New York's 1st congressional district

New York's 1st congressional district
Current Representative		Tim Bishop (D–Southhampton)
Distribution	93.89% urban, 6.11% rural
Population (2000)	654,360
Median income	$61,884
Ethnicity	77.9% White, 4.9% Black, 3.7% Asian, 12.5% Hispanic, 1% other
Cook PVI	R+2

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. Democrat Tim Bishop has represented the district since 2003.

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%.

In 2012, New York underwent redistricting, and the 1st District was slightly modified.

The district from 2003 to 2013

Voting

Election results from presidential races
Year	Office	Results
1992	President	Bush 40–38%
1996	President	Clinton 51–36%
2000	President	Gore 52–44%
2004	President	Bush 49–49%
2008	President	Obama 52–48%
2012	President	Romney 49–49%

Communities within the district

Amagansett
Aquebogue
Baiting Hollow
Bellport
Blue Point
Bridgehampton
Center Moriches
Centereach
Coram
Cutchogue
East Hampton
East Marion
East Moriches
East Patchogue
Eastport
Farmingville
Greenport
Hampton Bays
Head of the Harbor
Holtsville
Jamesport
Kings Park
Lake Grove
Mastic
Mastic Beach
Mattituck
Medford
Middle Island
Miller Place
Montauk
Mount Sinai
Moriches
Nissequogue
North Bellport
North Patchogue
Patchogue
Port Jefferson
Quogue
Ridge
Riverhead
Rocky Point
Ronkonkoma
Sag Harbor
Sagaponack
Selden
Setauket
Shelter Island
Shirley
Shoreham
Smithtown
Sound Beach
Southampton
Speonk
Springs
St. James
Stony Brook
Wading River
Wainscott
Water Mill
Westhampton
Westhampton Beach
Yaphank

Components: past and present

1913–1945:

All of Suffolk, Nassau

Parts of Queens

1945–1963:

All of Suffolk

Parts of Nassau

1963–present:

Parts of Suffolk

This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.

List of representatives

1789–1813: one seat

Representative	Party	Years	Congress	Note
William Floyd	Anti-Administration	March 4, 1789 – March 3, 1791	1	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Vacant		March 4, 1791 – May 1791	2	Representative-elect James Townsend died May 24, 1790, before his term began.
Thomas Tredwell	Anti-Administration	May 1791 – March 3, 1795	2 (Continued)	Elected in special election April 1791
			3
Jonathan Nicoll Havens	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1795 – October 25, 1799	4	Died
			5
			6
Vacant		October 25, 1799 – February 27, 1800
John Smith	Democratic-Republican	February 27, 1800 – February 23, 1804	6 (Continued)	Resigned
			7
			8
Vacant		February 23, 1804 – November 5, 1804
Samuel Riker	Democratic-Republican	November 5, 1804 – March 3, 1805	8 (Continued)	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Eliphalet Wickes	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1805 – March 3, 1807	9	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Samuel Riker	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1807 – March 3, 1809	10	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Ebenezer Sage	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1809 – March 3, 1813	11	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
			12

1813–1823: two seats

From 1809 to 1823, two seats were apportioned, elected at-large on a general ticket.

Cong ress	Years		Seat A				Seat B
			Representative	Party	Electoral history		Representative	Party	Electoral history
13	March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1815		John Lefferts	Democratic-Republican	Elected in 1812 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]		Ebenezer Sage	Democratic-Republican	Elected in 1812 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
14	March 4, 1815 – March 3, 1817		Henry Crocheron	Democratic-Republican	Elected in 1814 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]		George Townsend	Democratic-Republican	Elected in 1814
15	March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1819		Tredwell Scudder	Democratic-Republican	Elected in 1816 Retired				Re-elected in 1816 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
16	March 4, 1819 – January 14, 1820		Silas Wood	Federalist	First elected in 1818		Vacant		Credentials had been issued for Ebenezer Sage (Dem.-Rep.), but Sage did not take or claim the seat, see United States House of Representatives elections in New York, 1818
	January 14, 1820 – March 3, 1821						James Guyon, Jr.	Democratic-Republican	Successfully contested the election of Ebenezer Sage [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
17	March 4, 1821 – December 12, 1821				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 United States House of Representatives elections in New York, 1821
	December 12, 1821 – March 3, 1823						Cadwallader D. Colden	Federalist	Successfully contested the election of Peter Sharpe [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]

