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New York's 5th congressional district

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New York's 5th congressional district
Map
Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023
Representative
Distribution
  • 100% urban
  • 0% rural
Population (2023)737,913[1]
Median household
income
$82,632[2]
Ethnicity
Cook PVID+30[3]

New York's 5th congressional district is a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives, represented by Democrat Gregory Meeks. The district is located in Queens. A plurality of the district's population is African-American, and a majority of the district's population is non-white.

The district includes the entire Rockaway Peninsula as well as the Queens neighborhoods of Broad Channel, Cambria Heights, Hollis, Howard Beach, Jamaica, Kew Gardens, Laurelton, Queens Village, Richmond Hill, Rosedale, South Jamaica, Saint Albans, Springfield Gardens, and South Ozone Park, as well as John F. Kennedy International Airport.

The district encompasses the African-American majority neighborhoods of east Queens, as well as the Caribbean-American and South Asian American enclaves of southern and eastern Queens, including the neighborhoods of Jamaica, Ozone Park, Richmond Hill, South Ozone Park, and Hollis, home to large Guyanese, Jamaican, Trinidadian and Tobagonian, Indian, Bangladeshi, and Haitian populations. As of 2018, the district's Guyanese American population makes up 7.3% of the district, the highest of any congressional district in the country, and its Indian American population stands at 8.35%, the highest of any district in New York. The 5th district also has the second highest percentages of Jamaican Americans, Bangladeshi Americans, Trinidadian and Tobagonian Americans, and Haitian Americans out of all of New York's congressional districts.[4]

Recent statewide election results

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Year Office Results
1992 President Clinton 52–35%
1996 President Clinton 60–32%
2000 President Gore 67–30%
2004 President Kerry 63–36%
2008 President Obama 63–36%
2012 President Obama 91–9%
2016 President Clinton 86–13%
2020 President Biden 83–16%

History

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1789–1913:

Parts of Manhattan

1913–45:

Parts of Brooklyn

1945–63:

Parts of Queens

1963–93:

Parts of Nassau

1993–2003:

Parts of Nassau, Queens, Suffolk

2003–2023:

Parts of Nassau, Queens

2023—:

Parts of Queens

Various New York districts have been numbered "5" over the years, including areas in New York City and various parts of upstate New York. From 2003–13, the district consisted of northeastern Queens County and northwestern Nassau County. The Queens portion of the district included the neighborhoods of Bayside, Corona, Douglaston, Flushing, Jamaica Estates, Little Neck, and Whitestone. The Nassau portion of the district included Albertson, Great Neck, Manhasset, Port Washington, Roslyn, and Sands Point.

2003–2013
2013–2023

List of members representing the district

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Prior to 1992 the 5th district was centered on the south shore of Nassau County including towns mostly now in the 3rd and 4th district. The Queens portions of the 5th had been previously primarily in the 8th district of the 1980s. In general, the present 5th district greatly mirrors the 6th district from 1972 to 1982. The 1990s version of this district included northeast Nassau and northwest Suffolk counties; these areas were placed in the 2nd and 3rd district in 2002 and the 5th district gained areas in Queens formerly in the 18th district.

Representative Party Years Cong
ress
Electoral history District location
District established March 4, 1789

Peter Silvester
(Kinderhook)
Pro-Administration March 4, 1789 –
March 3, 1793
1st
2nd
Elected in 1789.
Re-elected in 1790.
Retired.

Theodorus Bailey
(Poughkeepsie)
Anti-Administration March 4, 1793 –
March 3, 1795
3rd
4th
Elected in 1793.
Re-elected in 1794.
Lost re-election.
Democratic-Republican March 4, 1795 –
March 3, 1797
David Brooks
(Poughkeepsie)
Federalist March 4, 1797 –
March 3, 1799
5th Elected in 1796.
Lost re-election.

Theodorus Bailey
(Poughkeepsie)
Democratic-Republican March 4, 1799 –
March 3, 1801
6th Elected in 1798.
Retired.

