New York's 32nd congressional district

New York's 32nd congressional district was a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives in New York. It was eliminated as a result of the 1990 census. It was last represented by John LaFalce who was redistricted into the 29th district.

New York's 32nd Congressional District was first formed in 1832. The district was abolished in 1862.

It was reestablished in 1872 and then consisted of Chautauqua County, New York and Cattaraugus County, New York. In 1874, the congressional districts of New York were redrawn and the 32nd district was moved to Erie County, the location of Buffalo, New York. With 178,699 residents it was the most populous district in New York, with its closest competitor being the 153,000 population of the 1st district on Long Island.

When district boundaries were again redrawn in 1885, the 32nd district was reduced to just covering Buffalo.

By 1892 even just Buffalo was too populous for a single district, and the city was split, with the southern portion being put in the 32nd district.

In the 1902 redistricting the 32nd district was moved to Monroe County, which is dominated by the city of Rochester.

1913–1945:

All of Jefferson, Lewis, Madison, Oswego

1945–1953:

All of Albany

Parts of Rensselaer

1953–1963:

All of Fulton, Hamilton, Montgomery, Otsego, Schenectady

1963–1971:

All of Herkimer, Madison, Oneida

1971–1973:

All of Fulton, Hamilton, Herkimer, Lewis, Oneida

1973–1983:

All of Chenango, Cortland, Madison

Parts of Delaware, Onondaga, Otsego

1983–1993:

All of Niagara, Orleans

Parts of Erie, Monroe

Member	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history
District established March 4, 1833
Millard Fillmore (Buffalo)	Whig	March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1835	23rd	Elected in 1832. [data missing ]
Thomas C. Love (Buffalo)	Anti-Jacksonian	March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837	24th	Elected in 1834. [data missing ]
Millard Fillmore (Buffalo)	Whig	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1843	25th 26th 27th	Re-elected in 1840. [data missing ]
William A. Moseley (Buffalo)	Whig	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1847	28th 29th	Re-elected in 1844. [data missing ]
Nathan K. Hall (Buffalo)	Whig	March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849	30th	Elected in 1846. [data missing ]
Elbridge G. Spaulding (Buffalo)	Whig	March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851	31st	Elected in 1848. [data missing ]
Solomon G. Haven (Buffalo)	Whig	March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1855	32nd 33rd 34th	Re-elected in 1852. Re-elected in 1854. [data missing ]
	Opposition	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857
Israel T. Hatch (Buffalo)	Democratic	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859	35th	Elected in 1856. [data missing ]
Elbridge G. Spaulding (Buffalo)	Republican	March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1863	36th 37th	Re-elected in 1860. [data missing ]
District dissolved March 4, 1863
District re-established March 4, 1873
Walter L. Sessions (Panama)	Republican	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875	43rd	Redistricted from the re-elected in 1872. [data missing ]
Lyman K. Bass (Buffalo)	Republican	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877	44th	Redistricted from the re-elected in 1874. . [data missing ]
Daniel N. Lockwood (Buffalo)	Democratic	March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1879	45th	Elected in 1876. [data missing ]
Ray V. Pierce (Buffalo)	Republican	March 4, 1879 – September 18, 1880	46th	Elected in 1878 . Resigned.
Vacant		September 19, 1880 – November 11, 1880
Jonathan Scoville (Buffalo)	Democratic	November 12, 1880 – March 3, 1883	46th 47th	Re-elected in 1880.[data missing ]
William F. Rogers (Buffalo )	Democratic	March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885	48th	Elected in 1882. [data missing ]
John M. Farquhar (Buffalo )	Republican	March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1891	49th 50th 51st	Re-elected in 1888. [data missing ]
Daniel N. Lockwood (Buffalo)	Democratic	March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1895	52nd 53rd	Re-elected in 1892. [data missing ]
Rowland B. Mahany (Buffalo)	Republican	March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1899	54th 55th	Re-elected in 1896. [data missing ]
William H. Ryan (Buffalo)	Democratic	March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1903	56th 57th	Re-elected in 1900. Redistricted to the 35th district .
James B. Perkins (Rochester )	Republican	March 4, 1903 – March 11, 1910	58th 59th 60th 61st	Redistricted from the Re-elected in 1908 . Died.
Vacant		March 12, 1910 – April 18, 1910	61st
James S. Havens (Rochester)	Democratic	April 19, 1910 – March 3, 1911		Elected to finish Perkins's term [data missing]
Henry G. Danforth (Rochester)	Republican	March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1913	62nd	Elected in 1910. Redistricted to the 39th district .
Luther W. Mott (Oswego)	Republican	March 4, 1913 – July 10, 1923	63rd 64th 65th 66th 67th 68th	Redistricted from the Re-elected in 1922 . Died.
Vacant		July 11, 1923 – November 5, 1923	68th
Thaddeus C. Sweet (Phoenix)	Republican	November 6, 1923 – May 1, 1928	68th 69th 70th	Re-elected in 1926 . Died.
Vacant		May 2, 1928 – November 5, 1928	70th
Francis D. Culkin (Oswego)	Republican	November 6, 1928 – August 4, 1943	70th 71st 72nd 73rd 74th 75th 76th 77th 78th	Re-elected in 1942 . Died.
Vacant		August 5, 1943 – November 1, 1943	78th
Hadwen C. Fuller (Parish)	Republican	November 2, 1943 – January 3, 1945		Elected to finish Culkin's term. Redistricted to the 35th district .
William T. Byrne (Loudonville)	Democratic	January 3, 1945 – January 27, 1952	79th 80th 81st 82nd	Redistricted from the Re-elected in 1950 . Died.
Vacant		January 28, 1952 – March 31, 1952	82nd
Leo W. O'Brien (Albany)	Democratic	April 1, 1952 – January 3, 1953		Elected to finish Byrne's term. Redistricted to the 30th district .
Bernard W. Kearney (Lake Pleasant)	Republican	January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1959	83rd 84th 85th	Redistricted from the Re-elected in 1956. [data missing ]
Samuel S. Stratton (Schenectady)	Democratic	January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1963	86th 87th	Re-elected in 1960. Redistricted to the 35th district .
Alexander Pirnie (Utica)	Republican	January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1973	88th 89th 90th 91st 92nd	Redistricted from the Re-elected in 1970. [data missing ]
James M. Hanley (Syracuse)	Democratic	January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1981	93rd 94th 95th 96th	Redistricted from the Re-elected in 1978. [data missing ]
George C. Wortley (Fayetteville)	Republican	January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1983	97th	Elected in 1980. Redistricted to the 27th district .
John LaFalce (Tonawanda)	Democratic	January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1993	98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd	Redistricted from the Re-elected in 1990. Redistricted to the 29th district .
District dissolved January 3, 1993

The following chart shows historic election results. Bold type indicates victor. Italic type indicates incumbent.

• Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
• Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
• Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present
• Election Statistics 1920–present
  Clerk of the House of Representatives