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New York's 27th congressional district

80 members have held this seat since Dec 1, 1823. Vacant or no longer exists.

Holders
80
53 R · 15 D · 4 W · 2 A · 2 AM · 2 J · 1 U · 1 IRD
Longest tenure
14 years
Ralph Waldo Gwinn
Current
—
nobody
history/seat/ny-27Every holder, newest first
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1840186018801900192019401960198020002020Moses Hayden · 1823-12-01 – 1825-03-04Moses Hayden · 1825-12-05 – 1827-03-04 · AdamsDaniel Dewey Barnard · 1827-12-03 – 1829-03-04 · AdamsTimothy Childs · 1829-12-07 – 1831-03-04 · Anti MasonicFrederick Whittlesey · 1831-12-05 – 1833-03-04 · Anti MasonicEdward Howell · 1833-12-02 – 1835-03-04 · JacksonJoshua Lee · 1835-12-07 – 1837-03-04 · JacksonJohn Tuttle Andrews · 1837-09-04 – 1839-03-04 · DemocratMeredith Mallory · 1839-12-02 – 1841-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Morrison Oliver · 1841-05-31 – 1843-03-04 · DemocratByram Green · 1843-12-04 – 1845-03-04 · DemocratJohn De Mott · 1845-12-01 – 1847-03-04 · DemocratEsbon Blackmar · 1847-12-06 – 1849-03-04 · WhigWilliam Augustus Sackett · 1849-12-03 – 1851-03-04 · WhigWilliam Augustus Sackett · 1851-12-01 – 1853-03-04 · WhigJohn James Taylor · 1853-12-05 – 1855-03-04 · DemocratJohn Mason Parker · 1855-12-03 – 1857-03-04 · Ind. Republican-DemocratJohn Mason Parker · 1857-12-07 – 1859-03-04 · RepublicanAlfred Wells · 1859-12-05 – 1861-03-04 · RepublicanAlexander Samuel Diven · 1861-07-04 – 1863-03-04 · RepublicanRobert Bruce Van Valkenburgh · 1863-12-07 – 1865-03-04 · RepublicanHamilton Ward · 1865-12-04 – 1871-03-04 · RepublicanHorace Boardman Smith · 1871-03-04 – 1873-03-04 · RepublicanThomas Collier Platt · 1873-12-01 – 1875-03-04 · RepublicanElbridge Gerry Lapham · 1875-12-06 – 1877-03-04 · RepublicanElbridge Gerry Lapham · 1877-10-15 – 1879-03-04 · RepublicanElbridge Gerry Lapham · 1879-03-18 – 1881-03-04 · RepublicanJames Wolcott Wadsworth · 1881-12-05 – 1883-03-04 · RepublicanJames Wolcott Wadsworth · 1883-12-03 – 1885-03-04 · RepublicanSereno Elisha Payne · 1885-12-07 – 1887-03-04 · RepublicanNewton Wright Nutting · 1887-12-05 – 1889-03-04 · RepublicanNewton Wright Nutting · 1889-12-02 – 1891-03-04 · RepublicanSereno Elisha Payne · 1891-12-07 – 1893-03-04 · RepublicanJames Jerome Belden · 1893-08-07 – 1895-03-04 · RepublicanTheodore Lewis Poole · 1895-12-02 – 1897-03-04 · RepublicanJames Jerome Belden · 1897-03-15 – 1899-03-04 · RepublicanMichael Edward Driscoll · 1899-12-04 – 1901-03-04 · RepublicanMichael Edward Driscoll · 1901-12-02 – 1903-03-04 · RepublicanJames Schoolcraft Sherman · 1903-11-09 – 1905-03-04 · RepublicanJames Schoolcraft Sherman · 1905-12-04 – 1907-03-04 · RepublicanJames Schoolcraft Sherman · 1907-12-02 – 1909-03-04 · RepublicanCharles Stephen Millington · 1909-03-15 – 1911-03-04 · RepublicanCharles Andrew Talcott · 1911-04-04 – 1913-03-04 · DemocratGeorge McClellan · 1913-04-07 – 1915-03-04 · DemocratCharles Bonnell Ward · 1915-12-06 – 1917-03-04 · RepublicanCharles Bonnell Ward · 1917-04-02 – 1919-03-04 · RepublicanCharles Bonnell Ward · 1919-05-19 – 1921-03-04 · RepublicanCharles Bonnell Ward · 1921-04-11 – 1923-03-04 · RepublicanCharles Bonnell Ward · 1923-12-03 – 1925-03-04 · RepublicanHarcourt Joseph