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New York's 26th congressional district

89 members have held this seat since Dec 1, 1823. Now: Timothy M. Kennedy D.

Holders
89
56 R · 14 D · 9 W · 4 A · 4 AM · 1 AM · 1 J
Longest tenure
9.8 years
Hamilton Fish
Current
2.4 years
Timothy M. Kennedy, since May 6, 2024
history/seat/ny-26Every holder, newest first
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1840186018801900192019401960198020002020Robert Selden Rose · 1823-12-01 – 1825-03-04 · Anti MasonRobert Selden Rose · 1825-12-05 – 1827-03-04 · AdamsJohn Maynard · 1827-12-03 – 1829-03-04 · AdamsJehiel Howell Halsey · 1829-12-07 – 1831-03-04 · JacksonWilliam Babcock · 1831-12-05 – 1833-03-04 · Anti MasonicJohn Dickson · 1833-12-02 – 1835-03-04 · Anti MasonicFrancis Granger · 1835-12-07 – 1837-03-04 · WhigMark Hopkins Sibley · 1837-09-04 – 1839-03-04 · WhigFrancis Granger · 1839-12-02 – 1841-03-04 · WhigFrancis Granger · 1841-05-31 – 1843-03-04 · WhigAmasa Dana · 1843-12-04 – 1845-03-04 · DemocratSamuel Stewart Ellsworth · 1845-12-01 – 1847-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Thomas Lawrence · 1847-12-06 – 1849-03-04 · WhigWilliam Terry Jackson · 1849-12-03 – 1851-03-04 · WhigHenry Sanford Walbridge · 1851-12-01 – 1853-03-04 · WhigAndrew Oliver · 1853-12-05 – 1855-03-04 · DemocratAndrew Oliver · 1855-12-03 – 1857-03-04 · DemocratEmory Bemsley Pottle · 1857-12-07 – 1859-03-04 · RepublicanEmory Bemsley Pottle · 1859-12-05 – 1861-03-04 · RepublicanJacob Payson Chamberlain · 1861-07-04 – 1863-03-04 · RepublicanGiles Waldo Hotchkiss · 1863-12-07 – 1865-03-04 · RepublicanGiles Waldo Hotchkiss · 1865-12-04 – 1867-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Slosson Lincoln · 1867-03-04 – 1869-03-04 · RepublicanGiles Waldo Hotchkiss · 1869-03-04 – 1871-03-04 · RepublicanMilo Goodrich · 1871-03-04 – 1873-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Henry Lamport · 1873-12-01 – 1875-03-04 · RepublicanClinton Dugald MacDougall · 1875-12-06 – 1877-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Henry Camp · 1877-10-15 – 1879-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Henry Camp · 1879-03-18 – 1881-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Henry Camp · 1881-12-05 – 1883-03-04 · RepublicanSereno Elisha Payne · 1883-12-03 – 1885-03-04 · RepublicanStephen Columbus Millard · 1885-12-07 – 1887-03-04 · RepublicanMilton De Lano · 1887-12-05 – 1889-03-04 · RepublicanMilton De Lano · 1889-12-02 – 1891-03-04 · RepublicanGeorge Washington Ray · 1891-12-07 – 1893-03-04 · RepublicanGeorge Washington Ray · 1893-08-07 – 1895-03-04 · RepublicanGeorge Washington Ray · 1895-12-02 – 1897-03-04 · RepublicanGeorge