New York's 8th congressional district
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New York's Eighth Congressional District for the US House of Representatives is in the New York City boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens. Its current representative is Hakeem Jeffries.
From 1993 to 2013, the district covered much of the west side of Manhattan and western coastal sections of Brooklyn. However, after decennial redistricting, it was redrawn to take in much of the territory previously in the 10th District. It now encompasses majority African-American and Caribbean-American Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brownsville, Canarsie, East New York and Ocean Hill, East Flatbush, along with Howard Beach, Marine Park and Mill Basin and mixed neighborhoods like Clinton Hill, Fort Greene, Ozone Park, and Coney Island.[2] Most of the old 8th was renumbered as the 10th.
Voting
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2012 election
The state's congressional districts had been redrawn in a manner which puts much of the territory of the old 10th Congressional district into the new 8th Congressional district. The election had a few competitors for what was then an open seat, with the 10th incumbent congressman Edolphus Towns retiring. State assemblyman Hakeem Jeffries faced off against New York City councilor Charles Barron.[3] Jeffries won the primary and ultimately the general election.[4][5]
Components: Past and Present
1913-1963:
- Parts of Brooklyn
1963-1983:
- Parts of Queens
1983-1993:
1993–2013:
2013–present:
Various New York districts have been numbered "8" over the years, including areas in New York City and various parts of upstate New York.
List of representatives
1793–1833: One seat
Representative | Party | Years | Cong ress |
Note |
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District created | 1793 | |||
Henry Glen | Pro-Administration | March 4, 1793 – March 3, 1795 |
3 | [data missing] |
Federalist | March 4, 1795 – March 3, 1801 |
4 | ||
5 | ||||
6 | ||||
Killian K. Van Rensselaer | Federalist | March 4, 1801 – March 3, 1803 |
7 | Redistricted to 9th district |
Henry W. Livingston | Federalist | March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1807 |
8 | [data missing] |
9 | ||||
James I. Van Alen | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1807 – March 3, 1809 |
10 | Unsuccessful candidate reelection in 1808 |
John Thompson | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1809 – March 3, 1811 |
11 | Redistricted from 11th district |
Benjamin Pond | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1811 – March 3, 1813 |
12 | [data missing] |
Samuel Sherwood | Federalist | March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1815 |
13 | [data missing] |
Vacant | March 4, 1815 – December 26, 1815 |
14 | Credentials had been issued for John Adams (Fed.), but Adams did not take or claim the seat, see United States House of Representatives elections in New York, 1814 | |
Erastus Root | Democratic-Republican | December 26, 1815 – March 3, 1817 |
Successfully contested election of John Adams | |
Dorrance Kirtland | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1819 |
15 | [data missing] |
Robert Clark | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1819 – March 3, 1821 |
16 | [data missing] |
Vacant | March 4, 1821 – December 3, 1821 |
17 | 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. | |
Richard McCarty | Democratic-Republican | December 3, 1821 – March 3, 1823 |
[data missing] | |
James Strong | Adams-Clay Federalist | March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825 |
18 | [data missing] |
Adams | March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1829 |
19 | ||
20 | ||||
Anti-Jackson | March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1831 |
21 | ||
John King | Jacksonian | March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1833 |
22 | [data missing] |
1833–1843: Two seats
From 1833 to 1843, two seats were apportioned to the District, elected at-large on a general ticket.
Cong ress |
Years | Seat A | Seat B | ||||||
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Representative | Party | Electoral history | Representative | Party | Electoral history | ||||
23 | March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1835 |
John Adams | Jacksonian | Elected in 1832 | Aaron Vanderpoel | Jacksonian | Elected in 1832 | ||
24 | March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837 |
Valentine Efner | Jacksonian | Elected in 1834 | Re-elected in 1834 Lost re-election | ||||
25 | March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839 |
Zadock Pratt | Democratic | Elected in 1836 Retired |
Robert McClellan | Democratic | Elected in 1836 | ||
26 | March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1841 |
John Ely | Democratic | Elected in 1838 | Aaron Vanderpoel | Democratic | Elected in 1838 Retired | ||
27 | March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843 |
Jacob Houck, Jr. | Democratic | Elected in 1840 | Robert McClellan | Democratic | Elected in 1840 |
1843 – present: One seat
The 8th District was a Queens-based seat until the 1992 redistricting. At that time much of the old 8th District became the 5th District. The new 8th District was created by cobbling together portions of the Manhattan-based 17th District and the 13th District in Brooklyn.
