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New York's 3rd congressional district

129 members have held this seat since Mar 4, 1789. Now: Thomas R. Suozzi D.

Holders
129
46 R · 44 D · 22 J · 8 W · 2 F · 2 IR · 1 U · 1 J · 1 A · 1 IRD · 1 I
Longest tenure
8 years
Joseph Lawrence Pfeifer
Current
2.7 years
Thomas R. Suozzi, since Feb 13, 2024
history/seat/ny-3Every holder, newest first
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180018201840186018801900192019401960198020002020Egbert Benson · 1789-03-04 – 1791-03-04 · FederalistEgbert Benson · 1791-10-24 – 1793-03-04 · FederalistPhilip Van Cortlandt · 1793-12-02 – 1795-03-04 · RepublicanPhilip Van Cortlandt · 1795-12-07 – 1797-03-04 · RepublicanPhilip Van Cortlandt · 1797-05-15 – 1799-03-04 · RepublicanPhilip Van Cortlandt · 1799-12-02 – 1801-03-04 · RepublicanPhilip Van Cortlandt · 1801-12-07 – 1803-03-04 · RepublicanSamuel Latham Mitchill · 1803-10-17 – 1804-11-23 · RepublicanGeorge Clinton · 1805-02-14 – 1805-03-04 · RepublicanGurdon Saltonstall Mumford · 1805-12-02 – 1807-03-04 · RepublicanGurdon Saltonstall Mumford · 1807-10-26 – 1809-03-04 · RepublicanJonathan Fisk · 1809-05-22 – 1811-03-04 · RepublicanPierre Van Cortlandt Jr. · 1811-11-04 – 1813-03-04 · RepublicanPeter Denoyelles · 1813-05-24 – 1815-03-04 · RepublicanJonathan Ward · 1815-12-04 – 1817-03-04 · RepublicanCaleb Tompkins · 1817-12-01 – 1819-03-04 · RepublicanCaleb Tompkins · 1819-12-06 – 1821-03-04 · RepublicanJeremiah Halsey Pierson · 1821-12-03 – 1823-03-04 · RepublicanPeter Sharpe · 1823-12-01 – 1825-03-04Jeromus Johnson · 1825-12-05 – 1827-03-04 · JacksonJeromus Johnson · 1827-12-03 – 1829-03-04 · JacksonGulian Crommelin Verplanck · 1829-12-07 – 1831-03-04 · JacksonGulian Crommelin Verplanck · 1831-12-05 – 1833-03-04 · JacksonCornelius Van Wyck Lawrence · 1833-12-02 – 1835-03-04 · JacksonGideon Lee · 1835-12-07 – 1837-03-04 · JacksonChurchill Caldom Cambreleng · 1837-09-04 – 1839-03-04 · DemocratEdward Curtis · 1839-12-02 – 1841-03-04 · WhigCharles Goadsby Ferris · 1841-05-31 – 1843-03-04 · DemocratJonas Phillips Phoenix · 1843-12-04 – 1845-03-04 · WhigWilliam Starr Miller · 1845-12-01 – 1847-03-04 · AmericanHenry Nicoll · 1847-12-06 – 1849-03-04 · DemocratJonas Phillips Phoenix · 1849-12-03 – 1851-03-04 · WhigEmanuel Bernard Hart · 1851-12-01 – 1853-03-04 · DemocratHiram Walbridge · 1853-12-05 – 1855-03-04 · DemocratGuy Ray Pelton · 1855-12-03 – 1857-03-04 · Ind. Republican-DemocratDaniel Edgar Sickles · 1857-12-07 – 1859-03-04 · DemocratDaniel Edgar Sickles · 1859-12-05 – 1861-03-04 · DemocratBenjamin Wood · 1861-07-04 – 1863-03-04 · DemocratMoses Fowler Odell · 1863-12-07 – 1865-03-04 · DemocratJames Humphrey · 1865-12-04 – 1867-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Erigena Robinson · 1867-03-04 – 1869-03-04 · DemocratHenry Warner Slocum · 1869-03-04 – 1873-03-04 · DemocratStewart Lyndon Woodford · 1873-12-01 – 1875-03-04 · RepublicanSimeon Baldwin Chittenden · 1875-12-06 – 1877-03-04 · Ind. RepublicanSimeon Baldwin Chittenden · 1877-10-15 – 1879-03-04 · RepublicanSimeon Baldwin Chittenden · 1879-03-18 – 1881-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Hyatt Smith · 1881-12-05 – 1883-03-04 · IndependentDarwin Rush James · 1883-12-03 – 1885-03-04 · RepublicanDarwin Rush James · 1885-12-07 – 1887-03-04 · RepublicanStephen Van Culen White · 1887-12-05 – 1889-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Copeland Wallace · 1889-12-02 – 1891-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Jerome Coombs · 1891-12-07 – 1893-03-04 · DemocratJoseph Clifford Hendrix · 1893-08-07 – 1895-03-04 · DemocratFrancis Henry Wilson · 1895-12-02 – 1897-03-04 · RepublicanFrancis Henry Wilson · 1897-03-15 – 1899-03-04 · RepublicanEdmund Hope Driggs · 1899-12-04 – 1901-03-04 · DemocratHenry Bristow · 1901-12-02 – 1903-03-04 · RepublicanCharles Tappan Dunwell · 1903-11-09 – 1905-03-04 · RepublicanCharles Tappan Dunwell · 1905-12-04 – 1907-03-04 · RepublicanCharles Tappan Dunwell · 1907-12-02 – 1909-03-04 · RepublicanOtto Godfrey Foelker · 1909-03-15 – 1911-03-04 · RepublicanJames Paul Maher · 1911-04-04 – 1913-03-04 · DemocratFrank Eugene Wilson · 1913-04-07 – 1915-03-04 · DemocratJoseph Vincent Flynn · 1915-12-06 – 1917-03-04 · DemocratJoseph Vincent Flynn · 1917-04-02 – 1919-03-04 · DemocratJohn MacCrate · 1919-05-19 – 1921-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Kissel · 1921-04-11 – 1923-03-04 · RepublicanGeorge Washington Lindsay · 1923-12-03 – 1925-03-04 · DemocratGeorge Washington Lindsay · 1925-12-07 – 1927-03-05 · DemocratGeorge Washington Lindsay · 1927-12-05 – 1929-03-04 · DemocratGeorge Washington Lindsay · 1929-04-15 – 1931-03-04 · DemocratGeorge Washington Lindsay · 1931-12-07 – 1933-03-04 · DemocratGeorge Washington Lindsay · 1933-03-09 – 1935-01-04 · DemocratJoseph Lawrence Pfeifer · 1943-01-06 – 1945-01-04 · DemocratFrank John Becker · 1953-01-03 – 1959-01-04 · RepublicanFrank John Becker · 1959-01-07 – 1963-01-04 · RepublicanSteven Boghos Derounian · 1963-01-09 – 1965-01-04 · RepublicanLester Lionel Wolff · 1965-01-04 – 1967-01-04 · DemocratLester Lionel Wolff · 1967-01-10 – 1971-01-04 · DemocratLester Lionel Wolff · 1971-01-21 – 1973-01-04 · DemocratJerome Anthony