New York's 5th congressional district

New York's 5th congressional district
	New York's 5th congressional district since January 3, 2013
	Gregory Meeks; D–Queens
Distribution	100% urban; 0% rural;
Population (2010)	717,708[1]
Median income	$70,481[2]
Ethnicity	12.26% white; 48.81% black; 14.50% Asian; 19.84% Hispanic; 0.59% Native American; 4.00% other;
Cook PVI	D+37[3]

The 5th congressional district of New York is a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives, represented by Democrat Gregory Meeks. Most of the district is in Queens, but a small portion is located in Nassau County. A plurality of the district's population is African-American.

The district includes the entire Rockaway Peninsula as well as the Queens neighborhoods of Broad Channel, Cambria Heights, Hollis, Jamaica, Laurelton, Queens Village, Rosedale, Saint Albans, Springfield Gardens, and South Ozone Park, as well as John F. Kennedy International Airport. In Nassau County, the district covers Inwood and parts of Valley Stream and Elmont.

From 2003–13, the district consisted of northeastern Queens County and northwestern Nassau County. The Queens portion of the district included the neighborhoods of Bayside, Corona, Douglaston, Flushing, Jamaica Estates, Little Neck, and Whitestone. The Nassau portion of the district included Albertson, Great Neck, Manhasset, Port Washington, Roslyn, and Sands Point.

Recent election results in statewide races

Year	Office	Results
1992	President	Clinton 52–35%
1996	President	Clinton 60–32%
2000	President	Gore 67–30%
2004	President	Kerry 63–36%
2008	President	Obama 63–36%
2012	President	Obama 91–9%
2016	President	Clinton 86–13%

Components: past and present

1789–1913:

Parts of Manhattan

1913–45:

Parts of Brooklyn

1945–63:

Parts of Queens

1963–93:

Parts of Nassau

1993–2003:

Parts of Nassau, Queens, Suffolk

2003–present:

Parts of Nassau, Queens

Various New York districts have been numbered "5" over the years, including areas in New York City and various parts of upstate New York.

List of members representing the district

Prior to 1992 the 5th District was centered on the south shore of Nassau County including towns mostly now in the 3rd and 4th District. The Queens portions of the 5th had been previously primarily in the 8th District of the 1980s. In general, the present 5th District greatly mirrors the 6th District from 1972 to 1982. The 1990s version of this district included northeast Nassau and northwest Suffolk counties; these areas were placed in the 2nd and 3rd District in 2002 and the 5th District gained areas in Queens formerly in the 18th District.

