New York's 16th congressional district

New York's 16th congressional district
New York's 16th congressional district
	Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023
Representative
	Jamaal Bowman; D–Yonkers
Distribution	100% urban; 0% rural;
Population (2021)	765,635
Median household; income	$96,948
Ethnicity	37.2% White; 32.7% Black; 22.6% Hispanic; 5.0% Asian; 1.6% Two or more races; 0.8% other;
Cook PVI	D+20

New York's 16th congressional district is a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives represented by Jamaal Bowman.

The 16th district includes a small portion of the northern Bronx (specifically the neighborhood of Wakefield) and the southern half of Westchester County, including the suburban cities of White Plains, Mount Vernon, Yonkers, New Rochelle, and Rye.

In 2008, the previous version of this district gave Barack Obama his largest victory margin of any congressional district, a margin of 90% (95–5%).^[3] The current configuration of the 16th district is strongly Democratic, though it is not as overwhelmingly Democratic as other districts in the city.

History[edit]

From 2003 to 2013, the district included the neighborhoods of Bedford Park, East Tremont, Fordham, Hunts Point, Melrose, Highbridge, Morrisania, Mott Haven and University Heights. Yankee Stadium, Fordham University and the Bronx Zoo were located within the district. Before redistricting, the 2010 Census found that approximately 38% of constituents in New York's 16th lived at or below the federal poverty line, the highest poverty rate of any congressional district in the nation.^[4] These neighborhoods were largely reassigned to the 15th district after redistricting, while the current 16th comprises most of the territory that had previously been the 17th District. The current 16th district, while still containing impoverished areas, such as some neighborhoods of Mount Vernon, also contains affluent areas, such as in Scarsdale and Rye, resulting in a more mixed-income demography.

Recent statewide election results[edit]

Year	Office	Results
1992	President	B. Clinton 81–15%
1996	President	B. Clinton 94–4%
2000	President	Gore 92–5%
2004	President	Kerry 89–10%
2008	President	Obama 95–5%
2012	President	Obama 73–25%
2016	President	H. Clinton 75–22%
2020	President	Biden 75–23%

List of members representing the district[edit]

