New York's 17th congressional district

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

### 1803–1833: One seat

|Representative|Party|Years|Cong ress|Electoral history|Location|||||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|colspan="6"|District created March 4, 1803|||||||||||
|align="left"|**Oliver Phelps**||Democratic-Republican|nowrap=""|March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1805||Elected in 1802.|rowspan="4"|**1803–1813**|||
|align="left"|**Silas Halsey**||Democratic-Republican|nowrap=""|March 4, 1805 – March 3, 1807||Elected in 1804. Lost re-election.|||||
|align="left"|**John Harris**||Democratic-Republican|nowrap=""|March 4, 1807 – March 3, 1809||Elected in 1806. Lost re-election.|||||
|colspan="2"|_District not in use_|nowrap=""|March 4, 1809 – March 3, 1813|||||||||
|align="left"|**William S. Smith**||Federalist|nowrap=""|March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1815||Elected in 1812. Re-elected in 1814 but did not take or claim the seat.|rowspan="7"|**1813–1823** Herkimer County, except the Town of Danube; and Madison County.|||
|colspan="2"|_Vacant_|nowrap=""|March 4, 1815 – December 13, 1815|rowspan="2"||||||||
|align="left"|**Westel Willoughby Jr.**||Democratic-Republican|nowrap=""|December 13, 1815 – March 3, 1817|Successfully contested Smith's election.||||||
|align="left"|**Thomas H. Hubbard**||Democratic-Republican|nowrap=""|March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1819||Elected in 1816.|||||
|align="left"|**Aaron Hackley Jr.**||Democratic-Republican|nowrap=""|March 4, 1819 – March 3, 1821||Elected in 1818.|||||
|colspan="2"|_Vacant_|nowrap=""|March 4, 1821 – December 3, 1821|rowspan="2"||Elections were held in April 1821. It is unclear when results were announced or credentials issued.||||||
|align="left"|**Thomas H. Hubbard**||Democratic-Republican|nowrap=""|December 3, 1821 – March 3, 1823|Elected in 1821.||||||
|rowspan="2" align="left"|**John W. Taylor**||Democratic-Republican|nowrap=""|March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825|rowspan="2"||rowspan="2"|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.|rowspan="2"|Saratoga County|
||Anti-Jacksonian|nowrap=""|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||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align="left"|**Samuel Beardsley**||Jacksonian|nowrap=""|March 4, 1833 – March 29, 1836||Redistricted from 14th district and re-elected in 1832. Re-elected in 1834. Resigned to become circuit judge.|
|colspan="2"|_Vacant_|nowrap=""|March 29, 1836 – November 9, 1836|rowspan="2"||||
|align="left"|**Rutger B. Miller**||Jacksonian|nowrap=""|November 9, 1836 – March 3, 1837|Elected to finish Beardsley's term.||
|align="left"|**Henry A. Foster**||Democratic|nowrap=""|March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839||Elected in 1836.|
|align="left"|**David P. Brewster**||Democratic|nowrap=""|March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1843||Elected in 1838. Re-elected in 1840.|

#### Seat B

|Representative|Party|Years|Cong ress|Electoral history||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align="left"|**Joel Turrill**||Jacksonian|nowrap=""|March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1837||Elected in 1832. Re-elected in 1834.|
|align="left"|**Abraham P. Grant**||Democratic|nowrap=""|March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839||Elected in 1836.|
|align="left"|**John G. Floyd**||Democratic|nowrap=""|March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1843||Elected in 1838. Re-elected in 1840.|

