New York's 17th congressional district

New York's 17th congressional district
New York's 17th congressional district since January 3, 2013
Representative	Mondaire Jones D–Nyack
Distribution	98.40% urban 1.60% rural
Population (2019)	737,355
Median household income	$108,449
Ethnicity	58.58% White 22.39% Hispanic 10.71% Black 5.65% Asian 2.42% other 0.25% Native American
Cook PVI	D+9

New York's 17th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of New York.

Presidential election results

Year	Office	Results
1992	President	Clinton 75 - 19% (Bush)
1996	President	Clinton 85 - 11% (Dole)
2000	President	Gore 69 - 27% (W. Bush)
2004	President	Kerry 67 - 33% (W. Bush)
2008	President	Obama 72 - 28% (McCain)
2012	President	Obama 57 - 41% (Romney)
2016	President	H. Clinton 52 - 39% (Trump)
2020	President	Biden 60 - 39% (Trump)

List of representatives

1803–1833: One seat

Representative	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history	Location
District created March 4, 1803
Oliver Phelps	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1805	8th	Elected in 1802. [Data unknown/missing.]	1803–1813 [Data unknown/missing.]
Silas Halsey	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1805 – March 3, 1807	9th	Elected in 1804. Lost re-election.
John Harris	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1807 – March 3, 1809	10th	Elected in 1806. Lost re-election.
District not in use		March 4, 1809 – March 3, 1813	11th 12th
William S. Smith	Federalist	March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1815	13th	Elected in 1812. Re-elected in 1814 but did not take or claim the seat.	1813–1823 Herkimer County, except the Town of Danube; and Madison County.
Vacant		March 4, 1815 – December 13, 1815	14th
Westel Willoughby Jr.	Democratic-Republican	December 13, 1815 – March 3, 1817		Successfully contested Smith's election. [Data unknown/missing.]
Thomas H. Hubbard	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1819	15th	Elected in 1816. [Data unknown/missing.]
Aaron Hackley Jr.	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1819 – March 3, 1821	16th	Elected in 1818. [Data unknown/missing.]
Vacant		March 4, 1821 – December 3, 1821	17th	Elections were held in April 1821. It is unclear when results were announced or credentials issued.
Thomas H. Hubbard	Democratic-Republican	December 3, 1821 – March 3, 1823		Elected in 1821. [Data unknown/missing.]
John W. Taylor	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825	18th 19th 20th 21st 22nd	Redistricted from 11th district and re-elected in 1822. Re-elected in 1824. Re-elected in 1826. Re-elected in 1828. Re-elected in 1830. Lost re-election.	Saratoga County
	Anti-Jacksonian	March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1833

1833–1843: Two seats

From 1833 to 1843, two seats were apportioned to the 17th district, elected at-large on a general ticket.

Seat A

Representative	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history
Samuel Beardsley	Jacksonian	March 4, 1833 – March 29, 1836	23rd 24th	Redistricted from 14th district and re-elected in 1832. Re-elected in 1834. Resigned to become circuit judge.
Vacant		March 29, 1836 – November 9, 1836	24th	[Data unknown/missing.]
Rutger B. Miller	Jacksonian	November 9, 1836 – March 3, 1837		Elected to finish Beardsley's term. [Data unknown/missing.]
Henry A. Foster	Democratic	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839	25th	Elected in 1836. [Data unknown/missing.]
David P. Brewster	Democratic	March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1843	26th 27th	Elected in 1838. Re-elected in 1840. [Data unknown/missing.]

Seat B

Representative	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history
Joel Turrill	Jacksonian	March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1837	23rd 24th	Elected in 1832. Re-elected in 1834. [Data unknown/missing.]
Abraham P. Grant	Democratic	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839	25th	Elected in 1836. [Data unknown/missing.]
John G. Floyd	Democratic	March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1843	26th 27th	Elected in 1838. Re-elected in 1840. [Data unknown/missing.]

