New York's 33rd congressional district

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New York's 33rd congressional district
Obsolete district
Created1830
1875
Eliminated1860
1990
Years active1833–1863
1875–1993

New York's 33rd congressional district was a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives in New York. It was eliminated as a result of the 1990 census. It was last represented by Henry J. Nowak. Much of this area became part of 30th district during the 1990s, and is now largely in the 27th district.

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Components

1983–1993:

Parts of Erie

1973–1983:

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

1971–1973:

All of Broome, Chemung, Tioga
Parts of Tompkins

1963–1971:

All of Broome, Chemung, Tioga, Tompkins

1953–1963:

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

1945–1953:

All of Clinton, Essex, Saratoga, Warren, Washington
Parts of Rensselaer

1913–1945:

All of Herkimer, Oneida

1903–1913:

All of Seneca, Schuyler, Chemung and Steuben County, New York. [1]

From 1893–1903 the 33rd district covered all of Erie County except the heavily settled southern portion of the city of Buffalo, New York. Even though about two-thirds of Buffalo's area was in the 33rd District, the 32nd district which had the southern third or so of Buffalo and none of the rest of Erie county had about 6000 more people than the 33rd district.

From 1885–1893 all of Niagara County and all of Erie county except Buffalo had been in the 33rd district. During this time Buffalo was the 32nd district which had 37,000 more people than the 33rd district.

From its formation in 1875 until 1885 the 33rd district had covered Chautauqua and Cattaraugus Counties.

Past demographics

The population of the 33rd's 1903–1913 area was 180,810 in 1900. The population was 0.9% black at this point. [2]

List of members representing the district

RepresentativePartyYearsCong
ress
Electoral history
District established March 4, 1833
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Gideon Hard
(Albion)

Anti-Masonic March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1835 23rd
24th
Elected in 1832.
Anti-Jacksonian March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837 Re-elected in 1834.
[ data missing ]
Charles F. Mitchell
(Lockport)
Whig March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1841 25th
26th
Elected in 1836.
Re-elected in 1838.
[ data missing ]
Alfred Babcock
(Gaines)
Whig March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843 27th Elected in 1840.
[ data missing ]
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Albert Smith
(Batavia)

Whig March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1847 28th
29th
Elected in 1842.
Re-elected in 1844.
[ data missing ]
Harvey Putnam
(Attica)
Whig March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1851 30th
31st
Elected in 1846.
Re-elected in 1848.
[ data missing ]
Augustus P. Hascall
(Le Roy)
Whig March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853 32nd Elected in 1850.
[ data missing ]
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Reuben E. Fenton
(Frewsburg)

Democratic March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855 33rd Elected in 1852.
[ data missing ]
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Francis S. Edwards
(Fredonia)

American March 4, 1855 – February 28, 1857 34th Elected in 1854.
Resigned.
VacantMarch 1, 1857 – March 3, 1857
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Reuben E. Fenton
(Frewsburg)

Republican March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1863 35th
36th
37th
Elected in 1856.
Re-elected in 1858.
Re-elected in 1860.
Redistricted to 31st district.
District dissolved March 3, 1863
District re-established March 4, 1875
VacantMarch 4, 1875 – December 5, 1875 44th Representative-elect Augustus F. Allen died on January 20, 1875.
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Nelson I. Norton
(Hinsdale)

Republican December 6, 1875 – March 3, 1877 Elected to finish Allen's term.
[ data missing ]
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George W. Patterson
(Westfield)

Republican March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1879 45th Elected in 1876.
[ data missing ]
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Henry Van Aernam
(Franklinville)

Republican March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1883 46th
47th
Elected in 1878.
Re-elected in 1880.
[ data missing ]
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Francis B. Brewer
(Westfield)

Republican March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885 48th Elected in 1882.
[ data missing ]
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John B. Weber
(Buffalo)

Republican March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1889 49th
50th
Elected in 1884.
Re-elected in 1886.
[ data missing ]
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John M. Wiley
(East Aurora)
Democratic March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1891 51st Elected in 1888.
[ data missing ]
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Thomas L. Bunting
(Hamburg)

