New York's 9th congressional district

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New York's 9th congressional district
Map
Map
Interactive map of district boundaries
Representative
Distribution
  • 100% urban
  • 0% rural
Population (2023)725,054[1]
Median household
income		$72,091[2]
Ethnicity
Cook PVID+25[3]

New York's 9th congressional district is a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives in New York City, represented by Yvette Clarke.

The district is located entirely within Brooklyn. It includes the neighborhoods of Brownsville, Crown Heights, East Flatbush, Flatbush, Kensington, Midwood, Sheepshead Bay, Marine Park, Gerritsen Beach, and Prospect Lefferts Gardens.

Prior to 2013, the district consisted primarily of middle-class white neighborhoods, including large Jewish, Italian, Irish, and Russian populations, in southern Brooklyn and south central Queens. Before redistricting, the Queens Tribune found that the district increasingly swung Republican following the September 11 attacks in 2001, when many police and firefighters were lost from the Rockaways.[4] Its rightward shift was also attributed to the increasing tendency of Orthodox Jews to vote for Republicans.[5] Its representation in Congress was reliably Democratic for decades, electing prominent liberals such as Chuck Schumer and Anthony Weiner, and, prior to that, Emanuel Celler and Elizabeth Holtzman (when the district was differently numbered). Briefly bucking the trend, Republican Bob Turner succeeded Weiner, who resigned on June 21, 2011, after winning the special election on September 13, 2011. However, the previous 9th District was eliminated soon thereafter, after New York lost two districts in the redistricting cycle resulting from the 2010 census, and its territory was divided among several neighboring districts.

After redistricting, Yvette Clarke now represents the district. The district has an African American majority, and also includes most of the territory previously within the 11th District. It includes significant portions of Midwood, Brooklyn, however, that was previously within the 9th. In the 1980s, the district was based in Astoria and surrounding neighborhoods in Queens. This iteration of the district gained national attention in 1984, when its Representative Geraldine Ferraro became the vice presidential candidate of the Democratic Party.

Recent statewide election results

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Year Office Results
1992 President Clinton 59–32%
1996 President Clinton 66–27%
2000 President Gore 67–30%
2004 President Kerry 56–44%
2008 President Obama 84–15%
2012 President Obama 85–14%
2016 President Clinton 84–14%
2020 President Biden 81–17%

History

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The ninth district from 1993 to 2003
2003–2013
2013–2023

List of members representing the district

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Member Party Years Cong
ress 		Electoral history District location
District established March 4, 1793
James Gordon
(Schenectady) 		Pro-Administration March 4, 1793 –
March 3, 1795 		3rd Redistricted from the 6th district and re-elected in 1793.
Retired.

John Williams
(Salem) 		Democratic-Republican[6] March 4, 1795 –
March 3, 1797 		4th
5th 		Elected in 1794.
Re-elected in 1796.
Redistricted to the 7th district and lost re-election.
Federalist[7][8] March 4, 1797 –
March 3, 1799

Jonas Platt
(Poughkeepsie) 		Federalist March 4, 1799 –
March 3, 1801 		6th Elected in 1798.
Retired.
Benjamin Walker
(Utica) 		Federalist March 4, 1801 –
March 3, 1803 		7th Elected in 1800.
Retired.

Killian K. Van Rensselaer
(Albany) 		Federalist March 4, 1803 –
March 3, 1809 		8th
9th
10th 		Redistricted from the 8th district and re-elected in 1802.
Re-elected in 1804.
Re-elected in 1806.
Redistricted to the 7th district.
Thomas Sammons
(Johnstown) 		Federalist[9] March 4, 1809 –
March 3, 1811 		11th
12th 		Elected in 1808.
Re-elected in 1810.
Retired.
Democratic-Republican[10] March 4, 1811 –
March 3, 1813
John Lovett
(Albany) 		Federalist March 4, 1813 –
March 3, 1817 		13th
14th 		Elected in 1812.
Re-elected in 1814.
Retired.
Rensselaer Westerlo
(Albany) 		Federalist March 4, 1817 –
March 3, 1819 		15th Elected in 1816.
Retired.

Solomon Van Rensselaer
(Albany) 		Federalist March 4, 1819 –
January 14, 1822 		16th
17th 		Elected in 1818.
Re-elected in 1821.
Resigned to become postmaster of Albany.
Vacant January 14, 1822 –
March 12, 1822 		17th

Stephen Van Rensselaer
(Albany) 		Federalist March 12, 1822 –
March 3, 1823 		Elected to finish his cousin's term.
Redistricted to the 10th district.
James L. Hogeboom
(Castleton) 		Crawford
Republican 		March 4, 1823 –
March 3, 1825 		18th Elected in 1822.
Retired.
William McManus
(Troy) 		Anti-Jacksonian March 4, 1825 –
March 3, 1827 		19th Elected in 1824.
Lost re-election.