Pratt · 1925-12-07 – 1927-03-05 · RepublicanHarcourt Joseph Pratt · 1927-12-05 – 1929-03-04 · RepublicanHarcourt Joseph Pratt · 1929-04-15 – 1931-03-04 · RepublicanHarcourt Joseph Pratt · 1931-12-07 – 1933-03-04 · RepublicanPhilip Arnold Goodwin · 1933-03-09 – 1939-01-04 · RepublicanJay Le Fevre · 1943-01-06 – 1945-01-04 · RepublicanRobert Raymond Barry · 1959-01-07 – 1963-01-04 · RepublicanKatharine Price Collier St. George · 1963-01-09 – 1965-01-04 · RepublicanJohn Goodchild Dow · 1965-01-04 – 1967-01-04 · DemocratJohn Goodchild Dow · 1967-01-10 – 1969-01-04 · DemocratJohn Goodchild Dow · 1971-01-21 – 1973-01-04 · DemocratMatthew Francis McHugh · 1975-01-14 – 1979-01-04 · DemocratMatthew Francis McHugh · 1979-01-15 – 1983-01-04 · DemocratGeorge Cornelius Wortley · 1987-01-06 – 1989-01-04 · RepublicanL. William Paxon · 1993-01-05 – 1997-01-04 · RepublicanL. William Paxon · 1997-01-07 – 1999-01-04 · RepublicanThomas M. Reynolds · 1999-01-06 – 2003-01-04 · RepublicanJack Quinn · 2003-01-07 – 2005-01-04 · RepublicanBrian Higgins · 2005-01-04 – 2009-01-04 · DemocratBrian Higgins · 2009-01-06 – 2013-01-04 · DemocratChris Collins · 2015-01-06 – 2019-10-02 · RepublicanChris Jacobs · 2020-07-21 – 2023-01-04 · RepublicanJohn Milton Holley · 1847-12-06 – 1849-03-04 · WhigSereno Elisha Payne · 1889-12-02 – 1891-03-04 · RepublicanLewis Kirby Rockefeller · 1937-01-05 – 1943-01-04 · RepublicanRalph Waldo Gwinn · 1945-01-03 – 1959-01-04 · RepublicanMartin Boswell McKneally · 1969-01-03 – 1971-01-04 · RepublicanHoward Winfield Robison · 1973-01-03 – 1975-01-04 · RepublicanGeorge Cornelius Wortley · 1983-01-03 – 1987-01-04 · RepublicanJames T. Walsh · 1989-01-03 – 1993-01-04 · RepublicanChris Collins · 2013-01-03 – 2015-01-04 · Republican
Chris Jacobs R
Jul 21, 2020 – Jan 4, 2023 · 2.5 years
Chris Collins R
Jan 6, 2015 – Oct 2, 2019 · 4.7 years
Chris Collins R
Jan 3, 2013 – Jan 4, 2015 · 2 years
Brian Higgins D
Jan 6, 2009 – Jan 4, 2013 · 4 years
Brian Higgins D
Jan 4, 2005 – Jan 4, 2009 · 4 years
Jack Quinn R
Jan 7, 2003 – Jan 4, 2005 · 2 years
Thomas M. Reynolds R
Jan 6, 1999 – Jan 4, 2003 · 4 years
L. William Paxon R
Jan 7, 1997 – Jan 4, 1999 · 2 years
L. William Paxon R
Jan 5, 1993 – Jan 4, 1997 · 4 years
James T. Walsh R
Jan 3, 1989 – Jan 4, 1993 · 4 years
George Cornelius Wortley R
Jan 6, 1987 – Jan 4, 1989 · 2 years
George Cornelius Wortley R
Jan 3, 1983 – Jan 4, 1987 · 4 years
Matthew Francis McHugh D
Jan 15, 1979 – Jan 4, 1983 · 4 years
Matthew Francis McHugh D
Jan 14, 1975 – Jan 4, 1979 · 4 years
Howard Winfield Robison R
Jan 3, 1973 – Jan 4, 1975 · 2 years
John Goodchild Dow D
Jan 21, 1971 – Jan 4, 1973 · 23 months
Martin Boswell McKneally R
Jan 3, 1969 – Jan 4, 1971 · 2 years
John Goodchild Dow D
Jan 10, 1967 – Jan 4, 1969 · 2 years
John Goodchild Dow D
Jan 4, 1965 – Jan 4, 1967 · 2 years
Katharine Price Collier St. George R
Jan 9, 1963 – Jan 4, 1965 · 2 years
Robert Raymond Barry R
Jan 7, 1959 – Jan 4, 1963 · 4 years
Ralph Waldo Gwinn R
Jan 3, 1945 – Jan 4, 1959 · 14 years
Jay Le Fevre R
Jan 6, 1943 – Jan 4, 1945 · 2 years
Lewis Kirby Rockefeller R
Jan 5, 1937 – Jan 4, 1943 · 6 years
Philip Arnold Goodwin R
Mar 9, 1933 – Jan 4, 1939 · 5.8 years
Harcourt Joseph Pratt R
Dec 7, 1931 – Mar 4, 1933 · 15 months
Harcourt Joseph Pratt R
