New York's 2nd congressional district

New York's 2nd congressional district
Interactive map of district boundaries (Suffolk County highlighted in red)
Representative	Andrew Garbarino R–Sayville
Distribution	99.89% urban 0.11% rural
Population (2021)	730,149
Median household income	$118,262
Ethnicity	63.3% White 21.9% Hispanic 10.0% Black 3.1% Asian 1.3% Two or more races 0.4% other
Cook PVI	R+5

New York's 2nd congressional district is a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives along the South Shore of Long Island, New York. It includes southwestern Suffolk County and a small portion of southeastern Nassau County. The district is currently represented by Republican Andrew Garbarino.

Nassau County communities in the 2nd district include Levittown, North Wantagh, Seaford, South Farmingdale and Massapequa. Suffolk County communities include Amityville, Copiague, Lindenhurst, Gilgo, West Babylon, Wyandanch, North Babylon, Babylon, Bayport, Baywood, Brentwood, Brightwaters, Central Islip, Islip, Great River, Ocean Beach, Oakdale, West Sayville, Bohemia, West Islip and Ronkonkoma.

From 2003 to 2013 it included all of the town of Huntington and parts of the towns of Babylon, Islip and Smithtown in Suffolk County as well as part of the town of Oyster Bay in Nassau County. It comprised such communities as Bay Shore, Brentwood, Central Islip, Commack, Deer Park, Dix Hills, Huntington, Melville, North Amityville, Northport, Oakdale, Plainview, Ronkonkoma, Sayville and Wyandanch. Much of this area is now the 3rd congressional district, while most of the territory currently in the 2nd district was located in the 3rd district.

Demographics

According to the APM Research Lab's Voter Profile Tools (featuring the U.S. Census Bureau's 2019 American Community Survey), the district contained about 512,000 potential voters (citizens, age 18+). Of these, 68% are White, 17% Latino, and 10% Black. Immigrants make up 15% of the district's potential voters. Median income among households (with one or more potential voter) in the district is about $109,400. As for the educational attainment of potential voters in the district, 32% hold a bachelor's or higher degree. As of 2022, this is the richest congressional district held by a republican.

Voting

Election results from presidential races
Year	Office	Results
1992	President	Bush 40–40%
1996	President	Clinton 54–34%
2000	President	Gore 57–39%
2004	President	Kerry 53–45%
2008	President	Obama 51–48%
2012	President	Obama 52–47%
2016	President	Trump 53–44%
2020	President	Trump 51–47%

List of members representing the district

1789–1805: one seat

Representative	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history
John Laurance	Pro-Administration	March 4, 1789 – March 3, 1793	1st 2nd	Elected in 1789. Re-elected in 1790. Retired.
John Watts	Pro-Administration	March 4, 1793 – March 3, 1795	3rd	Elected in 1793. Lost re-election.
Edward Livingston	Democratic- Republican	March 4, 1795 – March 3, 1801	4th 5th 6th	Elected in 1794. Re-elected in 1796. Re-elected in 1798. [data missing]
Samuel L. Mitchill	Democratic- Republican	March 4, 1801 – March 3, 1803	7th	Elected in 1800. Redistricted to the 3rd district.
Joshua Sands	Federalist	March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1805	8th	Elected in 1802. Retired.

1805–1809: Two seats on general ticket with 3rd district

Gurdon S. Mumford is usually listed as member from the 2nd district, and George Clinton Jr. from the 3rd district, because Clinton was elected to fill the vacancy caused by the election of Mitchill to the U.S. Senate, and Mitchill had been elected previously in the 3rd district. However, in 1804 Mitchill was already re-elected on the 2nd/3rd general ticket, and both Clinton and Mumford were elected in special elections, receiving votes in both districts.

Cong ress	Years		Seat A				Seat B
			Representative	Party	Electoral history		Representative	Party	Electoral history
9th 10th	March 4, 1805 – March 3, 1809		Gurdon S. Mumford	Democratic- Republican	Daniel D. Tompkins was elected in 1804 but declined the seat when appointed to the New York Supreme Court. Elected to begin Tompkins's term. Re-elected in 1806.		George Clinton Jr.	Democratic- Republican	Samuel L. Mitchill (previously of the 3rd district) was re-elected in 1804 but resigned November 22, 1804 when elected U.S. Senator. Elected to begin Mitchell's term. Re-elected in 1806. The districts were separated again, and a second seat was added to the 2nd district.

