New York's 10th congressional district

New York's 10th congressional district is a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives, formerly located from 2003 to 2013 in Brooklyn, New York City, currently represented by Democrat Jerry Nadler. The district contains the southern portion of Morningside Heights, the Upper West Side of Manhattan, the west side of Midtown Manhattan, the west side of Lower Manhattan, including Greenwich Village, Tribeca, and the Financial District, and parts of Brooklyn, most notably Borough Park and parts of Bensonhurst.

New York's 10th congressional district
New York's 10th congressional district since January 3, 2013
Representative	Jerry Nadler D–Manhattan
Distribution	100% urban 0% rural
Population (2019)	732,732[1]
Median household income	$103,331[2]
Ethnicity	62.37% White 19.31% Asian 12.36% Hispanic 3.56% Black 0.30% Native American
Cook PVI	D+26[3]

With a size of 14.25 mi², the district is currently the second-smallest congressional district in the country.[4] Demographically, it includes neighborhoods in Manhattan and Brooklyn that are heavily Jewish. New York’s 10th district has the largest number (270,000) and the highest percentage of Jews (37.6%) of any congressional district.[5]

From 2003 to 2013, this congressional district was exclusively Brooklyn-based and majority African-American. It included the neighborhoods of Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn Heights, Brownsville, Canarsie, East New York, and Ocean Hill, as well as parts of Fort Greene, Prospect Heights, and Williamsburg.[6]

Redistricting

The 10th District was a Brooklyn-based seat prior to 1972, when that district became the 16th, and the 10th District was re-assigned to a district in northern Queens and the east Bronx. The 1980 redistricting restored the 10th District to Brooklyn (covering the same terrain). In the 1990 remap, much of the old 10th District was added to the new Queens-Brooklyn 9th District. The new 10th then absorbed much of the old 11th District, including its congressman.

Following the 2012 redistricting cycle, the district shed most of its Brooklyn territory, and picked up parts of Manhattan that had been in the 8th district.

Recent election results from statewide races

Year	Office	Results
1992	President	Clinton 83 - 13%
1996	President	Clinton 90 - 6%
2000	President	Gore 88 - 8%
2004	President	Kerry 86 - 13%
2008	President	Obama 76 - 23%
2012	President	Obama 73.6 - 25.1%
2016	President	Clinton 78.3 - 18.8%

