New York's 1st congressional district
New York's 1st congressional district | ||
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Current Representative | Lee M. Zeldin (R–Shirley) | |
Distribution | 93.89% urban, 6.11% rural | |
Population (2000) | 654,360 | |
Median income | $61,884 | |
Ethnicity | 77.9[1]% White, 4.9% Black, 3.7% Asian, 12.5% Hispanic, 1% other | |
Cook PVI | R+2 |
The 1st Congressional District of New York is a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives in eastern Long Island. It includes most of Central and Eastern Suffolk County, including most of Smithtown, as well as the entirety of the towns of Brookhaven, Riverhead, Southold, Southampton, East Hampton, and Shelter Island. The district encompasses extremely wealthy enclaves such as the Hamptons, middle class suburban towns such as Selden, Centereach and Lake Grove, working-class neighborhoods such as Mastic, Shirley, and Riverhead and rural farming communities such as Mattituck and Jamesport on the North Fork. The district currently is represented by Republican Lee Zeldin. In the 2014 election, Zeldin defeated Democrat Tim Bishop, who had represented the district since 2003.
The district was a battleground, as President George W. Bush defeated challenger John Kerry by less than a percentage point in 2004, while in 2008, President Barack Obama defeated John McCain 52%–48%.
In 2012, New York underwent redistricting, and the 1st District was slightly modified.
Voting
Election results from presidential races | ||
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Year | Office | Results |
1992 | President | Bush 40–38% |
1996 | President | Clinton 51–36% |
2000 | President | Gore 52–44% |
2004 | President | Bush 49–49% |
2008 | President | Obama 52–48% |
2012 | President | Obama 50–49% |
Communities within the district
- Amagansett
- Aquebogue
- Baiting Hollow
- Bellport
- Blue Point
- Bridgehampton
- Brookhaven (hamlet)
- Calverton
- Center Moriches
- Centereach
- Cherry Grove
- Coram
- Cutchogue
- Dering Harbor
- East Hampton (village)
- East Marion
- East Moriches
- East Patchogue
- East Quogue
- East Setauket
- East Shoreham
- Eastport
- Farmingville
- Gordon Heights
- Greenport
- Hagerman
- Hampton Bays
- Hauppauge (part)
- Head of the Harbor
- Holtsville
- Jamesport
- Kings Park
- Lake Grove
- Laurel
- Manorville
- Mastic
- Mastic Beach (village)
- Mattituck
- Medford
- Middle Island
- Miller Place
- Montauk
- Mount Sinai
- Moriches
- Nesconset
- New Suffolk
- Nissequogue
- North Bellport
- North Patchogue
- Orient
- Patchogue
- Peconic
- Port Jefferson
- Port Jefferson Station
- Quiogue
- Quogue
- Ridge
- Riverhead (hamlet)
- Rocky Point
- Ronkonkoma
- Sag Harbor
- Sagaponack
- Selden
- Setauket
- Shelter Island (hamlet)
- Shelter Island Heights
- Shirley
- Shoreham
- Smithtown (hamlet)
- Sound Beach
- Southampton (village)
- Southold (hamlet)
- Speonk
- Springs
- St. James
- Stony Brook
- Terryville
- Upton
- Village of the Branch
- Wading River
- Wainscott
- Water Mill
- Westhampton
- Westhampton Beach
- Yaphank
Components: past and present
1823–1945:
1945–1963:
1963–present:
- Parts of Suffolk
List of representatives
1789–1813: one seat
Representative | Party | Years | Congress | Note | |
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Anti-Administration | March 4, 1789 – March 3, 1791 |
1 | [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] | |
Vacant | March 4, 1791 – May 1791 |
2 | Representative-elect James Townsend died May 24, 1790, before his term began. | ||
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Anti-Administration | May 1791 – March 3, 1795 |
2 (Continued) |
Elected in special election April 1791 | |
3 | |||||
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Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1795 – October 25, 1799 |
4 | Died | |
5 | |||||
6 | |||||
Vacant | October 25, 1799 – February 27, 1800 | ||||
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Democratic-Republican | February 27, 1800 – February 23, 1804 |
6 (Continued) |
Resigned | |
7 | |||||
8 | |||||
Vacant | February 23, 1804 – November 5, 1804 | ||||
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Democratic-Republican | November 5, 1804 – March 3, 1805 |
8 (Continued) |
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] | |
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Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1805 – March 3, 1807 |
9 | [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] | |
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Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1807 – March 3, 1809 |
10 | [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] | |
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Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1809 – March 3, 1813 |
11 | [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] | |
12 |
1813–1823: two seats
From 1809 to 1823, two seats were apportioned, elected at-large on a general ticket.
