New York's 3rd congressional district
New York's 3rd congressional district | |
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New York 's 3rd congressional district - since January 3, 2013. | |
Current Representative | Steve Israel (D) |
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The 3rd district of New York is a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives currently represented by Steve Israel.
The district includes most of the North Shore of Long Island. It expands from northwestern Suffolk County, across northern Nassau County, and into far northeastern Queens. Long Island communities in the district include Huntington, Northport, Commack, Dix Hills, Plainview, Hicksville, Syosset, Glen Cove, Roslyn, Port Washington, and Great Neck. Queens neighborhoods in the district include Little Neck, Whitestone, Glen Oaks, and Floral Park.
From 2003-2013, the district included southwestern Suffolk County and the eastern half of Nassau County, with some parts as far west as Island Park and Long Beach. Much of this area is now the 2nd district; in effect, Israel traded district numbers with Republican Peter T. King.
Recent statewide election results
Year | Office | Results |
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1992 | President | Clinton 44–42% |
1996 | President | Clinton 53–38% |
2000 | President | Gore 52–44% |
2004 | President | Bush 52–47% |
2008 | President | Obama 54–46% |
2012 | President | Obama 51–48%[1] |
History of the district
This district historically has been centered in northeast Nassau County, but has added other areas from time to time. In the 1960s the district encompassed the northern half of Nassau County and a small corner of Queens. In the 1970s North Hempstead town was added to the 6th District and the 3rd moved into Huntington in Suffolk County and parts of southeast Nassau County. In the 1980s most of eastern Nassau was added to the 4th District, and the 3rd was composed of northwest Nassau, a narrow corridor along LI Sound, and northwest Suffolk. After the 1992 redistricting the North Shore was transferred to the new 5th District and the 3rd consisted of inland areas of northern and eastern Nassau County, and the Nassau County south shore. An even narrower corridor linked the northwest Nassau and northwest Suffolk portion of the 5th District, leaving most of Oyster Bay in the 3rd. The 2002 remap removed some areas of eastern Nassau, but added south shore towns in Suffolk County and the shore areas of northeast Nassau. In 2012, the district moved from the South Shore to the North Shore and re-entered Queens for the first time since the 1960s.
List of representatives
1789–1805: one seat
Representative | Party | Years | Electoral history |
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Egbert Benson | Pro- Administration |
March 4, 1789 – March 3, 1793 |
First elected in 1789 Re-elected in 1790 |
Philip Van Cortlandt | Anti- Administration |
March 4, 1793 – March 3, 1795 |
First elected in 1793 |
Democratic- Republican |
March 4, 1795 – March 3, 1803 |
Re-elected in 1794 Re-elected in 1796 Re-elected in 1798 Re-elected in 1800 Redistricted to the 4th district | |
Samuel L. Mitchill | Democratic- Republican |
March 4, 1803 – November 22, 1804 |
Redistricted from the 2nd district and re-elected here in 1802 Resigned when elected to the U.S. Senate |
Vacant | November 22, 1804 – February 14, 1805 | ||
George Clinton, Jr. | Democratic- Republican |
February 14, 1805 – March 3, 1805 |
Elected to finish Mitchell's term |
1805–1809: two seats on general ticket with 2nd District
Note: Gurdon S. Mumford is usually listed as member from the 2nd district, and George Clinton, Jr. from the 3rd district, because Clinton was elected to fill the vacancy caused by the election of Samuel L. Mitchill to the U.S. Senate, and Mitchill had been elected previously in the 3rd District. However, Mitchill was already re-elected at the United States House of Representatives elections in New York, 1804 on the 2nd/3rd general ticket, and both Clinton and Mumford were elected in special elections, receiving votes in both districts.
