New York's 42nd congressional district

The 42nd 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 as a result of the 1960 Census. It was last represented by John R. Pillion, who was redistricted into the 39th District.

List of members representing the district

Representative	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history	District location
District created March 4, 1913
Daniel A. Driscoll	Democratic	March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1917	63rd 64th	Redistricted from the 35th district.	Parts of Erie
William F. Waldow	Republican	March 4, 1917 – March 3, 1919	65th	[data unknown/missing] Lost re-election.
James M. Mead	Democratic	March 4, 1919 – December 2, 1938	66th 67th 68th 69th 70th 71st 72nd 73rd 74th 75th	[data unknown/missing] Resigned to take seat in United States Senate.
Vacant		December 3, 1938 – January 2, 1939	75th
Pius L. Schwert	Democratic	January 3, 1939 – March 11, 1941	76th 77th	[data unknown/missing] Died.
Vacant		March 12, 1941 – April 21, 1941	77th
John C. Butler	Republican	April 22, 1941 – January 3, 1945	77th 78th	[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to the 44th district.
Walter G. Andrews	Republican	January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1949	79th 80th	Redistricted from the 40th district.	All of Niagara, Parts of Erie
William L. Pfeiffer	Republican	January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1951	81st	[data unknown/missing] Retired.
William E. Miller	Republican	January 3, 1951 – January 3, 1953	82nd	[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to the 40th district.
John R. Pillion	Republican	January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1963	83rd 84th 85th 86th 87th	[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to the 39th district.	Parts of Erie
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
1920	James M. Mead: 22,869	C. Hamilton Cook: 21,224	John H. Gibbons (Socialist): 3,218
1922	James M. Mead: 25,070	Louis J. Schwendler: 12,494	Jacob F. Griesinger (Socialist): 2,913
1924	James M. Mead: 28,152	Richard S. Persons: 25,236	Amy R. Juengling (Socialist): 2,778
1926	James M. Mead: 28,873	John Bruno McGrath: 19,362	Florence A. McCarthy (Socialist): 1,498
1928	James M. Mead: 44,373	C. Hamilton Cook: 31,785
1930	James M. Mead: 33,195	Frank A. Dorn: 16,072	Clara Haushammer (Socialist): 1,308
1932	James M. Mead: 51,516	Henry Adsit Bull: 30,230	Marklet H. Harding (Socialist): 1,410
1934	James M. Mead: 49,251	Walter J. Lohr: 26,036	Marklet H. Harding (Socialist): 1,917
1936	James M. Mead: 57,132	Eugene D. Crooker: 32,395	Anthony Fitzgibbons: 6,840 John J. Szczepaniak: 3,384 Fred Riefler (Socialist): 1,304 Mattie Green (Communist) 168
1938	Pius L. Schwert: 39,287	John C. Butler: 36,326	John A. Ulinksi: 9,537 John E. Kralisz: 414 Connie Wilson (Socialist): 274
1940	Pius L. Schwert: 64,250	Edward F. Moss: 44,866	Mattie Green (Communist) 227
1942	Frank J. Caffery: 34,248	John C. Butler: 39,650
1944	William Haeseler, Jr.: 62,590	Walter G. Andrews: 83,781
1946	William R. Lupton: 43,028	Walter G. Andrews: 71,862
1948	Mary Louise Nice: 69,290	William L. Pfeiffer: 75,842	Emanuel Fried (American Labor): 3,427
1950	Mary Louise Nice: 53,310	William E. Miller: 75,377
1952	Chester C. Gorski: 81,201	John R. Pillion: 100,434	Charles T. Asque (American Labor): 238
1954	John J. Zablotny: 60,880	John R. Pillion: 82,707
1956	James Kane, Jr.: 80,568	John R. Pillion: 117,178	David E. Gundlach (Liberal): 2,027
1958	Joseph R. Stiglmeier: 69,747	John R. Pillion: 99,799
1960	Charles J. McCabe: 93,492	John R. Pillion: 122,073	James A. Peck (Liberal): 4,979

References

• 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