New York's 16th congressional district

New York's 16th congressional district
Map
Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023
Representative
  Jamaal Bowman
DYonkers
Distribution
  • 100% urban
  • 0% rural
Population (2022)756,711
Median household
income
$96,051
Ethnicity
Cook PVID+20

New York's 16th congressional district is a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives represented by Jamaal Bowman.

The 16th district includes a small portion of the northern Bronx (specifically the neighborhood of Wakefield) and the southern half of Westchester County, including the suburban cities of White Plains, Mount Vernon, Yonkers, New Rochelle, and Rye.

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%). The current configuration of the 16th district is strongly Democratic, though it is not as overwhelmingly Democratic as other districts in the city.

History

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. These neighborhoods were largely reassigned to the 15th district after redistricting, while the current 16th comprises most of the territory that had previously been the 17th District. 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.

Recent statewide election results

Year Office Results
1992 President B. Clinton 81–15%
1996 President B. Clinton 94–4%
2000 President Gore 92–5%
2004 President Kerry 89–10%
2008 President Obama 95–5%
2012 President Obama 73–25%
2016 President H. Clinton 75–22%
2020 President Biden 75–23%

List of members representing the district

Representative Party Years Cong
ress
Electoral history Location
District established March 4, 1803

John Paterson
(Lisle)
Democratic-Republican March 4, 1803 –
March 3, 1805
8th Elected in 1802.
Retired.
1803–1809
[data missing]
Uri Tracy
(Oxford)
Democratic-Republican March 4, 1805 –
March 3, 1807
9th Re-elected in 1804.
Lost re-election.

Reuben Humphrey
(Marcellus)
Democratic-Republican March 4, 1807 –
March 3, 1809
10th Elected in 1806.
[data missing]
District inactive March 4, 1809 –
March 3, 1813
11th
12th

Morris S. Miller
(Utica)
Federalist March 4, 1813 –
March 3, 1815
13th Elected in 1812.
[data missing]
1813–1823
Oneida County and the ex-Oneida part of Oswego County

Thomas R. Gold
(Whitestown)
Federalist March 4, 1815 –
March 3, 1817
14th Elected in 1814.
[data missing]
Henry R. Storrs
(Whitestown)
Federalist March 4, 1817 –
March 3, 1821
15th
16th
Elected in 1816.
Re-elected in 1818.
Lost renomination.
Vacant March 4, 1821 –
December 3, 1821
17th Elections were held in April 1821. It is unclear when results were announced or credentials issued.

Joseph Kirkland
(Utica)
Federalist December 3, 1821 –
March 3, 1823
Elected in 1821.
[data missing]
John W. Cady
(Johnstown)
Adams-Clay
Democratic-Republican
March 4, 1823 –
March 3, 1825
18th Elected in 1822.
[data missing]
1823–1833
Montgomery County
Henry Markell
(Palatine)
Anti-Jacksonian March 4, 1825 –
March 3, 1829
19th
20th
Elected in 1824.
Re-elected in 1826.
[data missing]
Benedict Arnold
(Amsterdam)
Anti-Jacksonian March 4, 1829 –
March 3, 1831
21st Elected in 1828.
[data missing]
Nathan Soule
(Fort Plain)
Jacksonian March 4, 1831 –
March 3, 1833
22nd Elected in 1830.
[data missing]
Abijah Mann Jr.
(Fairfield)
Jacksonian March 4, 1833 –
March 3, 1837
23rd
24th
Elected in 1832.
Re-elected in 1834.
[data missing]
1833–1843
[data missing]

Arphaxed Loomis
(Little Falls)
Democratic March 4, 1837 –
March 3, 1839
25th Elected in 1836.
[data missing]
Andrew W. Doig
(Lowville)
Democratic March 4, 1839 –
March 3, 1843
26th
27th
Elected in 1838.
Re-elected in 1840.
[data missing]
Chesselden Ellis
(Waterford)
Democratic March 4, 1843 –
March 3, 1845
28th Elected in 1842.
[data missing]
1843–1853
[data missing]

Hugh White
(Cohoes)
Whig March 4, 1845 –
March 3, 1851
29th
30th
31st
Elected in 1844.
Re-elected in 1846.
Re-elected in 1848.
[data missing]
John Wells
(Johnstown)
Whig March 4, 1851 –
March 3, 1853
32nd Elected in 1850.
[data missing]
George A. Simmons
(Keeseville)
Whig March 4, 1853 –
March 3, 1855
33rd
34th
Elected in 1852.
[data missing]
1853–1863
[data missing]
Opposition March 4, 1855 –
May 30, 1857
Re-elected in 1854.
[data missing]

George W. Palmer
(Plattsburg)
Republican March 4, 1857 –
March 3, 1861
35th
36th
Elected in 1856.
Re-elected in 1858.
[data missing]

William A. Wheeler
(Malone)
Republican March 4, 1861 –
March 3, 1863
37th Elected in 1860.
[data missing]