Ambro Jr. · 1975-01-14 – 1979-01-04 · DemocratJerome Anthony Ambro Jr. · 1979-01-15 – 1981-01-04 · DemocratGregory Wright Carman · 1981-01-05 – 1983-01-04 · RepublicanRobert Jan Mrazek · 1987-01-06 – 1993-01-04 · DemocratPeter T. King · 1993-01-05 – 1997-01-04 · RepublicanPeter T. King · 1997-01-07 – 1999-01-04 · RepublicanPeter T. King · 1999-01-06 – 2003-01-04 · RepublicanPeter T. King · 2003-01-07 – 2009-01-04 · RepublicanPeter T. King · 2009-01-06 – 2013-01-04 · RepublicanSteve Israel · 2015-01-06 – 2017-01-04 · DemocratGeorge Santos · 2023-01-03 – 2023-12-02 · RepublicanThomas R. Suozzi · 2024-02-13 – present · DemocratJohn Jordan Morgan · 1823-12-01 – 1825-03-04 · JacksonianGulian Crommelin Verplanck · 1825-12-05 – 1827-03-04 · JacksonGulian Crommelin Verplanck · 1827-12-03 – 1829-03-04 · JacksonCampbell Patrick White · 1829-12-07 – 1831-03-04 · JacksonCampbell Patrick White · 1831-12-05 – 1833-03-04 · JacksonJohn Jordan Morgan · 1833-12-02 – 1835-03-04 · JacksonChurchill Caldom Cambreleng · 1835-12-07 – 1837-03-04 · JacksonEly Moore · 1837-09-04 – 1839-03-04 · DemocratMoses Hicks Grinnell · 1839-12-02 – 1841-03-04 · WhigJohn McKeon · 1841-05-31 – 1843-03-04 · DemocratJohn Ward Hunter · 1865-12-04 – 1867-03-04 · DemocratSimeon Baldwin Chittenden · 1873-12-01 – 1875-03-04 · Ind. RepublicanEdmund Hope Driggs · 1897-03-15 – 1899-03-04 · DemocratOtto Godfrey Foelker · 1907-12-02 – 1909-03-04 · RepublicanJoseph Lawrence Pfeifer · 1935-01-03 – 1943-01-04 · DemocratHenry Jepson Latham · 1945-01-03 – 1953-01-04 · RepublicanAngelo Dominick Roncallo · 1973-01-03 – 1975-01-04 · RepublicanRobert Jan Mrazek · 1983-01-03 – 1987-01-04 · DemocratSteve Israel · 2013-01-03 – 2015-01-04 · DemocratThomas R. Suozzi · 2017-01-03 – 2023-01-04 · DemocratChurchill Caldom Cambreleng · 1823-12-01 – 1825-03-04 · DemocratChurchill Caldom Cambreleng · 1825-12-05 – 1827-03-04 · JacksonChurchill Caldom Cambreleng · 1827-12-03 – 1829-03-04 · JacksonChurchill Caldom Cambreleng · 1829-12-07 – 1831-03-04 · JacksonChurchill Caldom Cambreleng · 1831-12-05 – 1833-03-04 · JacksonDudley Selden · 1833-12-02 – 1835-03-04 · JacksonEly Moore · 1835-12-07 – 1837-03-04 · JacksonEdward Curtis · 1837-09-04 – 1839-03-04 · WhigJosiah Ogden Hoffman · 1839-12-02 – 1841-03-04 · WhigJames I. Roosevelt · 1841-05-31 – 1843-03-04 · DemocratCampbell Patrick White · 1833-12-02 – 1835-03-04 · JacksonJohn McKeon · 1835-12-07 – 1837-03-04 · JacksonJosiah Ogden Hoffman · 1837-09-04 – 1839-03-04 · WhigJames Monroe · 1839-12-02 – 1841-03-04 · WhigFernando Wood · 1841-05-31 – 1843-03-04 · DemocratChurchill Caldom Cambreleng · 1833-12-02 – 1835-03-04 · JacksonCharles Goadsby Ferris · 1833-12-02 – 1835-03-04 · Jackson