Representative	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history
Peter Silvester	Pro-Administration	March 4, 1789 – March 3, 1793	1st 2nd	Elected in 1789. Re-elected in 1790. Retired.
Theodorus Bailey	Anti-Administration	March 4, 1793 – March 3, 1795	3rd 4th	Elected in 1793. Re-elected in 1794. Lost re-election.
Theodorus Bailey	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1795 – March 3, 1797	3rd 4th	Elected in 1793. Re-elected in 1794. Lost re-election.
David Brooks	Federalist	March 4, 1797 – March 3, 1799	5th	Elected in 1796. Lost re-election.
Theodorus Bailey	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1799 – March 3, 1801	6th	Elected in 1798. Retired.
Thomas Tillotson	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1801 – August 10, 1801	7th	Elected in 1800. Resigned to become N.Y. Secretary of State.
Vacant		August 10, 1801 – December 7, 1801
Theodorus Bailey	Democratic-Republican	December 7, 1801 – March 3, 1803	7th	Elected to finish Tillotson's term. Retired to run for U.S. Senator.
Andrew McCord	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1805	8th	Elected in 1802. [data unknown/missing]
John Blake Jr.	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1805 – March 3, 1809	9th 10th	Elected in 1804. Re-elected in 1806. [data unknown/missing]
Barent Gardenier	Federalist	March 4, 1809 – March 3, 1811	11th	Redistricted from the 7th district and re-elected in 1808. Retired.
Thomas B. Cooke	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1811 – March 3, 1813	12th	Elected in 1810. [data unknown/missing]
Thomas P. Grosvenor	Federalist	March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1817	13th 14th	Redistricted from the 6th district and re-elected in 1812. Re-elected in 1814. [data unknown/missing]
Philip J. Schuyler	Federalist	March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1819	15th	Elected in 1816. Retired.
James Strong	Federalist	March 4, 1819 – March 3, 1821	16th	Elected in 1818. [data unknown/missing]
Vacant		March 4, 1821 – December 3, 1821	Elections were held in April 1821. It is unclear when results were announced or credentials issued.
Walter Patterson	Federalist	December 3, 1821 – March 3, 1823	17th	Elected in 1821. [data unknown/missing]
William W. Van Wyck	Adams-Clay Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825	18th	Redistricted from the 4th district and re-elected in 1822. [data unknown/missing]
Bartow White	Anti-Jacksonian	March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1827	19th	Elected in 1824. Retired.
Thomas J. Oakley	Jacksonian	March 4, 1827 – May 9, 1828	20th	Elected in 1826. Resigned to become judge of the Superior Court of New York City.
Vacant		May 9, 1828 – December 1, 1828
Thomas Taber II	Jacksonian	December 1, 1828 – March 3, 1829	20th	Elected only to finish Oakley's term. [data unknown/missing]
Abraham Bockee	Jacksonian	March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1831	21st	Elected in 1828. [data unknown/missing]
Edmund H. Pendleton	Anti-Jacksonian	March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1833	22nd	[data unknown/missing]
Abraham Bockee	Jacksonian	March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1837	23rd 24th	[data unknown/missing]
Obadiah Titus	Democratic	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839	25th	[data unknown/missing]
Charles Johnston	Whig	March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1841	26th	[data unknown/missing]
Richard D. Davis	Democratic	March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843	27th	[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to the 8th district.
Moses G. Leonard	Democratic	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845	28th	[data unknown/missing]
Thomas M. Woodruff	American	March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1847	29th	[data unknown/missing]
Frederick A. Tallmadge	Whig	March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849	30th	[data unknown/missing]
George Briggs	Whig	March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1853	31st 32nd	[data unknown/missing]
William M. Tweed	Democratic	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855	33rd	[data unknown/missing]
Thomas R. Whitney	American	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857	34th	[data unknown/missing]
William B. Maclay	Democratic	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1861	35th 36th	[data unknown/missing]
William Wall	Republican	March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863	37th	[data unknown/missing]
Fernando Wood	Democratic	March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1865	38th	[data unknown/missing]
Nelson Taylor	Democratic	March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1867	39th	[data unknown/missing]
John Morrissey	Democratic	March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1871	40th 41st	[data unknown/missing]
William R. Roberts	Democratic	March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1875	42nd 43rd	[data unknown/missing]
Edwin R. Meade	Democratic	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877	44th	[data unknown/missing]
Nicholas Muller	Democratic	March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1881	45th 46th	[data unknown/missing]
Benjamin Wood	Democratic	March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1883	47th	[data unknown/missing]
Nicholas Muller	Democratic	March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885	48th	[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to the 6th district.
Archibald M. Bliss	Democratic	March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1889	49th 50th	[data unknown/missing]
Thomas F. Magner	Democratic	March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1893	51st 52nd	[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to the 6th district.
John H. Graham	Democratic	March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895	53rd	[data unknown/missing]
Charles G. Bennett	Republican	March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1899	54th 55th	[data unknown/missing]
Frank E. Wilson	Democratic	March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1903	56th 57th	[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to the 4th district.
Edward M. Bassett	Democratic	March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1905	58th	[data unknown/missing]
George E. Waldo	Republican	March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1909	59th 60th	[data unknown/missing]
Richard Young	Republican	March 4, 1909 – March 3, 1911	61st	[data unknown/missing]
William Cox Redfield	Democratic	March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1913	62nd	[data unknown/missing]
James P. Maher	Democratic	March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1919	63rd 64th 65th	Redistricted from the 3rd district Redistricted to the 7th district.
John B. Johnston	Democratic	March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1921	66th	[data unknown/missing]
Ardolph L. Kline	Republican	March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1923	67th	[data unknown/missing]
Loring M. Black Jr.	Democratic	March 4, 1923 – January 3, 1935	68th 69th 70th 71st 72nd 73rd	[data unknown/missing]
Marcellus H. Evans	Democratic	January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1941	74th 75th 76th	[data unknown/missing]
James J. Heffernan	Democratic	January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1945	77th 78th	[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to the 11th district.
James A. Roe	Democratic	January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1947	79th	[data unknown/missing]
Robert T. Ross	Republican	January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1949	80th	[data unknown/missing]
T. Vincent Quinn	Democratic	January 3, 1949 – December 30, 1951	81st 82nd	[data unknown/missing]
Vacant		December 31, 1951 – February 18, 1952
Robert T. Ross	Republican	February 19, 1952 – January 3, 1953	82nd	[data unknown/missing]
Albert H. Bosch	Republican	January 3, 1953 – December 31, 1960	83rd 84th 85th 86th	[data unknown/missing]
Vacant		January 1, 1961 – January 2, 1961
Joseph P. Addabbo	Democratic	January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1963	87th	[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to the 7th district.
Frank J. Becker	Republican	January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1965	88th	Redistricted from the 3rd district.
Herbert Tenzer	Democratic	January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1969	89th 90th	[data unknown/missing]
Allard K. Lowenstein	Democratic	January 3, 1969 – January 3, 1971	91st	[data unknown/missing]
Norman F. Lent	Republican	January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1973	92nd	[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to the 4th district.
John W. Wydler	Republican	January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1981	93rd 94th 95th 96th	Redistricted from the 4th district.
Raymond J. McGrath	Republican	January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1993	97th 98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd	[data unknown/missing]
Gary Ackerman	Democratic	January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2013	103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th 111th 112th	Redistricted from the 7th district.
Gregory Meeks	Democratic	January 3, 2013 – present	113th 114th 115th 116th	Redistricted from the 6th 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 normally 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, 2010: New York District 5
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Democratic	Gary Ackerman	72,239	63.1	−7.9
	Republican	James Milano	41,493	36.2	+9.1
	Tax Revolt Party	Elizabeth Berney	798	0.7	+0.7
Majority			30,746	26.8	−17.1
Turnout			114,530	100	−27.9

