 41% (Romney)
2016	President	H. Clinton 52 - 39% (Trump)
2020	President	Biden 60 - 39% (Trump)

List of representatives

1803–1833: One seat

Representative	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history	Location
District created March 4, 1803
Oliver Phelps	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1805	8th	Elected in 1802. [Data unknown/missing.]	1803–1813 [Data unknown/missing.]
Silas Halsey	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1805 – March 3, 1807	9th	Elected in 1804. Lost re-election.
John Harris	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1807 – March 3, 1809	10th	Elected in 1806. Lost re-election.
District not in use		March 4, 1809 – March 3, 1813	11th 12th
William S. Smith	Federalist	March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1815	13th	Elected in 1812. Re-elected in 1814 but did not take or claim the seat.	1813–1823 Herkimer County, except the Town of Danube; and Madison County.
Vacant		March 4, 1815 – December 13, 1815	14th
Westel Willoughby Jr.	Democratic-Republican	December 13, 1815 – March 3, 1817		Successfully contested Smith's election. [Data unknown/missing.]
Thomas H. Hubbard	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1819	15th	Elected in 1816. [Data unknown/missing.]
Aaron Hackley Jr.	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1819 – March 3, 1821	16th	Elected in 1818. [Data unknown/missing.]
Vacant		March 4, 1821 – December 3, 1821	17th	Elections were held in April 1821. It is unclear when results were announced or credentials issued.
Thomas H. Hubbard	Democratic-Republican	December 3, 1821 – March 3, 1823		Elected in 1821. [Data unknown/missing.]
John W. Taylor	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825	18th 19th 20th 21st 22nd	Redistricted from 11th district and re-elected in 1822. Re-elected in 1824. Re-elected in 1826. Re-elected in 1828. Re-elected in 1830. Lost re-election.	Saratoga County
	Anti-Jacksonian	March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1833

1833–1843: Two seats

From 1833 to 1843, two seats were apportioned to the 17th district, elected at-large on a general ticket.

Seat A

Representative	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history
Samuel Beardsley	Jacksonian	March 4, 1833 – March 29, 1836	23rd 24th	Redistricted from 14th district and re-elected in 1832. Re-elected in 1834. Resigned to become circuit judge.
Vacant		March 29, 1836 – November 9, 1836	24th	[Data unknown/missing.]
Rutger B. Miller	Jacksonian	November 9, 1836 – March 3, 1837		Elected to finish Beardsley's term. [Data unknown/missing.]
Henry A. Foster	Democratic	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839	25th	Elected in 1836. [Data unknown/missing.]
David P. Brewster	Democratic	March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1843	26th 27th	Elected in 1838. Re-elected in 1840. [Data unknown/missing.]

Seat B

Representative	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history
Joel Turrill	Jacksonian	March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1837	23rd 24th	Elected in 1832. Re-elected in 1834. [Data unknown/missing.]
Abraham P. Grant	Democratic	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839	25th	Elected in 1836. [Data unknown/missing.]
John G. Floyd	Democratic	March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1843	26th 27th	Elected in 1838. Re-elected in 1840. [Data unknown/missing.]