Representative	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history	Location
District created March 4, 1803
John Paterson	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1805	8th	Elected in 1802. Retired.	1803–1809 [data unknown/missing]
Uri Tracy	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1805 – March 3, 1807	9th	Re-elected in 1804. Lost re-election.
Reuben Humphrey	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1807 – March 3, 1809	10th	Elected in 1806. [data unknown/missing]
District unused		March 4, 1809 – March 3, 1813	11th 12th
Morris S. Miller	Federalist	March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1815	13th	Elected in 1812. [data unknown/missing]	1813–1823 Oneida County and the ex-Oneida part of Oswego County
Thomas R. Gold	Federalist	March 4, 1815 – March 3, 1817	14th	Elected in 1814. [data unknown/missing]
Henry R. Storrs	Federalist	March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1821	15th 16th	Elected in 1816. Re-elected in 1818. Lost renomination.
Vacant		March 4, 1821 – December 3, 1821	17th	Elections were held in April 1821. It is unclear when results were announced or credentials issued.
Joseph Kirkland	Federalist	December 3, 1821 – March 3, 1823	17th	Elected in 1821. [data unknown/missing]
John W. Cady	Adams-Clay Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825	18th	Elected in 1822. [data unknown/missing]	1823–1833 Montgomery County
Henry Markell	Anti-Jacksonian	March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1829	19th 20th	Elected in 1824. Re-elected in 1826. [data unknown/missing]
Benedict Arnold	Anti-Jacksonian	March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1831	21st	Elected in 1828. [data unknown/missing]
Nathan Soule	Jacksonian	March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1833	22nd	Elected in 1830. [data unknown/missing]
Abijah Mann Jr.	Jacksonian	March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1837	23rd 24th	Elected in 1832. Re-elected in 1834. [data unknown/missing]	1833–1843 [data unknown/missing]
Arphaxed Loomis	Democratic	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839	25th	Elected in 1836. [data unknown/missing]
Andrew W. Doig	Democratic	March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1843	26th 27th	Elected in 1838. Re-elected in 1840. [data unknown/missing]
Chesselden Ellis	Democratic	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845	28th	Elected in 1842. [data unknown/missing]	1843–1853 [data unknown/missing]
Hugh White	Whig	March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1851	29th 30th 31st	Elected in 1844. Re-elected in 1846. Re-elected in 1848. [data unknown/missing]
John Wells	Whig	March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853	32nd	Elected in 1850. [data unknown/missing]
George A. Simmons	Whig	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855	33rd 34th	Elected in 1852. [data unknown/missing]	1853–1863 [data unknown/missing]
George A. Simmons	Opposition	March 4, 1855 – May 30, 1857	33rd 34th	Re-elected in 1854. [data unknown/missing]
George W. Palmer	Republican	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1861	35th 36th	Elected in 1856. Re-elected in 1858. [data unknown/missing]
William A. Wheeler	Republican	March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863	37th	Elected in 1860. [data unknown/missing]
Orlando Kellogg	Republican	March 4, 1863 – August 24, 1865	38th 39th	Elected in 1862. Re-elected in 1864. Died.	1863–1873 [data unknown/missing]
Vacant		August 24, 1865 – December 3, 1866	39th
Robert S. Hale	Republican	December 3, 1866 – March 3, 1867	39th	Elected to finish Kellogg's term. [data unknown/missing]
Orange Ferriss	Republican	March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1871	40th 41st	Elected in 1866. Re-elected in 1868. [data unknown/missing]
John Rogers	Democratic	March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1873	42nd	Elected in 1870. [data unknown/missing]
James S. Smart	Republican	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875	43rd	Elected in 1872. [data unknown/missing]	1873–1883 [data unknown/missing]
Charles H. Adams	Republican	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877	44th	Elected in 1874. [data unknown/missing]
Terence J. Quinn	Democratic	March 4, 1877 – June 18, 1878	45th	Elected in 1876. Died.
Vacant		June 18, 1878 – November 5, 1878	45th
John Mosher Bailey	Republican	November 5, 1878 – March 3, 1881	45th 46th	Elected to finish Quinn's term. Also elected the same day in 1878 to the next term. [data unknown/missing]
Michael N. Nolan	Democratic	March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1883	47th	Elected in 1880. [data unknown/missing]
Thomas J. Van Alstyne	Democratic	March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885	48th	Elected in 1882. [data unknown/missing]	1883–1893 [data unknown/missing]
John H. Ketcham	Republican	March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1893	49th 50th 51st 52nd	Redistricted from the 13th district and re-elected in 1884. Re-elected in 1886. Re-elected in 1888. Re-elected in 1890. [data unknown/missing]	1883–1893 [data unknown/missing]
William Ryan	Democratic	March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895	53rd	Elected in 1892. [data unknown/missing]	1893–1903 [data unknown/missing]
