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New York's 17th congressional district

95 members have held this seat since Oct 17, 1803. Now: Michael Lawler R.

Holders
95
49 R · 36 D · 5 J · 2 A · 1 F · 1 ID · 1 W
Longest tenure
12 years
Frederic René Coudert Jr.
Current
3.8 years
Michael Lawler, since Jan 3, 2023
history/seat/ny-17Every holder, newest first
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18201840186018801900192019401960198020002020Oliver Phelps · 1803-10-17 – 1805-03-04 · RepublicanSilas Halsey · 1805-12-02 – 1807-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Harris · 1807-10-26 – 1809-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Stephens Smith · 1813-05-24 – 1815-03-04 · FederalistWestel Willoughby Jr. · 1815-12-04 – 1817-03-04 · RepublicanThomas Hill Hubbard · 1817-12-01 – 1819-03-04 · RepublicanAaron Hackley Jr. · 1819-12-06 – 1821-03-04 · RepublicanThomas Hill Hubbard · 1821-12-03 – 1823-03-04 · RepublicanJohn W. Taylor · 1823-12-01 – 1825-03-04 · RepublicanJohn W. Taylor · 1825-12-05 – 1827-03-04 · AdamsJohn W. Taylor · 1827-12-03 – 1829-03-04 · AdamsJohn W. Taylor · 1829-12-07 – 1831-03-04 · RepublicanJohn W. Taylor · 1831-12-05 – 1833-03-04 · RepublicanJoel Turrill · 1833-12-02 – 1835-03-04 · JacksonRutger Bleecker Miller · 1835-12-07 – 1837-03-04 · JacksonAbraham Phineas Grant · 1837-09-04 – 1839-03-04 · DemocratDavid P. Brewster · 1839-12-02 – 1841-03-04 · DemocratDavid P. Brewster · 1841-05-31 – 1843-03-04 · DemocratCharles Swan Benton · 1843-12-04 – 1845-03-04 · DemocratCharles Swan Benton · 1845-12-01 – 1847-03-04 · DemocratGeorge Petrie · 1847-12-06 – 1849-03-04 · Ind. DemocratHenry Porteous Alexander · 1849-12-03 – 1851-03-04 · WhigAlexander Hamilton Buell · 1851-12-01 – 1853-03-04 · DemocratBishop Perkins · 1853-12-05 – 1855-03-04 · DemocratFrancis Elias Spinner · 1855-12-03 – 1857-03-04 · DemocratFrancis Elias Spinner · 1857-12-07 – 1859-03-04 · RepublicanFrancis Elias Spinner · 1859-12-05 – 1861-03-04 · RepublicanSocrates Norton Sherman · 1861-07-04 – 1863-03-04 · RepublicanCalvin Tilden Hulburd · 1863-12-07 – 1865-03-04 · RepublicanCalvin Tilden Hulburd · 1865-12-04 – 1869-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Almon Wheeler · 1869-03-04 – 1873-03-04 · RepublicanRobert Safford Hale · 1873-12-01 – 1875-03-04 · RepublicanMartin Ingham Townsend · 1875-12-06 – 1877-03-04 · RepublicanMartin Ingham Townsend · 1877-10-15 – 1879-03-04 · RepublicanWalter Abbott Wood · 1879-03-18 – 1881-03-04 · RepublicanWalter Abbott Wood · 1881-12-05 – 1883-03-04 · RepublicanHenry Gordon Burleigh · 1883-12-03 – 1885-03-04 · RepublicanJames Girard Lindsley · 1885-12-07 – 1887-03-04 · RepublicanStephen Tyng Hopkins · 1887-12-05 – 1889-03-04 · RepublicanCharles Junius Knapp · 1889-12-02 – 1891-03-04 · RepublicanIsaac Newton Cox · 1891-12-07 – 1893-03-04 · DemocratFrancis Marvin · 1893-08-07 – 1895-03-04 · RepublicanBenjamin