New York's 8th congressional district

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New York's 8th congressional district
Map
Map
Interactive map of district boundaries
Representative
  Hakeem Jeffries
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Distribution
  • 99.99% urban
  • 0.01% rural
Population (2022)754,074[1]
Median household
income
$58,631[2]
Ethnicity
Cook PVID+26[3]

New York's 8th congressional district for the U.S. House of Representatives is in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. It is currently represented by Representative Hakeem Jeffries, the House Minority Leader.

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, Mill Basin and Sea Gate; 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 statewide election results[edit]

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%

History[edit]

1913–1963:

Parts of Brooklyn

1963–1983:

Parts of Queens

1983–1993:

Parts of Bronx, Nassau, Queens

1993–2013:

Parts of Brooklyn, Manhattan

2013–2023:

Parts of Brooklyn, Queens

2023–present:

Parts of Brooklyn

Various New York districts have been numbered "8" over the years, including areas in New York City and various parts of upstate New York. The state's congressional districts had been redrawn in a manner that 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]

2003–2013
2013–2023

List of members representing the district[edit]

1793–1833: one seat[edit]

Representative Party Years Cong
ress
Electoral history Location
District established March 4, 1793
Henry Glen
(Schenectady)
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 missing]
Federalist March 4, 1795 –
March 3, 1801

Killian K. Van Rensselaer
(Albany)
Federalist March 4, 1801 –
March 3, 1803
7th Elected in 1800.
Redistricted to the 9th district.

Henry W. Livingston
(Livingston)
Federalist March 4, 1803 –
March 3, 1807
8th
9th
Elected in 1802.
Re-elected in 1804.
[data missing]
1803–1813
[data missing]
James I. Van Alen
(Kinderhook)
Democratic-Republican March 4, 1807 –
March 3, 1809
10th Elected in 1806.
Lost re-election.
John Thompson
(Stillwater)
Democratic-Republican March 4, 1809 –
March 3, 1811
11th Redistricted from the 11th district and re-elected in 1808.
[data missing]
Benjamin Pond
(Schroon)
Democratic-Republican March 4, 1811 –
March 3, 1813
12th Elected in 1810.
[data missing]

Samuel Sherwood
(Delhi)
Federalist March 4, 1813 –
March 3, 1815
13th Elected in 1812.
[data 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
(Delhi)
Democratic-Republican December 26, 1815 –
March 3, 1817
Successfully contested Adams's election.
[data missing]
Dorrance Kirtland
(Coxsackie)
Democratic-Republican March 4, 1817 –
March 3, 1819
15th Elected in 1816.
[data missing]
Robert Clark
(Delhi)
Democratic-Republican March 4, 1819 –
March 3, 1821
16th Elected in 1818.
[data 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
(Coxsackie)
Democratic-Republican December 3, 1821 –
March 3, 1823
Elected in 1821.
[data missing]
James Strong
(Hudson)
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 missing]
1823–1833
Columbia County
Anti-Jacksonian March 4, 1825 –
March 3, 1831
John King
(New Lebanon)
Jacksonian March 4, 1831 –
March 3, 1833
22nd Elected in 1830.
[data missing]

1833–1843: two seats[edit]

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
Representative Party Electoral history Representative Party Electoral history
23rd March 4, 1833 –
March 3, 1835

John Adams
(Catskill)
Jacksonian Elected in 1832.
Aaron Vanderpoel
(Kinderhook)
Jacksonian Elected in 1832.
24th March 4, 1835 –
March 3, 1837
Valentine Efner
(Jefferson)
Jacksonian Elected in 1834. Re-elected in 1834.
Lost re-election.
25th March 4, 1837 –
March 3, 1839

Zadock Pratt
(Prattsville)
Democratic Elected in 1836.
Retired.
Robert McClellan
(Middleburgh)
Democratic Elected in 1836
26th March 4, 1839 –
March 3, 1841
John Ely
(Coxsackie)
Democratic Elected in 1838.
Aaron Vanderpoel
(Kinderhook)
Democratic Elected in 1838.
Retired.
27th March 4, 1841 –
March 3, 1843
Jacob Houck Jr.
(Schoharie)
Democratic Elected in 1840. Robert McClellan
(Hudson)
Democratic Elected in 1840.