Benjamin L. Fairchild	Republican	March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1897	54th	Elected in 1894. [data unknown/missing]
William L. Ward	Republican	March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1899	55th	Elected in 1896. [data unknown/missing]
John Q. Underhill	Democratic	March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1901	56th	Elected in 1898. [data unknown/missing]
Cornelius A. Pugsley	Democratic	March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1903	57th	Elected in 1900. [data unknown/missing]
Jacob Ruppert	Democratic	March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1907	58th 59th	Redistricted from the 15th district and re-elected in 1902. Re-elected in 1904. [data unknown/missing]	1903–1913 [data unknown/missing]
Francis B. Harrison	Democratic	March 4, 1907 – March 3, 1913	60th 61st 62nd	Elected in 1906. Re-elected in 1908. Re-elected in 1910. Redistricted to the 20th district.	1903–1913 [data unknown/missing]
Peter J. Dooling	Democratic	March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1919	63rd 64th 65th	Elected in 1912. Re-elected in 1914. Re-elected in 1916 Redistricted to the 15th district.	1913–1933 [data unknown/missing]
Thomas F. Smith	Democratic	March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1921	66th	Redistricted from the 15th district and re-elected in 1918. [data unknown/missing]
William Bourke Cockran	Democratic	March 4, 1921 – March 1, 1923	67th	Elected in 1920. Re-elected in 1922 but died before the next term began.
Vacant		March 1, 1923 – November 6, 1923	67th 68th
John J. O'Connor	Democratic	November 6, 1923 – January 3, 1939	68th 69th 70th 71st 72nd 73rd 74th 75th	Elected to finish Cockran's term. Re-elected in 1924. Re-elected in 1926. Re-elected in 1928. Re-elected in 1930. Re-elected in 1932. Re-elected in 1934. Re-elected in 1936. [data unknown/missing]
John J. O'Connor	Democratic	November 6, 1923 – January 3, 1939	68th 69th 70th 71st 72nd 73rd 74th 75th		1933–1943 [data unknown/missing]
James H. Fay	Democratic	January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1941	76th	Elected in 1938. [data unknown/missing]
William T. Pheiffer	Republican	January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1943	77th	Elected in 1940. [data unknown/missing]
James H. Fay	Democratic	January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1945	78th	Elected in 1942. [data unknown/missing]	1943–1953 [data unknown/missing]
Ellsworth B. Buck	Republican	January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1949	79th 80th	Redistricted from the 11th district and re-elected in 1944. Re-elected in 1946. [data unknown/missing]
James J. Murphy	Democratic	January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1953	81st 82nd	Elected in 1948. Re-elected in 1950. [data unknown/missing]
Adam Clayton Powell Jr.	Democratic	January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1963	83rd 84th 85th 86th 87th	Redistricted from the 22nd district and re-elected in 1952. Re-elected in 1954. Re-elected in 1956. Re-elected in 1958. Re-elected in 1960. Redistricted to the 18th district.	1953–1963 [data unknown/missing]
John M. Murphy	Democratic	January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1973	88th 89th 90th 91st 92nd	Elected in 1962. Re-elected in 1964. Re-elected in 1966. Re-elected in 1968. Re-elected in 1970. Redistricted to the 17th district.	1963–1973 [data unknown/missing]
Elizabeth Holtzman	Democratic	January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1981	93rd 94th 95th 96th	Elected in 1972. Re-elected in 1974. Re-elected in 1976. Re-elected in 1978. Retired to run for U.S. Senator.	1973–1983 [data unknown/missing]
Chuck Schumer	Democratic	January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1983	97th	Elected in 1980. Redistricted to the 10th district.	1973–1983 [data unknown/missing]
Charles Rangel	Democratic	January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1993	98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd	Redistricted from the 19th district and re-elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1984. Re-elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1988. Re-elected in 1990. Redistricted to the 15th district.	1983–1993 [data unknown/missing]
José E. Serrano	Democratic	January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2013	103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th 111th 112th	Redistricted from the 18th district and re-elected in 1992. Re-elected in 1994. Re-elected in 1996. Re-elected in 1998. Re-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 15th district.	1993–2003 [data unknown/missing]
José E. Serrano	Democratic	January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2013	103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th 111th 112th		2003–2013 Parts of the Bronx and Queens
Eliot Engel	Democratic	January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2021	113th 114th 115th 116th	Redistricted from the 17th district and re-elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Lost renomination.^[5]	2013–2023 Parts of the Bronx and Westchester County
Jamaal Bowman	Democratic	January 3, 2021 – Present	117th 118th	Elected in 2020. Re-elected in 2022.	2013–2023 Parts of the Bronx and Westchester County
Jamaal Bowman	Democratic	January 3, 2021 – Present	117th 118th	Elected in 2020. Re-elected in 2022.	2023–present Parts of the Bronx and Westchester County