Orlando Kellogg
(Elizabethtown)
Republican March 4, 1863 –
August 24, 1865
38th
39th
Elected in 1862.
Re-elected in 1864.
Died.
1863–1873
[data missing]
Vacant August 24, 1865 –
December 3, 1866
39th

Robert S. Hale
(Elizabethtown)
Republican December 3, 1866 –
March 3, 1867
Elected to finish Kellogg's term.
[data missing]

Orange Ferriss
(Glens Falls)
Republican March 4, 1867 –
March 3, 1871
40th
41st
Elected in 1866.
Re-elected in 1868.
[data missing]
John Rogers
(Black Brook)
Democratic March 4, 1871 –
March 3, 1873
42nd Elected in 1870.
[data missing]
James S. Smart
(Cambridge)
Republican March 4, 1873 –
March 3, 1875
43rd Elected in 1872.
[data missing]
1873–1883
[data missing]

Charles H. Adams
(Cohoes)
Republican March 4, 1875 –
March 3, 1877
44th Elected in 1874.
[data missing]

Terence J. Quinn
(Albany)
Democratic March 4, 1877 –
June 18, 1878
45th Elected in 1876.
Died.
Vacant June 18, 1878 –
November 5, 1878

John Mosher Bailey
(Albany)
Republican November 5, 1878 –
March 3, 1881
45th
46th
Elected to finish Quinn's term.
Also elected the same day in 1878 to the next term.
[data missing]

Michael N. Nolan
(Albany)
Democratic March 4, 1881 –
March 3, 1883
47th Elected in 1880.
[data missing]

Thomas J. Van Alstyne
(Albany)
Democratic March 4, 1883 –
March 3, 1885
48th Elected in 1882.
[data missing]
1883–1893
[data missing]

John H. Ketcham
(Dover Plains)
Republican March 4, 1885 –
March 3, 1893
49th
50th
51st
52nd
Redistricted from the 13th district and re-elected in 1884.
Re-elected in 1886.
Re-elected in 1888.
Re-elected in 1890.
[data missing]

William Ryan
(Port Chester)
Democratic March 4, 1893 –
March 3, 1895
53rd Elected in 1892.
[data missing]
1893–1903
[data missing]

Benjamin L. Fairchild
(Pelham Heights)
Republican March 4, 1895 –
March 3, 1897
54th Elected in 1894.
[data missing]

William L. Ward
(Port Chester)
Republican March 4, 1897 –
March 3, 1899
55th Elected in 1896.
[data missing]

John Q. Underhill
(New Rochelle)
Democratic March 4, 1899 –
March 3, 1901
56th Elected in 1898.
[data missing]

Cornelius A. Pugsley
(Peekskill)
Democratic March 4, 1901 –
March 3, 1903
57th Elected in 1900.
[data missing]

Jacob Ruppert
(New York)
Democratic March 4, 1903 –
March 3, 1907
58th
59th
Redistricted from the 15th district and re-elected in 1902.
Re-elected in 1904.
[data missing]
1903–1913
[data missing]

Francis B. Harrison
(New York)
Democratic March 4, 1907 –
March 3, 1913
60th
61st
62nd
Elected in 1906.
Re-elected in 1908.
Re-elected in 1910.
Redistricted to the 20th district.

Peter J. Dooling
(New York)
Democratic March 4, 1913 –
March 3, 1919
63rd
64th
65th
Elected in 1912.
Re-elected in 1914.
Re-elected in 1916
Redistricted to the 15th district.
1913–1933
[data missing]

Thomas F. Smith
(New York)
Democratic March 4, 1919 –
March 3, 1921
66th Redistricted from the 15th district and re-elected in 1918.
[data missing]

William Bourke Cockran
(New York)
Democratic March 4, 1921 –
March 1, 1923
67th Elected in 1920.
Re-elected in 1922 but died before the next term began.
Vacant March 1, 1923 –
November 6, 1923
67th
68th

John J. O'Connor
(New York)
Democratic November 6, 1923 –
January 3, 1939
68th
69th
70th
71st
72nd
73rd
74th
75th
Elected to finish Cockran's term.
Re-elected in 1924.
Re-elected in 1926.
Re-elected in 1928.
Re-elected in 1930.
Re-elected in 1932.
Re-elected in 1934.
Re-elected in 1936.
[data missing]
1933–1943
[data missing]

James H. Fay
(New York)
Democratic January 3, 1939 –
January 3, 1941
76th Elected in 1938.
[data missing]

William T. Pheiffer
(New York)
Republican January 3, 1941 –
January 3, 1943
77th Elected in 1940.
[data missing]

James H. Fay
(New York)
Democratic January 3, 1943 –
January 3, 1945
78th Elected in 1942.
[data missing]
1943–1953
[data missing]

Ellsworth B. Buck
(Staten Island)
Republican January 3, 1945 –
January 3, 1949
79th
80th
Redistricted from the 11th district and re-elected in 1944.
Re-elected in 1946.
[data missing]

