New York's 17th congressional district
New York's 17th congressional district is a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives located in Southern New York. It includes all of Rockland County, and portions of central and northwestern Westchester County, including the village of Port Chester, the city of White Plains, and the Tappan Zee Bridge.
New York's 17th congressional district | |||
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New York's 17th congressional district since January 3, 2013 | |||
Representative |
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Distribution |
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Population (2019) | 737,355 | ||
Median household income | $108,449[1] | ||
Ethnicity |
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Cook PVI | D+7[2] |
In the current 117th United States Congress the district is represented by Democrat Mondaire Jones. Jones won the 2020 United States House of Representatives election for the district and replaced the now former Congresswoman Nita Lowey (D), who decided not to run for re-election.[3]
From 2003-2013, the 17th district encompassed portions of the Bronx, Westchester County, and Rockland County. It included the neighborhoods of Norwood, Riverdale, Wakefield, Williamsbridge, and Woodlawn in the Bronx; the city of Mount Vernon and parts of Yonkers in Westchester; and Monsey, Nanuet, Pearl River, Orangetown, Sparkill, Spring Valley, Haverstraw, and Suffern in Rockland County.
Election results from presidential races
Year | Office | Results |
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1992 | President | Clinton 75 - 19% |
1996 | President | Clinton 85 - 11% |
2000 | President | Gore 69 - 27% |
2004 | President | Kerry 67 - 33% |
2008 | President | Obama 72 - 28% |
2012 | President | Obama 57.1 - 41.9% |
2016 | President | Clinton 52.8 - 39.4% |
Components: past and present
2013–present: map
- All of Rockland
- Part of Westchester
2003–2013:
- Parts of Bronx, Rockland, Westchester.
1993–2003:
- Parts of Bronx, Westchester.
1983–1993:
1973–1983:
- All of Staten Island.
- Parts of Manhattan.
1913–1973:
- Parts of Manhattan.
1843–1853:
Various New York districts have been numbered "17" over the years, including areas in New York City and various parts of upstate New York.
List of members representing the district
The District was historically the East Side Manhattan district (known as the "silk stocking district" for the wealth of its constituents). In the 1970s it was a Staten Island seat. It became the west side Manhattan seat in the 1980s. It became a Bronx-based seat in the 1992 remap and was shifted north into Rockland county in 2002 to absorb terrain from the deconstruction of the old 20th District.
Previously the 19th District covered much of the Bronx portion of the seat in the 1980s; while in the 1970s the 23rd District covered most of this area.
1803–1833: One seat
Representative | Party | Years | Cong ress |
Electoral history | Location |
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District created March 4, 1803 | |||||
Oliver Phelps |
Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1805 |
8th | Elected in 1802. [data unknown/missing] |
1803–1813 [data unknown/missing] |
Silas Halsey |
Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1805 – March 3, 1807 |
9th | Elected in 1804. Lost re-election. | |
John Harris | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1807 – March 3, 1809 |
10th | Elected in 1806. Lost re-election. | |
District not in use | March 4, 1809 – March 3, 1813 |
11th 12th |
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William S. Smith |
Federalist | March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1815 |
13th | Elected in 1812. Re-elected in 1814 but did not take or claim the seat. |
1813–1823 Herkimer County, except the Town of Danube; and Madison County. |
Vacant | March 4, 1815 – December 13, 1815 |
14th | |||
Westel Willoughby Jr. |
Democratic-Republican | December 13, 1815 – March 3, 1817 |
Successfully contested Smith's election. [data unknown/missing] | ||
Thomas H. Hubbard |
Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1819 |
15th | Elected in 1816. [data unknown/missing] | |
Aaron Hackley Jr. | Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1819 – March 3, 1821 |
16th | Elected in 1818. [data unknown/missing] | |
Vacant | March 4, 1821 – December 3, 1821 |
17th | Elections were held in April 1821. It is unclear when results were announced or credentials issued. | ||
Thomas H. Hubbard |
Democratic-Republican | December 3, 1821 – March 3, 1823 |
Elected in 1821. [data unknown/missing] | ||
John W. Taylor |
Democratic-Republican | March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825 |
18th 19th 20th 21st 22nd |
Redistricted from 11th district and re-elected in 1822. Lost re-election. |
Saratoga County |
Anti-Jacksonian | March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1833 |
1833–1843: Two seats
From 1833 to 1843, two seats were apportioned to the 17th district, elected at-large on a general ticket.
