New York's 5th congressional district

New York's 5th congressional district
New York 's 5th congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
Current Representative		Gregory Meeks (D–Queens)
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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 majority of the district's population is African-American.

The district includes the entire Rockaway Peninsula as well as the Queens neighborhoods of 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.

Voting

Components: past and present

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

List of representatives

Representative	Party	Years	Electoral history
Peter Silvester	Pro-Administration	March 4, 1789 – March 3, 1793
Theodorus Bailey	Anti-Administration	March 4, 1793 – March 3, 1795
	Democratic-Republican Party	March 4, 1795 – March 3, 1797
David Brooks	Federalist	March 4, 1797 – March 3, 1799
Theodorus Bailey	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1799 – March 3, 1801
Thomas Tillotson	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1801 – August 10, 1801	resigned his seat to become Secretary of State of New York before Congress met
Vacant		August 10, 1801 – December 7, 1801
Theodorus Bailey	Democratic-Republican	December 7, 1801 – March 3, 1803	Retired to run for U.S. Senate
Andrew McCord	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1805
John Blake, Jr.	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1805 – March 3, 1809
Barent Gardenier	Federalist	March 4, 1809 – March 3, 1811	Redistricted from 7th district
Thomas B. Cooke	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1811 – March 3, 1813
Thomas P. Grosvenor	Federalist	March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1817	Redistricted from 6th district
Philip J. Schuyler	Federalist	March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1819
James Strong	Federalist	March 4, 1819 – March 3, 1821
Vacant		March 4, 1821 – 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.
Walter Patterson	Federalist	December 3, 1821 – March 3, 1823
William W. Van Wyck	Adams-Clay DR	March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825	Redistricted from 4th district
Bartow White	Adams	March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1827
Thomas J. Oakley	Jacksonian	March 4, 1827 – May 9, 1828	Resigned upon appointment as 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	Elected to finish Oakley's term
Abraham Bockee	Jacksonian	March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1831
Edmund H. Pendleton	Anti-Jacksonian	March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1833
Abraham Bockee	Jacksonian	March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1837
Obadiah Titus	Democratic	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839
Charles Johnston	Whig	March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1841
Richard D. Davis	Democratic	March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843	Redistricted to 8th district
Moses G. Leonard	Democratic	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845
Thomas M. Woodruff	American	March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1847
Frederick A. Tallmadge	Whig	March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849
George Briggs	Whig	March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1853
William M. Tweed	Democratic	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855
Thomas R. Whitney	American	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857
William B. Maclay	Democratic	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1861
William Wall	Republican	March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863
Fernando Wood	Democratic	March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1865
Nelson Taylor	Democratic	March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1867
John Morrissey	Democratic	March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1871
William R. Roberts	Democratic	March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1875
Edwin R. Meade	Democratic	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877
Nicholas Muller	Democratic	March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1881
Benjamin Wood	Democratic	March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1883
Nicholas Muller	Democratic	March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885	Redistricted to 6th district
Archibald M. Bliss	Democratic	March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1889
Thomas F. Magner	Democratic	March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1893	Redistricted to 6th district
John H. Graham	Democratic	March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895
Charles G. Bennett	Republican	March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1899
Frank E. Wilson	Democratic	March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1903	Redistricted to 4th district
Edward M. Bassett	Democratic	March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1905
George E. Waldo	Republican	March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1909
Richard Young	Republican	March 4, 1909 – March 3, 1911
William Cox Redfield	Democratic	March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1913
James P. Maher	Democratic	March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1919	Redistricted from 3rd district Redistricted to 7th district
John B. Johnston	Democratic	March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1921
Ardolph L. Kline	Republican	March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1923
Loring M. Black, Jr.	Democratic	March 4, 1923 – January 3, 1935
Marcellus H. Evans	Democratic	January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1941
James J. Heffernan	Democratic	January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1945	Redistricted to 11th district
James A. Roe	Democratic	January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1947
Robert T. Ross	Republican	January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1949
T. Vincent Quinn	Democratic	January 3, 1949 – December 30, 1951
Vacant		December 31, 1951 – February 18, 1952
Robert T. Ross	Republican	February 19, 1952 – January 3, 1953
Albert H. Bosch	Republican	January 3, 1953 – December 31, 1960
Vacant		January 1, 1961 – January 2, 1961
Joseph P. Addabbo	Democratic	January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1963	Redistricted to 7th district
Frank J. Becker	Republican	January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1965	Redistricted from 3rd district
Herbert Tenzer	Democratic	January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1969
Allard K. Lowenstein	Democratic	January 3, 1969 – January 3, 1971
Norman F. Lent	Republican	January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1973	Redistricted to 4th district
John W. Wydler	Republican	January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1981	Redistricted from 4th district
Raymond J. McGrath	Republican	January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1993
Gary Ackerman	Democratic	January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2013	Redistricted from 7th district
Gregory Meeks	Democratic	January 3, 2013 – present	Redistricted from 6th 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.

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").

Historical district boundaries

2003 - 2013

See also

• List of United States congressional districts

Notes

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 "