New York's 17th congressional district

New York's 17th congressional district
	New York's 17th congressional district since January 3, 2013
	Nita Lowey; D–Harrison
Distribution	98.40% urban; 1.60% rural;
Population (2018 ACS est.)	741,445
Median income	$96,125[1]
Ethnicity	58.58% white; 22.39% Hispanic; 10.71% black; 5.65% Asian; 2.42% other; 0.25% Native American;
Cook PVI	D+7[2]

New York's 17th congressional district is a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives located in Southern New York. It includes all of Rockland County, and portions of central and northwestern Westchester County, including the city of White Plains and the Tappan Zee Bridge.

The district is currently represented by Democrat Nita Lowey, who is not running for re-election in 2020.[3]

From 2003-2013, the 17th district encompassed portions of the Bronx, Westchester County, and Rockland County. It included the neighborhoods of Norwood, Riverdale, Wakefield, Williamsbridge, and Woodlawn in the Bronx; the city of Mount Vernon and parts of Yonkers in Westchester; and Monsey, Nanuet, Pearl River, Orangetown, Sparkill, Spring Valley, Haverstraw, and Suffern in Rockland County.

Election results from presidential races

Year	Office	Results
1992	President	Clinton 75 - 19%
1996	President	Clinton 85 - 11%
2000	President	Gore 69 - 27%
2004	President	Kerry 67 - 33%
2008	President	Obama 72 - 28%
2012	President	Obama 57.1 - 41.9%
2016	President	Clinton 52.8 - 39.4%

Components: past and present

The district from 2003 to 2013

2013–present: map

All of Rockland

Part of Westchester

2003–2013:

Parts of Bronx, Rockland, Westchester.

1993–2003:

Parts of Bronx, Westchester.

1983–1993:

Parts of Bronx, Manhattan.

1973–1983:

All of Staten Island.

Parts of Manhattan.

1913–1973:

Parts of Manhattan.

1843–1853:

Montgomery

Various New York districts have been numbered "17" over the years, including areas in New York City and various parts of upstate New York.

List of members representing the district

The District was historically the East Side Manhattan district. In the 1970s it was a Staten Island seat. It became the west side Manhattan seat in the 1980s. It became a Bronx-based seat in the 1992 remap and was shifted north into Rockland county in 2002 to absorb terrain from the deconstruction of the old 20th District.

Previously the 19th District covered much of the Bronx portion of the seat in the 1980s; while in the 1970s the 23rd District covered most of this area.

1803–1833: One seat

Representative	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history	Location
District created		1803
Oliver Phelps	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1805	8th	Elected in 1802. [data unknown/missing]	1803–1813 [data unknown/missing]
Silas Halsey	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1805 – March 3, 1807	9th	Elected in 1804. Lost re-election.
John Harris	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1807 – March 3, 1809	10th	Elected in 1806. Lost re-election.
District not in use		March 4, 1809 – March 3, 1813
William S. Smith	Federalist	March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1815	13th	Elected in 1812. Re-elected in 1814 but did not take or claim the seat.	1813–1823 Herkimer County, except the Town of Danube; and Madison County.
Vacant		March 4, 1815 – December 13, 1815
Westel Willoughby Jr.	Democratic-Republican	December 13, 1815 – March 3, 1817	14th	Successfully contested Smith's election. [data unknown/missing]
Thomas H. Hubbard	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1819	15th	Elected in 1816. [data unknown/missing]
Aaron Hackley Jr.	Democratic-Republican	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.
Thomas H. Hubbard	Democratic-Republican	December 3, 1821 – March 3, 1823	17th	Elected in 1821. [data unknown/missing]
John W. Taylor	Adams-Clay Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825	18th 19th 20th 21st 22nd	Redistricted from 11th district and re-elected in 1822. Lost re-election.	Saratoga County
John W. Taylor	Anti-Jacksonian	March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1833	18th 19th 20th 21st 22nd		Saratoga County

1833–1843: Two seats

From 1833 to 1843, two seats were apportioned to the 17th district, elected at-large on a general ticket.