James J. Murphy
(Staten Island)
Democratic January 3, 1949 –
January 3, 1953
81st
82nd
Elected in 1948.
Re-elected in 1950.
[data missing]

Adam Clayton Powell Jr.
(New York)
Democratic January 3, 1953 –
January 3, 1963
83rd
84th
85th
86th
87th
Redistricted from the 22nd district and re-elected in 1952.
Re-elected in 1954.
Re-elected in 1956.
Re-elected in 1958.
Re-elected in 1960.
Redistricted to the 18th district.
1953–1963
[data missing]

John M. Murphy
(Staten Island)
Democratic January 3, 1963 –
January 3, 1973
88th
89th
90th
91st
92nd
Elected in 1962.
Re-elected in 1964.
Re-elected in 1966.
Re-elected in 1968.
Re-elected in 1970.
Redistricted to the 17th district.
1963–1973
[data missing]

Elizabeth Holtzman
(Brooklyn)
Democratic January 3, 1973 –
January 3, 1981
93rd
94th
95th
96th
Elected in 1972.
Re-elected in 1974.
Re-elected in 1976.
Re-elected in 1978.
Retired to run for U.S. Senator.
1973–1983
[data missing]

Chuck Schumer
(Brooklyn)
Democratic January 3, 1981 –
January 3, 1983
97th Elected in 1980.
Redistricted to the 10th district.

Charles Rangel
(New York)
Democratic January 3, 1983 –
January 3, 1993
98th
99th
100th
101st
102nd
Redistricted from the 19th district and re-elected in 1982.
Re-elected in 1984.
Re-elected in 1986.
Re-elected in 1988.
Re-elected in 1990.
Redistricted to the 15th district.
1983–1993
[data missing]

José E. Serrano
(The Bronx)
Democratic January 3, 1993 –
January 3, 2013
103rd
104th
105th
106th
107th
108th
109th
110th
111th
112th
Redistricted from the 18th district and re-elected in 1992.
Re-elected in 1994.
Re-elected in 1996.
Re-elected in 1998.
Re-elected in 2000.
Re-elected in 2002.
Re-elected in 2004.
Re-elected in 2006.
Re-elected in 2008.
Re-elected in 2010.
Redistricted to the 15th district.
1993–2003
[data missing]
2003–2013
Parts of the Bronx and Queens

Eliot Engel
(The Bronx)
Democratic January 3, 2013 –
January 3, 2021
113th
114th
115th
116th
Redistricted from the 17th district and re-elected in 2012.
Re-elected in 2014.
Re-elected in 2016.
Re-elected in 2018.
Lost renomination.
2013–2023
Parts of the Bronx and Westchester County

Jamaal Bowman
(Yonkers)
Democratic January 3, 2021 –
present
117th
118th
Elected in 2020.
Re-elected in 2022.
2023–present
Parts of the Bronx and Westchester County

Recent election results

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").

1996 election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic José E. Serrano (incumbent) 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%
1998 election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic José E. Serrano (incumbent) 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%
2000 election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic José E. Serrano (incumbent) 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%
2002 election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic José E. Serrano (incumbent) 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%
2004 election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic José E. Serrano 106,739 91.0%
Working Families José E. Serrano 4,899 4.2%
total José E. Serrano (incumbent) 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%
2006 election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic José E. Serrano 53,179 90.3%
Working Families José E. Serrano 2,945 5.0%
total José E. Serrano (incumbent) 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%
2008 election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic José E. Serrano 123,312 93.7%
Working Families José E. Serrano 3,867 2.9%
total José E. Serrano (incumbent) 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%
2010 election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic José E. Serrano 58,478 90.8%
Working Families José E. Serrano 3,164 4.9%
total José E. Serrano (incumbent) 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%
2018 New York District 16 primary
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Eliot Engel (Incumbent) 22,160 73.7 −26.7
Democratic Jonathan Lewis 4,866 16.2 New
Democratic Joyce Briscoe 1,772 5.9 New
Democratic Derickson Lawrence 1,280 4.3 New
Majority 30,078 57.5 −26.7
2018 general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Eliot Engel (Incumbent) 182,044 100.0 +5.7
Majority 182,044 100.0 +5.7
2020 Democratic primary
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Jamaal Bowman 49,367 55.4
Democratic Eliot Engel (Incumbent) 36,149 40.6
Democratic Chris Fink 1,625 1.8
Democratic Sammy Ravelo 1,139 1.3
Democratic Andom Ghebreghiorgis (withdrawn) 761 0.9
2020 general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jamaal Bowman 218,471 84.2
Conservative Patrick McManus 41,085 15.8
Total votes 259,556 100.0
Democratic hold

See also

40°56′23″N 73°47′28″W / 40.93972°N 73.79111°W / 40.93972; -73.79111


This page was last updated at 2023-12-07 14:25 UTC. Update now. View original page.

All our content comes from Wikipedia and under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License.


Top

If mathematical, chemical, physical and other formulas are not displayed correctly on this page, please useFirefox or Safari