New York's 3rd congressional district

New York's 3rd congressional district
New York 's 3rd congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
Current Representative		Steve Israel (D–Dix Hills)
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The 3rd district of New York is a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives currently represented by Steve Israel.

The district includes most of the North Shore of Long Island. It expands from northwestern Suffolk County, across northern Nassau County, and into far northeastern Queens. Long Island communities in the district include Huntington, Northport, Commack, Dix Hills, Plainview, Hicksville, Syosset, Glen Cove, Port Washington, and Great Neck. Queens neighborhoods in the district include Little Neck and Whitestone.

From 2003-2013, the district included southwestern Suffolk County and the eastern half of Nassau County, with some parts as far west as Island Park and Long Beach. Much of this area is now the 2nd district; in effect, Israel traded district numbers with Republican Peter T. King.

Recent statewide election results

Year	Office	Results
1992	President	Clinton 44–42%
1996	President	Clinton 53–38%
2000	President	Gore 52–44%
2004	President	Bush 52–47%
2008	President	Obama 54–46%
2012	President	Obama 51–48%

History of the district

This district historically has been centered in northeast Nassau County, but has added other areas from time to time. In the 1960s the district encompassed the northern half of Nassau County and a small corner of Queens. In the 1970s North Hempstead town was added to the 6th District and the 3rd moved into Huntington in Suffolk County and parts of southeast Nassau County. In the 1980s most of eastern Nassau was added to the 4th District, and the 3rd was composed of northwest Nassau, a narrow corridor along LI Sound, and northwest Suffolk. After the 1992 redistricting the North Shore was transferred to the new 5th District and the 3rd consisted of inland areas of northern and eastern Nassau County, and the Nassau County south shore. An even narrower corridor linked the northwest Nassau and northwest Suffolk portion of the 5th District, leaving most of Oyster Bay in the 3rd. The 2002 remap removed some areas of eastern Nassau, but added south shore towns in Suffolk County and the shore areas of northeast Nassau. In 2012, the district moved from the South Shore to the North Shore and re-entered Queens for the first time since the 1960s.

List of representatives

1789–1805: one seat

Representative	Party	Years	Electoral history
Egbert Benson	Pro- Administration	March 4, 1789 – March 3, 1793	First elected in 1789 Re-elected in 1790
Philip Van Cortlandt	Anti- Administration	March 4, 1793 – March 3, 1795	First elected in 1793
	Democratic- Republican	March 4, 1795 – March 3, 1803	Re-elected in 1794 Re-elected in 1796 Re-elected in 1798 Re-elected in 1800 Redistricted to the 4th district
Samuel L. Mitchill	Democratic- Republican	March 4, 1803 – November 22, 1804	Redistricted from the 2nd district and re-elected here in 1802 Resigned when elected to the U.S. Senate
Vacant		November 22, 1804 – February 14, 1805
George Clinton, Jr.	Democratic- Republican	February 14, 1805 – March 3, 1805	Elected to finish Mitchell's term

1805–1809: two seats on general ticket with 2nd District

Note: Gurdon S. Mumford is usually listed as member from the 2nd district, and George Clinton, Jr. from the 3rd district, because Clinton was elected to fill the vacancy caused by the election of Samuel L. Mitchill to the U.S. Senate, and Mitchill had been elected previously in the 3rd District. However, Mitchill was already re-elected at the United States House of Representatives elections in New York, 1804 on the 2nd/3rd general ticket, and both Clinton and Mumford were elected in special elections, receiving votes in both districts.

Congress	Years		Seat A				Seat B
			Representative	Party	Electoral history		Representative	Party	Electoral history
9th	March 4, 1805 – March 3, 1807		Gurdon S. Mumford	Democratic- Republican	Re-elected in 1807 The districts were separated again		George Clinton, Jr.	Democratic- Republican	Re-elected in 1807 The districts were separated again
10th	March 4, 1807 – March 3, 1809

1809–1823: one seat

Representative	Party	Years	Electoral history
Jonathan Fisk	Democratic- Republican	March 4, 1809 – March 3, 1811	Elected in 1808 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Pierre Van Cortlandt, Jr.	Democratic- Republican	March 4, 1811 – March 3, 1813	Elected in 1810 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Peter Denoyelles	Democratic- Republican	March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1815	Elected in 1812 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Jonathan Ward	Democratic- Republican	March 4, 1815 – March 3, 1817	Elected in 1814 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Caleb Tompkins	Democratic- Republican	March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1821	Elected in 1816 Re-elected in 1818 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Vacant		March 4 – December 3, 1821	The 1820/21 elections were held in April 1821, after the congressional term had already begun. It is not clear when the result was announced or the credentials were issued. Retired
Jeremiah H. Pierson	Democratic- Republican	December 3, 1821 – March 3, 1823

1823–1843: three, then four, seats

Starting in 1823, three seats were elected at-large district-wide on a general ticket. In 1833, a fourth seat was apportioned to the district, also elected district-wide at-large on the same general ticket.

