New York's 28th congressional district

The 28th congressional district of New York is an obsolete congressional district for the United States House of Representatives. Before becoming obsolete in 2013, the district was based in Rochester, Buffalo, and Niagara Falls, and included parts of Erie, Monroe, Niagara and Orleans Counties. Its easternmost point was in Fairport at the home of its final representative, Democrat Louise Slaughter. Due to its gerrymandered shape it was sometimes known as "the earmuffs."

The district from 2003 to 2013

After congressional district lines were redrawn to accommodate the loss of the seat due to reapportionment as a result of the 2010 Census,[1] the "earmuffs" were dismantled. The western portion of the present 28th district became part of the new 27th district and the eastern portion of the 28th comprised the majority of the new 25th district, which is contained entirely in Monroe County.

Voting
Election results from presidential races
Year Office Results
1992 President Clinton 44–38%
1996 President Clinton 55–36%
2000 President Gore 60–35%
2004 President Kerry 63–36%
2008 President Obama 69–30%

Components

2000–2013:

Parts of Erie, Monroe, Niagara, Orleans

1993–2003:

Parts of Monroe

1983–1993:

All of Broome, Tioga, Ulster
Parts of Delaware, Sullivan, Tompkins

1973–1983:

Parts of Albany, Montgomery, Schenectady

1971–1973:

All of Columbia, Delaware, Greene, Otsego, Schoharie, Ulster
Parts of Duchess, Montgomery, Sullivan

1963–1971:

All of Columbia, Duchess, Greene, Schoharie, Ulster

1953–1963:

All of Delaware, Orange, Rockland, Sullivan

1945–1953:

Parts of Westchester

1913–1945:

All of Albany
Parts of Rensselaer
This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

Representatives
Representative Party Years Cong
ress		 District Home Note
District created March 4, 1823
William B. Rochester Crawford D-R March 4, 1823 – April 21, 1823 18th Angelica redistricted from 20th district, resigned upon appointment as Judge of the Eighth Circuit Court
Vacant April 21, 1823 – December 1, 1823
William Woods Adams-Clay DR December 1, 1823 – March 3, 1825 Bath elected in special election
Timothy H. Porter Adams March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1827 19th Olean did not run for reelection
John Magee Jacksonian March 4, 1827 – March 3, 1831 20th
21st		 Bath unsuccessful candidate for reelection
Grattan H. Wheeler Anti-Masonic March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1833 22nd Wheeler did not run for reelection
Frederick Whittlesey Anti-Masonic March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1835 23rd Rochester redistricted from 27th district
Timothy Childs Anti-Jacksonian March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837 24th
25th
Whig March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839 Rochester did not run for reelection
Thomas Kempshall Whig March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1841 26th Rochester did not run for reelection
Timothy Childs Whig March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843 27th Rochester did not run for reelection
Thomas J. Paterson Whig March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845 28th Rochester did not run for reelection
Elias B. Holmes Whig March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1849 29th
30th		 Brockport did not run for reelection
Abraham M. Schermerhorn Whig March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1853 31st
32nd		 Rochester did not run for reelection
George Hastings Democratic March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855 33rd Mount Morris did not run for reelection
William H. Kelsey Opposition March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857 34th
35th
Republican March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859 Geneseo did not run for reelection
William Irvine Republican March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1861 36th Corning did not run for reelection
Robert B. Van Valkenburgh Republican March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863 37th Bath redistricted to 27th district
Freeman Clarke Republican March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1865 38th Rochester did not run for reelection
Roswell Hart Republican March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1867 39th Rochester unsuccessful candidate for reelection
Lewis Selye Ind. Republican March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1869 40th Rochester did not run for reelection
Noah Davis Republican March 4, 1869 – July 15, 1870 41st Albion resigned after becoming United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York
Vacant July 16, 1870 – December 5, 1870
Charles H. Holmes Republican December 6, 1870 – March 3, 1871 Albion both Holmes and Clarke were elected on November 8, 1870[2]
Freeman Clarke Republican March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1873 42nd Rochester redistricted to 29th district
Horace B. Smith Republican March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875 43rd Elmira redistricted from 27th district
Thomas C. Platt Republican March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877 44th Owego redistricted from 27th district
Jeremiah W. Dwight Republican March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1883 45th
46th
47th		 Dryden did not run for reelection
Stephen C. Millard Republican March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885 48th Binghamton redistricted to 26th district
John Arnot, Jr. Democratic March 4, 1885 – November 20, 1886 49th Elmira redistricted from 29th district, died
Vacant November 21, 1886 – March 3, 1887
Thomas S. Flood Republican March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1891 50th
51st		 Elmira did not run for reelection
Hosea H. Rockwell Democratic March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893 52nd Elmira did not run for reelection
Sereno E. Payne Republican March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1903 53rd
54th
55th
56th
57th		 Auburn redistricted from 27th district, redistricted to 31st district
Charles L. Knapp Republican March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1911 58th
59th
60th
61st		 Lowville redistricted from 24th district
Luther W. Mott Republican March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1913 62nd Oswego redistricted to 32nd district
Peter G. Ten Eyck Democratic March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1915 63rd Albany unsuccessful candidate for reelection
Rollin B. Sanford Republican March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1921 64th
65th
66th		 Albany did not run for reelection
Peter G. Ten Eyck Democratic March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1923 67th Albany did not run for reelection
Parker Corning Democratic March 4, 1923 – January 3, 1937 68th
69th
70th
71st
72nd
73rd
74th		 Albany retired
William T. Byrne Democratic January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1945 75th
76th
77th
78th		 Loudonville redistricted to 32nd district
Ralph A. Gamble Republican January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1953 79th
80th
81st
82nd		 Larchmont redistricted from 25th district, redistricted to 26th district
Katharine St. George Republican January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1963 83rd
84th
85th
86th
87th		 Tuxedo Park redistricted from 29th district, redistricted to 27th district
J. Ernest Wharton Republican January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1965 88th Richmondville redistricted from 29th district
Joseph Y. Resnick Democratic January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1969 89th
90th		 Ellenville unsuccessful candidate for Democratic U.S. Senate nomination
Hamilton Fish IV Republican January 3, 1969 – January 3, 1973 91st
92nd		 Millbrook redistricted to 25th district
Samuel S. Stratton Democratic January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1983 93rd
94th
95th
96th
97th		 Schenectady redistricted from 29th district, redistricted to 23rd district
Matthew F. McHugh Democratic January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1993 98th
99th
100th
101st
102nd		 Ithaca redistricted from 27th district
Louise Slaughter Democratic January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2013 103rd
104th
105th
106th
107th
108th
109th
110th
111th
112th		 Fairport redistricted from 30th district, redistricted to 25th district
District eliminated January 3, 2013

