New York's 8th congressional district

New York's 8th congressional district
New York's 8th congressional district
	New York 's 8th congressional district since January 3, 2013
Representative
	Hakeem Jeffries; D–Brooklyn
Distribution	99.99% urban; 0.01% rural;
Population (2019)	776,825
Median household; income	$59,806
Ethnicity	55.0% Black; 22.9% White; 14.5% Hispanic; 5.4% Asian; 1.6% Two or more races; 0.7% other;
Cook PVI	D+33

New York's 8th congressional district for the US House of Representatives is in the New York City boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens. Its current representative is Hakeem Jeffries.

From 1993 to 2013, the district covered much of the west side of Manhattan and western coastal sections of Brooklyn. However, after decennial redistricting, it was redrawn to take in much of the territory previously in the 10th District. It now encompasses majority African-American and Caribbean-American Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brownsville, Canarsie, East New York, Ocean Hill, Spring Creek, and East Flatbush; the mostly white neighborhoods of Bergen Beach, Gerritsen Beach, Howard Beach, Marine Park, and Mill Basin; and mixed neighborhoods like Clinton Hill, Flatlands, Fort Greene, Ozone Park, Brighton Beach, and Coney Island.^[4] Most of the old 8th was renumbered as the 10th.

Recent results in statewide races[]

Year	Office	Results
1992	President	Clinton 77 - 17%
1996	President	Clinton 77 - 16%
2000	President	Gore 74 - 18%
2004	President	Kerry 72 - 27%
2008	President	Obama 86 - 14%
2012	President	Obama 89 - 10%
2016	President	Clinton 85 - 14%
2020	President	Biden 82 - 16%

2012 election[]

The state's congressional districts had 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 had a few competitors for what was then an open seat, with the 10th incumbent congressman Edolphus Towns retiring. State assemblyman Hakeem Jeffries faced off against New York City Councilman Charles Barron.^[5] Jeffries won the primary and ultimately the general election.^[6]^[7]

Components: Past and Present[]

1913-1963:

Parts of Brooklyn

1963-1983:

Parts of Queens

1983-1993:

Parts of Bronx, Nassau, Queens

1993–2013:

Parts of Brooklyn, Manhattan

2013–present:

Parts of Brooklyn, Queens

Various New York districts have been numbered "8" over the years, including areas in New York City and various parts of upstate New York.

List of members representing the district[]

1793–1833: One seat[]

Representative	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history	Location
District created March 4, 1793
Henry Glen	Pro-Administration	March 4, 1793 – March 3, 1795	3rd 4th 5th 6th	Elected in 1793. Re-elected in 1794. Re-elected in 1796. Re-elected in 1798. Lost re-election.	1793–1803 [data unknown/missing]
Henry Glen	Federalist	March 4, 1795 – March 3, 1801	3rd 4th 5th 6th
Killian K. Van Rensselaer	Federalist	March 4, 1801 – March 3, 1803	7th	Elected in 1800. Redistricted to the 9th district.
Henry W. Livingston	Federalist	March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1807	8th 9th	Elected in 1802. Re-elected in 1804. [data unknown/missing]	1803–1813 [data unknown/missing]
James I. Van Alen	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1807 – March 3, 1809	10th	Elected in 1806. Lost re-election.
John Thompson	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1809 – March 3, 1811	11th	Redistricted from the 11th district and re-elected in 1808. [data unknown/missing]
Benjamin Pond	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1811 – March 3, 1813	12th	Elected in 1810. [data unknown/missing]
Samuel Sherwood	Federalist	March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1815	13th	Elected in 1812. [data unknown/missing]	1813–1823 Delaware and Greene counties
Vacant		March 4, 1815 – December 26, 1815	14th	Credentials had been issued for John Adams (Fed.), but Adams did not take or claim the seat, see 1814 United States House of Representatives elections in New York.
Erastus Root	Democratic-Republican	December 26, 1815 – March 3, 1817	14th	Successfully contested Adams's election. [data unknown/missing]
Dorrance Kirtland	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1819	15th	Elected in 1816. [data unknown/missing]
Robert Clark	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1819 – March 3, 1821	16th	Elected in 1818. [data unknown/missing]
Vacant		March 4, 1821 – December 3, 1821	17th	Elections were held in April 1821. It is unclear when results were announced or credentials issued.
Richard McCarty	Democratic-Republican	December 3, 1821 – March 3, 1823	17th	Elected in 1821. [data unknown/missing]
James Strong	Adams-Clay Federalist	March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825	18th 19th 20th 21st	Elected in 1822. Re-elected in 1824. Re-elected in 1826. Re-elected in 1828. [data unknown/missing]	1823–1833 Columbia County
James Strong	Anti-Jacksonian	March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1831	18th 19th 20th 21st
John King	Jacksonian	March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1833	22nd	Elected in 1830. [data unknown/missing]

