New York's 34th congressional district

New York's 34th congressional district was a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives in New York. It was created in 1843 as a result of the 1840 census, eliminated after the 1850 census, and then re-created in 1885 due to the 1880 census. It was eliminated most recently as a result of the 1990 census. It was last represented by Amo Houghton who was redistricted into the 31st district.

New York's 34th congressional district
Obsolete district
Created1840
1875
Eliminated1850
1990
Years active1843–1853
1885–1993

Past components

1983–1993:

All of Allegany, Chautauqua, Chemung, Schuyler, Steuben, Yates
Parts of Cattaraugus, Tompkins

1973–1983:

All of Wayne
Parts of Monroe

1971–1973:

All of Cayuga, Ontario, Schuyler, Seneca, Yates
Parts of Livingston, Onondaga, Oswego, Tompkins

1963–1971:

All of Onondaga

1953–1963:

All of Herkimer, Madison, Oneida

1945–1953:

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

1913–1945:

All of Broome, Chenango, Delaware, Otsego

1885–1913:

All of Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua

List of members representing the district

MemberPartyYearsCong
ress
Electoral history
District established March 4, 1843

Washington Hunt
(Lockport)
WhigMarch 4, 1843 –
March 3, 1849
28th
29th
30th
Elected in 1842.
Re-elected in 1844.
Re-elected in 1846.
Retired.

Lorenzo Burrows
(Albion)
WhigMarch 4, 1849 –
March 3, 1853
31st
32nd
Elected in 1848.
Re-elected in 1850.
[data missing]
District dissolved March 4, 1853
District re-established March 4, 1885

Walter L. Sessions
(Jamestown)
RepublicanMarch 4, 1885 –
March 3, 1887
49thElected in 1884.
Lost re-election.

William G. Laidlaw
(Ellicottville)
RepublicanMarch 4, 1887 –
March 3, 1891
50th
51st
Elected in 1886.
Re-elected in 1888.
[data missing]

Warren B. Hooker
(Fredonia)
RepublicanMarch 4, 1891 –
November 10, 1898
52nd
53rd
54th
55th
Elected in 1890.
Re-elected in 1892.
Re-elected in 1894.
Re-elected in 1896.
Re-elected in 1898.
Resigned when appointed justice of New York Supreme Court.
VacantNovember 11, 1898 –
November 6, 1899
55th
56th

Edward B. Vreeland
(Salamanca)
RepublicanNovember 7, 1899 –
March 3, 1903
56th
57th
Elected to finish Hooker's term.
Re-elected in 1900.
Redistricted to the 37th district.

James Wolcott Wadsworth
(Geneseo)
RepublicanMarch 4, 1903 –
March 3, 1907
58th
59th
Redistricted from the 30th district and re-elected in 1902.
Re-elected in 1904.
Lost re-election

Peter A. Porter
(Niagara Falls)
Independent RepublicanMarch 4, 1907 –
March 3, 1909
60thElected in 1906.
Retired.

James S. Simmons
(Niagara Falls)
RepublicanMarch 4, 1909 –
March 3, 1913
61st
62nd
Elected in 1908.
Re-elected in 1910.
Lost re-election.

George W. Fairchild
(Oneonta)
RepublicanMarch 4, 1913 –
March 3, 1919
63rd
64th
65th
Redistricted from the 24th district and re-elected in 1912.
Re-elected in 1914.
Re-elected in 1916.
[data missing]

William H. Hill
(Johnson City)
RepublicanMarch 4, 1919 –
March 3, 1921
66thElected in 1918.
Retired.

John D. Clarke
(Fraser)
RepublicanMarch 4, 1921 –
March 3, 1925
67th
68th
Elected in 1920.
Re-elected in 1922.
Lost re-election.

Harold S. Tolley
(Binghamton)
RepublicanMarch 4, 1925 –
March 3, 1927
69thElected in 1924.
Lost renomination

John D. Clarke
(Fraser)
RepublicanMarch 4, 1927 –
November 5, 1933
70th
71st
72nd
73rd
Elected in 1926.
Re-elected in 1928.
Re-elected in 1930.
Re-elected in 1932.
Died.
VacantNovember 6, 1933 –
December 27, 1933
73rd

Marian W. Clarke
(Fraser)
RepublicanDecember 28, 1933 –
January 3, 1935
Elected to finish her husband's term.
Retired.