Democratic March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893 52nd Elected in 1890.
[ data missing ]
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Charles Daniels
(Buffalo)

Republican March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1897 53rd
54th
Elected in 1892.
Re-elected in 1894.
[ data missing ]
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De Alva S. Alexander
(Buffalo)

Republican March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1903 55th
56th
57th
Elected in 1896.
Re-elected in 1898.
Re-elected in 1900.
Redistricted to 36th district.
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Charles W. Gillet
(Addison)

Republican March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1905 58th Redistricted from 29th district and re-elected in 1902.
[ data missing ]
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J. Sloat Fassett
(Elmira)

Republican March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1911 59th
60th
61st
Re-elected in 1904.
Re-elected in 1906.
Re-elected in 1908.
[ data missing ]
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Edwin S. Underhill
(Bath)

Democratic March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1913 62nd Elected in 1910.
Redistricted to 37th district.
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Charles A. Talcott
(Utica)

Democratic March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1915 63rd Redistricted from 27th district and re-elected in 1912.
[ data missing ]
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Homer P. Snyder
(Little Falls)

Republican March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1925 64th
65th
66th
67th
68th
Elected in 1914.
Re-elected in 1916.
Re-elected in 1918.
Re-elected in 1920.
Re-elected in 1922.
[ data missing ]
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Frederick M. Davenport
(Clinton)

Republican March 4, 1925 – March 3, 1933 69th
70th
71st
72nd
Elected in 1924.
Re-elected in 1926.
Re-elected in 1928.
Re-elected in 1930.
[ data missing ]
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Fred J. Sisson
(Whitesboro)
Democratic March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1937 73rd
74th
Elected in 1932.
Re-elected in 1934.
[ data missing ]
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Fred J. Douglas
(Utica)

Republican January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1945 75th
76th
77th
78th
Elected in 1936.
Re-elected in 1938.
Re-elected in 1940.
Re-elected in 1942.
[ data missing ]
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Dean P. Taylor
(Troy)

Republican January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1953 79th
80th
81st
82nd
Redistricted from 29th district and re-elected in 1944.
Re-elected in 1946.
Re-elected in 1948.
Re-elected in 1950.
Redistricted to 31st district.
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Clarence E. Kilburn
(Malone)

Republican January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1963 83rd
84th
85th
86th
87th
Redistricted from 34th district and re-elected in 1952.
Re-elected in 1954.
Re-elected in 1956.
Re-elected in 1958.
Re-elected in 1960.
Redistricted to 31st district.
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Howard W. Robison
(Owego)

Republican January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1973 88th
89th
90th
91st
92nd
Redistricted from 37th district and re-elected in 1962.
Re-elected in 1964.
Re-elected in 1966.
Re-elected in 1968.
Re-elected in 1970.
Redistricted to 27th district.
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William F. Walsh
(Syracuse)

Republican January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1979 93rd
94th
95th
Elected in 1972.
Re-elected in 1974.
Re-elected in 1976.
[ data missing ]
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Gary A. Lee
(Dryden)

Republican January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1983 96th
97th
Elected in 1978.
Re-elected in 1980.
[ data missing ]
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Henry J. Nowak
(Buffalo)

Democratic January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1993 98th
99th
100th
101st
102nd
Redistricted from 37th district and re-elected in 1982.
Re-elected in 1984.
Re-elected in 1986.
Re-elected in 1988.
Re-elected in 1990.
[ data missing ]
District dissolved January 3, 1993

Election results

The following chart shows historic election results. Bold type indicates victor. Italic type indicates incumbent.

