New York's 21st congressional district

The 21st Congressional District of New York is a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives that is currently represented by Republican Elise Stefanik.

It includes all or parts of Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Fulton, Hamilton, Herkimer, Jefferson, Lewis, Saratoga, St. Lawrence, Warren, and Washington counties. It includes the cities of Ogdensburg, Plattsburgh and Watertown. The district includes most of the Adirondack Mountains and the Thousand Islands region. It borders Vermont to the east. It also includes Fort Drum of the US army.

From 2003 to 2013, the district contained most of the Capital District of New York. It included all or parts of Albany, Fulton, Montgomery, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schenectady, and Schoharie counties. It contained the cities of Albany, Schenectady, Troy, Amsterdam, Cohoes, Watervliet, Gloversville and Johnstown. Up until 1980, the district was located in upper Manhattan (including parts of Harlem and Washington Heights), and the Bronx.

Voting

List of representatives

1813–1821: Two seats

From the creation of the district in 1813 to 1821, two seats were apportioned, elected at-large on a general ticket.

Congress	Years		Seat A				Seat B
			Representative	Party	Electoral history		Representative	Party	Electoral history
13	March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1815		Samuel M. Hopkins	Federalist	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]		Nathaniel W. Howell	Federalist	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
14	March 4, 1815 – January 23, 1816		Micah Brooks	Democratic-Republican	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]		Peter Buell Porter	Democratic-Republican	Resigned to become a commissioner under the Treaty of Ghent
	January 23, 1816 – December 2, 1816			vacant
	December 2, 1816 – March 3, 1817			Archibald S. Clarke	Democratic-Republican		Elected to finish Porter's term [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
15	March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1819		Benjamin Ellicott	Democratic-Republican	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]		John C. Spencer	Democratic-Republican	Retired to run for U.S. Senate
16	March 4, 1819 – March 3, 1821		Nathaniel Allen	Democratic-Republican	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]		Albert H. Tracy	Democratic-Republican	Redistricted to 22nd district

