district succeeded birth_place party preceded term birth_date spouse article_title state name
29th 32nd 36th amo '' houghton '' district eliminated '' '' district eliminated buffalo , new york democrat frank horton george c. wortley henry p. smith iii january , 2003 january 3 , 1983 & ndash ; january 3 3 , 1993 january 3 , 1975 & ndash ; , january 3 , 1983 1993 & ndash ; january 3 6 october 1939 patricia fisher lafalce john j. lafalce
 new york new york new york john j. lafalce
john j. lafalce

john joseph lafalce -lrb- born october 6 , 1939 -rrb- is a former congressman from the state of new york ; he served from 1975 to 2003 .
lafalce was first elected to the 94th united states congress in 1974 and re-elected to each succeeding congress through the 107th , serving his western new york congressional district for 28 years , from 1975 to 2003 .
he served as chairman of the house small business committee from 1987 to 1995 , and as ranking democrat on the house financial services committee from 1999 to 2003 .
he declined to seek re-election to the 108th congress .