Washington Ray · 1897-03-15 – 1899-03-04 · RepublicanGeorge Washington Ray · 1899-12-04 – 1901-03-04 · RepublicanGeorge Washington Ray · 1901-12-02 – 1903-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Henry Flack · 1903-11-09 – 1905-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Henry Flack · 1905-12-04 – 1907-03-04 · RepublicanGeorge Roland Malby · 1907-12-02 – 1909-03-04 · RepublicanGeorge Roland Malby · 1909-03-15 – 1911-03-04 · RepublicanGeorge Roland Malby · 1911-04-04 – 1913-03-04 · RepublicanEdmund Platt · 1913-04-07 – 1915-03-04 · RepublicanEdmund Platt · 1915-12-06 – 1917-03-04 · RepublicanEdmund Platt · 1917-04-02 – 1919-03-04 · RepublicanEdmund Platt · 1919-05-19 – 1921-03-04 · RepublicanHamilton Fish · 1921-04-11 – 1923-03-04 · RepublicanHamilton Fish · 1923-12-03 – 1925-03-04 · RepublicanHamilton Fish · 1925-12-07 – 1927-03-05 · RepublicanHamilton Fish · 1927-12-05 – 1929-03-04 · RepublicanHamilton Fish · 1929-04-15 – 1931-03-04 · RepublicanHamilton Fish · 1931-12-07 – 1933-03-04 · RepublicanHamilton Fish · 1933-03-09 – 1943-01-04 · RepublicanHamilton Fish · 1943-01-06 – 1945-01-04 · RepublicanDavid Matthew Potts · 1947-01-03 – 1949-01-04 · RepublicanRalph Abernethy Gamble · 1953-01-03 – 1957-01-04 · RepublicanEdwin Benedict Dooley · 1959-01-07 – 1963-01-04 · RepublicanOgden Rogers Reid · 1963-01-09 – 1967-01-04 · RepublicanOgden Rogers Reid · 1967-01-10 – 1971-01-04 · RepublicanOgden Rogers Reid · 1971-01-21 – 1973-01-04 · Republican → DemocratBenjamin Gilman · 1975-01-14 – 1979-01-04 · RepublicanBenjamin Gilman · 1979-01-15 – 1983-01-04 · RepublicanDavid O’Brien Martin · 1987-01-06 – 1993-01-04 · RepublicanMaurice D. Hinchey · 1993-01-05 – 1997-01-04 · DemocratMaurice D. Hinchey · 1997-01-07 – 1999-01-04 · DemocratMaurice D. Hinchey · 1999-01-06 – 2003-01-04 · DemocratThomas M. Reynolds · 2003-01-07 – 2009-01-04 · RepublicanChristopher John Lee · 2009-01-06 – 2011-02-10 · RepublicanKathleen C. Hochul · 2011-06-01 – 2013-01-04 · DemocratBrian Higgins · 2015-01-06 – 2024-02-03 · DemocratTimothy M. Kennedy · 2024-05-06 – present · DemocratDudley Marvin · 1823-12-01 – 1825-03-04 · WhigDudley Marvin · 1825-12-05 – 1827-03-04 · AdamsDudley Marvin · 1827-12-03 – 1829-03-04 · AdamsRobert Selden Rose · 1829-12-07 – 1831-03-04 · Anti MasonicJohn Dickson · 1831-12-05 – 1833-03-04 · Anti MasonicJohn Greig · 1841-05-31 – 1843-03-04 · WhigJohn Wilbur Dwight · 1901-12-02 – 1903-03-04 · RepublicanEdwin Albert Merritt · 1911-04-04 – 1913-03-04 · RepublicanHamilton Fish · 1919-05-19 – 1921-03-04 · RepublicanPeter Anthony Quinn · 1945-01-03 – 1947-01-04 · DemocratChristopher Columbus McGrath · 1949-01-03 – 1953-01-04 · DemocratEdwin Benedict Dooley · 1957-01-03 – 1959-01-04 · RepublicanBenjamin Gilman · 1973-01-03 – 1975-01-04 · RepublicanDavid O’Brien Martin · 1983-01-03 – 1987-01-04 · RepublicanBrian Higgins · 2013-01-03 – 2015-01-04 · Democrat