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
Cong ress	Years	Representative	Party	Electoral history	Representative	Party	Electoral history
23rd	March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1835	John Adams	Jacksonian	Elected in 1832.	Aaron Vanderpoel	Jacksonian	Elected in 1832.
24th	March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837	Valentine Efner	Jacksonian	Elected in 1834.	Aaron Vanderpoel	Jacksonian	Re-elected in 1834. Lost re-election.
25th	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839	Zadock Pratt	Democratic	Elected in 1836. Retired.	Robert McClellan	Democratic	Elected in 1836
26th	March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1841	John Ely	Democratic	Elected in 1838.	Aaron Vanderpoel	Democratic	Elected in 1838. Retired.
27th	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	Cong ress	Electoral history
Richard D. Davis	Democratic	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845	28th	Redistricted from 5th district and re-elected in 1842. [data unknown/missing]
William W. Woodworth	Democratic	March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1847	29th	Elected in 1844. [data unknown/missing]
Cornelius Warren	Whig	March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849	30th	Elected in 1846. [data unknown/missing]
Ransom Halloway	Whig	March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851	31st	Elected in 1848. [data unknown/missing]
Gilbert Dean	Democratic	March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853	32nd	Elected in 1850. Redistricted to 12th district
Francis B. Cutting	Democratic	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855	33rd	Elected in 1852. [data unknown/missing]
Abram Wakeman	Whig	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857	34th	Elected in 1854. [data unknown/missing]
Horace F. Clark	Democratic	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859	35th 36th	Elected in 1856. Re-elected in 1858. [data unknown/missing]
Horace F. Clark	Anti-Lecompton Democrat	March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1861	35th 36th
Isaac C. Delaplaine	Democratic	March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863	37th	Elected in 1860. [data unknown/missing]
James Brooks	Democratic	March 4, 1863 – April 7, 1866	38th 39th	Elected in 1862. Re-elected in 1864. [data unknown/missing]
William E. Dodge	Republican	April 7, 1866 – March 3, 1867	39th	Successfully contested election of James Brooks to
James Brooks	Democratic	March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1873	40th 41st 42nd	Elected in 1866. Re-elected in 1868. Re-elected in 1870. Redistricted to 6th district
John D. Lawson	Republican	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875	43rd	Elected in 1872. [data unknown/missing]
Elijah Ward	Democratic	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877	44th	Elected in 1874. [data unknown/missing]
Anson G. McCook	Republican	March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1883	45th 46th 47th	Elected in 1876. Re-elected in 1878. Re-elected in 1880. [data unknown/missing]
John J. Adams	Democratic	March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885	48th	Redistricted from 7th district and re-elected in 1882. [data unknown/missing]
Samuel S. Cox	Democratic	March 4, 1885 – May 20, 1885	49th	Elected in 1884. Resigned to become Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Ottoman Empire
Vacant		May 20, 1885 – November 3, 1885	49th
Timothy J. Campbell	Democratic	November 3, 1885 – March 3, 1889	49th 50th	Elected to finish Cox's term. Re-elected in 1886. [data unknown/missing]
John H. McCarthy	Democratic	March 4, 1889 – January 14, 1891	51st	Elected in 1888. Resigned to become Justice of the City Court of New York City
Vacant		January 14, 1891 – March 3, 1891	51st
Timothy J. Campbell	Democratic	March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893	52nd	Elected in 1890. [data unknown/missing]