Apr 15, 1929 – Mar 4, 1931 · 23 months
Harcourt Joseph Pratt R
Dec 5, 1927 – Mar 4, 1929 · 15 months
Harcourt Joseph Pratt R
Dec 7, 1925 – Mar 5, 1927 · 15 months
Charles Bonnell Ward R
Dec 3, 1923 – Mar 4, 1925 · 15 months
Charles Bonnell Ward R
Apr 11, 1921 – Mar 4, 1923 · 23 months
Charles Bonnell Ward R
May 19, 1919 – Mar 4, 1921 · 22 months
Charles Bonnell Ward R
Apr 2, 1917 – Mar 4, 1919 · 23 months
Charles Bonnell Ward R
Dec 6, 1915 – Mar 4, 1917 · 15 months
George McClellan D
Apr 7, 1913 – Mar 4, 1915 · 23 months
Charles Andrew Talcott D
Apr 4, 1911 – Mar 4, 1913 · 23 months
Charles Stephen Millington R
Mar 15, 1909 – Mar 4, 1911 · 2 years
James Schoolcraft Sherman R
Dec 2, 1907 – Mar 4, 1909 · 15 months
James Schoolcraft Sherman R
Dec 4, 1905 – Mar 4, 1907 · 15 months
James Schoolcraft Sherman R
Nov 9, 1903 – Mar 4, 1905 · 16 months
Michael Edward Driscoll R
Dec 2, 1901 – Mar 4, 1903 · 15 months
Michael Edward Driscoll R
Dec 4, 1899 – Mar 4, 1901 · 15 months
James Jerome Belden R
Mar 15, 1897 – Mar 4, 1899 · 2 years
Theodore Lewis Poole R
Dec 2, 1895 – Mar 4, 1897 · 15 months
James Jerome Belden R
Aug 7, 1893 – Mar 4, 1895 · 19 months
Sereno Elisha Payne R
Dec 7, 1891 – Mar 4, 1893 · 15 months
Newton Wright Nutting R
Dec 2, 1889 – Mar 4, 1891 · 15 months
Sereno Elisha Payne R
Dec 2, 1889 – Mar 4, 1891 · 15 months
Newton Wright Nutting R
Dec 5, 1887 – Mar 4, 1889 · 15 months
Sereno Elisha Payne R
Dec 7, 1885 – Mar 4, 1887 · 15 months
James Wolcott Wadsworth R
Dec 3, 1883 – Mar 4, 1885 · 15 months
James Wolcott Wadsworth R
Dec 5, 1881 – Mar 4, 1883 · 15 months
Elbridge Gerry Lapham R
Mar 18, 1879 – Mar 4, 1881 · 2 years
Elbridge Gerry Lapham R
Oct 15, 1877 – Mar 4, 1879 · 17 months
Elbridge Gerry Lapham R
Dec 6, 1875 – Mar 4, 1877 · 15 months
Thomas Collier Platt R
Dec 1, 1873 – Mar 4, 1875 · 15 months
Horace Boardman Smith R
Mar 4, 1871 – Mar 4, 1873 · 2 years
Hamilton Ward R
Dec 4, 1865 – Mar 4, 1871 · 5.2 years
Robert Bruce Van Valkenburgh R
Dec 7, 1863 – Mar 4, 1865 · 15 months
Alexander Samuel Diven R
Jul 4, 1861 – Mar 4, 1863 · 20 months
Alfred Wells R
Dec 5, 1859 – Mar 4, 1861 · 15 months
John Mason Parker R
Dec 7, 1857 – Mar 4, 1859 · 15 months
John Mason Parker IRD
Dec 3, 1855 – Mar 4, 1857 · 15 months
John James Taylor D
Dec 5, 1853 – Mar 4, 1855 · 15 months
William Augustus Sackett W
Dec 1, 1851 – Mar 4, 1853 · 15 months
William Augustus Sackett W
Dec 3, 1849 – Mar 4, 1851 · 15 months
Esbon Blackmar W
Dec 6, 1847 – Mar 4, 1849 · 15 months
John Milton Holley W
Dec 6, 1847 – Mar 4, 1849 · 15 months
John De Mott D
Dec 1, 1845 – Mar 4, 1847 · 15 months
Byram Green D
Dec 4, 1843 – Mar 4, 1845 · 15 months
William Morrison Oliver D
May 31, 1841 – Mar 4, 1843 · 21 months
Meredith Mallory D
Dec 2, 1839 – Mar 4, 1841 · 15 months
John Tuttle Andrews D
Sep 4, 1837 – Mar 4, 1839 · 18 months
Joshua Lee J
Dec 7, 1835 – Mar 4, 1837 · 15 months
Edward Howell J
Dec 2, 1833 – Mar 4, 1835 · 15 months
Frederick Whittlesey AM
Dec 5, 1831 – Mar 4, 1833 · 15 months
Timothy Childs AM
Dec 7, 1829 – Mar 4, 1831 · 15 months
Daniel Dewey Barnard A
Dec 3, 1827 – Mar 4, 1829 · 15 months
Moses Hayden A
Dec 5, 1825 – Mar 4, 1827 · 15 months
Moses Hayden
Dec 1, 1823 – Mar 4, 1825 · 15 months

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