New York's 1st congressional district
The 1st congressional district of New York is a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives in eastern Long Island. It includes most of Central and Eastern Suffolk County, including most of Smithtown, as well as the entirety of the towns of Brookhaven, Riverhead, Southold, Southampton, East Hampton, and Shelter Island. The district encompasses extremely wealthy enclaves such as the Hamptons, middle class suburban towns such as Selden, Centereach and Lake Grove, working-class neighborhoods such as Mastic, Shirley, and Riverhead and rural farming communities such as Mattituck and Jamesport on the North Fork. The district currently is represented by Republican Lee Zeldin. In the 2014 election, Zeldin defeated Democratic incumbent Tim Bishop, who had represented the district since 2003. In recent years, the district has become more conservative. In the 2016 election, Zeldin defeated Democratic challenger Anna-Thone Holst by a margin of 15.6%, the largest margin of victory for a Republican since 1998. In 2018, Zeldin won re-election to a third term, narrowly defeating Democratic challenger Perry Gershon by 4.1%.
New York's 1st congressional district | |||
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New York 's 1st congressional district - since January 3, 2013. | |||
Representative |
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Distribution |
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Population (2010) | 717,707[1] | ||
Median income | $92,284[2] | ||
Ethnicity | |||
Cook PVI | R+5[4] |
The district was a battleground, as President George W. Bush defeated challenger John Kerry by less than a percentage point in 2004, while in 2008, President Barack Obama defeated John McCain 52%–48%. Donald Trump won the district by 9 percentage points over Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential election.
In 2012, New York underwent redistricting, and the 1st District was slightly modified.
Recent election results in statewide races
Year | Office | Results |
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1992 | President | GHW Bush 40–38% |
1996 | President | B. Clinton 51–36% |
2000 | President | Gore 52–44% |
2004 | President | GW Bush 49–49%[lower-alpha 1] |
2008 | President | Obama 52–48% |
2012 | President | Obama 50–49% |
2016 | President | Trump 54–42% |
Communities within the district
- Amagansett
- Aquebogue
- Baiting Hollow
- Bellport
- Blue Point
- Bridgehampton
- Brookhaven (hamlet)
- Calverton
- Center Moriches
- Centereach
- Cherry Grove
- Coram
- Cutchogue
- Dering Harbor
- East Hampton (village)
- East Marion
- East Moriches
- East Patchogue
- East Quogue
- East Setauket
- East Shoreham
- Eastport
- Farmingville
- Gordon Heights
- Greenport
- Hagerman
- Hampton Bays
- Hauppauge
- Head of the Harbor
- Holtsville
- Jamesport
- Kings Park
- Lake Grove
- Laurel
- Manorville
- Mastic
- Mastic Beach
- Mattituck
- Medford
- Middle Island
- Miller Place
- Montauk
- Mount Sinai
- Moriches
- Nesconset
- New Suffolk
- Nissequogue
- North Bellport
- North Patchogue
- Orient
- Patchogue
- Peconic
- Port Jefferson
- Port Jefferson Station
- Quiogue
- Quogue
- Ridge
- Riverhead (hamlet)
- Rocky Point
- Ronkonkoma
- Sag Harbor
- Sagaponack
- Selden
- Setauket
- Shelter Island (hamlet)
- Shelter Island Heights
- Shirley
- Shoreham
- Smithtown (hamlet)
- Sound Beach
- Southampton (village)
- Southold (hamlet)
- Speonk
- Springs
- St. James
- Stony Brook
- Terryville
- Upton
- Village of the Branch
- Wading River
- Wainscott
- Water Mill
- Westhampton
- Westhampton Beach
- Yaphank
List of members representing the district
1789–1813: one seat
Member | Party | Years | Cong ress |
Electoral history | District counties |
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William Floyd |
Anti-Administration | March 4, 1789 – March 3, 1791 |
1st | Elected in 1789. Lost re-election. |
1789–1793 Kings Queens Richmond Suffolk |
Vacant | March 4, 1791 – May 1791 |
2nd | Representative-elect James Townsend died May 24, 1790, before his term began. | ||
Thomas Tredwell |
Anti-Administration | May 1791 – March 3, 1795 |
2nd 3rd |
Elected April 28, 1791 to finish Townsend's term. Re-elected in 1793. Moved to the 7th district and lost re-election. | |
1793–1801 Kings Queens Suffolk | |||||
Jonathan Nicoll Havens | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1795 – October 25, 1799 |
4th 5th 6th |
Elected in 1794. Re-elected in 1796. Re-elected in 1798. Died. | |
Vacant | October 25, 1799 – February 27, 1800 |
6th | |||
John Smith |
Democratic-Republican | February 27, 1800 – February 23, 1804 |
6th 7th 8th |
Elected to finish Havens's term and seated February 27, 1800. Re-elected in 1800. Re-elected in 1802. Resigned. | |
1801–1803 Kings Queens Richmond Suffolk | |||||
1803–1809 Queens Suffolk | |||||
Vacant | February 23, 1804 – November 5, 1804 |
8th | |||
Samuel Riker | Democratic-Republican | November 5, 1804 – March 3, 1805 |
Elected to finish Smith's term. [data unknown/missing] | ||
Eliphalet Wickes | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1805 – March 3, 1807 |
9th | Elected in 1804. [data unknown/missing] | |
Samuel Riker | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1807 – March 3, 1809 |
10th | Elected in 1806. [data unknown/missing] | |
Ebenezer Sage | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1809 – March 3, 1813 |
11th 12th |
Elected in 1808. Re-elected in 1810. |
1809–1813 Kings Queens Suffolk |
1813–1823: two seats
From 1809 to 1823, two seats were apportioned, elected at-large on a general ticket.
