New York's 13th congressional district

New York's 13th congressional district
	New York's 13th congressional district since January 3, 2013
	Adriano Espaillat; D–Manhattan
Area	10.25[1] sq mi (26.5 km2)
Distribution	100.00% urban; 0.00% rural;
Population (2019)	751,661[2]
Median household; income	$46,298[3]
Ethnicity	54.38% Hispanic; 29.66% Black; 6.96% other; 4.62% Asian; 4.03% White; 0.35% Native American;
Cook PVI	D+43[4]

New York's 13th congressional district is a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives located in New York City, represented by Adriano Espaillat. The district is the smallest congressional district by area in the U.S.

The 13th district comprises Upper Manhattan and parts of the West Bronx. The district includes The Bronx neighborhoods of Bedford Park, Jerome Park, Kingsbridge Heights, Norwood, and portions of Fordham, Kingsbridge, Morris Heights, and University Heights.The district includes the neighborhoods of Harlem, Inwood, Marble Hill, Spanish Harlem, Washington Heights, and portions of Morningside Heights and the Upper West Side. The Apollo Theater and Grant's Tomb are located within this district. From 2003 to 2013, the district included all of Staten Island and the neighborhoods of Bay Ridge, Bensonhurst, Dyker Heights, and Gravesend in Brooklyn. Most of the territory located within the old 13th district is now located in New York's 11th congressional district.

Recent results in statewide elections

Year	Office	Results
1992	President	Bush 48 - 39%
1996	President	Clinton 51 - 40%
2000	President	Gore 52 - 44%
2004	President	Bush 55 - 45%
2008	President	McCain 51 - 49%
2012	President	Obama 93 - 6%
2016	President	Clinton 92 - 5%

Components: past and present

The district from 2003 to 2013

Various New York districts have been numbered "13" over the years, including areas in New York City and various parts of upstate New York.

1803-1809:

Montgomery

1847-1849:

Albany

1913-1945:

Parts of Manhattan

1945-1993:

Parts of Brooklyn

1993–2013:

All of Staten Island

Parts of Brooklyn

2013–present:

