New York's 16th congressional district
New York's 16th congressional district is a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives represented by Eliot Engel.
New York's 16th congressional district | |||
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New York's 16th congressional district since January 3, 2013 | |||
Representative |
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Distribution |
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Population (2018 ACS est.) | 732,981 | ||
Median income | $69,463[1] | ||
Ethnicity |
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Cook PVI | D+24[2] |
The 16th district includes the northern Bronx and the southern half of Westchester County, including the suburban cities of Mount Vernon, Yonkers, New Rochelle, and Rye.
From 2003 to 2013, the district included the neighborhoods of Bedford Park, East Tremont, Fordham, Hunts Point, Melrose, Highbridge, Morrisania, Mott Haven and University Heights. Yankee Stadium, Fordham University and the Bronx Zoo were located within the district. Before redistricting, the 2010 Census found that approximately 38% of constituents in New York's 16th lived at or below the federal poverty line, the highest poverty rate of any congressional district in the nation.[3] These neighborhoods were largely reassigned to the 15th district after redistricting, while the current 16th comprises most of the territory that had previously been the 17th District. The current 16th district, while still containing impoverished areas, such as some neighborhoods of Mount Vernon, also contains affluent areas, such as in Scarsdale and Rye, resulting in a more mixed-income demography.
In 2008, the previous version of this district gave Barack Obama his largest victory margin of any congressional district, a margin of 90% (95%-5%).[4] The current configuration of the 16th district is strongly Democratic, though it is not as overwhelmingly Democratic as other districts in the city.
Election results from presidential races
Year | Office | Results |
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1992 | President | B. Clinton 81 - 15% |
1996 | President | B. Clinton 94 - 4% |
2000 | President | Gore 92 - 5% |
2004 | President | Kerry 89 - 10% |
2008 | President | Obama 95 - 5% |
2012 | President | Obama 73.7 - 25.5% |
2016 | President | H. Clinton 75.5 - 22.5% |
List of members representing the district
Representative | Party | Years | Cong ress |
Electoral history | Location |
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District created | 1803 | ||||
John Paterson |
Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1805 |
8th | Elected in 1802. Retired. |
1803–1809 [data unknown/missing] |
Uri Tracy | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1805 – March 3, 1807 |
9th | Re-elected in 1804. Lost re-election. | |
Reuben Humphrey |
Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1807 – March 3, 1809 |
10th | Elected in 1806. [data unknown/missing] | |
District eliminated | March 4, 1809 – March 3, 1813 | ||||
Morris S. Miller |
Federalist | March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1815 |
13th | Elected in 1812. [data unknown/missing] |
1813–1823 Oneida County and the ex-Oneida part of Oswego County |
Thomas R. Gold |
Federalist | March 4, 1815 – March 3, 1817 |
14th | Elected in 1814. [data unknown/missing] | |
Henry R. Storrs | Federalist | March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1821 |
15th 16th |
Elected in 1816. Re-elected in 1818. Lost renomination. | |
Vacant | March 4, 1821 – December 3, 1821 |
Elections were held in April 1821. It is unclear when results were announced or credentials issued. | |||
Joseph Kirkland |
Federalist | December 3, 1821 – March 3, 1823 |
17th | Elected in 1821. [data unknown/missing] | |
John W. Cady | Adams-Clay Democratic-Republican |
March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825 |
18th | Elected in 1822. [data unknown/missing] |
1823–1833 Montgomery County |
Henry Markell | Anti-Jacksonian | March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1829 |
19th 20th |
[data unknown/missing] | |
Benedict Arnold | Anti-Jacksonian | March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1831 |
