New York's 12th congressional district

New York's 12th congressional district
New York 's 12th congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
Current Representative Carolyn Maloney (D–Manhattan)
Ethnicity
Cook PVI D+31[1]

New York's 12th Congressional District is a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives located in New York City. It is now represented by Democrat Carolyn Maloney.

The district includes several neighborhoods in the East Side of Manhattan, the Greenpoint section of Brooklyn, and western Queens, as well as Roosevelt Island, mostly overlapping the pre-redistricting 14th district.[2] The 12th district's per capita income, in excess of $75,000, is the highest among all congressional districts in the United States.[3]

From 2003-2013 it included parts of Brooklyn, Queens, and Manhattan. It included the Queens neighborhoods of Maspeth, Ridgewood, and Woodside, the Brooklyn neighborhoods of Bushwick, Greenpoint, Red Hook, East New York, Brooklyn Heights, Sunset Park, and Williamsburg and part of Manhattan’s Lower East Side and East Village.

Voting

Components: past and present

The 12th District was historically a Brooklyn district. In the 1960s, it was realigned to include majority African American neighborhoods such as Bedford-Stuyvesant in Central Brooklyn. Up to 1992 it was the central Brooklyn district now held by Yvette Clarke (and formerly by Major Owens), and then remapped to include Hispanic neighborhoods in lower Manhattan and Queens.

1803-1913:

[Data unknown/missing.]

1913-1945:

Parts of Manhattan

1945-1993:

Parts of Brooklyn

1993–present:

Parts of Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens

Various New York districts have been numbered "12" over the years, including areas in New York City and various parts of upstate New York.

List of representatives

1803–1813: One seat

Representative Party Years Note
District created 1803
David Thomas Democratic-
Republican		 March 4, 1803 –
February 17, 1808[4]		 Redistricted from 7th district
Resigned to become New York State Treasurer.
Vacant February 17, 1808 –
November 7, 1808		 [Data unknown/missing.]
Nathan Wilson Democratic-
Republican		 November 7, 1808 –
March 3, 1809		 Elected to finish Thomas's term.
Retired.
Erastus Root Democratic-
Republican		 March 4, 1809 –
March 3, 1811		 [Data unknown/missing.]
Arunah Metcalf Democratic-
Republican		 March 4, 1811 –
March 3, 1813		 [Data unknown/missing.]

1813–1823: two seats

From 1813 to 1823, two seats were apportioned to the District, elected at-large on a general ticket.

Cong-
ress		 Years Seat A Seat B
Representative Party Electoral history Representative Party Electoral history
13 March 4, 1813 –
March 3, 1815		 Zebulon R. Shipherd Federalist [Data unknown/missing.] Elisha I. Winter Federalist [Data unknown/missing.]
14 March 4, 1815 –
December 7, 1815		 Vacant Representative-elect Benjamin Pond died October 6, 1814
John Savage		 Democratic-
Republican		 [Data unknown/missing.]
December 7, 1815 –
March 3, 1817		 Asa Adgate Democratic-Republican Elected to finish Pond's term
15 March 4, 1817 –
March 3, 1819		 John Palmer Democratic-
Republican		 [Data unknown/missing.]
16 March 4, 1819 –
March 3, 1821		 Ezra C. Gross Democratic-
Republican		 [Data unknown/missing.] Nathaniel Pitcher Democratic-
Republican		 [Data unknown/missing.]
17 March 4, 1821 –
December 3, 1821		 Vacant Elections were held in April 1821, after the congressional term had already begun. It is not clear when the result was announced or the credentials were issued.
December 3, 1821 –
March 3, 1823
Reuben H. Walworth		 Democratic-
Republican		 [Data unknown/missing.]