Bert Lord
(Afton)
RepublicanJanuary 3, 1935 –
May 24, 1939
74th
75th
76th
Elected in 1934.
Re-elected in 1936.
Re-elected in 1938.
Died.
VacantMay 25, 1939 –
November 6, 1939
76th

Edwin Arthur Hall
(Binghamton)
RepublicanNovember 7, 1939 –
January 3, 1945
76th
77th
78th
Elected to finish Lord's term.
Re-elected in 1940.
Re-elected in 1942.
Redistricted to the 37th district.

Clarence E. Kilburn
(Malone)
RepublicanJanuary 3, 1945 –
January 3, 1953
79th
80th
81st
82nd
Redistricted from the 31st district and re-elected in 1944.
Re-elected in 1946.
Re-elected in 1948.
Re-elected in 1950.
Redistricted to the 33rd district.

William R. Williams
(Cassville)
RepublicanJanuary 3, 1953 –
January 3, 1959
83rd
84th
85th
Redistricted from the 35th district and re-elected in 1952.
Re-elected in 1954.
Re-elected in 1956.
[data missing]

Alexander Pirnie
(Utica)
RepublicanJanuary 3, 1959 –
January 3, 1963
86th
87th
Elected in 1958.
Re-elected in 1960.
Redistricted to the 32nd district.

R. Walter Riehlman
(Tully)
RepublicanJanuary 3, 1963 –
January 3, 1965
88thRedistricted from the 35th district and re-elected in 1962.
[data missing]

James M. Hanley
(Syracuse)
DemocraticJanuary 3, 1965 –
January 3, 1971
89th
90th
91st
Elected in 1964.
Re-elected in 1966.
Re-elected in 1968.
Redistricted to the 35th district.

John H. Terry
(Syracuse)
RepublicanJanuary 3, 1971 –
January 3, 1973
92ndElected in 1970.
Retired.

Frank Horton
(Rochester)
RepublicanJanuary 3, 1973 –
January 3, 1983
93rd
94th
95th
96th
97th
Redistricted from the 36th district and re-elected in 1972.
Re-elected in 1974.
Re-elected in 1976.
Re-elected in 1978.
Re-elected in 1980.
Redistricted to the 29th district.

Stanley N. Lundine
(Jamestown)
DemocraticJanuary 3, 1983 –
December 31, 1986
98th
99th
Redistricted from the 39th district and re-elected in 1982.
Re-elected in 1984.
Retired to run for Lieutenant Governor of New York and resigned when elected.
VacantDecember 31, 1986 –
January 3, 1987
99th

Amo Houghton
(Corning)
RepublicanJanuary 3, 1987 –
January 3, 1993
100th
101st
102nd
Elected in 1986.
Re-elected in 1988.
Re-elected in 1990.
Redistricted to the 31st district.
District dissolved January 3, 1993

Recent election results

The following chart shows historic election results.

