New York's 8th congressional district

New York's 8th congressional district
New York 's 8th congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
Current Representative		Hakeem Jeffries (D–Brooklyn)
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New York's Eighth Congressional District for the United States House of Representatives is in the New York City boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens. Its current representative is Hakeem Jeffries.

The majority of the 8th district's residents are African-Americans. The district's configuration changed upon the decennial redistricting prior to the 2012 election. Traditionally, it had covered much of the west side of Manhattan and western coastal sections of Brooklyn. With the new district boundaries, the district encompasses majority African-American and Caribbean-American Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brownsville, Canarsie, East New York and Ocean Hill, East Flatbush, along with Howard Beach, Marine Park and Mill Basin and mixed neighborhoods like Clinton Hill, Fort Greene, Ozone Park, and Coney Island.^[1]

Voting

Election results from presidential races (current lines) Year Office Results 2008 President Obama 86 - 14% 2012 President Obama 89.2 - 10.2%

Election results from presidential races (old lines) Year Office Results 1992 President Clinton 77 - 17% 1996 President Clinton 77 - 16% 2000 President Gore 74 - 18% 2004 President Kerry 72 - 27% 2008 President Obama 74 - 26%

2012 election

The state's congressional districts had been redrawn in a manner which puts much of the territory of the old 10th Congressional district into the new 8th Congressional district. The election had a few competitors for what was then an open seat, with the 10th incumbent congressman Edolphus Towns retiring. State assemblyman Hakeem Jeffries faced off against New York City councilor Charles Barron. ^[2] Jeffries won the primary and ultimately the general election.^[3][4]

Components: Past and Present

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1913-1963:

Parts of Brooklyn

1963-1983:

Parts of Queens

1983-1993:

Parts of Bronx, Nassau, Queens

1993–2013:

Parts of Brooklyn, Manhattan

2013-present:

Parts of Brooklyn, Queens

Various New York districts have been numbered "8" over the years, including areas in New York City and various parts of upstate New York.

List of representatives

1793–1833: One seat

Representative	Party	Years	Cong ress	Note
District created		1793
Henry Glen	Pro-Administration	March 4, 1793 – March 3, 1795	3	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
	Federalist	March 4, 1795 – March 3, 1801	4
	5
	6
Killian K. Van Rensselaer	Federalist	March 4, 1801 – March 3, 1803	7	Redistricted to 9th district
Henry W. Livingston	Federalist	March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1807	8	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
	9
James I. Van Alen	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1807 – March 3, 1809	10	Unsuccessful candidate reelection in 1808
John Thompson	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1809 – March 3, 1811	11	Redistricted from 11th district
Benjamin Pond	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1811 – March 3, 1813	12	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Samuel Sherwood	Federalist	March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1815	13	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Vacant		March 4, 1815 – December 26, 1815	14	Credentials had been issued for John Adams (Fed.), but Adams did not take or claim the seat, see United States House of Representatives elections in New York, 1814
Erastus Root	Democratic-Republican	December 26, 1815 – March 3, 1817		Successfully contested election of John Adams
Dorrance Kirtland	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1819	15	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Robert Clark	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1819 – March 3, 1821	16	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Vacant		March 4, 1821 – December 3, 1821	17	The United States House of Representatives elections in New York, 1821 were held in April, after the congressional term had already begun. It is not clear when the Result was announced or the credentials were issued.
Richard McCarty	Democratic-Republican	December 3, 1821 – March 3, 1823		[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
James Strong	Adams-Clay Federalist	March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825	18	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
	Adams	March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1829	19
	20
	Anti-Jackson	March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1831	21
John King	Jacksonian	March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1833	22	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]

1833–1843: Two seats

From 1833 to 1843, 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
23	March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1835		John Adams	Jacksonian	Elected in 1832		Aaron Vanderpoel	Jacksonian	Elected in 1832
24	March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837		Valentine Efner	Jacksonian	Elected in 1834			Re-elected in 1834 Lost re-election
25	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839		Zadock Pratt	Democratic	Elected in 1836 Retired		Robert McClellan	Democratic	Elected in 1836
26	March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1841		John Ely	Democratic	Elected in 1838		Aaron Vanderpoel	Democratic	Elected in 1838 Retired
27	March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843		Jacob Houck, Jr.	Democratic	Elected in 1840		Robert McClellan	Democratic	Elected in 1840

1843 – present: One seat

The 8th District was a Queens-based seat until the 1992 redistricting. At that time much of the old 8th District became the 5th District. The new 8th District was created by cobbling together portions of the Manhattan-based 17th District and the 13th District in Brooklyn.

