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New York's 18th congressional district

84 members have held this seat since May 24, 1813. Now: Patrick Ryan D.

Holders
84
45 D · 23 R · 4 F · 3 J · 2 AM · 2 A · 2 W · 1 FS · 1 IRD · 1 AL
Longest tenure
9.8 years
Martin John Kennedy
Current
3.8 years
Patrick Ryan, since Jan 3, 2023
history/seat/ny-18Every holder, newest first
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18201840186018801900192019401960198020002020Moss Kent · 1813-05-24 – 1815-03-04 · FederalistMoss Kent · 1815-12-04 – 1817-03-04 · FederalistDavid A. Ogden · 1817-12-01 – 1819-03-04 · FederalistWilliam Donnison Ford · 1819-12-06 – 1821-03-04 · RepublicanMicah Sterling · 1821-12-03 – 1823-03-04 · FederalistHenry Clinton Martindale · 1823-12-01 – 1825-03-04 · Anti MasonHenry Clinton Martindale · 1825-12-05 – 1827-03-04 · AdamsHenry Clinton Martindale · 1827-12-03 – 1829-03-04 · AdamsHenry Clinton Martindale · 1829-12-07 – 1831-03-04 · Anti MasonNathaniel Pitcher · 1831-12-05 – 1833-03-04 · JacksonDaniel Wardwell · 1833-12-02 – 1835-03-04 · JacksonDaniel Wardwell · 1835-12-07 – 1837-03-04 · JacksonIsaac Hopkins Bronson · 1837-09-04 – 1839-03-04 · DemocratThomas Cotton Chittenden · 1839-12-02 – 1841-03-04 · WhigThomas Cotton Chittenden · 1841-05-31 – 1843-03-04 · WhigPreston King · 1843-12-04 – 1845-03-04 · DemocratPreston King · 1845-12-01 – 1847-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Collins · 1847-12-06 – 1849-03-04 · DemocratPreston King · 1849-12-03 – 1851-03-04 · Free SoilPreston King · 1851-12-01 – 1853-03-04 · DemocratPeter Rowe · 1853-12-05 – 1855-03-04 · DemocratThomas Raymond Horton · 1855-12-03 – 1857-03-04 · Ind. Republican-DemocratClark Betton Cochrane · 1857-12-07 – 1859-03-04 · RepublicanClark Betton Cochrane · 1859-12-05 – 1861-03-04 · RepublicanChauncey Vibbard · 1861-07-04 – 1863-03-04 · DemocratJames Madison Marvin · 1863-12-07 – 1865-03-04 · RepublicanJames Madison Marvin · 1865-12-04 – 1869-03-04 · RepublicanStephen Sanford · 1869-03-04 – 1871-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Michael Carroll · 1871-03-04 – 1873-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Almon Wheeler · 1873-12-01 – 1875-03-04 · RepublicanAndrew Williams · 1875-12-06 – 1877-03-04 · RepublicanAndrew Williams · 1877-10-15 – 1879-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Hammond · 1879-03-18 – 1881-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Hammond · 1881-12-05 – 1883-03-04 · RepublicanFrederick Avery Johnson · 1883-12-03 – 1885-03-04 · RepublicanHenry Gordon Burleigh · 1885-12-07 – 1887-03-04 · RepublicanEdward Whitford Greenman · 1887-12-05 – 1889-03-04 · DemocratJohn Adam Quackenbush · 1889-12-02 – 1891-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Adam Quackenbush · 1891-12-07 – 1893-03-04 · RepublicanJacob Le Fever · 1893-08-07 – 1895-03-04 · RepublicanJacob Le Fever · 1895-12-02 – 1897-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Henry Ketcham · 1897-03-15 – 1899-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Henry Ketcham · 1899-12-04 – 1901-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Henry Ketcham · 1901-12-02 – 1903-03-04 · RepublicanJoseph Aloysius Goulden · 1903-11-09 – 1905-03-04 · DemocratJoseph Aloysius Goulden · 1905-12-04 – 1907-03-04 · DemocratJoseph Aloysius Goulden · 1907-12-02 – 1909-03-04 · DemocratJoseph Aloysius Goulden · 1909-03-15 – 1911-03-04 · DemocratSteven Beckwith Ayres · 1911-04-04 – 1913-03-04 · DemocratThomas Gedney Patten · 1913-04-07 – 1915-03-04 · DemocratThomas Gedney Patten · 1915-12-06 – 1917-03-04 · DemocratGeorge Blinn Francis · 1917-04-02 – 1919-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Francis Carew · 1919-05-19 – 1921-03-04 · DemocratJohn Francis Carew · 1921-04-11 – 1923-03-04 · DemocratJohn Francis Carew · 1923-12-03 – 1925-03-04 · DemocratJohn Francis Carew · 1925-12-07 – 1927-03-05 · DemocratJohn Francis Carew · 1927-12-05 – 1929-03-04 · DemocratJohn Francis Carew · 1929-04-15 – 1931-03-04 · DemocratMartin John Kennedy · 1931-12-07 – 1933-03-04 · DemocratMartin John Kennedy · 1933-03-09 – 1943-01-04 · DemocratMartin John Kennedy · 1943-01-06 – 1945-01-04 · DemocratJames George Donovan · 1951-01-03 – 1957-01-04 · DemocratAlfred Edward Santangelo · 1959-01-07 – 1963-01-04 · DemocratAdam Clayton Powell Jr. · 1963-01-09 – 1967-01-04 · DemocratAdam Clayton Powell Jr. · 1967-01-10 – 1971-01-04 · DemocratCharles B. Rangel · 1971-01-21 – 1973-01-04 · DemocratEdward Irving Koch · 1975-01-14 – 1979-01-04 · DemocratSedgwick William Green · 1979-01-15 – 1983-01-04 · RepublicanRobert Garcia · 1987-01-06 – 1990-01-08 · DemocratJosé E. Serrano · 1990-03-20 – 1993-01-04 · DemocratNita M. Lowey · 1993-01-05 – 1997-01-04 · DemocratNita M. Lowey · 1997-01-07 – 1999-01-04 · DemocratNita M. Lowey · 1999-01-06 – 2003-01-04 · DemocratNita M. Lowey · 2003-01-07 – 2009-01-04 · DemocratNita M. Lowey · 2009-01-06 – 2013-01-04 · DemocratSean Patrick Maloney · 2015-01-06 – 2023-01-04 · DemocratMartin John Kennedy · 1929-04-15 – 1931-03-04 · DemocratVito Anthony Marcantonio · 1945-01-03 – 1951-01-04 · American LaborAlfred Edward Santangelo · 1957-01-03 – 1959-01-04 · DemocratEdward Irving Koch · 1973-01-03 – 1975-01-04 · DemocratSedgwick William Green · 1977-01-04 – 1979-01-04 · RepublicanRobert Garcia · 1983-01-03 – 1987-01-04 · DemocratSean Patrick Maloney · 2013-01-03 – 2015-01-04 · DemocratPatrick Ryan · 2023-01-03 – present · Democrat
Patrick Ryan D
Jan 3, 2023 – present · 3.8 years
Sean Patrick Maloney D
Jan 6, 2015 – Jan 4, 2023 · 8 years
Sean Patrick Maloney D
Jan 3, 2013 – Jan 4, 2015 · 2 years
Nita M. Lowey D
Jan 6, 2009 – Jan 4, 2013 · 4 years
Nita M. Lowey D
Jan 7, 2003 – Jan 4, 2009 · 6 years
Nita M. Lowey D
Jan 6, 1999 – Jan 4, 2003 · 4 years
Nita M. Lowey D
Jan 7, 1997 – Jan 4, 1999 · 2 years
Nita M. Lowey D
Jan 5, 1993 – Jan 4, 1997 · 4 years
José E. Serrano D
Mar 20, 1990 – Jan 4, 1993 · 2.8 years
Robert Garcia D
Jan 6, 1987 – Jan 8, 1990 · 3 years
Robert Garcia D
Jan 3, 1983 – Jan 4, 1987 · 4 years
Sedgwick William Green R
Jan 15, 1979 – Jan 4, 1983 · 4 years
Sedgwick William Green R
Jan 4, 1977 – Jan 4, 1979 · 2 years
Edward Irving Koch D
Jan 14, 1975 – Jan 4, 1979 · 4 years
Edward Irving Koch D
Jan 3, 1973 – Jan 4, 1975 · 2 years
Charles B. Rangel D
Jan 21, 1971 – Jan 4, 1973 · 23 months
Adam Clayton Powell Jr. D
Jan 10, 1967 – Jan 4, 1971 · 4 years
Adam Clayton Powell Jr. D
Jan 9, 1963 – Jan 4, 1967 · 4 years
Alfred Edward Santangelo D
Jan 7, 1959 – Jan 4, 1963 · 4 years
Alfred Edward Santangelo D
Jan 3, 1957 – Jan 4, 1959 · 2 years
James George Donovan D
Jan 3, 1951 – Jan 4, 1957 · 6 years
Vito Anthony Marcantonio AL
Jan 3, 1945 – Jan 4, 1951 · 6 years
Martin John Kennedy D
Jan 6, 1943 – Jan 4, 1945 · 2 years
Martin John Kennedy D
Mar 9, 1933 – Jan 4, 1943 · 9.8 years
Martin John Kennedy D
Dec 7, 1931 – Mar 4, 1933 · 15 months
John Francis Carew D
Apr 15, 1929 – Mar 4, 1931 · 23 months