John D. Dickinson
(Troy) 		Anti-Jacksonian March 4, 1827 –
March 3, 1831 		20th
21st 		Elected in 1826.
Re-elected in 1828.
Lost re-election.
Job Pierson
(Schaghticoke) 		Jacksonian March 4, 1831 –
March 3, 1835 		22nd
23rd 		Elected in 1830.
Re-elected in 1832.
Lost re-election.
Hiram P. Hunt
(Troy) 		Anti-Jacksonian March 4, 1835 –
March 3, 1837 		24th Elected in 1834.
Lost re-election.
Henry Vail
(Troy) 		Democratic March 4, 1837 –
March 3, 1839 		25th Elected in 1836.
Lost re-election.
Hiram P. Hunt
(Troy) 		Whig March 4, 1839 –
March 3, 1843 		26th
27th 		Elected in 1838.
Re-elected in 1840.
Lost re-election.
James G. Clinton
(Newburgh) 		Democratic March 4, 1843 –
March 3, 1845 		28th Redistricted from the 6th district and re-elected in 1842.
Retired.
Archibald C. Niven
(Monticello) 		Democratic March 4, 1845 –
March 3, 1847 		29th Elected in 1844.
Retired.

Daniel B. St. John
(Monticello) 		Whig March 4, 1847 –
March 3, 1849 		30th Elected in 1846.
Retired.
Thomas McKissock
(Newburgh) 		Whig March 4, 1849 –
March 3, 1851 		31st Elected in 1848.
Lost re-election.

William Murray
(Goshen) 		Democratic March 4, 1851 –
March 3, 1853 		32nd Elected in 1850.
Redistricted to the 10th district.

Jared V. Peck
(Port Chester) 		Democratic March 4, 1853 –
March 3, 1855 		33rd Elected in 1852.
Retired.
Bayard Clarke
(New York) 		Opposition March 4, 1855 –
March 3, 1857 		34th Elected in 1854.
Declined renomination as a Republican.

John B. Haskin
(Fordham) 		Democratic March 4, 1857 –
March 3, 1859 		35th
36th 		Elected in 1856.
Re-elected in 1858.
Retired.
Anti-Lecompton
Democratic 		March 4, 1859 –
March 3, 1861

Edward Haight
(Westchester) 		Democratic March 4, 1861 –
March 3, 1863 		37th Elected in 1860.
Lost re-election.

Anson Herrick
(New York) 		Democratic March 4, 1863 –
March 3, 1865 		38th Elected in 1862.
Lost re-election.

William A. Darling
(New York) 		Republican March 4, 1865 –
March 3, 1867 		39th Elected in 1864.
Lost re-election.

Fernando Wood
(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 the 10th district.
David B. Mellish
(New York) 		Republican March 4, 1873 –
May 23, 1874 		43rd Elected in 1872.
Died.
Vacant May 23, 1874 –
December 7, 1874

Richard Schell
(New York) 		Democratic December 7, 1874 –
March 3, 1875 		Elected to finish Mellish's term.
Retired.

Fernando Wood
(New York) 		Democratic March 4, 1875 –
February 14, 1881 		44th
45th
46th 		Redistricted from the 10th district and re-elected in 1874.
Re-elected in 1876.
Re-elected in 1878.
Re-elected in 1880.
Died.
Vacant February 14, 1881 –
December 5, 1881 		46th
47th
John Hardy
(New York) 		Democratic December 5, 1881 –
March 3, 1885 		47th
48th 		Elected to finish Wood's term.
Re-elected in 1882.
Lost renomination.

Joseph Pulitzer
(New York) 		Democratic March 4, 1885 –
April 10, 1886 		49th Elected in 1884.
Resigned.
Vacant April 10, 1886 –
November 2, 1886

Samuel S. Cox
(New York) 		Democratic November 2, 1886 –
September 10, 1889 		49th
50th
51st 		Elected to finish Pulitzer's term.
Re-elected in 1886.
Re-elected in 1888.
Died.
Vacant September 10, 1889 –
November 5, 1889 		51st

Amos J. Cummings
(New York) 		Democratic November 5, 1889 –
March 3, 1893 		51st
52nd 		Elected to finish Cox's term.
Re-elected in 1890.
Redistricted to the 11th district.

Timothy J. Campbell
(New York) 		Democratic March 4, 1893 –
March 3, 1895 		53rd Redistricted from the 8th district and re-elected in 1892.
[data missing]

Henry C. Miner
(New York) 		Democratic March 4, 1895 –
March 3, 1897 		54th Elected in 1894.
Retired.