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Years | Seat A | Seat B | ||||||
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Representative | Party | Electoral history | Representative | Party | Electoral history | ||||
13 | March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1815 |
John Lefferts | Democratic-Republican | Elected in 1812 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
Ebenezer Sage | Democratic-Republican | Elected in 1812 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] | ||
14 | March 4, 1815 – March 3, 1817 |
Henry Crocheron | Democratic-Republican | Elected in 1814 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
George Townsend | Democratic-Republican | Elected in 1814 | ||
15 | March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1819 |
Tredwell Scudder | Democratic-Republican | Elected in 1816 Retired |
Re-elected in 1816 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] | ||||
16 | March 4, 1819 – January 14, 1820 |
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Federalist | First elected in 1818 | Vacant | Credentials had been issued for Ebenezer Sage (Dem.-Rep.), but Sage did not take or claim the seat, see United States House of Representatives elections in New York, 1818 | |||
January 14, 1820 – March 3, 1821 |
James Guyon, Jr. | Democratic-Republican | Successfully contested the election of Ebenezer Sage [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] | ||||||
17 | March 4, 1821 – December 12, 1821 |
Re-elected in 1821 Became the sole representative from the district in 1823 |
Vacant | Credentials had been issued for Peter Sharpe (Dem.-Rep.), but Sharpe did not take or claim the seat, see United States House of Representatives elections in New York, 1821 | |||||
December 12, 1821 – March 3, 1823 |
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Federalist | Successfully contested the election of Peter Sharpe [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
1823–present: one seat
Representative | Party | Years | Electoral history |
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Adams-Clay Federalist | March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825 |
Re-elected in 1822 Lost re-election. |
Adams | March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1829 | ||
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Jacksonian | March 4, 1829 – February 22, 1833 |
Died. |
Vacant | February 22, 1833 – March 4, 1833 | ||
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Jacksonian | March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1837 |
Lost re-election. |
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Democratic | March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1841 |
Retired. |
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Democratic | March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843 |
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
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Democratic | March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845 |
Retired. |
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Democratic | March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1847 |
Retired. |
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Democratic | March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849 |
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
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Whig | March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851 |
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
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Democratic | March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853 |
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
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Democratic | March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855 |
Retired. |
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Know Nothing | March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857 |
Lost re-election. |
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Democratic | March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859 |
Retired. |
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Republican | March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1861 |
Lost re-election. |
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Democratic | March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863 |
Retired. |
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Democratic | March 4, 1863 – October 24, 1864 |
Resigned |
Vacant | October 24, 1864 – December 5, 1864 | ||
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Democratic | December 5, 1864 – March 3, 1865 |
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
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Democratic | March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1869 |
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
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Democratic | March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1871 |
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
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Democratic | March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1873 |
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
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Republican | March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875 |
Retired. |
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Democratic | March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877 |
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
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Democratic | March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1881 |
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
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Democratic | March 4, 1881 – December 1, 1888 |
Resigned to become U.S. Minister to Spain. |
Vacant | December 1, 1888 – March 4, 1889 | ||
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Democratic | March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1895 |
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
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Republican | March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1897 |
Retired. |
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Republican | March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1899 |
Retired. |
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Democratic | March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1901 |
Retired. |
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Republican | March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1903 |
Lost re-election. |
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Democratic | March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1905 |
Retired. |
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Republican | March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1911 |
Lost re-election. |
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Democratic | March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1913 |
Retired. |
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Democratic | March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1915 |
Lost re-election. |
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Republican | March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1923 |
Retired. |
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Republican | March 4, 1923 – September 12, 1938 |
Died. |
Vacant | September 12, 1938 – January 3, 1939 | ||
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Republican | January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1945 |
Redistricted to the 2nd congressional district. |
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Republican | January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1947 |
Retired. |
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Republican | January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1951 |
Lost re-election. |
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Democratic | January 3, 1951 – January 3, 1953 |
Lost re-election. |
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Republican | January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1961 |
Lost re-election. |
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Democratic | January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1979 |
Retired. |
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Republican | January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1987 |
Retired. |
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Democratic | January 3, 1987 – January 3, 1995 |
Lost re-election. |
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Republican | January 3, 1995 – July 17, 1999 |
Lost renomination. |
Democratic | July 17, 1999 – January 3, 2001 | ||
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Republican | January 3, 2001 – January 3, 2003 |
Lost re-election. |
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Democratic | January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2015 |
Lost re-election. |
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Republican | January 3, 2015 – Present |
First elected in 2014. |
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").