The districts were separated in 1809.

1809–1823: two seats

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

Cong ress	Years		Seat A				Seat B
			Representative	Party	Electoral history		Representative	Party	Electoral history
11th	March 4, 1809 – 1810		Gurdon S. Mumford	Democratic-Republican	Re-elected in 1808. [data missing]		William Denning	Democratic-Republican	Elected in 1808. Never took his seat resigned.
	1810 – December 4, 1810						Vacant
	December 4, 1810 – March 3, 1811						Samuel L. Mitchill	Democratic-Republican	Elected April 24–26, 1810 to finish Denning's term and seated December 4, 1810. Also elected the same day in 1810 to the next term. [data missing]
12th	March 4, 1811 – March 3, 1813		William Paulding Jr.	Democratic-Republican	Elected in 1810. [data missing]
13th	March 4, 1813 – August 2, 1813		Egbert Benson	Federalist	Elected in 1812. Resigned.		Jotham Post Jr.	Federalist	Elected in 1812. [data missing]
	August 2, 1813 – January 22, 1814		Vacant
	January 22, 1814 – March 3, 1815		William Irving	Democratic-Republican	Elected December 28–30, 1813 to finish Benson's term and was seated January 22, 1814. Re-elected in 1814. Re-elected in 1816. [data missing]
14th	March 4, 1815 – March 3, 1817						Peter H. Wendover	Democratic-Republican	Elected in 1814. Re-elected in 1816. Re-elected in 1818. [data missing]
15th	March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1819
16th	March 4, 1819 – March 3, 1821		Henry Meigs	Democratic-Republican	Elected in 1818. [data missing]
17th	March 4, 1821 – December 3, 1821		Elections were held in April 1821. It is unclear when results were announced or credentials issued.
	December 3, 1821 – March 3, 1823		Churchill C. Cambreleng	Democratic-Republican	Elected in 1821. Redistricted to the 3rd district.		John J. Morgan	Democratic-Republican	Elected in 1821. Redistricted to the 3rd district.

