New York's 15th congressional district

New York's 15th congressional district
	New York 's 15th congressional district since January 3, 2013
Current Representative	José E. Serrano (D–Bronx)
Distribution	100% urban; 0% rural;
Ethnicity	3% White; 28% Black; 2% Asian; 66% Hispanic; 0.01% Native American;
Cook PVI	D+44[1]

New York's 15th congressional district is a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives located in New York City, State of New York. The district has been represented by Democrat José E. Serrano since 2013.

The 15th district is located entirely within The Bronx, including most of the southern and western neighborhoods of the borough. Hispanics make up a majority of this district's population, while African-Americans make up a smaller plurality. Yankee Stadium and the Bronx Zoo are both located within the district.

From 2003 to 2013 it was composed of Upper Manhattan, Rikers Island and a largely non-residential section of northwestern Queens on the shore of the East River mostly occupied by a Consolidated Edison facility and a New York Power Authority power plant. The district included the neighborhoods of Harlem, Inwood, Marble Hill, Spanish Harlem, Washington Heights, Morningside Heights and portions of the Upper West Side, located Apollo Theater, Columbia University, and Grant's Tomb.

Scoring a Cook Partisan Voting Index of D+43 in 2014 rendered the district the most Democratic in the nation.^[2] U.S. Senator John Kerry won 90% of the vote in the 15th congressional district in 2004. In 2012, this was the district scoring the highest percentage of local votes to President Barack Obama: 96.7%. Likewise in 2016 whereby Hillary Clinton received locally a total of 93.8% of the vote.^[3]

Voting

Election results from presidential races (current lines)
Year	Office	Results
2008	President	Obama 95 - 5%
2012	President	Obama 96.7 - 3%
2016	President	Clinton 93.8 - 4.9%

Election results from presidential races (old lines)
Year	Office	Results
1992	President	Clinton 85 - 11%
1996	President	Clinton 91 - 5%
2000	President	Gore 87 - 7%
2004	President	Kerry 90 - 9%
2008	President	Obama 93 - 6%

Redistricting

The district was a Brooklyn-based seat until 1982, when it was realigned to cover the East Side of Manhattan. Following the 1992 redistricting, it became the upper Manhattan seat previously designated the 19th District and the 18th District. After the 2012 redistricting, the 15th became the Bronx's primary district.

List of representatives

1803 – 1823: One seat, then two seats

From 1813 to 1823, two seats were apportioned to the 15th district, elected at-large on a general ticket.

Cong ress	Years	Representative	Party	Electoral history	Representative	Party	Electoral history
Cong ress	Years	Seat A			Seat B
8	March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1805	Gaylord Griswold	Federalist	[Data unknown/missing.]	No 2nd seat
9	March 4, 1805 – March 3, 1807	Nathan Williams	Democratic- Republican	[Data unknown/missing.]
10	March 4, 1807 – March 3, 1809	William Kirkpatrick	Democratic- Republican	[Data unknown/missing.]
11	March 4, 1809 – March 3, 1811	Peter Buell Porter	Democratic- Republican	Retired
12	March 4, 1811 – March 3, 1813	Peter Buell Porter	Democratic- Republican	Retired
13	March 4, 1813 – June 21, 1813	Vacant		Representative-elect William Dowse died February 18, 1813, before the term began	Joel Thompson	Federalist	[Data unknown/missing.]
	June 21, 1813 – December 20, 1813	John M. Bowers	Federalist	Declared elected to finish Dowse's term; Lost election contest
	December 20, 1813 – January 24, 1814	Vacant		Election contested; see United States House of Representatives elections in New York, 1812
	January 24, 1814 – March 3, 1815	Isaac Williams, Jr.	Democratic- Republican	Successfully contested the election of John M. Bowers
14	March 4, 1815 – March 3, 1817	James Birdsall	Democratic- Republican	[Data unknown/missing.]	Jabez Hammond	Democratic- Republican	[Data unknown/missing.]
15	March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1819	Isaac Williams, Jr.	Democratic- Republican	[Data unknown/missing.]	John R. Drake	Democratic- Republican	[Data unknown/missing.]
16	March 4, 1819 – March 3, 1821	Joseph S. Lyman	Democratic- Republican	[Data unknown/missing.]	Robert Monell	Democratic- Republican	[Data unknown/missing.]
17	March 4, 1821 – December 3, 1821	Vacant. The elections 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; see United States House of Representatives elections in New York, 1821
17	December 3, 1821 – March 3, 1823	Samuel Campbell	Democratic- Republican	[Data unknown/missing.]	James Hawkes	Democratic- Republican	[Data unknown/missing.]

