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New York's 1st congressional district

101 members have held this seat since Mar 4, 1789. Now: Nick LaLota R.

Holders
101
48 R · 40 D · 4 U · 4 J · 2 A · 1 F · 1 W · 1 A
Longest tenure
8 years
George Joseph Hochbrueckner
Current
3.8 years
Nick LaLota, since Jan 3, 2023
history/seat/ny-1Every holder, newest first
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180018201840186018801900192019401960198020002020William Floyd · 1789-03-04 – 1791-03-04Thomas Tredwell · 1791-10-24 – 1793-03-04John Watts · 1793-12-02 – 1795-03-04Edward Livingston · 1795-12-07 – 1797-03-04 · RepublicanEdward Livingston · 1797-05-15 – 1799-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Smith · 1799-12-02 – 1801-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Smith · 1801-12-07 – 1803-03-04 · RepublicanSamuel Riker · 1803-10-17 – 1805-03-04 · RepublicanEliphalet Wickes · 1805-12-02 – 1807-03-04 · RepublicanSamuel Riker · 1807-10-26 – 1809-03-04 · RepublicanEbenezer Sage · 1809-05-22 – 1811-03-04 · RepublicanEbenezer Sage · 1811-11-04 – 1813-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Lefferts · 1813-05-24 – 1815-03-04 · RepublicanHenry Crocheron · 1815-12-04 – 1817-03-04 · RepublicanTredwell Scudder · 1817-12-01 – 1819-03-04 · RepublicanJames Guyon Jr. · 1819-12-06 – 1821-03-04 · RepublicanCadwallader David Colden · 1821-12-03 – 1823-03-04 · FederalistSilas Wood · 1823-12-01 – 1825-03-04Silas Wood · 1825-12-05 – 1827-03-04 · AdamsSilas Wood · 1827-12-03 – 1829-03-04 · AdamsJames Lent · 1829-12-07 – 1831-03-04 · JacksonJames Lent · 1831-12-05 – 1833-03-04 · JacksonAbel Huntington · 1833-12-02 – 1835-03-04 · JacksonAbel Huntington · 1835-12-07 – 1837-03-04 · JacksonThomas Birdsall Jackson · 1837-09-04 – 1839-03-04 · DemocratThomas Birdsall Jackson · 1839-12-02 – 1841-03-04 · DemocratCharles Albert Floyd · 1841-05-31 – 1843-03-04 · DemocratSelah Brewster Strong · 1843-12-04 – 1845-03-04 · DemocratJohn Watson Lawrence · 1845-12-01 – 1847-03-04 · DemocratFrederick William Lord · 1847-12-06 – 1849-03-04 · DemocratJohn Alsop King · 1849-12-03 – 1851-03-04 · WhigJohn Gelston Floyd · 1851-12-01 – 1853-03-04 · DemocratJames Maurice · 1853-12-05 – 1855-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Weightman Valk · 1855-12-03 – 1857-03-04 · AmericanJohn Alexander Searing · 1857-12-07 – 1859-03-04 · DemocratLuther Cullen Carter · 1859-12-05 – 1861-03-04 · RepublicanEdward Henry Smith · 1861-07-04 – 1863-03-04 · DemocratHenry George Stebbins · 1863-12-07 – 1865-03-04 · DemocratStephen Taber · 1865-12-04 – 1869-03-04 · DemocratHenry Augustus Reeves · 1869-03-04 – 1871-03-04 · DemocratDwight Townsend · 1871-03-04 – 1873-03-04 · DemocratHenry Joel Scudder · 1873-12-01 – 1875-03-04 · RepublicanHenry Bleecker Metcalfe · 1875-12-06 – 1877-03-04 · DemocratJames Way Covert · 1877-10-15 – 1879-03-04 · DemocratJames Way Covert · 1879-03-18 – 1881-03-04 · DemocratPerry Belmont · 1881-12-05 – 1883-03-04 · DemocratPerry Belmont · 1883-12-03 – 1885-03-04 · DemocratPerry Belmont · 1885-12-07 – 1887-03-04 · DemocratPerry Belmont · 1887-12-05 – 1889-03-04 · DemocratJames Way Covert · 1889-12-02 – 1891-03-04 · DemocratAlfred Clark Chapin · 1891-12-07 – 1893-03-04 · DemocratJames Way Covert · 1893-08-07 – 1895-03-04 · DemocratRichard Cunningham McCormick · 1895-12-02 – 1897-03-04 · RepublicanJoseph McCrum Belford · 1897-03-15 – 1899-03-04 · RepublicanTownsend Scudder · 1899-12-04 – 1901-03-04 · DemocratFrederic Storm · 1901-12-02 – 1903-03-04 · RepublicanTownsend Scudder · 1903-11-09 – 1905-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Willets Cocks · 1905-12-04 – 1907-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Willets Cocks · 1907-12-02 – 1909-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Willets Cocks · 1909-03-15 – 1911-03-04 · RepublicanMartin Wiley Littleton · 1911-04-04 – 1913-03-04 · DemocratLathrop Brown · 1913-04-07 – 1915-03-04 · DemocratFrederick Cocks Hicks · 1915-12-06 – 1917-03-04 · RepublicanFrederick Cocks Hicks · 1917-04-02 – 1919-03-04 · RepublicanFrederick Cocks Hicks · 1919-05-19 – 1921-03-04 · RepublicanFrederick Cocks Hicks · 1921-04-11 – 1923-03-04 · RepublicanRobert Low Bacon · 1923-12-03 – 1925-03-04 · RepublicanRobert Low Bacon · 1925-12-07 – 1927-03-05 · RepublicanRobert Low Bacon · 1927-12-05 – 1929-03-04 · RepublicanRobert Low Bacon · 1929-04-15 – 1931-03-04 · RepublicanRobert Low Bacon · 1931-12-07 – 1933-03-04 · RepublicanRobert Low Bacon · 1933-03-09 – 1939-01-04 · RepublicanLeonard Wood Hall · 1943-01-06 – 1945-01-04 · RepublicanWilliam Kingsland Macy · 1947-01-03 – 1951-01-04 · RepublicanStuyvesant II Wainwright · 1953-01-03 – 1959-01-04 · RepublicanStuyvesant II Wainwright · 1959-01-07 – 1961-01-04 · RepublicanOtis Grey Pike · 1963-01-09 – 1967-01-04 · DemocratOtis Grey Pike · 1967-01-10 – 1971-01-04 · DemocratOtis Grey Pike · 1971-01-21 – 1975-01-04 · DemocratOtis Grey Pike · 1975-01-14 – 1979-01-04 · DemocratWilliam Carney · 1979-01-15 – 1987-01-04 · RepublicanGeorge Joseph Hochbrueckner · 1987-01-06 – 1995-01-04 · DemocratMichael P. Forbes · 1995-01-04 – 1997-01-04 · RepublicanMichael P. Forbes · 1997-01-07 – 1999-01-04 · RepublicanMichael P. Forbes · 1999-01-06 – 2001-01-04 · Republican → DemocratTimothy H. Bishop · 2003-01-07 – 2009-01-04 · DemocratTimothy H. Bishop · 2009-01-06 – 2015-01-04 · DemocratLee M. Zeldin · 2015-01-06 – 2023-01-04 · RepublicanEbenezer Sage · 1813-05-24 – 1815-03-04 · RepublicanGeorge Townsend · 1815-12-04 – 1817-03-04 · RepublicanGeorge Townsend · 1817-12-01 – 1819-03-04 · RepublicanSilas Wood · 1819-12-06 – 1821-03-04 · RepublicanSilas Wood · 1821-12-03 – 1823-03-04 · RepublicanDwight Townsend · 1863-12-07 – 1865-03-04 · DemocratJames Way Covert · 1891-12-07 – 1893-03-04 · DemocratLeonard Wood Hall · 1939-01-03 – 1943-01-04 · RepublicanEdgar Allan Sharp · 1945-01-03 – 1947-01-04 · RepublicanErnest Greenwood · 1951-01-03 – 1953-01-04 · DemocratOtis Grey Pike · 1961-01-03 – 1963-01-04 · DemocratFelix Grucci · 2001-01-03 – 2003-01-04 · RepublicanNick LaLota · 2023-01-03 – present · Republican