Years | Cong ress |
Seat A | Seat B | Location | ||||||
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Member | Party | Electoral history | Member | Party | Electoral history | |||||
March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1815 |
13th | John Lefferts | Democratic-Republican | Elected in 1812. [data unknown/missing] |
Ebenezer Sage | Democratic-Republican | Re-elected in 1812. [data unknown/missing] |
1813–1823 1st and 2nd Ward of New York County, and Kings, Queens, Suffolk and Richmond counties. | ||
March 4, 1815 – March 3, 1817 |
14th | Henry Crocheron | Democratic-Republican | Elected in 1814. [data unknown/missing] |
George Townsend | Democratic-Republican | Elected in 1814 | |||
March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1819 |
15th | Tredwell Scudder | Democratic-Republican | Elected in 1816. Retired. |
Re-elected in 1816. [data unknown/missing] | |||||
March 4, 1819 – January 14, 1820 |
16th | Silas Wood |
Federalist | Elected in 1818 | Vacant | Credentials had been issued for Ebenezer Sage (Dem.-Rep.), but Sage did not take or claim the seat, see 1818 United States House of Representatives elections in New York | ||||
January 14, 1820 – March 3, 1821 |
James Guyon Jr. | Democratic-Republican | Successfully contested the election of Ebenezer Sage. [data unknown/missing] | |||||||
March 4, 1821 – December 12, 1821 |
17th | Re-elected in 1821. Became the sole representative from the district in 1823. |
Vacant | Credentials had been issued for Peter Sharpe (Dem.-Rep.), but Sharpe did not take or claim the seat, see 1821 United States House of Representatives elections in New York | ||||||
December 12, 1821 – March 3, 1823 |
Cadwallader D. Colden |
Federalist | Successfully contested the election of Peter Sharpe. [data unknown/missing] |
1823–Present: one seat
Member | Party | Years | Cong ress |
Electoral history | District location |
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Silas Wood |
Adams-Clay Federalist | March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825 |
18th 19th 20th |
Re-elected in 1822. Re-elected in 1824. Re-elected in 1826. Lost re-election. |
1823–1833 Queens and Suffolk counties. |
Anti-Jacksonian | March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1829 | ||||
James Lent | Jacksonian | March 4, 1829 – February 22, 1833 |
21st 22nd |
Elected in 1828. [data unknown/missing] Died. | |
Vacant | February 22, 1833 – March 3, 1833 | ||||
Abel Huntington | Jacksonian | March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1837 |
23rd 24th |
[data unknown/missing] Lost re-election. |
1833–1843 [data unknown/missing] |
Thomas B. Jackson | Democratic | March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1841 |
25th 26th |
[data unknown/missing] Retired. | |
Charles A. Floyd | Democratic | March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843 |
27th | [data unknown/missing] | |
Selah B. Strong | Democratic | March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845 |
28th | [data unknown/missing] Retired. |
1843–1853 [data unknown/missing] |
John W. Lawrence |
Democratic | March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1847 |
29th | [data unknown/missing] Retired. | |
Frederick W. Lord | Democratic | March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849 |
30th | [data unknown/missing] | |
John Alsop King |
Whig | March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851 |
31st | [data unknown/missing] | |
John G. Floyd |
Democratic | March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853 |
32nd | [data unknown/missing] | |
James Maurice |
Democratic | March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855 |
33rd | [data unknown/missing] Retired. |
1853–1863 [data unknown/missing] |
William Valk | Know Nothing | March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857 |
34th | [data unknown/missing] Lost re-election. | |
John A. Searing | Democratic | March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859 |
35th | [data unknown/missing] Retired. | |
Luther C. Carter | Republican | March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1861 |
36th | [data unknown/missing] Lost re-election. | |
Edward H. Smith |
Democratic | March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863 |
