New York's 15th congressional district
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New York's 15th congressional district
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| New York's 15th congressional district | ||
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| Current Representative | Charles B. Rangel (D–Manhattan) | |
| Distribution | 100.00% urban, 0.00% rural | |
| Population (2000) | 654,360 | |
| Median income | $27,934 | |
| Ethnicity | 28.2% White, 34.6% Black, 2.9% Asian, 47.6% Hispanic, 0.9% Native American, 5.2% other | |
| Cook PVI | D+41 | |
New York's 15th Congressional District is a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives located in New York City. It is composed of Upper Manhattan, Rikers Island and a largely non-residential section of northwestern Queens on the shore of the East River mostly occupied by a Consolidated Edison facility and a NYPA power plant. The district includes the neighborhoods of Harlem, Inwood, Marble Hill, Spanish Harlem, Washington Heights, Morningside Heights and portions of the Upper West Side. The Apollo Theater, Columbia University, and Grant's Tomb are located within this district. It is the smallest congressional district by area in the United States, comprising just 10.29 square miles (26.65 square kilometers) of land.[1]
The district is currently represented by Democrat Charles B. Rangel. Scoring a Cook Partisan Voting Index of D+43 in 2004, the 15th Congressional District was tied with neighboring 16th Congressional District (most of the Bronx) in being the two most Democratic districts in the nation.[2] John Kerry won 90% of the vote in the 15th Congressional District that year.
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Voting
| Election results from presidential races | ||
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| Year | Office | Results |
| 1992 | President | Clinton 85 - 11% |
| 1996 | President | Clinton 91 - 5% |
| 2000 | President | Gore 87 - 7% |
| 2004 | President | Kerry 90 - 9% |
| 2008 | President | Obama 93 - 6% |
Redistricting
The district was a Brooklyn-based seat until 1982, when it was realigned to cover the East Side of Manhattan. Following the 1992 redistricting, it became the upper Manhattan seat previously designated the 19th District and the 18th District.
List of representatives
1803 – 1813: One seat
| Representative | Party | Years | Electoral history |
|---|---|---|---|
| District created | 1803 | ||
 Gaylord Griswold |
Federalist | March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1805 |
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
| Nathan Williams |
Democratic- Republican |
March 4, 1805 – March 3, 1807 |
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
| William Kirkpatrick |
Democratic- Republican |
March 4, 1807 – March 3, 1809 |
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
 Peter Buell Porter |
Democratic- Republican |
March 4, 1809 – March 3, 1813 |
Retired |
1813 – 1823: Two seats
From 1809 to 1823, two seats were apportioned to the 15th district, elected at-large on a general ticket.
| Congress | Years | Seat A | Seat B | ||||
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| Representative | Party | Electoral history | Representative | Party | Electoral history | ||
| 13 | March 4, 1813 – June 21, 1813 |
Vacant | Representative-elect William Dowse died February 18, 1813, before the term began | Joel Thompson | Federalist | [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] | |
| June 21, 1813 – December 20, 1813 |
John M. Bowers | Federalist | Declared elected to finish Dowse's term; Lost election contest |
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| December 20, 1813 – January 24, 1814 |
Vacant | Election contested; see United States House of Representatives elections in New York, 1812 | |||||
| January 24, 1814 – March 3, 1815 |
Isaac Williams, Jr. | Democratic- Republican |
Successfully contested the election of John M. Bowers | ||||
| 14 | March 4, 1815 – March 3, 1817 |
James Birdsall | Democratic- Republican |
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] | Jabez Hammond | Democratic- Republican |
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
| 15 | March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1819 |
Isaac Williams, Jr. | Democratic- Republican |
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] | John R. Drake | Democratic- Republican |
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
| 16 | March 4, 1819 – March 3, 1821 |
Joseph S. Lyman | Democratic- Republican |
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] | Robert Monell | Democratic- Republican |
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
| 17 | March 4, 1821 – December 3, 1821 |
Vacant. The elections 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; see United States House of Representatives elections in New York, 1821 | |||||
| December 3, 1821 – March 3, 1823 |
Samuel Campbell | Democratic- Republican |
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] | James Hawkes | Democratic- Republican |
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1823 – present: One seat
| Representative | Party | Years | Electoral history | Geography |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Herkimer |
Adams-Clay Republican |
March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825 |
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| Michael Hoffman |
Jacksonian | March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1833 |
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| Charles McVean |
Jacksonian | March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1835 |
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] | Montgomery |
| Matthias J. Bovee |
Jacksonian | March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837 |
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] | |
| John Edwards |
Democratic | March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839 |
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] | |
| Peter J. Wagner |
Whig | March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1841 |
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] | |
| John Sanford |
Democratic | March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843 |
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| Lemuel Stetson |
Democratic | March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845 |
