New York's 33rd congressional district

The 33rd 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 1990 Census. It was last represented by Henry J. Nowak. Much of this area became part of 30th District during the 1990s, and is now largely in the 27th district.

Past Components

1983-1993:

Parts of Erie

1973-1983:

All of Cayuga, Schuyler, Seneca, Yates

Parts of Onondaga, Ontario, Oswego, Steuben, Tompkins

1971-1973:

All of Broome, Chemung, Tioga

Parts of Tompkins

1963-1971:

All of Broome, Chemung, Tioga, Tompkins

1953-1963:

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

1945-1953:

All of Clinton, Essex, Saratoga, Warren, Washington

Parts of Rensselaer

1913-1945:

All of Herkimer, Oneida

1903-1913:

All of Seneca, Schuyler, Chemung and Steuben County, New York.^[1]

From 1893-1903 the 33rd district covered all of Erie County except the heavily settled southern portion of the city of Buffalo, New York. Even though about two-thirds of Buffalo's area was in the 33rd District, the 32nd district which had the southern third or so of Buffalo and none of the rest of Erie county had about 6000 more people than the 33rd district.

From 1885-1893 all of Niagara County and all of Erie county except Buffalo had been in the 33rd district. During this time Buffalo was the 32nd district which had 37,000 more people than the 33rd district.

From its formation in 1875 until 1885 the 33rd district had covered Chautauqua and Cattaraugus Counties.

Past Demographics

The population of the 33rds 1903-1913 area was 180,810 in 1900. The population was 0.9% black at this point.^[2]

List of representatives

Representative	Party	Years	Note
District created		March 4, 1833
Gideon Hard	Anti-Masonic	March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1835
	Anti-Jacksonian	March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837
Charles F. Mitchell	Whig	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1841
Alfred Babcock	Whig	March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843
Albert Smith	Whig	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1847
Harvey Putnam	Whig	March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1851
Augustus P. Hascall	Whig	March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853
Reuben E. Fenton	Democratic	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855
Francis S. Edwards	American	March 4, 1855 – February 28, 1857	resigned
vacant		March 1, 1857 – March 3, 1857
Reuben E. Fenton	Republican	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1863	redistricted to 31st district
District eliminated		March 3, 1863
District reestablished		March 4, 1875
vacant		March 4, 1875 – December 5, 1875
Nelson I. Norton	Republican	December 6, 1875 – March 3, 1877	Won election to complete term of deceased Rep.-elect Augustus F. Allen
George W. Patterson	Republican	March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1879
Henry Van Aernam	Republican	March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1883
Francis B. Brewer	Republican	March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885
John B. Weber	Republican	March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1889
John M. Wiley	Democratic	March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1891
Thomas L. Bunting	Democratic	March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893
Charles Daniels	Republican	March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1897
De Alva S. Alexander	Republican	March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1903	redistricted to 36th district
Charles W. Gillet	Republican	March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1905	redistricted from 29th district
J. Sloat Fassett	Republican	March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1911
Edwin S. Underhill	Democratic	March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1913	redistricted to 37th district
Charles A. Talcott	Democratic	March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1915	redistricted from 27th district
Homer P. Snyder	Republican	March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1925
Frederick M. Davenport	Republican	March 4, 1925 – March 3, 1933
Fred J. Sisson	Democratic	March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1937
Fred J. Douglas	Republican	January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1945
Dean P. Taylor	Republican	January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1953	redistricted from 29th district, redistricted to 31st district
Clarence E. Kilburn	Republican	January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1963	redistricted from 34th district, redistricted to 31st district
Howard W. Robison	Republican	January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1973	redistricted from 37th district, redistricted to 27th district
William F. Walsh	Republican	January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1979
Gary A. Lee	Republican	January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1983
Henry J. Nowak	Democratic	January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1993	redistricted from 37th district
District eliminated		January 3, 1993

Election results

The following chart shows historic election results. Bold type indicates victor. Italic type indicates incumbent.