Edward J. Dunphy	Democratic	March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895	53rd	Redistricted from 7th district and re-elected in 1892. [data unknown/missing]
James J. Walsh	Democratic	March 4, 1895 – June 2, 1896	54th	Elected in 1894. Unseated in contested election.
John M. Mitchell	Republican	June 2, 1896 – March 3, 1899	54th 55th	Successfully contested election of James J. Walsh. Re-elected in 1896. [data unknown/missing]
Daniel J. Riordan	Democratic	March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1901	56th	Elected in 1898. [data unknown/missing]
Thomas J. Creamer	Democratic	March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1903	57th	Elected in 1900. [data unknown/missing]
Timothy D. Sullivan	Democratic	March 4, 1903 – July 27, 1906	58th 59th	Elected in 1902. Re-elected in 1904. Resigned.
Vacant		July 27, 1906 – November 6, 1906	59th
Daniel J. Riordan	Democratic	November 6, 1906 – March 3, 1913	59th 60th 61st 62nd	Elected to finish Sullivan's term. Re-elected in 1906. Re-elected in 1908. Re-elected in 1910. Redistricted to 11th district.
Daniel J. Griffin	Democratic	March 4, 1913 – December 31, 1917	63rd 64th 65th	Elected in 1912. Re-elected in 1914. Re-elected in 1916. Resigned on election as sheriff of Kings County.
Vacant		January 1, 1918 – March 5, 1918	65th
William E. Cleary	Democratic	March 5, 1918 – March 3, 1921	65th 66th	Elected in 1918. [data unknown/missing]
Charles G. Bond	Republican	March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1923	67th	Elected in 1920. [data unknown/missing]
William E. Cleary	Democratic	March 4, 1923 – March 3, 1927	68th 69th	Elected in 1922. Re-elected in 1924. [data unknown/missing]
Patrick J. Carley	Democratic	March 4, 1927 – January 3, 1935	70th 71st 72nd 73rd	Elected in 1926. Re-elected in 1928. Re-elected in 1930. Re-elected in 1932. [data unknown/missing]
Richard J. Tonry	Democratic	January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1937	74th	Elected in 1934. [data unknown/missing]
Donald L. O'Toole	Democratic	January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1945	75th 76th 77th 78th	Elected in 1936. Re-elected in 1938. Re-elected in 1940. Re-elected in 1942. Redistricted to 13th district
Joseph L. Pfeifer	Democratic	January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1951	79th 80th 81st	Redistricted from 3rd district and re-elected in 1944. Re-elected in 1946. Re-elected in 1948.
Victor Anfuso	Democratic	January 3, 1951 – January 3, 1953	82nd	Elected in 1950. Retired.
Louis B. Heller	Democratic	January 3, 1953 – July 21, 1954	83rd	Redistricted from 7th district and re-elected in 1952. Resigned.
Vacant		July 22, 1954 – January 2, 1955	83rd
Victor Anfuso	Democratic	January 3, 1955 – January 3, 1963	84th 85th 86th 87th	Elected in 1954. Re-elected in 1956. Re-elected in 1958. Re-elected in 1960. Retired to run for New York Supreme Court
Benjamin Rosenthal	Democratic	January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1983	88th 89th 90th 91st 92nd 93rd 94th 95th 96th 97th	Redistricted from 6th district and re-elected in 1962. Re-elected in 1964. Re-elected in 1966. Re-elected in 1968. Re-elected in 1970. Re-elected in 1972. Re-elected in 1974. Re-elected in 1976. Re-elected in 1978. Re-elected in 1980. Redistricted to 7th district
James H. Scheuer	Democratic	January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1993	98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd	Redistricted from 11th district and re-elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1984. Re-elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1988. Re-elected in 1990. Retired.
Jerry Nadler	Democratic	January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2013	103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th 111th 112th	Redistricted from 17th 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. Redistricted to 10th district.
Hakeem Jeffries	Democratic	January 3, 2013 – Present	113th 114th 115th 116th 117th	Elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. [data unknown/missing]

