New York's 12th congressional district

New York's 12th congressional district
New York 's 12th congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
Current Representative		Carolyn Maloney (D–Manhattan)
Cook PVI	D+28

New York's 12th Congressional District is a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives located in New York City. It is now represented by Democrat Carolyn Maloney.

The district includes several neighborhoods in the East Side of Manhattan, Greenpoint, and western Queens, mostly overlapping the pre-redistricting 14th district.^[1] The 12th district's per capita income, in excess of $75,000, is the highest among all congressional districts in the United States.^[2]

From 2003-2013 it included parts of Brooklyn, Queens, and Manhattan. It included the Queens neighborhoods of Maspeth, Ridgewood, and Woodside, the Brooklyn neighborhoods of Bushwick, Greenpoint, Red Hook, East New York, Brooklyn Heights, Sunset Park, and Williamsburg and part of Manhattan’s Lower East Side and East Village.

Voting

Election results from presidential races (current lines) Year Office Results 2008 President Obama 80 - 19% 2012 President Obama 76.9 - 21.5%

Election results from presidential races (old lines) Year Office Results 1992 President Clinton 68 - 26% 1996 President Clinton 85 - 11% 2000 President Gore 77 - 15% 2004 President Kerry 80 - 19% 2008 President Obama 86 - 13%

Components: past and present

The 12th District was historically a Brooklyn district. In the 1960s, it was realigned to include majority African American neighborhoods such as Bedford-Stuyvesant in Central Brooklyn. Up to 1992 it was the central Brooklyn district now held by Yvette Clarke (and formerly by Major Owens), and then remapped to include Hispanic neighborhoods in lower Manhattan and Queens.

1803-1913:

[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]

1913-1945:

Parts of Manhattan

1945-1993:

Parts of Brooklyn

1993–present:

Parts of Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens

Various New York districts have been numbered "12" over the years, including areas in New York City and various parts of upstate New York.

List of representatives

1803–1813: One seat

Representative	Party	Years	Note
District created		1803
David Thomas	Democratic- Republican	March 4, 1803 – February 17, 1808[3]	Redistricted from 7th district Resigned to become New York State Treasurer.
Vacant		February 17, 1808 – November 7, 1808	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Nathan Wilson	Democratic- Republican	November 7, 1808 – March 3, 1809	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Erastus Root	Democratic- Republican	March 4, 1809 – March 3, 1811	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Arunah Metcalf	Democratic- Republican	March 4, 1811 – March 3, 1813	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]

1813–1823: two seats

From 1813 to 1823, two seats were apportioned to the District, elected at-large on a general ticket.

Cong- ress	Years	Seat A				Seat B
		Representative	Party	Electoral history		Representative	Party	Electoral history
13	March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1815	Zebulon R. Shipherd	Federalist	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]		Elisha I. Winter	Federalist	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
14	March 4, 1815 – December 7, 1815	Vacant		Representative-elect Benjamin Pond died October 6, 1814		John Savage	Democratic- Republican	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
	December 7, 1815 – March 3, 1817	Asa Adgate	Democratic-Republican	Elected to finish Pond's term
15	March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1819	John Palmer	Democratic- Republican	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
16	March 4, 1819 – March 3, 1821	Ezra C. Gross	Democratic- Republican	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]		Nathaniel Pitcher	Democratic- Republican	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
17	March 4, 1821 – December 3, 1821	Vacant		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.
	December 3, 1821 – March 3, 1823	Reuben H. Walworth	Democratic- Republican	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]