Representative | Party | Years | Note |
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Richard D. Davis | Democratic | March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845 |
Redistricted from 5th district |
William W. Woodworth | Democratic | March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1847 |
[data missing] |
Cornelius Warren | Whig | March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849 |
[data missing] |
Ransom Halloway | Whig | March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851 |
[data missing] |
Gilbert Dean | Democratic | March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853 |
Redistricted to 12th district |
Francis B. Cutting | Democratic | March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855 |
[data missing] |
Abram Wakeman | Whig | March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857 |
[data missing] |
Horace F. Clark | Democratic | March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859 |
[data missing] |
Anti-Lecompton Democrat | March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1861 |
[data missing] | |
Isaac C. Delaplaine | Democratic | March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863 |
[data missing] |
James Brooks | Democratic | March 4, 1863 – April 7, 1866 |
[data missing] |
William E. Dodge | Republican | April 7, 1866 – March 3, 1867 |
Successfully contested election of James Brooks to 39th Congress |
James Brooks | Democratic | March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1873 |
Redistricted to 6th district |
John D. Lawson | Republican | March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875 |
[data missing] |
Elijah Ward | Democratic | March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877 |
[data missing] |
Anson G. McCook | Republican | March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1883 |
[data missing] |
John J. Adams | Democratic | March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885 |
Redistricted from 7th district |
Samuel S. Cox | Democratic | March 4, 1885 – May 20, 1885 |
Resigned to become Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Ottoman Empire |
Vacant | May 20, 1885 – November 3, 1885 | ||
Timothy J. Campbell | Democratic | November 3, 1885 – March 3, 1889 |
[data missing] |
John H. McCarthy | Democratic | March 4, 1889 – January 14, 1891 |
Resigned to become Justice of the City Court of New York City |
Vacant | January 14, 1891 – March 4, 1891 | ||
Timothy J. Campbell | Democratic | March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893 |
[data missing] |
Edward J. Dunphy | Democratic | March 4, 1893 – March 4, 1895 |
Redistricted from 7th district |
James J. Walsh | Democratic | March 4, 1895 – June 2, 1896 |
Unseated in contested election |
John M. Mitchell | Republican | June 2, 1896 – March 3, 1899 |
Successfully contested election of James J. Walsh |
Daniel J. Riordan | Democratic | March 4, 1899 – March 4, 1901 |
[data missing] |
Thomas J. Creamer | Democratic | March 4, 1901 – March 4, 1903 |
[data missing] |
Timothy D. Sullivan | Democratic | March 4, 1903 – July 27, 1906 |
Resigned |
Vacant | July 27, 1906 – November 6, 1906 | ||
Daniel J. Riordan | Democratic | November 6, 1906 – March 3, 1913 |
Redistricted to 11th district |
Daniel J. Griffin | Democratic | March 4, 1913 – December 31, 1917 |
Resigned on election as sheriff of Kings County |
Vacant | January 1, 1918 – March 5, 1918 | ||
William E. Cleary | Democratic | March 5, 1918 – March 3, 1921 |
[data missing] |
Charles G. Bond | Republican | March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1923 |
[data missing] |
William E. Cleary | Democratic | March 4, 1923 – March 3, 1927 |
[data missing] |
Patrick J. Carley | Democratic | March 4, 1927 – January 3, 1935 |
[data missing] |
Richard J. Tonry | Democratic | January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1937 |
[data missing] |
Donald L. O'Toole | Democratic | January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1945 |
Redistricted to 13th district |
Joseph L. Pfeifer | Democratic | January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1951 |
Redistricted from 3rd district |
Victor Anfuso | Democratic | January 3, 1951 – January 3, 1953 |
Retired |
Louis B. Heller | Democratic | January 3, 1953 – July 21, 1954 |
Redistricted from 7th district Resigned |
Vacant | July 22, 1954 – January 2, 1955 | ||
Victor Anfuso | Democratic | January 3, 1955 – January 3, 1963 |
Retired to run for New York Supreme Court |
Benjamin Rosenthal | Democratic | January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1983 |
Redistricted from 6th district Redistricted to 7th district |
James H. Scheuer | Democratic | January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1993 |
Redistricted from 11th district Retired |
Jerrold Nadler | Democratic | January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2013 |
Redistricted from 17th district Redistricted to 10th district |
Hakeem Jeffries | Democratic | January 3, 2013 – |
Recent election results
In New York 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").