Parts of Manhattan, The Bronx

List of members representing the district

Member	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history
District created March 4, 1803
Thomas Sammons	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1807	8th 9th	Redistricted from the 9th district and re-elected in 1802. Re-elected in 1804. Lost re-election.
Peter Swart	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1807 – March 3, 1809	10th	Elected in 1806. Retired.
Uri Tracy	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1809 – March 3, 1813	11th 12th	Redistricted from the 16th district and re-elected in 1808. Re-elected in 1810. [data unknown/missing]
Alexander Boyd	Federalist	March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1815	13th	Elected in 1812. Retired.
John B. Yates	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1815 – March 3, 1817	14th	Elected in 1814. Retired.
Thomas Lawyer	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1819	15th	Elected in 1816. Retired.
Harmanus Peek	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1819 – March 3, 1821	16th	Elected in 1818. Retired.
Vacant		March 4, 1821 – December 3, 1821	17th	Elections were held in April 1821. It is unclear when results were announced or credentials issued.
John Gebhard	Federalist	December 3, 1821 – March 3, 1823	17th	Elected in 1821. Retired.
Isaac Williams Jr.	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825	18th	Elected in 1822. Retired.
William G. Angel	Jacksonian[5]	March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1827	19th	Elected in 1824. Retired.
Samuel Chase	Anti-Jacksonian	March 4, 1827 – March 3, 1829	20th	Elected in 1826. Retired.
William G. Angel	Jacksonian	March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1833	21st 22nd	Elected in 1828. Retired.
Reuben Whallon	Jacksonian	March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1835	23rd	[data unknown/missing] Retired.
Dudley Farlin	Jacksonian	March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837	24th	[data unknown/missing] Retired.
John Palmer	Democratic	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839	25th	[data unknown/missing] Retired.
Augustus C. Hand	Democratic	March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1841	26th	[data unknown/missing] Lost re-election.
Thomas A. Tomlinson	Whig	March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843	27th	[data unknown/missing] Retired.
Daniel D. Barnard	Whig	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845	28th	Redistricted from the 10th district and re-elected in 1842. Lost re-election.
Bradford R. Wood	Democratic	March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1847	29th	[data unknown/missing] Lost re-election.
John I. Slingerland	Whig	March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849	30th	[data unknown/missing] Retired.
John L. Schoolcraft	Whig	March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1853	31st 32nd	[data unknown/missing] Retired.
Russell Sage	Whig	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855	33rd 34th	Changed parties. Retired.
Russell Sage	Opposition	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857	33rd 34th	Changed parties. Retired.
Abram B. Olin	Republican	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1863	35th 36th 37th	[data unknown/missing] Retired.
John B. Steele	Democratic	March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1865	38th	Redistricted from the 11th district. Lost renomination.
Edwin N. Hubbell	Democratic	March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1867	39th	[data unknown/missing] Lost re-election.
Thomas Cornell	Republican	March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1869	40th	[data unknown/missing] Lost re-election.
John A. Griswold	Democratic	March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1871	41st	[data unknown/missing] Retired.
Joseph H. Tuthill	Democratic	March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1873	42nd	[data unknown/missing] Retired.
John O. Whitehouse	Democratic	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1877	43rd 44th	[data unknown/missing] Retired.
John H. Ketcham	Republican	March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1885	45th 46th 47th 48th	[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to the 16th district.
Egbert L. Viele	Democratic	March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1887	49th	[data unknown/missing] Lost re-election.
Ashbel P. Fitch	Republican	March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1889	50th 51st 52nd	Changed party over disagreement with 1888 Republican platform.
Ashbel P. Fitch	Democratic	March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1893	50th 51st 52nd	[data unknown/missing] Retired to run for Comptroller of New York City.
John De Witt Warner	Democratic	March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895	53rd	Redistricted from the 12th district. [data unknown/missing]
Richard C. Shannon	Republican	March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1899	54th 55th	[data unknown/missing] Retired.
Jefferson M. Levy	Democratic	March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1901	56th	[data unknown/missing] Retired.
Oliver Belmont	Democratic	March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1903	57th	Elected in 1900. Retired.
Francis B. Harrison	Democratic	March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1905	58th	Elected in 1902. Retired to run for Lieutenant Governor of New York.
Herbert Parsons	Republican	March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1911	59th 60th 61st	Elected in 1904. Re-elected in 1906. Re-elected in 1908. Lost re-election.
Jefferson M. Levy	Democratic	March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1913	62nd	Elected in 1910. Redistricted to the 14th district.
Timothy Sullivan	Democratic	March 4, 1913 – August 31, 1913	63rd	Elected in 1912 but never took seat due to ill health. Died.
Vacant		August 31, 1913 – November 4, 1913	63rd
George W. Loft	Democratic	November 4, 1913 – March 3, 1917	63rd 64th	Elected to finish Sullivan's term. Re-elected in 1914. Retired.
Christopher D. Sullivan	Democratic	March 4, 1917 – January 3, 1941	65th 66th 67th 68th 69th 70th 71st 72nd 73rd 74th 75th 76th	Elected in 1916. Re-elected in 1918. Re-elected in 1920. Re-elected in 1922. 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. Re-elected in 1938. Retired.
Louis Capozzoli	Democratic	January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1945	77th 78th	Elected in 1940. Re-elected in 1942. Retired.
Donald L. O'Toole	Democratic	January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1953	79th 80th 81st 82nd	Redistricted from the 8th district and re-elected in 1944. Re-elected in 1946. Re-elected in 1948. Re-elected in 1950. Lost re-election.
Abraham J. Multer	Democratic	January 3, 1953 – December 31, 1967	83rd 84th 85th 86th 87th 88th 89th 90th	Redistricted from the 14th district and re-elected in 1952. Re-elected in 1954. Re-elected in 1956. Re-elected in 1958. Re-elected in 1960. Re-elected in 1962. Re-elected in 1964. Re-elected in 1966. Resigned to become a Justice on the New York Supreme Court.
Vacant		January 1, 1968 – February 19, 1968	90th
Bertram L. Podell	Democratic	February 20, 1968 – January 3, 1975	90th 91st 92nd 93rd	Elected to finish Multer's term. Re-elected in 1968. Re-elected in 1970. Re-elected in 1972. Lost renomination.
Stephen Solarz	Democratic	January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1993	94th 95th 96th 97th 98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd	Elected in 1974. Re-elected in 1976. Re-elected in 1978. Re-elected in 1980. Re-elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1984. Re-elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1988. Re-elected in 1990. Redistricted to the 12th district and lost renomination.
Susan Molinari	Republican	January 3, 1993 – August 2, 1997	103rd 104th 105th	Redistricted from the 14th district and re-elected in 1992. Re-elected in 1994. Re-elected in 1996. Resigned to become a television journalist.
Vacant		August 3, 1997 – November 3, 1997	105th
Vito Fossella	Republican	November 4, 1997 – January 3, 2009	105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th	Elected to finish Molinari's term. Re-elected in 1998. Re-elected in 2000. Re-elected in 2002. Re-elected in 2004. Re-elected in 2006. Retired.
Michael McMahon	Democratic	January 3, 2009 – January 3, 2011	111th	Elected in 2008. Lost re-election.
Michael Grimm	Republican	January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2013	112th	Elected in 2010. Redistricted to the 11th district.
Charles Rangel	Democratic	January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2017	113th 114th	Redistricted from the 15th district and re-elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Retired.
Adriano Espaillat	Democratic	January 3, 2017 – Present	115th 116th 117th	Elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020.