1823 - present: One seat

Representative	Party	Years	Note
Lewis Eaton	Crawford Republican	March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
William Dietz	Jacksonian	March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1827	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
John I. De Graff	Jacksonian	March 4, 1827 – March 3, 1829	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Peter I. Borst	Jacksonian	March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1831	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Joseph Bouck	Jacksonian	March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1833	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Henry C. Martindale	Anti- Masonic	March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1835	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
David Abel Russell	Anti- Jacksonian	March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
	Whig	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1841
Bernard Blair	Whig	March 4, 1841 – June 20, 1843	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
David L. Seymour	Democratic	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Richard P. Herrick	Whig	March 4, 1845 – June 20, 1846	Died
Vacant		June 20, 1846 – December 7, 1846
Thomas C. Ripley	Whig	December 7, 1846 – March 3, 1847	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Gideon Reynolds	Whig	March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1851	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
David L. Seymour	Democratic	March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Gilbert Dean	Democratic	March 4, 1853 – July 3, 1854	Redistricted from 8th district Resigned to become justice to Supreme Court of New York.
Vacant		July 3, 1854 – November 7, 1854
Isaac Teller	Whig	November 7, 1854 – March 3, 1855	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Killian Miller	Opposition	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
John Thompson	Republican	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Charles Lewis Beale	Republican	March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1861	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Stephen Baker	Republican	March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Homer A. Nelson	Democratic	March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1865	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
John H. Ketcham	Republican	March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1873	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Charles St. John	Republican	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875	Redistricted from 11th district.
N. Holmes Odell	Democratic	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Clarkson Nott Potter	Democratic	March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1879	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Vacant		March 3, 1879 – March 3, 1879	Representative-elect Alexander Smith died November 5, 1878.
Waldo Hutchins	Democratic	March 3, 1879 – March 3, 1885	First elected to finish Smith's term. Retired.
Abraham Dowdney	Democratic	March 4, 1885 – December 10, 1886	Died
Vacant		December 10, 1886 – March 4, 1887
William Bourke Cockran	Democratic	March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1889	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Roswell P. Flower	Democratic	March 4, 1889 – September 16, 1891	Resigned to become Governor of New York.
Vacant		September 16, 1891 – November 3, 1891
Joseph J. Little	Democratic	November 3, 1891 – March 3, 1893	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
William Bourke Cockran	Democratic	March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895	Redistricted from 10th district.
George B. McClellan, Jr.	Democratic	March 4, 1895 – December 21, 1903	Resigned to become Mayor of New York City.
Vacant		December 21, 1903 – February 23, 1904
William Bourke Cockran	Democratic	February 23, 1904 – March 3, 1909	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Michael F. Conry	Democratic	March 4, 1909 – March 3, 1913	Redistricted to 15th district.
Henry M. Goldfogle	Democratic	March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1915	Redistricted from 9th district.
Meyer London	Socialist	March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1919	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Henry M. Goldfogle	Democratic	March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1921	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Meyer London	Socialist	March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1923	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Samuel Dickstein	Democratic	March 4, 1923 – January 3, 1945	Redistricted to 19th district.
John J. Rooney	Democratic	January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1953	Redistricted from 4th district Redistricted to 14th district.
Francis E. Dorn	Republican	January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1961	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Hugh Carey	Democratic	January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1963	Redistricted to 15th district.
Edna F. Kelly	Democratic	January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1969	Redistricted from 10th district.
Shirley Chisholm	Democratic	January 3, 1969 – January 3, 1983	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Major R. Owens	Democratic	January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1993	Redistricted to 11th district.
Nydia Velazquez	Democratic	January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2013	Redistricted to 7th district.
Carolyn Maloney	Democratic	January 3, 2013 – Present	Redistricted from 14th district.

Recent elections

In New York, 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 12
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Nydia Velazquez	61,913	84.6
	Republican	Miguel I. Prado	9,978	13.6
	Socialist Workers	Eleanor Garcia	1,283	1.8
Majority			51,935	71.0
Turnout			73,174	100

US House election, 1998: New York District 12
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Nydia Velazquez	53,269	83.6	-1.0
	Republican	Rosemary Markgraf	7,405	11.6	-2.0
	Conservative	Angel Diaz	1,632	2.6	+2.6
	Liberal	Hector Cortes, Jr.	1,400	2.2	+2.2
Majority			45,864	72.0	+1.0
Turnout			63,706	100	-12.9

US House election, 2000: New York District 12
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Nydia Velazquez	86,288	87.1	+3.5
	Republican	Rosemary Markgraf	10,052	10.1	-1.5
	Socialist	Paul Pederson	1,025	1.0	+1.0
	Right to Life	Mildred Rosario	865	0.9	+0.9
	Conservative	Cesar Estevez	850	0.9	-1.7
Majority			76,236	76.9	+4.9
Turnout			99,080	100	+55.5

US House election, 2002: New York District 12
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Nydia Velazquez	48,408	95.8	+8.7
	Conservative	Cesar Estevez	2,119	4.2	+3.3
Majority			46,289	91.6	+14.7
Turnout			50,527	100	-49.0

US House election, 2004: New York District 12
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Nydia Velazquez	107,796	86.3	-9.5
	Republican	Paul A. Rodriguez	17,166	13.7	+13.7
Majority			90,630	72.5	-19.1
Turnout			124,962	100	+147.3

US House election, 2006: New York District 12
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Nydia Velazquez	62,847	89.7	+3.4
	Republican	Allan E. Romaguera	7,182	10.3	-3.4
Majority			55,665	79.5	+7.0
Turnout			70,029	100	-44.0

US House election, 2008: New York District 12
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Nydia Velazquez	123,053	90.0	+0.3
	Republican	Allan E. Romaguera	13,748	10.0	-0.3
Majority			109,305	80.0	+0.5
Turnout			136,801	100	+95.3

US House election, 2010: New York District 12
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Nydia Velazquez	68,624	93.9	+3.9
	Conservative	Alice Gaffney	4,482	6.1	+6.1
Majority			64,142	87.7	+7.7
Turnout			73,106	100	-46.6

Historical district boundaries

2003 - 2013

See also

• List of United States congressional districts

Notes

1. "New York Redistricting". New York Times. 2012-03-20. Retrieved 2012-05-13.
2. "Highest Income Per Capita In The United States By Congressional District".
3. David Thomas was appointed New York State Treasurer on February 5, 1808, and resigned his seat. His letter of resignation was read in the House on February 17. see: Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States (Vol. V; page 182)

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
• 2004 House election data Clerk of the House of Representatives
• 2002 House election data "
• 2000 House election data "
• 1998 House election data "
• 1996 House election data "