Thomas J. Bradley
(New York) 		Democratic March 4, 1897 –
March 3, 1901 		55th
56th 		Elected in 1896.
Re-elected in 1898.
Retired.

Henry M. Goldfogle
(New York) 		Democratic March 4, 1901 –
March 3, 1913 		57th
58th
59th
60th
61st
62nd 		Elected in 1900.
Re-elected in 1902.
Re-elected in 1904.
Re-elected in 1906.
Re-elected in 1908.
Re-elected in 1910.
Redistricted to the 12th district.

James H. O'Brien
(Brooklyn) 		Democratic March 4, 1913 –
March 3, 1915 		63rd Elected in 1912.
Lost re-election.

Oscar W. Swift
(Brooklyn) 		Republican March 4, 1915 –
March 3, 1919 		64th
65th 		Elected in 1914.
Re-elected in 1916.
Lost re-election.

David J. O'Connell
(Brooklyn) 		Democratic March 4, 1919 –
March 3, 1921 		66th Elected in 1918.
Lost re-election.

Andrew Petersen
(Brooklyn) 		Republican March 4, 1921 –
March 3, 1923 		67th Elected in 1920.
Lost re-election.

David J. O'Connell
(Brooklyn) 		Democratic March 4, 1923 –
December 29, 1930 		68th
69th
70th
71st 		Elected in 1922.
Re-elected in 1924.
Re-elected in 1926.
Re-elected in 1928.
Re-elected in 1930.
Died.
Vacant December 29, 1930 –
February 17, 1931 		71st

Stephen A. Rudd
(Brooklyn) 		Democratic February 17, 1931 –
March 31, 1936 		71st
72nd
73rd
74th 		Elected to finish O'Connell's term.
Re-elected in 1932.
Re-elected in 1934.
Died.
Vacant March 31, 1936 –
January 3, 1937 		74th

Eugene J. Keogh
(Brooklyn) 		Democratic January 3, 1937 –
January 3, 1963 		75th
76th
77th
78th
79th
80th
81st
82nd
83rd
84th
85th
86th
87th 		Elected in 1936.
Re-elected in 1938.
Re-elected in 1940.
Re-elected in 1942.
Re-elected in 1944.
Re-elected in 1946.
Re-elected in 1948.
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 11th district.

James J. Delaney
(Queens) 		Democratic January 3, 1963 –
December 31, 1978 		88th
89th
90th
91st
92nd
93rd
94th
95th 		Redistricted from the 7th 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.
Resigned.
Vacant January 1, 1979 –
January 3, 1979 		95th

Geraldine Ferraro
(Queens) 		Democratic January 3, 1979 –
January 3, 1985 		96th
97th
98th 		Elected in 1978.
Re-elected in 1980.
Re-elected in 1982.
Retired to run for U.S. Vice President.

Thomas J. Manton
(Queens) 		Democratic January 3, 1985 –
January 3, 1993 		99th
100th
101st
102nd 		Elected in 1984.
Re-elected in 1986.
Re-elected in 1988.
Re-elected in 1990.
Redistricted to the 7th district.

Chuck Schumer
(Brooklyn) 		Democratic January 3, 1993 –
January 3, 1999 		103rd
104th
105th 		Redistricted from the 10th district and re-elected in 1992.
Re-elected in 1994.
Re-elected in 1996.
Retired to run for U.S. senator. 		1993–2003
Parts of Brooklyn, Queens

Anthony Weiner
(Brooklyn) 		Democratic January 3, 1999 –
June 21, 2011 		106th
107th
108th
109th
110th
111th
112th 		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.
Resigned.[11]
2003–2013
Parts of Brooklyn, Queens
Vacant June 21, 2011 –
September 13, 2011 		112th

Robert Turner
(Queens) 		Republican September 13, 2011 –
January 3, 2013 		Elected to finish Weiner's term.
Redistricted to the 5th district but retired to run for U.S. senator.

Yvette Clarke
(Brooklyn) 		Democratic January 3, 2013 –
present 		113th
114th
115th
116th
117th
118th 		Redistricted from the 11th district and re-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
2023–2025
Parts of Brooklyn