21st | [data unknown/missing] | |
Nathan Soule | Jacksonian | March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1833 |
22nd | [data unknown/missing] | |
Abijah Mann Jr. | Jacksonian | March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1837 |
23rd 24th |
[data unknown/missing] | 1833–1843 [data unknown/missing] |
Arphaxed Loomis | Democratic | March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839 |
25th | [data unknown/missing] | |
Andrew W. Doig | Democratic | March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1843 |
26th 27th |
[data unknown/missing] | |
Chesselden Ellis | Democratic | March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845 |
28th | [data unknown/missing] | 1843–1853 [data unknown/missing] |
Hugh White |
Whig | March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1851 |
29th 30th 31st |
[data unknown/missing] | |
John Wells | Whig | March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853 |
32nd | [data unknown/missing] | |
George A. Simmons | Whig | March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855 |
33rd 34th |
[data unknown/missing] | 1853–1863 [data unknown/missing] |
Opposition | March 4, 1855 – May 30, 1857 |
[data unknown/missing] | |||
George W. Palmer |
Republican | March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1861 |
35th 36th |
[data unknown/missing] | |
William A. Wheeler |
Republican | March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863 |
37th | [data unknown/missing] | |
Orlando Kellogg |
Republican | March 4, 1863 – August 24, 1865 |
38th 39th |
[data unknown/missing] Died. |
1863–1873 [data unknown/missing] |
Vacant | August 24, 1865 – December 3, 1866 | ||||
Robert S. Hale |
Republican | December 3, 1866 – March 3, 1867 |
39th | [data unknown/missing] | |
Orange Ferriss |
Republican | March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1871 |
40th 41st |
[data unknown/missing] | |
John Rogers | Democratic | March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1873 |
42nd | [data unknown/missing] | |
James S. Smart | Republican | March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875 |
43rd | [data unknown/missing] | 1873–1883 [data unknown/missing] |
Charles H. Adams |
Republican | March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877 |
44th | [data unknown/missing] | |
Terence J. Quinn |
Democratic | March 4, 1877 – June 18, 1878 |
45th | [data unknown/missing] Died. | |
Vacant | June 18, 1878 – November 5, 1878 | ||||
John Mosher Bailey |
Republican | November 5, 1878 – March 3, 1881 |
45th 46th |
[data unknown/missing] | |
Michael N. Nolan |
Democratic | March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1883 |
47th | [data unknown/missing] | |
Thomas J. Van Alstyne |
Democratic | March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885 |
48th | [data unknown/missing] | 1883–1893 [data unknown/missing] |
John H. Ketcham |
Republican | March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1893 |
49th 50th 51st 52nd |
Redistricted from the 13th district and re-elected in 1884. [data unknown/missing] | |
William Ryan |
Democratic | March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895 |
53rd | [data unknown/missing] | 1893–1903 [data unknown/missing] |
Benjamin L. Fairchild |
Republican | March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1897 |
54th | [data unknown/missing] | |
William L. Ward |
Republican | March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1899 |
55th | [data unknown/missing] | |
John Q. Underhill |
Democratic | March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1901 |
56th | [data unknown/missing] | |
Cornelius A. Pugsley |
Democratic | March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1903 |
57th | [data unknown/missing] | |
Jacob Ruppert |
Democratic | March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1907 |
58th 59th |
Redistricted from the 15th district and re-elected in 1902. [data unknown/missing] |
1903–1913 [data unknown/missing] |
Francis B. Harrison |
Democratic | March 4, 1907 – March 3, 1913 |
60th 61st 62nd |
[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to the 20th district. | |
Peter J. Dooling |
