New York's 8th congressional district

New York's 8th congressional district for the US House of Representatives is in the New York City boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens. Its current representative is Hakeem Jeffries.

New York's 8th congressional district
New York 's 8th congressional district since January 3, 2013
Representative	Hakeem Jeffries D–Brooklyn
Distribution	99.99% urban 0.01% rural
Population (2019)	776,825[1]
Median household income	$59,806[2]
Ethnicity	53.43% Black 20.14% White 17.00% Hispanic 5.88% Asian 3.27% other 0.28% Native American
Cook PVI	D+36[3]

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, and Mill Basin; and mixed neighborhoods like Clinton Hill, Fort Greene, Ozone Park, Brighton Beach, and Coney Island.[4] Most of the old 8th was renumbered as the 10th.

Recent results in statewide races

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%

2012 election

The state's congressional districts had been redrawn in a manner which 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]

Components: Past and Present

1913-1963:

Parts of Brooklyn

1963-1983:

Parts of Queens

1983-1993:

Parts of Bronx, Nassau, Queens

1993–2013:

Parts of Brooklyn, Manhattan

2013–present:

Parts of Brooklyn, Queens

Various New York districts have been numbered "8" over the years, including areas in New York City and various parts of upstate New York.

List of members representing the district

1793–1833: One seat

Representative	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history	Location
District created March 4, 1793
Henry Glen	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 unknown/missing]
	Federalist	March 4, 1795 – March 3, 1801
Killian K. Van Rensselaer	Federalist	March 4, 1801 – March 3, 1803	7th	Elected in 1800. Redistricted to the 9th district.
Henry W. Livingston	Federalist	March 4, 1803 – March 3, 1807	8th 9th	Elected in 1802. Re-elected in 1804. [data unknown/missing]	1803–1813 [data unknown/missing]
James I. Van Alen	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1807 – March 3, 1809	10th	Elected in 1806. Lost re-election.
John Thompson	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1809 – March 3, 1811	11th	Redistricted from the 11th district and re-elected in 1808. [data unknown/missing]
Benjamin Pond	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1811 – March 3, 1813	12th	Elected in 1810. [data unknown/missing]
Samuel Sherwood	Federalist	March 4, 1813 – March 3, 1815	13th	Elected in 1812. [data unknown/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	Democratic-Republican	December 26, 1815 – March 3, 1817		Successfully contested Adams's election. [data unknown/missing]
Dorrance Kirtland	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1819	15th	Elected in 1816. [data unknown/missing]
Robert Clark	Democratic-Republican	March 4, 1819 – March 3, 1821	16th	Elected in 1818. [data unknown/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	Democratic-Republican	December 3, 1821 – March 3, 1823		Elected in 1821. [data unknown/missing]
James Strong	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 unknown/missing]	1823–1833 Columbia County
	Anti-Jacksonian	March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1831
John King	Jacksonian	March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1833	22nd	[data unknown/missing]

1833–1843: Two seats

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	Jacksonian	Elected in 1832		Aaron Vanderpoel	Jacksonian	Elected in 1832.
24th	March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837		Valentine Efner	Jacksonian	Elected in 1834.				Re-elected in 1834. Lost re-election.
25th	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839		Zadock Pratt	Democratic	Elected in 1836. Retired.		Robert McClellan	Democratic	Elected in 1836
26th	March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1841		John Ely	Democratic	Elected in 1838		Aaron Vanderpoel	Democratic	Elected in 1838. Retired.
27th	March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843		Jacob Houck Jr.	Democratic	Elected in 1840		Robert McClellan	Democratic	Elected in 1840