1823–present: one seat

Member	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history	District location
Jacob Tyson	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825	18th	Elected in 1822. [data missing]	1823–1833 Parts of Kings county
Joshua Sands	Anti-Jacksonian	March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1827	19th	Elected in 1824. [data missing]
John J. Wood	Jacksonian	March 4, 1827 – March 3, 1829	20th	Elected in 1826. Retired.
Jacob Crocheron	Jacksonian	March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1831	21st	Elected in 1828. [data missing]
John T. Bergen	Jacksonian	March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1833	22nd	Elected in 1830. [data missing]
Isaac B. Van Houten	Jacksonian	March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1835	23rd	Elected in 1832. [data missing]	1833–1843 Parts of Kings county
Samuel Barton	Jacksonian	March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837	24th	Elected in 1834. [data missing]
Abraham Vanderveer	Democratic	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839	25th	Elected in 1836. [data missing]
James De la Montanya	Democratic	March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1841	26th	Elected in 1838. [data missing]
Joseph Egbert	Democratic	March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843	27th	Elected in 1840. [data missing]
Henry C. Murphy	Democratic	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845	28th	Elected in 1842. [data missing]	1843–1853 Parts of Kings county
Henry J. Seaman	Know Nothing	March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1847	29th	Elected in 1844. [data missing]
Henry C. Murphy	Democratic	March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849	30th	Elected in 1846. [data missing]
David A. Bokee	Whig	March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851	31st	Elected in 1848. [data missing]
Obadiah Bowne	Whig	March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853	32nd	Elected in 1850. [data missing]
Thomas W. Cumming	Democratic	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855	33rd	Elected in 1852. [data missing]	1853–1863 Parts of Kings county
James S.T. Stranahan	Opposition	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857	34th	Elected in 1854. [data missing]
George Taylor	Democratic	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859	35th	Elected in 1856. [data missing]
James Humphrey	Republican	March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1861	36th	Elected in 1858. [data missing]
Moses F. Odell	Democratic	March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863	37th	Elected in 1860. [data missing]
Martin Kalbfleisch	Democratic	March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1865	38th	Elected in 1862. [data missing]	1863–1873 Parts of Kings county
Teunis G. Bergen	Democratic	March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1867	39th	Elected in 1864. [data missing]
Demas Barnes	Democratic	March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1869	40th	Elected in 1866. [data missing]
John G. Schumaker	Democratic	March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1871	41st	Elected in 1868. [data missing]
Thomas Kinsella	Democratic	March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1873	42nd	Elected in 1870. [data missing]
John G. Schumaker	Democratic	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1877	43rd 44th	Elected in 1872. Re-elected in 1874. [data missing]	1873–1883 Parts of Kings county
William D. Veeder	Democratic	March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1879	45th	Elected in 1876. [data missing]
Daniel O'Reilly	Democratic	March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1881	46th	Elected in 1878. [data missing]
William E. Robinson	Democratic	March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1885	47th 48th	Elected in 1880. Re-elected in 1882. [data missing]
					1883–1885 Parts of Kings county
Felix Campbell	Democratic	March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1891	49th 50th 51st	Redistricted from the 4th district and re-elected in 1884. Re-elected in 1886. Re-elected in 1888. [data missing]	1885–1893 Kings County (partial)
David A. Boody	Democratic	March 4, 1891 – October 13, 1891	52nd	Elected in 1890. Resigned to become railroad commissioner of New York State.
Vacant		October 13, 1891 – November 3, 1891
Alfred C. Chapin	Democratic	November 3, 1891 – November 16, 1892		Elected to finish Boody's term. Resigned.
Vacant		November 16, 1892 – March 3, 1893
John M. Clancy	Democratic	March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895	53rd	Redistricted from the 4th district and re-elected in 1892. [data missing]	1893–1903 Kings County (partial)
Denis M. Hurley	Republican	March 4, 1895 – February 26, 1899	54th 55th	Elected in 1894. Re-elected in 1896. Died.
Vacant		February 26, 1899 – March 3, 1899	55th
John J. Fitzgerald	Democratic	March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1903	56th 57th	Elected in 1898. Re-elected in 1900. Redistricted to the 7th district.
George H. Lindsay	Democratic	March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1913	58th 59th 60th 61st 62nd	Redistricted from the 6th district and re-elected in 1902. Re-elected in 1904. Re-elected in 1906. Re-elected in 1908. Re-elected in 1910. [data missing]	1903–1913 Kings County (partial)
Denis O'Leary	Democratic	March 4, 1913 – December 31, 1914	63rd	Elected in 1912. Resigned.	1913–1933 Parts of Queens county
Vacant		December 31, 1914 – March 3, 1915
C. Pope Caldwell	Democratic	March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1921	64th 65th 66th	Elected in 1914. Re-elected in 1916. Re-elected in 1918. [data missing]
John J. Kindred	Democratic	March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1929	67th 68th 69th 70th	Elected in 1920. Re-elected in 1922. Re-elected in 1924. Re-elected in 1926. [data missing]
William F. Brunner	Democratic	March 4, 1929 – September 27, 1935	71st 72nd 73rd 74th	Elected in 1928. Re-elected in 1930. Re-elected in 1932. Re-elected in 1934. Resigned upon election as sheriff of Queens County.
					1933–1945 Parts of Queens county
Vacant		September 27, 1935 – November 5, 1935	74th
William B. Barry	Democratic	November 5, 1935 – January 3, 1945	74th 75th 76th 77th 78th	Elected to finish Brunner's term. Re-elected in 1936. Re-elected in 1938. Re-elected in 1940. Re-elected in 1942. Redistricted to the 4th district.
Leonard W. Hall	Republican	January 3, 1945 – December 31, 1952	79th 80th 81st 82nd	Redistricted from the 1st district and re-elected in 1944. Re-elected in 1946. Re-elected in 1948. Re-elected in 1950. Resigned to become Chairman of the Republican National Committee.	1945–1953 Parts of Nassau county
Vacant		December 31, 1952 – January 3, 1953	82nd
Steven Derounian	Republican	January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1963	83rd 84th 85th 86th 87th	Elected in 1952. Re-elected in 1954. Re-elected in 1956. Re-elected in 1958. Re-elected in 1960. Redistricted to the 3rd district.	1953–1963 Parts of Nassau county
James R. Grover Jr.	Republican	January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1975	88th 89th 90th 91st 92nd 93rd	Elected in 1962. Re-elected in 1964. Re-elected in 1966. Re-elected in 1968. Re-elected in 1970. Re-elected in 1972. Lost re-election.	1963–1973 Parts of Nassau, Suffolk counties
					1973–1983 Parts of Suffolk county
Thomas J. Downey	Democratic	January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1993	94th 95th 96th 97th 98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd	Elected in 1974. Re-elected in 1976. Re-elected in 1978. Re-elected in 1980. Re-elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1984. Re-elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1988. Re-elected in 1990. Lost re-election.
					1983–1993 Parts of Suffolk county
Rick Lazio	Republican	January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2001	103rd 104th 105th 106th	Elected in 1992. Re-elected in 1994. Re-elected in 1996. Re-elected in 1998. Retired to run for U.S. senator.	1993 – 2003 Parts of Suffolk county
Steve Israel	Democratic	January 3, 2001 – January 3, 2013	107th 108th 109th 110th 111th 112th	Elected in 2000. Re-elected in 2002. Re-elected in 2004. Re-elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Re-elected in 2010. Redistricted to the 3rd district.
					2003 – 2013 Parts of Nassau, Suffolk counties
Peter T. King	Republican	January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2021	113th 114th 115th 116th	Redistricted from the 3rd district and re-elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Retired.	2013 – Present Parts of Nassau, Suffolk counties
Andrew Garbarino	Republican	January 3, 2021 – Present	117th	Elected in 2020. Re-elected in 2022.

