New York's 14th congressional district

New York's 14th congressional district
New York 's 14th congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
Current Representative	Joseph Crowley (D)
Distribution	% urban % rural
Ethnicity	% White % Black % Asian % Hispanic % Native American % other
Occupation	% Blue-collar % White-collar % Grey-collar
Cook PVI	D+23

New York's 14th Congressional District is a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives located in New York City, represented by Democrat Joseph Crowley.

The district includes the eastern Bronx and part of north-central Queens. The Queens portion includes the neighborhoods of Astoria, College Point, East Elmhurst, Jackson Heights and Woodside. The Bronx portion of the district includes the neighborhoods of Co-op City, Morris Park, Parkchester, Pelham Bay, and Throgs Neck as well as City Island. Before Redistricting for the 2012 election, much of this area was included in New York's 7th congressional district.

From 2003-2013, it included most of the East Side of Manhattan, all of Roosevelt Island and the neighborhoods of Astoria, Long Island City, and Sunnyside in Queens. Museum Mile, all of Central Park, and the United Nations Headquarters were located within this district.

Voting

Election results from presidential races (current lines) Year Office Results 2008 President Obama 76 - 23% 2012 President Obama 80.7 - 18.3%

Election results from presidential races (old lines) Year Office Results 1992 President Clinton 69 - 23% 1996 President Clinton 70 - 23% 2000 President Gore 70 - 23% 2004 President Kerry 74 - 25% 2008 President Obama 78 - 21%

Components

• 1803–1813: [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
• 1813-1823: Montgomery County
• 1823-1833: [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
• 1833–1873: [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
• 1873–1881: [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
• 1881–1893: [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
• 1893–1903: [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
• 1903–1913: [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
• 1913-1945: Parts of Manhattan
• 1945-1983: Parts of Brooklyn
• 1983-1993: All of Staten Island, Parts of Brooklyn
• 1993-2003: Parts of Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens
• 2003–2013: Parts of Manhattan, Queens
• 2013–present: Parts of Queens, The Bronx

During the 1970s, this area was the 18th district; in the 1980s it was the 15th district.

The District was a Brooklyn-based seat until 1982 when it became the Staten Island district. In 1992 it became the East Side of Manhattan district, which for most of its existence had been the 17th district. In 2012, the district shifted to the former territory of the 7th district in Queens and The Bronx.

List of representatives

Representative	Party	Years	District Home	Note
District created		1803
Erastus Root	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1805
John Russell	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1805 – March 3, 1809
Vincent Mathews	Federalist	March 4, 1809 – March 3, 1811
Daniel Avery	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1811 – March 3, 1813		Redistricted to the 20th district
Jacob Markell	Federalist	March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1815	Manheim
Daniel Cady	Federalist	March 4, 1815 – March 3, 1817	Johnstown
John Herkimer	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1819	Danube
John Fay	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1819 – March 3, 1821	Northampton
Vacant		March 4 - December 3, 1821	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.
Alfred Conkling	Democratic-Republican	December 3, 1821 – March 3, 1823	Canajoharie
Henry R. Storrs	Adams-Clay Federalist	March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825
	Adams	March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1829
	Anti-Jacksonian	March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1831
Samuel Beardsley	Jacksonian	March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1833		Redistricted to the 17th district
Ransom H. Gillet	Jacksonian	March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1837
James B. Spencer	Democratic	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839
John Fine	Democratic	March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1841
Henry Bell Van Rensselaer	Whig	March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843
Charles Rogers	Whig	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845
Erastus D. Culver	Whig	March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1847
Orlando Kellogg	Whig	March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849
George R. Andrews	Whig	March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851
John H. Boyd	Whig	March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853
Rufus W. Peckham	Democratic	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855
Samuel Dickson	Opposition	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857
Erastus Corning	Democratic	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859
John H. Reynolds	Anti-Lecompton Democrat	March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1861
Erastus Corning	Democratic	March 4, 1861 – October 5, 1863		Resigned
vacant		October 5, 1863 – December 7, 1863
John V. L. Pruyn	Democratic	December 7, 1863 – March 3, 1865
Charles Goodyear	Democratic	March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1867
John V. L. Pruyn	Democratic	March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1869
Stephen L. Mayham	Democratic	March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1871
Eli Perry	Democratic	March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1873		Redistricted to the 15th district
David M. De Witt	Democratic	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875
George M. Beebe	Democratic	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1879
John W. Ferdon	Republican	March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1881
Lewis Beach	Democratic	March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1885		Redistricted from the 15th district
William G. Stahlnecker	Democratic	March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1893
John R. Fellows	Democratic	March 4, 1893 – December 31, 1893		Redistricted from the 6th district, resigned to serve as New York County District Attorney
vacant		January 1, 1894 – January 30, 1894
Lemuel E. Quigg	Republican	January 30, 1894 – March 3, 1899
William A. Chanler	Democratic	March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1901
William H. Douglas	Republican	March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1903		Redistricted to the 15th district
Ira E. Rider	Democratic	March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1905
Charles A. Towne	Democratic	March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1907
William Willet, Jr.	Democratic	March 4, 1907 – March 3, 1911
John J. Kindred	Democratic	March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1913
Jefferson M. Levy	Democratic	March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1915		Redistricted from the 13th district
Michael F. Farley	Democratic	March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1917
Fiorello H. LaGuardia	Republican	March 4, 1917 – December 31, 1919		Resigned
vacant		January 1, 1920 – November 2, 1920
Nathan D. Perlman	Republican	November 2, 1920 – March 3, 1927
William I. Sirovich	Democratic	March 4, 1927 – December 17, 1939		Died
vacant		December 17, 1939 – February 6, 1940
Morris Michael Edelstein	Democratic	February 6, 1940 – June 4, 1941		Died
vacant		June 4, 1941 – July 29, 1941
Arthur George Klein	Democratic	July 29, 1941 – January 3, 1945
Leo F. Rayfiel	Democratic	January 3, 1945 – September 13, 1947		Resigned
vacant		September 14, 1947 – November 3, 1947
Abraham J. Multer	Democratic	November 4, 1947 – January 3, 1953		Redistricted to the 13th district
John J. Rooney	Democratic	January 3, 1953 – December 31, 1974		Redistricted from the 12th district, resigned
vacant		January 1, 1975 – January 2, 1975
Frederick W. Richmond	Democratic	January 3, 1975 – August 25, 1982		Resigned
vacant		August 26, 1982 – January 2, 1983
Guy V. Molinari	Republican	January 3, 1983 – December 31, 1989		Redistricted from the 17th district, resigned
vacant		January 1, 1990 – March 19, 1990
Susan Molinari	Republican	March 20, 1990 – January 3, 1993		Redistricted to the 13th district
Carolyn B. Maloney	Democratic	January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2013		Redistricted to the 12th district
Joseph Crowley	Democratic	January 3, 2013 – present		Redistricted from the 7th district