1843–present: One seat

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
Richard D. Davis	Democratic	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845	28th	Redistricted from 5th district
William W. Woodworth	Democratic	March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1847	29th	[data unknown/missing]
Cornelius Warren	Whig	March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849	30th	[data unknown/missing]
Ransom Halloway	Whig	March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851	31st	[data unknown/missing]
Gilbert Dean	Democratic	March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853	32nd	[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to 12th district
Francis B. Cutting	Democratic	March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855	33rd	[data unknown/missing]
Abram Wakeman	Whig	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857	34th	[data unknown/missing]
Horace F. Clark	Democratic	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859	35th 36th	[data unknown/missing]
	Anti-Lecompton Democrat	March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1861		[data unknown/missing]
Isaac C. Delaplaine	Democratic	March 4, 1861 – March 3, 1863	37th	[data unknown/missing]
James Brooks	Democratic	March 4, 1863 – April 7, 1866	38th 39th	[data unknown/missing]
William E. Dodge	Republican	April 7, 1866 – March 3, 1867	39th	Successfully contested election of James Brooks to 39th Congressth
James Brooks	Democratic	March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1873	40th 41st 42nd	[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to 6th district
John D. Lawson	Republican	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875	43rd	[data unknown/missing]
Elijah Ward	Democratic	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877	44th	[data unknown/missing]
Anson G. McCook	Republican	March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1883	45th 46th 47th	[data unknown/missing]
John J. Adams	Democratic	March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885	48th	Redistricted from 7th district
Samuel S. Cox	Democratic	March 4, 1885 – May 20, 1885	49th	[data unknown/missing] Resigned to become Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Ottoman Empire
Vacant		May 20, 1885 – November 3, 1885
Timothy J. Campbell	Democratic	November 3, 1885 – March 3, 1889	49th 50th	Elected to finish Cox's term. [data unknown/missing]
John H. McCarthy	Democratic	March 4, 1889 – January 14, 1891	51st	[data unknown/missing] Resigned to become Justice of the City Court of New York City
Vacant		January 14, 1891 – March 3, 1891
Timothy J. Campbell	Democratic	March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893	52nd	[data unknown/missing]
Edward J. Dunphy	Democratic	March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895	53rd	Redistricted from 7th district
James J. Walsh	Democratic	March 4, 1895 – June 2, 1896	54th	Unseated in contested election
John M. Mitchell	Republican	June 2, 1896 – March 3, 1899	54th 55th	Successfully contested election of James J. Walsh
Daniel J. Riordan	Democratic	March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1901	56th	[data unknown/missing]
Thomas J. Creamer	Democratic	March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1903	57th	[data unknown/missing]
Timothy D. Sullivan	Democratic	March 4, 1903 – July 27, 1906	58th 59th	[data unknown/missing] Resigned.
Vacant		July 27, 1906 – November 6, 1906	59th
Daniel J. Riordan	Democratic	November 6, 1906 – March 3, 1913	59th 60th 61st 62nd	[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to 11th district
Daniel J. Griffin	Democratic	March 4, 1913 – December 31, 1917	63rd 64th 65th	[data unknown/missing] Resigned on election as sheriff of Kings County
Vacant		January 1, 1918 – March 5, 1918	65th
William E. Cleary	Democratic	March 5, 1918 – March 3, 1921	65th 66th	[data unknown/missing]
Charles G. Bond	Republican	March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1923	67th	[data unknown/missing]
William E. Cleary	Democratic	March 4, 1923 – March 3, 1927	68th 69th	[data unknown/missing]
Patrick J. Carley	Democratic	March 4, 1927 – January 3, 1935	70th 71st 72nd 73rd	[data unknown/missing]
Richard J. Tonry	Democratic	January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1937	74th	[data unknown/missing]
Donald L. O'Toole	Democratic	January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1945	75th 76th 77th 78th	[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to 13th district
Joseph L. Pfeifer	Democratic	January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1951	79th 80th 81st	Redistricted from 3rd district
Victor Anfuso	Democratic	January 3, 1951 – January 3, 1953	82nd	[data unknown/missing] Retired.
Louis B. Heller	Democratic	January 3, 1953 – July 21, 1954	83rd	Redistricted from 7th district Resigned.
Vacant		July 22, 1954 – January 2, 1955
Victor Anfuso	Democratic	January 3, 1955 – January 3, 1963	84th 85th 86th 87th	[data unknown/missing] Retired to run for New York Supreme Court
Benjamin Rosenthal	Democratic	January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1983	88th 89th 90th 91st 92nd 93rd 94th 95th 96th 97th	Redistricted from 6th district Redistricted to 7th district
James H. Scheuer	Democratic	January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1993	98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd	Redistricted from 11th district Retired.
Jerry Nadler	Democratic	January 3, 1993 – January 3, 2013	103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th 111th 112th	Redistricted from 17th district Redistricted to 10th district
Hakeem Jeffries	Democratic	January 3, 2013 – Present	113th 114th 115th 116th 117th	[data unknown/missing]

Recent election results

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	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 unknown/missing]

U.S. House election, 1996: New York District 8

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Jerrold Nadler	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	Jerrold Nadler	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	Jerrold Nadler	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	Jerrold Nadler	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	Jerrold Nadler	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	Jerrold Nadler	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	Jerrold Nadler	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	Jerrold Nadler	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	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	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	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

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

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. https://www.census.gov/mycd/?st=36&cd=08
3. "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
4. http://www.thenewyorkworld.com/2012/03/16/substantially-the-same-redistricting-maps-tell-a-different-story-than-cuomos/
5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-07-18. Retrieved 2012-05-26.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
6. http://elections.nytimes.com/2012/primaries/congress/new-york
7. http://www.politico.com/2012-election/results/house/new-york/
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... Volume II. County of New York. 1871. p. 2029. Retrieved 2009-03-27.CS1 maint: others (link)

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
• Election date from the Clerk of the United States House of Representatives
  • 1996 House election data
  • 1998 House election data
  • 2000 House election data
  • 2002 House election data
  • 2004 House election data