New York's 28th congressional district

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New York's 28th congressional district
Population (2000)	654,360
Median income	$31,751
Ethnic composition	63.9% White, 29.2% Black, 1.5% Asian, 5.5% Hispanic, 0.5% Native American, 0.3% other
Cook PVI	D+15

The Twenty-eighth district of New York is a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives in northwest New York. The district is based in Rochester, Buffalo, and Niagara Falls, and includes parts of Erie, Monroe, Niagara and Orleans Counties. Due to its gerrymandered shape it is sometimes known as "the earmuffs."

Contents 1 Components: Past and Present 2 Representatives 3 Election results 4 References

[edit] Components: Past and Present

2003-present:

Parts of Erie, Monroe, Niagara, Orleans

1993-2003:

Parts of Monroe

1983-1993:

All of Broome, Tioga, Ulster

Parts of Delaware, Sullivan, Tompkins

1973-1983:

Parts of Albany, Montgomery, Schenectady

1971-1973:

All of Columbia, Delaware, Greene, Otsego, Schoharie, Ulster

Parts of Dutchess, Montgomery, Sullivan

1963-1971:

All of Columbia, Dutchess, Greene, Schoharie, Ulster

1953-1963:

All of Delaware, Orange, Rockland, Sullivan

1945-1953:

Parts of Westchester

1913-1945:

All of Albany

Parts of Rensselaer

[edit] Representatives

Representative	Party	Years	Note
William B. Rochester	D-R	March 4, 1823 – April 21, 1823	redistricted from 20th district, resigned
vacant		April 22, 1823 – November 2, 1823
William Woods	D-R	November 3, 1823 – March 3, 1825
Timothy H. Porter	Adams	March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1827
John Magee	Jacksonian	March 4, 1827 – March 3, 1831
Grattan H. Wheeler	Anti-Masonic	March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1833
Frederick Whittlesey	Anti-Masonic	March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1835	redistricted from 27th district
Timothy Childs	Anti-Jacksonian	March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837
Timothy Childs	Whig	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839
Thomas Kempshall	Whig	March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1841
Timothy Childs	Whig	March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843
Thomas J. Patterson	Whig	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845
Elias B. Holmes	Whig	March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1849
Abraham M. Schermerhorn	Whig	March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1853
George Hastings	Democratic	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855
William H. Kelsey	Opposition	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857
William H. Kelsey	Republican	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859
William Irvine	Republican	March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1861
Robert B. Van Valkenburg	Republican	March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863	redistricted to 27th district
Freeman Clarke	Republican	March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1865
Roswell Hart	Republican	March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1867
Lewis Selye	Ind. Republican	March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1869
Noah Davis	Republican	March 4, 1869 – July 15, 1870	resigned
vacant		July 16, 1870 – December 5, 1870
Charles H. Holmes	Republican	December 6, 1870 – March 3, 1871
Freeman Clarke	Republican	March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1873	redistricted to 29th district
Horace B. Smith	Republican	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875	redistricted from 27th district
Thomas C. Platt	Republican	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877	redistricted from 27th district
Jeremiah W. Dwight	Republican	March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1883
Stephen C. Millard	Republican	March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885	redistricted to 26th district
John Arnot, Jr.	Democratic	March 4, 1885 – November 20, 1886	redistricted from 29th district, died in office
vacant		November 21, 1886 – March 3, 1887
Thomas S. Flood	Republican	March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1891
Hosea H. Rockwell	Democratic	March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893
Sereno E. Payne	Republican	March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1903	redistricted from 27th district, redistricted to 31st district
Charles L. Knapp	Republican	March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1911	redistricted from 24th district
Luther W. Mott	Republican	March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1913	redistricted to 32nd district
Peter G. Ten Eyck	Democratic	March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1915
Rollin B. Sanford	Republican	March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1921
Peter G. Ten Eyck	Democratic	March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1923
Parker Corning	Democratic	March 4, 1923 – January 3, 1937
William T. Byrne	Democratic	January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1945	redistricted to 32nd district
Ralph A. Gamble	Republican	January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1953	redistricted from 25th district, redistricted to 26th district
Katharine St. George	Republican	January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1963	redistricted from 29th district, redistricted to 27th district
J. Ernest Wharton	Republican	January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1965	redistricted from 29th district
Joseph Y. Resnick	Democratic	January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1969
Hamilton Fish, Jr.	Republican	January 3, 1969 – January 3, 1973	redistricted to 25th district
Samuel S. Stratton	Democratic	January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1983	redistricted from 29th district, redistricted to 23rd district
Matthew F. McHugh	Democratic	January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1993	redistricted from 27th district
Louise Slaughter	Democratic	January 3, 1993 – present	redistricted from 30th district

The 28th District has included all or part of Rochester since 1992. The 2002 remap added parts of Buffalo and Niagara Falls. In the 1980s the 28th District was the southern tier seat now numbered the 22nd District. In the 1970s it was the Capitol District seat now numbered the 21st District. During the 1960s it was a Hudson Valley/Catskill seat including much of the present 19th District and parts of the 20th and 22nd District.

Prior to 1992 the Rochester area district was the 30th. Monroe County was split between two districts in the 1970s, the 34th District (which included much of the present 25th District) and the 35th District (which included much of the present 26th District).

[edit] Election results

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").

US House election, 2006: New York District 28
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Louise Slaughter	111,386	73.2	+0.6
	Republican	John E. Donnelly	40,844	26.8	+2.0
Majority			70,542	46.3	-1.5
Turnout			152,230	100	-30.8

US House election, 2004: New York District 28
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Louise Slaughter	159,655	72.6	+10.1
	Republican	Mike Laba	54,543	24.8	-12.7
	Independence	Francina Cartonia	5,678	2.6	+2.6
Majority			105,112	47.8	+22.9
Turnout			219,876	100	+38.6

US House election, 2002: New York District 28
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Louise Slaughter	99,057	62.5	-3.2
	Republican	Henry F. Wojtaszek	59,547	37.5	+4.9
Majority			39,510	24.9	-8.2
Turnout			158,604	100	-31.3

US House election, 2000: New York District 28
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Louise Slaughter	151,688	65.7	+0.9
	Republican	Mark C. Johns	75,348	32.6	+1.8
	Green	Eve Hawkins	2,292	1.0	+1.0
	Libertarian	Stephen C. Healey	1,528	0.7	+0.7
Majority			76,340	33.1	-0.9
Turnout			230,856	100	+25.8

US House election, 1998: New York District 28
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Louise Slaughter	118,856	64.8	+7.5
	Republican	Richard A. Kaplan	56,443	30.8	-11.9
	Conservative	Paul Britton	4,963	2.7	+2.7
	Right to Life	Gerald D. Crawford	3,196	1.7	+1.7
Majority			62,413	34.0	+19.5
Turnout			183,458	100	-21.1

US House election, 1996: New York District 28
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Louise Slaughter	133,084	57.3
	Republican	Geoff H. Rosenberger	99,366	42.7
Majority			33,718	14.5
Turnout			232,450	100

[edit] References

• 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 "

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