YearDemocraticRepublicanOther
1920Charles R. Seymour: 21,496 Y John D. Clarke: 52,809Arthur Breckenridge (Socialist): 1,386
1922Clayton L. Wheeler: 23,323 Y John D. Clarke (Incumbent): 40,902Arthur Breckenridge (Socialist): 1,018
1924Charles R. Seymour: 24,800 Y Harold S. Tolley: 61,547William M. Boyd (Socialist): 1,979
1926Bernard J. McGuire: 20,792 Y John D. Clarke: 52,363
1928William W. Lampman: 32,925 Y John D. Clarke (Incumbent): 80,531
1930James F. Byrne: 23,968 Y John D. Clarke (Incumbent): 51,460
1932Charles R. Seymour: 44,174 Y John D. Clarke (Incumbent): 58,735Leon Ray Steenburg (Law Preservation): 6,676
Pierre De Nio (Socialist): 718
1934Charles C. Flaesch: 32,075 Y Bert Lord: 50,528Pierre De Nio (Socialist): 1,159
Mathew J. Maxian (Communist): 248
1936John T. Buckley: 47,857 Y Bert Lord (Incumbent): 75,580Merle A. Wilson (Socialist): 1,241
1938John V. Johnson: 35,456 Y Bert Lord (Incumbent): 67,330Merle A. Wilson (Socialist): 305
1940Donald W. Kramer: 41,027 Y Edwin A. Hall (Incumbent): 93,990William Livings (American Labor): 2,563
1942Arthur J. Ruland: 33,276 Y Edwin A. Hall (Incumbent): 53,762Charles F. Doherty (American Labor): 1,444
1944John D. Van Kennen: 44,557 Y Clarence E. Kilburn (Incumbent): 75,532
1946William G. Houk: 22,368 Y Clarence E. Kilburn (Incumbent): 64,217Carl H. Bogardus (American Labor): 1,384
1948Francis K. Purcell: 43,777 Y Clarence E. Kilburn (Incumbent): 70,715Raymond Bull (American Labor): 2,083
1950Mildred McGill: 32,446 Y Clarence E. Kilburn (Incumbent): 67,739Carl H. Bogardus (American Labor): 1,290
1952Charles Ray Wilson: 65,080 Y William R. Williams (Incumbent): 97,488Anthony Blasting (Liberal): 2,797
Michael A. Jimenez (American Labor): 315
1954Vernon E. Olin: 53,112 Y William R. Williams (Incumbent): 77,659Marcia Daz Butler (American Labor): 174
1956Edwin L. Slusarczyk: 70,837 Y William R. Williams (Incumbent): 95,681
1958Edwin L. Slusarczyk: 68,271 Y Alexander Pirnie: 70,482
1960Edwin L. Slusarczyk: 79,153 Y Alexander Pirnie (Incumbent): 98,063
1962Lee Alexander: 67,149 Y R. Walter Riehlman (Incumbent): 84,780John Arneson (Liberal): 2,860
1964 Y James M. Hanley: 96,219R. Walter Riehlman (Incumbent): 91,697
1966 Y James M. Hanley (Incumbent): 90,044Stewart F. Hancock Jr.: 62,559Benjamin K. Souler (Conservative): 5,903
Norman Balabanian (Liberal): 4,900
1968 Y James M. Hanley (Incumbent): 96,520David V. O'Brien: 82,333Francis H. Aspinwall (Conservative): 6,988
Aubrey D. Tussing (Liberal): 2,282
1970Neal P. McCurn: 60,452 Y John H. Terry: 88,786
1972Jack Rubens: 46,509 Y Frank Horton (Incumbent): 142,803Richard E. Lusink (Conservative): 5,603
Rafael Martinez (Liberal): 3,088
1974Irene Gossin: 45,408 Y Frank Horton (Incumbent): 105,585J. Warren McGee (Conservative): 4,309
Virginia Tadio (Liberal): 1,063
1976William C. Larsen: 58,247 Y Frank Horton (Incumbent): 126,566Thomas D. Cook (Conservative): 7,383
1978 Y Frank Horton (Incumbent): 60,704 Y Frank Horton (Incumbent): 62,081Leo J. Kesselring (Conservative): 18,127
1980James Toole: 37,883 Y Frank Horton (Incumbent): 133,278Clyde O. Benoy (Conservative): 5,829
William Bastuk (Right to Life): 3,178
David D. Hoesly (Libertarian): 2,627
1982 Y Stan Lundine (Incumbent): 99,502James J. Snyder Sr.: 63,972Genevieve F. Ronan (Right to Life): 1,806
1984 Y Stan Lundine (Incumbent): 110,902Jill Houghton Emery: 91,016Carol L. Fisher (Right to Life): 2,560
1986Larry M. Himelein: 56,898 Y Amo Houghton: 85,856
1988 Y Amo Houghton (Incumbent): 131,078Ian Kelly Woodward (Liberal): 4,797
1990Joseph P. Leahey: 37,421 Y Amo Houghton (Incumbent): 89,831Nevin K. Eklund (Liberal): 1,807

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
  • Election Statistics 1920–present Clerk of the House of Representatives