Thomas Tillotson
(Rhinebeck)
Democratic-Republican March 4, 1801 –
August 10, 1801
7th Elected in 1800.
Resigned to become N.Y. Secretary of State.
Vacant August 10, 1801 –
December 7, 1801

Theodorus Bailey
(Poughkeepsie)
Democratic-Republican December 7, 1801 –
March 3, 1803
Elected to finish Tillotson's term.
Retired to run for U.S. senator.
Andrew McCord
(Stony Ford)
Democratic-Republican March 4, 1803 –
March 3, 1805
8th Elected in 1802.
[data missing]
John Blake Jr.
(Montgomery)
Democratic-Republican March 4, 1805 –
March 3, 1809
9th
10th
Elected in 1804.
Re-elected in 1806.
[data missing]
Barent Gardenier
(Kingston)
Federalist March 4, 1809 –
March 3, 1811
11th Redistricted from the 7th district and re-elected in 1808.
Retired.
Thomas B. Cooke
(Catskill)
Democratic-Republican March 4, 1811 –
March 3, 1813
12th Elected in 1810.
[data missing]
Thomas P. Grosvenor
(Hudson)
Federalist March 4, 1813 –
March 3, 1817
13th
14th
Redistricted from the 6th district and re-elected in 1812.
Re-elected in 1814.
[data missing]

Philip J. Schuyler
(Rhinebeck)
Federalist March 4, 1817 –
March 3, 1819
15th Elected in 1816.
Retired.
James Strong
(Hudson)
Federalist 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.
Walter Patterson
(Livingston)
Federalist December 3, 1821 –
March 3, 1823
Elected in 1821.
[data missing]
William W. Van Wyck
(Fishkill)
Democratic-Republican March 4, 1823 –
March 3, 1825
18th Redistricted from the 4th district and re-elected in 1822.
[data missing]
Bartow White
(Fishkill)
Anti-Jacksonian March 4, 1825 –
March 3, 1827
19th Elected in 1824.
Retired.

Thomas J. Oakley
(Poughkeepsie)
Jacksonian March 4, 1827 –
May 9, 1828
20th Elected in 1826.
Resigned to become judge of the Superior Court of New York City.
Vacant May 9, 1828 –
December 1, 1828
Thomas Taber II
(Dover)
Jacksonian December 1, 1828 –
March 3, 1829
Elected to finish Oakley's term.
Had not run for the next term.
Abraham Bockee
(Shekomeko)
Jacksonian March 4, 1829 –
March 3, 1831
21st Elected in 1828.
[data missing]

Edmund H. Pendleton
(Hyde Park)
Anti-Jacksonian March 4, 1831 –
March 3, 1833
22nd Elected in 1830.
[data missing]
Abraham Bockee
(Shekomeko)
Jacksonian March 4, 1833 –
March 3, 1837
23rd
24th
Elected in 1832.
Re-elected in 1834.
[data missing]
Obadiah Titus
(Washington)
Democratic March 4, 1837 –
March 3, 1839
25th Elected in 1836.
[data missing]
Charles Johnston
(Poughkeepsie)
Whig March 4, 1839 –
March 3, 1841
26th Elected in 1838.
[data missing]
Richard D. Davis
(Poughkeepsie)
Democratic March 4, 1841 –
March 3, 1843
27th Elected in 1840.
Redistricted to the 8th district.

Moses G. Leonard
(New York)
Democratic March 4, 1843 –
March 3, 1845
28th Elected in 1842.
[data missing]
Thomas M. Woodruff
(New York)
American March 4, 1845 –
March 3, 1847
29th Elected in 1844.
[data missing]

Frederick A. Tallmadge
(New York)
Whig March 4, 1847 –
March 3, 1849
30th Elected in 1846.
[data missing]

George Briggs
(New York)
Whig March 4, 1849 –
March 3, 1853
31st
32nd
Elected in 1848.
Re-elected in 1850.
[data missing]