1823 - present: One seat

Representative Party Years Note
Lewis Eaton Crawford
Republican		 March 4, 1823 –
March 3, 1825		 [Data unknown/missing.]
William Dietz Jacksonian March 4, 1825 –
March 3, 1827		 [Data unknown/missing.]
John I. De Graff Jacksonian March 4, 1827 –
March 3, 1829		 [Data unknown/missing.]
Peter I. Borst Jacksonian March 4, 1829 –
March 3, 1831		 [Data unknown/missing.]
Joseph Bouck Jacksonian March 4, 1831 –
March 3, 1833		 [Data unknown/missing.]
Henry C. Martindale Anti-
Masonic		 March 4, 1833 –
March 3, 1835		 [Data unknown/missing.]
David Abel Russell Anti-
Jacksonian		 March 4, 1835 –
March 3, 1837		 [Data unknown/missing.]
Whig March 4, 1837 –
March 3, 1841
Bernard Blair Whig March 4, 1841 –
June 20, 1843		 [Data unknown/missing.]
David L. Seymour Democratic March 4, 1843 –
March 3, 1845		 [Data unknown/missing.]
Richard P. Herrick Whig March 4, 1845 –
June 20, 1846		 Died
Vacant June 20, 1846 –
December 7, 1846
Thomas C. Ripley Whig December 7, 1846 –
March 3, 1847		 Died
Gideon Reynolds Whig March 4, 1847 –
March 3, 1851		 Died in Hoosick, New York July 13, 1896
David L. Seymour Democratic March 4, 1851 –
March 3, 1853		 [Data unknown/missing.]
Gilbert Dean Democratic March 4, 1853 –
July 3, 1854		 Redistricted from 8th district
Resigned to become justice to Supreme Court of New York.
Vacant July 3, 1854 –
November 7, 1854
Isaac Teller Whig November 7, 1854 –
March 3, 1855		 [Data unknown/missing.]
Killian Miller Opposition March 4, 1855 –
March 3, 1857		 [Data unknown/missing.]
John Thompson Republican March 4, 1857 –
March 3, 1859		 [Data unknown/missing.]
Charles Lewis Beale Republican March 4, 1859 –
March 3, 1861		 [Data unknown/missing.]
Stephen Baker Republican March 4, 1861 –
March 3, 1863		 [Data unknown/missing.]
Homer A. Nelson Democratic March 4, 1863 –
March 3, 1865		 [Data unknown/missing.]
John H. Ketcham Republican March 4, 1865 –
March 3, 1873		 [Data unknown/missing.]
Charles St. John Republican March 4, 1873 –
March 3, 1875		 Redistricted from 11th district.
N. Holmes Odell Democratic March 4, 1875 –
March 3, 1877		 [Data unknown/missing.]
Clarkson Nott Potter Democratic March 4, 1877 –
March 3, 1879		 [Data unknown/missing.]
Vacant March 3, 1879 –
March 3, 1879		 Representative-elect Alexander Smith died November 5, 1878.
Waldo Hutchins Democratic March 3, 1879 –
March 3, 1885		 First elected to finish Smith's term.
Retired.
Abraham Dowdney Democratic March 4, 1885 –
December 10, 1886		 Died
Vacant December 10, 1886 –
March 4, 1887
William Bourke Cockran Democratic March 4, 1887 –
March 3, 1889		 [Data unknown/missing.]
Roswell P. Flower Democratic March 4, 1889 –
September 16, 1891		 Resigned to become Governor of New York.
Vacant September 16, 1891 –
November 3, 1891
Joseph J. Little Democratic November 3, 1891 –
March 3, 1893		 [Data unknown/missing.]
William Bourke Cockran Democratic March 4, 1893 –
March 3, 1895		 Redistricted from 10th district.
George B. McClellan, Jr. Democratic March 4, 1895 –
December 21, 1903		 Resigned to become Mayor of New York City.
Vacant December 21, 1903 –
February 23, 1904
William Bourke Cockran Democratic February 23, 1904 –
March 3, 1909		 [Data unknown/missing.]
Michael F. Conry Democratic March 4, 1909 –
March 3, 1913		 Redistricted to 15th district.
Henry M. Goldfogle Democratic March 4, 1913 –
March 3, 1915		 Redistricted from 9th district.
Meyer London Socialist March 4, 1915 –
March 3, 1919		 [Data unknown/missing.]
Henry M. Goldfogle Democratic March 4, 1919 –
March 3, 1921		 [Data unknown/missing.]
Meyer London Socialist March 4, 1921 –
March 3, 1923		 [Data unknown/missing.]
Samuel Dickstein Democratic March 4, 1923 –
January 3, 1945		 Redistricted to 19th district.
John J. Rooney Democratic January 3, 1945 –
January 3, 1953		 Redistricted from 4th district
Redistricted to 14th district.
Francis E. Dorn Republican January 3, 1953 –
January 3, 1961		 [Data unknown/missing.]
Hugh Carey Democratic January 3, 1961 –
January 3, 1963		 Redistricted to 15th district.
Edna F. Kelly Democratic January 3, 1963 –
January 3, 1969		 Redistricted from 10th district.
Shirley Chisholm Democratic January 3, 1969 –
January 3, 1983		 Announced retirement in 1982.
Major Owens Democratic January 3, 1983 –
January 3, 1993		 Redistricted to 11th district.
Nydia Velazquez Democratic January 3, 1993 –
January 3, 2013		 Redistricted to 7th district.
Carolyn Maloney Democratic January 3, 2013 –
Present		 Redistricted from 14th district.

