New York's 30th congressional district

New York’s 30th congressional district was a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives in New York. It was eliminated as a result of the 2000 U.S. Census. It was last represented by Jack Quinn who was redistricted into the 27th district.

New York's 30th congressional district
Obsolete district
Created1820
Eliminated2000
Years active1823-2003

The 30th congressional district is also referred to in the NBC television series Heroes, as the fictional district represented by Nathan Petrelli.

Voting

Election results from presidential races
Year Office Results
1992 President Clinton 45–26%
1996 President Clinton 57–29%

Past components

1993–2003:

Parts of Erie

1983–1993:

All of Genesee
Parts of Livingston, Monroe, Ontario

1973–1983:

All of Clinton, Franklin, Jefferson, Lewis, St. Lawrence
Parts of Essex, Oswego

1971–1973:

All of Rensselaer, Saratoga, Warren, Washington
Parts of Albany, Essex

1969–1971:

All of Essex, Fulton, Hamilton, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Warren, Washington

1963–1969:

All of Clinton, Essex, Fulton, Hamilton, Saratoga, Warren, Washington
Parts of Rensselaer

1953–1963:

All of Albany
Parts of Rensselaer

1945–1953:

All of Columbia, Dutchess, Greene, Schoharie, Ulster

1913–1945:

All of Fulton, Hamilton, Montgomery, Schenectady

1903–1913:

All of Broome, Chenango, Cortland, Tioga, Tompkins

1893–1903:

All of Genesee, Livingston, Niagara, Orleans, Wyoming

List of members representing the district

Member Party Years Cong
ress
Electoral history
District established March 4, 1823
Albert H. Tracy
(Buffalo)
D-R March 4, 1823 –
March 3, 1825
18th Redistricted from the 22nd district and re-elected in 1822.
Retired.

Daniel G. Garnsey
(Fredonia)
Anti-Jacksonian March 4, 1825 –
March 3, 1829
19th
20th
Elected in 1824.
Re-elected in 1826.
Lost re-election as an independent supported by the Anti-Masonic Party.
Ebenezer F. Norton
(Buffalo)
Jacksonian March 4, 1829 –
March 3, 1831
21st Elected in 1828.
[data missing]

Bates Cooke
(Lewiston)
Anti-Masonic March 4, 1831 –
March 3, 1833
22nd Elected in 1830.
[data missing]

Philo C. Fuller
(Geneseo)
Anti-Masonic March 4, 1833 –
March 3, 1835
23rd
24th
Elected in 1832.
[data missing]
Anti-Jacksonian March 4, 1835 –
September 2, 1836
Re-elected in 1834.
Resigned.
Vacant September 3, 1836 –
November 8, 1836
24th [data missing]

John Young
(Geneseo)
Whig November 9, 1836 –
March 3, 1837
24th Elected to finish Fuller's term.
[data missing]
Luther C. Peck
(Pike)
Whig March 4, 1837 –
March 3, 1841
25th
26th
Elected in 1836.
Re-elected in 1838.
[data missing]

John Young
(Geneseo)
Whig March 4, 1841 –
March 3, 1843
27th Elected in 1840.
[data missing]

William Spring Hubbell
(Bath)
Democratic March 4, 1843 –
March 3, 1845
28th Elected in 1842.
[data missing]

Martin Grover
(Angelica)
Democratic March 4, 1845 –
March 3, 1847
29th Elected in 1844.
[data missing]

David Rumsey
(Bath)
Whig March 4, 1847 –
March 3, 1851
30th
31st
Elected in 1846.
Re-elected in 1848.
[data missing]

Reuben Robie
(Bath)
Democratic March 4, 1851 –
March 3, 1853
32nd Elected in 1850.
[data missing]

Benjamin Pringle
(Batavia)
Whig March 4, 1853 –
March 3, 1855
33rd
34th
Elected in 1852.
[data missing]
Opposition March 4, 1855 –
March 3, 1857
Re-elected in 1854.
[data missing]

Judson W. Sherman
(Angelica)
Republican March 4, 1857 –
March 3, 1859
35th Elected in 1856.
[data missing]

Augustus Frank
(Warsaw)
Republican March 4, 1859 –
March 3, 1863
36th
37th
Elected in 1858.
Re-elected in 1860.
Redistricted to the 29th district.

John Ganson
(Buffalo)
Democratic March 4, 1863 –
March 3, 1865
38th Elected in 1862.
[data missing]

James M. Humphrey
(Buffalo)
Democratic March 4, 1865 –
March 3, 1869
39th
40th
Elected in 1864.
Re-elected in 1866.
[data missing]

David S. Bennett
(Buffalo)
Republican March 4, 1869 –
March 3, 1871
41st Elected in 1868.
[data missing]
William Williams
(Buffalo)
Democratic March 4, 1871 –
March 3, 1873
42nd Elected in 1870.
[data missing]

George G. Hoskins
(Attica)
Republican March 4, 1873 –
March 3, 1875
43rd Elected in 1872.
Redistricted to the 31st district.