Thomas R. Suozzi D
Feb 13, 2024 – present · 2.7 years
George Santos R
Jan 3, 2023 – Dec 2, 2023 · 11 months
Thomas R. Suozzi D
Jan 3, 2017 – Jan 4, 2023 · 6 years
Steve Israel D
Jan 6, 2015 – Jan 4, 2017 · 2 years
Steve Israel D
Jan 3, 2013 – Jan 4, 2015 · 2 years
Peter T. King R
Jan 6, 2009 – Jan 4, 2013 · 4 years
Peter T. King R
Jan 7, 2003 – Jan 4, 2009 · 6 years
Peter T. King R
Jan 6, 1999 – Jan 4, 2003 · 4 years
Peter T. King R
Jan 7, 1997 – Jan 4, 1999 · 2 years
Peter T. King R
Jan 5, 1993 – Jan 4, 1997 · 4 years
Robert Jan Mrazek D
Jan 6, 1987 – Jan 4, 1993 · 6 years
Robert Jan Mrazek D
Jan 3, 1983 – Jan 4, 1987 · 4 years
Gregory Wright Carman R
Jan 5, 1981 – Jan 4, 1983 · 2 years
Jerome Anthony Ambro Jr. D
Jan 15, 1979 – Jan 4, 1981 · 2 years
Jerome Anthony Ambro Jr. D
Jan 14, 1975 – Jan 4, 1979 · 4 years
Angelo Dominick Roncallo R
Jan 3, 1973 – Jan 4, 1975 · 2 years
Lester Lionel Wolff D
Jan 21, 1971 – Jan 4, 1973 · 23 months
Lester Lionel Wolff D
Jan 10, 1967 – Jan 4, 1971 · 4 years
Lester Lionel Wolff D
Jan 4, 1965 – Jan 4, 1967 · 2 years
Steven Boghos Derounian R
Jan 9, 1963 – Jan 4, 1965 · 2 years
Frank John Becker R
Jan 7, 1959 – Jan 4, 1963 · 4 years
Frank John Becker R
Jan 3, 1953 – Jan 4, 1959 · 6 years
Henry Jepson Latham R
Jan 3, 1945 – Jan 4, 1953 · 8 years
Joseph Lawrence Pfeifer D
Jan 6, 1943 – Jan 4, 1945 · 2 years
Joseph Lawrence Pfeifer D
Jan 3, 1935 – Jan 4, 1943 · 8 years
George Washington Lindsay D
Mar 9, 1933 – Jan 4, 1935 · 22 months
George Washington Lindsay D
Dec 7, 1931 – Mar 4, 1933 · 15 months
George Washington Lindsay D
Apr 15, 1929 – Mar 4, 1931 · 23 months
George Washington Lindsay D
Dec 5, 1927 – Mar 4, 1929 · 15 months
George Washington Lindsay D
Dec 7, 1925 – Mar 5, 1927 · 15 months
George Washington Lindsay D
Dec 3, 1923 – Mar 4, 1925 · 15 months
John Kissel R
Apr 11, 1921 – Mar 4, 1923 · 23 months
John MacCrate R
May 19, 1919 – Mar 4, 1921 · 22 months
Joseph Vincent Flynn D
Apr 2, 1917 – Mar 4, 1919 · 23 months
Joseph Vincent Flynn D
Dec 6, 1915 – Mar 4, 1917 · 15 months
Frank Eugene Wilson D
Apr 7, 1913 – Mar 4, 1915 · 23 months
James Paul Maher D
Apr 4, 1911 – Mar 4, 1913 · 23 months
Otto Godfrey Foelker R
Mar 15, 1909 – Mar 4, 1911 · 2 years
Charles Tappan Dunwell R
Dec 2, 1907 – Mar 4, 1909 · 15 months
Otto Godfrey Foelker R
Dec 2, 1907 – Mar 4, 1909 · 15 months
Charles Tappan Dunwell R
Dec 4, 1905 – Mar 4, 1907 · 15 months
Charles Tappan Dunwell R
Nov 9, 1903 – Mar 4, 1905 · 16 months
Henry Bristow R
Dec 2, 1901 – Mar 4, 1903 · 15 months
