New York's 11th congressional district

New York's 11th congressional district
Current Representative		Michael Grimm (R–Staten Island)
Cook PVI	R+4

New York's 11th Congressional District is a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives in New York City. It is currently represented by Republican Michael Grimm.

The 11th district includes all of Staten Island and parts of southern Brooklyn, including the neighborhoods of Bay Ridge, Bensonhurst, Dyker Heights, and Gravesend. Politically, it is the most conservative district in New York City, the only district in the city which leans towards the Republican Party in national elections, and the only district covering part of the city to be represented by a Republican. The district has significant Jewish, Irish-American, Russian-American, and Italian-American populations.

From 2003-2013, the district was located entirely in Brooklyn, and had a majority African-American population. The district was the subject of The Colbert Report's Better Know a District segment on December 15, 2005 and September 4, 2012.

The district from 2003 to 2013

Voting

Election results from presidential races
Year	Office	Results
1992	President	Clinton 86 - 10%
1996	President	Clinton 90 - 6%
2000	President	Gore 83 - 9%
2004	President	Kerry 86 - 13%
2008	President	Obama 91 - 9%

List of representatives

The 11th has historically been a Brooklyn-based district. In the 1992 redistricting much of the old 11th became the new 10th district and the new 11th absorbed much of the old 12th district. In the 2012 redistricting, the new 11th replaced most of the old 13th district, and covered Staten Island for the first time.

Representative	Party	Years	Electoral history	Geography
District created		1803
Beriah Palmer	Democratic- Republican	March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1805	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]	Clinton, Essex and Saratoga counties
Peter Sailly	Democratic- Republican	March 4, 1805 – March 3, 1807	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
John Thompson	Democratic- Republican	March 4, 1807 – March 3, 1809	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Thomas R. Gold	Federalist	March 4, 1809 – March 3, 1811	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
		March 4, 1811 – March 3, 1813		Clinton, Essex, Franklin and Saratoga counties
John W. Taylor	Democratic- Republican	March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1823	Redistricted to 17th district	Saratoga County
Charles A. Foote	Crawford Republican	March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]	Delaware and Greene counties
Henry Ashley	Jacksonian	March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1827	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Selah R. Hobbie	Jacksonian	March 4, 1827 – March 3, 1829	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Perkins King	Jacksonian	March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1831	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Erastus Root	Jacksonian	March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1833	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
John Cramer	Jacksonian	March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1837	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]	Schenectady and Saratoga counties
John I. De Graff	Democratic	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Anson Brown	Whig	March 4, 1839 – June 14, 1840	Died
Vacant		June 14, 1840 – December 7, 1840
Nicholas B. Doe	Whig	December 7, 1840 – March 3, 1841	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Archibald L. Linn	Whig	March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Zadock Pratt	Democratic	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]	Columbia and Greene counties
John F. Collin	Democratic	March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1847	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Peter H. Silvester	Whig	March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1851	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Josiah Sutherland	Democratic	March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Theodoric R. Westbrook	Democratic	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]	Ulster County, New York and Greene County, New York
Rufus H. King	Opposition	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
William F. Russell	Democratic	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
William S. Kenyon	Republican	March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1861	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
John B. Steele	Democratic	March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863	Redistricted to 13th district
Charles H. Winfield	Democratic	March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1867	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]	Orange and Sullivan counties
Charles Van Wyck	Republican	March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1869	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
George W. Greene	Democratic	March 4, 1869 – February 17, 1870	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Charles Van Wyck	Republican	February 17, 1870 – March 3, 1871	Successfully challenged election of George W. Greene
Charles St. John	Republican	March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1873	Redistricted to 12th district
Clarkson N. Potter	Democratic	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875	Redistricted from 10th district	Bronx and Westchester County
Benjamin A. Willis	Democratic	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1879	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]	Harlem and central Manhattan
Levi P. Morton	Republican	March 4, 1879 – March 21, 1881	Resigned to become US Minister to France
Vacant		March 21, 1881 – November 8, 1881
Roswell P. Flower	Democratic	November 8, 1881 – March 3, 1883	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Orlando B. Potter	Democratic	March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Truman A. Merriman	Independent Democrat	March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1887	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]	West Central Manhattan
	Democratic	March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1889
John Quinn	Democratic	March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1891	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
John De Witt Warner	Democratic	March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893	Redistricted to 13th district
Amos J. Cummings	Democratic	March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895	Redistricted from 9th district Redistricted to 10th district	Lower East Side of Manhattan (part)
William Sulzer	Democratic	March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1903	Redistricted to 10th district
William Randolph Hearst	Democratic	March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1907	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]	Part of Central west Manhattan
Charles V. Fornes	Democratic	March 4, 1907 – March 3, 1913	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Daniel J. Riordan	Democratic	March 4, 1913 – April 28, 1923	Redistricted from 8th district Died	All of Staten Island, Parts of Manhattan
Vacant		April 28, 1923 – November 6, 1923
Anning Smith Prall	Democratic	November 6, 1923 – January 3, 1935	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
James A. O'Leary	Democratic	January 3, 1935 – March 16, 1944	Died
Vacant		March 16, 1944 – June 6, 1944
Ellsworth B. Buck	Republican	June 6, 1944 – January 3, 1945	Redistricted to 16th district
James J. Heffernan	Democratic	January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1953	Redistricted from 5th district	Parts of Brooklyn
Emanuel Celler	Democratic	January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1963	Redistricted from 15th district redistricted to 10th district	Parts of Brooklyn, Queens
Eugene J. Keogh	Democratic	January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1967	Redistricted from 9th district	Parts of Brooklyn
Frank J. Brasco	Democratic	January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1971	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
		January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1975		Parts of Brooklyn, Queens
James H. Scheuer	Democratic	January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1983	Redistricted to 8th district
Edolphus Towns	Democratic	January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1993	Redistricted to 10th district	Parts of Brooklyn
Major Owens	Democratic	January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2007	Redistricted from 12th district
Yvette Clarke	Democratic	January 3, 2007 – January 3, 2013	Redistricted to 9th district
Michael Grimm	Republican	January 3, 2013 – Present	Redistricted from 13th district	Staten Island and parts of Brooklyn