1823 – present: One seat

Representative	Party	Years	Electoral history
John Herkimer	Adams-Clay Republican	March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825	[Data unknown/missing.]
Michael Hoffman	Jacksonian	March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1833	[Data unknown/missing.]
Charles McVean	Jacksonian	March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1835	[Data unknown/missing.]
Matthias J. Bovee	Jacksonian	March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837	[Data unknown/missing.]
John Edwards	Democratic	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839	[Data unknown/missing.]
Peter J. Wagner	Whig	March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1841	[Data unknown/missing.]
John Sanford	Democratic	March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843	[Data unknown/missing.]
Lemuel Stetson	Democratic	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845	[Data unknown/missing.]
Joseph Russell	Democratic	March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1847	[Data unknown/missing.]
Sidney Lawrence	Democratic	March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849	[Data unknown/missing.]
John R. Thurman	Whig	March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851	[Data unknown/missing.]
Joseph Russell	Democratic	March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853	[Data unknown/missing.]
Charles Hughes	Democratic	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855	[Data unknown/missing.]
Edward Dodd	Opposition	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857	[Data unknown/missing.]
Edward Dodd	Republican	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859	[Data unknown/missing.]
James B. McKean	Republican	March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1863	[Data unknown/missing.]
John Augustus Griswold	Democratic	March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1865	[Data unknown/missing.]
John Augustus Griswold	Republican	March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1869	[Data unknown/missing.]
Adolphus H. Tanner	Republican	March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1871	[Data unknown/missing.]
Joseph M. Warren	Democratic	March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1873	[Data unknown/missing.]
Eli Perry	Democratic	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875	Redistricted from the 14th district
John H. Bagley, Jr.	Democratic	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877	[Data unknown/missing.]
Stephen L. Mayham	Democratic	March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1879	[Data unknown/missing.]
William Lounsbery	Democratic	March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1881	[Data unknown/missing.]
Thomas Cornell	Republican	March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1883	[Data unknown/missing.]
John H. Bagley, Jr.	Democratic	March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885	[Data unknown/missing.]
Lewis Beach	Democratic	March 4, 1885 – August 10, 1886	Redistricted from the 14th district, Died
Vacant		August 10, 1886 – December 6, 1886
Henry Bacon	Democratic	December 6, 1886 – March 3, 1889	[Data unknown/missing.]
Moses D. Stivers	Republican	March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1891	[Data unknown/missing.]
Henry Bacon	Democratic	March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893	[Data unknown/missing.]
Ashbel P. Fitch	Democratic	March 4, 1893 – December 26, 1893	Redistricted from the 13th district Resigned to become New York City Comptroller
Vacant		December 26, 1893 – January 30, 1894
Isidor Straus	Democratic	January 30, 1894 – March 3, 1895	[Data unknown/missing.]
Philip B. Low	Republican	March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1899	[Data unknown/missing.]
Jacob Ruppert, Jr.	Democratic	March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1903	Redistricted to the 16th district
William H. Douglas	Republican	March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1905	Redistricted from the 14th district
J. Van Vechten Olcott	Republican	March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1911	[Data unknown/missing.]
Thomas G. Patten	Democratic	March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1913	Redistricted to the 18th district
Michael F. Conry	Democratic	March 4, 1913 – March 2, 1917	Redistricted from the 12th district, Died
Vacant		March 2, 1917 – April 12, 1917
Thomas F. Smith	Democratic	April 12, 1917 – March 3, 1919	[Data unknown/missing.]
Peter J. Dooling	Democratic	March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1921	Redistricted from the 16th district
Thomas J. Ryan	Republican	March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1923	[Data unknown/missing.]
John J. Boylan	Democratic	March 4, 1923 – October 5, 1938	Died
Vacant		October 5, 1938 – January 3, 1939
Michael J. Kennedy	Democratic	January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1943	[Data unknown/missing.]
Thomas F. Burchill	Democratic	January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1945	[Data unknown/missing.]
Emanuel Celler	Democratic	January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1953	Redistricted from the 10th district Redistricted to the 11th district
John H. Ray	Republican	January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1963	[Data unknown/missing.]
Hugh Carey	Democratic	January 3, 1963 – December 31, 1974	Redistricted from the 12th district Resigned to become Governor of New York
Vacant		January 1, 1975 – January 2, 1975
Leo C. Zeferetti	Democratic	January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1983	Redistricted to 14th district Defeated by 17th district incumbent Guy Molinari
Bill Green	Republican	January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1993	Redistricted from the 18th district
Charles Rangel	Democratic	January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2013	Redistricted from the 16th district, Redistricted to the 13th district
José E. Serrano	Democratic	January 3, 2013 –	Redistricted from the 16th district

