New York's 10th congressional district

Summary

New York's 10th congressional district is a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives currently represented by Democrat Dan Goldman. The district contains all of Lower Manhattan and the western Brooklyn neighborhoods of Brooklyn Heights, DUMBO, Cobble Hill, Red Hook, Gowanus, Prospect Heights, Park Slope, and Sunset Park. The district also contains portions of Borough Park and Bay Ridge in Brooklyn, and all of Prospect Park. In Upper New York Harbor, the district includes Governors Island, Liberty Island and the Statue of Liberty, and parts of Ellis Island.

New York's 10th congressional district
Map
Map
Interactive map of district boundaries
Representative
  Dan Goldman
DNew York
Area14.25 sq mi (36.9 km2)
Distribution
  • 100% urban
  • 0% rural
Population (2022)706,151[1]
Median household
income
$103,988[2]
Ethnicity
Cook PVID+35[3]

History edit

This congressional district has changed configurations and locations many times throughout its history due to redistricting, initially starting out as an upstate constituency before gradually moving south. Beginning in the 1870s, it shifted into parts of New York City, where it has remained to this day.

In the 20th century, the 10th district was always a Brooklyn-based seat from 1913 until 1973, when that iteration of the district was redrawn and renumbered as the new 16th, and the 10th was reassigned to a district in northern Queens and the east Bronx. The 1980 redistricting cycle restored the 10th district to Brooklyn, covering largely the same terrain as before. In the 1990 remap, much of the old 10th district was added to the new Queens–Brooklyn 9th district, while the new 10th then absorbed much of the old 11th district, including its congressman, Ed Towns.

From 2003 to 2013, this district was exclusively Brooklyn-based. During this time, it was majority-African American and 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.[4] Following the 2010–12 redistricting cycle, the district shed most of its Brooklyn territory, and picked up parts of Manhattan that had been in the 8th district.

The 2010 map had a size of 14.25 sq mi (36.9 km2), New York's 10th district was the second-smallest by total area in the country, after New York's 13th.[5] Demographically, it also had the largest number (197,000 or 270,000) and the highest percentage of Jews (27.5% or 37.6%)[a] of any congressional district,[6] largely as a result of the fact that it included several heavily Jewish neighborhoods of Manhattan and Brooklyn. Prior to the 2020 census, the district stretched from the Upper West Side of Manhattan to Borough Park.

List of members representing the district edit

Member Party Years Cong
ress
Electoral history District location
District established March 4, 1793
 
Silas Talbot
(New York)
Pro-Administration March 4, 1793 –
June 5, 1794
3rd Elected in 1793.
Resigned to join the U.S. Navy.
1793–1799
Western New York, approximately bounded to the east by the eastern borders of Hamilton, Fulton, Montgomery, Schoharie, and Delaware counties, and bordering (but not including) St. Lawrence County to the north
Vacant June 5, 1794 –
March 3, 1795
3rd No special election was called by Gov. Clinton for political reasons.[citation needed]
 
William Cooper
(Cooperstown)
Federalist March 4, 1795 –
March 3, 1797
4th Elected in 1794.
Lost re-election.
James Cochran
(Albany)
Federalist March 4, 1797 –
March 3, 1799
5th Elected in 1796.
Retired.
 
William Cooper
(Cooperstown)
Federalist March 4, 1799 –
March 3, 1801
6th Elected in 1798.
Retired.
1799–1803
All of New York west of and including Cayuga, Onondaga, Cortland, and Broome counties; also included portions of what are today Chenango and Otsego counties
Thomas Morris
(Canadaigua)
Federalist March 4, 1801 –
March 3, 1803
7th Elected in 1800.
Retired.
 
George Tibbits
(Troy)
Federalist March 4, 1803 –
March 3, 1805
8th Elected in 1802.
Retired.
1803–1809
Rensselaer County
Josiah Masters
(Schaghticoke)
Democratic-Republican March 4, 1805 –
March 3, 1809
9th
10th
Elected in 1804.
Re-elected in 1806.
Retired.
John Nicholson
(Herkimer)
Democratic-Republican March 4, 1809 –
March 3, 1811
11th Elected in 1808.
Retired.
1809–1813
Jefferson, Lewis, Herkimer, and St. Lawrence counties
Silas Stow
(Lowville)
Democratic-Republican March 4, 1811 –
March 3, 1813
12th Elected in 1810.
Retired.
Hosea Moffitt
(Nassau)
Federalist March 4, 1813 –
March 3, 1817
13th
14th
Elected in 1812.
Re-elected in 1814.
Retired.
1813–1823
Rensselaer County
 
John P. Cushman
(Troy)
Federalist March 4, 1817 –
March 3, 1819
15th Elected in 1816.
Retired.
 
John Dean Dickinson
(Troy)
Federalist March 4, 1819 –
March 3, 1823
16th
17th
Elected in 1818.
Re-elected in 1821.
Redistricted to the 9th district and lost re-election.
 
Stephen Van Rensselaer
(Albany)
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
(Albany)
Anti-Jacksonian March 4, 1829 –
March 3, 1831
21st Elected in 1828.
Lost re-election.
 