Martin John Kennedy D
Apr 15, 1929 – Mar 4, 1931 · 23 months
John Francis Carew D
Dec 5, 1927 – Mar 4, 1929 · 15 months
John Francis Carew D
Dec 7, 1925 – Mar 5, 1927 · 15 months
John Francis Carew D
Dec 3, 1923 – Mar 4, 1925 · 15 months
John Francis Carew D
Apr 11, 1921 – Mar 4, 1923 · 23 months
John Francis Carew D
May 19, 1919 – Mar 4, 1921 · 22 months
George Blinn Francis R
Apr 2, 1917 – Mar 4, 1919 · 23 months
Thomas Gedney Patten D
Dec 6, 1915 – Mar 4, 1917 · 15 months
Thomas Gedney Patten D
Apr 7, 1913 – Mar 4, 1915 · 23 months
Steven Beckwith Ayres D
Apr 4, 1911 – Mar 4, 1913 · 23 months
Joseph Aloysius Goulden D
Mar 15, 1909 – Mar 4, 1911 · 2 years
Joseph Aloysius Goulden D
Dec 2, 1907 – Mar 4, 1909 · 15 months
Joseph Aloysius Goulden D
Dec 4, 1905 – Mar 4, 1907 · 15 months
Joseph Aloysius Goulden D
Nov 9, 1903 – Mar 4, 1905 · 16 months
John Henry Ketcham R
Dec 2, 1901 – Mar 4, 1903 · 15 months
John Henry Ketcham R
Dec 4, 1899 – Mar 4, 1901 · 15 months
John Henry Ketcham R
Mar 15, 1897 – Mar 4, 1899 · 2 years
Jacob Le Fever R
Dec 2, 1895 – Mar 4, 1897 · 15 months
Jacob Le Fever R
Aug 7, 1893 – Mar 4, 1895 · 19 months
John Adam Quackenbush R
Dec 7, 1891 – Mar 4, 1893 · 15 months
John Adam Quackenbush R
Dec 2, 1889 – Mar 4, 1891 · 15 months
Edward Whitford Greenman D
Dec 5, 1887 – Mar 4, 1889 · 15 months
Henry Gordon Burleigh R
Dec 7, 1885 – Mar 4, 1887 · 15 months
Frederick Avery Johnson R
Dec 3, 1883 – Mar 4, 1885 · 15 months
John Hammond R
Dec 5, 1881 – Mar 4, 1883 · 15 months
John Hammond R
Mar 18, 1879 – Mar 4, 1881 · 2 years
Andrew Williams R
Oct 15, 1877 – Mar 4, 1879 · 17 months
Andrew Williams R
Dec 6, 1875 – Mar 4, 1877 · 15 months
William Almon Wheeler R
Dec 1, 1873 – Mar 4, 1875 · 15 months
John Michael Carroll D
Mar 4, 1871 – Mar 4, 1873 · 2 years
Stephen Sanford R
Mar 4, 1869 – Mar 4, 1871 · 2 years
James Madison Marvin R
Dec 4, 1865 – Mar 4, 1869 · 3.2 years
James Madison Marvin R
Dec 7, 1863 – Mar 4, 1865 · 15 months
Chauncey Vibbard D
Jul 4, 1861 – Mar 4, 1863 · 20 months
Clark Betton Cochrane R
Dec 5, 1859 – Mar 4, 1861 · 15 months
Clark Betton Cochrane R
Dec 7, 1857 – Mar 4, 1859 · 15 months
Thomas Raymond Horton IRD
Dec 3, 1855 – Mar 4, 1857 · 15 months
Peter Rowe D
Dec 5, 1853 – Mar 4, 1855 · 15 months
Preston King D
Dec 1, 1851 – Mar 4, 1853 · 15 months
Preston King FS
Dec 3, 1849 – Mar 4, 1851 · 15 months
William Collins D
Dec 6, 1847 – Mar 4, 1849 · 15 months
Preston King D
Dec 1, 1845 – Mar 4, 1847 · 15 months
Preston King D
Dec 4, 1843 – Mar 4, 1845 · 15 months
Thomas Cotton Chittenden W
May 31, 1841 – Mar 4, 1843 · 21 months
Thomas Cotton Chittenden W
Dec 2, 1839 – Mar 4, 1841 · 15 months
Isaac Hopkins Bronson D
Sep 4, 1837 – Mar 4, 1839 · 18 months
Daniel Wardwell J
Dec 7, 1835 – Mar 4, 1837 · 15 months
Daniel Wardwell J
Dec 2, 1833 – Mar 4, 1835 · 15 months
Nathaniel Pitcher J
Dec 5, 1831 – Mar 4, 1833 · 15 months
Henry Clinton Martindale AM
Dec 7, 1829 – Mar 4, 1831 · 15 months
Henry Clinton Martindale A
Dec 3, 1827 – Mar 4, 1829 · 15 months
Henry Clinton Martindale A
Dec 5, 1825 – Mar 4, 1827 · 15 months
Henry Clinton Martindale AM
Dec 1, 1823 – Mar 4, 1825 · 15 months
Micah Sterling F
Dec 3, 1821 – Mar 4, 1823 · 15 months
William Donnison Ford R
Dec 6, 1819 – Mar 4, 1821 · 15 months
David A. Ogden F
Dec 1, 1817 – Mar 4, 1819 · 15 months
Moss Kent F
Dec 4, 1815 – Mar 4, 1817 · 15 months
Moss Kent F
May 24, 1813 – Mar 4, 1815 · 21 months

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