New York's 17th congressional district

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New York's 17th congressional district
New York 's 17th congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
Current Representative		Nita Lowey (D–Harrison)
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New York's 17th Congressional District is a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives located in Southern New York. It includes all of Rockland County, and portions of central and northwestern Westchester County, including the city of White Plains and the Tappan Zee Bridge.

The district is currently represented by Democrat Nita Lowey.

From 2003-2013, the 17th district encompassed portions of the Bronx, Westchester County, and Rockland County. It included the neighborhoods of Norwood, Riverdale, Wakefield, Williamsbridge, and Woodlawn in the Bronx, the city of Mount Vernon and parts of Yonkers in Westchester, as well as Monsey, Nanuet, Pearl River, and Suffern in Rockland County.

Voting

Election results from presidential races (current lines)
Year	Office	Results
2008	President	Obama 58 - 41%
2012	President	Obama 57.1 - 41.9%

Election results from presidential races (old lines)
Year	Office	Results
1992	President	Clinton 75 - 19%
1996	President	Clinton 85 - 11%
2000	President	Gore 69 - 27%
2004	President	Kerry 67 - 33%
2008	President	Obama 72 - 28%

Components: Past and Present

2013–present: map

All of Rockland

Part of Westchester

2003-2013:

Parts of Bronx, Rockland, Westchester.

1993-2003:

Parts of Bronx, Westchester.

1983-1993:

Parts of Bronx, Manhattan.

1973-1983:

All of Staten Island.

Parts of Manhattan.

1913-1973:

Parts of Manhattan.

1843-1853:

Montgomery

Various New York districts have been numbered "17" over the years, including areas in New York City and various parts of upstate New York.

List of representatives

1803–1833: One seat

Representative	Party	Years	District home	Note
District created		1803
75px Oliver Phelps	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1805
Silas Halsey	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1805 – March 3, 1807
John Harris	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1807 – March 3, 1809
District eliminated		1809
District restored		1813
William S. Smith	Federalist	March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1815
vacant		March 4, 1815 – December 13, 1815	Credentials had been issued for William S. Smith (Fed.), but Smith did not take or claim the seat, see United States House of Representatives elections in New York, 1814
Westel Willoughby, Jr.	Democratic-Republican	December 13, 1815 – March 3, 1817		Successfully contested election of William S. Smith
Thomas H. Hubbard	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1819
Aaron Hackley, Jr.	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1819 – March 3, 1821
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.
Thomas H. Hubbard	Democratic-Republican	December 3, 1821 – March 3, 1823	Hamilton
John W. Taylor	Adams-Clay DR	March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825	Ballston Spa	Redistricted from 11th district; Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1825-1827; Lost re-election
	Adams	March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1829
	Anti-Jacksonian	March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1833

1833–1843: Two seats

From 1833 to 1843, two seats were apportioned to the 17th district, elected at-large on a general ticket.

Seat A

Representative	Party	Years	District home	Note
Samuel Beardsley	Jacksonian	March 4, 1833 – March 29, 1836		redistricted from 14th district, resigned after being appointed circuit judge
Vacant		March 29, 1836 – November 9, 1836
Rutger B. Miller	Jacksonian	November 9, 1836 – March 3, 1837
Henry A. Foster	Democratic	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839
David P. Brewster	Democratic	March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1843

Seat B

Representative	Party	Years	District home	Note
Joel Turrill	Jacksonian	March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1837
Abraham P. Grant	Democratic	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839
John G. Floyd	Democratic	March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1843