William M. Tweed
(New York)
Democratic March 4, 1853 –
March 3, 1855
33rd Elected in 1852.
[data missing]
Thomas R. Whitney
(New York)
American March 4, 1855 –
March 3, 1857
34th Elected in 1854.
[data missing]

William B. Maclay
(New York)
Democratic March 4, 1857 –
March 3, 1861
35th
36th
Elected in 1856.
Re-elected in 1858.
[data missing]

William Wall
(Brooklyn)
Republican March 4, 1861 –
March 3, 1863
37th Elected in 1860.
[data missing]

Fernando Wood
(New York)
Democratic March 4, 1863 –
March 3, 1865
38th Elected in 1862.
[data missing]

Nelson Taylor
(New York)
Democratic March 4, 1865 –
March 3, 1867
39th Elected in 1864.
[data missing]

John Morrissey
(New York)
Democratic March 4, 1867 –
March 3, 1871
40th
41st
Elected in 1866.
Re-elected in 1868.
[data missing]

William R. Roberts
(New York)
Democratic March 4, 1871 –
March 3, 1875
42nd
43rd
Elected in 1870.
Re-elected in 1872.
[data missing]

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

Nicholas Muller
(New York)
Democratic March 4, 1877 –
March 3, 1881
45th
46th
Elected in 1876.
Re-elected in 1878.
[data missing]

Benjamin Wood
(New York)
Democratic March 4, 1881 –
March 3, 1883
47th Elected in 1880.
[data missing]

Nicholas Muller
(New York)
Democratic March 4, 1883 –
March 3, 1885
48th Elected in 1882.
Redistricted to the 6th district.

Archibald M. Bliss
(Brooklyn)
Democratic March 4, 1885 –
March 3, 1889
49th
50th
Elected in 1884.
Re-elected in 1886.
[data missing]

Thomas F. Magner
(Brooklyn)
Democratic March 4, 1889 –
March 3, 1893
51st
52nd
Elected in 1888.
Re-elected in 1890.
Redistricted to the 6th district.

John H. Graham
(Brooklyn)
Democratic March 4, 1893 –
March 3, 1895
53rd Elected in 1892.
[data missing]

Charles G. Bennett
(Brooklyn)
Republican March 4, 1895 –
March 3, 1899
54th
55th
Elected in 1894.
Re-elected in 1896.
[data missing]

Frank E. Wilson
(Brooklyn)
Democratic March 4, 1899 –
March 3, 1903
56th
57th
Elected in 1898.
Re-elected in 1900.
Redistricted to the 4th district.

Edward M. Bassett
(Brooklyn)
Democratic March 4, 1903 –
March 3, 1905
58th Elected in 1902.
[data missing]

George E. Waldo
(Brooklyn)
Republican March 4, 1905 –
March 3, 1909
59th
60th
Elected in 1904.
Re-elected in 1906.
[data missing]

Richard Young
(Brooklyn)
Republican March 4, 1909 –
March 3, 1911
61st Elected in 1908.
[data missing]

William Cox Redfield
(Brooklyn)
Democratic March 4, 1911 –
March 3, 1913
62nd Elected in 1910.
[data missing]

James P. Maher
(Brooklyn)
Democratic March 4, 1913 –
March 3, 1919
63rd
64th
65th
Redistricted from the 3rd district and re-elected in 1912.
Re-elected in 1914.
Re-elected in 1916.
Redistricted to the 7th district.

John B. Johnston
(Brooklyn)
Democratic March 4, 1919 –
March 3, 1921
66th Elected in 1918.
[data missing]

Ardolph L. Kline
(Brooklyn)
Republican March 4, 1921 –
March 3, 1923
67th Re-elected in 1920.
[data missing]

Loring M. Black Jr.
(Brooklyn)
Democratic March 4, 1923 –
January 3, 1935
68th
69th
70th
71st
72nd
73rd
Elected in 1922.
Re-elected in 1924.
Re-elected in 1926.
Re-elected in 1928.
Re-elected in 1930.
Re-elected in 1932.
[data missing]

Marcellus H. Evans
(Brooklyn)
Democratic January 3, 1935 –
January 3, 1941
74th
75th
76th
Elected in 1934.
Re-elected in 1936.
Re-elected in 1938.
[data missing]

James J. Heffernan
(Brooklyn)
Democratic January 3, 1941 –
January 3, 1945
77th
78th
Elected in 1940.
Re-elected in 1942.
Redistricted to the 11th district.