1843–present: One seat

Representative	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history
Charles S. Benton	Democratic	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1847	28th 29th	Elected in 1842. Re-elected in 1844. [Data unknown/missing.]
George Petrie	Independent Democrat	March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849	30th	Elected in 1846. [Data unknown/missing.]
Henry P. Alexander	Whig	March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851	31st	Elected in 1848. [Data unknown/missing.]
Alexander H. Buell	Democratic	March 4, 1851 – January 29, 1853	32nd	Elected in 1850. Died.
Vacant		January 29, 1853 – March 3, 1853		[Data unknown/missing.]
Bishop Perkins	Democratic	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855	33rd	Elected in 1852. [Data unknown/missing.]
Francis E. Spinner	Democratic	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857	34th 35th 36th	Elected in 1854. Re-elected in 1856. Re-elected in 1858. [Data unknown/missing.]
	Republican	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1861
Socrates N. Sherman	Republican	March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863	37th	Elected in 1860. [Data unknown/missing.]
Calvin T. Hulburd	Republican	March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1869	38th 39th 40th	Elected in 1862. Re-elected in 1864. Re-elected in 1866. [Data unknown/missing.]
William A. Wheeler	Republican	March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1873	41st 42nd	Elected in 1868. Re-elected in 1870. Redistricted to 18th district.
Robert S. Hale	Republican	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875	43rd	Elected in 1872. [Data unknown/missing.]
Martin I. Townsend	Republican	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1879	44th 45th	Elected in 1874. Re-elected in 1876. [Data unknown/missing.]
Walter A. Wood	Republican	March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1883	46th 47th	Elected in 1878. Re-elected in 1880. [Data unknown/missing.]
Henry G. Burleigh	Republican	March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885	48th	Elected in 1882. Redistricted to 18th district
James G. Lindsley	Republican	March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1887	49th	Elected in 1884. [Data unknown/missing.]
Stephen T. Hopkins	Republican	March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1889	50th	Elected in 1886. [Data unknown/missing.]
Charles J. Knapp	Republican	March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1891	51st	Elected in 1888. [Data unknown/missing.]
Isaac N. Cox	Democratic	March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893	52nd	Elected in 1890. [Data unknown/missing.]
Francis Marvin	Republican	March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895	53rd	Elected in 1892. [Data unknown/missing.]
Benjamin B. Odell Jr.	Republican	March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1899	54th 55th	Elected in 1894. Re-elected in 1896. [Data unknown/missing.]
Arthur S. Tompkins	Republican	March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1903	56th 57th	Elected in 1898. Re-elected in 1900. [Data unknown/missing.]
Francis E. Shober	Democratic	March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1905	58th	Elected in 1902. [Data unknown/missing.]
William S. Bennet	Republican	March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1911	59th 60th 61st	Elected in 1904. Re-elected in 1906. Re-elected in 1908. [Data unknown/missing.]
Henry George Jr.	Democratic	March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1913	62nd	Elected in 1910. Redistricted to 21st district
John F. Carew	Democratic	March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1919	63rd 64th 65th	Elected in 1912. Re-elected in 1914. Re-elected in 1916 Redistricted to 18th district
Herbert Pell	Democratic	March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1921	66th	Elected in 1918. [Data unknown/missing.]
Ogden L. Mills	Republican	March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1927	67th 68th 69th	Elected in 1920. Re-elected in 1922. Re-elected in 1924. [Data unknown/missing.]
William W. Cohen	Democratic	March 4, 1927 – March 3, 1929	70th	Elected in 1926. [Data unknown/missing.]
Ruth B. Pratt	Republican	March 4, 1929 – March 3, 1933	71st 72nd	Elected in 1928. Re-elected in 1930. [Data unknown/missing.]
Theodore A. Peyser	Democratic	March 4, 1933 – August 8, 1937	73rd 74th 75th	Elected in 1932. Re-elected in 1934. Re-elected in 1936. Died.
Vacant		August 8, 1937 – November 2, 1937	75th	[Data unknown/missing.]
Bruce F. Barton	Republican	November 2, 1937 – January 3, 1941	75th 76th	Elected to finish Peyser's term. Re-elected in 1938. [Data unknown/missing.]
Kenneth F. Simpson	Republican	January 3, 1941 – January 25, 1941	77th	Elected in 1940. Died.
Vacant		January 29, 1941 – March 11, 1941		[Data unknown/missing.]
Joseph C. Baldwin	Republican	March 11, 1941 – January 3, 1947	77th 78th 79th	Elected to finish Simpson's term. Re-elected in 1942. Re-elected in 1944. [Data unknown/missing.]
Frederic R. Coudert Jr.	Republican	January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1959	80th 81st 82nd 83rd 84th 85th	Elected in 1946. Re-elected in 1948. Re-elected in 1950. Re-elected in 1952. Re-elected in 1954. Re-elected in 1956. [Data unknown/missing.]
John V. Lindsay	Republican	January 3, 1959 – December 31, 1965	86th 87th 88th 89th	Elected in 1958. Re-elected in 1960. Re-elected in 1962. Re-elected in 1964. Resigned after being elected as Mayor of New York City.
Vacant		January 1, 1966 – February 7, 1966	89th	[Data unknown/missing.]
Theodore R. Kupferman	Republican	February 8, 1966 – January 3, 1969	89th 90th	Elected to finish Lindsay's term. Re-elected in 1966. [Data unknown/missing.]
Ed Koch	Democratic	January 3, 1969 – January 3, 1973	91st 92nd	Elected in 1968. Re-elected in 1970. Redistricted to 18th district
John M. Murphy	Democratic	January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1981	93rd 94th 95th 96th	Redistricted from 16th district and re-elected in 1972. Re-elected in 1974. Re-elected in 1976. Re-elected in 1978. [Data unknown/missing.]
Guy Molinari	Republican	January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1983	97th	Elected in 1980. Redistricted to 14th district
Ted Weiss	Democratic	January 3, 1983 – September 14, 1992	98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd	Redistricted from 20th district and re-elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1984. Re-elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1988. Re-elected in 1990. Died.
Vacant		September 15, 1992 – November 2, 1992	102nd	[Data unknown/missing.]
Jerry Nadler	Democratic	November 3, 1992 – January 3, 1993		Elected to finish Weiss's term. Redistricted to 8th district
Eliot Engel	Democratic	January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2013	103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th 111th 112th	Redistricted from the 19th district and re-elected in 1992. Re-elected in 1994. Re-elected in 1996. Re-elected in 1998. Re-elected in 2000. Re-elected in 2002. Re-elected in 2004. Re-elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Re-elected in 2010. Redistricted to the 16th district.
Nita Lowey	Democratic	January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2021	113th 114th 115th 116th	Redistricted from the 18th district and re-elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Retired.
Mondaire Jones	Democratic	January 3, 2021 – Present	Presentth	Elected in 2020.