Recent elections

In New York, 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, 1996: New York District 12
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Democratic Nydia Velazquez 61,913 84.6
Republican Miguel I. Prado 9,978 13.6
Socialist Workers Eleanor Garcia 1,283 1.8
Majority 51,935 71.0
Turnout 73,174 100
US House election, 1998: New York District 12
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Democratic Nydia Velazquez 53,269 83.6 -1.0
Republican Rosemary Markgraf 7,405 11.6 -2.0
Conservative (N.Y.) Angel Diaz 1,632 2.6 +2.6
Liberal Hector Cortes, Jr. 1,400 2.2 +2.2
Majority 45,864 72.0 +1.0
Turnout 63,706 100 -12.9
US House election, 2000: New York District 12
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Democratic Nydia Velazquez 86,288 87.1 +3.5
Republican Rosemary Markgraf 10,052 10.1 -1.5
Socialist Paul Pederson 1,025 1.0 +1.0
Right to Life Mildred Rosario 865 0.9 +0.9
Conservative (N.Y.) Cesar Estevez 850 0.9 -1.7
Majority 76,236 76.9 +4.9
Turnout 99,080 100 +55.5
US House election, 2002: New York District 12
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Democratic Nydia Velazquez 48,408 95.8 +8.7
Conservative (N.Y.) Cesar Estevez 2,119 4.2 +3.3
Majority 46,289 91.6 +14.7
Turnout 50,527 100 -49.0
US House election, 2004: New York District 12
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Democratic Nydia Velazquez 107,796 86.3 -9.5
Republican Paul A. Rodriguez 17,166 13.7 +13.7
Majority 90,630 72.5 -19.1
Turnout 124,962 100 +147.3
US House election, 2006: New York District 12
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Democratic Nydia Velazquez 62,847 89.7 +3.4
Republican Allan E. Romaguera 7,182 10.3 -3.4
Majority 55,665 79.5 +7.0
Turnout 70,029 100 -44.0
US House election, 2008: New York District 12
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Democratic Nydia Velazquez 123,053 90.0 +0.3
Republican Allan E. Romaguera 13,748 10.0 -0.3
Majority 109,305 80.0 +0.5
Turnout 136,801 100 +95.3
US House election, 2010: New York District 12
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Democratic Nydia Velazquez 68,624 93.9 +3.9
Conservative (N.Y.) Alice Gaffney 4,482 6.1 +6.1
Majority 64,142 87.7 +7.7
Turnout 73,106 100 -46.6

Historical district boundaries

2003 - 2013

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
  2. ↑ "New York Redistricting". New York Times. 2012-03-20. Retrieved 2012-05-13.
  3. ↑ "Highest Income Per Capita In The United States By Congressional District".
  4. ↑ David Thomas was appointed New York State Treasurer on February 5, 1808, and resigned his seat. His letter of resignation was read in the House on February 17. see: Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States (Vol. V; page 182)

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
  • 2004 House election data Clerk of the House of Representatives
  • 2002 House election data "
  • 2000 House election data "
  • 1998 House election data "
  • 1996 House election data "
Preceded by
Illinois's 1st congressional district		 Home district of the President of the United States
January 20, 2017–present		 Incumbent
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