New York's 8th congressional district

New York's 8th congressional district
Current Representative		Jerrold Nadler (D–Manhattan)
Distribution	100.00% urban, 0.00% rural
Population (2000)	654,360
Median income	$47,061
Ethnicity	74.6% White, 6.1% Black, 11.1% Asian, 11.7% Hispanic, 0.2% Native American, 2.0% other
Cook PVI	D+22

New York's Eighth Congressional District for the United States House of Representatives in New York City. It is split into two sections. The northern portion of it includes most of Manhattan's Upper West Side, and continues south to include most parts of Hell's Kitchen, East Village, Chelsea, SoHo, Greenwich Village, TriBeCa, and Downtown Manhattan. The southern portion in Brooklyn includes parts of Borough Park, Sunset Park, Bay Ridge, Bensonhurst, Coney Island, Brighton Beach, Gravesend, Dyker Heights, Bath Beach, and Seagate.

The current Representative from the Eighth District is Jerrold Nadler.

Voting

Geography

Similar to other districts around the New York harbor, this district is not one solid landmass, but rather two separate ones that both border on the water. Such is said to be necessary^[who?] due to the prevalence of islands and peninsulas in New York City, as well as to facilitate the creation of the adjoining Hispanic majority 12th District.^{[citation needed]} It has been alleged that the district's geography is due to gerrymandering to ensure a Democratic majority.^{[citation needed]}

The district's configuration changed upon the decennial redistricting prior to the 2012 election. Traditionally, the district covered much of the west side of Manhattan and western coastal sections of Brooklyn. With the new district boundaries, the district encompasses African-American and Caribbean-American Bedford-Stuyvesant, Oceanhill, Brownsville, Canarsie, East Flatbush and East New York, along with European-American Howard Beach and mixed Coney Island.^[1]

2012 election

The state's congressional districts have 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 has a few competitors for what is now an open seat, with the 10th incumbent congressman Edolphus Towns retiring. State assemblyman Hakeem Jeffries is facing off against New York City councilor Charles Barron. ^[2] Heavily Democratic in registration, the eventual 8th Congressional district representative is expected to be one of these candidates, coming out of the Democratic primary.

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–present:

Parts of Brooklyn, Manhattan

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	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
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	Anti-Lecompton Democratic	March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1861	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
	Democratic	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859	[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 on appointment as 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 on appointment as 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 – present	Redistricted from 17th district

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").

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Notes

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