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New York's congressional districts

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Map of New York's congressional districts since 2013[1]
Map of New York's congressional districts from 2023

The U.S. state of New York currently comprises 27 congressional districts. Each district elects one member of the United States House of Representatives who sits on its behalf.[2] The state was redistricted in 2013, following the 2010 U.S. census; it lost two seats in Congress.[3]

Starting in the 2022 mid-term elections, per the 2020 United States census, New York will lose a congressional seat. The loss was decided by a remarkably close margin; it was believed that if 89 more people were counted in the census results and all other state populations remained stagnant, New York would have kept its lost seat.[4]

Current (until 2023 inauguration) districts and representatives

List of members of the New York United States House delegation, district boundaries, and district political ratings, according to the CPVI. The delegation has a total of 27 members, with nineteen Democrats and eight Republicans, as of 2022.

Template:Current U.S. representatives from New York

Historical district locations

Note: There are now 62 counties in New York (state). The counties that are not mentioned in this list had not yet been established, or sufficiently organized.

1789 elections

Main article: United States House of Representatives elections in New York, 1789

On January 27, 1789, the New York State Legislature divided the State of New York into six congressional districts which were not numbered.[5]

1790 elections

Main article: United States House of Representatives elections in New York, 1790

The districts remained the same as for the previous elections in March 1789.

1793 elections

Main article: United States House of Representatives elections in New York, 1793

On December 18, 1792, the Legislature divided the State into ten districts, which were still not numbered, taking into account the new counties created in 1791.

1794 elections

Main article: United States House of Representatives elections in New York, 1794

The congressional districts remained at this election the same as at the previous election, only inside the tenth district a new county, Onondaga, was created in 1794.

1796 elections

Main article: United States House of Representatives elections in New York, 1796

The geographical area of the congressional districts remained at this election the same as at the previous election in December 1794. Steuben county was created out of part of Ontario County, and remained in the same district. Schoharie County was created from part of Albany County, and part of Otsego County, which remained in separate districts.

1798 elections

Main article: United States House of Representatives elections in New York, 1798

On March 27, 1797, the Legislature re-apportioned the districts, taking into account the new counties which had been created in the meanwhile, and for the first time the districts were numbered.

1800 elections

Main article: United States House of Representatives elections in New York, 1800

The districts remained the same as at the previous election in April 1798, but two new counties were created in 1799: in the 7th district, Essex County was split from Clinton County; and in the 10th district, Cayuga County was split from Onondaga County.

1802 elections

Main article: United States House of Representatives elections in New York, 1802

Until the previous elections, there had been ten congressional districts. After the U.S. census of 1800, Congress re-apportioned the seats, and New York's representation was increased to 17. On March 30, 1802, the New York State Legislature re-apportioned the congressional districts, dividing New York County seemingly at random into two districts.

1804 elections

Main article: United States House of Representatives elections in New York, 1804

After the election of one Democratic-Republican and one Federalist in 1802, the Democratic-Republican majority in the State Legislature gerrymandered the two districts together in an Act passed on March 20, 1804, so that two congressmen would be elected on a general ticket by the voters of both districts, assuring the election of two Democratic-Republicans.

Besides, Seneca County was split from Cayuga County inside the 17th district.

1806 elections

Main article: United States House of Representatives elections in New York, 1806

Three new counties had been created since the last elections in 1804: inside the 15th district, Jefferson County was split off from Oneida County; in the 16th district, Madison County from Chenango County; and in the 17th district, Allegany County from Genesee County The area of the districts remained the same.

1808 elections

Main article: United States House of Representatives elections in New York, 1808

On April 8, 1808, the State Legislature re-apportioned the districts again, separating the 2nd and the 3rd district, and creating two districts with two seats each to be filled on a general ticket: the 2nd and the 6th.

David Thomas had been elected in the old 12th district which had comprised only Washington County, so the vacancy was filled by a special election held only in this county, while at the same time two representatives were elected on a general ticket in the new 6th district to which Washington County had been re-districted together with Columbia County and Rensselaer County.

