New York's 43rd congressional district
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The 43rd Congressional District of New York was a congressional district
for the United States House of Representatives
in New York. It was created in 1913 as a result of the 1910 Census
. It was eliminated in 1963 as a result of the 1960 Census
. It was last represented by Charles E. Goodell who was redistricted into the 38th District
.
1945-1953:
1913-1945:
Congressional district
A congressional district is “a geographical division of a state from which one member of the House of Representatives is elected.”Congressional Districts are made up of three main components, a representative, constituents, and the specific land area that both the representative and the...
for the United States House of Representatives
United States House of Representatives
The United States House of Representatives is one of the two Houses of the United States Congress, the bicameral legislature which also includes the Senate.The composition and powers of the House are established in Article One of the Constitution...
in New York. It was created in 1913 as a result of the 1910 Census
United States Census, 1910
The Thirteenth United States Census, conducted by the Census Bureau on April 15, 1910, determined the resident population of the United States to be 92,228,496, an increase of 21.0 percent over the 76,212,168 persons enumerated during the 1900 Census...
. It was eliminated in 1963 as a result of the 1960 Census
United States Census, 1960
The Eighteenth United States Census, conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States to be 179,323,175, an increase of 18.5 percent over the 151,325,798 persons enumerated during the 1950 Census.-Census questions:...
. It was last represented by Charles E. Goodell who was redistricted into the 38th District
New York's 38th congressional district
The 38th Congressional District of New York was a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives in New York. It was created in 1913 as a result of the 1910 Census. It was eliminated in 1983 as a result of the 1980 Census...
.
Past components
1953-1963:- All of AlleganyAllegany County, New YorkAllegany County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2010 census, the population was 48,946. Its name derives from a Delaware Indian word, applied by settlers of Western New York State to a trail that followed the Allegheny River. Its county seat is...
, CattaraugusCattaraugus County, New YorkCattaraugus County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2010 census, the population was 80,317. The county seat is Little Valley.-History:...
, ChautauquaChautauqua County, New York-Major highways:* Interstate 86/New York State Route 17 * Interstate 90 * U.S. Route 20* U.S. Route 62* New York State Route 5* New York State Route 39* New York State Route 60* New York State Route 394...
, LivingstonLivingston County, New YorkAs of the census of 2000, there were 64,328 people, 22,150 households, and 15,349 families residing in the county. The population density was 102 people per square mile . There were 24,023 housing units at an average density of 38 per square mile...
1945-1953:
- Parts of ErieErie County, New YorkErie County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2010 census, the population was 919,040. The county seat is Buffalo. The county's name comes from Lake Erie, which in turn comes from the Erie tribe of American Indians who lived south and east of the lake before 1654.Erie...
1913-1945:
- All of AlleganyAllegany County, New YorkAllegany County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2010 census, the population was 48,946. Its name derives from a Delaware Indian word, applied by settlers of Western New York State to a trail that followed the Allegheny River. Its county seat is...
, CattaraugusCattaraugus County, New YorkCattaraugus County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2010 census, the population was 80,317. The county seat is Little Valley.-History:...
, ChautauquaChautauqua County, New York-Major highways:* Interstate 86/New York State Route 17 * Interstate 90 * U.S. Route 20* U.S. Route 62* New York State Route 5* New York State Route 39* New York State Route 60* New York State Route 394...