List of members representing the district

Member	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history	District location
District created March 4, 1793
Silas Talbot	Pro-Administration	March 4, 1793 – June 5, 1794	3rd	Elected in 1793. Resigned to join the U.S. Navy.	1793–1799 Western New York, with its eastern border being approximately the eastern borders of Jefferson (with St. Lawrence County), Lewis (with St. Lawrence County), Herkimer (its northern border), Hamilton (northern and eastern), Fulton, Montgomery, Schoharie, and Delaware Counties. With Delaware County, its southern border was also one of the district borders.
Vacant		June 5, 1794 – March 3, 1795		No special election called by Gov. Clinton for political reasons.
William Cooper	Federalist	March 4, 1795 – March 3, 1797	4th	Elected in 1794. Lost re-election.
James Cochran	Federalist	March 4, 1797 – March 3, 1799	5th	Elected in 1796. Retired.
William Cooper	Federalist	March 4, 1799 – March 3, 1801	6th	Elected in 1798. Retired.	1799–1803 All New York west of and including Cayuga, Onondaga, Cortland, and Broome Counties. It also included portions of what is today Chenango and Otsego Counties.
Thomas Morris	Federalist	March 4, 1801 – March 3, 1803	7th	Elected in 1800. Retired.
George Tibbits	Federalist	March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1805	8th	Elected in 1802. Retired.	1803–1809 Rensselaer County
Josiah Masters	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1805 – March 3, 1809	9th 10th	Elected in 1804. Re-elected in 1806. [data unknown/missing]
John Nicholson	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1809 – March 3, 1811	11th	Elected in 1808. [data unknown/missing]	1809–1813 Jefferson, Lewis, Herkimer and St. Lawrence Counties.
Silas Stow	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1811 – March 3, 1813	12th	Elected in 1810. [data unknown/missing]
Hosea Moffitt	Federalist	March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1817	13th 14th	Elected in 1812. Re-elected in 1814. [data unknown/missing]	1813–1823 Rensselaer County
John P. Cushman	Federalist	March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1819	15th	Re-elected in 1816. [data unknown/missing]
John D. Dickinson	Federalist	March 4, 1819 – March 3, 1823	16th 17th	Elected in 1818. Re-elected in 1821. [data unknown/missing]
Stephen Van Rensselaer	Adams-Clay Federalist	March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825	18th 19th 20th	Redistricted from the 9th district and re-elected in 1822. Re-elected in 1824. Re-elected in 1826. Retired.	1823–1843 Albany County
	Anti-Jacksonian	March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1829
Ambrose Spencer	Anti-Jacksonian	March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1831	21st	Elected in 1828. [data unknown/missing]
Gerrit Y. Lansing	Jacksonian	March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1837	22nd 23rd 24th	[data unknown/missing]
Albert Gallup	Democratic	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839	25th	[data unknown/missing]
Daniel D. Barnard	Whig	March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1843	26th 27th	[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to the 13th district.
Jeremiah Russell	Democratic	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845	28th	[data unknown/missing]	1843–1853 Delaware and Ulster Counties.
Samuel Gordon	Democratic	March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1847	29th	[data unknown/missing]
Eliakim Sherrill	Whig	March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849	30th	[data unknown/missing]
Herman D. Gould	Whig	March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851	31st	[data unknown/missing]
Marius Schoonmaker	Whig	March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853	32nd	[data unknown/missing]
William Murray	Independent Democratic	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855	33rd	Redistricted from the 9th district. [data unknown/missing]	1853–1863 Sullivan and Orange Counties.
Ambrose S. Murray	Opposition	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857	34th 35th	[data unknown/missing]
	Republican	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859
Charles Van Wyck	Republican	March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1863	36th 37th	[data unknown/missing]
William Radford	Democratic	March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1867	38th 39th	[data unknown/missing]	1863–1873 Westchester and Rockland Counties and The Bronx.
William H. Robertson	Republican	March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1869	40th	[data unknown/missing]