Democratic | March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1919 |
63rd 64th 65th |
[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to the 15th district. |
1913–1933 [data unknown/missing] |
Thomas F. Smith |
Democratic | March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1921 |
66th | Redistricted from the 15th district and re-elected in 1818. [data unknown/missing] | |
William Bourke Cockran |
Democratic | March 4, 1921 – March 1, 1923 |
67th | Elected in 1920. Re-elected in 1922 but died before the next term began. | |
Vacant | March 1, 1923 – November 6, 1923 |
67th 68th | |||
John J. O'Connor |
Democratic | November 6, 1923 – January 3, 1939 |
68th 69th 70th 71st 72nd 73rd 74th 75th |
Elected to finish Cockran's term. [data unknown/missing] | |
1933–1943 [data unknown/missing] | |||||
James H. Fay |
Democratic | January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1941 |
76th | [data unknown/missing] | |
William T. Pheiffer |
Republican | January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1943 |
77th | [data unknown/missing] | |
James H. Fay |
Democratic | January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1945 |
78th | [data unknown/missing] | 1943–1953 [data unknown/missing] |
Ellsworth B. Buck |
Republican | January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1949 |
79th 80th |
Redistricted from the 11th district and re-elected in 1944. [data unknown/missing] | |
James J. Murphy |
Democratic | January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1953 |
81st 82nd |
[data unknown/missing] | |
Adam Clayton Powell Jr. |
Democratic | January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1963 |
83rd 84th 85th 86th 87th |
Redistricted from the 22nd district and re-elected in 1952. Redistricted to the 18th district. |
1953–1963 [data unknown/missing] |
John M. Murphy |
Democratic | January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1973 |
88th 89th 90th 91st 92nd |
[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to the 17th district. |
1963–1973 [data unknown/missing] |
Elizabeth Holtzman |
Democratic | January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1981 |
93rd 94th 95th 96th |
[data unknown/missing] Retired to run for U.S. Senator. |
1973–1983 [data unknown/missing] |
Chuck Schumer |
Democratic | January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1983 |
97th | [data unknown/missing] Redistricted to the 10th district. | |
Charles Rangel |
Democratic | January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1993 |
98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd |
Redistricted from the 19th district and re-elected in 1982. Redistricted to the 15th district. |
1983–1993 [data unknown/missing] |
José E. Serrano |
Democratic | January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2013 |
103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th 111th 112th |
Redistricted from the 18th district and re-elected in 1992. Redistricted to the 15th district. |
1993–2003 [data unknown/missing] |
2003–2013 [data unknown/missing] | |||||
Eliot Engel |
Democratic | January 3, 2013 – Present |
113th 114th 115th 116th |
Redistricted from the 17th district and re-elected in 2012. Lost renomination.[5] |
2013–present [data unknown/missing] |
Recent election results
In New York State electoral politics there are numerous minor parties at various points on the political spectrum. Certain parties will invariably endorse either the Republican or Democratic candidate for every office, hence the state electoral results contain both the party votes, and the final candidate votes (Listed as "Recap").
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Democratic | José E. Serrano | 95,568 | 96.3% | ||
Republican | Rodney Torres | 2,878 | 2.9% | ||
Conservative | Owen Camp | 787 | 0.8% | ||
Majority | 92,690 | 93.4% | |||
Turnout | 99,233 | 100% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Democratic | José E. Serrano | 67,367 | 95.4% | -0.9% | |
Republican | Thomas W. Bayley Jr. | 2,457 | 3.5% | +0.6% | |
Conservative | Owen Camp | 756 | 1.1% | +0.3% | |
Majority | 64,910 | 92.0% | -1.4% | ||
