New York's 24th congressional district

New York's 24th congressional district
New York 's 24th congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
Current Representative	John Katko (R)
Distribution	% urban % rural
Ethnicity	% White % Black % Asian % Hispanic % Native American % other
Occupation	% Blue-collar % White-collar % Grey-collar
Cook PVI	D+5

The 24th Congressional District of New York includes all of Cayuga, Onondaga, and Wayne counties, and the western part of Oswego County. Its largest city is Syracuse.

This district is currently represented by Republican John Katko.

From 2003 to 2013, the district included all or parts of Broome, Cayuga, Chenango, Cortland, Herkimer, Oneida, Ontario, Otsego, Seneca, Tioga and Tompkins counties.

Voting

Election results from presidential races (current lines) Year Office Results 2008 President Obama 56 - 42% 2012 President Obama 57 - 41.1%

Election results from presidential races (old lines) Year Office Results 1992 President Bush 38 - 37% 1996 President Clinton 49 - 35% 2000 President Bush 48 - 47% 2004 President Bush 53 - 47% 2008 President Obama 51 - 48%

Components: Past and Present

Historically, most of this district was located Upstate, However, over the years

• 1869–1873: All of Cayuga, Seneca, Wayne counties
• 1919–1945: Parts of Bronx and Westchester counties
• 1945–1971: Parts of Bronx county
• 1971–1973: Parts of Bronx and Westchester counties
• 1973–1983: Parts of Westchester county
• 1983–1993: All of Columbia, Greene, Saratoga, Warren and Washington counties; parts of Dutchess and Rensselaer counties
• 1993–2003: All of Clinton, Franklin, Fulton, Hamilton, Jefferson, Lewis, Oswego and St. Lawrence counties; parts of Essex and Herkimer counties
• 2003–2013: All of Chenango, Cortland, Herkimer and Seneca counties; parts of Broome, Cayuga, Oneida, Ontario, Otsego, Tioga and Tompkins counties
• 2013–present: All of Cayuga, Onondaga and Wayne counties; part of Oswego county

List of representatives

Representative	Party	Years	Electoral history
District created		March 4, 1823
Rowland Day	Crawford Democratic- Republican	March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Charles Kellogg	Jacksonian	March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1827	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Nathaniel Garrow	Jacksonian	March 4, 1827 – March 3, 1829	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Gershom Powers	Jacksonian	March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1831	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Ulysses F. Doubleday	Jacksonian	March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1833	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Rowland Day	Jacksonian	March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1835	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Ulysses F. Doubleday	Jacksonian	March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
William H. Noble	Democratic	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Christopher Morgan	Whig	March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1843	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Horace Wheaton	Democratic	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1847	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Daniel Gott	Whig	March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1851	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Daniel T. Jones	Democratic	March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1855	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Amos P. Granger	Opposition	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
	Republican	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859
Charles B. Sedgwick	Republican	March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1863	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Theodore M. Pomeroy	Republican	March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1869	Redistricted from the 25th district [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
George W. Cowles	Republican	March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1871	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
John E. Seeley	Republican	March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1873	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
R. Holland Duell	Republican	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875	Redistricted from the 23rd district [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
William H. Baker	Republican	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1879	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Joseph Mason	Republican	March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1883	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Newton W. Nutting	Republican	March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
John S. Pindar	Democratic	March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1887	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
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	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
George Van Horn	Democratic	March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
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	died
Vacant		February 10, 1901 – November 5, 1901	Shaw was re-elected, but died before the next term began
Charles L. Knapp	Republican	November 5, 1901 – March 3, 1903	elected to fill vacancy; redistricted to the 28th district
George J. Smith	Republican	March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1905	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Frank J. LeFevre	Republican	March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1907	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
George W. Fairchild	Republican	March 4, 1907 – March 3, 1913	Redistricted to the 34th district
Woodson R. Oglesby	Democratic	March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1917	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Benjamin L. Fairchild	Republican	March 4, 1917 – March 3, 1919	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
James V. Ganly	Democratic	March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1921	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Benjamin L. Fairchild	Republican	March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1923	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
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	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
James M. Fitzpatrick	Democratic	March 4, 1927 – January 3, 1945	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
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	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Isidore Dollinger	Democratic	January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1953	Redistricted to the 23rd district
Charles A. Buckley	Democratic	January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1963	Redistricted from the 25th district Redistricted to the 23rd district
Paul A. Fino	Republican	January 3, 1963 – December 31, 1968	Redistricted from the 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 the 10th district
Ogden R. Reid	Democratic	January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1975	Redistricted from the 26th district [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Richard Ottinger	Democratic	January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1983	Redistricted to the 20th district
Gerald B.H. Solomon	Republican	January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1993	Redistricted from the 29th district Redistricted to the 22nd district
John M. McHugh	Republican	January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2003	Redistricted to the 23rd district
Sherwood Boehlert	Republican	January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2007	Redistricted from the 23rd district Retired
Michael Arcuri	Democratic	January 3, 2007 – January 3, 2011	Lost reelection
Richard L. Hanna	Republican	January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2013	Redistricted to the 22nd district
Dan Maffei	Democratic	January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2015	Redistricted from the 25th district Lost reelection
John Katko	Republican	January 3, 2015 –	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]

Election results

US House election, 2014: New York District 24, 99.67% reporting

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Republican	John Katko	112,469	59.9	+16.6
	Democratic	Dan Maffei	75,286	40.1	-7.6
Majority			37,183	19.8	+14.4
Turnout			187,755	100	-30.2

US House election, 2012: New York District 24, 99% reporting

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Democratic	Dan Maffei	131,242	48.7	-1.1
	Republican	Ann Marie Buerkle	116,641	43.3	-6.9
	Green	Ursula Rozum	21,413	8.0	+8.0
Majority			14,601	5.4	+5.0
Turnout			269,296	100	+29.4

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

US House election, 1984: New York District 24

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Republican	Gerald B.H. Solomon	164,019	73.2
	Democratic	Edward James Bloch	60,188	26.8
Majority			103,831	46.8
Turnout			224,207	100

Historical district boundaries

2003 - 2013

See also

• List of United States congressional districts
• New York's congressional districts
• United States congressional delegations from New York

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
• 2004 House election data Clerk of the House of Representatives
• 2002 House election data "
• 2000 House election data "
• 1998 House election data "
• 1996 House election data "
• 1984 House election data "