### 1843–present: One seat

|Representative|Party|Years|Cong ress|Electoral history||||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align="left"|**Charles S. Benton**||Democratic|nowrap=""|March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1847||Elected in 1842. Re-elected in 1844.|||
|align="left"|**George Petrie**||Independent Democrat|nowrap=""|March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849||Elected in 1846.|||
|align="left"|**Henry P. Alexander**||Whig|nowrap=""|March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851||Elected in 1848.|||
|align="left"|**Alexander H. Buell**||Democratic|nowrap=""|March 4, 1851 – January 29, 1853|rowspan="2"||Elected in 1850. Died.||
|colspan="2"|_Vacant_|nowrap=""|January 29, 1853 – March 3, 1853|||||||
|align="left"|**Bishop Perkins**||Democratic|nowrap=""|March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855||Elected in 1852.|||
|rowspan="2" align="left" nowrap=""|**Francis E. Spinner**||Democratic|nowrap=""|March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857|rowspan="2"||rowspan="2"|Elected in 1854. Re-elected in 1856. Re-elected in 1858.|
||Republican|nowrap=""|March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1861|||||||
|align="left"|**Socrates N. Sherman**||Republican|nowrap=""|March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863||Elected in 1860.|||
|align="left"|**Calvin T. Hulburd**||Republican|nowrap=""|March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1869||Elected in 1862. Re-elected in 1864. Re-elected in 1866.|||
|align="left"|**William A. Wheeler**||Republican|nowrap=""|March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1873||Elected in 1868. Re-elected in 1870. Redistricted to 18th district.|||
|align="left"|**Robert S. Hale**||Republican|nowrap=""|March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875||Elected in 1872.|||
|align="left"|**Martin I. Townsend**||Republican|nowrap=""|March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1879||Elected in 1874. Re-elected in 1876.|||
|align="left"|**Walter A. Wood**||Republican|nowrap=""|March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1883||Elected in 1878. Re-elected in 1880.|||
|align="left"|**Henry G. Burleigh**||Republican|nowrap=""|March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885||Elected in 1882. Redistricted to 18th district|||
|align="left"|**James G. Lindsley**||Republican|nowrap=""|March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1887||Elected in 1884.|||
|align="left"|**Stephen T. Hopkins**||Republican|nowrap=""|March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1889||Elected in 1886.|||
|align="left"|**Charles J. Knapp**||Republican|nowrap=""|March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1891||Elected in 1888.|||
|align="left"|**Isaac N. Cox**||Democratic|nowrap=""|March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893||Elected in 1890.|||
|align="left"|**Francis Marvin**||Republican|nowrap=""|March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895||Elected in 1892.|||
|align="left"|**Benjamin B. Odell Jr.**||Republican|nowrap=""|March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1899||Elected in 1894. Re-elected in 1896.|||
|align="left"|**Arthur S. Tompkins**||Republican|nowrap=""|March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1903||Elected in 1898. Re-elected in 1900.|||
|align="left"|**Francis E. Shober**||Democratic|nowrap=""|March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1905||Elected in 1902.|||
|align="left"|**William S. Bennet**||Republican|nowrap=""|March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1911||Elected in 1904. Re-elected in 1906. Re-elected in 1908.|||
|align="left"|**Henry George Jr.**||Democratic|nowrap=""|March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1913||Elected in 1910. Redistricted to 21st district|||
|align="left"|**John F. Carew**||Democratic|nowrap=""|March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1919||Elected in 1912. Re-elected in 1914. Re-elected in 1916 Redistricted to 18th district|||
|align="left"|**Herbert Pell**||Democratic|nowrap=""|March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1921||Elected in 1918.|||
|align="left"|**Ogden L. Mills**||Republican|nowrap=""|March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1927||Elected in 1920. Re-elected in 1922. Re-elected in 1924.|||
|align="left"|**William W. Cohen**||Democratic|nowrap=""|March 4, 1927 – March 3, 1929||Elected in 1926.|||
|align="left"|**Ruth B. Pratt**||Republican|nowrap=""|March 4, 1929 – March 3, 1933||Elected in 1928. Re-elected in 1930.|||
|align="left"|**Theodore A. Peyser**||Democratic|nowrap=""|March 4, 1933 – August 8, 1937||Elected in 1932. Re-elected in 1934. Re-elected in 1936. Died.|||
|colspan="2"|_Vacant_|nowrap=""|August 8, 1937 – November 2, 1937|||||||
|align="left"|**Bruce F. Barton**||Republican|nowrap=""|November 2, 1937 – January 3, 1941||Elected to finish Peyser's term. Re-elected in 1938.|||
|align="left"|**Kenneth F. Simpson**||Republican|nowrap=""|January 3, 1941 – January 25, 1941|rowspan="2"||Elected in 1940. Died.||
|colspan="2"|_Vacant_|nowrap=""|January 29, 1941 – March 11, 1941|||||||
|align="left"|**Joseph C. Baldwin**||Republican|nowrap=""|March 11, 1941 – January 3, 1947||Elected to finish Simpson's term. Re-elected in 1942. Re-elected in 1944.|||
|align="left"|**Frederic R. Coudert Jr.**||Republican|nowrap=""|January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1959||Elected in 1946. Re-elected in 1948. Re-elected in 1950. Re-elected in 1952. Re-elected in 1954. Re-elected in 1956.|||
|align="left"|**John V. Lindsay**||Republican|nowrap=""|January 3, 1959 – December 31, 1965||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.|||
|colspan="2"|_Vacant_|nowrap=""|January 1, 1966 – February 7, 1966|||||||
|align="left"|**Theodore R. Kupferman**||Republican|nowrap=""|February 8, 1966 – January 3, 1969||Elected to finish Lindsay's term. Re-elected in 1966.|||
|align="left"|**Ed Koch**||Democratic|nowrap=""|January 3, 1969 – January 3, 1973||Elected in 1968. Re-elected in 1970. Redistricted to 18th district|||
|align="left"|**John M. Murphy**||Democratic|nowrap=""|January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1981||Redistricted from 16th district and re-elected in 1972. Re-elected in 1974. Re-elected in 1976. Re-elected in 1978.|||
|align="left"|**Guy Molinari**||Republican|nowrap=""|January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1983||Elected in 1980. Redistricted to 14th district|||
|align="left"|**Ted Weiss**||Democratic|nowrap=""|January 3, 1983 – September 14, 1992||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.|||
|colspan="2"|_Vacant_|nowrap=""|September 15, 1992 – November 2, 1992|rowspan="2"||||||
|align="left"|**Jerry Nadler**||Democratic|nowrap=""|November 3, 1992 – January 3, 1993|Elected to finish Weiss's term. Redistricted to 8th district||||
|align="left"|**Eliot Engel**||Democratic|nowrap=""|January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2013||Redistricted from the  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 .|||
|align="left"|**Nita Lowey**||Democratic|nowrap=""|January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2021||Redistricted from the  and re-elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Retired.|||
|align="left"|**Mondaire Jones**||Democratic|nowrap=""|January 3, 2021 – Present||Elected in 2020.|||

## Infobox (u.s. congressional district)

- **state**: New York
- **district number**: 17
- **image caption**: Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2025
- **representative**: Mike Lawler
- **party**: Republican
- **residence**: Pearl River
- **percent urban**: 98.40
- **percent rural**: 1.60
- **population**: 772,624
- **population year**: 2023
- **median income**: $118,882
- **percent white**: 64.4
- **percent hispanic**: 19.9
- **percent black**: 7.1
- **percent asian**: 5.0
- **percent more than one race**: 2.7
- **percent other race**: 0.9
- **cpvi**: D+1