Representatives
Representative | Party | Years | Note |
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District created | March 4, 1913 | ||
Charles Mann Hamilton Charles Mann Hamilton Charles Mann Hamilton was an American congressman who represented the state of New York.He was born January 23, 1874 in Ripley, New York, USA. He served in the New York State Assembly from 1906 to... |
Republican Republican Party (United States) The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S... |
March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1919 | |
Daniel A. Reed Daniel A. Reed -External links:... |
Republican Republican Party (United States) The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S... |
March 4, 1919 – January 3, 1945 | redistricted to 45th district New York's 45th congressional district The 45th Congressional District of New York was a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives in New York. It was created in 1945 and eliminated as a result of the 1950 Census. For the entirety of its existence it was represented by Daniel A... |
Edward J. Elsaesser Edward J. Elsaesser Edward Julius Elsaesser was an American congressman who represented the state of New York. He was born in Buffalo, New York on March 10, 1904 and graduated from the law school of the University of Buffalo in 1926. He was admitted to the bar in 1927 and began practicing law in Buffalo. He served... |
Republican Republican Party (United States) The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S... |
January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1949 | |
Anthony F. Tauriello Anthony F. Tauriello Anthony Francis Tauriello was an American congressman who represented the state of New York. He was born in Buffalo, New York, USA on August 14, 1899 and graduated from the Cumberland School of Law in 1929. He was a member of the Erie County Board of Supervisors from 1933 to 1937; also, he was a... |
Democratic Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous... |
January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1951 | |
Edmund P. Radwan Edmund P. Radwan Edmund Patrick Radwanwas an American congressman who represented the state of New York.He was born in Buffalo, Erie County, New York, USA on September 22, 1911 and attended the local public schools. He graduated from the University of Buffalo Law School in 1934... |
Republican Republican Party (United States) The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S... |
January 3, 1951 – January 3, 1953 | redistricted to 41st district New York's 41st congressional district The 41st Congressional District of New York was a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives in New York. It was created in 1913 as a result of the 1910 Census. It was eliminated in 1973 as a result of the 1970 Census. It was last represented by Thaddeus J... |
Daniel A. Reed Daniel A. Reed -External links:... |
Republican Republican Party (United States) The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S... |
January 3, 1953 – February 19, 1959 | redistricted from 45th district New York's 45th congressional district The 45th Congressional District of New York was a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives in New York. It was created in 1945 and eliminated as a result of the 1950 Census. For the entirety of its existence it was represented by Daniel A... , died |
vacant | February 20, 1959 – May 25, 1959 | ||
Charles E. Goodell | Republican Republican Party (United States) The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S... |
May 26, 1959 – January 3, 1963 | redistricted to 38th district New York's 38th congressional district The 38th Congressional District of New York was a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives in New York. It was created in 1913 as a result of the 1910 Census. It was eliminated in 1983 as a result of the 1980 Census... |
District eliminated | January 3, 1963 |
Election results
The following chart shows historic election results. Bold type indicates victor. Italic type indicates incumbent.Year | Democratic | Republican | Other |
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1960 | T. Joseph Lynch: 48,423 | Charles E. Goodell: 87,585 | Elmer Olson (Liberal Liberal Party of New York The Liberal Party of New York is a minor American political party that has been active only in the state of New York. Its platform supports a standard set of social liberal policies: it supports right to abortion, increased spending on education, and universal health care.As of 2007, the Liberal... ): 3,553 |
1958 | T. Joseph Lynch: 36,799 | Daniel A. Reed Daniel A. Reed -External links:... : 68,896 |
Leo M. Brushingham (Liberal Liberal Party of New York The Liberal Party of New York is a minor American political party that has been active only in the state of New York. Its platform supports a standard set of social liberal policies: it supports right to abortion, increased spending on education, and universal health care.As of 2007, the Liberal... ): 2,328 |
