New York's 7th congressional district

New York's 7th congressional district
New York's 7th congressional district
	New York 's 7th congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
Representative	Nydia Velázquez; D–Brooklyn
Ethnicity	39.30% Hispanic; 26.26% White; 19.06% Asian; 11.15% Black; 3.75% other; 0.48% Native American;
Cook PVI	D+38

New York's 7th Congressional District is a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives in New York City. It includes parts of Brooklyn, Queens, and Manhattan. Democrat Nydia Velázquez represents the district in Congress.

The district includes the Queens neighborhoods of Maspeth, Ridgewood, and Woodhaven, the Brooklyn neighborhoods of Bushwick, Greenpoint, Carroll Gardens, Red Hook, East New York, Brooklyn Heights, Sunset Park, and Williamsburg and part of Manhattan’s Lower East Side and East Village.

Until 2012, the 7th consisted of parts of Northern Queens and Eastern portions of the Bronx. The Queens portion included the neighborhoods of College Point, East Elmhurst, Jackson Heights and Woodside. The Bronx portion of the district included the neighborhoods of Co-op City, Morris Park, Parkchester, Pelham Bay, and Throgs Neck as well as City Island.

Like many Congressional districts around the country, the New York Seventh's boundaries were drawn so as to link disparate and widely separated neighborhoods with a large percentage of minority voters (see majority-minority districts). While no minority in the district constitutes an absolute majority, the boundaries group together heavily Puerto Rican neighborhoods in three separate New York City boroughs.

Voting

Election results from presidential races (current lines)
Year	Office	Results
2008	President	Obama 84–15%
2012	President	Obama 88–10%
2016	President	Clinton 87–10%

Election results from presidential races (old lines)
Year	Office	Results
1992	President	Clinton 56–35%
1996	President	Clinton 68–25%
2000	President	Gore 75–21%
2004	President	Kerry 74–25%
2008	President	Obama 79–20%

Components: past and present

2013–present:

Parts of Brooklyn, Manhattan and Queens^[2]^[3]

1993–2013:

Parts of Bronx, Queens

1953–1993:

Parts of Queens

1913–1953:

Parts of Brooklyn

Various New York districts have been numbered "7" over the years, including areas in New York City and various parts of upstate New York.