1821–present: One seat

Representative	Party	Years	Note	Counties represented
Vacant		March 4, 1821 – December 3, 1821	The elections were held in April 1821, after the congressional term had already begun. It is not clear when the result was announced or the credentials were issued.	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Elijah Spencer	Democratic- Republican	December 3, 1821 – March 3, 1823	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Lot Clark	Crawford Democratic- Republican	March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Elias Whitmore	Adams	March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1827	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
John C. Clark	Jacksonian	March 4, 1827 – March 3, 1829	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Robert Monell	Jacksonian	March 4, 1829 – February 21, 1831	Resigned to become Judge of the Sixth State Circuit Court
Vacant		February 22, 1831 – March 3, 1831
John A. Collier	Anti-Masonic	March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1833	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Henry Mitchell	Jacksonian	March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1835	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
William Mason	Jacksonian	March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
John C. Clark	Democratic	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
John C. Clark	Whig	March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1843	reelected as a Whig
Jeremiah E. Cary	Democratic	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Charles Goodyear	Democratic	March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1847	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
George A. Starkweather	Democratic	March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Hiram Walden	Democratic	March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
William W. Snow	Democratic	March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Henry Bennett	Whig	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855	Redistricted from the 22nd district Lost re-election	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
	Opposition	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857
	Republican	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859
R. Holland Duell	Republican	March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1863	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Francis Kernan	Democratic	March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1865	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Roscoe Conkling	Republican	March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1867	Resigned after election to US Senate
Vacant		March 4, 1867 – November 29, 1867
Alexander H. Bailey	Republican	November 30, 1867 – March 3, 1871	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Ellis H. Roberts	Republican	March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1873	Redistricted to the 22nd district
Clinton L. Merriam	Republican	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875	Redistricted from the 20th district	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Samuel F. Miller	Republican	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Solomon Bundy	Republican	March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1879	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
David Wilber	Republican	March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1881	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Ferris Jacobs, Jr.	Republican	March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1883	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
George W. Ray	Republican	March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Frederick A. Johnson	Republican	March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1887	Redistricted from the 18th district
John H. Moffitt	Republican	March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1891	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
John M. Wever	Republican	March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893	Redistricted to the 23rd district
Simon J. Schermerhorn	Democratic	March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
David F. Wilber	Republican	March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1899	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
John K. Stewart	Republican	March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1903	All of Columbia, Dutchess, Greene and Putnam counties
John H. Ketcham	Republican	March 4, 1903 – November 4, 1906	Redistricted from the 18th district Died
Vacant		November 5, 1906 – March 3, 1907
Samuel McMillan	Republican	March 4, 1907 – March 3, 1909	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Hamilton Fish II	Republican	March 4, 1909 – March 3, 1911	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Richard E. Connell	Democratic	March 4, 1911 – October 30, 1912	died
Vacant		October 31, 1912 – March 3, 1913
Henry George, Jr.	Democratic	March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1915	Redistricted from the 17th district	Parts of New York
G. Murray Hulbert	Democratic	March 4, 1915 – January 1, 1918	Resigned to become Commissioner of Docks and Director of the Port of New York City
Vacant		January 2, 1918 – March 5, 1918
Jerome F. Donovan	Democratic	March 5, 1918 – March 3, 1921	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Martin C. Ansorge	Republican	March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1923	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Royal H. Weller	Democratic	March 4, 1923 – March 1, 1929	Died
Vacant		March 2, 1929 – November 4, 1929
Joseph A. Gavagan	Democratic	November 5, 1929 – December 30, 1943	Resigned after being elected justice of New York Supreme Court
Vacant		December 31, 1943 – February 28, 1944
James H. Torrens	Democratic	February 29, 1944 – January 3, 1947	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Jacob K. Javits	Republican	January 3, 1947 – December 31, 1954	Resigned after being elected as New York State Attorney General
Vacant		January 1, 1955 – January 2, 1955
Herbert Zelenko	Democratic	January 3, 1955 – January 3, 1963	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
James C. Healey	Democratic	January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1965	Redistricted from the 22nd district	Parts of Bronx
James H. Scheuer	Democratic	January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1971	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
	January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1973	Parts of Bronx, Manhattan, Queens
Herman Badillo	Democratic	January 3, 1973 – December 31, 1977	Redistricted from the 22nd district Resigned to become Deputy Mayor of New York City	Parts of Bronx
Vacant		January 1, 1978 – February 20, 1978
Robert Garcia	Democratic	February 21, 1978 – January 3, 1983	Redistricted to the 18th district
Hamilton Fish IV	Republican	January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1993	Redistricted from the 25th district Redistricted to the 19th district	All of Putnam; Parts of Dutchess, Orange, Westchester
Michael R. McNulty	Democratic	January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2003	Redistricted from the 23rd district Retired	All of Albany, Schenectady; Parts of Montgomery, Rensselaer, Saratoga
	January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2009	All of Albany, Montgomery, Schenectady, Schoharie; Parts of Fulton, Rensselaer, Saratoga
Paul Tonko	Democratic		January 3, 2009 – January 3, 2013	First elected in 2008 Re-elected in 2010 Redistricted to the 20th district
Bill Owens	Democratic	January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2015	Redistricted from the 23rd district, Re-elected in 2012 Retired	All of Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Fulton, Hamilton, Jefferson, Lewis, St. Lawrence, Warren, Washington; Parts of Herkimer, Saratoga
Elise Stefanik	Republican	January 3, 2015 –	First elected in 2014

Recent election results

In New York State electoral politics there are numerous 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").

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

Inline references

Bibliography

• 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
• OpenSecrets.org-21st Congressional District candidates 2008 campaign contributions for each candidate
• 2014 election data
• 2012 election data
• 2010 election data
• 2004 House election data Clerk of the House of Representatives
• 2002 House election data Clerk of the House of Representatives
• 2000 House election data Clerk of the House of Representatives
• 1998 House election data Clerk of the House of Representatives
• 1996 House election data Clerk of the House of Representatives

Coordinates: 44°00′30″N 74°36′33″W / 44.00833°N 74.60917°W / 44.00833; -74.60917