Recent election results[edit]

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").

1996 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	José E. Serrano (incumbent)	95,568	96.3%
	Republican	Rodney Torres	2,878	2.9%
	Conservative	Owen Camp	787	0.8%
Majority			92,690	93.4%
Turnout			99,233	100%

1998 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	José E. Serrano (incumbent)	67,367	95.4%	−0.9%
	Republican	Thomas W. Bayley Jr.	2,457	3.5%	+0.6%
	Conservative	Owen Camp	756	1.1%	+0.3%
Majority			64,910	92.0%	−1.4%
Turnout			70,580	100%	−28.9%

2000 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	José E. Serrano (incumbent)	103,041	95.8%	+0.4%
	Republican	Aaron Justice	3,934	3.7%	+0.2%
	Conservative	Richard Retcho	571	0.5%	−0.6%
Majority			99,107	92.2%	+0.2%
Turnout			107,546	100%	+52.4%

2002 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	José E. Serrano (incumbent)	50,716	92.1%	−3.7%
	Republican	Frank DellaValle	4,366	7.9%	+4.2%
Majority			46,350	84.1%	−8.1%
Turnout			55,082	100%	−48.8%

2004 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	José E. Serrano	106,739	91.0%
	Working Families	José E. Serrano	4,899	4.2%
	total	José E. Serrano (incumbent)	111,638	95.2	+3.1%
	Republican	Ali Mohamed	4,917	4.2%
	Conservative	Ali Mohamed	693	0.6%
	total	Ali Mohamed	5,610	4.8	−3.1%
Majority			106,028	90.4	+6.3
Turnout			117,248	100	+112.9%

2006 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	José E. Serrano	53,179	90.3%
	Working Families	José E. Serrano	2,945	5.0%
	total	José E. Serrano (incumbent)	56,124	95.3	+0.1%
	Republican	Ali Mohamed	2,045	3.5%
	Conservative	Ali Mohamed	714	1.2%
	total	Ali Mohamed	2,759	4.7	−0.1%
Majority			53,365	90.6	+0.2
Turnout			58,883	100%	-49.8%

2008 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	José E. Serrano	123,312	93.7%
	Working Families	José E. Serrano	3,867	2.9%
	total	José E. Serrano (incumbent)	127,179	96.6	+1.3%
	Republican	Ali Mohamed	3,941	3.0%
	Conservative	Ali Mohamed	547	0.4%
	total	Ali Mohamed	4,488	3.4	−1.3%
Majority			122,691	93.2	+2.6
Turnout			131,667	100%	+123.6%

2010 election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	José E. Serrano	58,478	90.8%
	Working Families	José E. Serrano	3,164	4.9%
	total	José E. Serrano (incumbent)	61,642	95.7	−0.9%
	Republican	Frank Della Valle	2,257	3.5%
	Conservative	Frank Della Valle	501	0.8%
	total	Frank Della Valle	2,758	4.3	+0.9%
Majority			58,884	91.4	−1.8
Turnout			64,400	100%	−51.1%

2018 New York District 16 primary
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Eliot Engel (Incumbent)	22,160	73.7	−26.7
	Democratic	Jonathan Lewis	4,866	16.2	New
	Democratic	Joyce Briscoe	1,772	5.9	New
	Democratic	Derickson Lawrence	1,280	4.3	New
Majority			30,078	57.5	−26.7

2018 general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Eliot Engel (Incumbent)	182,044	100.0	+5.7
Majority			182,044	100.0	+5.7

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2020 Democratic primary
	Candidate	Votes	%
Democratic	Jamaal Bowman	49,367	55.4
Democratic	Eliot Engel (Incumbent)	36,149	40.6
Democratic	Chris Fink	1,625	1.8
Democratic	Sammy Ravelo	1,139	1.3
Democratic	Andom Ghebreghiorgis (withdrawn)	761	0.9

2020 general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jamaal Bowman	218,471	84.2
	Conservative	Patrick McManus	41,085	15.8
Total votes			259,556	100.0
	Democratic hold

References[edit]

^ Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census Bureau. "My Congressional District". www.census.gov.
^ "2022 Cook PVI: District Map and List". Cook Political Report. Retrieved January 10, 2023.
^ "Swing State Project". Archived from the original on March 5, 2009.
^ Sisk, Richard (September 29, 2010). "South Bronx is poorest district in nation, U.S. Census Bureau finds: 38% live below poverty line". New York Daily News. Retrieved February 7, 2014.
^ "New York Primary Election Results: 16th Congressional District". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved June 24, 2020.
^ "New York Primary Election Results: 16th Congressional District". The New York Times. July 6, 2020.

Sources[edit]

Books[edit]

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.

External links[edit]

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[1] Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census Bureau. "My Congressional District". www.census.gov.

[Cook-2] "2022 Cook PVI: District Map and List". Cook Political Report. Retrieved January 10, 2023.

[3] "Swing State Project". Archived from the original on March 5, 2009.

[4] Sisk, Richard (September 29, 2010). "South Bronx is poorest district in nation, U.S. Census Bureau finds: 38% live below poverty line". New York Daily News. Retrieved February 7, 2014.

[5] "New York Primary Election Results: 16th Congressional District". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved June 24, 2020.

[6] "New York Primary Election Results: 16th Congressional District". The New York Times. July 6, 2020.

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