Recent 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").

U.S. House election, 1870: New York District 8^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	James Brooks (incumbent)	12,845	53.0
	Republican	George Wilkes	7,149	29.5
	Independent		4,243	17.5
Majority			5,696	23.5
Turnout			24,237	100

[data unknown/missing]

U.S. House election, 1996: New York District 8
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jerrold Nadler (incumbent)	131,943	82.3
	Republican	Michael Benjamin	26,028	16.2
	Conservative		2,381	1.5
Majority			105,915	66.1
Turnout			160,352	100

U.S. House election, 1998: New York District 8
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Jerrold Nadler (incumbent)	112,948	86.0	+3.7
	Republican	Theodore Howard	18,383	14.0	-2.2
Majority			94,565	72.0	+5.9
Turnout			131,331	100	-18.1

U.S. House election, 2000: New York District 8
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Jerrold Nadler (incumbent)	150,273	81.2	-4.8
	Republican		27,057	14.6	+0.6
	Green		4,765	2.6	+2.6
	Conservative		1,849	1.0	+1.0
	Independence		1,025	0.6	+0.6
Majority			123,216	66.6	-5.4
Turnout			184,969	100	+40.8

U.S. House election, 2002: New York District 8
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Jerrold Nadler (incumbent)	81,002	76.1	-5.1
	Republican		19,674	18.5	+3.9
	Conservative		3,361	3.2	+2.2
	Green		1,918	1.8	-0.8
	Libertarian		526	0.5	+0.5
Majority			61,328	57.6	-9.0
Turnout			106,481	100	-42.4

U.S. House election, 2004: New York District 8
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Jerrold Nadler (incumbent)	162,082	80.5	+4.4
	Republican		39,240	19.5	+1.0
Majority			122,842	61.0	+3.4
Turnout			201,322	100	+89.1

U.S. House election, 2006: New York District 8
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Jerrold Nadler (incumbent)	108,536	85.0	+4.5
	Republican		17,413	13.6	-5.9
	Conservative		1,673	1.3	+1.3
Majority			91,123	71.4	+10.4
Turnout			127,622	100	-36.6

U.S. House election, 2008: New York District 8
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Jerrold Nadler (incumbent)	160,775	80.5	-4.5
	Republican	Grace Lin	39,062	19.5	+5.9
Majority			121,713	61.0	-10.4
Turnout			199,837	100	+56.6

U.S. House election, 2010: New York District 8
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Jerrold Nadler (incumbent)	98,839	75.5	-5.0
	Republican	Susan L. Kone	31,996	24.5	+5.0
Majority			66,843	51.0	-10.0
Turnout			130,835	100	-34.5

U.S. House election, 2012: New York District 8
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Hakeem Jeffries	184,038	90.2	+14.7
	Republican		17,650	8.7	-15.9
	Green	Colin Beavan	2,441	1.2	+1.2
Majority			166,388	81.2	+31.2

U.S. House election, 2014: New York District 8
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Hakeem Jeffries (incumbent)	77,255	92.1	+1.9
	Conservative		6,673	8.0	-0.7
Majority			70,582	84.1	+2.9

U.S. House election, 2016: New York District 8
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Hakeem Jeffries (incumbent)	214,595	93.3	+1.2
	Conservative	Daniel Cavanagh	15,401	6.7	-1.3
Majority			229,996	86.6	+2.5

U.S. House election, 2018: New York District 8
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Hakeem Jeffries (incumbent)	180,376	94.3	+1.0
	Conservative	Ernest Johnson	9,997	5.2	-1.5
	Reform	Jessica White	1,031	0.5	+0.5
Majority			191,404	89.1	+2.5

U.S. House election, 2020: New York District 8
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Hakeem Jeffries	207,111	74.8
	Working Families	Hakeem Jeffries	27,822	10.0
	Total	Hakeem Jeffries (incumbent)	234,933	84.8
	Republican	Garfield Wallace	39,124	14.1
	Conservative	Garfield Wallace	2,883	1.1
	Total	Garfield Wallace	42,007	15.2
Total votes			276,940	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".
^ "Introducing the 2021 Cook Political Report Partisan Voter Index". The Cook Political Report. April 15, 2021. Retrieved April 15, 2021.
^ "'Substantially the same'? Redistricting maps tell a different story than Cuomo's". March 16, 2012.
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on July 18, 2012. Retrieved May 26, 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "New York Congressional Primaries - Election Results". The New York Times.
^ "2012 New York House Results".
^ 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. Volume II. County of New York. 1871. p. 2029. Retrieved March 27, 2009. {{cite book}}: |volume= has extra text (help)CS1 maint: others (link)

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

[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".

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

[4] "'Substantially the same'? Redistricting maps tell a different story than Cuomo's". March 16, 2012.

[5] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on July 18, 2012. Retrieved May 26, 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[6] "New York Congressional Primaries - Election Results". The New York Times.

[7] "2012 New York House Results".

[8] 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. Volume II. County of New York. 1871. p. 2029. Retrieved March 27, 2009. {{cite book}}: |volume= has extra text (help)CS1 maint: others (link)

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