1823–present: one seat

Representative	Party	Years	Electoral history
Silas Wood	Adams-Clay Federalist	March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825	Re-elected in 1822 Lost re-election
	Adams	March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1829
James Lent	Jacksonian	March 4, 1829 – February 22, 1833	Died
Vacant		February 22, 1833 – March 4, 1833
Abel Huntington	Jacksonian	March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1837	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Thomas B. Jackson	Democratic	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1841	Did not run for re-election
Charles A. Floyd	Democratic	March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Selah B. Strong	Democratic	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845	Did not run for re-election
John W. Lawrence	Democratic	March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1847	Did not run for re-election
Frederick W. Lord	Democratic	March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
John Alsop King	Whig	March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
John G. Floyd	Democratic	March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
James Maurice	Democratic	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855	Did not run for re-election
William Valk	Know Nothing	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857	Lost re-election
John A. Searing	Democratic	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859	Did not run for re-election
Luther C. Carter	Republican	March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1861	Lost re-election
Edward H. Smith	Democratic	March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863	Did not run for re-election
Henry G. Stebbins	Democratic	March 4, 1863 – October 24, 1864	Resigned
Vacant		October 24, 1864 – December 5, 1864
Dwight Townsend	Democratic	December 5, 1864 – March 3, 1865	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Stephen Taber	Democratic	March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1869	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Henry A. Reeves	Democratic	March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1871	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Dwight Townsend	Democratic	March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1873	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Henry J. Scudder	Republican	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875	Did not run for re-election
Henry B. Metcalfe	Democratic	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
James W. Covert	Democratic	March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1881	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Perry Belmont	Democratic	March 4, 1881 – December 1, 1888	Resigned to become U.S. Minister to Spain
Vacant		December 1, 1888 – March 4, 1889
James W. Covert	Democratic	March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1895	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Richard C. McCormick	Republican	March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1897	Did not run for re-election
Joseph M. Belford	Republican	March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1899	Did not run for re-election
Townsend Scudder	Democratic	March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1901	Did not run for re-election
Frederic Storm	Republican	March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1903	Lost re-election
Townsend Scudder	Democratic	March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1905	Did not run for re-election
William W. Cocks	Republican	March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1911	Lost re-election
Martin W. Littleton	Democratic	March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1913	Did not run for re-election
Lathrop Brown	Democratic	March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1915	Lost re-election
Frederick C. Hicks	Republican	March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1923	Did not run for re-election
Robert L. Bacon	Republican	March 4, 1923 – September 12, 1938	Died
Vacant		September 12, 1938 – January 3, 1939
Leonard W. Hall	Republican	January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1945	Redistricted to the 2nd congressional district
Edgar A. Sharp	Republican	January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1947	Did not run for re-election
W. Kingsland Macy	Republican	January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1951	Lost re-election
Ernest Greenwood	Democratic	January 3, 1951 – January 3, 1953	Lost re-election
Stuyvesant Wainwright	Republican	January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1961	Lost re-election
Otis G. Pike	Democratic	January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1979	Did not run for re-election
William Carney	Republican	January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1987	Did not run for re-election
George J. Hochbrueckner	Democratic	January 3, 1987 – January 3, 1995	Lost re-election
Michael Forbes	Republican	January 3, 1995 – July 17, 1999	Lost primary election
	Democratic	July 17, 1999 – January 3, 2001
Felix Grucci	Republican	January 3, 2001 – January 3, 2003	Lost re-election
Tim Bishop	Democratic	January 3, 2003 – present	First elected in 2002 Re-elected in 2004 Re-elected in 2006 Re-elected in 2008 Re-elected in 2010 Re-elected in 2012

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, 1996: New York District 1
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Michael P. Forbes	116,620	54.7
	Democratic	Nora L. Bredes	96,496	45.3
Majority			20,124	9.4
Turnout			213,116	100

US House election, 1998: New York District 1
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Michael P. Forbes	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

US House 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	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

US House election, 2002: New York District 1
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Timothy H. Bishop	84,276	50.2	+9.6
	Republican	Felix Grucci	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

US House election, 2004: New York District 1
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Timothy H. Bishop	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

US House election, 2006: New York District 1
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Timothy H. Bishop	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

US House election, 2008: New York District 1
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Timothy H. Bishop	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

US House election, 2010: New York District 1
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Timothy H. Bishop	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

US House election, 2012: New York District 1
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Timothy H. Bishop	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

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. 
• "House Map 2012". The New York Times. Retrieved 12 November 2012. 
• Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present
• National atlas congressional maps