Baker Odell Jr. · 1895-12-02 – 1897-03-04 · RepublicanBenjamin Baker Odell Jr. · 1897-03-15 – 1899-03-04 · RepublicanArthur Sidney Tompkins · 1899-12-04 – 1901-03-04 · RepublicanArthur Sidney Tompkins · 1901-12-02 – 1903-03-04 · RepublicanFrancis Emanuel Shober · 1903-11-09 – 1905-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Stiles Bennet · 1905-12-04 – 1907-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Stiles Bennet · 1907-12-02 – 1909-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Stiles Bennet · 1909-03-15 – 1911-03-04 · RepublicanHenry George Jr. · 1911-04-04 – 1913-03-04 · DemocratJohn Francis Carew · 1913-04-07 – 1915-03-04 · DemocratJohn Francis Carew · 1915-12-06 – 1917-03-04 · DemocratJohn Francis Carew · 1917-04-02 – 1919-03-04 · DemocratHerbert Claiborne Pell Jr. · 1919-05-19 – 1921-03-04 · DemocratOgden Livingston Mills · 1921-04-11 – 1923-03-04 · RepublicanOgden Livingston Mills · 1923-12-03 – 1925-03-04 · RepublicanOgden Livingston Mills · 1925-12-07 – 1927-03-05 · RepublicanWilliam Wolfe Cohen · 1927-12-05 – 1929-03-04 · DemocratRuth Sears Baker Pratt · 1929-04-15 – 1931-03-04 · RepublicanRuth Sears Baker Pratt · 1931-12-07 – 1933-03-04 · RepublicanTheodore Albert Peyser · 1933-03-09 – 1939-01-04 · DemocratKenneth Farrand Simpson · 1941-01-03 – 1943-01-04 · RepublicanJoseph Clark Baldwin · 1943-01-06 – 1947-01-04 · RepublicanJohn Vliet Lindsay · 1959-01-07 – 1963-01-04 · RepublicanJohn Vliet Lindsay · 1963-01-09 – 1967-01-04 · RepublicanTheodore Roosevelt Kupferman · 1967-01-10 – 1969-01-04 · RepublicanEdward Irving Koch · 1971-01-21 – 1973-01-04 · DemocratJohn Michael Murphy · 1975-01-14 – 1979-01-04 · DemocratJohn Michael Murphy · 1979-01-15 – 1981-01-04 · DemocratGuy Victor Molinari · 1981-01-05 – 1983-01-04 · RepublicanTheodore S. Weiss · 1987-01-06 – 1992-09-15 · DemocratJerrold Nadler · 1992-11-03 – 1993-01-04 · DemocratEliot L. Engel · 1993-01-05 – 1997-01-04 · DemocratEliot L. Engel · 1997-01-07 – 1999-01-04 · DemocratEliot L. Engel · 1999-01-06 – 2003-01-04 · DemocratEliot L. Engel · 2003-01-07 – 2009-01-04 · DemocratEliot L. Engel · 2009-01-06 – 2013-01-04 · DemocratNita M. Lowey · 2015-01-06 – 2021-01-04 · DemocratMichael Lawler · 2023-01-03 – present · RepublicanSamuel Beardsley · 1833-12-02 – 1835-03-04 · JacksonJoel Turrill · 1835-12-07 – 1837-03-04 · JacksonHenry Allen Foster · 1837-09-04 – 1839-03-04 · DemocratJohn Gelston Floyd · 1839-12-02 – 1841-03-04 · DemocratJohn Gelston Floyd · 1841-05-31 – 1843-03-04 · DemocratBruce Barton · 1937-01-05 – 1941-01-04 · RepublicanFrederic René Coudert Jr. · 1947-01-03 – 1959-01-04 · RepublicanTheodore Roosevelt Kupferman · 1965-01-04 – 1967-01-04 · RepublicanEdward Irving Koch · 1969-01-03 – 1971-01-04 · DemocratJohn Michael Murphy · 1973-01-03 – 1975-01-04 · DemocratTheodore S. Weiss · 1983-01-03 – 1987-01-04 · DemocratNita M. Lowey · 2013-01-03 – 2015-01-04 · DemocratMondaire Jones · 2021-01-03 – 2023-01-04 · DemocratSamuel Beardsley · 1835-12-07 – 1837-03-04 · JacksonJoseph Clark Baldwin · 1941-01-03 – 1943-01-04 · Republican