Recent election results

U.S. President

Year	Result
2000	Gore 87–7%
2004	Kerry 90–9%
2008	Obama 93–6%

Member of the U.S. House of Representatives

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 15^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joseph M. Warren	17,793	59.9
	Republican	J. Thomas Davis	11,659	39.3
	Temperance	Alvin C. Rose	235	0.8
Majority			6,134	20.6
Turnout			29,687	100

[Data unknown/missing.]

US House election, 1996: New York District 15
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Charles B. Rangel	113,898	91.3
	Republican	Edward R. Adams	5,951	4.8
	Conservative (N.Y.)	Ruben Dario Vargas	3,896	3.1
	Right to Life	Jose Suero	989	0.8
Majority			107,947	86.5
Turnout			124,734	100

US House election, 1998: New York District 15
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Democratic	Charles B. Rangel	90,424	93.1	+1.8
	Republican	David E. Cunningham	5,633	5.8	+1.0
	Conservative (N.Y.)	Patrick McManus	1,082	1.1	-2.0
Majority			84,791	87.3	+0.8
Turnout			97,139	100	-22.1

US House election, 2000: New York District 15
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Democratic	Charles B. Rangel	130,161	91.9	-1.2
	Republican	Jose Agustin Suero	7,346	5.2	-0.6
	Green	Dean Loren	2,134	1.5	+1.5
	Independence	Jesse A. Fields	1,051	0.7	+0.7
	Conservative (N.Y.)	Frank Della Valle	492	0.3	-0.8
	Libertarian	Scott A. Jeffery	480	0.3	+0.3
Majority			122,815	86.7	-0.6
Turnout			141,664	100	+45.8

US House election, 2002: New York District 15
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Democratic	Charles B. Rangel	84,367	88.5	-3.4
	Republican	Jesse A. Fields	11,008	11.5	+6.3
Majority			73,359	76.9	-9.8
Turnout			95,375	100	-32.7

US House election, 2004: New York District 15
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Democratic	Charles B. Rangel	161,351	91.1	+2.6
	Republican	Kenneth P. Jefferson, Jr.	12,355	7.0	-4.5
	Independence	Jessie A. Fields	3,345	1.9	+1.9
Majority			148,996	84.2	+7.3
Turnout			177,051	100	+85.6

US House election, 2006: New York District 15
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Democratic	Charles B. Rangel	103,916	94.0	+2.9
	Republican	Edward Daniels	6,592	6.0	-1.0
Majority			97,324	88.1	+3.9
Turnout			110,508	100	-37.6

US House election, 2008: New York District 15
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Democratic	Charles B. Rangel	177,151	89.2	-5.8
	Republican	Edward Daniels	15,676	7.9	+1.9
	Independent	Craig Schley	3,708	1.9
	Socialist Workers	Martin Koppel	2,141	1.1
Majority			161,475	81.3	-6.8
Turnout			198,676	100	+79.8

US House election, 2010: New York District 15
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Democratic	Charles B. Rangel	91,225	80.4	-8.7
	Republican	Michel Faulkner	11,754	10.4	+2.5
	Independent	Craig Schley	7,803	6.9	+5.0
	Socialist Workers	Róger Calero	2,647	2.3	+1.2
Majority			79,471	70.1	-11.2
Turnout			113,429	100	-42.9

Historical district boundaries

2003 - 2013

References

↑ "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
↑ Median & Most Partisan Districts, 1998-2014.
↑ Kos Elections' presidential results by congressional district for the 2016 and 2012 elections, dailykos.com.
↑ 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... Volume II. County of New York. 1871. p. 2034. Retrieved 2009-03-28.

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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] Median & Most Partisan Districts, 1998-2014.

[3] Kos Elections' presidential results by congressional district for the 2016 and 2012 elections, dailykos.com.

[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... Volume II. County of New York. 1871. p. 2034. Retrieved 2009-03-28.