Congress | Years | Seat A | Seat B | ||||||
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Representative | Party | Electoral history | Representative | Party | Electoral history | ||||
9th | March 4, 1805 – March 3, 1807 |
Gurdon S. Mumford | Democratic- Republican |
Re-elected in 1807 The districts were separated again |
George Clinton, Jr. | Democratic- Republican |
Re-elected in 1807 The districts were separated again | ||
10th | March 4, 1807 – March 3, 1809 |
1809–1823: one seat
Representative | Party | Years | Electoral history |
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Jonathan Fisk | Democratic- Republican |
March 4, 1809 – March 3, 1811 |
Elected in 1808 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
Pierre Van Cortlandt, Jr. | Democratic- Republican |
March 4, 1811 – March 3, 1813 |
Elected in 1810 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
Peter Denoyelles | Democratic- Republican |
March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1815 |
Elected in 1812 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
Jonathan Ward | Democratic- Republican |
March 4, 1815 – March 3, 1817 |
Elected in 1814 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
Caleb Tompkins | Democratic- Republican |
March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1821 |
Elected in 1816 Re-elected in 1818 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
Vacant | March 4 – December 3, 1821 |
The 1820/21 elections were held in April 1821, after the congressional term had already begun. It is not clear when the result was announced or the credentials were issued. Retired | |
Jeremiah H. Pierson | Democratic- Republican |
December 3, 1821 – March 3, 1823 |
1823–1843: three, then four, seats
Starting in 1823, three seats were elected at-large district-wide on a general ticket. In 1833, a fourth seat was apportioned to the district, also elected district-wide at-large on the same general ticket.
1843–present
The single-seat district was restored in 1843.
Representative | Party | Years | Electoral history |
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Jonas P. Phoenix | Whig | March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845 |
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
William S. Miller | American | March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1847 |
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
Henry Nicoll | Democratic | March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849 |
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
Jonas P. Phoenix | Whig | March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851 |
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
Emanuel B. Hart | Democratic | March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853 |
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
Hiram Walbridge | Democratic | March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855 |
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
Guy R. Pelton | Opposition | March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857 |
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
Daniel Sickles | Democratic | March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1861 |
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
Benjamin Wood | Democratic | March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863 |
Redistricted to the 4th district |
Moses F. Odell | Democratic | March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1865 |
Redistricted from the 2nd district |
James Humphrey | Republican | March 4, 1865 – June 16, 1866 |
Died |
Vacant | June 16, 1866 – December 4, 1866 | ||
John W. Hunter | Democratic | December 4, 1866 – March 3, 1867 |
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
William E. Robinson | Democratic | March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1869 |
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
Henry Warner Slocum | Democratic | March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1873 |
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
Stewart L. Woodford | Republican | March 4, 1873 – July 1, 1874 |
Resigned |
Vacant | July 1, 1874 – November 3, 1874 | ||
Simeon B. Chittenden | Independent Republican | November 3, 1874 – March 3, 1877 |
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
Republican | March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1881 |
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] | |
J. Hyatt Smith | Independent | March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1883 |
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
Darwin R. James | Republican | March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1887 |
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
Stephen V. White | Republican | March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1889 |
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
William C. Wallace | Republican | March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1891 |
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
William J. Coombs | Democratic | March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893 |
Redistricted to the 4th district |
Joseph C. Hendrix | Democratic | March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895 |
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
