New York's 24th congressional district

New York's 24th congressional district
	New York's 24th congressional district since January 3, 2013
	John Katko; R–Syracuse
Distribution	72.81% urban; 27.19% rural;
Population (2019)	701,841
Median household; income	$60,899[1]
Cook PVI	D+3[2]

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. As of the 116th United States Congress, it is one of very few Democratic-leaning districts in the country to be represented by a Republican.

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

Recent election results from statewide races

Year	Office	Results
2008	President	Obama 56 - 42%
2012	President	Obama 57 - 41%
2016	President	Clinton 49 - 45%

Components: Past and Present

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 members representing the district

Representative	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history
District created March 4, 1823
Rowland Day	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825	18th	Elected in 1822. [data unknown/missing]
Charles Kellogg	Jacksonian	March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1827	19th	[data unknown/missing]
Nathaniel Garrow	Jacksonian	March 4, 1827 – March 3, 1829	20th	[data unknown/missing]
Gershom Powers	Jacksonian	March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1831	21st	[data unknown/missing]
Ulysses F. Doubleday	Jacksonian	March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1833	22nd	[data unknown/missing]
Rowland Day	Jacksonian	March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1835	23rd	[data unknown/missing]
Ulysses F. Doubleday	Jacksonian	March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837	24th	[data unknown/missing]
William H. Noble	Democratic	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839	25th	[data unknown/missing]
Christopher Morgan	Whig	March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1843	26th 27th	[data unknown/missing]
Horace Wheaton	Democratic	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1847	28th 29th	[data unknown/missing]
Daniel Gott	Whig	March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1851	30th 31st	[data unknown/missing]
Daniel T. Jones	Democratic	March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1855	32nd 33rd	[data unknown/missing]
Amos P. Granger	Opposition	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857	34th 35th	[data unknown/missing]
Amos P. Granger	Republican	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859	34th 35th	[data unknown/missing]
Charles B. Sedgwick	Republican	March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1863	36th 37th	[data unknown/missing]
Theodore M. Pomeroy	Republican	March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1869	38th 39th 40th	Redistricted from the 25th district and re-elected in 1862. [data unknown/missing]
George W. Cowles	Republican	March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1871	41st	[data unknown/missing]
John E. Seeley	Republican	March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1873	42nd	[data unknown/missing]
R. Holland Duell	Republican	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875	43rd	Redistricted from the 23rd district and re-elected in 1862. [data unknown/missing]
William H. Baker	Republican	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1879	44th 45th	[data unknown/missing]
Joseph Mason	Republican	March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1883	46th 47th	[data unknown/missing]
Newton W. Nutting	Republican	March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885	48th	[data unknown/missing]
John S. Pindar	Democratic	March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1887	49th	[data unknown/missing]
David Wilber	Republican	March 4, 1887 – April 1, 1890	50th 51st	Died.
Vacant		April 1, 1890 – November 4, 1890	51st
John S. Pindar	Democratic	November 4, 1890 – March 3, 1891	51st	Elected to finish Wilber's term. [data unknown/missing]
George Van Horn	Democratic	March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893	52nd	[data unknown/missing]
Charles A. Chickering	Republican	March 4, 1893 – February 13, 1900	53rd 54th 55th 56th	Died.
Vacant		February 13, 1900 – November 6, 1900	56th
Albert D. Shaw	Republican	November 6, 1900 – February 10, 1901	56th	Elected to finish Chickering's term. Also elected to the next term, but died.
Vacant		February 10, 1901 – November 5, 1901	56th 57th
Charles L. Knapp	Republican	November 5, 1901 – March 3, 1903	57th	Elected to finish Shaw's term. Redistricted to the 28th district.
George J. Smith	Republican	March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1905	58th	[data unknown/missing]
Frank J. LeFevre	Republican	March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1907	59th	[data unknown/missing]
George W. Fairchild	Republican	March 4, 1907 – March 3, 1913	60th 61st 62nd	Redistricted to the 34th district.
Woodson R. Oglesby	Democratic	March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1917	63rd 64th	[data unknown/missing]
Benjamin L. Fairchild	Republican	March 4, 1917 – March 3, 1919	65th	[data unknown/missing] Lost re-election.
James V. Ganly	Democratic	March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1921	66th	[data unknown/missing] Lost re-election.
Benjamin L. Fairchild	Republican	March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1923	67th	[data unknown/missing] Lost re-election.
James V. Ganly	Democratic	March 4, 1923 – September 7, 1923	68th	Elected in 1922. Died.
Vacant		September 7, 1923 – November 6, 1923	68th
Benjamin L. Fairchild	Republican	November 6, 1923 – March 3, 1927	68th 69th	Elected to finish Ganly's term. Lost re-election.
James M. Fitzpatrick	Democratic	March 4, 1927 – January 3, 1945	70th 71st 72nd 73rd 74th 75th 76th 77th 78th	[data unknown/missing]
Benjamin J. Rabin	Democratic	January 3, 1945 – December 31, 1947	79th 80th	Resigned after being elected justice of New York Supreme Court.
Vacant		January 1, 1948 – February 16, 1948	80th
Leo Isacson	American Labor	February 17, 1948 – January 3, 1949	80th	Elected to finish Rabin's term. Lost re-election.
Isidore Dollinger	Democratic	January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1953	81st 82nd	Redistricted to the 23rd district.
Charles A. Buckley	Democratic	January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1963	83rd 84th 85th 86th 87th	Redistricted from the 25th district and re-elected in 1952. Redistricted to the 23rd district.
Paul A. Fino	Republican	January 3, 1963 – December 31, 1968	88th 89th 90th	Redistricted from the 25th district and re-elected in 1962. Resigned after being elected justice of New York Supreme Court.
Vacant		January 1, 1969 – January 3, 1969	90th
Mario Biaggi	Democratic	January 3, 1969 – January 3, 1973	91st 92nd	Redistricted to the 10th district.
Ogden Reid	Democratic	January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1975	93rd	Redistricted from the 26th district and re-elected in 1972. [data unknown/missing]
Richard Ottinger	Democratic	January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1983	94th 95th 96th 97th	Redistricted to the 20th district.
Gerald Solomon	Republican	January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1993	98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd	Redistricted from the 29th district and re-elected in 1982. Redistricted to the 22nd district.
John M. McHugh	Republican	January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2003	103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th	Redistricted to the 23rd district.
Sherwood Boehlert	Republican	January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2007	108th 109th	Redistricted from the 23rd district and re-elected in 2002. Retired.
Mike Arcuri	Democratic	January 3, 2007 – January 3, 2011	110th 111th	Lost re-election
Richard L. Hanna	Republican	January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2013	112th	Redistricted to the 22nd district.
Dan Maffei	Democratic	January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2015	113th	Redistricted from the 25th district and re-elected in 2012. Lost re-election.
John Katko	Republican	January 3, 2015 – Present	114th 115th 116th 117th	Elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020.