Clarkson Nott Potter	Democratic	March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1873	41st 42nd	[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to the 11th district.
Fernando Wood	Democratic	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875	43rd	Redistricted from the 9th district. Redistricted to the 9th district.	1873–1875 Northern Manhattan.
Abram Stevens Hewitt	Democratic	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1879	44th 45th	[data unknown/missing]	1875–1903 Various parts of mid-town and Lower Manhattan.
James O'Brien	Independent Democratic	March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1881	46th	[data unknown/missing]
Abram Stevens Hewitt	Democratic	March 4, 1881 – December 30, 1886	47th 48th 49th	[data unknown/missing] Resigned on election as Mayor of New York City
Vacant		December 30, 1886 – March 3, 1887
Francis B. Spinola	Democratic	March 4, 1887 – April 14, 1891	50th 51st 52nd	[data unknown/missing] Died.
Vacant		April 14, 1891 – November 3, 1891
William Bourke Cockran	Democratic	November 3, 1891 – March 3, 1893	52nd	[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to the 12th district.
Daniel E. Sickles	Democratic	March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895	53rd	[data unknown/missing] Lost re-election.
Vacant		March 4, 1895 – November 5, 1895		Representative-elect Andrew J. Campbell died before term began
Amos J. Cummings	Democratic	November 5, 1895 – May 2, 1902	54th 55th 56th 57th	Elected to finish Campbells' term Re-elected in 1896. Re-elected in 1898. Re-elected in 1900. Died.
Vacant		May 2, 1902 – November 4, 1902
Edward Swann	Democratic	November 4, 1902 – March 3, 1903	57th	[data unknown/missing]
William Sulzer	Democratic	March 4, 1903 – December 31, 1912	58th 59th 60th 61st 62nd	Redistricted from the 11th district. Resigned to become Governor of New York.
Vacant		January 1, 1913 – March 3, 1913
Herman A. Metz	Democratic	March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1915	63rd	[data unknown/missing]	1913–1933 Parts of Brooklyn
Reuben L. Haskell	Republican	March 4, 1915 – December 31, 1919	64th 65th 66th	Re-elected in 1916. Re-elected in 1918. Resigned.
Vacant		December 31, 1919 – November 2, 1920
Lester D. Volk	Republican	November 2, 1920 – March 3, 1923	66th 67th	Elected to finish Haskell's term. Lost re-election.
Emanuel Celler	Democratic	March 4, 1923 – January 3, 1945	68th 69th 70th 71st 72nd 73rd 74th 75th 76th 77th 78th	[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to the 15th district.
Andrew L. Somers	Democratic	January 3, 1945 – April 6, 1949	79th 80th 81st	Redistricted from the 6th district. Died.
Vacant		April 7, 1949 – November 7, 1949
Edna F. Kelly	Democratic	November 8, 1949 – January 3, 1963	81st 82nd 83rd 84th 85th 86th 87th	Elected to finish Somers's term Re-elected in 1950. Re-elected in 1952. Re-elected in 1954. Re-elected in 1956. Re-elected in 1958. Re-elected in 1960. Redistricted to the 12th district.	1949–1963 [data unknown/missing]
Emanuel Celler	Democratic	January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1971	88th 89th 90th 91st 92nd	Redistricted from the 11th district and re-elected in 1962. Re-elected in 1964. Re-elected in 1966. Re-elected in 1968. Re-elected in 1970. Redistricted to the 16th district and lost renomination.	1963–1971 Parts of Brooklyn, Queens
		January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1973			1971–1973 Parts of Brooklyn
Mario Biaggi	Democratic	January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1983	93rd 94th 95th 96th 97th	Redistricted from the 24th district and re-elected in 1972. Re-elected in 1974. Re-elected in 1976. Re-elected in 1978. Re-elected in 1980. Redistricted to the 19th district.	1973–1983 Parts of Bronx, Queens
Chuck Schumer	Democratic	January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1993	98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd	Redistricted from the 16th district and re-elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1984. Re-elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1988. Re-elected in 1990. Redistricted to the 9th district.	1983–2003 Parts of Brooklyn
Ed Towns	Democratic	January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2013	103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th 111th 112th	Redistricted from the 11th district and re-elected in 1992. Re-elected in 1994. Re-elected in 1996. Re-elected in 1998. Re-elected in 2000. Re-elected in 2002. Re-elected in 2004. Re-elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Re-elected in 2010. Retired.
Jerry Nadler	Democratic	January 3, 2013 – present	113th 114th 115th 116th 117th	Redistricted from the 8th district and re-elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020.	2013–present Parts of Manhattan and Brooklyn