Due to the double-seat districts, there were then only 15 districts; the 16th and 17th were eliminated.

Note: There are now 62 counties in the State of New York. The counties which are not mentioned in this list had not yet been established, or sufficiently organized, the area being included in one or more of the above-mentioned counties.

1810 elections

Main article: United States House of Representatives elections in New York, 1810

The districts remained the same as at the previous elections in 1808. Only four new counties were created inside some districts: in the 5th district, Sullivan County was split from Ulster County; in the 7th district, Schenectady County was split from Albany County; in the 8th district, Franklin County was split from Clinton County; and in the 15th district, Niagara County was split from Genesee County.

1812 elections

Main article: United States House of Representatives elections in New York, 1812

Due to the increase in seats, the previously eliminated 16th and 17th district were re-established, and four more districts were created. Six districts had two members, elected districtwide on a general ticket.

1814 elections

Main article: United States House of Representatives elections in New York, 1814

For the 1814 elections, the districts remained the same as at the previous elections in 1812, only one new county was created: in the 12th district, Warren County was split from Washington County.

1816 elections

Main article: United States House of Representatives elections in New York, 1816

For the 1816 elections, there was no change.

1818 elections

Main article: United States House of Representatives elections in New York, 1818

For the 1818 elections, the geographical area of the districts remained the same as at the previous elections in 1816. Two new counties were created: Tompkins inside the 20th district; and Cattaraugus inside the 21st district. In 1817, the Town of Danube was separated from the Town of Minden in Montgomery County, and transferred to Herkimer County, but Danube remained in the 14th district.

1821 elections

Main article: United States House of Representatives elections in New York, 1821

For the 1821 elections, except for the split of the 21st district, the geographical area of the congressional districts remained the same as at the previous elections in 1818. Five new counties had been created. Hamilton County was split from Montgomery County inside the 14th district. Oswego County was created from parts of Oneida and Onondaga counties, but the parts remained in their previous congressional districts. On March 9, 1821, the New York State Legislature divided the 21st district in two districts: Ontario County and the newly created Monroe County remained as the 21st district; the remainder became the new 22nd district, including the new counties of Erie and Livingston.

1822 elections

Main article: United States House of Representatives elections in New York, 1822

On April 17, 1822, the New York State Legislature re-apportioned the congressional districts according to the figures of the 1820 United States census. The number of district was increased to 30, creating eight new districts; the number of seats was increased to 34, creating for the first time a triple-seat district, and keeping two double-seat districts.

1824 elections

Main article: United States House of Representatives elections in New York, 1824

The geographical area of the congressional districts remained the same as at the previous elections in 1822. Two new counties were created within the 26th district: Wayne County and Yates County.

1826 elections

Main article: United States House of Representatives elections in New York, 1826

The geographical area of the congressional districts remained the same as at the previous elections in 1824. Only one new county was created: in the 29th district, Orleans County was split from Genesee County.

2002 elections

Main article: United States House of Representatives elections in New York, 2002
  • New York congressional districts from 2003 to 2013
    New York congressional districts from 2003 to 2013

Obsolete districts

See also

References

  1. ^ "The national atlas". nationalatlas.gov. Archived from the original on February 22, 2014. Retrieved February 2, 2014.
  2. ^ 2 U.S.C. § 2c
  3. ^ "New Congressional Lines Imposed by Federal Court". New York Times. Retrieved June 27, 2012.
  4. ^ Merica, Dan; Stark, Liz (April 26, 2021). "Census Bureau announces 331 million people in US, Texas will add two congressional seats". CNN. Retrieved April 26, 2021.
  5. ^ The numbers which are used nowadays to describe these districts at this time derive from the numbers of the districts officially introduced in 1797, considering the sequence of the districts in the official listing and the approximate geographical equivalence.
  6. ^ a b In the Act of March 23, 1797, the Towns of Clarkstown, Haverstraw, Hempsted and Orangetown are mentioned. These towns were split from Orange County in 1798, before the election, to form Rockland County.
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