New York's 36th congressional district was a
congressional district
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for the
United States House of Representatives
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in New York. It was created in 1903 as a result of the
1900 census
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. It was eliminated as a result of the
redistricting cycle after the
1980 census
The 1980 United States census, conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States to be 226,545,805, an increase of 11.4% over the 203,184,772 persons enumerated during the 1970 census. It was the first ce ...
. It was last represented by
John LaFalce
John Joseph LaFalce (October 6, 1939 – April 11, 2025) was an American politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from the state of New York from 1975 to 2003. He retired in 2002 after his district was merg ...
who was redistricted into the
32nd district.
Past components
1973–1983:
:All of
Niagara,
Orleans
:Parts of
Erie
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,
Monroe
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* Marilyn Monroe, actress and model
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* Monroe, Arkansas, an unincorp ...
1963–1973:
:All of
Wayne
:Parts of
Monroe
Monroe or Monroes may refer to:
People and fictional characters
* Monroe (surname)
* Monroe (given name)
* James Monroe, 5th President of the United States
* Marilyn Monroe, actress and model
Places United States
* Monroe, Arkansas, an unincorp ...
1953–1963:
:All of
Cayuga Cayuga often refers to:
* Cayuga people, a native tribe to North America, part of the Iroquois Confederacy
* Cayuga language, the language of the Cayuga
Cayuga may also refer to:
Places Canada
*Cayuga, Ontario
United States
* Cayuga, Illinois
...
,
Chenango,
Cortland,
Ontario
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,
Schuyler,
Seneca
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:
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,
Tompkins,
Yates
1945–1953:
:All of
Onondaga
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Native American/First Nations
* Onondaga people, a Native American/First Nations people and one of the five founding nations of the Iroquois League
* Onondaga (village), Onondaga settlement and traditional Iroquois capit ...
1913–1945:
:All of
Cayuga Cayuga often refers to:
* Cayuga people, a native tribe to North America, part of the Iroquois Confederacy
* Cayuga language, the language of the Cayuga
Cayuga may also refer to:
Places Canada
*Cayuga, Ontario
United States
* Cayuga, Illinois
...
,
Ontario
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,
Seneca
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* Seneca (name), a list of people and fictional characters with the given name or surname
:
:* Seneca the Elder (c. 54 BC – c. AD 39), a Roman rhetorician, writer and father ...
,
Wayne,
Yates
1903–1913:
:All of
Erie
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and Parts of
Buffalo
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* Buffalo, New York, a city in the n ...
List of members representing the district
Election results
References
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Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–presentClerk of the House of Representatives
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Former congressional districts of the United States
1903 establishments in New York (state)
1983 disestablishments in New York (state)
Constituencies established in 1903
Constituencies disestablished in 1983