New York's 16th congressional district

New York's 16th congressional district
New York 's 16th congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
Current Representative	Eliot Engel (D)
Distribution	% urban % rural
Ethnicity	% White % Black % Asian % Hispanic % Native American % other
Occupation	% Blue-collar % White-collar % Grey-collar
Cook PVI	D+19

New York's 16th Congressional District is a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives represented by Eliot Engel.

The 16th district includes the northern Bronx and the southern half of Westchester County, including the suburban cities of Mount Vernon, Yonkers, and Rye.

From 2003 to 2013 the district included the neighborhoods of Bedford Park, East Tremont, Fordham, Hunts Point, Melrose, Highbridge, Morrisania, Mott Haven and University Heights. Yankee Stadium, Fordham University and the Bronx Zoo were located within the district. Before redistricting, the 2010 Census found that approximately 38% of constituents in New York's 16th lived at or below the federal poverty line, the highest poverty rate of any congressional district in the nation.^[1] These neighborhoods were largely reassigned to the 15th district after redistricting. The current 16th district, while still containing impoverished areas, such as some neighborhoods of Mount Vernon, also contains affluent areas, such as in Scarsdale and Rye, resulting in a more mixed-income demography.

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%).^[2] The current 16th district is not as overwhelmingly Democratic as the previous version, but retains a healthy Democratic majority.

Voting

Election results from presidential races (current lines) Year Office Results 2008 President Obama 73 - 26% 2012 President Obama 73.7 - 25.5%

Election results from presidential races (old lines) Year Office Results 1992 President Clinton 81 - 15% 1996 President Clinton 94 - 4% 2000 President Gore 92 - 5% 2004 President Kerry 89 - 10% 2008 President Obama 95 - 5%

List of representatives

Representative	Party	Years	Electoral history	District components
District created		1803	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
John Paterson	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1805	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Uri Tracy	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1805 – March 3, 1807	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Reuben Humphrey	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1807 – March 3, 1809	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
District eliminated		March 4, 1809 – March 3, 1813	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Morris S. Miller	Federalist	March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1815	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Thomas R. Gold	Federalist	March 4, 1815 – March 3, 1817	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Henry R. Storrs	Federalist	March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1821	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Vacant		March 4 – December 3, 1821	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.	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Joseph Kirkland	Federalist	December 3, 1821 – March 3, 1823	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
John W. Cady	Adams-Clay Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]	Montgomery County
Henry Markell	Adams	March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1829	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Benedict Arnold	Anti-Jacksonian	March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1831	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Nathan Soule	Jacksonian	March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1833	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Abijah Mann, Jr.	Jacksonian	March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1837	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Arphaxed Loomis	Democratic	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Andrew W. Doig	Democratic	March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1843	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Chesselden Ellis	Democratic	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Hugh White	Whig	March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1851	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
John Wells	Whig	March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853
George A. Simmons	Whig	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
	Opposition	March 4, 1855 – May 30, 1857	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
George W. Palmer	Republican	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1861	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
William A. Wheeler	Republican	March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Orlando Kellogg	Republican	March 4, 1863 – August 24, 1865	Died	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Vacant		August 24, 1865 – December 3, 1866
Robert S. Hale	Republican	December 3, 1866 – March 3, 1867	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Orange Ferriss	Republican	March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1871	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
John Rogers	Democratic	March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1873	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
James S. Smart	Republican	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Charles H. Adams	Republican	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Terence J. Quinn	Democratic	March 4, 1877 – June 18, 1878	Died
Vacant		June 18, 1878 – November 5, 1878
John Mosher Bailey	Republican	November 5, 1878 – March 3, 1881	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Michael N. Nolan	Democratic	March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1883	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Thomas J. Van Alstyne	Democratic	March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
John H. Ketcham	Republican	March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1893	Redistricted from 13th district	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
William Ryan	Democratic	March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]	Westchester County and The Bronx[3]
Benjamin L. Fairchild	Republican	March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1897	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
William L. Ward	Republican	March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1899	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
John Q. Underhill	Democratic	March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1901	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Cornelius A. Pugsley	Democratic	March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1903	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Jacob Ruppert, Jr.	Democratic	March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1907	Redistricted from 15th district	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Francis B. Harrison	Democratic	March 4, 1907 – March 3, 1913	Redistricted to 20th district
Peter J. Dooling	Democratic	March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1919	Redistricted to 15th district	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Thomas F. Smith	Democratic	March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1921	Redistricted from 15th district	Parts of Manhattan
William Bourke Cockran	Democratic	March 4, 1921 – March 1, 1923	Died
Vacant		March 1, 1923 – November 6, 1923
John J. O'Connor	Democratic	November 6, 1923 – January 3, 1939	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
James H. Fay	Democratic	January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1941	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
William T. Pheiffer	Republican	January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1943	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
James H. Fay	Democratic	January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1945	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Ellsworth B. Buck	Republican	January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1949	Redistricted from 11th district	All of Staten Island, parts of Brooklyn
James J. Murphy	Democratic	January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1953	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.	Democratic	January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1963	Redistricted from 22nd district Redistricted to 18th district	Parts of Manhattan
John M. Murphy	Democratic	January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1973	Redistricted to 17th district	All of Staten Island, parts of Brooklyn
Elizabeth Holtzman	Democratic	January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1981	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]	Parts of Brooklyn
Chuck Schumer	Democratic	January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1983	Redistricted to 10th district
Charles B. Rangel	Democratic	January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1993	Redistricted from 19th district Redistricted to 15th district	Parts of Manhattan
José E. Serrano	Democratic	January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2013	Redistricted from 18th district Redistricted to 15th district	Parts of The Bronx
Eliot Engel	Democratic	January 3, 2013 – Present	Redistricted from 17th district	Parts of The Bronx, Westchester County

Election results

Note that 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, 2010: New York District 16

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Democratic	José E. Serrano	58,478	90.8
	Working Families	José E. Serrano	3,164	4.9
	total	José E. Serrano	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

US House election, 2008: New York District 16

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Democratic	José E. Serrano	123,312	93.7
	Working Families	José E. Serrano	3,867	2.9
	total	José E. Serrano	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

US House election, 2006: New York District 16

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Democratic	José E. Serrano	53,179	90.3
	Working Families	José E. Serrano	2,945	5.0
	total	José E. Serrano	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

US House election, 2004: New York District 16

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Democratic	José E. Serrano	106,739	91.0
	Working Families	José E. Serrano	4,899	4.2
	total	José E. Serrano	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

US House election, 2002: New York District 16

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Democratic	José E. Serrano	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

US House election, 2000: New York District 16

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Democratic	José E. Serrano	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

US House election, 1998: New York District 16

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Democratic	José E. Serrano	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

US House election, 1996: New York District 16

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Democratic	José E. Serrano	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

Historical district boundaries

2003 - 2013

See also

• List of United States congressional districts
• New York's congressional districts
• United States congressional delegations from New York

References

1. 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.
2. Swing State Project
3. Congressional Directory 1st session, 56th congress, page 75

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

• Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present
• 2006 Election Results from the New York State Board of Elections
• Federal Elections 2004: Election Results for the U.S. President, the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives from the Federal Election Commission
• 2004 House election data from the Clerk of the House of Representatives
• 2002 House election data "
• 2000 House election data "
• 1998 House election data "
• 1996 House election data "

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