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").

US House election, 1996: New York District 13
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Susan Molinari	94,660	61.6
	Democratic	Tyrone G. Butler	53,376	34.7
	Right to Life	Kathleen Marciano	3,396	2.2
	Independence	Anita Lerman	2,337	1.5
Majority			41,284	26.8
Turnout			153,769	100

Special Election 1997: New York District 13
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Vito Fossella	79,838	61.3	-0.3
	Democratic	Eric Vitaliano	50,373	38.7	+4.0
Majority			29,465	22.6	-4.2
Turnout			130,211	100	-15.3

US House election, 1998: New York District 13
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Vito Fossella	76,138	64.8	+3.5
	Democratic	Eugene V. Prisco	40,167	34.2	-4.5
	Independence	Anita Lerman	1,245	1.1	+1.1
Majority			35,971	30.6	+8.0
Turnout			117,550	100	-9.7

US House election, 2000: New York District 13
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Vito Fossella	109,806	64.6	-0.2
	Democratic	Katina M. Johnstone	57,603	33.9	-0.3
	Independence	Anita Lerman	2,653	1.6	+0.5
Majority			52,203	30.7	+0.1
Turnout			170,062	100	+44.7

US House election, 2002: New York District 13
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Vito Fossella	72,204	69.6	+5.0
	Democratic	Arne M. Mattsson	29,366	28.3	-5.6
	Independence	Anita Lerman	1,427	1.4	-0.2
	Green	Henry J. Bardel	696	0.7	+0.7
Majority			42,838	41.3	+10.6
Turnout			103,693	100	-39.0

US House election, 2004: New York District 13
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Vito Fossella	112,934	59.0	-10.6
	Democratic	Frank J. Barbaro	78,500	41.0	+12.7
Majority			34,434	18.0	-23.3
Turnout			191,434	100	+84.6

US House election, 2006: New York District 13
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Vito Fossella	59,334	56.8	-2.2
	Democratic	Stephen A. Harrison	45,131	43.2	+2.2
Majority			14,203	13.6	-4.4
Turnout			104,465	100	-45.4

US House election, 2008: New York District 13
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Michael McMahon	114,219	60.9	+17.7
	Republican	Robert Straniere	62,441	33.3	-23.5
	Conservative	Timothy Cochrane	5,799	3.1	+3.1
	Independence	Carmine Morano	4,947	2.6	+2.6
Majority			51778	27.6	14.0
Turnout			187,406	100	+79.4

US House election, 2010: New York District 13
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Michael Grimm	65,024	51.3	+18.0
	Democratic	Michael McMahon	60,773	48.0	-12.9
	Libertarian	Tom Vendittelli	929	0.7	+0.7
Majority			4251	3.3	-24.3
Turnout			126,726	100	-32.4

US House election, 2018: New York District 13
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Adriano Espaillat	180,035	94.6
	Republican	Jineea Butler	10,268	5.4
Majority			169,767	89.2
Turnout			190,303

US House election, 2020: New York District 13
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Adriano Espaillat	202,916	79.6
	Working Families	Adriano Espaillat	28,925	11.3
	Total	Adriano Espaillat (incumbent)	231,841	90.9
	Republican	Lovelynn Gwinn	19,829	7.8
	Conservative	Christopher Morris-Perry	3,295	1.3
Total votes			254,965	100.0
	Democratic hold

Notes

"New York - Congressional District 13" (PDF). census.gov. United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
"New York congressional districts by urban and rural population and land area". United States Census Bureau. June 8, 2017. Archived from the original on November 21, 2019. Retrieved November 21, 2019.
https://www.census.gov/mycd/?st=36&cd=13
"Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
The Bench and Bar of New-York by Lucien Brock Proctor (1870; page 743) [says he was a Jacksonian from the beginning]

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
1996 House election data Clerk of the House of Representatives
1998 House election data Clerk of the House of Representatives
2000 House election data Clerk of the House of Representatives
2002 House election data Clerk of the House of Representatives
2004 House election data Clerk of the House of Representatives
2006 New York Election Results The New York Times
2008 New York Rep.in Congress Returns, New York State Board of Elections
Election Results 2010 The New York Times

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[1] "New York - Congressional District 13" (PDF). census.gov. United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 4 November 2020.

[2] "New York congressional districts by urban and rural population and land area". United States Census Bureau. June 8, 2017. Archived from the original on November 21, 2019. Retrieved November 21, 2019.

[3] ttps://www.census.gov/mycd/?st=36&cd=13

[Cook-4] "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.

[5] The Bench and Bar of New-York by Lucien Brock Proctor (1870; page 743) [says he was a Jacksonian from the beginning]