New York's 5th congressional district
The 5th congressional district of New York is a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives, represented by Democrat Gregory Meeks. Most of the district is in Queens, but a small portion is located in Nassau County. A plurality of the district's population is African-American.
New York's 5th congressional district | |||
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New York's 5th congressional district since January 3, 2013 | |||
Representative |
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Distribution |
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Population (2010) | 717,708[1] | ||
Median income | $70,481[2] | ||
Ethnicity |
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Cook PVI | D+37[3] |
The district includes the entire Rockaway Peninsula as well as the Queens neighborhoods of Broad Channel, Cambria Heights, Hollis, Jamaica, Laurelton, Queens Village, Rosedale, Saint Albans, Springfield Gardens, and South Ozone Park, as well as John F. Kennedy International Airport. In Nassau County, the district covers Inwood and parts of Valley Stream and Elmont.
From 2003–13, the district consisted of northeastern Queens County and northwestern Nassau County. The Queens portion of the district included the neighborhoods of Bayside, Corona, Douglaston, Flushing, Jamaica Estates, Little Neck, and Whitestone. The Nassau portion of the district included Albertson, Great Neck, Manhasset, Port Washington, Roslyn, and Sands Point.
Recent election results in statewide races
Year | Office | Results |
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1992 | President | Clinton 52–35% |
1996 | President | Clinton 60–32% |
2000 | President | Gore 67–30% |
2004 | President | Kerry 63–36% |
2008 | President | Obama 63–36% |
2012 | President | Obama 91–9% |
2016 | President | Clinton 86–13% |
Components: past and present
1789–1913:
- Parts of Manhattan
1913–45:
- Parts of Brooklyn
1945–63:
- Parts of Queens
1963–93:
- Parts of Nassau
1993–2003:
2003–present:
Various New York districts have been numbered "5" over the years, including areas in New York City and various parts of upstate New York.
List of members representing the district
Prior to 1992 the 5th District was centered on the south shore of Nassau County including towns mostly now in the 3rd and 4th District. The Queens portions of the 5th had been previously primarily in the 8th District of the 1980s. In general, the present 5th District greatly mirrors the 6th District from 1972 to 1982. The 1990s version of this district included northeast Nassau and northwest Suffolk counties; these areas were placed in the 2nd and 3rd District in 2002 and the 5th District gained areas in Queens formerly in the 18th District.
Representative | Party | Years | Cong ress |
Electoral history |
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Peter Silvester |
Pro-Administration | March 4, 1789 – March 3, 1793 |
1st 2nd |
Elected in 1789. Re-elected in 1790. Retired. |
Theodorus Bailey |
Anti-Administration | March 4, 1793 – March 3, 1795 |
3rd 4th |
Elected in 1793. Re-elected in 1794. Lost re-election. |
Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1795 – March 3, 1797 | |||
David Brooks | Federalist | March 4, 1797 – March 3, 1799 |
5th | Elected in 1796. Lost re-election. |
Theodorus Bailey |
Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1799 – March 3, 1801 |
6th | Elected in 1798. Retired. |
Thomas Tillotson |
Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1801 – August 10, 1801 |
7th | Elected in 1800. Resigned to become N.Y. Secretary of State. |
Vacant | August 10, 1801 – December 7, 1801 | |||
Theodorus Bailey |
Democratic-Republican | December 7, 1801 – March 3, 1803 |
7th | Elected to finish Tillotson's term. Retired to run for U.S. Senator. |
Andrew McCord | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1805 |
8th | Elected in 1802. [data unknown/missing] |
John Blake Jr. | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1805 – March 3, 1809 |
9th 10th |
Elected in 1804. Re-elected in 1806. [data unknown/missing] |
Barent Gardenier | Federalist | March 4, 1809 – March 3, 1811 |
11th | Redistricted from the 7th district and re-elected in 1808. Retired. |
Thomas B. Cooke | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1811 – March 3, 1813 |
12th | Elected in 1810. [data unknown/missing] |
Thomas P. Grosvenor | Federalist | March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1817 |
13th 14th |
Redistricted from the 6th district and re-elected in 1812. Re-elected in 1814. [data unknown/missing] |
Philip J. Schuyler |
Federalist | March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1819 |
15th | Elected in 1816. Retired. |
James Strong | Federalist | March 4, 1819 – March 3, 1821 |
16th | Elected in 1818. [data unknown/missing] |
Vacant | March 4, 1821 – December 3, 1821 |
Elections were held in April 1821. It is unclear when results were announced or credentials issued. | ||
Walter Patterson | Federalist | December 3, 1821 – March 3, 1823 |
17th | Elected in 1821. [data unknown/missing] |
William W. Van Wyck | Adams-Clay Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825 |
18th | Redistricted from the 4th district and re-elected in 1822. [data unknown/missing] |
Bartow White | Anti-Jacksonian | March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1827 |
