New York's 16th congressional district

Coordinates: 40°56′23″N 73°47′28″W / 40.93972°N 73.79111°W / 40.93972; -73.79111
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New York's 16th congressional district
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Representative
  Jamaal Bowman
D–Yonkers
Distribution
  • 100% urban
  • 0% rural
Population (2022)756,711
Median household
income		$96,051[1]
Ethnicity
Cook PVID+20[2]

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. The district has the highest percentage of Jamaican Americans, at 9.0%, out of any congressional district in New York, due to the large Caribbean population in the north Bronx.[3]

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%).[4] The current configuration of the 16th district is strongly Democratic, though it is not as overwhelmingly Democratic as other districts in the city.

History

From 2003 to 2013, the district included the neighborhoods of

Rye
, resulting in a more mixed-income demography.

Recent statewide election results

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

Representative Party Years Cong
ress 		Electoral history Location
District established March 4, 1803

John Paterson
(Lisle)
Democratic-Republican
 March 4, 1803 –
March 3, 1805 		8th Elected in 1802.
Retired. 		1803–1809
[data missing]
Uri Tracy
(Oxford)
Democratic-Republican
 March 4, 1805 –
March 3, 1807 		9th Re-elected in 1804.
Lost re-election.

Reuben Humphrey
(Marcellus)
Democratic-Republican
 March 4, 1807 –
March 3, 1809 		10th Elected in 1806.
[data missing]
District inactive March 4, 1809 –
March 3, 1813 		11th
12th

Morris S. Miller
(Utica)
Federalist
 March 4, 1813 –
March 3, 1815 		13th Elected in 1812.
[data missing] 		1813–1823
Oneida County and the ex-Oneida part of Oswego County

Thomas R. Gold
(Whitestown)
Federalist
 March 4, 1815 –
March 3, 1817 		14th Elected in 1814.
[data missing]
Henry R. Storrs
(Whitestown)
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
(Utica)
Federalist
 December 3, 1821 –
March 3, 1823 		Elected in 1821.
[data missing]
John W. Cady
(Johnstown)
Adams-Clay
Democratic-Republican
 March 4, 1823 –
March 3, 1825 		18th Elected in 1822.
[data missing] 		1823–1833
Montgomery County
Henry Markell
(Palatine)
Anti-Jacksonian
 March 4, 1825 –
March 3, 1829 		19th
20th 		Elected in 1824.
Re-elected in 1826.
[data missing]
Benedict Arnold
(Amsterdam)
Anti-Jacksonian
 March 4, 1829 –
March 3, 1831 		21st Elected in 1828.
[data missing]
Nathan Soule
(Fort Plain)
Jacksonian
 March 4, 1831 –
March 3, 1833 		22nd
Elected in 1830.
[data missing
]
Abijah Mann Jr.
(Fairfield)
Jacksonian
 March 4, 1833 –
March 3, 1837 		23rd
24th
Re-elected in 1834.
[data missing
] 		1833–1843
[data missing]

Arphaxed Loomis
(Little Falls) 		Democratic March 4, 1837 –
March 3, 1839 		25th
Elected in 1836.
[data missing
]
Andrew W. Doig
(Lowville) 		Democratic March 4, 1839 –
March 3, 1843 		26th
27th
Re-elected in 1840.
[data missing
]
Chesselden Ellis
(Waterford) 		Democratic March 4, 1843 –
March 3, 1845 		28th
Elected in 1842.
[data missing
] 		1843–1853
[data missing]

Hugh White
(Cohoes) 		Whig March 4, 1845 –
March 3, 1851 		29th
30th
31st
Re-elected in 1848.
[data missing
]
John Wells
(Johnstown
) 		Whig March 4, 1851 –
March 3, 1853 		32nd
Elected in 1850.
[data missing
]
George A. Simmons
(Keeseville) 		Whig March 4, 1853 –
March 3, 1855 		33rd
34th
Elected in 1852.
[data missing
] 		1853–1863
[data missing]
Opposition March 4, 1855 –
May 30, 1857 		Re-elected in 1854.
[data missing]
Plattsburg
) 		Republican March 4, 1857 –
March 3, 1861 		35th
36th
Re-elected in 1858.
[data missing
]

