# New York's 34th congressional district

New York's 34th congressional district was a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives in New York. It was created in 1843 as a result of the 1840 census, eliminated after the 1850 census, and then re-created in 1885 due to the 1880 census. It was eliminated most recently as a result of the 1990 census. It was last represented by Amo Houghton who was redistricted into the 31st district.

## Past components

1983–1993:
    All of Allegany, Chautauqua, Chemung, Schuyler, Steuben, Yates
    Parts of Cattaraugus, Tompkins
1973–1983:
    All of Wayne
    Parts of Monroe
1971–1973:
    All of Cayuga, Ontario, Schuyler, Seneca, Yates
    Parts of Livingston, Onondaga, Oswego, Tompkins
1963–1971:
    All of Onondaga
1953–1963:
    All of Herkimer, Madison, Oneida
1945–1953:
    All of Franklin, Herkimer, Jefferson, Lewis, St. Lawrence
1913–1945:
    All of Broome, Chenango, Delaware, Otsego
1885–1913:
    All of Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua

## List of members representing the district

| Member | Party | Years | Cong ress | Electoral history |
| District established March 4, 1843 |||||
| Washington Hunt (Lockport) | Whig | March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1849 | 28th 29th 30th | Elected in 1842. Re-elected in 1844. Re-elected in 1846. Retired. |
| Lorenzo Burrows (Albion) | Whig | March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1853 | 31st 32nd | Elected in 1848. Re-elected in 1850. [data missing] |
| District dissolved March 4, 1853 |||||
| District re-established March 4, 1885 |||||
| Walter L. Sessions (Jamestown) | Republican | March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1887 | 49th | Elected in 1884. Lost re-election. |
| William G. Laidlaw (Ellicottville) | Republican | March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1891 | 50th 51st | Elected in 1886. Re-elected in 1888. [data missing] |
| Warren B. Hooker (Fredonia) | Republican | March 4, 1891 – November 10, 1898 | 52nd 53rd 54th 55th | Elected in 1890. Re-elected in 1892. Re-elected in 1894. Re-elected in 1896. Re-elected in 1898. Resigned when appointed justice of New York Supreme Court. |
| Vacant | Vacant | November 11, 1898 – November 6, 1899 | 55th 56th | |
| Edward B. Vreeland (Salamanca) | Republican | November 7, 1899 – March 3, 1903 | 56th 57th | Elected to finish Hooker's term. Re-elected in 1900. Redistricted to the 37th district. |
| James Wolcott Wadsworth (Geneseo) | Republican | March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1907 | 58th 59th | Redistricted from the 30th district and re-elected in 1902. Re-elected in 1904. Lost re-election |
| Peter A. Porter (Niagara Falls) | Independent Republican | March 4, 1907 – March 3, 1909 | 60th | Elected in 1906. Retired. |
| James S. Simmons (Niagara Falls) | Republican | March 4, 1909 – March 3, 1913 | 61st 62nd | Elected in 1908. Re-elected in 1910. Lost re-election. |
| George W. Fairchild (Oneonta) | Republican | March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1919 | 63rd 64th 65th | Redistricted from the 24th district and re-elected in 1912. Re-elected in 1914. Re-elected in 1916. [data missing] |
| William H. Hill (Johnson City) | Republican | March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1921 | 66th | Elected in 1918. Retired. |