Seat A

Representative	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history
Samuel Beardsley	Jacksonian	March 4, 1833 – March 29, 1836	23rd 24th	Redistricted from 14th district. Resigned to become circuit judge.
Vacant		March 29, 1836 – November 9, 1836		[data unknown/missing]
Rutger B. Miller	Jacksonian	November 9, 1836 – March 3, 1837	24th	Elected to finish Beardsley's term. [data unknown/missing]
Henry A. Foster	Democratic	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839	25th	[data unknown/missing]
David P. Brewster	Democratic	March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1843	26th 27th	[data unknown/missing]

Seat B

Representative	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history
Joel Turrill	Jacksonian	March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1837	23rd 24th	[data unknown/missing]
Abraham P. Grant	Democratic	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839	25th	[data unknown/missing]
John G. Floyd	Democratic	March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1843	26th 27th	[data unknown/missing]

1843–present: One seat

Representative	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history
Charles S. Benton	Democratic	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1847	28th 29th	[data unknown/missing]
George Petrie	Independent Democrat	March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849	30th	[data unknown/missing]
Henry P. Alexander	Whig	March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851	31st	[data unknown/missing]
Alexander H. Buell	Democratic	March 4, 1851 – January 29, 1853	32nd	died
Vacant		January 29, 1853 – March 3, 1853		[data unknown/missing]
Bishop Perkins	Democratic	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855	33rd	[data unknown/missing]
Francis E. Spinner	Democratic	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857	34th 35th 36th	[data unknown/missing]
Francis E. Spinner	Republican	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1861	34th 35th 36th	[data unknown/missing]
Socrates N. Sherman	Republican	March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863	37th	[data unknown/missing]
Calvin T. Hulburd	Republican	March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1869	38th 39th 40th	[data unknown/missing]
William A. Wheeler	Republican	March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1873	41st 42nd	[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to 18th district
Robert S. Hale	Republican	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875	43rd	[data unknown/missing]
Martin I. Townsend	Republican	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1879	44th 45th	[data unknown/missing]
Walter A. Wood	Republican	March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1883	46th 47th	[data unknown/missing]
Henry G. Burleigh	Republican	March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885	48th	[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to 18th district
James G. Lindsley	Republican	March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1887	49th	[data unknown/missing]
Stephen T. Hopkins	Republican	March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1889	50th	[data unknown/missing]
Charles J. Knapp	Republican	March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1891	51st	[data unknown/missing]
Isaac N. Cox	Democratic	March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893	52nd	[data unknown/missing]
Francis Marvin	Republican	March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895	53rd	[data unknown/missing]
Benjamin B. Odell Jr.	Republican	March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1899	54th 55th	[data unknown/missing]
Arthur S. Tompkins	Republican	March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1903	56th 57th	[data unknown/missing]
Francis E. Shober	Democratic	March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1905	58th	[data unknown/missing]
William S. Bennet	Republican	March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1911	59th 60th 61st	[data unknown/missing]
Henry George Jr.	Democratic	March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1913	62nd	[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to 21st district
John F. Carew	Democratic	March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1919	63rd 64th 65th	[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to 18th district
Herbert Pell	Democratic	March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1921	66th	[data unknown/missing]
Ogden L. Mills	Republican	March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1927	67th 68th 69th	[data unknown/missing]
William W. Cohen	Democratic	March 4, 1927 – March 3, 1929	70th	[data unknown/missing]
Ruth B. Pratt	Republican	March 4, 1929 – March 3, 1933	71st 72nd	[data unknown/missing]
Theodore A. Peyser	Democratic	March 4, 1933 – August 8, 1937	73rd 74th 75th	died
Vacant		August 8, 1937 – November 2, 1937		[data unknown/missing]
Bruce F. Barton	Republican	November 2, 1937 – January 3, 1941	75th 76th	Elected to finish Peyser's term. [data unknown/missing]
Kenneth F. Simpson	Republican	January 3, 1941 – January 25, 1941	77th	died
Vacant		January 29, 1941 – March 11, 1941		[data unknown/missing]
Joseph C. Baldwin	Republican	March 11, 1941 – January 3, 1947	77th 78th 79th	Elected to finish Simpson's term. [data unknown/missing]
Frederic R. Coudert Jr.	Republican	January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1959	80th 81st 82nd 83rd 84th 85th	[data unknown/missing]
John V. Lindsay	Republican	January 3, 1959 – December 31, 1965	86th 87th 88th 89th	resigned after being elected as Mayor of New York City
Vacant		January 1, 1966 – February 7, 1966		[data unknown/missing]
Theodore R. Kupferman	Republican	February 8, 1966 – January 3, 1969	89th 90th	Elected to finish Lindsay's term. [data unknown/missing]
Ed Koch	Democratic	January 3, 1969 – January 3, 1973	91st 92nd	[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to 18th district
John M. Murphy	Democratic	January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1981	93rd 94th 95th 96th	redistricted from 16th district
Guy Molinari	Republican	January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1983	97th	[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to 14th district
Theodore S. Weiss	Democratic	January 3, 1983 – September 14, 1992	98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd	redistricted from 20th district, died
Vacant		September 15, 1992 – November 2, 1992		[data unknown/missing]
Jerry Nadler	Democratic	November 3, 1992 – January 3, 1993	102nd	Elected to finish Weiss's term. Redistricted to 8th district
Eliot Engel	Democratic	January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2013	103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th 111th 112th	Redistricted from the 19th district. Redistricted to the 16th district.
Nita Lowey	Democratic	January 3, 2013 – present	113th 114th 115th 116th	Redistricted from the 18th 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 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").