1843–present: one seat[edit]

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 District location
Richard D. Davis
(Poughkeepsie)
Democratic March 4, 1843 –
March 3, 1845
28th Redistricted from 5th district and re-elected in 1842.
[data missing]
William W. Woodworth
(Hyde Park)
Democratic March 4, 1845 –
March 3, 1847
29th Elected in 1844.
[data missing]
Cornelius Warren
(Cold Spring)
Whig March 4, 1847 –
March 3, 1849
30th Elected in 1846.
[data missing]

Ransom Halloway
(Beekman)
Whig March 4, 1849 –
March 3, 1851
31st Elected in 1848.
[data missing]

Gilbert Dean
(Poughkeepsie)
Democratic March 4, 1851 –
March 3, 1853
32nd Elected in 1850.
Redistricted to 12th district

Francis B. Cutting
(New York)
Democratic March 4, 1853 –
March 3, 1855
33rd Elected in 1852.
[data missing]

Abram Wakeman
(New York)
Whig March 4, 1855 –
March 3, 1857
34th Elected in 1854.
[data missing]

Horace F. Clark
(New York)
Democratic March 4, 1857 –
March 3, 1859
35th
36th
Elected in 1856.
Re-elected in 1858.
[data missing]
Anti-Lecompton Democrat March 4, 1859 –
March 3, 1861
Isaac C. Delaplaine
(New York)
Democratic March 4, 1861 –
March 3, 1863
37th Elected in 1860.
[data missing]

James Brooks
(New York)
Democratic March 4, 1863 –
April 7, 1866
38th
39th
Elected in 1862.
Re-elected in 1864.
[data missing]

William E. Dodge
(New York)
Republican April 7, 1866 –
March 3, 1867
39th Successfully contested election of James Brooks to 39th Congressth

James Brooks
(New York)
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
(New York)
Republican March 4, 1873 –
March 3, 1875
43rd Elected in 1872.
[data missing]

Elijah Ward
(New York)
Democratic March 4, 1875 –
March 3, 1877
44th Elected in 1874.
[data missing]

Anson G. McCook
(New York)
Republican March 4, 1877 –
March 3, 1883
45th
46th
47th
Elected in 1876.
Re-elected in 1878.
Re-elected in 1880.
[data missing]
John J. Adams
(New York)
Democratic March 4, 1883 –
March 3, 1885
48th Redistricted from 7th district and re-elected in 1882.
[data missing]

Samuel S. Cox
(New York)
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

Timothy J. Campbell
(New York)
Democratic November 3, 1885 –
March 3, 1889
49th
50th
Elected to finish Cox's term.
Re-elected in 1886.
[data missing]

John H. McCarthy
(New York)
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

Timothy J. Campbell
(New York)
Democratic March 4, 1891 –
March 3, 1893
52nd Elected in 1890.
[data missing]

Edward J. Dunphy
(New York)
Democratic March 4, 1893 –
March 3, 1895
53rd Redistricted from 7th district and re-elected in 1892.
[data missing]

James J. Walsh
(New York)
Democratic March 4, 1895 –
June 2, 1896
54th Elected in 1894.
Unseated in contested election.