| John D. Clarke (Fraser) | Republican | March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1925 | 67th 68th | Elected in 1920. Re-elected in 1922. Lost re-election. |
| Harold S. Tolley (Binghamton) | Republican | March 4, 1925 – March 3, 1927 | 69th | Elected in 1924. Lost renomination |
| John D. Clarke (Fraser) | Republican | March 4, 1927 – November 5, 1933 | 70th 71st 72nd 73rd | Elected in 1926. Re-elected in 1928. Re-elected in 1930. Re-elected in 1932. Died. |
| Vacant | Vacant | November 6, 1933 – December 27, 1933 | 73rd | |
| Marian W. Clarke (Fraser) | Republican | December 28, 1933 – January 3, 1935 | 73rd | Elected to finish her husband's term. Retired. |
| Bert Lord (Afton) | Republican | January 3, 1935 – May 24, 1939 | 74th 75th 76th | Elected in 1934. Re-elected in 1936. Re-elected in 1938. Died. |
| Vacant | Vacant | May 25, 1939 – November 6, 1939 | 76th | |
| Edwin Arthur Hall (Binghamton) | Republican | November 7, 1939 – January 3, 1945 | 76th 77th 78th | Elected to finish Lord's term. Re-elected in 1940. Re-elected in 1942. Redistricted to the 37th district. |
| Clarence E. Kilburn (Malone) | Republican | January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1953 | 79th 80th 81st 82nd | Redistricted from the 31st district and re-elected in 1944. Re-elected in 1946. Re-elected in 1948. Re-elected in 1950. Redistricted to the 33rd district. |
| William R. Williams (Cassville) | Republican | January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1959 | 83rd 84th 85th | Redistricted from the 35th district and re-elected in 1952. Re-elected in 1954. Re-elected in 1956. [data missing] |
| Alexander Pirnie (Utica) | Republican | January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1963 | 86th 87th | Elected in 1958. Re-elected in 1960. Redistricted to the 32nd district. |
| R. Walter Riehlman (Tully) | Republican | January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1965 | 88th | Redistricted from the 35th district and re-elected in 1962. [data missing] |
| James M. Hanley (Syracuse) | Democratic | January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1971 | 89th 90th 91st | Elected in 1964. Re-elected in 1966. Re-elected in 1968. Redistricted to the 35th district. |
| John H. Terry (Syracuse) | Republican | January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1973 | 92nd | Elected in 1970. Retired. |
| Frank Horton (Rochester) | Republican | January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1983 | 93rd 94th 95th 96th 97th | Redistricted from the 36th district and re-elected in 1972. Re-elected in 1974. Re-elected in 1976. Re-elected in 1978. Re-elected in 1980. Redistricted to the 29th district. |
| Stan Lundine (Jamestown) | Democratic | January 3, 1983 – December 31, 1986 | 98th 99th | Redistricted from the 39th district and re-elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1984. Retired to run for Lieutenant Governor of New York and resigned when elected. |
| Vacant | Vacant | December 31, 1986 – January 3, 1987 | 99th | |
| Amo Houghton (Corning) | Republican | January 3, 1987 – January 3, 1993 | 100th 101st 102nd | Elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1988. Re-elected in 1990. Redistricted to the 31st district. |
| District dissolved January 3, 1993 |||||