Representative	Party	Years	Note
Richard D. Davis	Democratic	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845	Redistricted from 5th district
William W. Woodworth	Democratic	March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1847	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Cornelius Warren	Whig	March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Ransom Halloway	Whig	March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Gilbert Dean	Democratic	March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853	Redistricted to 12th district
Francis B. Cutting	Democratic	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Abram Wakeman	Whig	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Horace F. Clark	Democratic	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
	Anti-Lecompton Democrat	March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1861	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Isaac C. Delaplaine	Democratic	March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
James Brooks	Democratic	March 4, 1863 – April 7, 1866	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
William E. Dodge	Republican	April 7, 1866 – March 3, 1867	Successfully contested election of James Brooks to 39th Congress
James Brooks	Democratic	March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1873	Redistricted to 6th district
John D. Lawson	Republican	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Elijah Ward	Democratic	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Anson G. McCook	Republican	March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1883	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
John J. Adams	Democratic	March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885	Redistricted from 7th district
Samuel S. Cox	Democratic	March 4, 1885 – May 20, 1885	Resigned to become Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Ottoman Empire
Vacant		May 20, 1885 – November 3, 1885
Timothy J. Campbell	Democratic	November 3, 1885 – March 3, 1889	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
John H. McCarthy	Democratic	March 4, 1889 – January 14, 1891	Resigned to become Justice of the City Court of New York City
Vacant		January 14, 1891 – March 4, 1891
Timothy J. Campbell	Democratic	March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Edward J. Dunphy	Democratic	March 4, 1893 – March 4, 1895	Redistricted from 7th district
James J. Walsh	Democratic	March 4, 1895 – June 2, 1896	Unseated in contested election
John M. Mitchell	Republican	June 2, 1896 – March 3, 1899	Successfully contested election of James J. Walsh
Daniel J. Riordan	Democratic	March 4, 1899 – March 4, 1901	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Thomas J. Creamer	Democratic	March 4, 1901 – March 4, 1903	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Timothy D. Sullivan	Democratic	March 4, 1903 – July 27, 1906	Resigned
Vacant		July 27, 1906 – November 6, 1906
Daniel J. Riordan	Democratic	November 6, 1906 – March 3, 1913	Redistricted to 11th district
Daniel J. Griffin	Democratic	March 4, 1913 – December 31, 1917	Resigned on election as sheriff of Kings County
Vacant		January 1, 1918 – March 5, 1918
William E. Cleary	Democratic	March 5, 1918 – March 3, 1921	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Charles G. Bond	Republican	March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1923	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
William E. Cleary	Democratic	March 4, 1923 – March 3, 1927	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Patrick J. Carley	Democratic	March 4, 1927 – January 3, 1935	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Richard J. Tonry	Democratic	January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1937	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Donald L. O'Toole	Democratic	January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1945	Redistricted to 13th district
Joseph L. Pfeifer	Democratic	January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1951	Redistricted from 3rd district
Victor Anfuso	Democratic	January 3, 1951 – January 3, 1953	Retired
Louis B. Heller	Democratic	January 3, 1953 – July 21, 1954	Redistricted from 7th district Resigned
Vacant		July 22, 1954 – January 2, 1955
Victor Anfuso	Democratic	January 3, 1955 – January 3, 1963	Retired to run for New York Supreme Court
Benjamin Rosenthal	Democratic	January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1983	Redistricted from 6th district Redistricted to 7th district
James H. Scheuer	Democratic	January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1993	Redistricted from 11th district Retired
Jerrold Nadler	Democratic	January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2013	Redistricted from 17th district Redistricted to 10th district
Hakeem Jeffries	Democratic	January 3, 2013 –

Recent election results

In New York 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").