Gerrit Y. Lansing
(Albany)
Jacksonian March 4, 1831 –
March 3, 1837
22nd
23rd
24th
Elected in 1830.
Re-elected in 1832.
Re-elected in 1834.
Retired.
Albert Gallup
(East Berne)
Democratic March 4, 1837 –
March 3, 1839
25th Elected in 1836.
Lost re-election.
 
Daniel D. Barnard
(Albany)
Whig March 4, 1839 –
March 3, 1843
26th
27th
Elected in 1838.
Re-elected in 1840.
Redistricted to the 13th district.
 
Jeremiah Russell
(Saugerties)
Democratic March 4, 1843 –
March 3, 1845
28th Elected in 1842.
Lost re-election.
1843–1853
Delaware and Ulster counties
 
Samuel Gordon
(Delhi)
Democratic March 4, 1845 –
March 3, 1847
29th Elected in 1844.
Retired.
 
Eliakim Sherrill
(Shandaken)
Whig March 4, 1847 –
March 3, 1849
30th Elected in 1846.
[data missing]
Herman D. Gould
(Delhi)
Whig March 4, 1849 –
March 3, 1851
31st Elected in 1848.
Retired.
 
Marius Schoonmaker
(Kingston)
Whig March 4, 1851 –
March 3, 1853
32nd Elected in 1850.
Retired.
 
William Murray
(Goshen)
Independent
Democratic
March 4, 1853 –
March 3, 1855
33rd Redistricted from the 9th district and re-elected in 1852.
Retired.
1853–1863
Sullivan and Orange counties
 
Ambrose S. Murray
(Goshen)
Opposition March 4, 1855 –
March 3, 1857
34th
35th
Elected in 1854.
Re-elected in 1856.
Retired.
Republican March 4, 1857 –
March 3, 1859
 
Charles Van Wyck
(Bloomingburg)
Republican March 4, 1859 –
March 3, 1863
36th
37th
Elected in 1858.
Re-elected in 1860.
Retired to join the Union Army.
 
William Radford
(Yonkers)
Democratic March 4, 1863 –
March 3, 1867
38th
39th
Elected in 1862.
Re-elected in 1864.
Lost re-election.
1863–1873
Westchester, Rockland, and Bronx counties
 
William H. Robertson
(Katonah)
Republican March 4, 1867 –
March 3, 1869
40th Elected in 1866.
Retired.
 
Clarkson Nott Potter
(New Rochelle)
Democratic March 4, 1869 –
March 3, 1873
41st
42nd
Elected in 1868.
Re-elected in 1870.
Redistricted to the 11th district.
 
Fernando Wood
(New York)
Democratic March 4, 1873 –
March 3, 1875
43rd Redistricted from the 9th district and re-elected in 1872.
Redistricted back to the 9th district.
1873–1875
Northern Manhattan
 
Abram Stevens Hewitt
(New York)
Democratic March 4, 1875 –
March 3, 1879
44th
45th
Elected in 1874.
Re-elected in 1876.
Retired.
1875–1913
Various parts of Midtown and Lower Manhattan
 
James O'Brien
(New York)
Independent
Democratic
March 4, 1879 –
March 3, 1881
46th Elected in 1878.
Lost renomination.
 
Abram Stevens Hewitt
(New York)
Democratic March 4, 1881 –
December 30, 1886
47th
48th
49th
Elected in 1880.
Re-elected in 1882.
Re-elected in 1884.
Resigned to become Mayor of New York City.
Vacant December 30, 1886 –
March 3, 1887
49th
 
Francis B. Spinola
(New York)
Democratic March 4, 1887 –
April 14, 1891
50th
51st
52nd
Elected in 1886.
Re-elected in 1888.
Re-elected in 1890.
Died.
Vacant April 14, 1891 –
November 3, 1891
52nd
 
William Bourke Cockran
(New York)
Democratic November 3, 1891 –
March 3, 1893
52nd Elected to finish Spinola's term.
Redistricted to the 12th district.
 
Daniel Sickles
(New York)
Democratic March 4, 1893 –
March 3, 1895
53rd Elected in 1892.
Lost re-election.
Vacant March 4, 1895 –
November 5, 1895
54th Representative-elect Andrew J. Campbell died before term began.
 
Amos J. Cummings
(New York)
Democratic November 5, 1895 –
May 2, 1902
54th
55th
56th
57th
Elected to finish Campbell's term.
Re-elected in 1896.
Re-elected in 1898.
Re-elected in 1900.
Died.
Vacant May 2, 1902 –
November 4, 1902
57th
 
Edward Swann
(New York)
Democratic November 4, 1902 –
March 3, 1903
57th Elected to finish Cummings's term.
Retired.
 