## Recent election results

The following chart shows historic election results.
| Year | Democratic | Republican | Other |
| 1920 | Charles R. Seymour: 21,496 | Y John D. Clarke: 52,809 | Arthur Breckenridge (Socialist): 1,386 |
| 1922 | Clayton L. Wheeler: 23,323 | Y John D. Clarke (Incumbent): 40,902 | Arthur Breckenridge (Socialist): 1,018 |
| 1924 | Charles R. Seymour: 24,800 | Y Harold S. Tolley: 61,547 | William M. Boyd (Socialist): 1,979 |
| 1926 | Bernard J. McGuire: 20,792 | Y John D. Clarke: 52,363 | |
| 1928 | William W. Lampman: 32,925 | Y John D. Clarke (Incumbent): 80,531 | |
| 1930 | James F. Byrne: 23,968 | Y John D. Clarke (Incumbent): 51,460 | |
| 1932 | Charles R. Seymour: 44,174 | Y John D. Clarke (Incumbent): 58,735 | Leon Ray Steenburg (Law Preservation): 6,676 Pierre De Nio (Socialist): 718 |
| 1934 | Charles C. Flaesch: 32,075 | Y Bert Lord: 50,528 | Pierre De Nio (Socialist): 1,159 Mathew J. Maxian (Communist): 248 |
| 1936 | John T. Buckley: 47,857 | Y Bert Lord (Incumbent): 75,580 | Merle A. Wilson (Socialist): 1,241 |
| 1938 | John V. Johnson: 35,456 | Y Bert Lord (Incumbent): 67,330 | Merle A. Wilson (Socialist): 305 |
| 1940 | Donald W. Kramer: 41,027 | Y Edwin A. Hall (Incumbent): 93,990 | William Livings (American Labor): 2,563 |
| 1942 | Arthur J. Ruland: 33,276 | Y Edwin A. Hall (Incumbent): 53,762 | Charles F. Doherty (American Labor): 1,444 |
| 1944 | John D. Van Kennen: 44,557 | Y Clarence E. Kilburn (Incumbent): 75,532 | |
| 1946 | William G. Houk: 22,368 | Y Clarence E. Kilburn (Incumbent): 64,217 | Carl H. Bogardus (American Labor): 1,384 |
| 1948 | Francis K. Purcell: 43,777 | Y Clarence E. Kilburn (Incumbent): 70,715 | Raymond Bull (American Labor): 2,083 |
| 1950 | Mildred McGill: 32,446 | Y Clarence E. Kilburn (Incumbent): 67,739 | Carl H. Bogardus (American Labor): 1,290 |
| 1952 | Charles Ray Wilson: 65,080 | Y William R. Williams (Incumbent): 97,488 | Anthony Blasting (Liberal): 2,797 Michael A. Jimenez (American Labor): 315 |
| 1954 | Vernon E. Olin: 53,112 | Y William R. Williams (Incumbent): 77,659 | Marcia Daz Butler (American Labor): 174 |
| 1956 | Edwin L. Slusarczyk: 70,837 | Y William R. Williams (Incumbent): 95,681 | |
| 1958 | Edwin L. Slusarczyk: 68,271 | Y Alexander Pirnie: 70,482 | |
| 1960 | Edwin L. Slusarczyk: 79,153 | Y Alexander Pirnie (Incumbent): 98,063 | |
| 1962 | Lee Alexander: 67,149 | Y R. Walter Riehlman (Incumbent): 84,780 | John Arneson (Liberal): 2,860 |
| 1964 | Y James M. Hanley: 96,219 | R. Walter Riehlman (Incumbent): 91,697 | |
| 1966 | Y James M. Hanley (Incumbent): 90,044 | Stewart F. Hancock Jr.: 62,559 | Benjamin K. Souler (Conservative): 5,903 Norman Balabanian (Liberal): 4,900 |
| 1968 | Y James M. Hanley (Incumbent): 96,520 | David V. O'Brien: 82,333 | Francis H. Aspinwall (Conservative): 6,988 Aubrey D. Tussing (Liberal): 2,282 |
| 1970 | Neal P. McCurn: 60,452 | Y John H. Terry: 88,786 | |
| 1972 | Jack Rubens: 46,509 | Y Frank Horton (Incumbent): 142,803 | Richard E. Lusink (Conservative): 5,603 Rafael Martinez (Liberal): 3,088 |
| 1974 | Irene Gossin: 45,408 | Y Frank Horton (Incumbent): 105,585 | J. Warren McGee (Conservative): 4,309 Virginia Tadio (Liberal): 1,063 |
| 1976 | William C. Larsen: 58,247 | Y Frank Horton (Incumbent): 126,566 | Thomas D. Cook (Conservative): 7,383 |
| 1978 | Y Frank Horton (Incumbent): 60,704 | Y Frank Horton (Incumbent): 62,081 | Leo J. Kesselring (Conservative): 18,127 |
| 1980 | James Toole: 37,883 | Y Frank Horton (Incumbent): 133,278 | Clyde O. Benoy (Conservative): 5,829 William Bastuk (Right to Life): 3,178 David D. Hoesly (Libertarian): 2,627 |
| 1982 | Y Stan Lundine (Incumbent): 99,502 | James J. Snyder Sr.: 63,972 | Genevieve F. Ronan (Right to Life): 1,806 |
| 1984 | Y Stan Lundine (Incumbent): 110,902 | Jill Houghton Emery: 91,016 | Carol L. Fisher (Right to Life): 2,560 |
| 1986 | Larry M. Himelein: 56,898 | Y Amo Houghton: 85,856 | |
| 1988 | | Y Amo Houghton (Incumbent): 131,078 | Ian Kelly Woodward (Liberal): 4,797 |
| 1990 | Joseph P. Leahey: 37,421 | Y Amo Houghton (Incumbent): 89,831 | Nevin K. Eklund (Liberal): 1,807 |