List of representatives

Representative	Party	Years	Note
District created		1793
John E. Van Alen	Pro-Administration	March 4, 1793 – March 3, 1795
John E. Van Alen	Federalist	March 4, 1795 – March 3, 1799	did not run for reelection
John Thompson	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1799 – March 3, 1801	did not run for reelection
David Thomas	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1801 – March 3, 1803	redistricted to 12th district
vacant		March 4, 1803 – October 17, 1803
Josiah Hasbrouck	Democratic-Republican	October 17, 1803 – March 3, 1805	elected in special election April 1803 to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Rep.-elect John Cantine
Martin G. Schuneman	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1805 – March 3, 1807	not a candidate for reelection
Barent Gardenier	Federalist	March 4, 1807 – March 3, 1809	redistricted to 5th district
Killian K. Van Rensselaer	Federalist	March 4, 1809 – March 3, 1811	redistricted from 9th district
Harmanus Bleecker	Federalist	March 4, 1811 – March 3, 1813	not a candidate for reelection
Abraham J. Hasbrouck	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1815	not a candidate for reelection
Samuel R. Betts	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1815 – March 3, 1817	not a candidate for reelection
Josiah Hasbrouck	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1819	not a candidate for reelection
Jacob H. De Witt	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1819 – March 3, 1821	not a candidate for reelection
Vacant		March 4 - December 3, 1821	The United States House of Representatives elections in New York, 1821 were held in April, after the congressional term had already begun. It is not clear when the result was announced or the credentials were issued.
Charles H. Ruggles	Federalist	December 3, 1821 – March 3, 1823	not a candidate for reelection
Lemuel Jenkins	Crawford Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825	not a candidate for reelection
Abraham Bruyn Hasbrouck	Adams	March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1827	not a candidate reelection
George O. Belden	Jacksonian	March 4, 1827 – March 3, 1829	not a candidate for rrelection
Charles G. De Witt	Jacksonian	March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1831	not a candidate for reelection
John C. Brodhead	Jacksonian	March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1833	not a candidate for reelection
Charles Bodle	Jacksonian	March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1835	not a candidate for reelection
Nicholas Sickles	Jacksonian	March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837	not a candidate for reelection
John C. Brodhead	Democratic	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839	not a candidate for reelection
Rufus Palen	Whig	March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1841	not a candidate for reelection
John Van Buren	Democratic	March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843	not a candidate for reelection
Joseph H. Anderson	Democratic	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1847	not a candidate for reelection
William Nelson	Whig	March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1851	not a candidate for reelection
Abraham P. Stephens	Democratic	March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853	unsuccessful candidate for renomination
William A. Walker	Democratic	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855	not a candidate for reelection
Thomas Child, Jr.	Whig	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857	never qualified or attended session
Elijah Ward	Democratic	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859	unsuccessful candidate for reelection
George Briggs	Republican / Constitutional Union	March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1861	not a candidate for reelection
Elijah Ward	Democratic	March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863	redistricted to 6th district
John W. Chanler	Democratic	March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1869	unsuccessful candidate for renomination
Hervey C. Calkin	Democratic	March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1871	did not run for reelection
Smith Ely Jr.	Democratic	March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1873	did not run for reelection
Thomas J. Creamer	Democratic	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875	did not run for reelection
Smith Ely, Jr.	Democratic	March 4, 1875 – December 11, 1876	resigned to become Mayor of New York City
vacant		December 11, 1876 – January 11, 1877
David Dudley Field II	Democratic	January 11, 1877 – March 3, 1877	did not run for election to a full term
Anthony Eickhoff	Democratic	March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1879	unsuccessful candidate for reelection
Edwin Einstein	Republican	March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1881	did not run for reelection
P. Henry Dugro	Democratic	March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1883	did not run for reelection
William Dorsheimer	Democratic	March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885	did not run for reelection
John J. Adams	Democratic	March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1887	redistricted from 8th district did not run for reelection
Lloyd Bryce	Democratic	March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1889	unsuccessful candidate for reelection
Edward J. Dunphy	Democratic	March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1893	redistricted to 8th district
Franklin Bartlett	Democratic	March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1897	unsuccessful candidate for reelection
John H.G. Vehslage	Democratic	March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1899	unsuccessful candidate for renomination
Nicholas Muller	Democratic	March 4, 1899 – December 1, 1902	resigned
vacant		December 1, 1902 – January 7, 1903
Montague Lessler	Republican	January 7, 1903 – March 3, 1903	unsuccessful candidate for reelection
John J. Fitzgerald	Democratic	March 4, 1903 – December 31, 1917	redistricted from 2nd district resigned
vacant		January 1, 1918 – March 5, 1918
John J. Delaney	Democratic	March 5, 1918 – March 3, 1919	did not run for reelection
James P. Maher	Democratic	March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1921	redistricted from 5th district
Michael J. Hogan	Republican	March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1923	unsuccessful candidate for reelection
John F. Quayle	Democratic	March 4, 1923 – November 27, 1930	died
vacant		November 27, 1930 – November 3, 1931	Rep.-elect Matthew V. O'Malley died
John J. Delaney	Democratic	November 3, 1931 – November 18, 1948	died
vacant		November 19, 1948 – February 14, 1949
Louis B. Heller	Democratic	February 15, 1949 – January 3, 1953	redistricted to 8th district
James J. Delaney	Democratic	January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1963	redistricted from 6th district redistricted to 9th district
Joseph P. Addabbo	Democratic	January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1983	redistricted from 5th district redistricted to 6th district
Benjamin S. Rosenthal	Democratic	January 3, 1983 – January 4, 1983	redistricted from 8th district died
vacant		January 5, 1983 – February 28, 1983
Gary Ackerman	Democratic	March 1, 1983 – January 3, 1993	redistricted to 5th district
Thomas J. Manton	Democratic	January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1999	redistricted from 9th district retired
Joseph Crowley	Democratic	January 3, 1999 – January 3, 2013	redistricted to 14th district
Nydia Velázquez	Democratic	January 3, 2013 – present	redistricted from 12th district

The 7th District originally was the south Queens seat in the 1960s and 1970s (now the 6th District) and then became a central Queens seat (essentially the old 8th district) in the 1980s. Following the 1992 remap, much of the old 9th District was added. The 2002 remap placed much of the district in the Bronx, and it now resembles the 1970s era 10th District.