1843–present: One seat

Representative	Party	Years	District Home	Note
Charles S. Benton	Democratic	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1847
George Petrie	Independent Democrat	March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849
Henry P. Alexander	Whig	March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851
Alexander H. Buell	Democratic	March 4, 1851 – January 29, 1853		died
Vacant		January 29, 1853 – March 4, 1853
Bishop Perkins	Democratic	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855
Francis E. Spinner	Democratic	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857
	Republican	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1861
Socrates N. Sherman	Republican	March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863
Calvin T. Hulburd	Republican	March 4, 1863 – March 3, 1869
William A. Wheeler	Republican	March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1873		redistricted to 18th district
Robert S. Hale	Republican	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875
Martin I. Townsend	Republican	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1879
Walter A. Wood	Republican	March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1883
Henry G. Burleigh	Republican	March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885		redistricted to 18th district
James G. Lindsley	Republican	March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1887
Stephen T. Hopkins	Republican	March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1889
Charles J. Knapp	Republican	March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1891
Isaac N. Cox	Democratic	March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893
Francis Marvin	Republican	March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895
Benjamin B. Odell, Jr.	Republican	March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1899
Arthur S. Tompkins	Republican	March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1903
Francis E. Shober	Democratic	March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1905
William S. Bennet	Republican	March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1911
Henry George, Jr.	Democratic	March 4, 1911 – March 3, 1913		redistricted to 21st district
John F. Carew	Democratic	March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1919		redistricted to 18th district
Herbert Pell	Democratic	March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1921
Ogden L. Mills	Republican	March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1927
William W. Cohen	Democratic	March 4, 1927 – March 3, 1929
Ruth B. Pratt	Republican	March 4, 1929 – March 3, 1933
Theodore A. Peyser	Democratic	March 4, 1933 – August 8, 1937		died
vacant		August 8, 1937 – November 2, 1937
Bruce F. Barton	Republican	November 2, 1937 – January 3, 1941
Kenneth F. Simpson	Republican	January 3, 1941 – January 25, 1941		died
vacant		January 29, 1941 – March 11, 1941
Joseph C. Baldwin	Republican	March 11, 1941 – January 3, 1947
Frederic R. Coudert, Jr.	Republican	January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1959
John V. Lindsay	Republican	January 3, 1959 – December 31, 1965		resigned after being elected as Mayor of New York City
vacant		January 1, 1966 – February 7, 1966
Theodore R. Kupferman	Republican	February 8, 1966 – January 3, 1969
Ed Koch	Democratic	January 3, 1969 – January 3, 1973		redistricted to 18th district
John M. Murphy	Democratic	January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1981		redistricted from 16th district
Guy Molinari	Republican	January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1983		redistricted to 14th district
Theodore S. Weiss	Democratic	January 3, 1983 – September 14, 1992		redistricted from 20th district, died
vacant		September 15, 1992 – November 2, 1992
Jerrold Nadler	Democratic	November 3, 1992 – January 3, 1993		redistricted to 8th district
Eliot L. Engel	Democratic	January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2013		redistricted from 19th district, redistricted to 16th district
Nita Lowey	Democratic	January 3, 2013 –		redistricted from 18th district

The 17th was historically the East Side Manhattan district. In the 1970s it was a Staten Island seat. It became the west side Manhattan seat in the 1980s. It became a Bronx-based seat in the 1992 remap and was shifted north into Rockland county in 2002 to absorb terrain from the deconstruction of the old 20th District.

Previously the 19th District covered much of the Bronx portion of the seat in the 1980s; while in the 1970s the 23rd District covered most of this area.

Election results

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").

US House election, 2006: New York District 17

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Eliot L. Engel	93,614	76.4	+0.2
	Republican	Jim Faulkner	28,842	23.6	+1.6
Majority			64,772	52.9	-1.3
Turnout			122,456	100	-33.6

US House election, 2004: New York District 17

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Eliot L. Engel	140,530	76.2	+13.6
	Republican	Matt I. Brennan	40,524	22.0	-12.4
	Conservative	Kevin Brawley	3,482	1.9	+1.9
Majority			100,006	54.2	+26.0
Turnout			184,536	100	+49.0

US House election, 2002: New York District 17

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Eliot L. Engel	77,535	62.6	-27.1
	Republican	C. Scott Vanderhoef	42,634	34.4	+24.1
	Right to Life	Arthur L. Gallagher	1,931	1.6	+1.6
	Green	Elizabeth Shanklin	1,743	1.4	+1.4
Majority			34,901	28.2	-51.2
Turnout			123,843	100	-3.5

US House election, 2000: New York District 17

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Eliot L. Engel	115,093	89.7	+1.7
	Republican	Patrick McManus	13,201	10.3	-1.7
Majority			101,892	79.4	+3.4
Turnout			128,294	100	+39.5

US House election, 1998: New York District 17

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Eliot L. Engel	80,947	88.0	+3.0
	Republican	Peter Fiumefreddo	11,037	12.0	-1.3
Majority			69,910	76.0	+4.4
Turnout			91,984	100	-22.8

US House election, 1996: New York District 17

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Eliot L. Engel	101,287	85.0
	Republican	Denis McCarthy	15,892	13.3
	Independence	Dennis Coleman	2,008	1.7
Majority			85,395	71.6
Turnout			119,187	100

See also

• List of United States congressional districts

References

• 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 "