US House election, 2018: New York District 17
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Democratic	Nita Lowey (incumbent)	170,168	88	-20.6
	Reform	Joseph Ciardullo	23,150	12
Turnout			193,318	100	-9.8

US House election, 2016: New York District 17
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Democratic	Nita Lowey (incumbent)	214,530	100	+118.5
Turnout			214,530	100	+18.1

US House election, 2014: New York District 17
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Democratic	Nita Lowey (incumbent)	98,150	54	-42.7
	Republican	Chris Day	75,781	41.7	-17.5
	N/A	Blank/Void/Scattering	7,743	4.3
Turnout			181,674	100	-38.9

US House election, 2012: New York District 17
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Democratic	Nita Lowey	171,417	57.6	+79.7
	Republican	Joe Carvin	91,899	30.9	+208.4
	N/A	Blank/Void/Scattering	31,292	10.5
	Independent	Francis Morganthaler	2,771	0.9
Turnout			297,379	100	+113.7

US House election, 2010: New York District 17
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Democratic	Eliot L. Engel	95,346	68.5	-36.2
	Republican	Anthony Mele	29,792	21.4	-17.2
	N/A	Blank/Void/Scattering	8,327	6
	Conservative	York J. Kleinhandler	5,661	4.1
Turnout			139,126	100	-38.7

US House election, 2008: New York District 17
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Democratic	Eliot L. Engel	149,676	65.9	+59.8
	Republican	Robert Goodman	35,994	15.8	+24.7
	N/A	Blank/Void/Scattering	41,464	18.3
Turnout			227,134	100	+85.4

US House election, 2006: New York District 17
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Democratic	Eliot L. Engel	93,614	76.4	+0.2
	Republican	Jim Faulkner	28,842	23.6	+1.6
Majority			64,772	52.9	-1.3
Turnout			122,456	100	-33.6

US House election, 2004: New York District 17
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Democratic	Eliot L. Engel	140,530	76.2	+13.6
	Republican	Matt I. Brennan	40,524	22.0	-12.4
	Conservative	Kevin Brawley	3,482	1.9	+1.9
Majority			100,006	54.2	+26.0
Turnout			184,536	100	+49.0

US House election, 2002: New York District 17
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Democratic	Eliot L. Engel	77,535	62.6	-27.1
	Republican	C. Scott Vanderhoef	42,634	34.4	+24.1
	Right to Life	Arthur L. Gallagher	1,931	1.6	+1.6
	Green	Elizabeth Shanklin	1,743	1.4	+1.4
Majority			34,901	28.2	-51.2
Turnout			123,843	100	-3.5

US House election, 2000: New York District 17
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Democratic	Eliot L. Engel	115,093	89.7	+1.7
	Republican	Patrick McManus	13,201	10.3	-1.7
Majority			101,892	79.4	+3.4
Turnout			128,294	100	+39.5

US House election, 1998: New York District 17
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Democratic	Eliot L. Engel	80,947	88.0	+3.0
	Republican	Peter Fiumefreddo	11,037	12.0	-1.3
Majority			69,910	76.0	+4.4
Turnout			91,984	100	-22.8

US House election, 1996: New York District 17
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Eliot L. Engel	101,287	85.0
	Republican	Denis McCarthy	15,892	13.3
	Independence	Dennis Coleman	2,008	1.7
Majority			85,395	71.6
Turnout			119,187	100

References

https://www.census.gov/mycd/?st=36&cd=17
"Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
Bowman, Bridget (October 10, 2019). "Appropriations Chairwoman Nita Lowey announces retirement". Roll Call. Washington, DC. Retrieved October 10, 2019.

Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
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[Cook-2] "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.

[3] Bowman, Bridget (October 10, 2019). "Appropriations Chairwoman Nita Lowey announces retirement". Roll Call. Washington, DC. Retrieved October 10, 2019.