William A. Wheeler
(Malone) 		Republican March 4, 1861 –
March 3, 1863 		37th
Elected in 1860.
[data missing
]

Orlando Kellogg
(Elizabethtown) 		Republican March 4, 1863 –
August 24, 1865 		38th
39th
Re-elected in 1864
.
Died. 		1863–1873
[data missing]
Vacant August 24, 1865 –
December 3, 1866 		39th

Robert S. Hale
(Elizabethtown) 		Republican December 3, 1866 –
March 3, 1867 		Elected to finish Kellogg's term.
[data missing]

Orange Ferriss
(Glens Falls) 		Republican March 4, 1867 –
March 3, 1871 		40th
41st
Re-elected in 1868.
[data missing
]
John Rogers
(Black Brook) 		Democratic March 4, 1871 –
March 3, 1873 		42nd
Elected in 1870.
[data missing
]
James S. Smart
(Cambridge) 		Republican March 4, 1873 –
March 3, 1875 		43rd
Elected in 1872.
[data missing
] 		1873–1883
[data missing]

Charles H. Adams
(Cohoes) 		Republican March 4, 1875 –
March 3, 1877 		44th
Elected in 1874.
[data missing
]

Terence J. Quinn
(Albany) 		Democratic March 4, 1877 –
June 18, 1878 		45th
Elected in 1876
.
Died.
Vacant June 18, 1878 –
November 5, 1878

John Mosher Bailey
(Albany) 		Republican November 5, 1878 –
March 3, 1881 		45th
46th
Also elected the same day in 1878 to the next term.
[data missing
]

Michael N. Nolan
(Albany) 		Democratic March 4, 1881 –
March 3, 1883 		47th
Elected in 1880.
[data missing
]

Thomas J. Van Alstyne
(Albany) 		Democratic March 4, 1883 –
March 3, 1885 		48th
Elected in 1882.
[data missing
] 		1883–1893
[data missing]

John H. Ketcham
(Dover Plains) 		Republican March 4, 1885 –
March 3, 1893 		49th
50th
51st
52nd 		Redistricted from the
Re-elected in 1890.
[data missing
]

William Ryan
(Port Chester) 		Democratic March 4, 1893 –
March 3, 1895 		53rd
Elected in 1892.
[data missing
] 		1893–1903
[data missing]

Benjamin L. Fairchild
(Pelham Heights) 		Republican March 4, 1895 –
March 3, 1897 		54th
Elected in 1894.
[data missing
]

William L. Ward
(Port Chester) 		Republican March 4, 1897 –
March 3, 1899 		55th
Elected in 1896.
[data missing
]

John Q. Underhill
(New Rochelle) 		Democratic March 4, 1899 –
March 3, 1901 		56th
Elected in 1898.
[data missing
]
Cornelius A. Pugsley
(Peekskill
) 		Democratic March 4, 1901 –
March 3, 1903 		57th
Elected in 1900.
[data missing
]

Jacob Ruppert
(New York) 		Democratic March 4, 1903 –
March 3, 1907 		58th
59th 		Redistricted from the
Re-elected in 1904.
[data missing
] 		1903–1913
[data missing]
Francis B. Harrison
(New York
) 		Democratic March 4, 1907 –
March 3, 1913 		60th
61st
62nd
Re-elected in 1910.
Redistricted to the 20th district
.