Cong ress	Years		Seat A				Seat B				Seat C				Seat D
			Representative	Party	Electoral history		Representative	Party	Electoral history		Representative	Party	Electoral history		Representative	Party	Electoral history
18th	March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825		Churchill C. Cambreleng	Crawford Democratic-Republican	Redistricted from the 2nd district and re-elected in 1822		Peter Sharpe	Adams-Clay Democratic-Republican	Elected in 1822 Lost re-election		John J. Morgan	Jackson Democratic-Republican	Redistricted from the 2nd district and re-elected in 1822		4th seat added in 1823
19th	March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1827			Jacksonian	Re-elected in 1824		Jeromus Johnson	Jacksonian	Elected in 1824		Gulian C. Verplanck	Jacksonian	Elected in 1824
20th	March 4, 1827 – March 3, 1829				Re-elected in 1826				Re-elected in 1826 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]				Re-elected in 1826
21st	March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1831				Re-elected in 1828		Campbell P. White	Jacksonian	Elected in 1828				Re-elected in 1828
22nd	March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1833				Re-elected in 1830				Re-elected in 1830				Re-elected in 1830
23rd	March 4, 1833 – May 14, 1834				Re-elected in 1832				Re-elected in 1832		Dudley Selden	Jacksonian	Elected in 1832 Resigned		Cornelius Lawrence	Jacksonian	Elected in 1832 Resigned to become Mayor of New York City
	May 15, 1834 – July 2, 1834														Vacant
	July 3, 1834 – December 1, 1834										Vacant
	December 1, 1834 – March 3, 1835										John J. Morgan	Jacksonian	Elected to finish Selden's term [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]		Charles G. Ferris	Jacksonian	Elected to finish Lawrence's term [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
24th	March 4, 1835 – October 2, 1835				Re-elected in 1834				Re-elected in 1834 Resigned		Ely Moore	Jacksonian	Elected in 1834		John McKeon	Jacksonian	Elected in 1834 Lost re-election
	October 3, 1835 – December 6, 1835						Vacant
	December 7, 1835 – March 3, 1837						Gideon Lee	Jacksonian	Elected to finish White's term Retired
25th	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839			Democratic	Re-elected in 1836 Lost re-election		Edward Curtis	Whig	Elected in 1836			Democratic	Re-elected in 1836		Ogden Hoffman	Whig	Elected in 1836
26th	March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1841		Moses H. Grinnell	Whig	Elected in 1838 Lost re-election				Re-elected in 1838 Retired		James Monroe	Whig	Elected in 1838 Lost re-election				Re-elected in 1838 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
27th	March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843		Charles G. Ferris	Democratic	Elected in 1840 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]		Fernando Wood	Democratic	Elected in 1840 Lost re-election		James I. Roosevelt	Democratic	Elected in 1840 Retired		John McKeon	Democratic	Elected in 1840 Lost re-election

1843–present

The single-seat district was restored in 1843.