Timothy M. Kennedy D
May 6, 2024 – present · 2.4 years
Brian Higgins D
Jan 6, 2015 – Feb 3, 2024 · 9.1 years
Brian Higgins D
Jan 3, 2013 – Jan 4, 2015 · 2 years
Kathleen C. Hochul D
Jun 1, 2011 – Jan 4, 2013 · 19 months
Christopher John Lee R
Jan 6, 2009 – Feb 10, 2011 · 2.1 years
Thomas M. Reynolds R
Jan 7, 2003 – Jan 4, 2009 · 6 years
Maurice D. Hinchey D
Jan 6, 1999 – Jan 4, 2003 · 4 years
Maurice D. Hinchey D
Jan 7, 1997 – Jan 4, 1999 · 2 years
Maurice D. Hinchey D
Jan 5, 1993 – Jan 4, 1997 · 4 years
David O’Brien Martin R
Jan 6, 1987 – Jan 4, 1993 · 6 years
David O’Brien Martin R
Jan 3, 1983 – Jan 4, 1987 · 4 years
Benjamin Gilman R
Jan 15, 1979 – Jan 4, 1983 · 4 years
Benjamin Gilman R
Jan 14, 1975 – Jan 4, 1979 · 4 years
Benjamin Gilman R
Jan 3, 1973 – Jan 4, 1975 · 2 years
Ogden Rogers Reid R→D
Jan 21, 1971 – Jan 4, 1973 · 23 months
Ogden Rogers Reid R
Jan 10, 1967 – Jan 4, 1971 · 4 years
Ogden Rogers Reid R
Jan 9, 1963 – Jan 4, 1967 · 4 years
Edwin Benedict Dooley R
Jan 7, 1959 – Jan 4, 1963 · 4 years
Edwin Benedict Dooley R
Jan 3, 1957 – Jan 4, 1959 · 2 years
Ralph Abernethy Gamble R
Jan 3, 1953 – Jan 4, 1957 · 4 years
Christopher Columbus McGrath D
Jan 3, 1949 – Jan 4, 1953 · 4 years
David Matthew Potts R
Jan 3, 1947 – Jan 4, 1949 · 2 years
Peter Anthony Quinn D
Jan 3, 1945 – Jan 4, 1947 · 2 years
Hamilton Fish R
Jan 6, 1943 – Jan 4, 1945 · 2 years
Hamilton Fish R
Mar 9, 1933 – Jan 4, 1943 · 9.8 years
Hamilton Fish R
Dec 7, 1931 – Mar 4, 1933 · 15 months
Hamilton Fish R
Apr 15, 1929 – Mar 4, 1931 · 23 months
Hamilton Fish R
Dec 5, 1927 – Mar 4, 1929 · 15 months
Hamilton Fish R
Dec 7, 1925 – Mar 5, 1927 · 15 months
Hamilton Fish R
Dec 3, 1923 – Mar 4, 1925 · 15 months
Hamilton Fish R
Apr 11, 1921 – Mar 4, 1923 · 23 months
Edmund Platt R
May 19, 1919 – Mar 4, 1921 · 22 months
Hamilton Fish R
May 19, 1919 – Mar 4, 1921 · 22 months
Edmund Platt R
Apr 2, 1917 – Mar 4, 1919 · 23 months
Edmund Platt R
Dec 6, 1915 – Mar 4, 1917 · 15 months
Edmund Platt R
Apr 7, 1913 – Mar 4, 1915 · 23 months
George Roland Malby R
Apr 4, 1911 – Mar 4, 1913 · 23 months
Edwin Albert Merritt R
Apr 4, 1911 – Mar 4, 1913 · 23 months
George Roland Malby R
Mar 15, 1909 – Mar 4, 1911 · 2 years
George Roland Malby R
Dec 2, 1907 – Mar 4, 1909 · 15 months
William Henry Flack R
Dec 4, 1905 – Mar 4, 1907 · 15 months
William Henry Flack R
Nov 9, 1903 – Mar 4, 1905 · 16 months
George Washington Ray R
Dec 2, 1901 – Mar 4, 1903 · 15 months
John Wilbur Dwight R
Dec 2, 1901 – Mar 4, 1903 · 15 months