Peter J. Dooling
(New York) 		Democratic March 4, 1913 –
March 3, 1919 		63rd
64th
65th
Re-elected in 1916
Redistricted to the 15th district
. 		1913–1933
[data missing]

Thomas F. Smith
(New York) 		Democratic March 4, 1919 –
March 3, 1921 		66th Redistricted from the
re-elected in 1918.
[data missing
]

William Bourke Cockran
(New York) 		Democratic March 4, 1921 –
March 1, 1923 		67th
Re-elected in 1922
but died before the next term began.
Vacant March 1, 1923 –
November 6, 1923 		67th
68th

John J. O'Connor
(New York) 		Democratic November 6, 1923 –
October 24, 1938 		68th
69th
70th
71st
72nd
73rd
74th
75th
Re-elected in 1936
.
Lost renomination and switched parties.
Republican October 24, 1938 –
January 3, 1939 		Lost re-election. 1933–1943
[data missing]

James H. Fay
(New York) 		Democratic January 3, 1939 –
January 3, 1941 		76th
Elected in 1938.
[data missing
]

William T. Pheiffer
(New York) 		Republican January 3, 1941 –
January 3, 1943 		77th
Elected in 1940.
[data missing
]

James H. Fay
(New York) 		Democratic January 3, 1943 –
January 3, 1945 		78th
Elected in 1942.
[data missing
] 		1943–1953
[data missing]

Ellsworth B. Buck
(Staten Island) 		Republican January 3, 1945 –
January 3, 1949 		79th
80th 		Redistricted from the
Re-elected in 1946.
[data missing
]

James J. Murphy
(Staten Island) 		Democratic January 3, 1949 –
January 3, 1953 		81st
82nd
Re-elected in 1950.
[data missing
]

Adam Clayton Powell Jr.
(New York) 		Democratic January 3, 1953 –
January 3, 1963 		83rd
84th
85th
86th
87th 		Redistricted from the
Re-elected in 1960.
Redistricted to the 18th district
. 		1953–1963
[data missing]

John M. Murphy
(Staten Island) 		Democratic January 3, 1963 –
January 3, 1973 		88th
89th
90th
91st
92nd
Re-elected in 1970.
Redistricted to the 17th district
. 		1963–1973
[data missing]

Elizabeth Holtzman
(Brooklyn) 		Democratic January 3, 1973 –
January 3, 1981 		93rd
94th
95th
96th
Re-elected in 1978.
Retired to run for U.S. Senator
. 		1973–1983
[data missing]

Chuck Schumer
(Brooklyn) 		Democratic January 3, 1981 –
January 3, 1983 		97th
Elected in 1980.
Redistricted to the 10th district
.

Charles Rangel
(New York) 		Democratic January 3, 1983 –
January 3, 1993 		98th
99th
100th
101st
102nd 		Redistricted from the
Re-elected in 1990.
Redistricted to the 15th district
. 		1983–1993
[data missing]
José E. Serrano
(The Bronx
) 		Democratic January 3, 1993 –
January 3, 2013 		103rd
104th
105th
106th
107th
108th
109th
110th
111th
112th 		Redistricted from the
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 missing]
2003–2013
Parts of the Bronx and Queens

Eliot Engel
(The Bronx) 		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.[6] 		2013–2023
Parts of the Bronx and Westchester County

Jamaal Bowman
(Yonkers) 		Democratic January 3, 2021 –
present 		117th
118th 		Elected in 2020.
Re-elected in 2022.
2023–2025
Parts of the Bronx and Westchester County


Recent election results

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
[7]
2020 Democratic primary
Party 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

See also

References

  1. ^ Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census Bureau. "My Congressional District". www.census.gov.
  2. ^ "2022 Cook PVI: District Map and List". Cook Political Report. Retrieved January 10, 2023.
  3. ^ "The Demographic Statistical Atlas of the United States - Statistical Atlas". statisticalatlas.com. Retrieved January 14, 2024.
  4. ^ "Swing State Project". Archived from the original on March 5, 2009.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ISSN 0362-4331
    . Retrieved June 24, 2020.
  7. ^ "New York Primary Election Results: 16th Congressional District". The New York Times. July 6, 2020.

Sources

Books

  • 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

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