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New York's 17th congressional district

New York's 17th congressional district
From 2023 to 2025 From 2025 Interactive map of district boundaries
Representative	Mike Lawler R–Pearl River
Distribution	98.40% urban 1.60% rural
Population (2022)	771,464
Median household income	$115,661[1]
Ethnicity	64.4% White 19.9% Hispanic 7.1% Black 5.0% Asian 2.7% Two or more races 0.9% other
Cook PVI	D+3[2]

New York's 17th congressional district is a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives located in Southern New York. It includes all of Rockland County and Putnam County, as well as most of Northern Westchester County, and portions of southern Dutchess County. It is represented by Republican Mike Lawler. It was one of 18 districts that would have voted for Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election had they existed in their current configuration while being won or held by a Republican in 2022.

Mondaire Jones was first elected in 2020 to succeed the retiring Representative Nita Lowey.^[3] In the aftermath of the 2020 redistricting cycle, 18th district incumbent Sean Patrick Maloney announced his intention to run in the new 17th district instead of his existing seat; Jones subsequently opted to run in the 10th district to avoid a primary fight. However, Maloney lost to Republican Mike Lawler in the general election; Lawler subsequently became the first of his party to win this seat since 1981.^[4] Lawler's victory gained significant attention due to Maloney's position as chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee; Maloney became the first chairman in over 40 years to lose reelection.^[5]

The district has a significant Jewish population, including conservative Hasidic communities in Rockland County.^[6][7]

Recent statewide election results[edit]

History[edit]

2023–present:

All of Putnam, Rockland

Parts of Dutchess, Westchester

2013–2023: map

All of Rockland

Part of Westchester

2003–2013:

Parts of Bronx, Rockland, Westchester.

1993–2003:

Parts of Bronx, Westchester.

1983–1993:

Parts of Bronx, Manhattan.

1973–1983:

All of Staten Island.

Parts of Manhattan.

1913–1973:

Parts of Manhattan.

1843–1853:

Montgomery

Various New York districts have been numbered "17" over the years, including areas in New York City and various parts of upstate New York. From 2003-2013, the 17th district encompassed portions of the Bronx, Westchester County, and Rockland County. It included the neighborhoods of Norwood, Riverdale, Wakefield, Williamsbridge, and Woodlawn in the Bronx; the city of Mount Vernon and parts of Yonkers in Westchester; and Monsey, Nanuet, Pearl River, Orangetown, Sparkill, Spring Valley, Haverstraw, and Suffern in Rockland County.

List of members representing the district[edit]

The District was historically the East Side Manhattan district (known as the "silk stocking district" for the wealth of its constituents). In the 1970s it was a Staten Island seat. It became the west side Manhattan seat in the 1980s. It became a Bronx-based seat in the 1992 remap and was shifted north into Rockland county in 2002 to absorb terrain from the deconstruction of the old 20th district.

Previously the 19th district covered much of the Bronx portion of the seat in the 1980s; while in the 1970s the 23rd district covered most of the Bronx area.

1803–1833: one seat[edit]

Representative	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history	Location
District established March 4, 1803
Oliver Phelps (Canandaigua)	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1805	8th	Elected in 1802. [data missing]	1803–1809 [data missing]
Silas Halsey (Ovid)	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1805 – March 3, 1807	9th	Elected in 1804. Lost re-election.
John Harris (Aurelius)	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1807 – March 3, 1809	10th	Elected in 1806. Lost re-election.
District inactive		March 4, 1809 – March 3, 1813	11th 12th
William S. Smith (Lebanon)	Federalist	March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1815	13th	Elected in 1812. Re-elected in 1814 but did not take or claim the seat.	1813–1823 Herkimer County, except the Town of Danube; and Madison County.
Vacant		March 4, 1815 – December 13, 1815	14th
Westel Willoughby Jr. (Herkimer)	Democratic-Republican	December 13, 1815 – March 3, 1817		Successfully contested Smith's election. [data missing]
Thomas H. Hubbard (Hamilton)	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1819	15th	Elected in 1816. [data missing]
Aaron Hackley Jr. (Herkimer)	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1819 – March 3, 1821	16th	Elected in 1818. [data missing]
Vacant		March 4, 1821 – December 3, 1821	17th	Elections were held in April 1821. It is unclear when results were announced or credentials issued.
Thomas H. Hubbard (Hamilton)	Democratic-Republican	December 3, 1821 – March 3, 1823		Elected in 1821. [data missing]
John W. Taylor (Ballston Spa)	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825	18th 19th 20th 21st 22nd	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.	Saratoga County
	Anti-Jacksonian	March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1833

1833–1843: two seats[edit]

From 1833 to 1843, two seats were apportioned to the 17th district, elected at-large on a general ticket.

