New York's 27th congressional district

New York’s 27th congressional district was a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives in western New York. It included all of Orleans, Genesee, Wyoming, and Livingston counties and parts of Erie, Monroe, Niagara, and Ontario counties. The district contained most of the eastern and southern suburbs of Buffalo, most of the southern suburbs of Rochester, as well as large rural areas to the east and south. The seat was last occupied by Republican Chris Jacobs, who won a special election on June 23, 2020. Previously, it had been vacant from October 1, 2019, when Republican incumbent Chris Collins resigned after pleading guilty to charges of insider trading.

History The precursor to the district was the central Erie county seat numbered the 30th district in the 1990s. In the 1980s this area was in the 33rd district. In the 1970s it was numbered the 37th district, although certain suburban areas were in the 38th district (later the 31st). None of these districts included the Jamestown area, which had always been in the southern tier district (now the 29th district) in prior maps. The 27th district covered the area now in the 26th district in the 1990s and the Syracuse area (now the 25th district) in the 1980s. It was the Southern Tier seat now numbered the 22nd in the 1970s. In the 1960s this district was in the lower Hudson Valley covering the area now in the 19th district.

The district became obsolete following the 2020 United States census. Following the reapportionment process after the 2020 census, New York came just 89 people short of retaining its 27th congressional district. The 435th seat instead went to Minnesota. The district was eliminated after the 2022 midterm elections. Most of its territory close to Buffalo was merged with the 23rd district, while the portion close to Rochester joined the 24th district.

Election results from statewide races Year Office Results2008 PresidentMcCain 54% - 44%2012 PresidentRomney 55% - 43% SenateGillibrand 56% - 43%2016 PresidentTrump 59% - 35% SenateSchumer 55% - 43%2018 SenateFarley 53% - 47% GovernorMolinaro 60% - 34% Attorney GeneralWofford 61% - 36%2020 PresidentTrump 57% - 41%