Nick LaLota R
Jan 3, 2023 – present · 3.8 years
Lee M. Zeldin R
Jan 6, 2015 – Jan 4, 2023 · 8 years
Timothy H. Bishop D
Jan 6, 2009 – Jan 4, 2015 · 6 years
Timothy H. Bishop D
Jan 7, 2003 – Jan 4, 2009 · 6 years
Felix Grucci R
Jan 3, 2001 – Jan 4, 2003 · 2 years
Michael P. Forbes R→D
Jan 6, 1999 – Jan 4, 2001 · 2 years
Michael P. Forbes R
Jan 7, 1997 – Jan 4, 1999 · 2 years
Michael P. Forbes R
Jan 4, 1995 – Jan 4, 1997 · 2 years
George Joseph Hochbrueckner D
Jan 6, 1987 – Jan 4, 1995 · 8 years
William Carney R
Jan 15, 1979 – Jan 4, 1987 · 8 years
Otis Grey Pike D
Jan 14, 1975 – Jan 4, 1979 · 4 years
Otis Grey Pike D
Jan 21, 1971 – Jan 4, 1975 · 4 years
Otis Grey Pike D
Jan 10, 1967 – Jan 4, 1971 · 4 years
Otis Grey Pike D
Jan 9, 1963 – Jan 4, 1967 · 4 years
Otis Grey Pike D
Jan 3, 1961 – Jan 4, 1963 · 2 years
Stuyvesant II Wainwright R
Jan 7, 1959 – Jan 4, 1961 · 2 years
Stuyvesant II Wainwright R
Jan 3, 1953 – Jan 4, 1959 · 6 years
Ernest Greenwood D
Jan 3, 1951 – Jan 4, 1953 · 2 years
William Kingsland Macy R
Jan 3, 1947 – Jan 4, 1951 · 4 years
Edgar Allan Sharp R
Jan 3, 1945 – Jan 4, 1947 · 2 years
Leonard Wood Hall R
Jan 6, 1943 – Jan 4, 1945 · 2 years
Leonard Wood Hall R
Jan 3, 1939 – Jan 4, 1943 · 4 years
Robert Low Bacon R
Mar 9, 1933 – Jan 4, 1939 · 5.8 years
Robert Low Bacon R
Dec 7, 1931 – Mar 4, 1933 · 15 months
Robert Low Bacon R
Apr 15, 1929 – Mar 4, 1931 · 23 months
Robert Low Bacon R
Dec 5, 1927 – Mar 4, 1929 · 15 months
Robert Low Bacon R
Dec 7, 1925 – Mar 5, 1927 · 15 months
Robert Low Bacon R
Dec 3, 1923 – Mar 4, 1925 · 15 months
Frederick Cocks Hicks R
Apr 11, 1921 – Mar 4, 1923 · 23 months
Frederick Cocks Hicks R
May 19, 1919 – Mar 4, 1921 · 22 months
Frederick Cocks Hicks R
Apr 2, 1917 – Mar 4, 1919 · 23 months
Frederick Cocks Hicks R
Dec 6, 1915 – Mar 4, 1917 · 15 months
Lathrop Brown D
Apr 7, 1913 – Mar 4, 1915 · 23 months
Martin Wiley Littleton D
Apr 4, 1911 – Mar 4, 1913 · 23 months
William Willets Cocks R
Mar 15, 1909 – Mar 4, 1911 · 2 years
William Willets Cocks R
Dec 2, 1907 – Mar 4, 1909 · 15 months
William Willets Cocks R
Dec 4, 1905 – Mar 4, 1907 · 15 months
Townsend Scudder D
Nov 9, 1903 – Mar 4, 1905 · 16 months
Frederic Storm R
Dec 2, 1901 – Mar 4, 1903 · 15 months
Townsend Scudder D
Dec 4, 1899 – Mar 4, 1901 · 15 months
Joseph McCrum Belford R
Mar 15, 1897 – Mar 4, 1899 · 2 years
Richard Cunningham McCormick R
Dec 2, 1895 – Mar 4, 1897 · 15 months
James Way Covert D
Aug 7, 1893 – Mar 4, 1895 · 19 months
Alfred Clark Chapin D
Dec 7, 1891 – Mar 4, 1893 · 15 months
James Way Covert D
Dec 7, 1891 – Mar 4, 1893 · 15 months
James Way Covert D
Dec 2, 1889 – Mar 4, 1891 · 15 months
Perry Belmont D
Dec 5, 1887 – Mar 4, 1889 · 15 months
Perry Belmont D
Dec 7, 1885 – Mar 4, 1887 · 15 months
Perry Belmont D
Dec 3, 1883 – Mar 4, 1885 · 15 months
Perry Belmont D
Dec 5, 1881 – Mar 4, 1883 · 15 months
