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This information is from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-Present, Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts, United States Congressional Districts 1788-1841 and the New York Legislative Manual. There are some gaps in the list. Note that through 1934, the terms began in March; for example the 1st Congress (listed as 1789-1790) ran March 4, 1789 - March 3, 1791. The 73rd Congress ran from March 4, 1933 - January 3, 1935.
| 1st - 3rd Provincial Congresses | ||
|---|---|---|
| Term | District | Member |
| 1774-1776 | City & County of Albany | Henry Glen |
| U. S. House of Representatives | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Term | District | Member | Party |
| 1789-1790 | 6th | Jeremiah Van Rensselaer | Anti-Administration |
| 1791-1792 | 6th | Gordon, James | Pro-Administration |
| 1793-1794 | 8th | Henry Glen | Pro-Administration |
| 1795-1800 | 8th | Henry Glen | Federalist |
| 1801-1802 | 8th | Killian Killian Van Rensselaer | Federalist |
| 1803-1808 | 9th | Killian Killian Van Rensselaer | Federalist |
| 1809-1810 | 7th | Killian Killian Van Rensselaer | Federalist |
| 1811-1812 | 7th | Harmanus Bleecker | Federalist |
| 1813-1814 | 13th | Alexander Boyd | Federalist |
| 1815-1816 | 13th | John Barentse Yates | Democratic Republican |
| 1817-1818 | 13th | Thomas Lawyer | Democratic Republican |
| 1819-1820 | 13th | Harmanus Peek | Democratic Republican |
| 1821-1822 | 13th | John Gebhard | Federalist |
| 1823-1824 | 12th | Lewis Eaton | Crawford Republican |
| 1825-1826 | 12th | William Dietz | Jacksonian Democrat |
| 1827-1828 | 12th | John Isaac De Graff | Jacksonian Democrat |
| 1829-1830 | 12th | Peter I. Borst | Jacksonian Democrat |
| 1831-1832 | 12th | Joseph Bouck | Jacksonian Democrat |
| 1833-1834 | 11th | John Cramer | Jacksonian Democrat |
| 1835-1836 | 11th | John Cramer | Jacksonian Democrat |
| 1837-1838 | 11th | John Isaac De Graff | Democrat |
| 1839-1840 | 11th | Anson Brown, died June 11, 1840 Nicholas Bartlett Doe, took office December 7, 1840 | Whig |
| 1841-1842 | 11th | Archibald Ladley Linn | Whig |
| 1843-1844 | 16th | Chesselden Ellis | Democrat |
| 1845-1846 | 16th | Hugh White | Whig |
| 1847-1848 | 16th | Hugh White | Whig |
| 1849-1850 | 16th | Hugh White | Whig |
| 1851-1852 | 16th | John Wells | Whig |
| 1853-1854 | 18th | Peter Rowe | Democrat |
| 1855-1856 | 18th | Thomas Raymond Horton | Opposition |
| 1857-1860 | 18th | Clark Betton Cochrane | Republican |
| 1861-1862 | 18th | Chauncey Vibbard | Democrat |
| 1863-1868 | 18th | James Madison Marvin | Republican |
| 1869-1870 | 18th | Stephen Sanford | Republican |
| 1871-1872 | 18th | John Michael Carroll | Democrat |
| 1873-1874 | 19th | Henry Harrison Hathorn | Republican |
| 1875-1876 | 20th | Henry Harrison Hathorn | Republican |
| 1879-1880 | 20th | John Henry Starin | Republican |
| 1881-1882 | 20th | George West | Republican |
| 1883-1884 | 20th | Edward Wemple | Democrat |
| 1885-1888 | 20th | George West | Republican |
| 1889-1892 | 20th | John Sanford | Republican |
| 1893-1894 | 21st | Simon Jacob Schermerhorn | Democrat |
| 1895-1898 | 21st | George Newell Southwick | Republican |
| 1899-1902 | 21st | John Knox Stewart | Republican |
| 1903-1910 | 23rd | George Newell Southwick | Republican |
| 1911-1912 | 23rd | Henry Schermerhorn De Forest | Republican |
| 1913-1914 | 30th | Samuel Wallin | Republican |
| 1915-1916 | 30th | William Barclay Charles | Republican |
| 1917-1918 | 30th | George Richard Lunn | Democrat |
| 1919-1942 | 30th | Frank Crowther | Republican |
| 1943-1944 | 30th | Bernard William "Pat" Kearney | Republican |
| 1945-1952 | 31st | Bernard William "Pat" Kearney | Republican |
| 1953-1958 | 32nd | Bernard William "Pat" Kearney | Republican |
| 1959-1962 | 32nd | Samuel Studdiford "Sam" Stratton | Democrat |
| 1963-1966 | 29th | Leo W. O'Brien | Democrat |
| 1967-1970 | 29th | Daniel Evan Button | Republican |
| 1971-1972 | 29th | Samuel Studdiford "Sam" Stratton | Democrat |
| U. S. House of Representatives | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Term | District | Member | Party | District | Member | Party |
| 1973-1982 | 28th [Glenville, Niskayuna, Rotterdam, Schenectady] | Samuel Studdiford "Sam" Stratton | Democrat | 31st [Duanesburg, Princetown] | Donald Jerome Mitchell | Republican |
| U. S. House of Representatives | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Term | District | Member | Party |
| 1983-1988 | 23rd | Samuel Studdiford "Sam" Stratton | Democrat |
| 1989-1992 | 23rd | Michael Robert McNulty | Democrat |
| 1993-2008 | 21st | Michael Robert McNulty | Democrat |
| 2009-2012 | 21st | Paul David Tonko | Democrat |
| 2013-date | 20th | Paul David Tonko | Democrat |
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