19th | Elected in 1824. Retired. |
Thomas J. Oakley |
Jacksonian | March 4, 1827 – May 9, 1828 |
20th | Elected in 1826. Resigned to become judge of the Superior Court of New York City. |
Vacant | May 9, 1828 – December 1, 1828 | |||
Thomas Taber II | Jacksonian | December 1, 1828 – March 3, 1829 |
20th | Elected only to finish Oakley's term. [data unknown/missing] |
Abraham Bockee | Jacksonian | March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1831 |
21st | Elected in 1828. [data unknown/missing] |
Edmund H. Pendleton |
Anti-Jacksonian | March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1833 |
22nd | [data unknown/missing] |
Abraham Bockee | Jacksonian | March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1837 |
23rd 24th |
[data unknown/missing] |
Obadiah Titus | Democratic | March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839 |
25th | [data unknown/missing] |
Charles Johnston | Whig | March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1841 |
26th | [data unknown/missing] |
Richard D. Davis | Democratic | March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843 |
27th | [data unknown/missing] Redistricted to the 8th district. |
Moses G. Leonard |
Democratic | March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845 |
28th | [data unknown/missing] |
Thomas M. Woodruff | American | March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1847 |
29th | [data unknown/missing] |
Frederick A. Tallmadge |
Whig | March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849 |
30th | [data unknown/missing] |
George Briggs |
Whig | March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1853 |
31st 32nd |
[data unknown/missing] |
William M. Tweed |
Democratic | March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855 |
33rd | [data unknown/missing] |
Thomas R. Whitney | American | March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857 |
34th | [data unknown/missing] |
William B. Maclay |
Democratic | March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1861 |
35th 36th |
[data unknown/missing] |
William Wall |
Republican | March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863 |
37th | [data unknown/missing] |
Fernando Wood |
Democratic | March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1865 |
38th | [data unknown/missing] |
Nelson Taylor |
Democratic | March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1867 |
39th | [data unknown/missing] |
John Morrissey |
Democratic | March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1871 |
40th 41st |
[data unknown/missing] |
William R. Roberts |
Democratic | March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1875 |
42nd 43rd |
[data unknown/missing] |
Edwin R. Meade |
Democratic | March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877 |
44th | [data unknown/missing] |
Nicholas Muller |
Democratic | March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1881 |
45th 46th |
[data unknown/missing] |
Benjamin Wood |
Democratic | March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1883 |
47th | [data unknown/missing] |
Nicholas Muller |
Democratic | March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885 |
48th | [data unknown/missing] Redistricted to the 6th district. |
Archibald M. Bliss |
Democratic | March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1889 |
49th 50th |
[data unknown/missing] |
Thomas F. Magner |
Democratic | March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1893 |
51st 52nd |
[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to the 6th district. |
John H. Graham |
Democratic | March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895 |
53rd | [data unknown/missing] |
Charles G. Bennett |
Republican | March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1899 |
54th 55th |
[data unknown/missing] |
Frank E. Wilson |
Democratic | March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1903 |
56th 57th |
[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to the 4th district. |
Edward M. Bassett |
Democratic | March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1905 |
58th | [data unknown/missing] |
George E. Waldo |
Republican | March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1909 |
59th 60th |
[data unknown/missing] |
Richard Young |
Republican | March 4, 1909 – March 3, 1911 |
61st | [data unknown/missing] |
William Cox Redfield |
Democratic | March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1913 |
62nd | [data unknown/missing] |
James P. Maher |
Democratic | March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1919 |
63rd 64th 65th |
Redistricted from the 3rd district Redistricted to the 7th district. |
John B. Johnston |
Democratic | March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1921 |
66th | [data unknown/missing] |
Ardolph L. Kline |
Republican | March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1923 |
67th | [data unknown/missing] |
Loring M. Black Jr. |
Democratic | March 4, 1923 – January 3, 1935 |
68th 69th 70th 71st 72nd 73rd |
[data unknown/missing] |
Marcellus H. Evans |
Democratic | January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1941 |
74th 75th 76th |
[data unknown/missing] |
James J. Heffernan |
Democratic | January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1945 |
77th 78th |
[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to the 11th district. |
