New York's 11th congressional district

New York's 11th congressional district
New York 's 11th congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
U.S. Representative	Max Rose D–Staten Island
Median income	$72,633
Ethnicity	73.3% White 8.2% Black 12.8% Asian 16.1% Hispanic
Cook PVI	R+3

New York's 11th congressional district is a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives in New York City. The 11th district includes all of Staten Island and parts of southern Brooklyn, including the neighborhoods of Bay Ridge, Bath Beach, Dyker Heights, south western Gravesend, western Sheepshead Bay, and parts of southern Bensonhurst.

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 until 2018, it was the only district covering part of the city to be represented by a Republican. Following the 2018 election, the Republicans were left without House representation in New York City for only the second time since the 1930s. The district has significant Italian-American, Jewish, Irish-American, Russian-American, and Arab-American populations.

From 2003 to 2013, the 11th district was located entirely in Brooklyn and had a majority African-American population. Most of the territory located within the old 11th district is now located in New York's 9th congressional district. Prior to 2013, most of the territory currently located in the 11th district had been located in New York's 13th congressional district. The 11th district was the subject of The Colbert Report's Better Know a District segment on December 15, 2005 and September 4, 2012.

The 11th District is currently represented by Democrat Max Rose.

Recent election results

Election results from presidential races
Year	Office	Results
1992	President	Clinton
1996	President	Clinton
2000	President	Gore
2004	President	Kerry
2008	President	Obama
2012	President	Obama 52 - 47%
2016	President	Trump 54 - 44%

