New York's 24th congressional district facts for kids

New York's 24th congressional district is a special area in Upstate New York. It's part of the beautiful Finger Lakes region. This district stretches along Lake Ontario, from near Buffalo in the west to Watertown in the east.

It does not include the city of Rochester, which is in the 25th district. Since January 3, 2023, Claudia Tenney has been the representative for this district. In the 2022 election, this district voted more strongly for the Republican Party than any other district in New York. Before 2023, the district included the city of Syracuse.

Today, the district covers all or parts of many counties. These include Cayuga, Wayne, Oswego, Ontario, Jefferson, Livingston, Niagara, Genesee, Wyoming, Seneca, Yates, Schuyler, and Orleans counties. It is considered the most Republican-leaning district in New York.

How the District Votes in State Elections

This section shows how the 24th district has voted in important statewide elections. It helps us understand the political leanings of the people living here.

History of the District's Boundaries

The shape and location of the 24th congressional district have changed many times over the years. This happens because of something called "redistricting." After every ten-year census, districts are redrawn to make sure each one has about the same number of people.

• 1869–1873: Included all of Cayuga, Seneca, and Wayne counties.
• 1919–1945: Covered parts of Bronx and Westchester counties.
• 1945–1971: Was made up of parts of Bronx county.
• 1971–1973: Included parts of Bronx and Westchester counties again.
• 1973–1983: Only covered parts of Westchester county.
• 1983–1993: Included all of Columbia, Greene, Saratoga, Warren and Washington counties. It also had parts of Dutchess and Rensselaer counties.
• 1993–2003: Included all of Clinton, Franklin, Fulton, Hamilton, Jefferson, Lewis, Oswego and St. Lawrence counties. It also had parts of Essex and Herkimer counties.
• 2003–2013: Included all of Chenango, Cortland, Herkimer and Seneca counties. It also had parts of Broome, Cayuga, Oneida, Ontario, Otsego, Tioga and Tompkins counties.
• 2013–2023: The district included all of Cayuga, Onondaga, and Wayne counties. It also covered the western part of Oswego County. Its largest city was Syracuse.
• 2023–2033: The district included all or parts of Cayuga, Wayne, Oswego, Ontario, Jefferson, Livingston, Niagara, Genesee, Wyoming, Seneca, Yates, and Orleans counties.

2003–2013 District Map

2013–2023 District Map

Counties and Towns in the District

For the current and upcoming Congresses, the 24th district includes parts or all of these counties, towns, and cities. These boundaries were set after a court decision in December 2023.

Cayuga County (16 areas)

• Aurelius
• Brutus
• Cato (town)
• Cato (village)
• Cayuga
• Conquest
• Fair Haven
• Mentz
• Meridian
• Montezuma
• Ira
• Port Byron
• Sterling
• Throop
• Victory
• Weedsport

Genesee County (All 21 areas)

• All 21 towns and municipalities in Genesee County are part of this district.

Jefferson County (34 areas)

• Adams (town)
• Adams (village)
• Alexandria
• Alexandria Bay
• Antwerp (part; some is in the 21st district)
• Black River (part; some is in the 21st district)
• Brownville (town)
• Brownville (village)
• Cape Vincent (town)
• Cape Vincent (village)
• Champion
• Chaumont
• Clayton (town)
• Clayton (village)
• Dexter
• Ellisburg (town)
• Ellisburg (village)
• Glen Park
• Henderson
• Hounsfield
• Lorraine
• Lyme
• Mannsville
• Orleans
• Pamelia
• Rodman
• Rutland
• Sackets Harbor
• Theresa (town)
• Theresa (village)
• Watertown (city)
• Watertown (town)
• West Carthage
• Worth

Livingston County (All 26 areas)

• All 26 towns and municipalities in Livingston County are part of this district.

Niagara County (15 areas)

• Barker
• Cambria
• Hartland
• Lewiston (town)
• Lewiston (village)
• Lockport (city)
• Lockport (town) (part; some is in the 23rd district)
• Middleport
• Newfane
• Porter
• Royalton
• Somerset
• Wilson (town)
• Wilson (village)
• Youngstown

Ontario County (24 areas)

• Bloomfield (part; some is in the 25th district)
• Bristol
• Canadice
• Canandaigua (city)
• Canandaigua (town)
• Clifton Springs
• East Bloomfield (part; some is in the 25th district)
• Farmington
• Geneva (city) (shared with Seneca County)
• Geneva (town)
• Gorham
• Hopewell
• Manchester (town)
• Manchester (village)
• Naples (town)
• Naples (village)
• Phelps (town)
• Phelps (village)
• Richmond
• Rushville (shared with Yates County)
• Seneca
• Shortsville
• South Bristol
• West Bloomfield

Oswego County (All 32 areas)

• All 32 towns and municipalities in Oswego County are part of this district.