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Republican | Michael P. Forbes (incumbent) | 116,620 | 54.7 | ||
Democratic | Nora L. Bredes | 96,496 | 45.3 | ||
Majority | 20,124 | 9.4 | |||
Turnout | 213,116 | 100 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Republican | Michael P. Forbes (incumbent) | 99,460 | 64.1 | ![]() | |
Democratic | William G. Holst | 55,630 | 35.9 | ![]() | |
Majority | 43,830 | 28.3 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 155,090 | 100 | ![]() | ||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Republican | Felix Grucci | 133,020 | 55.5 | ![]() | |
Democratic | Regina Seltzer | 97,299 | 40.6 | ![]() | |
None | Michael P. Forbes (incumbent) | 6,318 | 2.6 | ![]() | |
Green | William G. Holst | 2,967 | 1.2 | ![]() | |
Majority | 35,721 | 14.9 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 239,604 | 100 | ![]() | ||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Democratic | Timothy H. Bishop | 84,276 | 50.2 | ![]() | |
Republican | Felix Grucci (incumbent) | 81,524 | 48.6 | ![]() | |
Green | Lorna Salzman | 1,991 | 1.2 | ![]() | |
Majority | 2,752 | 1.6 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 167,791 | 100 | ![]() | ||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Democratic | Timothy H. Bishop (incumbent) | 156,354 | 56.2 | ![]() | |
Republican | William M. Manger, Jr. | 121,855 | 43.8 | ![]() | |
Majority | 34,499 | 12.4 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 278,209 | 100 | ![]() | ||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Democratic | Timothy H. Bishop (incumbent) | 104,360 | 62.2 | ![]() | |
Republican | Italo Zanzi | 63,328 | 37.8 | ![]() | |
Majority | 41,032 | 24.5 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 167,688 | 100 | ![]() | ||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Democratic | Timothy H. Bishop (incumbent) | 162,083 | 58.4 | ![]() | |
Republican | Lee M. Zeldin | 115,545 | 41.6 | ![]() | |
Majority | 46,538 | 16.8 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 277,628 | 100 | ![]() | ||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Democratic | Timothy H. Bishop (incumbent) | 98,316 | 50.2 | ![]() | |
Republican | Randy Altschuler | 97,723 | 49.8 | ![]() | |
Majority | 593 | 0.4 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 196,039 | 100 | ![]() | ||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Democratic | Timothy H. Bishop (incumbent) | 132,525 | 52.2 | ![]() | |
Republican | Randy Altschuler | 121,478 | 47.8 | ![]() | |
Majority | 11,047 | 4.3 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 254,003 | 100 | ![]() | ||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Republican | Lee Zeldin | 94,035 | 53.2 | ![]() | |
Democratic | Timothy H. Bishop (incumbent) | 78,722 | 44.6 | ![]() | |
Majority | 15,313 | 8.6 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 176,719 | 100 | ![]() | ||
Living former Members of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 1st congressional district
As of May 2015, five former members of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 1st congressional district are alive.
Representative | Term of office | Date of birth (and age) |
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William Carney | 1979–1987 | July 1, 1942 |
George J. Hochbrueckner | 1987–1995 | September 20, 1938 |
Michael Forbes | 1995–2001 | July 16, 1952 |
Felix Grucci | 2001–2003 | November 25, 1951 |
Tim Bishop | 2003–2015 | June 1, 1950 |
Historical district boundaries
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See also
- List of United States congressional districts
- New York's congressional districts
- United States congressional delegations from New York
References
- ↑ "New York Redistricting—District One". New York Redistricting. The New York Times. Retrieved 22 November 2012.
- 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.
- "House Map 2012". The New York Times. Retrieved 12 November 2012.
- Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present
- National atlas congressional maps