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.

"NY-16" redirects here. NY-16 may also refer to New York State Route 16.

New York's 16th congressional district
New York's 16th congressional district since January 3, 2013
Representative	Eliot Engel D–Bronx
Distribution	100% urban 0% rural
Population (2018 ACS est.)	732,981
Median income	$69,463[1]
Ethnicity	34.12% black 32.01% white 23.85% Hispanic 6.06% Asian 3.60% other 0.36% Native American
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
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
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").

1996 election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	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%

1998 election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	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%

2000 election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	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%

2002 election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	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%

2004 election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	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%

2006 election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	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%

2008 election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	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%

2010 election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	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%

2018 New York District 16 primary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	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

2018 general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Democratic	Eliot Engel (Incumbent)	182,044	100.0	+5.7
Majority			182,044	100.0	+5.7

[6]

2020 Democratic primary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	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

• List of United States congressional districts
• New York's congressional districts
• United States congressional delegations from New York

References

1. Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census Bureau. "My Congressional District". www.census.gov.
2. "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
3. 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.
4. "Swing State Project". Archived from the original on March 5, 2009.
5. "New York Primary Election Results: 16th Congressional District". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-06-24.
6. 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 "