John M. Mitchell
(New York)
Republican June 2, 1896 –
March 3, 1899
54th
55th
Successfully contested election of James J. Walsh.
Re-elected in 1896.
[data missing]

Daniel J. Riordan
(New York)
Democratic March 4, 1899 –
March 3, 1901
56th Elected in 1898.
[data missing]

Thomas J. Creamer
(New York)
Democratic March 4, 1901 –
March 3, 1903
57th Elected in 1900.
[data missing]

Timothy D. Sullivan
(New York)
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
(New York)
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
(Brooklyn)
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
(Brooklyn)
Democratic March 5, 1918 –
March 3, 1921
65th
66th
Elected in 1918.
[data missing]

Charles G. Bond
(Brooklyn)
Republican March 4, 1921 –
March 3, 1923
67th Elected in 1920.
[data missing]

William E. Cleary
(Brooklyn)
Democratic March 4, 1923 –
March 3, 1927
68th
69th
Elected in 1922.
Re-elected in 1924.
[data missing]

Patrick J. Carley
(Brooklyn)
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 missing]

Richard J. Tonry
(Brooklyn)
Democratic January 3, 1935 –
January 3, 1937
74th Elected in 1934.
[data missing]

Donald L. O'Toole
(Brooklyn)
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
(Brooklyn)
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
(Brooklyn)
Democratic January 3, 1951 –
January 3, 1953
82nd Elected in 1950.
Retired.

Louis B. Heller
(Brooklyn)
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

Victor Anfuso
(Brooklyn)
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
(Queens)
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
(Queens)
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
(New York)
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.
1993–2003
[data missing]
2003–2013
Parts of Brooklyn, Manhattan

Hakeem Jeffries
(Brooklyn)
Democratic January 3, 2013 –
present
113th
114th
115th
116th
117th
118th
Elected in 2012.
Re-elected in 2014.
Re-elected in 2016.
Re-elected in 2018.
Re-elected in 2020.
Re-elected in 2022.
2013–2023
Parts of Brooklyn, Queens
2023–2025
Parts of Brooklyn

Recent election results[edit]

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 Julius Wadsworth 4,243 17.5
Majority 5,696 23.5
Turnout 24,237 100

[data missing]

U.S. House election, 1996: New York District 8
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Jerry Nadler (incumbent) 131,943 82.3
Republican Michael Benjamin 26,028 16.2
Conservative George A. Galip, Jr. 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 Jerry 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 Jerry Nadler (incumbent) 150,273 81.2 −4.8
Republican Marian S. Henry 27,057 14.6 +0.6
Green Dan Wentzel 4,765 2.6 +2.6
Conservative Anthony A. LaBella 1,849 1.0 +1.0
Independence Harry Kresky 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 Jerry Nadler (incumbent) 81,002 76.1 −5.1
Republican Jim Farrin 19,674 18.5 +3.9
Conservative Alan Jay Gerber 3,361 3.2 +2.2
Green Dan Wentzel 1,918 1.8 −0.8
Libertarian Joseph Dobrain 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 Jerry Nadler (incumbent) 162,082 80.5 +4.4
Republican Peter Hort 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 Jerry Nadler (incumbent) 108,536 85.0 +4.5
Republican Eleanor Friedman 17,413 13.6 −5.9
Conservative Dennis E. Adornato 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 Jerry 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 Jerry 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 Alan Bellone 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 Alan Bellone 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
U.S. House election, 2022: New York District 8
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Hakeem Jeffries (incumbent) 99,079 71.6
Republican Yuri Dashevsky 36,776 26.5
Conservative Yuri Dashevsky 2,284 1.6
Total Yuri Dashevsky 39,060 28.2
Write-in 191 0.1
Total votes 138,330 100.0

See also[edit]

Notes[edit]

  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".
  3. ^ "2022 Cook PVI: District Map and List". Cook Political Report. Retrieved January 10, 2023.
  4. ^ "'Substantially the same'? Redistricting maps tell a different story than Cuomo's". March 16, 2012. Retrieved January 7, 2023.
  5. ^ "The People's Republic faces a great challenge! - New York Amsterdam News: Opinion". Archived from the original on July 18, 2012. Retrieved May 26, 2012.
  6. ^ "New York Congressional Primaries - Election Results". The New York Times.
  7. ^ "2012 New York House Results". Politico.
  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. II. County of New York. 1871. p. 2029. Retrieved March 27, 2009.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)

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