37th | [data unknown/missing] Retired. | |
Henry G. Stebbins |
Democratic | March 4, 1863 – October 24, 1864 |
38th | [data unknown/missing] Resigned. |
1863–1873 [data unknown/missing] |
Vacant | October 24, 1864 – December 5, 1864 | ||||
Dwight Townsend | Democratic | December 5, 1864 – March 3, 1865 |
38th | [data unknown/missing] | |
Stephen Taber |
Democratic | March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1869 |
39th 40th |
[data unknown/missing] | |
Henry A. Reeves |
Democratic | March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1871 |
41st | [data unknown/missing] | |
Dwight Townsend | Democratic | March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1873 |
42nd | [data unknown/missing] | |
Henry J. Scudder |
Republican | March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875 |
43rd | [data unknown/missing] Retired. |
1873–1885 [data unknown/missing] |
Henry B. Metcalfe |
Democratic | March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877 |
44th | [data unknown/missing] | |
James W. Covert |
Democratic | March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1881 |
45th 46th |
[data unknown/missing] | |
Perry Belmont |
Democratic | March 4, 1881 – December 1, 1888 |
47th 48th 49th 50th |
[data unknown/missing] Resigned to become U.S. Minister to Spain. | |
1885–1893 Queens County, Richmond County, and Suffolk County[5] | |||||
Vacant | December 1, 1888 – March 3, 1889 | ||||
James W. Covert |
Democratic | March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1895 |
51st 52nd 53rd |
[data unknown/missing] | |
1893–1903 Queens County and Suffolk County[6] | |||||
Richard C. McCormick |
Republican | March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1897 |
54th | [data unknown/missing] Retired. | |
Joseph M. Belford |
Republican | March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1899 |
55th | [data unknown/missing] Retired. | |
Townsend Scudder |
Democratic | March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1901 |
56th | [data unknown/missing] Retired. | |
Frederic Storm |
Republican | March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1903 |
57th | [data unknown/missing] Lost re-election. | |
Townsend Scudder |
Democratic | March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1905 |
58th | [data unknown/missing] Retired. |
1903–1913 Queens County (partial), Suffolk County, and Nassau County[7] |
William W. Cocks |
Republican | March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1911 |
59th 60th 61st |
[data unknown/missing] Lost re-election. | |
Martin W. Littleton |
Democratic | March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1913 |
62nd | [data unknown/missing] Retired. | |
Lathrop Brown |
Democratic | March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1915 |
63rd | [data unknown/missing] Lost re-election. |
1913–1933 [data unknown/missing] |
Frederick C. Hicks |
Republican | March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1923 |
64th 65th 66th 67th |
[data unknown/missing] Retired. | |
Robert L. Bacon |
Republican | March 4, 1923 – September 12, 1938 |
68th 69th 70th 71st 72nd 73rd 74th 75th |
[data unknown/missing] Died. | |
1933–1943 [data unknown/missing] | |||||
Vacant | September 12, 1938 – January 3, 1939 | ||||
Leonard W. Hall |
Republican | January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1945 |
76th 77th 78th |
[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to the 2nd congressional district. | |
1943–1953 [data unknown/missing] | |||||
Edgar A. Sharp |
Republican | January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1947 |
79th | [data unknown/missing] Retired. | |
W. Kingsland Macy |
Republican | January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1951 |
80th 81st |
[data unknown/missing] Lost re-election. | |
Ernest Greenwood |
Democratic | January 3, 1951 – January 3, 1953 |
82nd | [data unknown/missing] Lost re-election. | |
Stuyvesant Wainwright |
Republican | January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1961 |
83rd 84th 85th 86th |
[data unknown/missing] Lost re-election. |
1953–1963 [data unknown/missing] |
Otis G. Pike |
Democratic | January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1979 |