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | James Brooks | 12,845 | 53.0 | ||
Republican | George Wilkes | 7,149 | 29.5 | ||
Independent | Julius Wadsworth | 4,243 | 17.5 | ||
Majority | 5,696 | 23.5 | |||
Turnout | 24,237 | 100 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Jerrold Nadler | 131,943 | 82.3 | ||
Republican | Michael Benjamin | 26,028 | 16.2 | ||
Conservative | George A. Galip, Jr. | 2,381 | 1.5 | ||
Majority | 105,915 | 66.1 | |||
Turnout | 160,352 | 100 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Jerrold Nadler | 112,948 | 86.0 | +3.7 | |
Republican | Theodore Howard | 18,383 | 14.0 | −2.2 | |
Majority | 94,565 | 72.0 | +5.9 | ||
Turnout | 131,331 | 100 | −18.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Jerrold Nadler | 150,273 | 81.2 | −4.8 | |
Republican | Marian S. Henry | 27,057 | 14.6 | +0.6 | |
Green | Dan Wentzel | 4,765 | 2.6 | +2.6 | |
Conservative | Anthony A. LaBella | 1,849 | 1.0 | +1.0 | |
Independence | Harry Kresky | 1,025 | 0.6 | +0.6 | |
Majority | 123,216 | 66.6 | −5.4 | ||
Turnout | 184,969 | 100 | +40.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Jerrold Nadler | 81,002 | 76.1 | −5.1 | |
Republican | Jim Farrin | 19,674 | 18.5 | +3.9 | |
Conservative | Alan Jay Gerber | 3,361 | 3.2 | +2.2 | |
Green | Dan Wentzel | 1,918 | 1.8 | −0.8 | |
Libertarian | Joseph Dobrain | 526 | 0.5 | +0.5 | |
Majority | 61,328 | 57.6 | −9.0 | ||
Turnout | 106,481 | 100 | −42.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Jerrold Nadler | 162,082 | 80.5 | +4.4 | |
Republican | Peter Hort | 39,240 | 19.5 | +1.0 | |
Majority | 122,842 | 61.0 | +3.4 | ||
Turnout | 201,322 | 100 | +89.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Jerrold Nadler | 108,536 | 85.0 | +4.5 | |
Republican | Eleanor Friedman | 17,413 | 13.6 | −5.9 | |
Conservative | Dennis E. Adornato | 1,673 | 1.3 | +1.3 | |
Majority | 91,123 | 71.4 | +10.4 | ||
Turnout | 127,622 | 100 | −36.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Jerrold Nadler | 160,775 | 80.5 | −4.5 | |
Republican | Grace Lin | 39,062 | 19.5 | +5.9 | |
Majority | 121,713 | 61.0 | −10.4 | ||
Turnout | 199,837 | 100 | +56.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Jerrold Nadler | 98,839 | 75.5 | −5.0 | |
Republican | Susan L. Kone | 31,996 | 24.5 | +5.0 | |
Majority | 66,843 | 51.0 | −10.0 | ||
Turnout | 130,835 | 100 | −34.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Hakeem Jeffries | 184,038 | 90.2 | +14.7 | |
Republican | Alan Bellone | 17,650 | 8.7 | −15.9 | |
Green | Colin Beavan | 2,441 | 1.2 | +1.2 | |
Majority | 166,388 | 81.2 | +31.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Hakeem Jeffries | 77,255 | 92.1 | +1.9 | |
Conservative | Alan Bellone | 6,673 | 8.0 | −0.7 | |
Majority | 70,582 | 84.1 | +2.9 |
Historical district boundaries
See also
- List of United States congressional districts
- New York's congressional districts
- United States congressional delegations from New York
Notes
- ^ "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
- ^ http://www.thenewyorkworld.com/2012/03/16/substantially-the-same-redistricting-maps-tell-a-different-story-than-cuomos/
- ^ http://www.amsterdamnews.com/opinion/the-people-s-republic-faces-a-great-challenge/article_e6379964-953e-11e1-92d0-0019bb2963f4.html
- ^ http://elections.nytimes.com/2012/primaries/congress/new-york
- ^ http://www.politico.com/2012-election/results/house/new-york/
- ^ 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.
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References
- Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
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(help) - Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
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(help) - Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present
- Election date from the Clerk of the United States House of Representatives