William Sulzer
(New York)
Democratic March 4, 1903 –
December 31, 1912
58th
59th
60th
61st
62nd
Redistricted from the 11th district and re-elected in 1902.
Re-elected in 1904.
Re-elected in 1906.
Re-elected in 1908.
Re-elected in 1910.
Resigned to become Governor of New York.
Vacant January 1, 1913 –
March 3, 1913
62nd
 
Herman A. Metz
(Brooklyn)
Democratic March 4, 1913 –
March 3, 1915
63rd Elected in 1912.
Retired.
1913–1963
Various parts of Brooklyn
 
Reuben L. Haskell
(Brooklyn)
Republican March 4, 1915 –
December 31, 1919
64th
65th
66th
Elected in 1914.
Re-elected in 1916.
Re-elected in 1918.
Resigned.
Vacant December 31, 1919 –
November 2, 1920
66th
 
Lester D. Volk
(Brooklyn)
Republican November 2, 1920 –
March 3, 1923
66th
67th
Elected to finish Haskell's term.
Re-elected in 1920.
Lost re-election.
 
Emanuel Celler
(Brooklyn)
Democratic March 4, 1923 –
January 3, 1945
68th
69th
70th
71st
72nd
73rd
74th
75th
76th
77th
78th
Elected in 1922.
Re-elected in 1924.
Re-elected in 1926.
Re-elected in 1928.
Re-elected in 1930.
Re-elected in 1932.
Re-elected in 1934.
Re-elected in 1936.
Re-elected in 1938.
Re-elected in 1940.
Re-elected in 1942.
Redistricted to the 15th district.
 
Andrew L. Somers
(Brooklyn)
Democratic January 3, 1945 –
April 6, 1949
79th
80th
81st
Redistricted from the 6th district and re-elected in 1944.
Re-elected in 1946.
Re-elected in 1948.
Died.
Vacant April 7, 1949 –
November 7, 1949
81st
 
Edna F. Kelly
(Brooklyn)
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.
 
Emanuel Celler
(Brooklyn)
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 and Queens
January 3, 1971 –
January 3, 1973
1971–1973
Parts of Brooklyn
 
Mario Biaggi
(The Bronx)
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 Queens and the Bronx
 
Chuck Schumer
(Brooklyn)
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
(Brooklyn)
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.
2003–2013
Parts of Brooklyn
 
 
Jerry Nadler
(New York)
Democratic January 3, 2013 –
January 3, 2023
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.
Redistricted to the 12th district.
2013–2023
Parts of Manhattan and Brooklyn
 
 
Dan Goldman
(New York)
Democratic January 3, 2023 –
present
118th Elected in 2022.
2023–2025
Parts of Manhattan and Brooklyn
 

National and statewide election results edit

Year Office Results
1992 President B. Clinton 83–13%
1996 President B. Clinton 90–6%
2000 President Gore 88–8%
2004 President Kerry 86–13%
2008 President Obama 76–23%
2012 President Obama 73–25%
2016 President H. Clinton 78–18%
2020 President Biden 76–22%

Electoral history edit

District election results edit

The following are historical results for the 10th district's congressional elections.[b]

U.S. House election, 1870:
New York's 10th congressional district[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Clarkson Nott Potter (incumbent) 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 (incumbent) 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 (incumbent) 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 (incumbent) 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 (incumbent) 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 (incumbent) 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 (incumbent) 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 (incumbent) 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 (incumbent) 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 (incumbent) 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 (incumbent) 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 (incumbent) 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
Democratic Primary, 2020: New York District 10 10[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Jerry Nadler (incumbent) 51,054 64.2 n/a
Democratic Lindsey Boylan 16,511 20.8 n/a
Democratic Jonathan Herzog 7,829 9.9 n/a
Majority 34,543 43.4 n/a
Turnout 79,483 30.0 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

See also edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ The cited reference appears to contradict itself on the Jewish population of the 10th District. The maps in the report use a population of 197,000.
  2. ^ 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 an office; hence, where applicable, the state electoral results below contain both the individual party votes and the final candidate votes (listed as "Total").

References edit

  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 October 5, 2023.
  3. ^ "2022 Cook PVI: District Map and List". Cook Political Report. Retrieved January 10, 2023.
  4. ^ "The Art of the Gerrymander - 11 of 11". POLITICO Magazine. Retrieved June 28, 2019.
  5. ^ "New York congressional districts by urban and rural population and land area". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved December 11, 2014.
  6. ^ "2014 Jewish Maps of the United States by Congressional District (Comenetz)".
  7. ^ County of New York (1871). 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... Vol. II. p. 2031. Retrieved March 13, 2009.
  8. ^ "New York House Races Results". Politico. Retrieved July 13, 2016.
  9. ^ a b c "New York U.S. House 10th District Results: Jerrold Nadler Wins - Election Results 2016". The New York Times. Retrieved February 24, 2017.
  10. ^ "Statement and Return Report for Certification: Primary Election 2020 - 06/23/2020: Crossover - Democratic Party: Democratic Representative in Congress: 10th Congressional District" (PDF). Retrieved July 13, 2016.
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  • 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
  • 2006 House election data Clerk of the House of Representatives
  • 2004 House election data
  • 2002 House election data
  • 2000 House election data
  • 1998 House election data
  • 1996 House election data

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