Edmund Hope Driggs D
Dec 4, 1899 – Mar 4, 1901 · 15 months
Francis Henry Wilson R
Mar 15, 1897 – Mar 4, 1899 · 2 years
Edmund Hope Driggs D
Mar 15, 1897 – Mar 4, 1899 · 2 years
Francis Henry Wilson R
Dec 2, 1895 – Mar 4, 1897 · 15 months
Joseph Clifford Hendrix D
Aug 7, 1893 – Mar 4, 1895 · 19 months
William Jerome Coombs D
Dec 7, 1891 – Mar 4, 1893 · 15 months
William Copeland Wallace R
Dec 2, 1889 – Mar 4, 1891 · 15 months
Stephen Van Culen White R
Dec 5, 1887 – Mar 4, 1889 · 15 months
Darwin Rush James R
Dec 7, 1885 – Mar 4, 1887 · 15 months
Darwin Rush James R
Dec 3, 1883 – Mar 4, 1885 · 15 months
John Hyatt Smith I
Dec 5, 1881 – Mar 4, 1883 · 15 months
Simeon Baldwin Chittenden R
Mar 18, 1879 – Mar 4, 1881 · 2 years
Simeon Baldwin Chittenden R
Oct 15, 1877 – Mar 4, 1879 · 17 months
Simeon Baldwin Chittenden IR
Dec 6, 1875 – Mar 4, 1877 · 15 months
Stewart Lyndon Woodford R
Dec 1, 1873 – Mar 4, 1875 · 15 months
Simeon Baldwin Chittenden IR
Dec 1, 1873 – Mar 4, 1875 · 15 months
Henry Warner Slocum D
Mar 4, 1869 – Mar 4, 1873 · 4 years
William Erigena Robinson D
Mar 4, 1867 – Mar 4, 1869 · 2 years
James Humphrey R
Dec 4, 1865 – Mar 4, 1867 · 15 months
John Ward Hunter D
Dec 4, 1865 – Mar 4, 1867 · 15 months
Moses Fowler Odell D
Dec 7, 1863 – Mar 4, 1865 · 15 months
Benjamin Wood D
Jul 4, 1861 – Mar 4, 1863 · 20 months
Daniel Edgar Sickles D
Dec 5, 1859 – Mar 4, 1861 · 15 months
Daniel Edgar Sickles D
Dec 7, 1857 – Mar 4, 1859 · 15 months
Guy Ray Pelton IRD
Dec 3, 1855 – Mar 4, 1857 · 15 months
Hiram Walbridge D
Dec 5, 1853 – Mar 4, 1855 · 15 months
Emanuel Bernard Hart D
Dec 1, 1851 – Mar 4, 1853 · 15 months
Jonas Phillips Phoenix W
Dec 3, 1849 – Mar 4, 1851 · 15 months
Henry Nicoll D
Dec 6, 1847 – Mar 4, 1849 · 15 months
William Starr Miller A
Dec 1, 1845 – Mar 4, 1847 · 15 months
Jonas Phillips Phoenix W
Dec 4, 1843 – Mar 4, 1845 · 15 months
Charles Goadsby Ferris D
May 31, 1841 – Mar 4, 1843 · 21 months
John McKeon D
May 31, 1841 – Mar 4, 1843 · 21 months
James I. Roosevelt D
May 31, 1841 – Mar 4, 1843 · 21 months
Fernando Wood D
May 31, 1841 – Mar 4, 1843 · 21 months
Edward Curtis W
Dec 2, 1839 – Mar 4, 1841 · 15 months
Moses Hicks Grinnell W
Dec 2, 1839 – Mar 4, 1841 · 15 months
Josiah Ogden Hoffman W
Dec 2, 1839 – Mar 4, 1841 · 15 months
James Monroe W
Dec 2, 1839 – Mar 4, 1841 · 15 months
Churchill Caldom Cambreleng D
Sep 4, 1837 – Mar 4, 1839 · 18 months
Ely Moore D
Sep 4, 1837 – Mar 4, 1839 · 18 months
Edward Curtis W
Sep 4, 1837 – Mar 4, 1839 · 18 months
Josiah Ogden Hoffman W
Sep 4, 1837 – Mar 4, 1839 · 18 months
Gideon Lee J
Dec 7, 1835 – Mar 4, 1837 · 15 months