1843–present: One seat

Representative	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history
Charles S. Benton	Democratic	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1847	28th 29th	Elected in 1842. Re-elected in 1844. [Data unknown/missing.]
George Petrie	Independent Democrat	March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849	30th	Elected in 1846. [Data unknown/missing.]
Henry P. Alexander	Whig	March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851	31st	Elected in 1848. [Data unknown/missing.]
Alexander H. Buell	Democratic	March 4, 1851 – January 29, 1853	32nd	Elected in 1850. Died.
Vacant		January 29, 1853 – March 3, 1853		[Data unknown/missing.]
Bishop Perkins	Democratic	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855	33rd	Elected in 1852. [Data unknown/missing.]
Francis E. Spinner	Democratic	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857	34th 35th 36th	Elected in 1854. Re-elected in 1856. Re-elected in 1858. [Data unknown/missing.]
	Republican	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1861
Socrates N. Sherman	Republican	March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863	37th	Elected in 1860. [Data unknown/missing.]
Calvin T. Hulburd	Republican	March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1869	38th 39th 40th	Elected in 1862. Re-elected in 1864. Re-elected in 1866. [Data unknown/missing.]
William A. Wheeler	Republican	March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1873	41st 42nd	Elected in 1868. Re-elected in 1870. Redistricted to 18th district.
Robert S. Hale	Republican	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875	43rd	Elected in 1872. [Data unknown/missing.]
Martin I. Townsend	Republican	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1879	44th 45th	Elected in 1874. Re-elected in 1876. [Data unknown/missing.]
Walter A. Wood	Republican	March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1883	46th 47th	Elected in 1878. Re-elected in 1880. [Data unknown/missing.]
Henry G. Burleigh	Republican	March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885	48th	Elected in 1882. Redistricted to 18th district
James G. Lindsley	Republican	March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1887	49th	Elected in 1884. [Data unknown/missing.]
Stephen T. Hopkins	Republican	March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1889	50th	Elected in 1886. [Data unknown/missing.]
Charles J. Knapp	Republican	March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1891	51st	Elected in 1888. [Data unknown/missing.]
Isaac N. Cox	Democratic	March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893	52nd	Elected in 1890. [Data unknown/missing.]
Francis Marvin	Republican	March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895	53rd	Elected in 1892. [Data unknown/missing.]
Benjamin B. Odell Jr.	Republican	March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1899	54th 55th	Elected in 1894. Re-elected in 1896. [Data unknown/missing.]
Arthur S. Tompkins	Republican	March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1903	56th 57th	Elected in 1898. Re-elected in 1900. [Data unknown/missing.]
Francis E. Shober	Democratic	March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1905	58th	Elected in 1902. [Data unknown/missing.]
William S. Bennet	Republican	March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1911	59th 60th 61st	Elected in 1904. Re-elected in 1906. Re-elected in 1908. [Data unknown/missing.]
Henry George Jr.	Democratic	March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1913	62nd	Elected in 1910. Redistricted to 21st district
John F. Carew	Democratic	March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1919	63rd 64th 65th	Elected in 1912. Re-elected in 1914. Re-elected in 1916 Redistricted to 18th district
Herbert Pell	Democratic	March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1921	66th	Elected in 1918. [Data unknown/missing.]
Ogden L. Mills	Republican	March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1927	67th 68th 69th	Elected in 1920. Re-elected in 1922. Re-elected in 1924. [Data unknown/missing.]
William W. Cohen	Democratic	March 4, 1927 – March 3, 1929	70th	Elected in 1926. [Data unknown/missing.]
Ruth B. Pratt	Republican	March 4, 1929 – March 3, 1933	71st 72nd	Elected in 1928. Re-elected in 1930. [Data unknown/missing.]
Theodore A. Peyser	Democratic	March 4, 1933 – August 8, 1937	73rd 74th 75th	Elected in 1932. Re-elected in 1934. Re-elected in 1936. Died.
Vacant		August 8, 1937 – November 2, 1937	75th	[Data unknown/missing.]
Bruce F. Barton	Republican	November 2, 1937 – January 3, 1941	75th 76th	Elected to finish Peyser's term. Re-elected in 1938. [Data unknown/missing.]
Kenneth F. Simpson	Republican	January 3, 1941 – January 25, 1941	77th	Elected in 1940. Died.
Vacant		January 29, 1941 – March 11, 1941		[Data unknown/missing.]
Joseph C. Baldwin	Republican	March 11, 1941 – January 3, 1947	77th 78th 79th	Elected to finish Simpson's term. Re-elected in 1942. Re-elected in 1944. [Data unknown/missing.]
Frederic R. Coudert Jr.	Republican	January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1959	80th 81st 82nd 83rd 84th 85th	Elected in 1946. Re-elected in 1948. Re-elected in 1950. Re-elected in 1952. Re-elected in 1954. Re-elected in 1956. [Data unknown/missing.]
John V. Lindsay	Republican	January 3, 1959 – December 31, 1965	86th 87th 88th 89th	Elected in 1958. Re-elected in 1960. Re-elected in 1962. Re-elected in 1964. Resigned after being elected as Mayor of New York City.
Vacant		January 1, 1966 – February 7, 1966	89th	[Data unknown/missing.]
Theodore R. Kupferman	Republican	February 8, 1966 – January 3, 1969	89th 90th	Elected to finish Lindsay's term. Re-elected in 1966. [Data unknown/missing.]
Ed Koch	Democratic	January 3, 1969 – January 3, 1973	91st 92nd	Elected in 1968. Re-elected in 1970. Redistricted to 18th district
John M. Murphy	Democratic	January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1981	93rd 94th 95th 96th	Redistricted from 16th district and re-elected in 1972. Re-elected in 1974. Re-elected in 1976. Re-elected in 1978. [Data unknown/missing.]
Guy Molinari	Republican	January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1983	97th	Elected in 1980. Redistricted to 14th district
Ted Weiss	Democratic	January 3, 1983 – September 14, 1992	98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd	Redistricted from 20th district and re-elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1984. Re-elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1988. Re-elected in 1990. Died.
Vacant		September 15, 1992 – November 2, 1992	102nd	[Data unknown/missing.]
Jerry Nadler	Democratic	November 3, 1992 – January 3, 1993		Elected to finish Weiss's term. Redistricted to 8th district
Eliot Engel	Democratic	January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2013	103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th 111th 112th	Redistricted from the 19th district and re-elected in 1992. Re-elected in 1994. Re-elected in 1996. Re-elected in 1998. Re-elected in 2000. Re-elected in 2002. Re-elected in 2004. Re-elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Re-elected in 2010. Redistricted to the 16th district.
Nita Lowey	Democratic	January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2021	113th 114th 115th 116th	Redistricted from the 18th district and re-elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Retired.
Mondaire Jones	Democratic	January 3, 2021 – Present	Presentth	Elected in 2020.

References

1. "My Congressional District".
2. "Introducing the 2021 Cook Political Report Partisan Voter Index". The Cook Political Report. April 15, 2021. Retrieved April 15, 2021.