Representative	Party	Years	Electoral history
Jonas P. Phoenix	Whig	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
William S. Miller	American	March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1847	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Henry Nicoll	Democratic	March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Jonas P. Phoenix	Whig	March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Emanuel B. Hart	Democratic	March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Hiram Walbridge	Democratic	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Guy R. Pelton	Opposition	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Daniel Sickles	Democratic	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1861	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Benjamin Wood	Democratic	March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863	Redistricted to the 4th district
Moses F. Odell	Democratic	March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1865	Redistricted from the 2nd district
James Humphrey	Republican	March 4, 1865 – June 16, 1866	Died
Vacant		June 16, 1866 – December 4, 1866
John W. Hunter	Democratic	December 4, 1866 – March 3, 1867	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
William E. Robinson	Democratic	March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1869	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Henry Warner Slocum	Democratic	March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1873	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Stewart L. Woodford	Republican	March 4, 1873 – July 1, 1874	Resigned
Vacant		July 1, 1874 – November 3, 1874
Simeon B. Chittenden	Independent Republican	November 3, 1874 – March 3, 1877	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
	Republican	March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1881	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
J. Hyatt Smith	Independent	March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1883	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Darwin R. James	Republican	March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1887	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Stephen V. White	Republican	March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1889	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
William C. Wallace	Republican	March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1891	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
William J. Coombs	Democratic	March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893	Redistricted to the 4th district
Joseph C. Hendrix	Democratic	March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Francis H. Wilson	Republican	March 4, 1895 – September 30, 1897	Resigned to become Postmaster of Brooklyn
Vacant		September 30, 1897 – December 6, 1897
Edmund H. Driggs	Democratic	December 6, 1897 – March 3, 1901	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Henry Bristow	Republican	March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1903	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
Charles T. Dunwell	Republican	March 3, 1903 – June 12, 1908	Died
Vacant		June 12, 1908 – November 3, 1908
Otto G. Foelker	Republican	November 3, 1908 – March 3, 1911	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
James P. Maher	Democratic	March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1913	Redistricted to the 5th district
Frank E. Wilson	Democratic	March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1915	Redistricted from the 4th district
Joseph V. Flynn	Democratic	March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1919	[Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
John MacCrate	Republican	March 4, 1919 – December 30, 1920	Resigned to become justice to the New York Supreme Court
Vacant		December 30, 1920 – March 4, 1921
John Kissel	Republican	March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1923	Lost re-election
George W. Lindsay	Democratic	March 4, 1923 – January 3, 1935	Lost renomination
Joseph L. Pfeifer	Democratic	January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1945	Redistricted to the 8th district
Henry J. Latham	Republican	January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1953	Redistricted to the 4th district
Frank J. Becker	Republican	January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1963	Redistricted to the 5th district
Steven Derounian	Republican	January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1965	Redistricted from the 2nd district
Lester L. Wolff	Democratic	January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1973	Redistricted to the 6th district
Angelo D. Roncallo	Republican	January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1975	Lost re-election
Jerome A. Ambro, Jr.	Democratic	January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1981	Lost re-election
Gregory W. Carman	Republican	January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1983	Retired
Robert J. Mrazek	Democratic	January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1993	Retired to run for U.S. Senate
Peter T. King	Republican	January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2013	Redistricted to 2nd district
Steve Israel	Democratic	January 3, 2013 – Present	Redistricted from 2nd district

Election results

In New York State there are numerous 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, 1996: New York District 3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Peter T. King	127,972	55.3
	Democratic	Dal LaMagna	97,518	42.1
	Right to Life	John J. O'Shea	4,129	1.8
	Liberal	John A. DePrima	1,807	0.8
Majority			30,454	13.2
Turnout			231,426	100

US House election, 1998: New York District 3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Peter T. King	117,258	64.3	+9.0
	Democratic	Kevin N. Langberg	63,628	34.9	-7.2
	Liberal	Thomas R. DiLavore	1,497	0.8	+0.0
Majority			53,630	29.4	+16.2
Turnout			182,383	100	-21.2

US House election, 2000: New York District 3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Peter T. King	143,126	59.5	-4.8
	Democratic	Dal LaMagna	95,787	39.8	+4.9
	Liberal	Selma Olchin	1,515	0.6	-0.2
Majority			47,339	19.7	-9.7
Turnout			240,428	100	+31.8

US House election, 2002: New York District 3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Peter T. King	121,537	71.9	+12.4
	Democratic	Stuart L. Finz	46,022	27.2	-12.6
	Liberal	Janeen DePrima	1,513	0.9	+0.3
Majority			75,515	44.7	+25.0
Turnout			169,072	100	-29.7

US House election, 2004: New York District 3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Peter T. King	171,259	63.0	-8.9
	Democratic	Blair H. Mathies, Jr.	100,737	37.0	+9.8
Majority			70,522	25.9	-18.8
Turnout			271,996	100	+60.9

US House election, 2006: New York District 3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Peter T. King	101,787	56.0	-7.0
	Democratic	Dave Mejias	79,843	44.0	+7.0
Majority			21,944	12.1	-13.8
Turnout			181,630	100	-33.2

US House election, 2008: New York District 3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Peter T. King	135,648	64.0	+8.0
	Democratic	Graham Long	76,918	36.0	-7.0
Turnout			212,566	100	-33.2

US House election, 2010: New York District 3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Peter T. King	126,142	72.0	+8.0
	Democratic	Howard Kudler	48,963	28.0	-8.0
Turnout			175,105	100	-33.2

Historical district boundaries

2003 - 2013

See also

• List of United States congressional districts

References

• Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present
• National atlas congressional maps