Recent election results

New York election law allows for fusion voting, where a candidate can run as a member of multiple parties. The pooled vote totals for candidates are listed first, and the split of the votes among the parties they ran as is listed beneath. See below for blank, void, and scattering notes.*

Results 2000–2010

Year		Democrat		Votes	Pct		Republican		Votes	Pct		3rd Party		Party	Votes	Pct
2000		Y Steve Israel		90,438	48%		Joan B. Johnson		65,880	35%		Robert Walsh		Right to Life	11,224	6%
			Democratic	90,438				Republican	65,880			Richard N. Thompson		Conservative	10,824	6%
												David A. Bishop			10,266	5%
													Independence		7,595
													Green		1,404
													Working Families		1,267
2002		Y Steve Israel		85,451	58%		Joseph P. Finley		59,117	40%		John Keenan		Green	1,558	1%
			Democratic	75,845				Republican	48,239
			Independence	7,632				Conservative	5,772
			Working Families	1,974				Right to Life	5,106
2004		Y Steve Israel		161,593	67%		Richard Hoffmann		80,950	33%
			Democratic	147,197				Republican	72,953
			Independence	9,508				Conservative	7,997
			Working Families	4,888
2006		Y Steve Israel		105,276	70%		John W. Bugler		44,212	30%
			Democratic	94,100				Republican	37,671
			Independence	7,443				Conservative	6,541
			Working Families	3,733
2008		Y Steve Israel		161,279	67%		Frank J. Stalzer		79,641	33%
			Democratic	143,759				Republican	70,145
			Independence	11,900				Conservative	9,496
			Working Families	5,620
2010		Y Steve Israel		94,694	56%		John Gomez		72,115	43%		Anthony Tolda		CST	1,258	1%
			Democratic	84,211				Republican	53,747
			Independence	6,353				Conservative	13,525
			Working Families	4,130
2012		Vivianne Falcone		92,060	41%		Y Peter T. King		131,091	59%
2014		Patricia Maher		40,009	28%		Y Peter T. King		91,701	65%
2016		Du Wayne Gregory		110,938	38%		Y Peter T. King		181,506	62%
2018		Liuba Grechen Shirley		106,996	45%		Y Peter T. King		122,103	53%
			Democratic	102,977				Republican	107,495
			Women's Equality	1,371				Conservative	11,742
			Working Families	2,648				Independence	2,417
2020		Jackie Gordon		154,123	46%		Y Andrew Garbarino		177,353	53%	Harry Burger		Green	3,446	1%

* Blank, void, and write-in candidate ("scattering") notes: In 2000, there were 37,596 BVS votes; in 2002, 14,087; in 2004, 40,937; and in 2006, 14,101. Since 2008, results were separated out, and there were 54,163 blank votes; 10 void ballots; and 12 votes cast for write-in candidates. In 2010, 7,104 were blank votes; 93 were void ballots; and thirty were votes cast for write-in candidates.

See also

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

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
• National atlas congressional maps