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, 1870: New York District 7^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Smith Ely, Jr.	12,464	74.2
	Republican	David Hunter McAlpin	3,403	20.3
	Tammany Republican	Benjamin A. Willis	929	5.5
Majority			9.061	53.9
Turnout			16,796	100

US House election, 1984: New York District 7
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Gary L. Ackerman	97,674	69.3
	Republican	Gustave A. Reifenkugel	43,370	30.7
Majority			54,304	38.6
Turnout			131,044	100

US House election, 1996: New York District 7
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Thomas J. Manton	78,848	71.1
	Republican	Rose Birtley	32,092	28.9
Majority			46,756	42.1
Turnout			110,940	100

US House election, 1998: New York District 7
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Joseph Crowley	50,924	69.0	−2.1
	Republican	James J. Dillon	18,896	25.6	−3.3
	Conservative	Richard Rethco	3,960	5.4	+5.4
Majority			32,028	43.4	+1.3
Turnout			73,780	100	−33.5

US House election, 2000: New York District 7
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Joseph Crowley	78,207	71.5	+2.5
	Republican	Rose Robles Birtley	24,592	22.5	−3.1
	Conservative	Robert E. Hurley	3,131	2.9	−2.5
	Green	Paul Gilman	1,999	1.8	+1.8
	Right to Life	Garafalia Christea	1,172	1.1	+1.1
Majority			53,615	49.1	+5.7
Turnout			109,101	100	+47.9

US House election, 2002: New York District 7
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Joseph Crowley	50,967	73.3	+1.8
	Republican	Kevin Brawley	18,572	26.7	+4.2
Majority			32,395	46.6	2.5
Turnout			69,539	100	−36.3

US House election, 2004: New York District 7
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Joseph Crowley	104,275	80.9	+7.6
	Republican	Joseph Cinquemani	24,548	19.1	−7.6
Majority			79,727	61.9	+15.3
Turnout			128,823	100	+85.2

US House election, 2006: New York District 7
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Joe Crowley	63,997	84.0	+3.1
	Republican	Kevin Brawley	12,220	16.0	−3.1
Majority			51,777	67.9	+6.0
Turnout			76,217	100	−40.8

US House election, 2008: New York District 7
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Joe Crowley	118,459	84.7	+0.7
	Republican	William E. Britt, Jr.	21,477	15.3	−0.7
Majority			96,982	69.3	+1.4
Turnout			139,936	100	+83.6

US House election, 2010: New York District 7
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Joe Crowley	71,247	80.6	−4.1
	Republican	Kenneth A. Reynolds	16,145	18.3	+3.0
	Green	Anthony Gronowicz	1,038	1.1	+1.1
Majority			55,102	62.3	−7.0
Turnout			88,430	100	−36.8

Historical district boundaries

Notes

^ "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
^ Special master releases draft congressional district maps; All of Cayuga in one district
^ New York Redistricting New York Times, March 20, 2012
^ November Election, 1870. Complete Statement of the Official Canvass, in Detail of the Election Held November 8, 1870, Giving the Vote of Each Election District, with Proceedings of County And State... Vol. Volume II. County of New York. 1871. p. 2029. Retrieved 2009-03-27. {{cite book}}: |volume= has extra text (help)CS1 maint: others (link)

References

Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present
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[Cook-1] "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.

[2] Special master releases draft congressional district maps; All of Cayuga in one district

[3] New York Redistricting New York Times, March 20, 2012

[4] November Election, 1870. Complete Statement of the Official Canvass, in Detail of the Election Held November 8, 1870, Giving the Vote of Each Election District, with Proceedings of County And State... Vol. Volume II. County of New York. 1871. p. 2029. Retrieved 2009-03-27. {{cite book}}: |volume= has extra text (help)CS1 maint: others (link)

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