New York's 24th congressional district

New York's 24th congressional district
Current Representative Richard L. Hanna (RBarneveld)
Distribution 50.63% urban, 49.37% rural
Population (2000) 654,360
Median income $36,082
Ethnicity 93.4% White, 3.4% Black, 0.9% Asian, 2.3% Hispanic, 0.2% Native American, 0.1% other
Cook PVI R+2

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. Hanna.

Contents

Components: Past and Present

2003–present:

All of Chenango, Cortland, Herkimer, Seneca
Parts of Broome, Cayuga, Oneida, Ontario, Otsego, Tioga, Tompkins

1993-2003:

All of Clinton, Franklin, Fulton, Hamilton, Jefferson, Lewis, Oswego, St. Lawrence
Parts of Essex, Herkimer

1983-1993:

All of Columbia, Greene, Saratoga, Warren, Washington
Parts of Dutchess, Rensselaer

1973-1983:

Parts of Westchester

1971-1973:

Parts of Bronx, Westchester

1945-1971:

Parts of Bronx

1919-1945:

Parts of Bronx, Westchester

1913-1919:

Parts of New York, Westchester

Representatives

Representative Party Years District Home Note
District created March 4, 1823
Rowland Day Crawford DR March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825 Sempronius
Charles Kellogg Adams March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1827 Kelloggsville
Nathaniel Garrow Jacksonian March 4, 1827 – March 3, 1829
Gershom Powers Jacksonian March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1831
Ulysses F. Doubleday Jacksonian March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1833
Rowland Day Jacksonian March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1835
Ulysses F. Doubleday Jacksonian March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837
William H. Noble Democratic March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839
Christopher Morgan Whig March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1843
Horace Wheaton Democratic March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1847
Daniel Gott Whig March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1851
Daniel T. Jones Democratic March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1855
Amos P. Granger Opposition March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857
Republican March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859
Charles B. Sedgwick Republican March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1863
Theodore M. Pomeroy Republican March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1869 redistricted from 25th district, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1867–1869
George W. Cowles Republican March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1871
John E. Seeley Republican March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1873
R. Holland Duell Republican March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875 redistricted from 23rd district
William H. Baker Republican March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1879
Joseph Mason Republican March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1883
Newton W. Nutting Republican March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885
John S. Pindar Democratic March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1887
David Wilber Republican March 4, 1887 – April 1, 1890 died
vacant April 1, 1890 – November 4, 1890
John S. Pindar Democratic November 4, 1890 – March 3, 1891
George Van Horn Democratic March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893
Charles A. Chickering Republican March 4, 1893 – February 13, 1900 died
vacant February 13, 1900 – November 6, 1900
Albert D. Shaw Republican November 6, 1900 – February 10, 1901
vacant February 10, 1901 – March 3, 1901
Charles L. Knapp Republican March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1903 redistricted to 28th district
George J. Smith Republican March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1905
Frank J. LeFevre Republican March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1907
George W. Fairchild Republican March 4, 1907 – March 3, 1913 redistricted to 34th district
Woodson R. Oglesby Democratic March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1917
Benjamin L. Fairchild Republican March 4, 1917 – March 3, 1919
James V. Ganly Democratic March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1921
Benjamin L. Fairchild Republican March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1923
James V. Ganly Democratic March 4, 1923 – September 7, 1923 died
vacant September 7, 1923 – November 6, 1923
Benjamin L. Fairchild Republican November 6, 1923 – March 3, 1927
James M. Fitzpatrick Democratic March 4, 1927 – January 3, 1945
Benjamin J. Rabin Democratic January 3, 1945 – December 31, 1947 resigned after being elected justice of New York Supreme Court
vacant January 1, 1948 – February 16, 1948
Leo Isacson American Labor February 17, 1948 – January 3, 1949
Isidore Dollinger Democratic January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1953 redistricted to 23rd district
Charles A. Buckley Democratic January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1963 redistricted from 25th district, redistricted to 23rd district
Paul A. Fino Republican January 3, 1963 – December 31, 1968 redistricted from 25th district, resigned after being elected justice of New York Supreme Court
vacant January 1, 1969 – January 3, 1969
Mario Biaggi Democratic January 3, 1969 – January 3, 1973 redistricted to 10th district
Ogden R. Reid Democratic January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1975 redistricted from 26th district
Richard Ottinger Democratic January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1983 redistricted to 20th district
Gerald B.H. Solomon Republican January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1993 redistricted from 29th district, redistricted to 22nd district
John M. McHugh Republican January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2003 redistricted to 23rd district
Sherwood Boehlert Republican January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2007 redistricted from 23rd district
Michael Arcuri Democratic January 3, 2007 – January 3, 2011
Richard L. Hanna Republican January 3, 2011 – present Incumbent

Election results

US House election, 2010: New York District 24
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Richard L. Hanna 96,686 52.9%
Democratic Michael Arcuri 86,037 47.1%
Turnout 182,723 100

In 2008, Michael Arcuri won the election with 130,799 votes (9,454 from Working Families Party line) to Richard L. Hanna's 120,880 out of 282,114 total votes. Note that in New York State electoral politics there are several 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").

US House election, 2006: New York District 24
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Michael Arcuri 109,686 53.9 +20.0
Republican Raymond Meier 91,504 45.0 -11.9
Libertarian Mike Sylvia 2,134 1.0 +1.0
Majority 18,182 8.9 -14.1
Turnout 203,324 100 -19.1
US House election, 2004: New York District 24
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Sherwood Boehlert 143,000 56.9 -13.8
Democratic Jeff A. Miller 85,140 33.9 +33.9
Conservative David L. Walrath 23,228 9.2 -12.4
Majority 57,860 23.0 -26.1
Turnout 251,368 100 +64.5
US House election, 2002: New York District 24
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Sherwood Boehlert 108,017 70.7 -3.6
Conservative David L. Walrath 32,991 21.6 +21.6
Green Mark Dunau 6,660 4.4 +4.4
Right to Life Kathleen M. Peters 5,109 3.3 +3.3
Majority 75,026 49.1 -2.3
Turnout 152,777 100 -17.9
US House election, 2000: New York District 24
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican John M. McHugh 138,322 74.3 -4.7
Democratic Neil P. Tallon 42,698 22.9 +1.9
Independence Willard E. Smith 5,167 2.8 +2.8
Majority 95,624 51.4 -6.6
Turnout 186,187 100 +26.1
US House election, 1998: New York District 24
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican John M. McHugh 116,682 79.0 +7.9
Democratic Neil P. Tallon 31,011 21.0 -4.0
Majority 85,671 58.0 +11.9
Turnout 147,693 100 -15.5
US House election, 1996: New York District 24
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican John M. McHugh 124,240 71.1
Democratic Donald Ravenscroft 43,692 25.0
Independence William H. Beaumont 6,750 3.9
Majority 80,548 46.1
Turnout 174,682 100

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