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] | [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
| Joseph Russell |
Democratic | March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1847 |
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] | [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
| Sidney Lawrence |
Democratic | March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849 |
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] | [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
| John R. Thurman |
Whig | March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851 |
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] | [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
| Joseph Russell |
Democratic | March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853 |
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] | [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
| Charles Hughes |
Democratic | March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855 |
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| Edward Dodd |
Opposition | March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857 |
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| Republican | March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859 |
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| James B. McKean |
Republican | March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1863 |
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] | [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
| John Augustus Griswold |
Democratic | March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1865 |
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] | [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
| Republican | March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1869 |
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| Adolphus H. Tanner |
Republican | March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1871 |
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] | [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
| Joseph M. Warren |
Democratic | March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1873 |
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] | [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
| Eli Perry |
Democratic | March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875 |
Redistricted from the 14th district | [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
| John H. Bagley, Jr. |
Democratic | March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877 |
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] | [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
| Stephen L. Mayham |
Democratic | March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1879 |
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| William Lounsbery |
Democratic | March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1881 |
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| Thomas Cornell |
Republican | March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1883 |
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] | [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
| John H. Bagley, Jr. |
Democratic | March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885 |
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] | [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
| Lewis Beach |
Democratic | March 4, 1885 – August 10, 1886 |
Redistricted from the 14th district, Died | [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
| Vacant | August 10, 1886 – December 6, 1886 |
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| Henry Bacon |
Democratic | December 6, 1886 – March 3, 1889 |
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] | |
| Moses D. Stivers |
Republican | March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1891 |
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] | [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
| Henry Bacon |
Democratic | March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893 |
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] | [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
| Ashbel P. Fitch |
Democratic | March 4, 1893 – December 26, 1893 |
Redistricted from the 13th district Resigned to become New York City Comptroller |
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
| Vacant | December 26, 1893 – January 30, 1894 |
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| Isidor Straus |
Democratic | January 30, 1894 – March 3, 1895 |
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| Philip B. Low |
Republican | March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1899 |
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] | [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
| Jacob Ruppert, Jr. |
Democratic | March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1903 |
Redistricted to the 16th district | [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
| William H. Douglas |
Republican | March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1905 |
Redistricted from the 14th district | [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
| J. Van Vechten Olcott |
Republican | March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1911 |
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] | [Data unknown/missing. You can help!] |
| Thomas G. Patten |
Democratic | March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1913 |
Redistricted to the 18th district | Parts of Manhattan |
| Michael F. Conry |
Democratic | March 4, 1913 – March 2, 1917 |
Redistricted from the 12th district, Died | |
| Vacant | March 2, 1917 – April 12, 1917 |
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| Thomas F. Smith |
Democratic | April 12, 1917 – March 3, 1919 |
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| Peter J. Dooling |
Democratic | March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1921 |
Redistricted from the 16th district | |
| Thomas J. Ryan |
Republican | March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1923 |
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] | |
| John J. Boylan |
Democratic | March 4, 1923 – October 5, 1938 |
Died | |
| Vacant | October 5, 1938 – January 3, 1939 |
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| Michael J. Kennedy |