Seat A[edit]

Representative	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history
Samuel Beardsley (Utica)	Jacksonian	March 4, 1833 – March 29, 1836	23rd 24th	Redistricted from 14th district and re-elected in 1832. Re-elected in 1834. Resigned to become circuit judge.
Vacant		March 29, 1836 – November 9, 1836	24th	[data missing]
Rutger B. Miller (Utica)	Jacksonian	November 9, 1836 – March 3, 1837		Elected to finish Beardsley's term. [data missing]
Henry A. Foster (Rome)	Democratic	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839	25th	Elected in 1836. [data missing]
David P. Brewster (Oswego)	Democratic	March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1843	26th 27th	Elected in 1838. Re-elected in 1840. [data missing]

Seat B[edit]

Representative	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history
Joel Turrill (Oswego)	Jacksonian	March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1837	23rd 24th	Elected in 1832. Re-elected in 1834. [data missing]
Abraham P. Grant (Oswego)	Democratic	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839	25th	Elected in 1836. [data missing]
John G. Floyd (Utica)	Democratic	March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1843	26th 27th	Elected in 1838. Re-elected in 1840. [data missing]

1843–present: one seat[edit]

Representative	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history	District location
Charles S. Benton (Mohawk)	Democratic	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1847	28th 29th	Elected in 1842. Re-elected in 1844. [data missing]
George Petrie (Little Falls)	Independent Democrat	March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849	30th	Elected in 1846. [data missing]
Henry P. Alexander (Little Falls)	Whig	March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851	31st	Elected in 1848. [data missing]
Alexander H. Buell (Fairfield)	Democratic	March 4, 1851 – January 29, 1853	32nd	Elected in 1850. Died.
Vacant		January 29, 1853 – March 3, 1853		[data missing]
Bishop Perkins (Ogdensburg)	Democratic	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855	33rd	Elected in 1852. [data missing]
Francis E. Spinner (Mohawk)	Democratic	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857	34th 35th 36th	Elected in 1854. Re-elected in 1856. Re-elected in 1858. [data missing]
	Republican	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1861
Socrates N. Sherman (Ogdensburg)	Republican	March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863	37th	Elected in 1860. [data missing]
Calvin T. Hulburd (Brasher Falls)	Republican	March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1869	38th 39th 40th	Elected in 1862. Re-elected in 1864. Re-elected in 1866. [data missing]
William A. Wheeler (Malone)	Republican	March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1873	41st 42nd	Elected in 1868. Re-elected in 1870. Redistricted to 18th district.
Robert S. Hale (Elizabethtown)	Republican	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875	43rd	Elected in 1872. [data missing]
Martin I. Townsend (Troy)	Republican	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1879	44th 45th	Elected in 1874. Re-elected in 1876. [data missing]
Walter A. Wood (Hoosick Falls)	Republican	March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1883	46th 47th	Elected in 1878. Re-elected in 1880. [data missing]
Henry G. Burleigh (Whitehall)	Republican	March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885	48th	Elected in 1882. Redistricted to 18th district
James G. Lindsley (Rondout)	Republican	March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1887	49th	Elected in 1884. [data missing]
Stephen T. Hopkins (Catskill)	Republican	March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1889	50th	Elected in 1886. [data missing]
Charles J. Knapp (Deposit)	Republican	March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1891	51st	Elected in 1888. [data missing]
Isaac N. Cox (Ellenville)	Democratic	March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893	52nd	Elected in 1890. [data missing]
Francis Marvin (Port Jervis)	Republican	March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895	53rd	Elected in 1892. [data missing]
Benjamin B. Odell Jr. (Newburgh)	Republican	March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1899	54th 55th	Elected in 1894. Re-elected in 1896. [data missing]
Arthur S. Tompkins (Nyack)	Republican	March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1903	56th 57th	Elected in 1898. Re-elected in 1900. [data missing]
Francis E. Shober (New York)	Democratic	March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1905	58th	Elected in 1902. [data missing]