In fiction

In the TV series Heroes, the character Nathan Petrelli won the 14th district's congressional seat in 2006 election in a landslide, thanks to electoral fraud. He did not take the seat, however.^[1]

Election results

Presidential races

Year	Office	Results
2000	President	Gore (D) 70 - 23%
2004	President	Kerry (D) 74 - 25%
2008	President	Obama (D) 78 - 21%

Congressional races

Note that 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").

U.S. House election, 1870: New York District 14^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Democratic	Eli Perry	17,716	54.1
	Republican	Minard Harder	14,726	44.9
	Labor Reform Party	John Hastings	336	1.0
Majority			2,990	9.2
Turnout			32,778	100

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U.S. House election, 1996: New York District 14

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Democratic	Carolyn B. Maloney	130,175	72.4
	Republican	Jeffrey E. Livingston	42,641	23.7
	Green	Thomas K. Leighton	3,512	2.0
	Conservative	Joseph A. Lavezzo	2,188	1.2
	Right to Life	Delco L. Cornett	1,221	0.7
Majority			87,534	48.7
Turnout			179,737	100

U.S. House election, 1998: New York District 14

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Democratic	Carolyn B. Maloney	111,072	77.4	+5.0
	Republican	Stephanie E. Kupferman	32,458	22.6	-1.1
Majority			78,614	54.8	+6.1
Turnout			143,530	100	-20.1

U.S. House election, 2000: New York District 14

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Democratic	Carolyn B. Maloney	148,080	73.9	-3.5
	Republican	C. Adrienne Rhodes	45,453	22.7	+0.1
	Green	Sandra Stevens	4,869	2.4	+2.4
	Independence	Frederick D. Newman	1,946	1.0	+1.0
Majority			102,627	51.2	-3.6
Turnout			200,348	100	+39.6

U.S. House election, 2002: New York District 14

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Democratic	Carolyn B. Maloney	95,931	75.3	+1.4
	Republican	Anton Srdanovic	31,548	24.7	+2.0
Majority			64,383	50.5	-0.7
Turnout			127,479	100	-36.4

U.S. House election, 2004: New York District 14

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Democratic	Carolyn B. Maloney	186,688	81.1	+5.8
	Republican	Anton Srdanovic	43,623	18.9	-5.8
Majority			143,065	62.1	+11.6
Turnout			230,311	100	+80.7

U.S. House election, 2006: New York District 14

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Democratic	Carolyn B. Maloney	119,582	84.5	+3.4
	Republican	Danniel Maio	21,969	15.5	-3.4
Majority			97,613	69.0	+6.9
Turnout			141,551	100	-38.5

U.S. House election, 2008: New York District 14

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Democratic	Carolyn B. Maloney	183,239	79.9	-4.6
	Republican	Robert G. Heim	43,385	18.9	+3.4
	Libertarian	Isaiah Matos	2,659	1.2	+1.2
Majority			139,854	61.0	-8.0
Turnout			229,283	100	+62.0

U.S. House election, 2010: New York District 14

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Democratic	Carolyn B. Maloney	107,327	75.1	-4.8
	Republican	David Ryan Brumberg	32,065	22.4	+3.5
	Conservative	Timothy J. Healy	1,891	1.3	+1.3
	Independence	Dino L. LaVerghetta	1,617	1.1	+1.1
Majority			75,262	52.7	-8.3
Turnout			142,900	100	-37.7

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

References

1. Don't Look Back (Heroes, Season 1, Episode 2)
2. 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. Retrieved 2009-03-29.

• 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
• 2004 House election data Clerk of the House of Representatives
• 2002 House election data "
• 2000 House election data "
• 1998 House election data "
• 1996 House election data "