James A. Roe |
Democratic | January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1947 |
79th | [data unknown/missing] |
Robert T. Ross |
Republican | January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1949 |
80th | [data unknown/missing] |
T. Vincent Quinn |
Democratic | January 3, 1949 – December 30, 1951 |
81st 82nd |
[data unknown/missing] |
Vacant | December 31, 1951 – February 18, 1952 | |||
Robert T. Ross |
Republican | February 19, 1952 – January 3, 1953 |
82nd | [data unknown/missing] |
Albert H. Bosch |
Republican | January 3, 1953 – December 31, 1960 |
83rd 84th 85th 86th |
[data unknown/missing] |
Vacant | January 1, 1961 – January 2, 1961 | |||
Joseph P. Addabbo |
Democratic | January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1963 |
87th | [data unknown/missing] Redistricted to the 7th district. |
Frank J. Becker |
Republican | January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1965 |
88th | Redistricted from the 3rd district. |
Herbert Tenzer |
Democratic | January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1969 |
89th 90th |
[data unknown/missing] |
Allard K. Lowenstein |
Democratic | January 3, 1969 – January 3, 1971 |
91st | [data unknown/missing] |
Norman F. Lent |
Republican | January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1973 |
92nd | [data unknown/missing] Redistricted to the 4th district. |
John W. Wydler |
Republican | January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1981 |
93rd 94th 95th 96th |
Redistricted from the 4th district. |
Raymond J. McGrath |
Republican | January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1993 |
97th 98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd |
[data unknown/missing] |
Gary Ackerman |
Democratic | January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2013 |
103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th 111th 112th |
Redistricted from the 7th district. |
Gregory Meeks |
Democratic | January 3, 2013 – present |
113th 114th 115th 116th |
Redistricted from the 6th district. |
Election results
Note that in New York State electoral politics there are numerous minor parties at various points on the political spectrum. Certain parties normally 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 | Gary Ackerman | 72,239 | 63.1 | −7.9 | |
Republican | James Milano | 41,493 | 36.2 | +9.1 | |
Tax Revolt Party | Elizabeth Berney | 798 | 0.7 | +0.7 | |
Majority | 30,746 | 26.8 | −17.1 | ||
Turnout | 114,530 | 100 | −27.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Democratic | Gary Ackerman | 112,724 | 71.0 | −29.0 | |
Republican | Elizabeth Berney | 43,039 | 27.1 | +27.1 | |
Conservative | Jun Policarpio | 3,010 | 1.9 | +1.9 | |
Majority | 69,685 | 43.9 | −56.1 | ||
Turnout | 158,773 | 100 | +105.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Democratic | Gary Ackerman | 77,190 | 100 | +28.7 | |
Majority | 77,190 | 100 | +56.6 | ||
Turnout | 77,190 | 100 | −54.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Democratic | Gary Ackerman | 119,726 | 71.3 | −21.0 | |
Republican | Stephen Graves | 46,867 | 27.9 | +27.9 | |
Independent | Gonzalo Policarpio | 1,248 | 0.7 | +0.7 | |
Majority | 72,859 | 43.4 | −41.2 | ||
Turnout | 167,841 | 100 | +125.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Democratic | Gary Ackerman | 68,773 | 92.3 | +24.3 | |
Conservative | Perry S. Reich | 5,718 | 7.7 | +7.7 | |
Majority | 63,055 | 84.6 | +46.8 | ||
Turnout | 74,491 | 100 | −63.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Democratic | Gary Ackerman | 137,684 | 68.0 | +3.0 | |
Republican | Edward Elkowitz | 61,084 | 30.1 | −3.0 | |
Right to Life | Anne T. Robinson | 3,846 | 1.9 | −0.0 | |
Majority | 76,600 | 37.8 | +5.9 | ||
Turnout | 202,614 | 100 | +35.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Democratic | Gary Ackerman | 97,404 | 65.0 | +1.3 | |
Republican | David C. Pinzon | 49,586 | 33.1 | −1.9 | |
Right to Life | Anne T. Robinson | 2,872 | 1.9 | +0.6 | |
Majority | 47,818 | 31.9 | +3.2 | ||
Turnout | 149,862 | 100 | −24.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Democratic | Gary Ackerman | 125,918 | 63.7 | ||
Republican | Grant M. Lally | 69,244 | 35.0 | ||
Right to Life | Andrew J. Duff | 2,623 | 1.3 | ||
Majority | 56,674 | 28.7 | |||
Turnout | 197,785 | 100 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Democratic | William R. Roberts | 14,566 | 85.6 | ||
Republican | James A. Briggs | 2,287 | 13.5 | ||
Tammany Republican | George W. Gibbons | 157 | 0.9 | ||
Majority | 12,279 | 72.1 | |||
Turnout | 17,010 | 100 |
Historical district boundaries
See also
Notes
- "New York congressional districts by urban and rural population and land area". United States Census Bureau. June 8, 2017. Archived from the original on November 21, 2019. Retrieved November 21, 2019.
- https://www.census.gov/mycd/?st=36&cd=05
- "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
- November Election, 1870. Complete Statement of the Official Canvass, in Detail of the Election Held November 8, 1870, Giving the Vote of Each Election District, with Proceedings of County And State... Volume II. County of New York. 1871. p. 2027. Retrieved 2009-07-30.CS1 maint: others (link)
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
- 2004 House election data Clerk of the House of Representatives
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- 1996 House election data "