New York's 30th congressional district

The 30th Congressional District of New York was a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives in New York. It was eliminated as a result of the 2000 Census. It was last represented by Jack Quinn who was redistricted into the 27th District.

The 30th Congressional District is also referred to in the NBC television series Heroes, as the fictional district represented by Nathan Petrelli.

Voting

Past Components

1993-2003:

Parts of Erie

1983-1993:

All of Genesee

Parts of Livingston, Monroe, Ontario

1973-1983:

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

Parts of Essex, Oswego

1971-1973:

All of Rensselaer, Saratoga, Warren, Washington

Parts of Albany, Essex

1969-1971:

All of Essex, Fulton, Hamilton, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Warren, Washington

1963-1969:

All of Clinton, Essex, Fulton, Hamilton, Saratoga, Warren, Washington

Parts of Rensselaer

1953-1963:

All of Albany

Parts of Rensselaer

1945-1953:

All of Columbia, Dutchess, Greene, Schoharie, Ulster

1913-1945:

All of Fulton, Hamilton, Montgomery, Schenectady

1903–1913:

All of Broome, Chenango, Cortland, Tioga, Tompkins

1893–1903:

All of Genesee, Livingston, Niagara, Orleans, Wyoming

Representatives

Representative	Party	Years	Note
District created		March 4, 1823
Albert H. Tracy	D-R	March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825	redistricted from 22nd district
Daniel G. Garnsey	Adams	March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1829	Defeated for reelection in 1828 as an independent supported by the Anti-Masonic Party
Ebenezer F. Norton	Jacksonian	March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1831
Bates Cooke	Anti-Masonic	March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1833
Philo C. Fuller	Anti-Masonic	March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1835
	Anti-Jacksonian	March 4, 1835 – September 2, 1836	resigned
vacant		September 3, 1836 – November 8, 1836
John Young	Whig	November 9, 1836 – March 3, 1837
Luther C. Peck	Whig	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1841
John Young	Whig	March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843
William Spring Hubbell	Democratic	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845
Martin Grover	Democratic	March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1847
David Rumsey	Whig	March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1851
Reuben Robie	Democratic	March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853
Benjamin Pringle	Whig	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855
	Opposition	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857
Judson W. Sherman	Republican	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859
Augustus Frank	Republican	March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1863	redistricted to 29th district
John Ganson	Democratic	March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1865
James M. Humphrey	Democratic	March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1869
David S. Bennett	Republican	March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1871
William Williams	Democratic	March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1873
George G. Hoskins	Republican	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875	redistricted to 31st district
John M. Davy	Republican	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877
Elizur K. Hart	Democratic	March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1879
John Van Voorhis	Republican	March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1883
Halbert S. Greenleaf	Democratic	March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885
Charles S. Baker	Republican	March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1891
Halbert S. Greenleaf	Democratic	March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893
James Wolcott Wadsworth	Republican	March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1903	redistricted from 31st district, redistricted to 34th district
John W. Dwight	Republican	March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1913	redistricted from 26th district
Samuel Wallin	Republican	March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1915
William B. Charles	Republican	March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1917
George R. Lunn	Democratic	March 4, 1917 – March 3, 1919
Frank Crowther	Republican	March 4, 1919 – January 3, 1943
Bernard W. Kearney	Republican	January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1945	redistricted to 31st district
Jay LeFevre	Republican	January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1951	redistricted from 27th district
J. Ernest Wharton	Republican	January 3, 1951 – January 3, 1953	redistricted to 29th district
Leo W. O'Brien	Democratic	January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1963	redistricted from 32nd district, redistricted to 29th district
Carleton J. King	Republican	January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1973	redistricted from 31st district, redistricted to 29th district
Robert C. McEwen	Republican	January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1981	redistricted from 31st district
David O'Brien Martin	Republican	January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1983	redistricted to 26th district
Barber B. Conable, Jr.	Republican	January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1985	redistricted from 35th district
Fred J. Eckert	Republican	January 3, 1985 – January 3, 1987
Louise Slaughter	Democratic	January 3, 1987 – January 3, 1993	redistricted to 28th district
Jack Quinn	Republican	January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2003	redistricted to 27th district
District eliminated		January 3, 2003

Election results

Note that 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").

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
• 2000 House election data Clerk of the House of Representatives
• 1998 House election data
• 1996 House election data