U.S. House election, 1870: New York District 8[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	James Brooks	12,845	53.0
	Republican	George Wilkes	7,149	29.5
	Independent	Julius Wadsworth	4,243	17.5
Majority			5,696	23.5
Turnout			24,237	100

[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]

U.S. House election, 1996: New York District 8
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Jerrold Nadler	131,943	82.3
	Republican	Michael Benjamin	26,028	16.2
	Conservative	George A. Galip, Jr.	2,381	1.5
Majority			105,915	66.1
Turnout			160,352	100

U.S. House election, 1998: New York District 8
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Jerrold Nadler	112,948	86.0	+3.7
	Republican	Theodore Howard	18,383	14.0	-2.2
Majority			94,565	72.0	+5.9
Turnout			131,331	100	-18.1

U.S. House election, 2000: New York District 8
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Jerrold Nadler	150,273	81.2	-4.8
	Republican	Marian S. Henry	27,057	14.6	+0.6
	Green	Dan Wentzel	4,765	2.6	+2.6
	Conservative	Anthony A. LaBella	1,849	1.0	+1.0
	Independence	Harry Kresky	1,025	0.6	+0.6
Majority			123,216	66.6	-5.4
Turnout			184,969	100	+40.8

U.S. House election, 2002: New York District 8
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Jerrold Nadler	81,002	76.1	-5.1
	Republican	Jim Farrin	19,674	18.5	+3.9
	Conservative	Alan Jay Gerber	3,361	3.2	+2.2
	Green	Dan Wentzel	1,918	1.8	-0.8
	Libertarian	Joseph Dobrain	526	0.5	+0.5
Majority			61,328	57.6	-9.0
Turnout			106,481	100	-42.4

U.S. House election, 2004: New York District 8
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Jerrold Nadler	162,082	80.5	+4.4
	Republican	Peter Hort	39,240	19.5	+1.0
Majority			122,842	61.0	+3.4
Turnout			201,322	100	+89.1

U.S. House election, 2006: New York District 8
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Jerrold Nadler	108,536	85.0	+4.5
	Republican	Eleanor Friedman	17,413	13.6	-5.9
	Conservative	Dennis E. Adornato	1,673	1.3	+1.3
Majority			91,123	71.4	+10.4
Turnout			127,622	100	-36.6

U.S. House election, 2008: New York District 8
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Jerrold Nadler	160,775	80.5	-4.5
	Republican	Grace Lin	39,062	19.5	+5.9
Majority			121,713	61.0	-10.4
Turnout			199,837	100	+56.6

U.S. House election, 2010: New York District 8
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Jerrold Nadler	98,839	75.5	-5.0
	Republican	Susan L. Kone	31,996	24.5	+5.0
Majority			66,843	51.0	-10.0
Turnout			130,835	100	-34.5

U.S. House election, 2012: New York District 8
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Hakeem Jeffries	184,038	90.2	+14.7
	Republican	Alan Bellone	17,650	8.7	-15.9
	Green	Colin Beavan	2,441	1.2	+1.2
Majority			166,388	81.2	+31.2

U.S. House election, 2014: New York District 8
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Hakeem Jeffries	77,255	92.1	+1.9
	Conservative	Alan Bellone	6,673	8.0	-0.7
Majority			70,582	84.1	+2.9

Historical district boundaries

2003 - 2013

See also

• List of United States congressional districts

Notes

1. http://www.thenewyorkworld.com/2012/03/16/substantially-the-same-redistricting-maps-tell-a-different-story-than-cuomos/
2. http://www.amsterdamnews.com/opinion/the-people-s-republic-faces-a-great-challenge/article_e6379964-953e-11e1-92d0-0019bb2963f4.html
3. http://elections.nytimes.com/2012/primaries/congress/new-york
4. http://www.politico.com/2012-election/results/house/new-york/
5. November Election, 1870. Complete Statement of the Official Canvass, in Detail of the Election Held November 8, 1870, Giving the Vote of Each Election District, with Proceedings of County And State... Volume II. County of New York. 1871. p. 2029. Retrieved 2009-03-27.

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
• Election date from the Clerk of the United States House of Representatives
  • 1996 House election data
  • 1998 House election data
  • 2000 House election data
  • 2002 House election data
  • 2004 House election data