Election results

1984 United States House of Representatives elections in New York: 24th district
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

1996 United States House of Representatives elections in New York: 24th district
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

1998 United States House of Representatives elections in New York: 24th district
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

2000 United States House of Representatives elections in New York: 24th district
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

2002 United States House of Representatives elections in New York: 24th district
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

2004 United States House of Representatives elections in New York: 24th district
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

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").

2006 United States House of Representatives elections in New York: 24th district
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

2010 United States House of Representatives elections in New York: 24th district
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Richard L. Hanna	96,686	52.9%
	Democratic	Michael Arcuri	86,037	47.1%
Turnout			182,723	100

2012 United States House of Representatives elections in New York: 24th district
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

2014 United States House of Representatives elections in New York: 24th district
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	John Katko	112,469	59.9	+16.6
	Democratic	Dan Maffei	75,286	40.1	-8.6
Majority			37,183	19.8	+14.4
Turnout			187,755	100	-30.2

2016 United States House of Representatives elections in New York: 24th district
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	John Katko	170,532	61.0	+1.1
	Democratic	Colleen Deacon	108,928	39.0	-1.1
Majority			61,604	22.0	+2.2
Turnout			279,460	100	+48.8

2018 United States House of Representatives elections in New York: 24th district
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	John Katko	136,920	52.6	-8.4
	Democratic	Dana Balter	123,226	47.4	+8.4
Majority			13,694	5.2	-16.8
Turnout			260,146	100	-6.9

2020 United States House of Representatives elections in New York: 24th district
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John Katko	156,025	45.4
	Conservative	John Katko	21,062	6.1
	Independence	John Katko	5,480	1.6
	Total	John Katko (incumbent)	182,567	53.1
	Democratic	Dana Balter	147,638	43.0
	Working Families	Steven Williams	13,232	3.9
Total votes			343,437	100.0
	Republican hold

Historical district boundaries

2003 - 2013

References

https://www.census.gov/mycd/?st=36&cd=24
"Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.

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
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Preceded by Indiana's 9th congressional district	Home district of the Speaker of the House March 3, 1869 – March 4, 1869	Succeeded by Maine's 3rd congressional district

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[Cook-2] "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.