87th 88th 89th 90th 91st 92nd 93rd 94th 95th |
[data unknown/missing] Retired. | |
1963–1973 [data unknown/missing] | |||||
1973–1983 [data unknown/missing] | |||||
William Carney |
Conservative | January 3, 1979 – October 7, 1985 |
96th 97th 98th 99th |
Changed parties. Retired. | |
Republican | October 7, 1985 – January 3, 1987 |
1983–1993 [data unknown/missing] | |||
George J. Hochbrueckner |
Democratic | January 3, 1987 – January 3, 1995 |
100th 101st 102nd 103rd |
[data unknown/missing] Lost re-election. | |
1993–2003 [data unknown/missing] | |||||
Michael Forbes |
Republican | January 3, 1995 – July 17, 1999 |
104th 105th 106th |
[data unknown/missing] Lost renomination. | |
Democratic | July 17, 1999 – January 3, 2001 | ||||
Felix Grucci |
Republican | January 3, 2001 – January 3, 2003 |
107th | [data unknown/missing] Lost re-election. | |
Tim Bishop |
Democratic | January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2015 |
108th 109th 110th 111th 112th 113th |
Elected in 2002. Re-elected in 2004. Re-elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Re-elected in 2010. Re-elected in 2012. Lost re-election. |
2003–2013 |
2013–Present | |||||
Lee Zeldin |
Republican | January 3, 2015 – Present |
114th 115th 116th |
Elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. |
Recent election results
Note that 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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Republican | Michael P. Forbes (Incumbent) | 116,620 | 54.7 | ||
Democratic | Nora L. Bredes | 96,496 | 45.3 | ||
Majority | 20,124 | 9.4 | |||
Turnout | 213,116 | 100 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Republican | Michael P. Forbes (Incumbent) | 99,460 | 64.1 | ||
Democratic | William G. Holst | 55,630 | 35.9 | ||
Majority | 43,830 | 28.3 | |||
Turnout | 155,090 | 100 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Republican | Felix Grucci | 133,020 | 55.5 | ||
Democratic | Regina Seltzer | 97,299 | 40.6 | ||
None | Michael P. Forbes (Incumbent) | 6,318 | 2.6 | ||
Green | William G. Holst | 2,967 | 1.2 | ||
Majority | 35,721 | 14.9 | |||
Turnout | 239,604 | 100 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Democratic | Timothy H. Bishop | 84,276 | 50.2 | ||
Republican | Felix Grucci (Incumbent) | 81,524 | 48.6 | ||
Green | Lorna Salzman | 1,991 | 1.2 | ||
Majority | 2,752 | 1.6 | |||
Turnout | 167,791 | 100 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Democratic | Timothy H. Bishop (Incumbent) | 156,354 | 56.2 | ||
Republican | William M. Manger, Jr. | 121,855 | 43.8 | ||
Majority | 34,499 | 12.4 | |||
Turnout | 278,209 | 100 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Democratic | Timothy H. Bishop (Incumbent) | 104,360 | 62.2 | ||
Republican | Italo Zanzi | 63,328 | 37.8 | ||
Majority | 41,032 | 24.5 | |||
Turnout | 167,688 | 100 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Democratic | Timothy H. Bishop (Incumbent) | 162,083 | 58.4 | ||
Republican | Lee M. Zeldin | 115,545 | 41.6 | ||
Majority | 46,538 | 16.8 | |||
Turnout | 277,628 | 100 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Democratic | Timothy H. Bishop (Incumbent) | 98,316 | 50.2 | ||
Republican | Randy Altschuler | 97,723 | 49.8 | ||
Majority | 593 | 0.4 | |||
Turnout | 196,039 | 100 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Democratic | Timothy H. Bishop (Incumbent) | 132,525 | 52.2 | ||
Republican | Randy Altschuler | 121,478 | 47.8 | ||
Majority | 11,047 | 4.3 | |||
Turnout | 254,003 | 100 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Republican | Lee Zeldin | 94,035 | 53.2 | ||
Democratic | Timothy H. Bishop (Incumbent) | 78,722 | 44.6 | ||
Majority | 15,313 | 8.6 | |||
Turnout | 176,719 | 100 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Republican | Lee Zeldin (Incumbent) | 188,499 | 55.2 | ||
Democratic | Anna Throne-Holst | 135,278 | 39.6 | ||
Majority | 53,221 | 15.6 | |||
Turnout | 341,554 | 100 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Republican | Lee Zeldin (Incumbent) | 139,027 | 51.5 | ||
Democratic | Perry Gershon | 127,991 | 47.4 | ||
Majority | 12,036 | 4.1 | |||
Turnout | 270,006 | 100 |
See also
Notes
- 2004 margin was <1%
References
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