Democratic | January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1943 |
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] | |
| Thomas F. Burchill |
Democratic | January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1945 |
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] | |
 Emanuel Celler |
Democratic | January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1953 |
Redistricted from the 10th district Redistricted to the 11th district |
Parts of Brooklyn |
| John H. Ray |
Republican | January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1963 |
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] | All of Staten Island, Parts of Brooklyn |
 Hugh Carey |
Democratic | January 3, 1963 – December 31, 1974 |
Redistricted from the 12th district Resigned to become Governor of New York |
Parts of Brooklyn |
| Vacant | January 1, 1975 – January 2, 1975 |
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| Leo C. Zeferetti |
Democratic | January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1983 |
[Data unknown/missing. You can help!] | |
 S. William Green |
Republican | January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1993 |
Redistricted from the 18th district | Parts of Manhattan |
 Charles B. Rangel |
Democratic | January 3, 1993 – present |
Redistricted from the 16th district | Parts of Queens, Manhattan, Bronx |
Recent election results
U.S. President
| Year | Result |
|---|---|
| 2000 | Gore 87 - 7% |
| 2004 | Kerry 90 - 9% |
| 2008 | Obama 93 - 6 |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
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, 1870: New York District 15[3] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Democratic | Joseph M. Warren | 17,793 | 59.9 | ||
| Republican | J. Thomas Davis | 11,659 | 39.3 | ||
| Temperance | Alvin C. Rose | 235 | 0.8 | ||
| Majority | 6,134 | 20.6 | |||
| Turnout | 29,687 | 100 | |||
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| US House election, 1996: New York District 15 | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Democratic | Charles B. Rangel | 113,898 | 91.3 | ||
| Republican | Edward R. Adams | 5,951 | 4.8 | ||
| Conservative | Ruben Dario Vargas | 3,896 | 3.1 | ||
| Right to Life | Jose Suero | 989 | 0.8 | ||
| Majority | 107,947 | 86.5 | |||
| Turnout | 124,734 | 100 | |||
| US House election, 1998: New York District 15 | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Democratic | Charles B. Rangel | 90,424 | 93.1 | +1.8 | |
| Republican | David E. Cunningham | 5,633 | 5.8 | +1.0 | |
| Conservative | Patrick McManus | 1,082 | 1.1 | -2.0 | |
| Majority | 84,791 | 87.3 | +0.8 | ||
| Turnout | 97,139 | 100 | -22.1 | ||
| US House election, 2000: New York District 15 | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Democratic | Charles B. Rangel | 130,161 | 91.9 | -1.2 | |
| Republican | Jose Agustin Suero | 7,346 | 5.2 | -0.6 | |
| Green | Dean Loren | 2,134 | 1.5 | +1.5 | |
| Independence | Jesse A. Fields | 1,051 | 0.7 | +0.7 | |
| Conservative | Frank Della Valle | 492 | 0.3 | -0.8 | |
| Libertarian | Scott A. Jeffery | 480 | 0.3 | +0.3 | |
| Majority | 122,815 | 86.7 | -0.6 | ||
| Turnout | 141,664 | 100 | +45.8 | ||
| US House election, 2002: New York District 15 | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Democratic | Charles B. Rangel | 84,367 | 88.5 | -3.4 | |
| Republican | Jesse A. Fields | 11,008 | 11.5 | +6.3 | |
| Majority | 73,359 | 76.9 | -9.8 | ||
| Turnout | 95,375 | 100 | -32.7 | ||
| US House election, 2004: New York District 15 | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Democratic | Charles B. Rangel | 161,351 | 91.1 | +2.6 | |
| Republican | Kenneth P. Jefferson, Jr. | 12,355 | 7.0 | -4.5 | |
| Independence | Jessie A. Fields | 3,345 | 1.9 | +1.9 | |
| Majority | 148,996 | 84.2 | +7.3 | ||
| Turnout | 177,051 | 100 | +85.6 | ||
| US House election, 2006: New York District 15 | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Democratic | Charles B. Rangel | 103,916 | 94.0 | +2.9 | |
| Republican | Edward Daniels | 6,592 | 6.0 | -1.0 | |
| Majority | 97,324 | 88.1 | +3.9 | ||
| Turnout | 110,508 | 100 | -37.6 | ||
| US House election, 2008: New York District 15 | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Democratic | Charles B. Rangel | 177,151 | 89.2 | -5.8 | |
| Republican | Edward Daniels | 15,676 | 7.9 | +1.9 | |
| Independent | Craig Schley | 3,708 | 1.9 | ||
| Socialist Workers | Martin Koppel | 2,141 | 1.1 | ||
| Majority | 161,475 | 81.3 | -6.8 | ||
| Turnout | 198,676 | 100 | +79.8 | ||
| US House election, 2010: New York District 15 | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Democratic | Charles B. Rangel | 91,225 | 80.4 | -8.7 | |
| Republican | Michel Faulkner | 11,754 | 10.4 | +2.5 | |
| Independent | Craig Schley | 7,803 | 6.9 | +5.0 | |
| Socialist Workers | Róger Calero | 2,647 | 2.3 | +1.2 | |
| Majority | 79,471 | 70.1 | -11.2 | ||
| Turnout | 113,429 | 100 | -42.9 | ||
References
- ^ United States Census Bureau. "Congreational Districts by Land Area (National)" (ASCII text). http://www.census.gov/geo/www/cd109th/natl_code/ua_cd109_natl.txt. Retrieved 2006-11-11.
- ^ Comedy Central. "Colbert Report" (video). http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/58725/february-08-2006/better-know-a-district---pennsylvania-s-2nd---chaka-fattah.
- ^ 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. 2034. http://books.google.com/books?id=zxwQAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA2034. Retrieved 2009-03-28.
- 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
- Clarke, Matthew St. Clair & David A. Hall (1834) "Cases of Contested Elections in Congress, from the Year 1789 to 1834, Inclusive", Gales And Seaton.
- "1996 House election data". Clerk of the House of Representatives. http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1996/96Stat.htm.
- "1998 House election data". Clerk of the House of Representatives. http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1998/98Stat.htm.
- "2000 House election data". Clerk of the House of Representatives. http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/2000/2000Stat.htm.
- "2002 House election data". Clerk of the House of Representatives. http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/2002/2002Stat.htm.
- "2004 House election data". Clerk of the House of Representatives. http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/2004/2004Stat.htm.
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