Schuyler County (5 areas)

• Burdett
• Hector
• Reading
• Tyrone
• Watkins Glen (part; some is in the 23rd district)

Seneca County (All 14 areas)

• All 14 towns and municipalities in Seneca County are part of this district.

Steuben County (10 areas)

• Avoca (town)
• Avoca (village)
• Cohocton (town)
• Cohocton (village)
• Dansville
• Prattsburgh
• Pulteney
• Wayland (town)
• Wayland (village)
• Wheeler

Orleans County (All 14 areas)

• All 14 towns and municipalities in Orleans County are part of this district.

Wayne County (All 22 areas)

• All 22 towns and municipalities in Wayne County are part of this district.

Wyoming County (All 24 areas)

• All 24 towns and municipalities in Wyoming County are part of this district.

Yates County (All 13 areas)

• All 13 towns and municipalities in Yates County are part of this district.

People Who Have Represented the District

This is a list of the people who have served as the U.S. Representative for New York's 24th congressional district. Each person served for a certain number of years, representing the people in their district in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Representative	Party	Years	Electoral history	District location
District established March 4, 1823
Rowland Day (Sempronius)	nowrap | March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825	Elected in 1822.
Charles Kellogg (Kelloggsville)	nowrap | March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1827	Elected in 1824.
Nathaniel Garrow (Auburn)	nowrap | March 4, 1827 – March 3, 1829	Elected in 1826.
Gershom Powers (Auburn)	nowrap | March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1831	Elected in 1828.
Ulysses F. Doubleday (Auburn)	nowrap | March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1833	Elected in 1830.
Rowland Day (Sempronius)	nowrap | March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1835	Elected in 1832.
Ulysses F. Doubleday (Auburn)	nowrap | March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837	Elected in 1834.
William H. Noble (Cato)	nowrap | March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839	Elected in 1836.
Christopher Morgan (Aurora)	nowrap | March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1843	Elected in 1838. Re-elected in 1840.
Horace Wheaton (Pompey)	nowrap | March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1847	Elected in 1842. Re-elected in 1844.
Daniel Gott (Pompey)	nowrap | March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1851	Elected in 1846. Re-elected in 1848.
Daniel T. Jones (Baldwinsville)	nowrap | March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1855	Elected in 1850. Re-elected in 1852.
Amos P. Granger (Syracuse)	nowrap | March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857	Elected in 1854. Re-elected in 1856.
	nowrap | March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859
Charles B. Sedgwick (Syracuse)	nowrap | March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1863	Re-elected in 1858. Re-elected in 1860.
Theodore M. Pomeroy (Auburn)	nowrap | March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1869	Redistricted from the 25th district and re-elected in 1862. Re-elected in 1864. Re-elected in 1866.
George W. Cowles (Clyde)	nowrap | March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1871	Elected in 1868.
John E. Seeley (Ovid)	nowrap | March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1873	Elected in 1870.
R. Holland Duell (Cortland)	nowrap | March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875	Redistricted from the 23rd district and re-elected in 1872.
William H. Baker (Constantia)	nowrap | March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1879	Elected in 1874. Re-elected in 1876.
Joseph Mason (Hamilton)	nowrap | March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1883	Elected in 1878. Re-elected in 1880.
Newton W. Nutting (Oswego)	nowrap | March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885	Elected in 1882.
John S. Pindar (Cobleskill)	nowrap | March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1887	Elected in 1884.
David Wilber (Oneonta)	nowrap | March 4, 1887 – April 1, 1890	Elected in 1886. Re-elected in 1888. Died.
Vacant		April 1, 1890 – November 4, 1890
John S. Pindar (Cobleskill)	nowrap | November 4, 1890 – March 3, 1891	Elected to finish Wilber's term.
George Van Horn (Cooperstown)	nowrap | March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893	Elected in 1890.
Charles A. Chickering (Copenhagen)	nowrap | March 4, 1893 – February 13, 1900	Elected in 1892. Re-elected in 1894. Re-elected in 1896. Re-elected in 1898. Died.
Vacant		February 13, 1900 – November 6, 1900
Albert D. Shaw (Watertown)	nowrap | November 6, 1900 – February 10, 1901	Elected to finish Chickering's term. Re-elected in 1900. Died.
Vacant		February 10, 1901 – November 5, 1901
Charles L. Knapp (Lowville)	nowrap | November 5, 1901 – March 3, 1903	Elected to finish Shaw's term. Redistricted to the 28th district.