Recent election results

In New York State, 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's 10th congressional district[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Clarkson Nott Potter	14,249	57.1
	Republican	James Westervelt	10,685	42.9
Majority			3,564	14.2
Turnout			24,934	100

U.S. House election, 1996:
New York's 10th congressional district

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Edolphus Towns	99,889	91.3
	Republican	Amelia Smith-Parker	8,660	7.9
	Right to Life	Julian M. Hill, Jr.	893	0.8
Majority			91,229	83.4
Turnout			109,442	100

U.S. House election, 1998:
New York's 10th congressional district

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Edolphus Towns	83,528	92.3	1.0
	Republican	Ernestine M. Brown	5,577	6.2	1.7
	Conservative	Ernest Johnson	1,396	1.5	1.5
Majority			77,951	86.1	2.7
Turnout			90,501	100	17.3

U.S. House election, 2000:
New York's 10th congressional district

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Edolphus Towns	120,700	90.2	2.1
	Republican	Ernestine M. Brown	6,852	5.1	1.1
	Working Families	Barry Ford	5,530	4.1	4.1
	Conservative	Ernest Johnson	802	0.6	0.9
Majority			113,848	85.0	1.1
Turnout			133,884	100	47.9

U.S. House election, 2002:
New York's 10th congressional district

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Edolphus Towns	73,859	97.8	7.6
	Conservative	Herbert F. Rayn	1,639	2.2	1.6
Majority			72,220	95.7	10.7
Turnout			75,498	100	43.6

U.S. House election, 2004:
New York's 10th congressional district

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Edolphus Towns	136,113	91.5	6.3
	Republican	Harvey R. Clarke	11,099	7.5	7.5
	Conservative	Mariana Blume	1,554	1.0	1.2
Majority			125,014	84.0	11.7
Turnout			148,766	100	97.0

U.S. House election, 2006:
New York's 10th congressional district

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Edolphus Towns	72,171	92.2	0.7
	Republican	Jonathan H. Anderson	4,666	6.0	1.5
	Conservative	Ernest Johnson	1,470	1.9	0.9
Majority			67,505	86.2	2.2
Turnout			78,307	100	47.4

U.S. House election, 2008:
New York's 10th congressional district

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Edolphus Towns	72,171	92.2	0.7
	Republican	Jonathan H. Anderson	4,666	6.0	1.5
	Conservative	Ernest Johnson	1,470	1.9	0.9
Majority			67,505	86.2	2.2
Turnout			78,307	100	47.4

U.S. House election, 2014:
New York's 10th congressional district

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Jerry Nadler	89,080	87.6	n/a
	Conservative	Ross Brady	12,042	11.8	n/a
	Flourish Every Person	Michael Dilger	554	0.6	n/a
Majority			89,080	75.8	n/a
Turnout			113,226	20.1	n/a

Democratic Primary, 2016: New York District 10[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Jerry Nadler	25,527	89.6	n/a
	Democratic	Oliver Rosenberg	2,949	10.4	n/a
Majority			22,578	79.3	n/a
Turnout			28,476	5.1	n/a

U.S. House election, 2016:
New York's 10th congressional district[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Jerry Nadler	170,286	77.5	n/a
	Republican	Philip Rosenthal	49,530	22.5	n/a
Majority			120,756	55	n/a
Turnout			219,816	39.4	n/a

U.S. House election, 2018:
New York's 10th congressional district[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Jerry Nadler	173,095	82.1	n/a
	Republican	Naomi Levin	33,692	16.0	n/a
Majority			173,095	82	n/a
Turnout			210,714	100	n/a

U.S. House election, 2020:
New York's 10th congressional district[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jerry Nadler	181,215	65.5
	Working Families	Jerry Nadler	25,095	9.1
	Total	Jerry Nadler (incumbent)	206,310	74.6
	Republican	Cathy Bernstein	61,045	22.1
	Conservative	Cathy Bernstein	5,844	2.1
	Total	Cathy Bernstein	66,889	24.2
	Libertarian	Michael Madrid	3,370	1.2
Total votes			276,569	100.0
	Democratic hold

Historical district boundaries

2003 - 2013

See also

• List of United States congressional districts
• New York's congressional districts
• United States congressional delegations from New York

Notes

1. "New York congressional districts by urban and rural population and land area". United States Census Bureau. June 8, 2017. Archived from the original on November 21, 2019. Retrieved November 21, 2019.
2. "My Congressional District". US Census Bureau. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
3. "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
4. "New York congressional districts by urban and rural population and land area". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved December 11, 2014.
5. "2014 Jewish Maps of the United States by Congressional District (Comenetz)".
6. "The Art of the Gerrymander - 11 of 11". POLITICO Magazine. Retrieved 2019-06-28.
7. 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. 2031. Retrieved 2009-03-13.CS1 maint: others (link)
8. "New York House Races Results". Politico. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
9. "New York U.S. House 10th District Results: Jerrold Nadler Wins - Election Results 2016". The New York Times. Retrieved 24 February 2017.

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