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
New York 's 1st congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
Representative	Lee Zeldin R–Shirley
Distribution	94.94% urban 5.06% rural
Population (2010)	717,707[1]
Median income	$92,284[2]
Ethnicity	77.9% white[3] 12.5% Hispanic 4.9% black 3.7% Asian 1% other
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
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

Components: past and present

1823–1945:

All of Suffolk, Nassau

Parts of Queens

1945–1963:

All of Suffolk

Parts of Nassau

1963–present:

Parts of Suffolk

List of members representing the district

1789–1813: one seat

Member	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history	District counties
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
			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
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").

U.S. House of Representatives election, 1996: New York District 1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	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

U.S. House of Representatives election, 1998: New York District 1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Republican	Michael P. Forbes (Incumbent)	99,460	64.1	9.4
	Democratic	William G. Holst	55,630	35.9	9.4
Majority			43,830	28.3	18.9
Turnout			155,090	100	27.2

U.S. House of Representatives election, 2000: New York District 1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Republican	Felix Grucci	133,020	55.5	8.6
	Democratic	Regina Seltzer	97,299	40.6	4.7
	None	Michael P. Forbes (Incumbent)	6,318	2.6	2.6
	Green	William G. Holst	2,967	1.2	1.2
Majority			35,721	14.9	13.4
Turnout			239,604	100	54.5

U.S. House of Representatives election, 2002: New York District 1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Democratic	Timothy H. Bishop	84,276	50.2	9.6
	Republican	Felix Grucci (Incumbent)	81,524	48.6	6.9
	Green	Lorna Salzman	1,991	1.2	0.0
Majority			2,752	1.6	13.3
Turnout			167,791	100	30.0

U.S. House of Representatives election, 2004: New York District 1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Democratic	Timothy H. Bishop (Incumbent)	156,354	56.2	6.0
	Republican	William M. Manger, Jr.	121,855	43.8	4.8
Majority			34,499	12.4	10.8
Turnout			278,209	100	65.8

U.S. House of Representatives election, 2006: New York District 1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Democratic	Timothy H. Bishop (Incumbent)	104,360	62.2	6.0
	Republican	Italo Zanzi	63,328	37.8	6.0
Majority			41,032	24.5	12.1
Turnout			167,688	100	39.7

U.S. House of Representatives election, 2008: New York District 1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Democratic	Timothy H. Bishop (Incumbent)	162,083	58.4	3.8
	Republican	Lee M. Zeldin	115,545	41.6	3.8
Majority			46,538	16.8	7.7
Turnout			277,628	100	65.6

U.S. House of Representatives election, 2010: New York District 1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Democratic	Timothy H. Bishop (Incumbent)	98,316	50.2	8.2
	Republican	Randy Altschuler	97,723	49.8	8.2
Majority			593	0.4	16.4
Turnout			196,039	100	29.4

U.S. House of Representatives election, 2012: New York District 1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Democratic	Timothy H. Bishop (Incumbent)	132,525	52.2	2.0
	Republican	Randy Altschuler	121,478	47.8	2.0
Majority			11,047	4.3	3.9
Turnout			254,003	100	22.8

U.S. House of Representatives election, 2014: New York District 1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Republican	Lee Zeldin	94,035	53.2	5.4
	Democratic	Timothy H. Bishop (Incumbent)	78,722	44.6	7.6
Majority			15,313	8.6	4.3
Turnout			176,719	100	30.4

U.S. House of Representatives election, 2016: New York District 1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Republican	Lee Zeldin (Incumbent)	188,499	55.2	2.0
	Democratic	Anna Throne-Holst	135,278	39.6	5.0
Majority			53,221	15.6	7.0
Turnout			341,554	100	93.3

U.S. House of Representatives election, 2018: New York District 1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Republican	Lee Zeldin (Incumbent)	139,027	51.5	3.7
	Democratic	Perry Gershon	127,991	47.4	7.8
Majority			12,036	4.1	11.5
Turnout			270,006	100	73.1

See also

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

Notes

1. 2004 margin was <1%

References

1. "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.
2. Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census Bureau. "My Congressional District". www.census.gov.
3. "New York Redistricting—District One". New York Redistricting. The New York Times. March 20, 2012. Retrieved November 22, 2012.
4. "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
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