George J. Smith (Kingston)	nowrap | March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1905	Elected in 1902.
Frank J. LeFevre (New Paltz)	nowrap | March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1907	Elected in 1904.
George W. Fairchild (Oneonta)	nowrap | March 4, 1907 – March 3, 1913	Elected in 1906. Re-elected in 1908. Re-elected in 1910. Redistricted to the 34th district.
Woodson R. Oglesby (Yonkers)	nowrap | March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1917	Elected in 1912. Re-elected in 1914.
Benjamin L. Fairchild (Pelham)	nowrap | March 4, 1917 – March 3, 1919	Elected in 1916. Lost re-election.
James V. Ganly (New York)	nowrap | March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1921	Elected in 1918. Lost re-election.
Benjamin L. Fairchild (Pelham)	nowrap | March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1923	Elected in 1920. Lost re-election.
James V. Ganly (The Bronx)	nowrap | March 4, 1923 – September 7, 1923	Elected in 1922. Died.
Vacant		September 7, 1923 – November 6, 1923
Benjamin L. Fairchild (Pelham)	nowrap | November 6, 1923 – March 3, 1927	Elected to finish Ganly's term. Re-elected in 1924. Lost re-election.
James M. Fitzpatrick (New York)	nowrap | March 4, 1927 – January 3, 1945	Elected in 1926. Re-elected in 1928. Re-elected in 1930. Re-elected in 1932. Re-elected in 1934. Re-elected in 1936. Re-elected in 1938. Re-elected in 1940. Re-elected in 1942.
Benjamin J. Rabin (New York)	nowrap | January 3, 1945 – December 31, 1947	Elected in 1944. Re-elected in 1946. Resigned after being elected justice of New York Supreme Court.
Vacant		January 1, 1948 – February 16, 1948
Leo Isacson (New York)	nowrap | February 17, 1948 – January 3, 1949	Elected to finish Rabin's term. Lost re-election.
Isidore Dollinger (New York)	nowrap | January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1953	Elected in 1948. Re-elected in 1950. Redistricted to the 23rd district.
Charles A. Buckley (New York)	nowrap | January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1963	Redistricted from the 25th district and re-elected in 1952. Re-elected in 1954. Re-elected in 1956. Re-elected in 1958. Re-elected in 1960. Redistricted to the 23rd district.
Paul A. Fino (The Bronx)	nowrap | January 3, 1963 – December 31, 1968	Redistricted from the 25th district and re-elected in 1962. Re-elected in 1964. Re-elected in 1966. Resigned after being elected justice of New York Supreme Court.
Vacant		January 1, 1969 – January 3, 1969
Mario Biaggi (The Bronx)	nowrap | January 3, 1969 – January 3, 1973	Elected in 1968. Re-elected in 1970. Redistricted to the 10th district.
Ogden Reid (Purchase)	nowrap | January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1975	Redistricted from the 26th district and re-elected in 1972.
Richard Ottinger (Mamaroneck)	nowrap | January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1983	Elected in 1974. Re-elected in 1976. Re-elected in 1978. Re-elected in 1980. Redistricted to the 20th district.
Gerald Solomon (Glens Falls)	nowrap | January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1993	Redistricted from the 29th district and re-elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1984. Re-elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1988. Re-elected in 1990. Redistricted to the 22nd district.
John M. McHugh (Pierrepont Manor)	nowrap | January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2003	Elected in 1992. Re-elected in 1994. Re-elected in 1996. Re-elected in 1998. Re-elected in 2000. Redistricted to the 23rd district.
Sherwood Boehlert (New Hartford)	nowrap | January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2007	Redistricted from the 23rd district and re-elected in 2002. Re-elected in 2004. Retired.	2003–2013
Mike Arcuri (Utica)	nowrap | January 3, 2007 – January 3, 2011	Elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Lost re-election.
Richard Hanna (Barneveld)	nowrap | January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2013	Elected in 2010. Redistricted to the 22nd district.
Dan Maffei (Syracuse)	nowrap | January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2015	Elected in 2012. Lost re-election.	2013–2023
John Katko (Syracuse)	nowrap | January 3, 2015 – January 3, 2023	Elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. Redistricted to the 22nd district and retired.
Claudia Tenney (Canadaigua)	rowspan=2 nowrap | January 3, 2023 – present	Redistricted from the 22nd district and re-elected in 2022. Re-elected in 2024.	2023–2025
			2025–present

Recent Election Results

This section shows the results of the most recent elections for the 24th congressional district.

See also

In Spanish: 24.º distrito congresional de Nueva York para niños

• List of United States congressional districts
• New York's congressional districts
• United States congressional delegations from New York