Michael Lawler R
Jan 3, 2023 – present · 3.8 years
Mondaire Jones D
Jan 3, 2021 – Jan 4, 2023 · 2 years
Nita M. Lowey D
Jan 6, 2015 – Jan 4, 2021 · 6 years
Nita M. Lowey D
Jan 3, 2013 – Jan 4, 2015 · 2 years
Eliot L. Engel D
Jan 6, 2009 – Jan 4, 2013 · 4 years
Eliot L. Engel D
Jan 7, 2003 – Jan 4, 2009 · 6 years
Eliot L. Engel D
Jan 6, 1999 – Jan 4, 2003 · 4 years
Eliot L. Engel D
Jan 7, 1997 – Jan 4, 1999 · 2 years
Eliot L. Engel D
Jan 5, 1993 – Jan 4, 1997 · 4 years
Jerrold Nadler D
Nov 3, 1992 – Jan 4, 1993 · 2 months
Theodore S. Weiss D
Jan 6, 1987 – Sep 15, 1992 · 5.7 years
Theodore S. Weiss D
Jan 3, 1983 – Jan 4, 1987 · 4 years
Guy Victor Molinari R
Jan 5, 1981 – Jan 4, 1983 · 2 years
John Michael Murphy D
Jan 15, 1979 – Jan 4, 1981 · 2 years
John Michael Murphy D
Jan 14, 1975 – Jan 4, 1979 · 4 years
John Michael Murphy D
Jan 3, 1973 – Jan 4, 1975 · 2 years
Edward Irving Koch D
Jan 21, 1971 – Jan 4, 1973 · 23 months
Edward Irving Koch D
Jan 3, 1969 – Jan 4, 1971 · 2 years
Theodore Roosevelt Kupferman R
Jan 10, 1967 – Jan 4, 1969 · 2 years
Theodore Roosevelt Kupferman R
Jan 4, 1965 – Jan 4, 1967 · 2 years
John Vliet Lindsay R
Jan 9, 1963 – Jan 4, 1967 · 4 years
John Vliet Lindsay R
Jan 7, 1959 – Jan 4, 1963 · 4 years
Frederic René Coudert Jr. R
Jan 3, 1947 – Jan 4, 1959 · 12 years
Joseph Clark Baldwin R
Jan 6, 1943 – Jan 4, 1947 · 4 years
Kenneth Farrand Simpson R
Jan 3, 1941 – Jan 4, 1943 · 2 years
Joseph Clark Baldwin R
Jan 3, 1941 – Jan 4, 1943 · 2 years
Bruce Barton R
Jan 5, 1937 – Jan 4, 1941 · 4 years
Theodore Albert Peyser D
Mar 9, 1933 – Jan 4, 1939 · 5.8 years
Ruth Sears Baker Pratt R
Dec 7, 1931 – Mar 4, 1933 · 15 months
Ruth Sears Baker Pratt R
Apr 15, 1929 – Mar 4, 1931 · 23 months
William Wolfe Cohen D
Dec 5, 1927 – Mar 4, 1929 · 15 months
Ogden Livingston Mills R
Dec 7, 1925 – Mar 5, 1927 · 15 months
Ogden Livingston Mills R
Dec 3, 1923 – Mar 4, 1925 · 15 months
Ogden Livingston Mills R
Apr 11, 1921 – Mar 4, 1923 · 23 months
Herbert Claiborne Pell Jr. D
May 19, 1919 – Mar 4, 1921 · 22 months
John Francis Carew D
Apr 2, 1917 – Mar 4, 1919 · 23 months
John Francis Carew D
Dec 6, 1915 – Mar 4, 1917 · 15 months
John Francis Carew D
Apr 7, 1913 – Mar 4, 1915 · 23 months
Henry George Jr. D
Apr 4, 1911 – Mar 4, 1913 · 23 months
William Stiles Bennet R
Mar 15, 1909 – Mar 4, 1911 · 2 years
William Stiles Bennet R
Dec 2, 1907 – Mar 4, 1909 · 15 months
William Stiles Bennet R
Dec 4, 1905 – Mar 4, 1907 · 15 months
Francis Emanuel Shober D
Nov 9, 1903 – Mar 4, 1905 · 16 months
Arthur Sidney Tompkins R
Dec 2, 1901 – Mar 4, 1903 · 15 months
Arthur Sidney Tompkins R
Dec 4, 1899 – Mar 4, 1901 · 15 months
Benjamin Baker Odell Jr. R
Mar 15, 1897 – Mar 4, 1899 · 2 years
Benjamin Baker Odell Jr. R