1956 | T. Joseph Lynch: 42,476 | Daniel A. Reed Daniel A. Reed -External links:... : 93,079 |
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1954 | James F. Crowley: 34,590 | Daniel A. Reed Daniel A. Reed -External links:... : 66,852 |
John G. Cooper (Liberal Liberal Party of New York The Liberal Party of New York is a minor American political party that has been active only in the state of New York. Its platform supports a standard set of social liberal policies: it supports right to abortion, increased spending on education, and universal health care.As of 2007, the Liberal... ): 1,664 Nahum E. Aldrich (American Labor American Labor Party The American Labor Party was a political party in the United States established in 1936 which was active almost exclusively in the state of New York. The organization was founded by labor leaders and former members of the Socialist Party who had established themselves as the Social Democratic... ): 69 |
1952 | Harry D. Johnson: 44,276 | Daniel A. Reed Daniel A. Reed -External links:... : 91,534 |
Lyle H. Furlong (Liberal Liberal Party of New York The Liberal Party of New York is a minor American political party that has been active only in the state of New York. Its platform supports a standard set of social liberal policies: it supports right to abortion, increased spending on education, and universal health care.As of 2007, the Liberal... ): 2,231 Axel W. Berggren (American Labor American Labor Party The American Labor Party was a political party in the United States established in 1936 which was active almost exclusively in the state of New York. The organization was founded by labor leaders and former members of the Socialist Party who had established themselves as the Social Democratic... ): 285 |
1950 | Anthony F. Tauriello Anthony F. Tauriello Anthony Francis Tauriello was an American congressman who represented the state of New York. He was born in Buffalo, New York, USA on August 14, 1899 and graduated from the Cumberland School of Law in 1929. He was a member of the Erie County Board of Supervisors from 1933 to 1937; also, he was a... : 58,327 |
Edmund P. Radwan Edmund P. Radwan Edmund Patrick Radwanwas an American congressman who represented the state of New York.He was born in Buffalo, Erie County, New York, USA on September 22, 1911 and attended the local public schools. He graduated from the University of Buffalo Law School in 1934... : 61,781 |
Michael Clune (American Labor American Labor Party The American Labor Party was a political party in the United States established in 1936 which was active almost exclusively in the state of New York. The organization was founded by labor leaders and former members of the Socialist Party who had established themselves as the Social Democratic... ): 1,421 |
1948 | Anthony F. Tauriello Anthony F. Tauriello Anthony Francis Tauriello was an American congressman who represented the state of New York. He was born in Buffalo, New York, USA on August 14, 1899 and graduated from the Cumberland School of Law in 1929. He was a member of the Erie County Board of Supervisors from 1933 to 1937; also, he was a... : 72,388 |
Edward J. Elsaesser Edward J. Elsaesser Edward Julius Elsaesser was an American congressman who represented the state of New York. He was born in Buffalo, New York on March 10, 1904 and graduated from the law school of the University of Buffalo in 1926. He was admitted to the bar in 1927 and began practicing law in Buffalo. He served... : 66,729 |
George Provost (American Labor American Labor Party The American Labor Party was a political party in the United States established in 1936 which was active almost exclusively in the state of New York. The organization was founded by labor leaders and former members of the Socialist Party who had established themselves as the Social Democratic... ): 3,322 |
1946 | Charles P. McCabe: 38,108 | Edward J. Elsaesser Edward J. Elsaesser Edward Julius Elsaesser was an American congressman who represented the state of New York. He was born in Buffalo, New York on March 10, 1904 and graduated from the law school of the University of Buffalo in 1926. He was admitted to the bar in 1927 and began practicing law in Buffalo. He served... : 71,758 |
George J. Young (American Labor American Labor Party The American Labor Party was a political party in the United States established in 1936 which was active almost exclusively in the state of New York. The organization was founded by labor leaders and former members of the Socialist Party who had established themselves as the Social Democratic... ): 4,853 |
1944 | Raymond J. Barnes: 71,216 | Edward J. Elsaesser Edward J. Elsaesser Edward Julius Elsaesser was an American congressman who represented the state of New York. He was born in Buffalo, New York on March 10, 1904 and graduated from the law school of the University of Buffalo in 1926. He was admitted to the bar in 1927 and began practicing law in Buffalo. He served... : 74,366 |
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1942 | Clare Barnes: 20,867 | Daniel A. Reed Daniel A. Reed -External links:... : 43,730 |