List of members representing the district Member Party Years Congress Electoral history District location (counties) District established March 4, 1823 Moses Hayden Democratic-Republican March 4, 1823 –March 3, 1825 Elected in 1822.Re-elected in 1824. 1823–1833 Anti-Jacksonian March 4, 1825 –March 3, 1827 Daniel D. Barnard Anti-Jacksonian March 4, 1827 –March 3, 1829 Elected in 1826.Lost re-election. Timothy Childs Anti-Masonic March 4, 1829 –March 3, 1831 Elected in 1828.Frederick Whittlesey Anti-Masonic March 4, 1831 –March 3, 1833 Elected in 1830.Redistricted to the . Edward Howell Jacksonian March 4, 1833 –March 3, 1835 Elected in 1832 1833–1843 Joshua Lee Jacksonian March 4, 1835 –March 3, 1837 Elected in 1834. John T. Andrews Democratic March 4, 1837 –March 3, 1839 Elected in 1836. Meredith Mallory Democratic March 4, 1839 –March 3, 1841 Elected in 1838. William M. Oliver Democratic March 4, 1841 –March 3, 1843 Elected in 1840. Byram Green Democratic March 4, 1843 –March 3, 1845 Elected in 1842. 1843–1853 John De Mott Democratic March 4, 1845 –March 3, 1847 Elected in 1844. John M. Holley Whig March 4, 1847 –March 8, 1848 Elected in 1846.Died. Vacant March 8, 1848 –November 7, 1848 Esbon Blackmar Whig November 7, 1848 –March 3, 1849 Elected to finish Holley's term. William A. Sackett Whig March 4, 1849 –March 3, 1853 Elected in 1848.Re-elected in 1850. John J. Taylor Democratic March 4, 1853 –March 3, 1855 Elected in 1852. 1853–1863 John Mason Parker Opposition March 4, 1855 –March 3, 1857 Elected in 1854.Re-elected in 1856. Republican March 4, 1857 –March 3, 1859 Alfred Wells Republican March 4, 1859 –March 3, 1861 Elected in 1858. Alexander S. Diven Republican March 4, 1861 –March 3, 1863 Elected in 1860. Robert B. Van Valkenburgh Republican March 4, 1863 –March 3, 1865 Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1862. 1863–1873 Hamilton Ward Republican March 4, 1865 –March 3, 1871 Elected in 1864.Re-elected in 1866.Re-elected in 1868. Horace B. Smith Republican March 4, 1871 –March 3, 1873 Elected in 1870.Redistricted to the . Thomas C. Platt Republican March 4, 1873 –March 3, 1875 Elected in 1872.Redistricted to the . 1873–1883 Elbridge G. Lapham Republican March 4, 1875 –July 29, 1881 Elected in 1874.Re-elected in 1876.Re-elected in 1878.Re-elected in 1880.Resigned when elected U.S. Senator. Vacant July 30, 1881 –November 7, 1881 James W. Wadsworth Republican November 8, 1881 –March 3, 1885 Elected to finish Lapham's term.Re-elected in 1882. 1883–1893 Sereno E. Payne Republican March 4, 1885 –March 3, 1887 Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1884. Newton W. Nutting Republican March 4, 1887 –October 15, 1889 Elected in 1886.Re-elected in 1888Died. Vacant October 16, 1889 –December 2, 1889 Sereno E. Payne Republican December 2, 1889 –March 3, 1893 Elected to finish Nutting's term.Re-elected in 1890.Redistricted to the . James J. Belden Republican March 4, 1893 –March 3, 1895 Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1892. 1893–1903 Theodore L. Poole Republican March 4, 1895 –March 3, 1897 Elected in 1894. James J. Belden Republican March 4, 1897 –March 3, 1899 Elected in 1896. Michael E. Driscoll Republican March 4, 1899 –March 3, 1903 Elected in 1898.Re-elected in 1900.Redistricted to the . James S. Sherman Republican March 4, 1903 –March 3, 1909 Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1902.Re-elected in 1904.Re-elected in 1906. 1903–1913 Charles S. Millington Republican March 4, 1909 –March 3, 1911 Elected in 1908. Charles A. Talcott Democratic March 4, 1911 –March 3, 1913 Elected in 1910.Redistricted to the . George McClellan Democratic March 4, 1913 –March 3, 1915 Elected in 1912.Lost re-election. 1913–1945All of Columbia, Greene, Schoharie, Sullivan, Ulster Charles B. Ward Republican March 4, 1915 –March 3, 1925 Elected in 1914.Re-elected in 1916.Re-elected in 1918.Re-elected in 1920.Re-elected in 1922.Retired. Harcourt J. Pratt Republican March 4, 1925 –March 3, 1933 Elected in 1924.Re-elected in 1926.Re-elected in 1928.Re-elected in 1930.Retired. Philip A. Goodwin Republican March 4, 1933 –June 6, 1937 Elected in 1932.Re-elected in 1934.Re-elected in 1936.Died. Vacant June 7, 1937 –November 1, 1937 Lewis K. Rockefeller Republican November 2, 1937 –January 3, 1943 Elected to finish Goodwin's term.Re-elected in 1938.Re-elected in 1940.Retired. Jay LeFevre Republican January 3, 1943 –January 3, 1945 Elected in 1942.Redistricted to the . Ralph W. Gwinn Republican January 3, 1945 –January 3, 1959 Elected in 1944.Re-elected in 1946.Re-elected in 1948.Re-elected in 1950.Re-elected in 1952.Re-elected in 1954.Re-elected in 1956.Retired. 1945–1963All of Putnam, parts of Westchester Robert R. Barry Republican January 3, 1959 –January 3, 1963 Elected in 1958.Re-elected in 1960.Redistricted to the . Katharine St. George Republican January 3, 1963 –January 3, 1965 Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1962.Lost re-election. 1963–1971All of Delaware, Orange, Rockland, Sullivan John G. Dow Democratic January 3, 1965 –January 3, 1969 Elected in 1964.Re-elected in 1966.Lost re-election. Martin B. McKneally Republican January 3, 1969 –January 3, 1971 Elected in 1968.Lost re-election. John G. Dow Democratic January 3, 1971 –January 3, 1973 Elected in 1970.Redistricted to the and lost re-election. 1971–1973All of Orange, Putnam, parts of Dutchess, Rockland, Sullivan Howard W. Robison Republican January 3, 1973 –January 3, 1975 Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1972.Retired. 1973–1983All of Broome, Sullivan, Tioga, parts of Chemung, Delaware, Tompkins, Ulster Matthew F. McHugh Democratic January 3, 1975 –January 3, 1983 Elected in 1974.Re-elected in 1976.Re-elected in 1978.Re-elected in 1980.Redistricted to the . George C. Wortley Republican January 3, 1983 –January 3, 1989 Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1982.Re-elected in 1984.Re-elected in 1986.Retired. 1983–1993All of Onondaga, parts of Madison James T. Walsh Republican January 3, 1989 –January 3, 1993 Elected in 1988.Re-elected in 1990.Redistricted to the . Bill Paxon Republican January 3, 1993 –January 3, 1999 Redistricted from the and re-elected in 1992.Re-elected in 1994.Re-elected in 1996.Retired. 1993–2003All of Genesee, Livingston, Ontario, Wayne, Wyoming, parts of Cayuga, Erie, Monroe, Seneca Thomas M. Reynolds Republican January 3, 1999 –January 3, 2003 Elected in 1998.Re-elected in 2000.Redistricted to the . Jack Quinn Republican January 3, 2003 –January 3, 2005 Redistricted from the and re-elected in 2002.Retired. 2003–2013All of Chautauqua, part of Erie Brian Higgins Democratic January 3, 2005 –January 3, 2013 Elected in 2004.Re-elected in 2006.Re-elected in 2008.Re-elected in 2010.Redistricted to the . Chris Collins Republican January 3, 2013 –October 1, 2019 Elected in 2012.Re-elected in 2014.Re-elected in 2016.Re-elected in 2018.Resigned. 2013–2023All of Orleans, Genesee, Wyoming, Livingston, parts of Erie, Monroe, Niagara, Ontario Vacant October 1, 2019 –July 21, 2020 Chris Jacobs Republican July 21, 2020 –January 3, 2023 Elected to finish Collins's term.Re-elected in 2020.Redistricted to the and retired. District dissolved January 3, 2023

Election results In New York State electoral politics there are numerous minor parties at various points on the political spectrum. Certain parties would 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").

New York's 27th congressional district

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