US House election, 2008: New York District 5
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Democratic	Gary Ackerman	112,724	71.0	−29.0
	Republican	Elizabeth Berney	43,039	27.1	+27.1
	Conservative	Jun Policarpio	3,010	1.9	+1.9
Majority			69,685	43.9	−56.1
Turnout			158,773	100	+105.7

US House election, 2006: New York District 5
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Democratic	Gary Ackerman	77,190	100	+28.7
Majority			77,190	100	+56.6
Turnout			77,190	100	−54.0

US House election, 2004: New York District 5
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Democratic	Gary Ackerman	119,726	71.3	−21.0
	Republican	Stephen Graves	46,867	27.9	+27.9
	Independent	Gonzalo Policarpio	1,248	0.7	+0.7
Majority			72,859	43.4	−41.2
Turnout			167,841	100	+125.3

US House election, 2002: New York District 5
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Democratic	Gary Ackerman	68,773	92.3	+24.3
	Conservative	Perry S. Reich	5,718	7.7	+7.7
Majority			63,055	84.6	+46.8
Turnout			74,491	100	−63.2

US House election, 2000: New York District 5
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Democratic	Gary Ackerman	137,684	68.0	+3.0
	Republican	Edward Elkowitz	61,084	30.1	−3.0
	Right to Life	Anne T. Robinson	3,846	1.9	−0.0
Majority			76,600	37.8	+5.9
Turnout			202,614	100	+35.2

US House election, 1998: New York District 5
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Democratic	Gary Ackerman	97,404	65.0	+1.3
	Republican	David C. Pinzon	49,586	33.1	−1.9
	Right to Life	Anne T. Robinson	2,872	1.9	+0.6
Majority			47,818	31.9	+3.2
Turnout			149,862	100	−24.2

US House election, 1996: New York District 5
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Gary Ackerman	125,918	63.7
	Republican	Grant M. Lally	69,244	35.0
	Right to Life	Andrew J. Duff	2,623	1.3
Majority			56,674	28.7
Turnout			197,785	100

US House election, 1870: New York District 5[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	William R. Roberts	14,566	85.6
	Republican	James A. Briggs	2,287	13.5
	Tammany Republican	George W. Gibbons	157	0.9
Majority			12,279	72.1
Turnout			17,010	100

Historical district boundaries

2003–2013

Notes

"New York congressional districts by urban and rural population and land area". United States Census Bureau. June 8, 2017. Archived from the original on November 21, 2019. Retrieved November 21, 2019.
https://www.census.gov/mycd/?st=36&cd=05
"Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
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. 2027. Retrieved 2009-07-30.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.
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
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[1] "New York congressional districts by urban and rural population and land area". United States Census Bureau. June 8, 2017. Archived from the original on November 21, 2019. Retrieved November 21, 2019.

[2] ttps://www.census.gov/mycd/?st=36&cd=05

[Cook-3] "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.

[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. 2027. Retrieved 2009-07-30.CS1 maint: others (link)