Francis H. Wilson | Republican | March 4, 1895 – September 30, 1897 |
Resigned to become Postmaster of Brooklyn |
Vacant | September 30, 1897 – December 6, 1897 | ||
Edmund H. Driggs | Democratic | December 6, 1897 – March 3, 1901 |
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
Henry Bristow | Republican | March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1903 |
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
Charles T. Dunwell | Republican | March 3, 1903 – June 12, 1908 |
Died |
Vacant | June 12, 1908 – November 3, 1908 | ||
Otto G. Foelker | Republican | November 3, 1908 – March 3, 1911 |
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
James P. Maher | Democratic | March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1913 |
Redistricted to the 5th district |
Frank E. Wilson | Democratic | March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1915 |
Redistricted from the 4th district |
Joseph V. Flynn | Democratic | March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1919 |
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
John MacCrate | Republican | March 4, 1919 – December 30, 1920 |
Resigned to become justice to the New York Supreme Court |
Vacant | December 30, 1920 – March 4, 1921 | ||
John Kissel | Republican | March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1923 |
Lost re-election |
George W. Lindsay | Democratic | March 4, 1923 – January 3, 1935 |
Lost renomination |
Joseph L. Pfeifer | Democratic | January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1945 |
Redistricted to the 8th district |
Henry J. Latham | Republican | January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1953 |
Redistricted to the 4th district |
Frank J. Becker | Republican | January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1963 |
Redistricted to the 5th district |
Steven Derounian | Republican | January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1965 |
Redistricted from the 2nd district |
Lester L. Wolff | Democratic | January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1973 |
Redistricted to the 6th district |
Angelo D. Roncallo | Republican | January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1975 |
Lost re-election |
Jerome A. Ambro, Jr. | Democratic | January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1981 |
Lost re-election |
Gregory W. Carman | Republican | January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1983 |
Retired |
Robert J. Mrazek | Democratic | January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1993 |
Retired to run for U.S. Senate |
Peter T. King | Republican | January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2013 |
Redistricted to 2nd district |
Steve Israel | Democratic | January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2017 |
Redistricted from 2nd district |
Thomas Suozzi | Democratic | January 3, 2017 – |
Election results
In New York State there are numerous 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").
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Republican | Peter T. King | 127,972 | 55.3 | ||
Democratic | Dal LaMagna | 97,518 | 42.1 | ||
Right to Life | John J. O'Shea | 4,129 | 1.8 | ||
Liberal | John A. DePrima | 1,807 | 0.8 | ||
Majority | 30,454 | 13.2 | |||
Turnout | 231,426 | 100 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Republican | Peter T. King | 117,258 | 64.3 | +9.0 | |
Democratic | Kevin N. Langberg | 63,628 | 34.9 | -7.2 | |
Liberal | Thomas R. DiLavore | 1,497 | 0.8 | +0.0 | |
Majority | 53,630 | 29.4 | +16.2 | ||
Turnout | 182,383 | 100 | -21.2 | ||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Republican | Peter T. King | 143,126 | 59.5 | -4.8 | |
Democratic | Dal LaMagna | 95,787 | 39.8 | +4.9 | |
Liberal | Selma Olchin | 1,515 | 0.6 | -0.2 | |
Majority | 47,339 | 19.7 | -9.7 | ||
Turnout | 240,428 | 100 | +31.8 | ||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Republican | Peter T. King | 121,537 | 71.9 | +12.4 | |
Democratic | Stuart L. Finz | 46,022 | 27.2 | -12.6 | |
Liberal | Janeen DePrima | 1,513 | 0.9 | +0.3 | |
Majority | 75,515 | 44.7 | +25.0 | ||
Turnout | 169,072 | 100 | -29.7 | ||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Republican | Peter T. King | 171,259 | 63.0 | -8.9 | |
Democratic | Blair H. Mathies, Jr. | 100,737 | 37.0 | +9.8 | |
Majority | 70,522 | 25.9 | -18.8 | ||
Turnout | 271,996 | 100 | +60.9 | ||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Republican | Peter T. King | 101,787 | 56.0 | -7.0 | |
Democratic | Dave Mejias | 79,843 | 44.0 | +7.0 | |
Majority | 21,944 | 12.1 | -13.8 | ||
Turnout | 181,630 | 100 | -33.2 | ||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Republican | Peter T. King | 135,648 | 64.0 | +8.0 | |
Democratic | Graham Long | 76,918 | 36.0 | -7.0 | |
Turnout | 212,566 | 100 | -33.2 | ||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Republican | Peter T. King | 126,142 | 72.0 | +8.0 | |
Democratic | Howard Kudler | 48,963 | 28.0 | -8.0 | |
Turnout | 175,105 | 100 | -33.2 | ||
Historical district boundaries
See also
- List of United States congressional districts
- New York's congressional districts
- United States congressional delegations from New York
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
- National atlas congressional maps
Coordinates: 40°51′38″N 73°30′19″W / 40.86056°N 73.50528°W