James A. Roe
(Queens)
Democratic January 3, 1945 –
January 3, 1947
79th Elected in 1944.
[data missing]

Robert T. Ross
(Queens)
Republican January 3, 1947 –
January 3, 1949
80th Elected in 1946.
[data missing]

T. Vincent Quinn
(Queens)
Democratic January 3, 1949 –
December 30, 1951
81st
82nd
Elected in 1948.
Re-elected in 1950.
[data missing]
Vacant December 31, 1951 –
February 18, 1952
82nd

Robert T. Ross
(Queens)
Republican February 19, 1952 –
January 3, 1953
Elected to finish Quinn's term.
Lost re-election.

Albert H. Bosch
(Queens)
Republican January 3, 1953 –
December 31, 1960
83rd
84th
85th
86th
Elected in 1952.
Re-elected in 1954.
Re-elected in 1956.
Re-elected in 1958.
[data missing]
Vacant January 1, 1961 –
January 2, 1961
86th

Joseph P. Addabbo
(Queens)
Democratic January 3, 1961 –
January 3, 1963
87th Elected in 1960.
Redistricted to the 7th district.

Frank J. Becker
(Lynbrook)
Republican January 3, 1963 –
January 3, 1965
88th Redistricted from the 3rd district and re-elected in 1962.
[data missing]

Herbert Tenzer
(Cedarhurst)
Democratic January 3, 1965 –
January 3, 1969
89th
90th
Elected in 1964.
Re-elected in 1966.
[data missing]

Allard K. Lowenstein
(Long Beach)
Democratic January 3, 1969 –
January 3, 1971
91st Elected in 1968.
[data missing]

Norman F. Lent
(East Rockaway)
Republican January 3, 1971 –
January 3, 1973
92nd Elected in 1970.
Redistricted to the 4th district.

John W. Wydler
(Garden City)
Republican January 3, 1973 –
January 3, 1981
93rd
94th
95th
96th
Redistricted from the 4th district and re-elected in 1972.
Re-elected in 1974.
Re-elected in 1976.
Re-elected in 1978.
Not a candidate for reelection in 1980.[5]

Raymond J. McGrath
(Valley Stream)
Republican January 3, 1981 –
January 3, 1993
97th
98th
99th
100th
101st
102nd
Elected in 1980.[6]
Re-elected in 1982.
Re-elected in 1984.
Re-elected in 1986.
Re-elected in 1988.
Re-elected in 1990.[6]
Not a candidate for re-election in 1992.[7]

Gary Ackerman
(Queens)
Democratic January 3, 1993 –
January 3, 2013
103rd
104th
105th
106th
107th
108th
109th
110th
111th
112th
Redistricted from the 7th 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.
Retired.
2003–2013
Parts of Nassau, Queens counties

Gregory Meeks
(Queens)
Democratic January 3, 2013 –
present
113th
114th
115th
116th
117th
118th
Redistricted from the 6th 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 Nassau, Queens counties
2023–2025
Parts of Queens

