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 Jerrold 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 and the Financial District and parts of Brooklyn, including Borough Park.
With a size of 14.25 mi², this is currently the second smallest congressional district in the whole country.^[2] Demographically, it includes neighborhoods of Manhattan and Brooklyn that are heavily Jewish.

From 2003-2013, the district was located entirely within Brooklyn and was 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.

Redistricting

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

Voting

List of representatives

Representative	Party	Years	Electoral history	Geography
District created		1793
Silas Talbot	Pro- Administration	March 4, 1793 – June 5, 1794	Resigned to join the U.S. Navy	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	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
James Cochran	Federalist	March 4, 1797 – March 3, 1799	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
William Cooper	Federalist	March 4, 1799 – March 3, 1801	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]	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	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
George Tibbits	Federalist	March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1805	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]	Rensselaer County
Josiah Masters	Democratic- Republican	March 4, 1805 – March 3, 1809	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
John Nicholson	Democratic- Republican	March 4, 1809 – March 3, 1811	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]	Jefferson, Lewis, Herkimer and St. Lawrence Counties.
Silas Stow	Democratic- Republican	March 4, 1811 – March 3, 1813	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Hosea Moffitt	Federalist	March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1817	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]	Rensselaer County
John P. Cushman	Federalist	March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1819	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
John D. Dickinson	Federalist	March 4, 1819 – March 3, 1823	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Stephen Van Rensselaer	Adams-Clay Federalist	March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825	Redistricted from the 9th district	Albany County
	Adams	March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1829
Ambrose Spencer	Anti-Jacksonian	March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1831	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Gerrit Y. Lansing	Jacksonian	March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1837	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Albert Gallup	Democratic	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Daniel D. Barnard	Whig	March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1843	Redistricted to the 13th district
Jeremiah Russell	Democratic	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]	Delaware and Ulster Counties.
Samuel Gordon	Democratic	March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1847	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Eliakim Sherrill	Whig	March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Herman D. Gould	Whig	March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Marius Schoonmaker	Whig	March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
William Murray	Independent Democratic	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855	Redistricted from the 9th district	Sullivan and Orange Counties.
Ambrose S. Murray	Opposition	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
	Republican	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859
Charles Van Wyck	Republican	March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1863	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
William Radford	Democratic	March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1867	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]	Westchester and Rockland Counties and The Bronx.
William H. Robertson	Republican	March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1869	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Clarkson Nott Potter	Democratic	March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1873	Redistricted to the 11th district
Fernando Wood	Democratic	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875	Redistricted from the 9th district Redistricted to the 9th district	Northern Manhattan.
Abram Stevens Hewitt	Democratic	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1879	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]	Various parts of mid-town and Lower Manhattan.
James O'Brien	Independent Democratic	March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1881	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Abram Stevens Hewitt	Democratic	March 4, 1881 – December 30, 1886	Resigned on election as Mayor of New York City
Vacant		December 30, 1886 – March 4, 1887
Francis B. Spinola	Democratic	March 4, 1887 – April 14, 1891	Died
Vacant		April 14, 1891 – November 3, 1891
William Bourke Cockran	Democratic	November 3, 1891 – March 3, 1893	Redistricted to the 12th district
Daniel E. Sickles	Democratic	March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895	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	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	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
William Sulzer	Democratic	March 4, 1903 – December 31, 1912	Redistricted from the 11th district Resigned to become Governor of New York
Vacant		January 1, 1913 – March 4, 1913
Herman A. Metz	Democratic	March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1915	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]	Parts of Brooklyn
Reuben L. Haskell	Republican	March 4, 1915 – December 31, 1919	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	Elected to finish Haskell's term Lost re-election in 1922
Emanuel Celler	Democratic	March 4, 1923 – January 3, 1945	Redistricted to the 15th district
Andrew L. Somers	Democratic	January 3, 1945 – April 6, 1949	Redistricted from the 6th district Died
Vacant		April 7, 1949 – November 7, 1949
Edna F. Kelly	Democratic	November 8, 1949 – January 3, 1963	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 and won re-election there
Emanuel Celler	Democratic	January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1971	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 there	Parts of Brooklyn, Queens
	January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1973	Parts of Brooklyn
Mario Biaggi	Democratic	January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1983	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 and won re-election there	Parts of Bronx, Queens
Chuck Schumer	Democratic	January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1993	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 and won re-election there	Parts of Brooklyn
Ed Towns	Democratic	January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2013	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
Jerrold Nadler	Democratic	January 3, 2013 –	Redistricted from the 8th district and elected here in 2012 Re-elected in 2014	Parts of Manhattan and Brooklyn

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").

US House election, 1998: New York District 10

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

US House election, 2000: New York District 10

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

US House election, 2002: New York District 10

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

US House election, 2004: New York District 10

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

US House election, 2006: New York District 10

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

US House election, 2008: New York District 10

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

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

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
• 2004 House election data "
• 2002 House election data "
• 2000 House election data "
• 1998 House election data "
• 1996 House election data "

Coordinates: 40°42′07″N 74°00′26″W / 40.70194°N 74.00722°W / 40.70194; -74.00722