Dec 2, 1895 – Mar 4, 1897 · 15 months
Francis Marvin R
Aug 7, 1893 – Mar 4, 1895 · 19 months
Isaac Newton Cox D
Dec 7, 1891 – Mar 4, 1893 · 15 months
Charles Junius Knapp R
Dec 2, 1889 – Mar 4, 1891 · 15 months
Stephen Tyng Hopkins R
Dec 5, 1887 – Mar 4, 1889 · 15 months
James Girard Lindsley R
Dec 7, 1885 – Mar 4, 1887 · 15 months
Henry Gordon Burleigh R
Dec 3, 1883 – Mar 4, 1885 · 15 months
Walter Abbott Wood R
Dec 5, 1881 – Mar 4, 1883 · 15 months
Walter Abbott Wood R
Mar 18, 1879 – Mar 4, 1881 · 2 years
Martin Ingham Townsend R
Oct 15, 1877 – Mar 4, 1879 · 17 months
Martin Ingham Townsend R
Dec 6, 1875 – Mar 4, 1877 · 15 months
Robert Safford Hale R
Dec 1, 1873 – Mar 4, 1875 · 15 months
William Almon Wheeler R
Mar 4, 1869 – Mar 4, 1873 · 4 years
Calvin Tilden Hulburd R
Dec 4, 1865 – Mar 4, 1869 · 3.2 years
Calvin Tilden Hulburd R
Dec 7, 1863 – Mar 4, 1865 · 15 months
Socrates Norton Sherman R
Jul 4, 1861 – Mar 4, 1863 · 20 months
Francis Elias Spinner R
Dec 5, 1859 – Mar 4, 1861 · 15 months
Francis Elias Spinner R
Dec 7, 1857 – Mar 4, 1859 · 15 months
Francis Elias Spinner D
Dec 3, 1855 – Mar 4, 1857 · 15 months
Bishop Perkins D
Dec 5, 1853 – Mar 4, 1855 · 15 months
Alexander Hamilton Buell D
Dec 1, 1851 – Mar 4, 1853 · 15 months
Henry Porteous Alexander W
Dec 3, 1849 – Mar 4, 1851 · 15 months
George Petrie ID
Dec 6, 1847 – Mar 4, 1849 · 15 months
Charles Swan Benton D
Dec 1, 1845 – Mar 4, 1847 · 15 months
Charles Swan Benton D
Dec 4, 1843 – Mar 4, 1845 · 15 months
David P. Brewster D
May 31, 1841 – Mar 4, 1843 · 21 months
John Gelston Floyd D
May 31, 1841 – Mar 4, 1843 · 21 months
David P. Brewster D
Dec 2, 1839 – Mar 4, 1841 · 15 months
John Gelston Floyd D
Dec 2, 1839 – Mar 4, 1841 · 15 months
Abraham Phineas Grant D
Sep 4, 1837 – Mar 4, 1839 · 18 months
Henry Allen Foster D
Sep 4, 1837 – Mar 4, 1839 · 18 months
Rutger Bleecker Miller J
Dec 7, 1835 – Mar 4, 1837 · 15 months
Joel Turrill J
Dec 7, 1835 – Mar 4, 1837 · 15 months
Samuel Beardsley J
Dec 7, 1835 – Mar 4, 1837 · 15 months
Joel Turrill J
Dec 2, 1833 – Mar 4, 1835 · 15 months
Samuel Beardsley J
Dec 2, 1833 – Mar 4, 1835 · 15 months
John W. Taylor R
Dec 5, 1831 – Mar 4, 1833 · 15 months
John W. Taylor R
Dec 7, 1829 – Mar 4, 1831 · 15 months
John W. Taylor A
Dec 3, 1827 – Mar 4, 1829 · 15 months
John W. Taylor A
Dec 5, 1825 – Mar 4, 1827 · 15 months
John W. Taylor R
Dec 1, 1823 – Mar 4, 1825 · 15 months
Thomas Hill Hubbard R
Dec 3, 1821 – Mar 4, 1823 · 15 months
Aaron Hackley Jr. R
Dec 6, 1819 – Mar 4, 1821 · 15 months
Thomas Hill Hubbard R
Dec 1, 1817 – Mar 4, 1819 · 15 months
Westel Willoughby Jr. R
Dec 4, 1815 – Mar 4, 1817 · 15 months
William Stephens Smith F
May 24, 1813 – Mar 4, 1815 · 21 months
John Harris R
Oct 26, 1807 – Mar 4, 1809 · 16 months
Silas Halsey R
Dec 2, 1805 – Mar 4, 1807 · 15 months
Oliver Phelps R
Oct 17, 1803 – Mar 4, 1805 · 17 months

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