William S. Bennet (New York)	Republican	March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1911	59th 60th 61st	Elected in 1904. Re-elected in 1906. Re-elected in 1908. [data missing]
Henry George Jr. (New York)	Democratic	March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1913	62nd	Elected in 1910. Redistricted to 21st district
John F. Carew (New York)	Democratic	March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1919	63rd 64th 65th	Elected in 1912. Re-elected in 1914. Re-elected in 1916 Redistricted to 18th district
Herbert Pell (New York)	Democratic	March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1921	66th	Elected in 1918. [data missing]
Ogden L. Mills (New York)	Republican	March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1927	67th 68th 69th	Elected in 1920. Re-elected in 1922. Re-elected in 1924. [data missing]
William W. Cohen (New York)	Democratic	March 4, 1927 – March 3, 1929	70th	Elected in 1926. [data missing]
Ruth B. Pratt (New York)	Republican	March 4, 1929 – March 3, 1933	71st 72nd	Elected in 1928. Re-elected in 1930. [data missing]
Theodore A. Peyser (New York)	Democratic	March 4, 1933 – August 8, 1937	73rd 74th 75th	Elected in 1932. Re-elected in 1934. Re-elected in 1936. Died.
Vacant		August 8, 1937 – November 2, 1937	75th	[data missing]
Bruce F. Barton (New York)	Republican	November 2, 1937 – January 3, 1941	75th 76th	Elected to finish Peyser's term. Re-elected in 1938. [data missing]
Kenneth F. Simpson (New York)	Republican	January 3, 1941 – January 25, 1941	77th	Elected in 1940. Died.
Vacant		January 29, 1941 – March 11, 1941		[data missing]
Joseph C. Baldwin (New York)	Republican	March 11, 1941 – January 3, 1947	77th 78th 79th	Elected to finish Simpson's term. Re-elected in 1942. Re-elected in 1944. [data missing]
Frederic R. Coudert Jr. (New York)	Republican	January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1959	80th 81st 82nd 83rd 84th 85th	Elected in 1946. Re-elected in 1948. Re-elected in 1950. Re-elected in 1952. Re-elected in 1954. Re-elected in 1956. [data missing]
John V. Lindsay (New York)	Republican	January 3, 1959 – December 31, 1965	86th 87th 88th 89th	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.
Vacant		January 1, 1966 – February 7, 1966	89th	[data missing]
Theodore R. Kupferman (New York)	Republican	February 8, 1966 – January 3, 1969	89th 90th	Elected to finish Lindsay's term. Re-elected in 1966. [data missing]
Ed Koch (New York)	Democratic	January 3, 1969 – January 3, 1973	91st 92nd	Elected in 1968. Re-elected in 1970. Redistricted to 18th district
John M. Murphy (Staten Island)	Democratic	January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1981	93rd 94th 95th 96th	Redistricted from 16th district and re-elected in 1972. Re-elected in 1974. Re-elected in 1976. Re-elected in 1978. [data missing]
Guy Molinari (Staten Island)	Republican	January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1983	97th	Elected in 1980. Redistricted to 14th district
Ted Weiss (New York)	Democratic	January 3, 1983 – September 14, 1992	98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd	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.
Vacant		September 15, 1992 – November 2, 1992	102nd	[data missing]
Jerry Nadler (New York)	Democratic	November 3, 1992 – January 3, 1993		Elected to finish Weiss's term. Redistricted to the 8th district.
Eliot Engel (The Bronx)	Democratic	January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2013	103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th 111th 112th	Redistricted from the 19th district 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 16th district.
					2003–2013 Parts of the Bronx, Rockland, Westchester counties
Nita Lowey (Harrison)	Democratic	January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2021	113th 114th 115th 116th	Redistricted from the 18th district and re-elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Retired.	2013–2023 Rockland, parts of Westchester County
Mondaire Jones (Nyack)	Democratic	January 3, 2021 – January 3, 2023	117th	Elected in 2020. Ran in the 10th district and lost renomination.
Mike Lawler (Pearl River)	Republican	January 3, 2023 – present	118th	Elected in 2022.	2023–2025 Rockland, parts of Dutchess, Putnam, Westchester counties

Election results[edit]

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").

See also[edit]

• List of United States congressional districts
• New York's congressional districts
• United States congressional delegations from New York

References[edit]

• 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 "