New York's 10th congressional district

New York's 10th congressional district
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
Median household; income	$103,331
Ethnicity	63.5% White; 18.3% Asian; 11.8% Hispanic; 4.0% Black; 1.9% Two or more races; 0.5% other;
Cook PVI	D+27

New York's 10th congressional district is a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives, located from 2003 to 2013 in Brooklyn, New York City, and 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.

With a size of 14.25 mi², the district is the second-smallest in the country, after New York's 13th congressional district.^[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]

Redistricting[]

The 10th District was a Brooklyn-based seat until 1972, when that district became the 16th, and the 10th was reassigned 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, the district shed most of its Brooklyn territory, and picked up parts of Manhattan that had been in the 8th district.

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

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 - 25%
2016	President	Clinton 78 - 18%
2020	President	Biden 76 - 22%

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]	1803–1809 Rensselaer County
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
Stephen Van Rensselaer	Anti-Jacksonian	March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1829	18th 19th 20th
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	Elected in 1830. Re-elected in 1832. Re-elected in 1834. [data unknown/missing]
Albert Gallup	Democratic	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839	25th	Elected in 1836. [data unknown/missing]
Daniel D. Barnard	Whig	March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1843	26th 27th	Elected in 1838. Re-elected in 1840. Redistricted to the 13th district.
Jeremiah Russell	Democratic	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845	28th	Elected in 1842. [data unknown/missing]	1843–1853 Delaware and Ulster Counties.
Samuel Gordon	Democratic	March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1847	29th	Elected in 1844. [data unknown/missing]
Eliakim Sherrill	Whig	March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849	30th	Elected in 1846. [data unknown/missing]
Herman D. Gould	Whig	March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851	31st	Elected in 1848. [data unknown/missing]
Marius Schoonmaker	Whig	March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853	32nd	Elected in 1850. [data unknown/missing]
William Murray	Independent Democratic	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855	33rd	Redistricted from the 9th district and re-elected in 1852. [data unknown/missing]	1853–1863 Sullivan and Orange Counties.
Ambrose S. Murray	Opposition	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857	34th 35th	Elected in 1854. Re-elected in 1856. [data unknown/missing]
Ambrose S. Murray	Republican	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859	34th 35th
Charles Van Wyck	Republican	March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1863	36th 37th	Elected in 1858. Re-elected in 1860. [data unknown/missing]
William Radford	Democratic	March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1867	38th 39th	Elected in 1862. Re-elected in 1864. [data unknown/missing]	1863–1873 Westchester and Rockland Counties and The Bronx.
William H. Robertson	Republican	March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1869	40th	Elected in 1866. [data unknown/missing]
Clarkson Nott Potter	Democratic	March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1873	41st 42nd	Elected in 1868. Re-elected in 1870. Redistricted to the 11th district.
Fernando Wood	Democratic	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875	43rd	Redistricted from the 9th district and re-elected in 1872. Redistricted to the 9th district.	1873–1875 Northern Manhattan.
Abram Stevens Hewitt	Democratic	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1879	44th 45th	Elected in 1874. Re-elected in 1876. [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	Elected in 1878. [data unknown/missing]
Abram Stevens Hewitt	Democratic	March 4, 1881 – December 30, 1886	47th 48th 49th	Elected in 1880. Re-elected in 1882. Re-elected in 1884. 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	Elected in 1886. Re-elected in 1888. Re-elected in 1890. Died.
Vacant		April 14, 1891 – November 3, 1891
William Bourke Cockran	Democratic	November 3, 1891 – March 3, 1893	52nd	Elected to finish Spinola's term. Redistricted to the 12th district.
Daniel E. Sickles	Democratic	March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895	53rd	Elected in 1892. 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 Campbell's 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 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
Herman A. Metz	Democratic	March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1915	63rd	Elected in 1912. [data unknown/missing]	1913–1933 Parts of Brooklyn
Reuben L. Haskell	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
Lester D. Volk	Republican	November 2, 1920 – March 3, 1923	66th 67th	. Re-elected in 1920. Lost re-election.
Emanuel Celler	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	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
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
Emanuel Celler	Democratic	January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1973	88th 89th 90th 91st 92nd		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.	1983–2003 Parts of Brooklyn
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 (incumbent)	14,249	57.1
	Republican		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		8,660	7.9
	Right to Life		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		5,577	6.2	1.7
	Conservative		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		6,852	5.1	1.1
	Working Families		5,530	4.1	4.1
	Conservative		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		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		11,099	7.5	7.5
	Conservative		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		4,666	6.0	1.5
	Conservative		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		4,666	6.0	1.5
	Conservative		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		12,042	11.8	n/a
	Flourish Every Person		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		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

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

Notes[]

^ "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.
^ "My Congressional District". US Census Bureau. Retrieved December 10, 2019.
^ "Introducing the 2021 Cook Political Report Partisan Voter Index". The Cook Political Report. April 15, 2021. Retrieved April 15, 2021.
^ "New York congressional districts by urban and rural population and land area". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved December 11, 2014.
^ "2014 Jewish Maps of the United States by Congressional District (Comenetz)".
^ "The Art of the Gerrymander - 11 of 11". POLITICO Magazine. Retrieved June 28, 2019.
^ 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 March 13, 2009. |volume= has extra text (help)CS1 maint: others (link)
^ "New York House Races Results". Politico. Retrieved July 13, 2016.
^ Jump up to: ^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.

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
2006 House election data Clerk of the House of Representatives
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Coordinates: 40°42′07″N 74°00′26″W / 40.70194°N 74.00722°W / 40.70194; -74.00722

[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 December 10, 2019.

[Cook-3] "Introducing the 2021 Cook Political Report Partisan Voter Index". The Cook Political Report. April 15, 2021. Retrieved April 15, 2021.

[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 June 28, 2019.

[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 March 13, 2009. |volume= has extra text (help)CS1 maint: others (link)

[8] "New York House Races Results". Politico. Retrieved July 13, 2016.

[nyt-9] Jump up to: ^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.

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