John M. Davy
(Rochester)
Republican March 4, 1875 –
March 3, 1877
44th Elected in 1874.
[data missing]

Elizur K. Hart
(Albion)
Democratic March 4, 1877 –
March 3, 1879
45th Elected in 1876.
[data missing]

John Van Voorhis
(Rochester)
Republican March 4, 1879 –
March 3, 1883
46th
47th
Elected in 1878.
Re-elected in 1880.
[data missing]

Halbert S. Greenleaf
(Rochester)
Democratic March 4, 1883 –
March 3, 1885
48th Elected in 1882.
[data missing]

Charles S. Baker
(Rochester)
Republican March 4, 1885 –
March 3, 1891
49th
50th
51st
Elected in 1884.
Re-elected in 1886.
Re-elected in 1888.
[data missing]

Halbert S. Greenleaf
(Rochester)
Democratic March 4, 1891 –
March 3, 1893
52nd Elected in 1890.
[data missing]

James Wolcott Wadsworth
(Geneseo)
Republican March 4, 1893 –
March 3, 1903
53rd
54th
55th
56th
57th
Redistricted from the 31st district and re-elected in 1892.
Re-elected in 1894.
Re-elected in 1896.
Re-elected in 1898.
Re-elected in 1900.
Redistricted to the 34th district.

John W. Dwight
(Dryden)
Republican March 4, 1903 –
March 3, 1913
58th
59th
60th
61st
62nd
Redistricted from the 26th district and re-elected in 1902.
Re-elected in 1904.
Re-elected in 1906.
Re-elected in 1908.
Re-elected in 1910.
[data missing]

Samuel Wallin
(Asmterdam)
Republican March 4, 1913 –
March 3, 1915
63rd Elected in 1912.
[data missing]

William B. Charles
(Amsterdam)
Republican March 4, 1915 –
March 3, 1917
64th Elected in 1914.
[data missing]

George R. Lunn
(Schenectady)
Democratic March 4, 1917 –
March 3, 1919
65th Elected in 1916.
[data missing]

Frank Crowther
(Schenectady)
Republican March 4, 1919 –
January 3, 1943
66th
67th
68th
69th
70th
71st
72nd
73rd
74th
75th
76th
77th
Elected in 1918.
Re-elected in 1920.
Re-elected in 1922.
Re-elected in 1924.
Re-elected in 1926.
Re-elected in 1928.
Re-elected in 1930.
Re-elected in 1932.
Re-elected in 1934.
Re-elected in 1936.
Re-elected in 1938.
Re-elected in 1940.
[data missing]

Bernard W. Kearney
(Gloversville)
Republican January 3, 1943 –
January 3, 1945
78th Elected in 1942.
Redistricted to the 31st district.

Jay LeFevre
(New Paltz)
Republican January 3, 1945 –
January 3, 1951
79th
80th
81st
Redistricted from the 27th district and re-elected in 1944.
Re-elected in 1946.
Re-elected in 1948.
[data missing]

J. Ernest Wharton
(Richmondville)
Republican January 3, 1951 –
January 3, 1953
82nd Elected in 1950.
Redistricted to the 29th district.

Leo W. O'Brien
(Albany)
Democratic January 3, 1953 –
January 3, 1963
83rd
84th
85th
86th
87th
Redistricted from the 32nd district and re-elected in 1952.
Re-elected in 1954.
Re-elected in 1956.
Re-elected in 1958.
Re-elected in 1960.
Redistricted to the 29th district.

Carleton J. King
(Saratoga Springs)
Republican January 3, 1963 –
January 3, 1973
88th
89th
90th
91st
92nd
Redistricted from the 31st district and re-elected in 1962.
Re-elected in 1964.
Re-elected in 1966.
Re-elected in 1968.
Re-elected in 1970.
Redistricted to the 29th district.

Robert C. McEwen
(Ogdensburg)
Republican January 3, 1973 –
January 3, 1981
93rd
94th
95th
96th
Redistricted from the 31st district and re-elected in 1972.
Re-elected in 1974.
Re-elected in 1976.
Re-elected in 1978.
[data missing]

David O'Brien Martin
(Canton)
Republican January 3, 1981 –
January 3, 1983
97th Elected in 1980.
Redistricted to the 26th district.

Barber B. Conable Jr.
(Alexander)
Republican January 3, 1983 –
January 3, 1985
98th Redistricted from the 35th district and re-elected in 1982.
[data missing]

Fred J. Eckert
(Rochester)
Republican January 3, 1985 –
January 3, 1987
99th Elected in 1984.
[data missing]

Louise Slaughter
(Fairport)
Democratic January 3, 1987 –
January 3, 1993
100th
101st
102nd
Elected in 1986.
Re-elected in 1988.
Re-elected in 1990.
Redistricted to the 28th district.

Jack Quinn
(Hamburg)
Republican January 3, 1993 –
January 3, 2003
103rd
104th
105th
106th
107th
Elected in 1992.
Re-elected in 1994.
Re-elected in 1996.
Re-elected in 1998.
Re-elected in 2000.
Redistricted to the 27th district.
District dissolved January 3, 2003

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").

1996 US House election: District 30
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Jack Quinn (incumbent) 121,369 54.8%
Democratic Francis J. Pordum 100,040 45.2%
Majority 21,329 9.6%
Turnout 221,409 100%
1998 US House election: District 30
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Jack Quinn (incumbent) 116,093 67.8% +13.0%
Democratic Crystal Peoples 55,199 32.2% −13.0%
Majority 60,894 35.5% +25.9%
Turnout 171,292 100% −22.6%
2000 US House election: District 30
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Jack Quinn (incumbent) 138,452 67.1% −0.7%
Democratic John Fee 67,819 32.9% +0.7%
Majority 70,633 34.2% −1.3%
Turnout 206,271 100% +20.4%

References

    • 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
    • 2000 House election data Clerk of the House of Representatives
    • 1998 House election data
    • 1996 House election data
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