The 28th District has included all or part of Rochester since 1992. The 2002 remap added parts of Buffalo and Niagara Falls. In the 1980s the 28th District was the southern tier seat now numbered the 22nd District. In the 1970s it was the Capitol District seat now numbered the 21st District. During the 1960s it was a Hudson Valley/Catskill seat including much of the present 19th District and parts of the 20th and 22nd District.

Prior to 1992 the Rochester area district was the 30th. Monroe County was split between two districts in the 1970s, the 34th District (which included much of the present 25th District) and the 35th District (which included much of the present 26th District).

Election results

Note that 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").

US House election, 2006: New York District 28
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Louise Slaughter 111,386 73.2 +0.6
Republican John E. Donnelly 40,844 26.8 +2.0
Majority 70,542 46.3 -1.5
Turnout 152,230 100 -30.8
US House election, 2004: New York District 28
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Louise Slaughter 159,655 72.6 +10.1
Republican Mike Laba 54,543 24.8 -12.7
Independence Francina Cartonia 5,678 2.6 +2.6
Majority 105,112 47.8 +22.9
Turnout 219,876 100 +38.6
US House election, 2002: New York District 28
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Louise Slaughter 99,057 62.5 -3.2
Republican Henry F. Wojtaszek 59,547 37.5 +4.9
Majority 39,510 24.9 -8.2
Turnout 158,604 100 -31.3
US House election, 2000: New York District 28
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Louise Slaughter 151,688 65.7 +0.9
Republican Mark C. Johns 75,348 32.6 +1.8
Green Eve Hawkins 2,292 1.0 +1.0
Libertarian Stephen C. Healey 1,528 0.7 +0.7
Majority 76,340 33.1 -0.9
Turnout 230,856 100 +25.8
US House election, 1998: New York District 28
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Louise Slaughter 118,856 64.8 +7.5
Republican Richard A. Kaplan 56,443 30.8 -11.9
Conservative Paul Britton 4,963 2.7 +2.7
Right to Life Gerald D. Crawford 3,196 1.7 +1.7
Majority 62,413 34.0 +19.5
Turnout 183,458 100 -21.1
US House election, 1996: New York District 28
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Louise Slaughter 133,084 57.3
Republican Geoff H. Rosenberger 99,366 42.7
Majority 33,718 14.5
Turnout 232,450 100

See also

References
  1. New York Will Lose Two House Seats, and New Jersey One in NYT on December 21, 2010
  2. Complete Statement of the Official Canvass, in Detail, of Election Held November 8, 1870 (Vol. II; pg. 2044 and 2047)
  • 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
  • 2002 House election data "
  • 2000 House election data "
  • 1998 House election data "
  • 1996 House election data "
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