James Way Covert D
Mar 18, 1879 – Mar 4, 1881 · 2 years
James Way Covert D
Oct 15, 1877 – Mar 4, 1879 · 17 months
Henry Bleecker Metcalfe D
Dec 6, 1875 – Mar 4, 1877 · 15 months
Henry Joel Scudder R
Dec 1, 1873 – Mar 4, 1875 · 15 months
Dwight Townsend D
Mar 4, 1871 – Mar 4, 1873 · 2 years
Henry Augustus Reeves D
Mar 4, 1869 – Mar 4, 1871 · 2 years
Stephen Taber D
Dec 4, 1865 – Mar 4, 1869 · 3.2 years
Henry George Stebbins D
Dec 7, 1863 – Mar 4, 1865 · 15 months
Dwight Townsend D
Dec 7, 1863 – Mar 4, 1865 · 15 months
Edward Henry Smith D
Jul 4, 1861 – Mar 4, 1863 · 20 months
Luther Cullen Carter R
Dec 5, 1859 – Mar 4, 1861 · 15 months
John Alexander Searing D
Dec 7, 1857 – Mar 4, 1859 · 15 months
William Weightman Valk A
Dec 3, 1855 – Mar 4, 1857 · 15 months
James Maurice D
Dec 5, 1853 – Mar 4, 1855 · 15 months
John Gelston Floyd D
Dec 1, 1851 – Mar 4, 1853 · 15 months
John Alsop King W
Dec 3, 1849 – Mar 4, 1851 · 15 months
Frederick William Lord D
Dec 6, 1847 – Mar 4, 1849 · 15 months
John Watson Lawrence D
Dec 1, 1845 – Mar 4, 1847 · 15 months
Selah Brewster Strong D
Dec 4, 1843 – Mar 4, 1845 · 15 months
Charles Albert Floyd D
May 31, 1841 – Mar 4, 1843 · 21 months
Thomas Birdsall Jackson D
Dec 2, 1839 – Mar 4, 1841 · 15 months
Thomas Birdsall Jackson D
Sep 4, 1837 – Mar 4, 1839 · 18 months
Abel Huntington J
Dec 7, 1835 – Mar 4, 1837 · 15 months
Abel Huntington J
Dec 2, 1833 – Mar 4, 1835 · 15 months
James Lent J
Dec 5, 1831 – Mar 4, 1833 · 15 months
James Lent J
Dec 7, 1829 – Mar 4, 1831 · 15 months
Silas Wood A
Dec 3, 1827 – Mar 4, 1829 · 15 months
Silas Wood A
Dec 5, 1825 – Mar 4, 1827 · 15 months
Silas Wood
Dec 1, 1823 – Mar 4, 1825 · 15 months
Cadwallader David Colden F
Dec 3, 1821 – Mar 4, 1823 · 15 months
Silas Wood R
Dec 3, 1821 – Mar 4, 1823 · 15 months
James Guyon Jr. R
Dec 6, 1819 – Mar 4, 1821 · 15 months
Silas Wood R
Dec 6, 1819 – Mar 4, 1821 · 15 months
Tredwell Scudder R
Dec 1, 1817 – Mar 4, 1819 · 15 months
George Townsend R
Dec 1, 1817 – Mar 4, 1819 · 15 months
Henry Crocheron R
Dec 4, 1815 – Mar 4, 1817 · 15 months
George Townsend R
Dec 4, 1815 – Mar 4, 1817 · 15 months
John Lefferts R
May 24, 1813 – Mar 4, 1815 · 21 months
Ebenezer Sage R
May 24, 1813 – Mar 4, 1815 · 21 months
Ebenezer Sage R
Nov 4, 1811 – Mar 4, 1813 · 16 months
Ebenezer Sage R
May 22, 1809 – Mar 4, 1811 · 21 months
Samuel Riker R
Oct 26, 1807 – Mar 4, 1809 · 16 months
Eliphalet Wickes R
Dec 2, 1805 – Mar 4, 1807 · 15 months
Samuel Riker R
Oct 17, 1803 – Mar 4, 1805 · 17 months
John Smith R
Dec 7, 1801 – Mar 4, 1803 · 15 months
John Smith R
Dec 2, 1799 – Mar 4, 1801 · 15 months
Edward Livingston R
May 15, 1797 – Mar 4, 1799 · 22 months
Edward Livingston R
Dec 7, 1795 – Mar 4, 1797 · 15 months
John Watts
Dec 2, 1793 – Mar 4, 1795 · 15 months
Thomas Tredwell
Oct 24, 1791 – Mar 4, 1793 · 16 months
William Floyd
Mar 4, 1789 – Mar 4, 1791 · 2 years

Dates are from the @unitedstates congress-legislators project. Consecutive terms of one person are merged.