Turnout | 70,580 | 100% | -28.9% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Democratic | José E. Serrano | 103,041 | 95.8% | +0.4% | |
Republican | Aaron Justice | 3,934 | 3.7% | +0.2% | |
Conservative | Richard Retcho | 571 | 0.5% | -0.6% | |
Majority | 99,107 | 92.2% | +0.2% | ||
Turnout | 107,546 | 100% | +52.4% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Democratic | José E. Serrano | 50,716 | 92.1% | -3.7% | |
Republican | Frank DellaValle | 4,366 | 7.9% | +4.2% | |
Majority | 46,350 | 84.1% | -8.1% | ||
Turnout | 55,082 | 100% | -48.8% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Democratic | José E. Serrano | 106,739 | 91.0% | ||
Working Families | José E. Serrano | 4,899 | 4.2% | ||
total | José E. Serrano | 111,638 | 95.2 | +3.1% | |
Republican | Ali Mohamed | 4,917 | 4.2% | ||
Conservative | Ali Mohamed | 693 | 0.6% | ||
total | Ali Mohamed | 5,610 | 4.8 | -3.1% | |
Majority | 106,028 | 90.4 | +6.3 | ||
Turnout | 117,248 | 100 | +112.9% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Democratic | José E. Serrano | 53,179 | 90.3% | ||
Working Families | José E. Serrano | 2,945 | 5.0% | ||
total | José E. Serrano | 56,124 | 95.3 | +0.1% | |
Republican | Ali Mohamed | 2,045 | 3.5% | ||
Conservative | Ali Mohamed | 714 | 1.2% | ||
total | Ali Mohamed | 2,759 | 4.7 | -0.1% | |
Majority | 53,365 | 90.6 | +0.2 | ||
Turnout | 58,883 | 100% | -49.8% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Democratic | José E. Serrano | 123,312 | 93.7% | ||
Working Families | José E. Serrano | 3,867 | 2.9% | ||
total | José E. Serrano | 127,179 | 96.6 | +1.3% | |
Republican | Ali Mohamed | 3,941 | 3.0% | ||
Conservative | Ali Mohamed | 547 | 0.4% | ||
total | Ali Mohamed | 4,488 | 3.4 | -1.3% | |
Majority | 122,691 | 93.2 | +2.6 | ||
Turnout | 131,667 | 100% | +123.6% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Democratic | José E. Serrano | 58,478 | 90.8% | ||
Working Families | José E. Serrano | 3,164 | 4.9% | ||
total | José E. Serrano | 61,642 | 95.7 | -0.9% | |
Republican | Frank Della Valle | 2,257 | 3.5% | ||
Conservative | Frank Della Valle | 501 | 0.8% | ||
total | Frank Della Valle | 2,758 | 4.3 | +0.9% | |
Majority | 58,884 | 91.4 | -1.8 | ||
Turnout | 64,400 | 100% | -51.1% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Democratic | Eliot Engel (Incumbent) | 22,160 | 73.7 | -26.7 | |
Democratic | Jonathan Lewis | 4,866 | 16.2 | New | |
Democratic | Joyce Briscoe | 1,772 | 5.9 | New | |
Democratic | Derickson Lawrence | 1,280 | 4.3 | New | |
Majority | 30,078 | 57.5 | -26.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Democratic | Eliot Engel (Incumbent) | 182,044 | 100.0 | +5.7 | |
Majority | 182,044 | 100.0 | +5.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Democratic | Jamaal Bowman | 49,367 | 55.4 | ||
Democratic | Eliot Engel (Incumbent) | 36,149 | 40.6 | ||
Democratic | Chris Fink | 1,625 | 1.8 | ||
Democratic | Sammy Ravelo | 1,139 | 1.3 | ||
Democratic | Andom Ghebreghiorgis (withdrawn) | 761 | 0.9 | ||
See also
References
- Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census Bureau. "My Congressional District". www.census.gov.
- "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
- Sisk, Richard (September 29, 2010). "South Bronx is poorest district in nation, U.S. Census Bureau finds: 38% live below poverty line". New York Daily News. Retrieved February 7, 2014.
- "Swing State Project". Archived from the original on March 5, 2009.
- "New York Primary Election Results: 16th Congressional District". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-06-24.
- https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/06/23/us/elections/results-new-york-house-district-16-primary-election.html
Sources
Books
- 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.
External links
- Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present
- 2006 Election Results from the New York State Board of Elections
- Federal Elections 2004: Election Results for the U.S. President, the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives from the Federal Election Commission
- 2004 House election data from the Clerk of the House of Representatives
- 2002 House election data "
- 2000 House election data "
- 1998 House election data "
- 1996 House election data "