Recent election results

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In New York elections, there are minor parties. 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, 1870: New York District 9[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Fernando Wood (incumbent) 15,620 64.8
Young Democrat and Republican William S. Hillyer 4,789 19.8
Republican Moritz Ellinger 3,707 15.4
Majority 10,831 45.0
Turnout 24,116 100
US House election, 1984: New York District 9
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Thomas J. Manton 71,420 52.8
Republican Serphin R. Maltese 63,910 47.2
Majority 7,510 5.6
Turnout 135,330 100
US House election, 1996: New York District 9
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Charles E. Schumer (incumbent) 107,107 74.8
Republican Robert J. Verga 30,488 21.3
Conservative Michael Mossa 5,618 3.9
Majority 76,619 53.5
Turnout 143,213 100
US House election, 1998: New York District 9
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Anthony D. Weiner 69,439 66.4 −8.4
Republican Louis Telano 24,486 23.4 +2.1
Liberal Melinda Katz 5,698 5.5 +5.5
Conservative Arthur J. Smith 4,899 4.7 +0.8
Majority 44,953 43.0 −10.5
Turnout 104,522 100 −27.0
US House election, 2000: New York District 9
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Anthony D. Weiner (incumbent) 98,983 68.4 +2.0
Republican Noach Dear 45,649 31.6 +8.2
Majority 53,334 36.9 −6.1
Turnout 144,632 100 +38.4
US House election, 2002: New York District 9
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Anthony D. Weiner (incumbent) 60,737 65.7 −2.7
Republican Alfred F. Donohue 31,698 34.3 +2.7
Majority 29,039 31.4 −5.5
Turnout 92,435 100 −36.1
US House election, 2004: New York District 9
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Anthony D. Weiner (incumbent) 113,025 71.3 +5.6
Republican Gerard J. Cronin 45,451 28.7 −5.6
Majority 67,574 42.6 +11.2
Turnout 158,476 100 +71.4
US House election, 2006: New York District 9
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Anthony D. Weiner (incumbent) 71,762 100 +28.7
Majority 71,762 100 +57.4
Turnout 71,762 100 −54.7
US House election, 2008: New York District 9
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Anthony D. Weiner (incumbent) 112,205 93.1 −6.9
Conservative Alfred F. Donohue 8,378 6.9 +6.9
Majority 103,827 86.2 −13.8
Turnout 120,583 100 +68.0
US House election, 2010: New York District 9
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Anthony D. Weiner (incumbent) 67,011 60.8 −32.3
Republican Bob Turner 43,129 39.2 +39.2
Majority 23,882 21.6 −64.6
Turnout 110,140 100 −8.7
Democratic hold
US House special election, 2011: New York District 9
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Bob Turner 37,342 51.72
Democratic David Weprin 33,656 46.62
Socialist Workers Chris Hoeppner 143 0.2
Write-In Votes Multiple (49 Names) 1,056 1.46
Total votes 72,197 100
Republican gain from Democratic
US House election, 2018: New York District 9
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Yvette D. Clarke (incumbent) 181,455 89.3
Republican Lutchi Gayot 20,901 10.3
Reform Joel Anabilah-Azumah 779 0.4
Majority
Turnout 203,135 100.0
US House election, 2020: New York District 9
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Yvette Clarke 195,758 70.7
Working Families Yvette Clarke 34,463 12.4
Total Yvette Clarke (incumbent) 230,221 83.1
Republican Constantin Jean-Pierre 40,110 14.5
Conservative Constantin Jean-Pierre 3,840 1.4
Total Constantin Jean-Pierre 43,950 15.9
Libertarian Gary Popkin 1,644 0.6
SAM Joel Azumah 1,052 0.4
Total votes 276,867 100.0
Democratic hold
US House election, 2022: New York District 9
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Yvette Clarke 99,771 69.36%
Working Families Yvette Clarke 17,199 11.96%
Total Yvette Clarke (incumbent) 116,970 81.31%
Conservative Menachem Raitport 26,521 18.44%
Write-in 362 0.25%
Total votes 143,853 100%

See also

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Notes

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  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". The Cook Political Report. July 12, 2022. Retrieved January 10, 2023.
  4. ^ Feature Archived December 23, 2011, at the Wayback Machine. Queens Tribune (September 15, 2011). Retrieved on 2013-08-16.
  5. ^ "Pro-Israel Republican Bob Turner wins Weiner's NY seat - World News - Jerusalem Post". September 15, 2011.
  6. ^ "A New Nation Votes". elections.lib.tufts.edu. Retrieved June 12, 2020.
  7. ^ The History of Political Parties in the State of New-York, from the Ratification of the Federal Constitution to 1840 by Jabez D. Hammond (4th ed., Vol. 1, H. & E. Phinney, Cooperstown, 1846), on page 115: "...Gen. John Williams who had changed from a zealous democrat to a most heated federalist."
  8. ^ "A New Nation Votes". elections.lib.tufts.edu. Retrieved June 12, 2020.
  9. ^ "A New Nation Votes". elections.lib.tufts.edu. Retrieved June 12, 2020.
  10. ^ "A New Nation Votes". elections.lib.tufts.edu. Retrieved June 12, 2020.
  11. ^ Mali, Meghashyam (June 20, 2011). "Weiner submits his letter of resignation". The Hill. Retrieved June 12, 2020.
  12. ^ 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. 2030. Retrieved March 26, 2009.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)

References

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