Churchill Caldom Cambreleng J
Dec 7, 1835 – Mar 4, 1837 · 15 months
Ely Moore J
Dec 7, 1835 – Mar 4, 1837 · 15 months
John McKeon J
Dec 7, 1835 – Mar 4, 1837 · 15 months
Cornelius Van Wyck Lawrence J
Dec 2, 1833 – Mar 4, 1835 · 15 months
John Jordan Morgan J
Dec 2, 1833 – Mar 4, 1835 · 15 months
Dudley Selden J
Dec 2, 1833 – Mar 4, 1835 · 15 months
Campbell Patrick White J
Dec 2, 1833 – Mar 4, 1835 · 15 months
Churchill Caldom Cambreleng J
Dec 2, 1833 – Mar 4, 1835 · 15 months
Charles Goadsby Ferris J
Dec 2, 1833 – Mar 4, 1835 · 15 months
Gulian Crommelin Verplanck J
Dec 5, 1831 – Mar 4, 1833 · 15 months
Campbell Patrick White J
Dec 5, 1831 – Mar 4, 1833 · 15 months
Churchill Caldom Cambreleng J
Dec 5, 1831 – Mar 4, 1833 · 15 months
Gulian Crommelin Verplanck J
Dec 7, 1829 – Mar 4, 1831 · 15 months
Campbell Patrick White J
Dec 7, 1829 – Mar 4, 1831 · 15 months
Churchill Caldom Cambreleng J
Dec 7, 1829 – Mar 4, 1831 · 15 months
Jeromus Johnson J
Dec 3, 1827 – Mar 4, 1829 · 15 months
Gulian Crommelin Verplanck J
Dec 3, 1827 – Mar 4, 1829 · 15 months
Churchill Caldom Cambreleng J
Dec 3, 1827 – Mar 4, 1829 · 15 months
Jeromus Johnson J
Dec 5, 1825 – Mar 4, 1827 · 15 months
Gulian Crommelin Verplanck J
Dec 5, 1825 – Mar 4, 1827 · 15 months
Churchill Caldom Cambreleng J
Dec 5, 1825 – Mar 4, 1827 · 15 months
Peter Sharpe
Dec 1, 1823 – Mar 4, 1825 · 15 months
John Jordan Morgan J
Dec 1, 1823 – Mar 4, 1825 · 15 months
Churchill Caldom Cambreleng D
Dec 1, 1823 – Mar 4, 1825 · 15 months
Jeremiah Halsey Pierson R
Dec 3, 1821 – Mar 4, 1823 · 15 months
Caleb Tompkins R
Dec 6, 1819 – Mar 4, 1821 · 15 months
Caleb Tompkins R
Dec 1, 1817 – Mar 4, 1819 · 15 months
Jonathan Ward R
Dec 4, 1815 – Mar 4, 1817 · 15 months
Peter Denoyelles R
May 24, 1813 – Mar 4, 1815 · 21 months
Pierre Van Cortlandt Jr. R
Nov 4, 1811 – Mar 4, 1813 · 16 months
Jonathan Fisk R
May 22, 1809 – Mar 4, 1811 · 21 months
Gurdon Saltonstall Mumford R
Oct 26, 1807 – Mar 4, 1809 · 16 months
Gurdon Saltonstall Mumford R
Dec 2, 1805 – Mar 4, 1807 · 15 months
George Clinton R
Feb 14, 1805 – Mar 4, 1805 · 18 days
Samuel Latham Mitchill R
Oct 17, 1803 – Nov 23, 1804 · 13 months
Philip Van Cortlandt R
Dec 7, 1801 – Mar 4, 1803 · 15 months
Philip Van Cortlandt R
Dec 2, 1799 – Mar 4, 1801 · 15 months
Philip Van Cortlandt R
May 15, 1797 – Mar 4, 1799 · 22 months
Philip Van Cortlandt R
Dec 7, 1795 – Mar 4, 1797 · 15 months
Philip Van Cortlandt R
Dec 2, 1793 – Mar 4, 1795 · 15 months
Egbert Benson F
Oct 24, 1791 – Mar 4, 1793 · 16 months
Egbert Benson F
Mar 4, 1789 – Mar 4, 1791 · 2 years

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