YearDemocraticRepublicanOther
1990 Henry J. Nowak : 84,905 Thomas K. Kepfer: 18,181Louis P. Corrigan, Jr. (Conservative): 6,460
1988 Henry J. Nowak : 139,604
1986 Henry J. Nowak : 109,256 Charles A. Walker: 19,147
1984 Henry J. Nowak : 155,198 David S. Lewandowski: 44,880
1982 Henry J. Nowak : 126,091 Walter J. Pillich: 19,791James F. Gallagher (Right to Life): 4,095
1980 Dolores M. Reed: 39,542 Gary A. Lee : 132,831William L. Jones (Right to Life): 2,898
1978 Roy A. Bernardi: 58,286 Gary A. Lee : 82,501Robert J. Byrne (Conservative): 4,972
Lynne Budzinski (Liberal): 1,695
1976 Charles R. Welch: 48,855 William F. Walsh : 125,163William C. Elkins (Conservative): 5,980
Lillian Reiner (Liberal): 2,757
1974 Robert H. Bockman: 45,043 William F. Walsh : 97,380Francis H. Aspinwall (Conservative): 4,866
Bessie C. Noble (Liberal): 1,802
1972 Clarence Kadys: 53,039 William F. Walsh : 132,139
1970 David Bernstein: 45,373 Howard W. Robison : 90,196
1968 Benjamin Nichols: 50,549 Howard W. Robison : 110,080
1966 Blair G. Ewing: 45,761 Howard W. Robison : 88,378Joe Griffith (Write-in): 432
1964 John L. Joy: 69,277 Howard W. Robison : 97,213
1962 Theodore W. Maurer: 41,412 Howard W. Robison : 92,460Harrop Freeman (Liberal): 4,519
1960 Edward J. Gosier: 53,130 Clarence E. Kilburn : 91,710Winfred Harberson (Liberal): 3,334
1958 Robert P. McDonald: 40,010 Clarence E. Kilburn : 73,698
1956 Louis C. Britton: 38,793 Clarence E. Kilburn : 103,419
1954 Harold Blake: 31,279 Clarence E. Kilburn : 70,708William J. Delo (Liberal): 1,851
1952 Maurice N. McGrath: 41,803 Clarence E. Kilburn : 98,653William J. Delo (Liberal): 2,522
1950 Joseph T. Hammer: 42,680 Dean P. Taylor : 100,425George LaFortune (American Labor): 1,874
John H. Sullivan (Liberal): 676
1948 Joseph T. Hammer: 52,059 Dean P. Taylor : 98,618Rockwell Kent (American Labor): 4,257
1946 David J. Fitzgerald: 38,666 Dean P. Taylor : 89,778
1944 Thomas P. McLoughlin: 52,354 Dean P. Taylor : 95,299Henry G. Bell (American Labor): 4,530
1942 Stanard Dow Butler: 34,965 Fred J. Douglas : 53,030
1940 Samuel H. Miller: 52,469 Fred J. Douglas : 72,412Edward G. Cluney (American Labor): 3,405
1938 Ralph A. Peters: 37,195 Fred J. Douglas : 63,857Stanley C. Walewski (American Labor): 2,882
Albert R. Tully (Socialist): 344
1936 Fred J. Sisson : 45,969 Fred J. Douglas : 63,281William D. Arquint (Prosperity): 8,479
Peter Hansen (Socialist): 1,428
1934 Fred J. Sisson : 45,831 Frederick M. Davenport: 45,579Anthony Spadafora (Socialist): 1,682
Fred C. Foster (Law Preservation): 205
1932 Fred J. Sisson : 53,427 Frederick M. Davenport : 52,398Otto L. Endres (Socialist): 1,119
1930 James J. Loftis: 39,340 Frederick M. Davenport : 39,810
1928 Fred J. Sisson: 48,380 Frederick M. Davenport : 62,746
1926 Isaac C. Flint: 30,265 Frederick M. Davenport : 40,845Otto L. Endres (Socialist): 1,572
1924 Albert R. Kessinger: 33,068 Frederick M. Davenport : 48,591Otto L. Endres (Socialist): 1,979
1922 Fred J. Sisson: 30,118 Homer P. Snyder : 31,978Charles L. Letson (Socialist): 1,431
William Harrison (Prohibition): 987
1920 Roger W. Huntington: 21,732 Homer P. Snyder : 47,251Harvey P. Brucker (Socialist): 2,887
Olin S. Bishop (Prohibition): 1,320

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