Year	Democratic	Republican	Other
1990	Henry J. Nowak: 84,905	Thomas K. Kepfer: 18,181	Louis P. Corrigan, Jr. (Conservative): 6,460
1988	Henry J. Nowak: 139,604
1986	Henry J. Nowak: 109,256	Charles A. Walker: 19,147
1984	Henry J. Nowak: 155,198	David S. Lewandowski: 44,880
1982	Henry J. Nowak: 126,091	Walter J. Pillich: 19,791	James F. Gallagher (Right to Life): 4,095
1980	Dolores M. Reed: 39,542	Gary A. Lee: 132,831	William L. Jones (Right to Life): 2,898
1978	Roy A. Bernardi: 58,286	Gary A. Lee: 82,501	Robert J. Byrne (Conservative): 4,972 Lynne Budzinski (Liberal): 1,695
1976	Charles R. Welch: 48,855	William F. Walsh: 125,163	William C. Elkins (Conservative): 5,980 Lillian Reiner (Liberal): 2,757
1974	Robert H. Bockman: 45,043	William F. Walsh: 97,380	Francis H. Aspinwall (Conservative): 4,866 Bessie C. Noble (Liberal): 1,802
1972	Clarence Kadys: 53,039	William F. Walsh: 132,139
1970	David Bernstein: 45,373	Howard W. Robison: 90,196
1968	Benjamin Nichols: 50,549	Howard W. Robison: 110,080
1966	Blair G. Ewing: 45,761	Howard W. Robison: 88,378	Joe Griffith (Write-in): 432
1964	John L. Joy: 69,277	Howard W. Robison: 97,213
1962	Theodore W. Maurer: 41,412	Howard W. Robison: 92,460	Harrop Freeman (Liberal): 4,519
1960	Edward J. Gosier: 53,130	Clarence E. Kilburn: 91,710	Winfred Harberson (Liberal): 3,334
1958	Robert P. McDonald: 40,010	Clarence E. Kilburn: 73,698
1956	Louis C. Britton: 38,793	Clarence E. Kilburn: 103,419
1954	Harold Blake: 31,279	Clarence E. Kilburn: 70,708	William J. Delo (Liberal): 1,851
1952	Maurice N. McGrath: 41,803	Clarence E. Kilburn: 98,653	William J. Delo (Liberal): 2,522
1950	Joseph T. Hammer: 42,680	Dean P. Taylor: 100,425	George LaFortune (American Labor): 1,874 John H. Sullivan (Liberal): 676
1948	Joseph T. Hammer: 52,059	Dean P. Taylor: 98,618	Rockwell Kent (American Labor): 4,257
1946	David J. Fitzgerald: 38,666	Dean P. Taylor: 89,778
1944	Thomas P. McLoughlin: 52,354	Dean P. Taylor: 95,299	Henry G. Bell (American Labor): 4,530
1942	Stanard Dow Butler: 34,965	Fred J. Douglas: 53,030
1940	Samuel H. Miller: 52,469	Fred J. Douglas: 72,412	Edward G. Cluney (American Labor): 3,405
1938	Ralph A. Peters: 37,195	Fred J. Douglas: 63,857	Stanley C. Walewski (American Labor): 2,882 Albert R. Tully (Socialist): 344
1936	Fred J. Sisson: 45,969	Fred J. Douglas: 63,281	William D. Arquint (Prosperity): 8,479 Peter Hansen (Socialist): 1,428
1934	Fred J. Sisson: 45,831	Frederick M. Davenport: 45,579	Anthony Spadafora (Socialist): 1,682 Fred C. Foster (Law Preservation): 205
1932	Fred J. Sisson: 53,427	Frederick M. Davenport: 52,398	Otto L. Endres (Socialist): 1,119
1930	James J. Loftis: 39,340	Frederick M. Davenport: 39,810
1928	Fred J. Sisson: 48,380	Frederick M. Davenport: 62,746
1926	Isaac C. Flint: 30,265	Frederick M. Davenport: 40,845	Otto L. Endres (Socialist): 1,572
1924	Albert R. Kessinger: 33,068	Frederick M. Davenport: 48,591	Otto L. Endres (Socialist): 1,979
1922	Fred J. Sisson: 30,118	Homer P. Snyder: 31,978	Charles L. Letson (Socialist): 1,431 William Harrison (Prohibition): 987
1920	Roger W. Huntington: 21,732	Homer P. Snyder: 47,251	Harvey P. Brucker (Socialist): 2,887 Olin S. Bishop (Prohibition): 1,320

References

1. Parson, Dubin and Parson. Congressional Districts p. 390
2. Parsons, Dubin and Parson. Congressional Districts. p. 388

• 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