George Washington Ray R
Dec 4, 1899 – Mar 4, 1901 · 15 months
George Washington Ray R
Mar 15, 1897 – Mar 4, 1899 · 2 years
George Washington Ray R
Dec 2, 1895 – Mar 4, 1897 · 15 months
George Washington Ray R
Aug 7, 1893 – Mar 4, 1895 · 19 months
George Washington Ray R
Dec 7, 1891 – Mar 4, 1893 · 15 months
Milton De Lano R
Dec 2, 1889 – Mar 4, 1891 · 15 months
Milton De Lano R
Dec 5, 1887 – Mar 4, 1889 · 15 months
Stephen Columbus Millard R
Dec 7, 1885 – Mar 4, 1887 · 15 months
Sereno Elisha Payne R
Dec 3, 1883 – Mar 4, 1885 · 15 months
John Henry Camp R
Dec 5, 1881 – Mar 4, 1883 · 15 months
John Henry Camp R
Mar 18, 1879 – Mar 4, 1881 · 2 years
John Henry Camp R
Oct 15, 1877 – Mar 4, 1879 · 17 months
Clinton Dugald MacDougall R
Dec 6, 1875 – Mar 4, 1877 · 15 months
William Henry Lamport R
Dec 1, 1873 – Mar 4, 1875 · 15 months
Milo Goodrich R
Mar 4, 1871 – Mar 4, 1873 · 2 years
Giles Waldo Hotchkiss R
Mar 4, 1869 – Mar 4, 1871 · 2 years
William Slosson Lincoln R
Mar 4, 1867 – Mar 4, 1869 · 2 years
Giles Waldo Hotchkiss R
Dec 4, 1865 – Mar 4, 1867 · 15 months
Giles Waldo Hotchkiss R
Dec 7, 1863 – Mar 4, 1865 · 15 months
Jacob Payson Chamberlain R
Jul 4, 1861 – Mar 4, 1863 · 20 months
Emory Bemsley Pottle R
Dec 5, 1859 – Mar 4, 1861 · 15 months
Emory Bemsley Pottle R
Dec 7, 1857 – Mar 4, 1859 · 15 months
Andrew Oliver D
Dec 3, 1855 – Mar 4, 1857 · 15 months
Andrew Oliver D
Dec 5, 1853 – Mar 4, 1855 · 15 months
Henry Sanford Walbridge W
Dec 1, 1851 – Mar 4, 1853 · 15 months
William Terry Jackson W
Dec 3, 1849 – Mar 4, 1851 · 15 months
William Thomas Lawrence W
Dec 6, 1847 – Mar 4, 1849 · 15 months
Samuel Stewart Ellsworth D
Dec 1, 1845 – Mar 4, 1847 · 15 months
Amasa Dana D
Dec 4, 1843 – Mar 4, 1845 · 15 months
Francis Granger W
May 31, 1841 – Mar 4, 1843 · 21 months
John Greig W
May 31, 1841 – Mar 4, 1843 · 21 months
Francis Granger W
Dec 2, 1839 – Mar 4, 1841 · 15 months
Mark Hopkins Sibley W
Sep 4, 1837 – Mar 4, 1839 · 18 months
Francis Granger W
Dec 7, 1835 – Mar 4, 1837 · 15 months
John Dickson AM
Dec 2, 1833 – Mar 4, 1835 · 15 months
William Babcock AM
Dec 5, 1831 – Mar 4, 1833 · 15 months
John Dickson AM
Dec 5, 1831 – Mar 4, 1833 · 15 months
Jehiel Howell Halsey J
Dec 7, 1829 – Mar 4, 1831 · 15 months
Robert Selden Rose AM
Dec 7, 1829 – Mar 4, 1831 · 15 months
John Maynard A
Dec 3, 1827 – Mar 4, 1829 · 15 months
Dudley Marvin A
Dec 3, 1827 – Mar 4, 1829 · 15 months
Robert Selden Rose A
Dec 5, 1825 – Mar 4, 1827 · 15 months
Dudley Marvin A
Dec 5, 1825 – Mar 4, 1827 · 15 months
Robert Selden Rose AM
Dec 1, 1823 – Mar 4, 1825 · 15 months
Dudley Marvin W
Dec 1, 1823 – Mar 4, 1825 · 15 months

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