Election results

In New York State 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"). (See Electoral fusion#New York.)

1996 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Major Owens	89,905	92.0
	Republican	Claudette Hayle	7,866	8.0
Majority			82,039	83.9
Turnout			97,771	100

1998 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Major Owens	75,773	90.0	-2.0
	Republican	David Greene	7,284	8.7	+0.7
	Independence	Phyllis Taliaferro	1,144	1.4	+1.4
Majority			68,489	81.3	-2.6
Turnout			84,201	100	-13.9

2000 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Major Owens	112,050	87.0	-3.0
	Republican	Susan Cleary	8,406	6.5	-2.2
	Liberal	Una S.T. Clarke	7,366	5.7	+5.7
	Conservative	Cartrell Gore	962	0.7	+0.7
Majority			103,644	80.5	-0.8
Turnout			128,784	100	+52.9

2002 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Major Owens	76,917	86.6	-0.4
	Republican	Susan Cleary	11,149	12.5	+6.0
	Conservative	Alice Gaffney	798	0.9	+0.2
Majority			65,768	74.0	-6.5
Turnout			88,864	100	-31.0

2004 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Major Owens	144,999	94.0	+7.4
	Independence	Lorraine Stevens	4,721	3.1	+3.1
	Conservative	Sol Lieberman	4,478	2.9	+2.0
Majority			140,278	91.0	+17.0
Turnout			154,198	100	+73.5

2006 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Yvette Clarke	88,334	90.0	-4.0
	Republican	Stephen Finger	7,447	7.6	+7.6
	Conservative	Marianna Blume	1,325	1.4	-1.5
	Freedom	Ollie M. McClean	996	1.0	+1.0
Majority			80,887	82.5	-8.5
Turnout			98,102	100	-36.4

2008 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Yvette Clarke	168,562	92.8	+2.8
	Republican	Hugh C. Carr	11,644	6.4	-1.2
	Conservative	Cartrell Gore	1,517	0.8	-0.6
Majority			156,918	86.4	+3.9
Turnout			181,723	100	+85.2

2010 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Yvette Clarke	104,297	90.6	-2.2
	Republican	Hugh C. Carr	10,858	9.4	+3.0
Majority			93,439	81.1	-5.3
Turnout			115,155	100	-36.6

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
• 1996 House election data, Clerk of the House of Representatives
• 1998 House election data, Clerk of the House of Representatives
• 2000 House election data, Clerk of the House of Representatives
• 2002 House election data, Clerk of the House of Representatives
• 2004 House election data, Clerk of the House of Representatives