Seat A
Representative | Party | Years | Cong ress |
Electoral history |
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Samuel Beardsley |
Jacksonian | March 4, 1833 – March 29, 1836 |
23rd 24th |
Redistricted from 14th district. Resigned to become circuit judge. |
Vacant | March 29, 1836 – November 9, 1836 |
24th | [data unknown/missing] | |
Rutger B. Miller | Jacksonian | November 9, 1836 – March 3, 1837 |
Elected to finish Beardsley's term. [data unknown/missing] | |
Henry A. Foster |
Democratic | March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839 |
25th | [data unknown/missing] |
David P. Brewster | Democratic | March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1843 |
26th 27th |
[data unknown/missing] |
Seat B
Representative | Party | Years | Cong ress |
Electoral history |
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Joel Turrill |
Jacksonian | March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1837 |
23rd 24th |
[data unknown/missing] |
Abraham P. Grant |
Democratic | March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839 |
25th | [data unknown/missing] |
John G. Floyd |
Democratic | March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1843 |
26th 27th |
[data unknown/missing] |
1843–present: One seat
Representative | Party | Years | Cong ress |
Electoral history |
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Charles S. Benton |
Democratic | March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1847 |
28th 29th |
[data unknown/missing] |
George Petrie | Independent Democrat | March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849 |
30th | [data unknown/missing] |
Henry P. Alexander | Whig | March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851 |
31st | [data unknown/missing] |
Alexander H. Buell |
Democratic | March 4, 1851 – January 29, 1853 |
32nd | Died |
Vacant | January 29, 1853 – March 3, 1853 |
[data unknown/missing] | ||
Bishop Perkins |
Democratic | March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855 |
33rd | [data unknown/missing] |
Francis E. Spinner |
Democratic | March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857 |
34th 35th 36th |
[data unknown/missing] |
Republican | March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1861 |
[data unknown/missing] | ||
Socrates N. Sherman |
Republican | March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863 |
37th | [data unknown/missing] |
Calvin T. Hulburd |
Republican | March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1869 |
38th 39th 40th |
[data unknown/missing] |
William A. Wheeler |
Republican | March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1873 |
41st 42nd |
[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to 18th district |
Robert S. Hale |
Republican | March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875 |
43rd | [data unknown/missing] |
Martin I. Townsend |
Republican | March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1879 |
44th 45th |
[data unknown/missing] |
Walter A. Wood |
Republican | March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1883 |
46th 47th |
[data unknown/missing] |
Henry G. Burleigh |
Republican | March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885 |
48th | [data unknown/missing] Redistricted to 18th district |
James G. Lindsley |
Republican | March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1887 |
49th | [data unknown/missing] |
Stephen T. Hopkins |
Republican | March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1889 |
50th | [data unknown/missing] |
Charles J. Knapp |
Republican | March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1891 |
51st | [data unknown/missing] |
Isaac N. Cox |
Democratic | March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893 |
52nd | [data unknown/missing] |
Francis Marvin |
Republican | March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895 |
53rd | [data unknown/missing] |
Benjamin B. Odell Jr. |
Republican | March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1899 |
54th 55th |
[data unknown/missing] |
Arthur S. Tompkins |
Republican | March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1903 |
56th 57th |
[data unknown/missing] |
Francis E. Shober |
Democratic | March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1905 |
58th | [data unknown/missing] |
William S. Bennet |
Republican | March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1911 |
59th 60th 61st |
[data unknown/missing] |
Henry George Jr. |
Democratic | March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1913 |
62nd | [data unknown/missing] Redistricted to 21st district |
John F. Carew |
Democratic | March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1919 |
63rd 64th 65th |
[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to 18th district |
Herbert Pell |
Democratic | March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1921 |
66th | [data unknown/missing] |
Ogden L. Mills |
Republican | March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1927 |
67th 68th 69th |
[data unknown/missing] |
William W. Cohen |
Democratic | March 4, 1927 – March 3, 1929 |
70th | [data unknown/missing] |
Ruth B. Pratt |
Republican | March 4, 1929 – March 3, 1933 |
71st 72nd |
[data unknown/missing] |
Theodore A. Peyser |
Democratic | March 4, 1933 – August 8, 1937 |
73rd 74th 75th |
Died |
Vacant | August 8, 1937 – November 2, 1937 |
75th | [data unknown/missing] | |
Bruce F. Barton |
Republican | November 2, 1937 – January 3, 1941 |
75th 76th |
Elected to finish Peyser's term. [data unknown/missing] |
Kenneth F. Simpson |
Republican | January 3, 1941 – January 25, 1941 |
77th | Died |
Vacant | January 29, 1941 – March 11, 1941 |