List of members representing the district

Representative	Party	Years	Electoral history	Geography
District created		1803
Beriah Palmer	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1805	Elected in 1802. Retired.	Clinton, Essex and Saratoga counties
Peter Sailly	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1805 – March 3, 1807	Elected in 1804. Retired.
John Thompson	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1807 – March 3, 1809	Elected in 1806. Redistricted to the 8th district.
Thomas R. Gold	Federalist	March 4, 1809 – March 3, 1811	Elected in 1808. Re-elected in 1810. Lost re-election.
		March 4, 1811 – March 3, 1813		Clinton, Essex, Franklin and Saratoga counties
John W. Taylor	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1823	Elected in 1812. Re-elected in 1814. Re-elected in 1816. Redistricted to the 17th district.	Saratoga County
Charles A. Foote	Crawford Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825	[Data unknown/missing.]	Delaware and Greene counties
Henry Ashley	Jacksonian	March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1827	[Data unknown/missing.] Retired.
Selah R. Hobbie	Jacksonian	March 4, 1827 – March 3, 1829	[Data unknown/missing.] Retired; subsequently appointed U.S. Assistant Postmaster General
Perkins King	Jacksonian	March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1831	[Data unknown/missing.] Retired.
Erastus Root	Jacksonian	March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1833	[Data unknown/missing.]
John Cramer	Jacksonian	March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1837	[Data unknown/missing.]	Schenectady and Saratoga counties
John I. De Graff	Democratic	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839	[Data unknown/missing.] Retired.
Anson Brown	Whig	March 4, 1839 – June 14, 1840	[Data unknown/missing.] Died.
Vacant		June 14, 1840 – December 7, 1840
Nicholas B. Doe	Whig	December 7, 1840 – March 3, 1841	Elected to finish Brown's term
Archibald L. Linn	Whig	March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843	[Data unknown/missing.] Lost re-election by Chesselden Ellis in 16th district after redistricting
Zadock Pratt	Democratic	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845	[Data unknown/missing.] Retired.	Columbia and Greene counties
John F. Collin	Democratic	March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1847	[Data unknown/missing.] Retired.
Peter H. Silvester	Whig	March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1851	[Data unknown/missing.] Retired.
Josiah Sutherland	Democratic	March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853	[Data unknown/missing.] Retired.
Theodoric R. Westbrook	Democratic	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855	[Data unknown/missing.] Retired.	Ulster County, New York and Greene County, New York
Rufus H. King	Opposition	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857	[Data unknown/missing.] Retired.
William F. Russell	Democratic	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859	[Data unknown/missing.] Retired; subsequently appointed Naval Officer of the Port of New York
William S. Kenyon	Republican	March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1861	[Data unknown/missing.] Retired.
John B. Steele	Democratic	March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863	[Data unknown/missing.] Redistricted to the 13th district.
Charles H. Winfield	Democratic	March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1867	[Data unknown/missing.] Retired.	Orange and Sullivan counties
Charles Van Wyck	Republican	March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1869	[Data unknown/missing.] Lost re-election by George W. Greene
George W. Greene	Democratic	March 4, 1869 – February 17, 1870	Replaced by Charles H. Van Wyck, who successfully contested election
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	[Data unknown/missing.] Redistricted to the 12th district.
Clarkson N. Potter	Democratic	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875	Redistricted from the 10th district.	Bronx and Westchester County
Benjamin A. Willis	Democratic	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1879	[Data unknown/missing.]	Harlem and central Manhattan
Levi P. Morton	Republican	March 4, 1879 – March 21, 1881	[Data unknown/missing.] Resigned to become US Minister to France
Vacant		March 21, 1881 – November 8, 1881
Roswell P. Flower	Democratic	November 8, 1881 – March 3, 1883	Elected to finish Morton's term. [Data unknown/missing.]
Orlando B. Potter	Democratic	March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885	[Data unknown/missing.]
Truman A. Merriman	Independent Democrat	March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1887	[Data unknown/missing.]	West Central Manhattan
	Democratic	March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1889
John Quinn	Democratic	March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1891	[Data unknown/missing.]
John De Witt Warner	Democratic	March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893	[Data unknown/missing.] Redistricted to the 13th district.
Amos J. Cummings	Democratic	March 4, 1893 – November 21, 1894	Redistricted from the 9th district Redistricted to the 10th district.	Lower East Side of Manhattan (part)
William Sulzer	Democratic	March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1903	[Data unknown/missing.] Redistricted to the 10th district.
William Randolph Hearst	Democratic	March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1907	[Data unknown/missing.]	Part of Central west Manhattan
Charles V. Fornes	Democratic	March 4, 1907 – March 3, 1913	[Data unknown/missing.]
Daniel J. Riordan	Democratic	March 4, 1913 – April 28, 1923	Redistricted from the 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	Elected to finish Riordan's term. [Data unknown/missing.]
James A. O'Leary	Democratic	January 3, 1935 – March 16, 1944	[Data unknown/missing.] Died.
Vacant		March 16, 1944 – June 6, 1944
Ellsworth B. Buck	Republican	June 6, 1944 – January 3, 1945	Elected to finish O'Leary's term. Redistricted to the 16th district.
James J. Heffernan	Democratic	January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1953	Redistricted from the 5th district.	Parts of Brooklyn
Emanuel Celler	Democratic	January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1963	Redistricted from the 15th district Redistricted to the 10th district.	Parts of Brooklyn, Queens
Eugene J. Keogh	Democratic	January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1967	Redistricted from the 9th district.	Parts of Brooklyn
Frank J. Brasco	Democratic	January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1971	[Data unknown/missing.]
		January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1975		Parts of Brooklyn, Queens
James H. Scheuer	Democratic	January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1983	[Data unknown/missing.] Redistricted to the 8th district.
Edolphus Towns	Democratic	January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1993	[Data unknown/missing.] Redistricted to the 10th district.	Parts of Brooklyn
Major Owens	Democratic	January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2007	Redistricted from the 12th district. Retired.
				Parts of Brooklyn
Yvette Clarke	Democratic	January 3, 2007 – January 3, 2013	Elected in 2006. Redistricted to the 9th district.
Michael Grimm	Republican	January 3, 2013 – January 5, 2015	Redistricted from the 13th district. Resigned.	Staten Island and parts of Brooklyn
Vacant		January 5, 2015 – May 5, 2015
Daniel M. Donovan Jr.	Republican	May 5, 2015 – January 3, 2019.	Elected to finish Grimm's term. Lost re-election.
Max Rose	Democratic	January 3, 2019 – Present	Elected in 2018.

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

2015 special election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Republican	Dan Donovan	23,409	58.7
	Democratic	Vincent Gentile	15,808	39.4
Turnout			42,569	100

2016 election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Republican	Dan Donovan	134,366	62.2
	Democratic	Richard Reichard	78,066	36.1
Turnout			216,023	100

2018 election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Democratic	Max Rose	95,458	52.8
	Republican	Dan Donovan	84,665	46.8
	Democratic gain from Republican

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
• 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