Election results

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Note that in New York State electoral politics there are numerous minor parties at various points on the political spectrum. Certain parties normally 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, 2020: New York District 5
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Gregory Meeks (incumbent) 229,125 100.0
Total votes 229,125 100.0
Democratic hold
US House election, 2018: New York District 5
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Gregory Meeks (incumbent) 160,500 100.0
Total votes 160,500 100.0
Democratic hold
US House election, 2016: New York District 5
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Gregory Meeks 197,591 84.7
Women's Equality Gregory Meeks 1,961 0.8
Total Gregory Meeks (incumbent) 199,552 85.5
Republican Michael A. O'Reilly 26,741 11.5
Conservative Michael A. O'Reilly 3,516 1.5
Total Michael A. O'Reilly 30,257 13.0
Green Frank Francois 3,583 1.5
Total votes 233,392 100.0
Democratic hold
US House election, 2014: New York District 5
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Gregory Meeks (incumbent) 75,712 95.1
Allen 4 Congress Allen F. Steinhardt 3,870 4.9
Total votes 79,582 100.0
Democratic hold
US House election, 2012: New York District 5
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Gregory Meeks 167,836 89.7
Republican Alan Jennings 17,875 9.6
Libertarian Catherine Wark 1,345 0.7
Total votes 187,056 100.0
Democratic hold
US House election, 2010: New York District 5
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Gary Ackerman (incumbent) 72,239 63.1 −7.9
Republican James Milano 41,493 36.2 +9.1
Tax Revolt Party Elizabeth Berney 798 0.7 +0.7
Majority 30,746 26.8 −17.1
Turnout 114,530 100 −27.9
US House election, 2008: New York District 5
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Gary Ackerman (incumbent) 112,724 71.0 −29.0
Republican Elizabeth Berney 43,039 27.1 +27.1
Conservative Jun Policarpio 3,010 1.9 +1.9
Majority 69,685 43.9 −56.1
Turnout 158,773 100 +105.7
US House election, 2006: New York District 5
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Gary Ackerman (incumbent) 77,190 100 +28.7
Majority 77,190 100 +56.6
Turnout 77,190 100 −54.0
US House election, 2004: New York District 5
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Gary Ackerman (incumbent) 119,726 71.3 −21.0
Republican Stephen Graves 46,867 27.9 +27.9
Independent Gonzalo Policarpio 1,248 0.7 +0.7
Majority 72,859 43.4 −41.2
Turnout 167,841 100 +125.3
US House election, 2002: New York District 5
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Gary Ackerman (incumbent) 68,773 92.3 +24.3
Conservative Perry S. Reich 5,718 7.7 +7.7
Majority 63,055 84.6 +46.8
Turnout 74,491 100 −63.2
US House election, 2000: New York District 5
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Gary Ackerman (incumbent) 137,684 68.0 +3.0
Republican Edward Elkowitz 61,084 30.1 −3.0
Right to Life Anne T. Robinson 3,846 1.9 −0.0
Majority 76,600 37.8 +5.9
Turnout 202,614 100 +35.2
US House election, 1998: New York District 5
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Gary Ackerman (incumbent) 97,404 65.0 +1.3
Republican David C. Pinzon 49,586 33.1 −1.9
Right to Life Anne T. Robinson 2,872 1.9 +0.6
Majority 47,818 31.9 +3.2
Turnout 149,862 100 −24.2
US House election, 1996: New York District 5
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Gary Ackerman (incumbent) 125,918 63.7
Republican Grant M. Lally 69,244 35.0
Right to Life Andrew J. Duff 2,623 1.3
Majority 56,674 28.7
Turnout 197,785 100
US House election, 1870: New York District 5[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic William R. Roberts 14,566 85.6
Republican James A. Briggs 2,287 13.5
Tammany Republican George W. Gibbons 157 0.9
Majority 12,279 72.1
Turnout 17,010 100

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". Cook Political Report. July 12, 2022. Retrieved January 10, 2023.
  4. ^ "The Demographic Statistical Atlas of the United States - Statistical Atlas". statisticalatlas.com. Retrieved January 14, 2024.
  5. ^ Ryder, Grover (April 17, 1980). "Rep. Wydler Won't Seek a 10th Term". Daily News. New York, NY. p. NS 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ a b Gruson, Lindsey (June 10, 1992). "McGrath to Leave Congress, Reducing the Region's Clout". The New York Times. New York, NY. p. B-6 – via TimesMachine.
  7. ^ Sisk, Richard (June 10, 1992). "He'll Trade the House for Home". Daily News. New York, NY. News Washington Bureau. p. NSL QLI 2 – via Newspapers.com.
  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. 2027. Retrieved July 30, 2009.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)

References

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