Nelson M. Fuller (American Labor American Labor Party The American Labor Party was a political party in the United States established in 1936 which was active almost exclusively in the state of New York. The organization was founded by labor leaders and former members of the Socialist Party who had established themselves as the Social Democratic... ): 3,466 |
1940 | Milton A. Bissell: 40,980 | Daniel A. Reed Daniel A. Reed -External links:... : 67,520 |
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1938 | Samuel A. Carlson Samuel A. Carlson Samuel A. Carlson was mayor of Jamestown, New York. He is famous for bringing the Board of Public Utilities to life. Carlson was the sixth Mayor and the eighth Mayor of the town. Mayor Carlson was a Republican and a native of Jamestown, New York. Jamestown dedicated two memorials to Mayor... : 28,289 |
Daniel A. Reed Daniel A. Reed -External links:... : 53,261 |
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1936 | Clare Barnes: 44,585 | Daniel A. Reed Daniel A. Reed -External links:... : 56,129 |
Joseph J. O'Brocta (Socialist Socialist Party of America The Socialist Party of America was a multi-tendency democratic-socialist political party in the United States, formed in 1901 by a merger between the three-year-old Social Democratic Party of America and disaffected elements of the Socialist Labor Party which had split from the main organization... ): 1,336 Axel W. Berggren (Communist Communist Party USA The Communist Party USA is a Marxist political party in the United States, established in 1919. It has a long, complex history that is closely related to the histories of similar communist parties worldwide and the U.S. labor movement.... ): 172 |
1934 | Peter B. Hogan: 22,856 | Daniel A. Reed Daniel A. Reed -External links:... : 42,513 |
Fred J. Smith (Socialist Socialist Party of America The Socialist Party of America was a multi-tendency democratic-socialist political party in the United States, formed in 1901 by a merger between the three-year-old Social Democratic Party of America and disaffected elements of the Socialist Labor Party which had split from the main organization... ): 2,556 Howard Albro (Communist Communist Party USA The Communist Party USA is a Marxist political party in the United States, established in 1919. It has a long, complex history that is closely related to the histories of similar communist parties worldwide and the U.S. labor movement.... ): 206 |
1932 | Gerald A. Herrick: 34,561 | Daniel A. Reed Daniel A. Reed -External links:... : 55,988 |
John C. Cooper (Socialist Socialist Party of America The Socialist Party of America was a multi-tendency democratic-socialist political party in the United States, formed in 1901 by a merger between the three-year-old Social Democratic Party of America and disaffected elements of the Socialist Labor Party which had split from the main organization... ): 2,690 |
1930 | Mattie C. Dellone: 14,755 | Daniel A. Reed Daniel A. Reed -External links:... : 38,913 |
Herman Guntner (Socialist Socialist Party of America The Socialist Party of America was a multi-tendency democratic-socialist political party in the United States, formed in 1901 by a merger between the three-year-old Social Democratic Party of America and disaffected elements of the Socialist Labor Party which had split from the main organization... ): 1,429 |
1928 | Arthur E. Towne: 23,176 | Daniel A. Reed Daniel A. Reed -External links:... : 73,571 |
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1926 | John B. Leach: 15,555 | Daniel A. Reed Daniel A. Reed -External links:... : 44,073 |
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1924 | Daniel A. Reed Daniel A. Reed -External links:... : 61,769 |
J. Samuel Fowler (Progressive): 6,141 | |
1922 | Frederick Garfield: 15,261 | Daniel A. Reed Daniel A. Reed -External links:... : 40,374 |
Conrad Axelsohn (Socialist Socialist Party of America The Socialist Party of America was a multi-tendency democratic-socialist political party in the United States, formed in 1901 by a merger between the three-year-old Social Democratic Party of America and disaffected elements of the Socialist Labor Party which had split from the main organization... ): 1,265 J. William Sanbury (Farmer-Labor Farmer-Labor Party The first modern Farmer–Labor Party in the United States emerged in Minnesota in 1918. Economic dislocation caused by American entry into World War I put agricultural prices and workers' wages into imbalance with rapidly escalating retail prices during the war years, and farmers and workers sought... ): 356 |
1920 | Fred H. Sylvester: 13,720 | Daniel A. Reed Daniel A. Reed -External links:... : 52,343 |
Gust B. Peterson (Socialist Socialist Party of America The Socialist Party of America was a multi-tendency democratic-socialist political party in the United States, formed in 1901 by a merger between the three-year-old Social Democratic Party of America and disaffected elements of the Socialist Labor Party which had split from the main organization... ): 4,273 |