[data unknown/missing] | ||
Joseph C. Baldwin |
Republican | March 11, 1941 – January 3, 1947 |
77th 78th 79th |
Elected to finish Simpson's term. [data unknown/missing] |
Frederic R. Coudert Jr. |
Republican | January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1959 |
80th 81st 82nd 83rd 84th 85th |
[data unknown/missing] |
John V. Lindsay |
Republican | January 3, 1959 – December 31, 1965 |
86th 87th 88th 89th |
resigned after being elected as Mayor of New York City |
Vacant | January 1, 1966 – February 7, 1966 |
89th | [data unknown/missing] | |
Theodore R. Kupferman |
Republican | February 8, 1966 – January 3, 1969 |
89th 90th |
Elected to finish Lindsay's term. [data unknown/missing] |
Ed Koch |
Democratic | January 3, 1969 – January 3, 1973 |
91st 92nd |
[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to 18th district |
John M. Murphy |
Democratic | January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1981 |
93rd 94th 95th 96th |
redistricted from 16th district |
Guy Molinari |
Republican | January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1983 |
97th | [data unknown/missing] Redistricted to 14th district |
Ted Weiss |
Democratic | January 3, 1983 – September 14, 1992 |
98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd |
redistricted from 20th district, died |
Vacant | September 15, 1992 – November 2, 1992 |
102nd | [data unknown/missing] | |
Jerry Nadler |
Democratic | November 3, 1992 – January 3, 1993 |
Elected to finish Weiss's term. Redistricted to 8th district | |
Eliot Engel |
Democratic | January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2013 |
103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th 111th 112th |
Redistricted from the 19th district. Redistricted to the 16th district. |
Nita Lowey |
Democratic | January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2021 |
113th 114th 115th 116th |
Redistricted from the 18th district. |
Mondaire Jones |
Democratic | January 3, 2021 – Present |
117th |
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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Democratic | Mondaire Jones | 183,975 | 55.3 | |
Working Families | Mondaire Jones | 13,378 | 4.0 | |
Total | Mondaire Jones | 197,353 | 59.3 | |
Republican | Maureen McArdle Schulman | 117,307 | 35.3 | |
Conservative | Yehudis Gottesfeld | 8,887 | 2.7 | |
Independent | Joshua Eisen | 6,363 | 1.9 | |
SAM | Michael Parietti | 2,745 | 0.8 | |
Total votes | 332,655 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Nita Lowey (incumbent) | 170,168 | 88 | -20.6 | |
Reform | Joseph Ciardullo | 23,150 | 12 | ||
Turnout | 193,318 | 100 | -9.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Nita Lowey (incumbent) | 214,530 | 100 | +118.5 | |
Turnout | 214,530 | 100 | +18.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Nita Lowey (incumbent) | 98,150 | 54 | -42.7 | |
Republican | Chris Day | 75,781 | 41.7 | -17.5 | |
N/A | Blank/Void/Scattering | 7,743 | 4.3 | ||
Turnout | 181,674 | 100 | -38.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Nita Lowey | 171,417 | 57.6 | +79.7 | |
Republican | Joe Carvin | 91,899 | 30.9 | +208.4 | |
N/A | Blank/Void/Scattering | 31,292 | 10.5 | ||
Independent | Francis Morganthaler | 2,771 | 0.9 | ||
Turnout | 297,379 | 100 | +113.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Eliot L. Engel | 95,346 | 68.5 | -36.2 | |
Republican | Anthony Mele | 29,792 | 21.4 | -17.2 | |
N/A | Blank/Void/Scattering | 8,327 | 6 | ||
Conservative | York J. Kleinhandler | 5,661 | 4.1 | ||
Turnout | 139,126 | 100 | -38.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Eliot L. Engel | 149,676 | 65.9 | +59.8 | |
Republican | Robert Goodman | 35,994 | 15.8 | +24.7 | |
N/A | Blank/Void/Scattering | 41,464 | 18.3 | ||
Turnout | 227,134 | 100 | +85.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Eliot L. Engel | 93,614 | 76.4 | +0.2 | |
Republican | Jim Faulkner | 28,842 | 23.6 | +1.6 | |
Majority | 64,772 | 52.9 | -1.3 | ||
Turnout | 122,456 | 100 | -33.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Eliot L. Engel | 140,530 | 76.2 | +13.6 | |
Republican | Matt I. Brennan | 40,524 | 22.0 | -12.4 | |
Conservative | Kevin Brawley | 3,482 | 1.9 | +1.9 | |
Majority | 100,006 | 54.2 | +26.0 | ||
Turnout | 184,536 | 100 | +49.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Eliot L. Engel | 77,535 | 62.6 | -27.1 | |
Republican | C. Scott Vanderhoef | 42,634 | 34.4 | +24.1 | |
Right to Life | Arthur L. Gallagher | 1,931 | 1.6 | +1.6 | |
Green | Elizabeth Shanklin | 1,743 | 1.4 | +1.4 | |
Majority | 34,901 | 28.2 | -51.2 | ||
Turnout | 123,843 | 100 | -3.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Eliot L. Engel | 115,093 | 89.7 | +1.7 | |
Republican | Patrick McManus | 13,201 | 10.3 | -1.7 | |
Majority | 101,892 | 79.4 | +3.4 | ||
Turnout | 128,294 | 100 | +39.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Eliot L. Engel | 80,947 | 88.0 | +3.0 | |
Republican | Peter Fiumefreddo | 11,037 | 12.0 | -1.3 | |
Majority | 69,910 | 76.0 | +4.4 | ||
Turnout | 91,984 | 100 | -22.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Eliot L. Engel | 101,287 | 85.0 | ||
Republican | Denis McCarthy | 15,892 | 13.3 | ||
Independence | Dennis Coleman | 2,008 | 1.7 | ||
Majority | 85,395 | 71.6 | |||
Turnout | 119,187 | 100 |
See also
References
- https://www.census.gov/mycd/?st=36&cd=17
- "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
- Bowman, Bridget (October 10, 2019). "Appropriations Chairwoman Nita Lowey announces retirement". Roll Call. Washington, DC. Retrieved October 10, 2019.
- 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
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